According to Mediaweek, Matt and Luke got an 8 from Rachel Khoo, while they secured 10s from Pete, Liz Egan and Guy Grossi. Ibby and Romel had eight scores of 9, but no 10s.
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These were the scores
Ibby & Romel, NAJAH
| Shannon Martinez | 8 | âIâm going to try and rip it (shish barak) off at home, fantasticâ |
| Rachel Khoo | 9 | âThe shish barak was moreish, I just couldnât get enoughâ |
| Sean Connolly | 9 | âYour shish barak⊠was a world class dishâ |
| Liz Egan | 9 | âYour kibbeh nayeh, talk about playing to your audience, wonderfulâ |
| Guy Grossi | 9 | âYour kangaroo was an amazing dish, grand final worthyâ |
| Karen Martini | 8 | âLoving these flavoursâ |
| Colin Fassnidge | 9 | âI commend you on cooking the octopus, not a lot of people would have done that in the competitionâ |
| Pete Evans | 9 | âYou took us on an exciting adventureâ |
| Manu Feildel | 9 | âAn amazing five-course mealâ |
| TOTAL | 88/100 |
Matt & Luke, POWERPLAY
| Shannon Martinez | 9 | âThis team knows how to make sauces!â |
| Guy Turland | 9 | âFor me the highlight was the barramundi, cooked to perfectionâ |
| Rachel Khoo | 8 | âThose beef cheeks were melt in the mouth, I really enjoyed the classic flavoursâ |
| Sean Connolly | 9 | âI love the beef cheek, it just made my knees go weakâ |
| Liz Egan | 10 | âI canât actually pick a hero on the plate because theyâre all fabulousâ |
| Guy Grossi | 10 | âAside from the fact you guys have a really in depth understanding of the technical side of cooking, you also took me placesâ |
| Karen Martini | 9 | âHoly moly, that beef cheek was superb but you really brought it home with dessert, divineâ |
| Colin Fassnidge | 9 | âYou wowed me the whole competition and you wowed me again todayâ |
| Pete Evans | 10 | âYou saved the best for lastâ |
| Manu Feildel | 9 | âThis (confit salmon) is perfectâ |
| TOTAL | 92/100 |
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Mediaspy is always more helpful than a google search, besides, I enjoy your opinions.
Why was MKR shortened this year?
Was it due to contestants withdrawing?
If so why and why did they withdraw.
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This season of MKR had the most number of episodes of any so far at 50 - last 2 years have had 49. It finished earlier because last year there was a 3-week break for the Comm Games.
The average overnight audience for this season of MKR was 793,000. It was down a massive 39% from last season and 49% from the 2017 season.
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Only one set of contestants withdrew.
Stacey and Ash were forced to withdraw from the competition due to Ash contracting a severe infection in the socket of the eye he lost in a fight some years ago.
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Yikes, that is awful.
Thanks @TV.Cynic, forgot about that, they were forgettable games!
What do we think this is due it? The show? The format? Or TV in general?
Mixture of all three and Married at First Sight
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Had Stacey and Ash not withdrawn from competition, there would be two more cooking challenges, bringing the episode count for this season to 52.
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Thatâs really interesting for numerous reasons. It means Sevenâs 2nd half lineup once again looks pretty bare. Yes, theyâve got shows like âBride and Prejudiceâ and âAustraliaâs Got Talentâ to come but none really stands out as potentially being âcompetitiveâ against The Block.
As to âMKR 2.0â airing in Q1 2020, Iâll save judgment until we hear more about a âsettledâ format for it. All Iâll say is the plan wonât work if this new show is too similar to MKR
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From what Iâm hearing itâs nothing like MKR, theyâre just essentially using the branding⊠although the final version hasnât been signed off as things are still changing.
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They also have Wife Swap and Zumbo now.
Set to air this year. It wouldnât make sense for them to program the same type of show up against MAFS (but of course thatâs not to say programmers wouldnât do it).
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Season 10 premieres on DIVA TV channel across South East Asia on Monday night, May 27. It airs on Monday to Wednesday nights at 9.25pm Hong Kong time.
It debuted in South Africa one week earlier on May 20 on M-Net Channel 101. It airs weekdays at 5.30pm.
Seven has season 2 of Zumboâs Just Desserts in the can, but it will be no match to The Block.
Havenât they got the MKR spinoff with Colin?
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Details here: https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2019/6/3/seven-confirms-tv-blackbox-my-kitchen-rules-exclusive
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Looks to me the MKR spinoff has been shelved.
Here is an excerpt of the podcast interview with Sevenâs director of network programming Angus Ross regarding MKR.
Despite the very competitive Q1 battle, Ross said: âMy Kitchen Rules is incredibly important to us and it is coming back in Q1 in 2020. We have a few ideas to reinvigorate and reimagine the show. The good thing about reality formats is that every year you are starting again.â
Ross confirmed that Seven would not be moving MKR.
âWe wonât be screening a [second] stunt series at the back end of this year.â Ross confirmed there would be no tenth anniversary special series, which was mentioned at the Allfronts in October last year.
Ross explained: âAfter how things played out in Q1, the smarter thing to do was to consolidate for Q1 next year.â
As to the performance of the MKR format Ross asked and answered a question: âWould I have liked My Kitchen Rules to have done better numbers? Of course I would.â
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I can understand their logic behind bringing it back for Q1 2020. I just think 7 play it safe too often and this is another case of that.
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I really donât think there ever was a plan for a second season of MKR this year, exactly.
They wanted to create a spin-off show starring Colin Fassnidge and it was going to initially run under the MKR brand. With ratings for MKR falling, theyâve had a rethink and will disassociate the new show from the MKR brand.
Pushing that into 2020, also prevents viewer fatigue in the genre. Havenât they already said that the spin-off show will run in early 2020?
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