This show has been my go to feel good show for 12 years now. It's been a huge success that boosted the format internationally in i don't know how many countries. I've only watched the US one as well, but that's nowhere as good as the AUS version. I like the positivity of the judges and more interesting (better) cooking. Where in the US it's mostly a lot of trash talk and the cooking challenges are simpler and boring. Like yes, i know, making a soufle is hard, but you don't have to let them make it year after year, time after time. Etc ... It's just typically US i guess ...
So, with the AUS season 12 coming up i was excited. But I apparently missed the memo. No more Matt, Gary & George :-( A big mistake. Apparently because they asked too much salary. I can't judge that part, because of course there's a limit in what's viable for the show of course. But other than that it's been a big mistake. What made Masterchef AUS great were those three judges. Which becomes clear watching this season with the new judges. Of course they deserve some breaking in time, but i'm not convinced. The only judge that fits the bill and could carry some of it would be Jock. He has that same buddy vibe going on. I understand the step to go for ex-contestant, winner and chef's hat winner Andy, but i never found him a very interesting character. And then there's Melissa, the worst of the three. The kind of annoying food hippy that spits uninteresting cliche's in an attempt to be relevant but doesn't bring anything interesting to the table.
I'm not saying that the old 3 judges were irreplaceable, but not with these 3. Only Jock could maybe pull it off with 2 other interesting types next to him. Too bad, the once so great show seems to be at an end.
So, with the AUS season 12 coming up i was excited. But I apparently missed the memo. No more Matt, Gary & George :-( A big mistake. Apparently because they asked too much salary. I can't judge that part, because of course there's a limit in what's viable for the show of course. But other than that it's been a big mistake. What made Masterchef AUS great were those three judges. Which becomes clear watching this season with the new judges. Of course they deserve some breaking in time, but i'm not convinced. The only judge that fits the bill and could carry some of it would be Jock. He has that same buddy vibe going on. I understand the step to go for ex-contestant, winner and chef's hat winner Andy, but i never found him a very interesting character. And then there's Melissa, the worst of the three. The kind of annoying food hippy that spits uninteresting cliche's in an attempt to be relevant but doesn't bring anything interesting to the table.
I'm not saying that the old 3 judges were irreplaceable, but not with these 3. Only Jock could maybe pull it off with 2 other interesting types next to him. Too bad, the once so great show seems to be at an end.