LEGO MASTERS champions announced

14 September 2017

Teaching pair Nate and Steve crowned Channel 4’s LEGO MASTERS following an impressive Final Master Build.

 

The winners of Channel 4’s LEGO MASTERS have been revealed. 29-year-old science teacher Nate Dias from Retford and 43-year-old design teacher Steve Guinness (42 at the time of filming) from Chester have scooped the winners’ trophy in the final of the series, which aired tonight on Channel 4. Their Final Master Build saw the pair utilise thousands of bricks and pieces to create a human-scale model entitled “Embrace Your Inner Child”. The duo’s creation impressed lead judge, Vice President of Design for The LEGO Group Matthew Ashton, and guest judge, comedian and build fanatic Dara O’Briain, along with members of the public who saw their build unveiled at London's Design Museum.

 

The pair fought off exceptional competition from runners-up, father and son Nicolas, 41 (40 during filming), and Kobe, 13 (12 at the time of filming), who created an imaginative woodland landscape inspired by Dutch gnome folklore for their final build. Originally meant for just one winning team, Matthew decided in the final programme that the two final teams had achieved so much that they would both be invited to Billund, Denmark to display their work at the new LEGO® House Museum.

 

Nate and Steve, who first bonded at a brick convention two years ago, joined forces for the LEGO MASTERS contest and enthralled the judges with a series of ambitious and creative LEGO® builds in four challenging rounds of competition. 

 

After announcing the victors, lead judge Matthew Ashton commented: “Nate and Steve are such deserving winners. Week after week, they’ve worked so hard; they’ve tried so many different techniques and this has all come together in the amazing model they presented.”

 

Steve offered a word of advice for anybody thinking of turning their imagination to brick building: “It doesn’t matter if you’re an adult or a child. Enjoy your creativity and see what you can do.”

Nate added: “Who cares if somebody doesn’t like it? If you’re proud of it, make it. You might surprise yourself.”

 

This four-part series of LEGO MASTERS commenced in August with 48 teams of brick fanatics from across the UK and Ireland whittled down to just eight pairs who battled it out in the Build Room to stay in the competition. Week by week, the contestants wowed the judges with imaginative constructions from miniature fairgrounds to hybrid vehicles.