The finale of The Biggest Loser looms so it makes perfect sense for MasterChef to hit the screens.
Tonight premiered the return of season 4 of MasterChef Australia and after many sneak peeks over the past few months teasing audience's appetites, the moment finally arrived. This series is being described as 'going back to basics', where the dishes are less extravagant, mystery box challenges will return to Sunday nights and dramas will stay centred in the kitchen arena (why everyone really tunes in to watch).
The show kicked off and stayed for the entire episode at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, where contestants were vying for a spot in the top 50 stage of the competition. We start to learn of the backgrounds of these people straight away as they have their moment to shine in front of the three judges Matt, Gary and George.
From young students, to social workers, teachers, a policeman and also a car detailer, the dishes they served up were interesting and worthy enough for the judges' growling stomachs. Other dishes, described as 'real cooking' had over 20 different ingredients and described with tongue-twisting titles. I guess some were showing off because they have five minutes to be on television and make the most of it. It was saddening when a young 18 year-old student appeared to have a promising future yet his uncooked pork let him down in the end, while another contestant stated how she didn't even eat pork but got through with the exotic dish she plated up.
It was quite bizarre that during the ad breaks (and to make up for lost time I'm guessing) was more footage of other contestants getting through into the top 50, it was as if they were apart of the ads themselves. Overall however, the classic MasterChef moments were not wiped away with, such as the combination of intense theme music with repeated footage of scenes of suspense, where the viewers have to wait till after the commercial break to find out the teasing results of someone getting through to the next round. You cannot leave the lounge until this is discovered-its intense. Tomorrow night sees the true battles begin and it makes me wonder if this series will be as popular as past ones?
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