The marketing team at Coles would be salivating at the thought of Curtis joining the show full-time.
I daresay they would even be willing to tip in some money to get him onboard.
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New Idea is as trustworthy as politicians making promises during an election (ie; both are full of BS)
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Iâm pretty sure, new judges will be Grant Denyer, Julia Morris and Dr Chris Brown hahaha!
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Those 3 arnt chefs
If this story has come from New Idea Iâm surprised theyâre not claiming that Meghan, Kate and Bec Hewitt have signed on for the next seriesâŚ
Not unless cooking 2-minute noodles counts. In any case, I doubt weâll see one of the âFab Fourâ on Masterchef, but this is Ten we are talking aboutâŚ
Another thing to consider is that Gary, George and Matt are all based in Melbourne and have families here. Any new host who is from interstate will have to stay in Melbourne for 6-7 months for filming.
MasterChef Australia Season
MasterChef Australia cooks up another great season
Thatâs it! Timeâs up on the 11th season of Network 10âs acclaimed, award-winning MasterChef Australia . As the show plated up its final serving Larissa Takchi became the youngest winner in MasterChef Australia history at 22 years old with a final score of 85/90, in a three course meal cook-off against Tessa Boersma and Simon Toohey.
Across the 2019 season MasterChef Australia had a national total audience over one million, including a record average 7 day video on-demand audience of 52,000, which was up 16 per cent year on year. Episode three recorded the showâs highest ever 7 day broadcast video on-demand audience across MasterChef Australiaâs 11 seasons (65,000).
In the capital cities, the series drew an average total audience of 835,000. (Total audience numbers include television and online catchup viewing and television encores.)
Across the season, MasterChef Australia was #2 in its timeslot in under 50s and all key demos. It was also the #1 entertainment program on social media during its run with 1.97 million social media interactions across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Network 10 chief content officer, Beverley McGarvey, praised the talent and passion that went into delivering another incredible season of MasterChef Australia .
âAfter 11 remarkable seasons, MasterChef Australia remains one of the most successful and loved shows on Australian television, a show that draws families together and resonates strongly across all age groups,â she said.
âAgain this year, the series delivered strong television audience numbers for 10, including record video on-demand viewing.
âAnd Australiansâ devotion to MasterChef Australia extends beyond the television screen. It was one of the noisiest shows on social media again this year, with high levels of engagement across all social media platforms, and it remains the most âlikedâ entertainment show in Australia, with 1.67 million âlikesâ on Facebook,â Beverley said.
âWe reached an average of 9.3 million people every week on Facebook, more than four times that of any previous season. Our How To Eat A Dumpling explainer video took Facebook by storm, reaching more than 55 million people worldwide and generating more than 27 million views.
âCongratulations to Larissa and to Tessa and Simon for an extraordinary grand finale. My thanks to all our contestants, our judges, mentors and guest chefs , our long term partners at Endemol Shine Australia 10âs executive producer Rick Maier, Endemol Shine Australiaâs executive producer Marty Benson and everyone at 10 for creating a great series.
âWeâre looking forward to welcoming a new generation of exceptional judges to a refreshed season 12 of MasterChef Australia . We would like to thank Gary, George and Matt for their remarkable contribution over the past 11 years,â she said.
âAustralia is full of remarkable cooking talent and we canât wait to introduce another group of ordinary Australians capable of extraordinary things for the love of food.â
Network 10 chief sales officer Rod Prosser said: âIâd like to thank Coles and our partners both old and new for helping us plate up another incredible season of MasterChef Australia . Eleven seasons is no easy feat and we certainly wouldnât be here without their constant support.
âItâs particularly rare to have forged such long-standing relationships with so many of our sponsors, a result of continually developing unique and exciting integration opportunities within a truly high-quality program. Iâm looking forward to continuing these partnerships for years to come.â
MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA 2019
AT A GLANCE
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2019 Season Average, Total Audience, Capital Cities: 835,000 viewers.
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2019 Season Average, Television, Capital Cities: 706,000 viewers.
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2019 BVOD Audience: 52,000, up 16% on 2018. Biggest MasterChef BVOD audience ever.
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2019 Video Segment Views on 10 Play: 23.49 million.
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2019 Video Starts on 10 Play: 6.93 million.
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2019 Unique Video Visitors on 10 Play: 999,000.
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MasterChef Australia was the #1 entertainment program on social media during its run with 1.97 million social media interactions across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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Facebook, Average Weekly Reach: 9.3 million
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Facebook Average Weekly Total Engagements: 765,000.
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Facebook: 1,667,765 fans.
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Instagram Average Weekly Impressions: 3.1 million.
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Instagram: 350,492 followers.
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Twitter Total Impressions: 17.1 million.
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Twitter: 215,150 followers.
Some regional and national ratings numbers redacted.
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News Corp columnist James Weir writing about George Calombaris: 
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ABC has a similar âgood riddanceâ article.
Gary, George, and Matt are gone. Good riddance.
Itâll be interesting to see how ârefreshedâ Season 12 will be - donât think just having new judges will be sufficient
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It is understood the men had agreed to an offer of more than $1 million each, to film another season of the competitive cooking program â but remained at loggerheads with Ten over the length of their new contracts.
The sticking point, (insiders) maintain, was Tenâs desire to extend the new contracts until the end of next year â while Preston, Mehigan and Calombaris insisted upon an August 2020 expiry, after MasterChef âs 12th season finished, allowing them to negotiate with rival media companies.
It is understood the judgesâ representatives have been in discussions with Australian networks and streaming giants Netflix and Amazon Prime.
In February, the hosts formed a company called GaryGeorge&Matt (GGM), using this entity to negotiate with Ten. It is believed they wanted equal salaries.
MasterChef trioâs âriskyâ next move:
Maggie Beer has told Nine:
From:
https://twitter.com/9HoneyCelebrity/status/1153881471465267201?s=19
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Why am I not surprised that Larissa won this season? The show is Definitely rigged 
she was the judges favourite
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Matt Moran, Shanon Bennett could be 2 possible judges
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So 10 made this decision/negotiations in the space of hours? I donât think so.
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Isnât Matt Moran signed to Foxtel now?
Larissa was on Studio 10 this morning making Monte Carlo biscuits with Angela and Natarsha. Larissa said she was surprised to hear Gary, George and Matt were leaving MC and felt it was bittersweet to get the final 10/10 from Gary in dessert. She said she had no idea who would be the next judges.
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MasterChef frontrunner responds to speculation: