Scott Cam is best known for heading up The Block since 2010, but the TV personality actually got his start 25 years ago while spending the afternoon in a pub.

Scott – who’s affectionately known as Scotty Cam on The Block – was scouted to do a screen test for his first show Backyard Blitz.

“I went to the pub every afternoon, as I told my wife ‘to clear the dust away’ but it was also a way to get work from other trades,” he said during an appearance on Triple M’s Mick & MG.

“There was a producer in there with his girlfriend and he saw me yapping away and I had the ute and the dog, and he said, ‘Would you do a screen test – I need a carpenter for a shoot’ and I said, ‘nah mate that’s not my go’.”

However, the producer was convinced that Scott was the man for the job, and got his phone number which was painted on the side of his ute.

“He called me and asked me again the next day. I knocked him back, but my wife said, ‘You should do that, it would be something different’.”

“I’ve since been in the biz for 25 years.”

Scotty Cam’s career

Scott’s first TV gig was in 2000 as the resident builder/carpenter on Backyard Blitz. He stayed in the role until the show got cancelled in 2005.

After that, he appeared on Renovation Rescue from 2004 – 2006. Then, from 2008 – 2010 he was on Domestic Blitz, which co-hosted alongside his now The Block colleague Shelley Craft.

In 2010 Scott took on the host role on The Block, and he’s been there ever since.

The Block airs on Sundays at 7pm and Mon – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.

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