# MasterChef Australia **URL:** \ **Category:** Ten Network\ **Created:** [December 28, 2015, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366 "2015-12-28T10:21:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 72
**Author:** ![sav001](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sav001/32/11618_2.png) [@sav001](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/sav001)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1425 "2017-07-18T00:36:50Z")
In the promo they dont say shock elimination but suprise elimination as in that the contestants were unaware there was going to be a elimination that day. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/chris/32/542_2.png) [@Chris](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1426 "2017-07-18T00:42:18Z")
> [@sav001](#): > > In the promo they dont say shock elimination but suprise elimination as in that the contestants were unaware there was going to be a elimination that day. Ohhh I took it as meaning someone unexpected goes. Well that’s a relief then. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1427 "2017-07-18T00:43:21Z")
The promo showed that the contestants wore normal clothes to enter the kitchen, but were surprised to see five black aprons on display. Normally, if they faced elimination, they would be told by the producers to wear black T-shirts and pants. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1428 "2017-07-18T00:44:19Z")
There were 2 types of promos - the short ones during the program said “shock” (but didn’t say which day) then the longer one at the end had Gary saying “surprise” as in Tuesday was an elimination day. ![](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/e/9/e91de02eb112a459fd03af7b632ae8e40c90a456.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![sav001](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sav001/32/11618_2.png) [@sav001](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/sav001)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1429 "2017-07-18T08:40:23Z")
Hopefully Tamara goes tonight. It really is time considering she has been in 8 eliminations. ---
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1430 "2017-07-18T10:29:26Z")
Great to see Alla Wolf-Tasker on MC again, she dates back to S1 or S2 😄 A great finals ep tonight, it’ll go down to the wire. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Cee](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@Karen\_Cee](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Karen_Cee)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1431 "2017-07-18T11:51:39Z")
I don’t want Tamara to win,judges pet,I’ve had enough of her already ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1432 "2017-07-18T12:51:09Z")
I did not expect Arum to go tonight. He was eliminated on overcooked duck breast and rubbery skin. Peter Gilmore reckoned Arum cooked the duck too early and rested the meat for too long, while Arum himself thought it was residual heat which continued the cooking when the duck was under the foil. Did he follow the resting process correctly? If yes then he was pretty unlucky. Ben did yet another ice cream (the lavender flavour) and impressed the judges, and survived despite the shortbread crumb being undercooked. Sooner or later he would have to make a savoury dish. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/chris/32/542_2.png) [@Chris](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1433 "2017-07-18T13:19:19Z")
Glad Arum left. His dishes were always such basic meat and 3 veg style things. I don’t know how he made it this far. I’m wondering how many more times we are going to have to watch Ben make ice creams? Come on its finals week! He’s done so well most of the season but he’s not really showing much diversity anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Firetorch](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/firetorch/32/28182_2.png) [@Firetorch](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Firetorch)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1434 "2017-07-18T15:13:35Z")
Totally agree. For anyone else, they’d be complaining “they’d seen it all before”. For some reason however Ben has got the “Elena edit” from last season - strongly increasing throughout the season from a virtual nobody at the start, with overly positive feedback that isn’t really warranted. It wouldn’t surprise me if he won even. They obviously think he’s a strong narrating male to end up next to Karlie in the final. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Cee](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@Karen\_Cee](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Karen_Cee)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1435 "2017-07-18T19:49:30Z")
I’m sick of Ben and his ice cream dishes also, ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1436 "2017-07-19T00:41:08Z")
The three judges plus past contestants Poh Ling Yeow and Georgia Barnes appeared at Brisbane’s Regional Flavours food show at the weekend. Matt told [The Courier-Mail](http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/confidential/masterchef-australia-matt-preston-wants-show-to-go-back-to-basics/news-story/33b0565dcf708d47010c5a59d75898fd) that he wanted the 10th season to move away from unattainable culinary masterpieces in favour of home-style cooking, and was already discussing ideas with George and Gary. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Cee](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/848f3c/32.png) [@Karen\_Cee](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Karen_Cee)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1437 "2017-07-19T09:35:52Z")
