Well, we are getting to the pointy end of the competition on MasterChef here. It has been compelling viewing, and if you're interested, I tweet it pretty much every night.
There was such a massive fallout when Marion was eliminated last week! It was almost like the country went into mourning for Marion. A similar thing happened last year, and I think I can understand the judging decisions when it gets to this stage in the contest. I am a staunch support of Marion, as I was of Poh and Justine last year. I still don't think that Julie is much chop as a cook, and that Poh and Justine were waaay more talented than she is. I think the kicker was that it was quite obvious that both Justine and Poh would be quite fine on their own - they are both very sellable and have very strong, great ideas of what they want to do with themselves in the business. Their ideas and appeal (during the show) were possibly a bit hard for what the producers were thinking of their target audience being. I think Julie's down home just a suburban Mum probably had the wider appeal, and when she gave her book pitch to Donna Hay, Donna's eyes just lit up with the $$$ rolling in them like a pokie!
The great thing for Poh as well, is that she doesn't have to march to the MasterChef beat of the drum. She has a fantastic show on ABC1 at 6.30 on Wednesday nights, and her enthusiasm for not only sharing what she knows and learning shines through. She has also been able to work with Curtis Stone out of her time on the show.
Marion this year has the same appeal as Poh did last year. She's fantastic in the media (which you would expect from an ex-journo) and has some great ideas, and is very personable.
Jonathan, on the other hand, may have to fight a bit harder with the public, but I'm sure he'll find his niche.
My bets from the start were Marion, Claire and Alvin for the final 3, but I added Adam to that. So I guess my tip is now Adam, Claire and Alvin.
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