My Kitchen Rules

Violence is not your answer for anything. I think you need to meditate.

Closely? You need to look close. They are scary even from afar.

The sooner Manu jumps to Nine or Ten the better

Manu as the next Masterchef judge with Gary Mehigan and Matt Preston just in case the new judges bomb :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Actually not a bad idea as he is familiar and likeable. Should get Masterchef back on top in no time.

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He could do Studio 10, Living Room and short travel or cooking series

George Calombaris getting the last judge spot on MasterChef instead of Manu is forever going to be one of those “What if the reverse happened?” questions which will be pondered

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Potentially. Also probably would’ve been hard to imagine MKR being massively successful if Manu was on Masterchef instead of MKR.

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George was quite a likeable judge in the earlier seasons. Some of my favourite challenges were when he brought his Nonna’s dishes in and the contestants had to guess the ingredients. Although Manu was great on MKR I think 10 choose the judges correctly at the time.

7 dropped ‘The Rivals’ from any social media content. Also the banner image was changed to a friendlier pic of Manu, Pete and Colin.

Before:

After:

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They finally got the message that it’s the format that sux this season.

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It is funny that all the mistakes 7 are making this year are the same mistakes 10 has made in the past. The rivals thing didn’t work for Masterchef when they tried the girls v boys thing. The angry judges didn’t work either for the show.

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“Only on 7” - who else would want it?

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Sonya Mefaddi and Hadil Faiza, who were “excused from the table” by Manu in season 9 two years ago, have spoken out for the first time on their experience on the show. They said MKR ruined their lives and took an emotional toll on their families, reputation and mental health. Sonya said she and Hadil were excused by Manu “from the table for the night” – not indefinitely – and contestants were placed into lockdown for two days before Seven axed them.
Sonya also revealed personal emails from Pete and Manu for the first time. In one email Manu said he and Pete were also upset on the way the girls left, but “we had to follow the orders of Channel 7’s executive decision”.
Hadil said she was diagnosed with severe PTSD, depression and anxiety after the axing. Both she and Sonya said they would not do another reality show again.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/television/former-mkr-contestants-sonya-mefaddi-and-hadil-faiza-reveal-emails-from-judges-after-axing/news-story/32340d3cd0f6cea0a2ebe677d10a053a

I do have some sympathy for Sonia and Hadil, but had they regretted some of the things they said on the show?

Maybe it was out of their control. Even the nicest person can turn nasty at the discretion of authority.

Seven is really trying to put a ‘fun’ and ‘light viewing’ angle on MKR these days with their new promos. Too bad it’s all lipstick on a dead pig and the damage done is collateral.

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Just caught up with last week’s episodes. It was Super Week in more ways than one: super dishes, a super low score (Roula and Rachael got just 32), super secrets revealed and super scandals including this one:

In Thursday’s episode Ben told Jake that he (Ben) had been making out with Lauren and woke up together on the couch one morning. Looks like the Buzzfeed article was referring to this. Given Ben had just gone on a date with Roula, this love triangle wouldn’t end well.

I am still a big fan of the show but I didn’t like Romel’s antics. He tried to shut everyone up and rattle up Dan, yet he wouldn’t accept Dan’s apology.

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Don’t thhose two look happy !

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They’ve just seen the ratings. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Dear god that table “fight” last night was horrendous. Talk about trying to copy “dinner party drama” from MAFS. What happened to the cooking? And they wonder why the show has tanked?

Yep axing Sunday Night was a big mistake

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Isn’t that what seven do. Just copy other shows?

MKR has been bad from almost the start… can’t believe it’s taken this long.