Masterchef last night again scored over 2 million viewers in its 7pm timeslot. The kind of figures not seen at that time for years, if at all.
This is the final week of Masterchef, a week that started with 6 contestants, two of which were “fast tracked” to the finals week by way of winning the celebrity chef challenges that were on Tuesday nights.
The remaining six contestants were: Chris, Justine, Poh, Julie, Julia and Lucas. Julia and Lucas were the two that had won celebrity chef challenges during the series and landed in the final week after many weeks out in the field, working in restaurants hopefully honing their skills.
On Monday night, it was Lucas who was eliminated. Then on Tuesday night, Julia. The two fast tracked contestants went first. Perhaps (or most likely) due to their lack of experience in the Masterchef kitchen under pressure test conditions as well as not being privy to the Friday night Master Class sessions the others had been.
So there now remains Chris, Poh, Julie and Justine. Out ot those 4, Justine and Poh were returned to the competition last week, after having been eliminated in previous weeks.
Tonight, the 4 of them will battle each other in another pressure test. As the winner for last night, Poh has the advantage of knowing what the test and dish will be. Judging by the ads, though, it looks like that knowledge may not help her.
Tonight’s episode (Wednesday night) is a 60 minute session. Tonight, another one will go.
Tomorrow night, Thursday night, is huge a 90 minute show. Yet another contestant will be eliminated, leaving just two to battle it out in the finale on Sunday night.
On Friday night, the final two will attend the final Master class, the usual one hour cooking session on the night.
The final on Sunday will be a two hour extravaganza. The competition - or should I say cook off - will run for around 90 minutes, with the announcemnt of the winner to occur some time between 9 and 9.30. The winner being announced is listed as a separate show for the night and is expected to be the highest rating show of 2009 so far with an estimated audience of between 2.5 and 3 million expected to tune in.
The winner walks away with $100,000, the chance to work in some of the Australia’s top kitchens as well as a deal to write a cook book.
