Scott Cam Scott Cam is one of Australia's most popular media personalities. After completing a carpentry apprenticeship, he travelled and worked around Australia for several years before settling in Sydney in 1990 and starting his buildin company. In 1999, while having a beer in his local pub, he was approached to do a screen test for Channel Nine's Backyard Blitz and subsequently became the show's resident builder/carpenter, launching his TV career. Scott became the host of the hit reality TV show The Block in 2010, and his laidback larrikin attitude has won him millions of fans across Australia, as evidenced by his 2014 Gold Logie award. Scott has published two successful books on building and home renovations with Murdoch Books: Home Maintenance for Knuckleheads (2003) and Out the Back (2004). Read More Read Less