Americans Krystle and Michelle have been crowned winners of Lego Masters Australia vs The World on Channel Nine and 9Now.
They became the first international team to win Lego Masters Australia and the first female team to win a Lego Masters competition worldwide, taking home the trophy and $100,000 (in Australian dollars!).
In Tuesday’s Grand Finale the three remaining teams were given 28 hours to build whatever they wanted.
Alongside the other contestants, 200 members of the public and judge Ryan “Brickman” McNaught determined the winners of Lego Masters Australia vs The World 2024.
Krystle and Michelle were faced with the initial challenge of being paired together for the first time in this series. The pair took a risk in the finale by removing their base plate and creating a life-sized “Artist Studio” taken over by mini-figures – the largest build in Lego Masters history. There were doubts that they could make their vision come to life in the time given, but they succeeded.
In second place were Felix and Annalena, previous winners of Lego Masters Germany. They won the first four episodes on their quest for a second title. In the finale they expanded on the fairy build that gave them victory in Germany, creating “Fairy Village”.
In third place, the Aussie pair, Shane and Dianne, created their build “Final Frontier”. Playing to their strengths, they took on a huge technical challenge that featured a spaceman who crash-landed on a foreign planet and discovered a floating alien castle in the distance.
Krystle and Michelle said: “Representing Team USA was an incredible honour. The memories and family made Down Under will be held in our hearts for the rest of our lives.
“Over the course of the series and building together for the first time, the respect we have for each other is like no other. We were determined to give it everything we had and we are proud to be the first ever all-female team to hoist a Lego Masters Australia trophy.”
Brickman said: “It was super exciting having teams from other countries come and do Lego Masters Australia, mainly because whilst Lego is universal and doesn’t have a language, every country’s builders bring a different and unique style.
“Krystle and Michelle certainly did that, which made for some amazing builds. Not only did they blow us away with their builds, I think I learnt from them too.”
Lego Masters: Australia vs The World is produced by Endemol Shine Australia (a Banijay Company).