After 10 seasons, the producers have introduced new graphics for the show.
Matt Sinclair, Poh Ling Yeow and Billie McKay would be mentors during immunity challenge only, and the contestants wouldn’t know whom the mentor would be until he or she walked through the door.
Re @turdall’s comments about the lack of advertising for the show, just today at work I heard plenty of ads on the radio, driving around Brisbane during the day I saw 3 different digital dynamic billboards (which look amazing btw) along with various bus stop posters. I also accidentally opened the yahoo site from safari on my phone and was served the below ad promoting the show - without having searched or commented on anything relating to the show.
Whilst the premiere ep was well down on last year, 10 are coming off a much lower base this year after a rough few months so I believe this has a contributing factor to the lower ratings and I simply don’t buy the argument that they’re not advertising enough based on this and the activations they did in Syd/Melb and comments from other members about advertising they’ve seen.
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Actually I saw a lot more ads around the city today as well. They certainly weren’t there last week which is my point. Great they have picked it up now but it could be because the show launched to much lower figures.
The activities they did in Melbourne was at Southern Cross station on a Sunday. Have you been to SOuthern Cross Station on a weekday when football isn’t on? Its dead. Should have done it on the Saturday or even during the week.
Interestingly this is correct throughout the whole year but the week before Masterchef last year saw lower figures at 7:30 and 8:30 than this year. So really 10 have had a larger audience this year in the lead up to Masterchef.
I just think its all excuses for 10 right now. I was new to Melbourne last year and I remember how prolific the promotion was for Masterchef. It is something I am always looking out for. The promotion was at my gym, billboards, radio etc. This year I have had to search for promotion for the show.
Here are the top 24 contestants of season 11:
State by state breakdown of top 24
NSW - 5
QLD - 3
SA - 3
VIC - 10
WA - 3
Last season NSW had 10 contestants.
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Once again like most years there are significantly more female contestants.
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We know what the judges think with… And it isn’t their stomachs.
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Yeah it does - 15 females & 9 males this year.
I agree 100% Never watch the audition episodes
Nigella Week was filmed at the start of January this year before Nigella began her national speaking tour. That means only two competition weeks were filmed during December before the contestants had their Christmas break.
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this season’s top 24 contestants is again a mixture of different ethnic backgrounds that represents the multi-cultural population of Australia .Its been like this ever since Season 1.Too early to pick a winner yet ,though.
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Tonight was the first time so many contestants (22) faced elimination.
It was also revealed this season’s winner would receive a top-of-the-range Holden Equinox SUV (which I believe is the LTZ model).
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Will there be a team challenge this week?There needs to be an even number of contestants to make a team challenge fair ,22 remaining so far
See:
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Ok thanks for that
This week’s team challenge is actually at East Gippsland.
Today contestants cook outside the MasterChef kitchen for the first time. Their challenge is to create a feast for volunteers, truckies, farmers and their families impacted by drought in Briagolong.
MasterChef trivia: guest chef for tonight’s immunity challenge, Max Sharrad, married season 6 runner-up Laura Cassai in October 2018. Max is head chef at Adelaide’s Nido restaurant while Laura is part of the team: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/thesourcesa/nido-opens-with-max-sharrad-and-laura-cassai-in-the-kitchen/news-story/b860dccbd6bd6d789d3090f0bc0b719f?nk=7bb5d3979a0c16b8e3e20b8abf9c5f6d-1557219222
In India, the current season is being streamed on Hotstar, a digital entertainment platform owned by Star India. The show is streamed on Thursdays to Mondays at 2.30pm Indian time, with each episode available three days after its Australian broadcast.
And guess what! Applications are always open for season 12, just as season 11 is still in its second week.
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Spotted a Brisbane bus on my way home today with a large ad for Masterchef Australia on one side of it
Tonight’s Masterclass, the first for this season, features the three mentors - Poh, Billie and Matt - and George and Matt (Gary was absent).
Last night’s team challenge was one of those occasions where the judges could not find fault with the dishes. Every dish was yummy. Red team just won because its food was tastier than blue team’s and more cohesive as buffet dishes.
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Can anyone enlighten me why 10 didn’t want as many Masterclass episodes? I have never really understood why they cut this episode of the show.
I think it had something to do with The Living Room, which debuted in May 2012 and took up the Friday 7.30pm timeslot previously occupied by Masterclass.
Masterclasses were originally for Friday nights which they are probably more suited too. I think they only need them on a Thursday when they have a reason too (e…g a s guest chef). It would be a bit of an overkill to have them every week.