Oh Marion, I wish you were still on my television every night.

Maybe the whole thing is a ruse to fix race relations between australia and india, and thus Jimmy will win despite putting curry powder in the crock 'n bush.

I still haven't ruled out the fact thatJake may still be hiding around the placer somewhere waiting to pounce. Maybe I am a bit obsessed with him. I'll think about letting it go...

Oh Marion, I wish you were still on my television every night.

same. I outwardly declared my love for her last night, but it was too late :(

jono will win.

don't make Jake angry, Lax.

there would be a perverse pleasure in seeing Jimmy win on the back of cooking curries the whole time.

The idea of this made me LOL.

I love Jake too, Lax. His cheeky interviews to camera were sweet and endearing. Wish he was back in over Jimmy.

Jake is angry. Angry that he can't flip his pancakes just cause he likes to and angry cause thats how he likes his fucken mashed potatoes. Screw you judges I'm playing by my rules.

I'm still shocked.

hmm.. from the comments in today's The Age:

Insider's tip: Aaron signed a deal (many weeks ago) for his own show called ''Rock'nRoll Chef'' so there's no way they can get rid of him. It's rigged to keep him in at any expense until the end at least... That's why Marion's gone. I know someone who works on the show and that is the truth y'all!

It's the death of television considers kicking in television

jakey was the best one. he'll say something cute and goofy at the finale that will make all the contestants and judges laugh in a way that doesn't appear forced at all.

getting booted off was the best thing that could happen for marion and masterchef. her interview about her ''dream'' before the challenge last night seemed genuine and achieveable. she's gonna make some real bank on the back of this exposure. good luck to her.

aarons interview was especially cringe inducing. talking about food brought me and my dad together. boo frakkin hoo.

ooooooh. new thread means i can say whatever i want without all my previous fucked predictions coming back to haunt me. yay!

Mrs.C just raised an interesting point. How long ago was all this stuff actually filmed?

Thread should have been called ''Masterchef V- Chefs No One Gives A Shit About''.

LaxCharisma said 12 minutes ago:

I still haven't ruled out the fact thatJake may still be hiding around the placer somewhere waiting to pounce. Maybe I am a bit obsessed with him. I'll think about letting it go...

Don't let it go. I laugh out loud every time I see one of your Jake references. That's how he likes his mash is a catchphrase in waiting.

THE PRODUCERS ARE DOING IT FOR THE RATINGS

holy shit, call the television police!

I think I just want Masterchef to turn into a splatter flick starring Jake. It would be how I'd like to have it play out. His final ''dish'' is Alvin with an apple stuffed into his mouth and he force feeds it to Preston who then re-enacts the scene from The Meaning Of Life. Yeah thats what should happen...

But didn't Aaron's stay sauce shit all over Marion's? Isnt that what they were being judged on? How does that make it rigged?

They switched sauces...

I thought all of these reality/competition shows were rigged?

I remember once when I was a youngin, I was watching that show 'Rove Live', and they said at the end of the programme that next week they would be interviewing so-and-so (don't remember name, but they explicitly said the name), the latest contestant to be booted out of Australian Idol.

I thought this was odd, seeing as they normally just said that they would interview the ''latest Idol evictee''. I then realised that this was because, at that point in time, Rove Live (Tuesday) wasn't supposed to know who they would be interviewing because the evictee was always announced later on in the week (Thursday, if I remember correctly-- also recall that votes were cast almost right up until the announcement), to be interviewed on Rove the following Tuesday.

I quickly connected the dots and smelt conspiracy; I felt like Alex Jones that night. I felt like I had seen something that no one else had, because it was never mentioned again or corrected on the show...

The next morning I woke to my alarm, which in those days was set to a commercial station, and they were discussing Rove, Idol, etc; they didn't mention Rove's fuck-up at all, and made no reference to the upcoming evictee. It was as if it hadn't happened...

(This reminds me of how the ABC deals with fuck-ups; i.e. how they turn them into a big 'elephant in the room' that no employee is to ever comment on (Good Game incident, JJJ Hottest 100 leaking, etc).)

