Probably more to do with it being on air for 9 years. Which is amazing ans a great achievement.
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Um? Astonishing as in a complimentâŠ
Itâs a reality show thatâs been on-air for 9 years straight, in a declining TV market, surpassing Big Brrother & Australian Idol
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The last I checked MasterChef Australia hasnât been on for nine years/seasons, 2016 marks the eighth season (not counting the Celebrity, Junior, All-Stars and what ever other spin-offs the show has had) if Iâm not mistaken.
I think Luke is saying MasterChef will be on air for 9 years straight in 2017.
This article from The Australian shows how popular MasterChef is in India. India is now the showâs biggest overseas market, bigger than NZ and Britain.
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Correct 
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Chloe didnât win immunity tonight, following another great immunity challenge
Loved the Ă©clair round 1 challenge, looked delicious!
Well done to the southern america cooking chef, Morgan.
Tomorrow night looks great, China Town team challenge (many of us mentioned in back during filming).
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MasterChef Season 9 casting open
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Great immunity challenge episode tonight. I always thought it was between Brett and Chloe on who got the nod to face the guest chef.
Before tonight I did not know there was such a thing called âred eye gravyâ. After seeing Morgan McGlone in action I would love to eat at his Belleâs Kitchen restaurant in Fitzroy or Richmond one day.
Chloe did not have a chance even if her meringue was not grainy nor overwhipped.
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Tonight was apparently a âhappy dayâ in the MasterChef kitchen, so weâre greeted by a shot of Gary standing there grinning like a Cheshire cat, clapping and whooping etc. telling them all to hurry on in. Elimination days see a dour, stone-faced Gary standing there like an idiot.
Do we really need to treat viewers like theyâre 5 years old?
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Theyâre getting in early ,already asking for applications for next season
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@Chris you went to tonights challenge didnt you? What teams food did you eat? And did you expect the team that won would win?
All the food looks yummy except for the prawns,I donât eat them.The dessert looks nice too.
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MasterChef Australia episodes are meant to be âtimelessâ, i.e. they can be shown any time of the year and average viewers wonât tell when the challenges were held. However the timing of tonightâs episode (first day of Chinese New Year) really gave away when filming of this season took place, as the challenge was held nearly halfway through the season.
The outcome of the episode was virtually decided at the start when the red team decided to make three dishes while the yellow team settled on two. More often than not in a earning-based challenge, the team which made more dishes would get more money even though some of the food might be mediocre. Yellow team decided to bring in grilled tiger prawns when they realised no one was buying their food with less than 30 minutes to go, but it was too late. (And the judges did not get to taste the prawns either) Nicolette was the greatest contributor to red teamâs win, making a whopping 157 portions of her fruit, coconut and sago dessert, although I wonder why she used spices in the dessert as it was not a traditional Chinese recipe.
@Chris I think I saw you on TV, were you behind Kylie Kwong during the tasting? I read your recount again right after the teams decided on the items, and what you wrote covered most of what happened in the episode except for the prawn. It was strange that the judges announced the winning team in the open (outside the stalls) because there would still be people watching late at night, and that the contestants walked down Little Bourke Street towards Russell Street where there were still people watching the lion dance.
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GREAT EP 
Fun filled. Kylie Kwong a +
Hehe âwongtongâ (Elise)
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That was a good episode tonight - as Iâve said, the episodes where the judges are in the background and not heard from are always the best. Weâre interested in the food, and the contestants, not how many grunts and moans Gary can put on while licking the back of an ice cream spoon in excitement.
I know people on these boards, like J Bar, used to hate how overexposed âEddie Everywhereâ wasâŠthese three are even worse. I saw Gary on the Project tonight as a special guest - no wonder Ten is in the doldrums. Imagine Eddie being interviewed on ACA, laughable.
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The Project and ACA are not the same format, thatâs not really a fair comparison.
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Nine went one step further:
At least Ten didnât have Gary fill in for Waleed.
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Itâs not a step further because Eddie is actually a television PRESENTERâŠthatâs his whole job! haha. Itâs actually the opposite of being interviewedâŠ
Being interviewed however means that youâre a subject that has something to say, that is relevant or related to some topical issue, or who is generally a popular figure. Gary fails miserably on all three.
Next week is Power Apron Week according to the watermark in tonightâs episode. Special guests include Luke Nguyen and Curtis Stone.
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âŠin your opinion.
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