It’s a shame I didn’t go last weekend then ---
**Author:** ![Mischievous1](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/mischievous1/32/21534_2.png) [@Mischievous1](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Mischievous1)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1438 "2017-07-19T12:06:15Z")
Only four contestants left and one of them gets less than 3 mins airtime. Ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1439 "2017-07-19T12:57:34Z")
I think this is the first time in MasterChef Australia history that prep time for a service challenge was extended by 30 minutes because the four remaining contestants were nowhere near ready even after five hours preparing ingredients for their allocated dishes. Last week’s service challenge mentored by Clare Smyth was hard but not as demanding as tonight’s challenge at Dinner by Heston at Crown Casino. I think all four of them were overwhelmed by the challenge of making food for 40 diners including the three judges. Tamara even had to leave out the onion in her grouper dish. Ben’s lamington dessert was certainly finals worthy and you could see his emotion when he was told he made the semi final, leaving the three girls to fight for the two remaining spots. One thing I didn’t understand. When the contestants arrived at the restaurant, Gary said “good morning”. Head chef Ashley stopped the contestants at 7pm and told them that they were not ready for service. The contestants were given five hours prep time so they would have started work after 2pm. What happened in the period between their arrival and food preparation? Also, did anyone see the MasterChef billboard in the background when Ashley introduced the dishes to the contestants? That billboard was on top of one of the buildings on Flinders Street across the Yarra. Tonight’s episode was filmed in early May when the current season began airing on Ten. You can see a bit of the billboard from this photo, over the shoulder of Ashley and Matt: [![](https://scontent-syd2-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/20066651_240400683146794_881068830892228608_n.jpg) ](https://scontent-syd2-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/20066651_240400683146794_881068830892228608_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![1169](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/1/2acd7d/32.png) [@1169](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/1169)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1440 "2017-07-19T13:11:56Z")
I didn’t see the episode, but filming all that garbage before the actual cook gets underway could easily take 2 hours or more… ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1441 "2017-07-19T13:29:14Z")
> [@JohnsonTV](#): > > Also, did anyone see the MasterChef billboard in the background when Ashley introduced the dishes to the contestants? It was clear at the beginning of the ep ![](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/3/c/3cb5b99a6636ee08a5a692d9189f906efd3a03f2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![sav001](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sav001/32/11618_2.png) [@sav001](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/sav001)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1442 "2017-07-19T13:50:37Z")
If you are talking about Diana. The reason they did t feature her further is because she wasnt panicking and stressed like the other three contestants. Not very exciting content to show. ---
**Author:** ![Firetorch](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/firetorch/32/28182_2.png) [@Firetorch](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Firetorch)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1443 "2017-07-19T15:00:05Z")
> [@JohnsonTV](#): > > Ben’s lamington dessert was certainly finals worthy Of course. They specifically gave him a dish where he could “prove” how far he had come on his “MasterChef journey” and that he deserves his spot in the final. ---
**Author:** ![Firetorch](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/firetorch/32/28182_2.png) [@Firetorch](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Firetorch)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366/1444 "2017-07-19T15:59:17Z")
> **[MasterChef Australia 2017's obsession with desserts is starting to curdle](https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/eating-out/masterchefs-obsession-with-desserts-is-starting-to-curdle-20170717-gxcpp4.html)** > > If MasterChef were a restaurant, the dessert menu would run to 50 pages. I haven’t seen one of Ben’s articles in ages - he’s always spot on. 😆 > If MasterChef were a restaurant, the dessert menu would have 50 pages and main course would be a choice between pork belly in broth or getting Macca’s on the way home. > I’m not sure I can take another year of parfaits and granitas and shiny balls that ooze 17 flavours when you crack them open. > You’ll be even greater if you ditch the coriander ice-cream. [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366.md?page=71) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/masterchef-australia/366.md?page=73)