Anyway, sure enough the contestant whom Rove 'predicted' would be evicted from Idol was evicted, and when she was interviewed on Rove she half-jokingly asked him how he knew she was going to be evicted. Rove's response was, to me, a great moment in commercial television. He seemed caught off guard, and though I can't quite remember what he said, I do remember that it definitely did not in any way answer the girl's question, or even acknowledge what was being asked. I remember that the exchange did not last long and Rove quickly (perhaps strategically) moved on to lighter topics.

Does anyone else remember this? I never talked about it with my friends at school because I was afraid to admit that I watched Rove and Idol. I still felt like Sherlock Holmes, though.

Too many espressos at Casa Da Rushcutters Bay

Rushcutters Bay? is that where the house is?

very interesting, PondR. your story seems to make sense but i'm gonna hafta have a few more details before i swallow it whole. names and dates will be required before a full investigation can take place.

i thought some chats may like the mention of alvin's mum at the end.

also: gay conspiracy! alvin and courtney in the final two.... alvin saying he was going to ''romp'' in his king size bed reminded me of the ''token farmer, token gay guy'' from big brother a few years back who just wanted to do butt secks and sing belinda carlisle when he ''came out'' of the house. ch10 has a gay conspiracy agenda!

Rushcutters Bay? is that where the house is?

Indeed. I used to jog that route when I lived in Kings Cross. Good times.

how the ABC deals with fuck-ups; i.e. how they turn them into a big 'elephant in the room' that no employee is to ever comment on

It's pretty common for businesses to forbid their employees from talking shit about company errors, though.

Also, you can't tell me Zumbo doesn't have a basement where he's sewing a suit, Buffalo Bill style, out of his victims.

It's a fleshsuit made of marzipan, featuring three different layers of meat-flavoured foam and individual pubes made from shavings of tempered chocolate.

What was with Claire's ''gettin' tough'' talk last night? Fucken odd.

i thought some chats may like the mention of alvin's mum at the end.

FUCKEN TIVO CUT OFF JUST BEFORE THE END. THANKS FOR NOT RUNNING TO TIME, CUNTS.

Must investigate returning home scene.

Claire has ''wedding plans'' according to the cover of one of the weekly mags.

Also: Jimmy FTW.

Lozenge said 11 hours ago:
Alvin launched his food blog tonight called Cinnamon Pig

racialist

mathieson said 1 minute ago:
Claire has ''wedding plans'' according to the cover of one of the weekly mags.

''I do.'' said her in inaudible voice.

Jimmy HAS TO go! or Callum! I wanna see Adam VS Claire on Sunday.

Racialist?!

It is called Cinnamon Pig!

Callum almost blinked himself into oblivion. BTW - Zumbo must be dusting his cakes with blow instead of icing sugar, hence George having him back on the show so often.

Zumbo hardly has a tv personality. they should get a milli-vanilli type impersonator for him

Lozenge said 6 minutes ago:
Racialist?!
It is called Cinnamon Pig!

I meant Homealoneface is a racialist!
Cinnamon Pig is refering to his partner. LOL

this show scares me.

i shall miss big gay al(vin)

very interesting, PondR. your story seems to make sense but i'm gonna hafta have a few more details before i swallow it whole. names and dates will be required before a full investigation can take place.

I can understand your incredulity, but it really did happen.

starts Hipsters and Masterchef thread

Adam or Callum FTW!

Time for ginger eclaire to go tonight.

new thread?

MASTERCHEF VI: TONIGHT.... THE JOURNEY ENDS FOR.....

(ad break)

TONIGHT.... THE JOURNEY ENDS FOR...... YOU!

I don't know why, but Jimmy reminds me of another Jimmy... Moore, from The Wedding Singer. I finally figured it out after the look on his face last night, when it dawned on him that the mystery box challenge was all up to him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK8vVk4_n2Q&feature=related

And here is is at the Master Chef afterparty...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIdxjMhXBLg&NR=1

anyone?

what's the Good Game incident??

soula - this

Adam or Callum FTW!

Indeed. They both have a go, but for themselves, rather than for the audience. Seen one ep and figured that was enough to agree with this. Jimmy's worse than a jerk, worse than nice, he's boring. Claire's what I would paint a) if i could paint and b) if i was chosen to paint A Lawyer. Christ, she's going to climb the material ladder in society, mostly through divorce disputes, I imagine.

thanks oceloti, wondered what happened to him.