Chateau DIY: Win the Dream

Judges Max McMurdo and Stephanie Jarvis evaluate the contestants’ entertainment spaces, challenging them to meet the judges’ standards. The outcome determines whether a particular couple can realise their aspiration of relocating to France and starting a new life there within the competition.

The show centres on a pair of judges – Max McMurdo and Stephanie Jarvis – who are tasked with evaluating the entertainment areas created by the contestants. Their role is to scrutinise each space and decide how well it meets the challenge set for the participants. In each episode the judges put the contestants’ entertainment rooms through a series of assessments, measuring everything from design choices to practical use. The pressure is heightened by the fact that one couple’s entire plan to start a fresh life in France hangs on the outcome of this evaluation. Because the decision rests in the hands of McMurdo and Jarvis, the pair hoping to relocate must convince the judges that their entertainment space meets the required standard. Their French‑bound future is directly linked to whether the judges deem the room successful. Overall, the programme follows the straightforward premise of judges testing the contestants’ leisure environments, with the added twist that a single couple’s dream of moving to France is at stake. The entire narrative is driven by the judges’ verdicts and the contestants’ attempts to secure a new beginning abroad.