As part of the mass promotion that is Masterchef Australia Series 2, a whopping 48 page glossy magazine came with the Herald Sun on Sunday. Well, sort of 48 pages. At least 19 of the pages were advertisements. Spose they have to make money.
But they did give us the final 50 contestants of the second season. We get names, ages, occupations and state. Apparently the 50 get reduced to the top 24 after a series of challenges to test their cooking skills.
Now I'm going to put my cynical hat on (is it ever off?). Before the show even goes to air, I'm going to try to predict the final 24 contestants based solely on their limited profiles. That's right, I'm going to see if this really is about the cooking or about something else.
And by something else, i mean look, age, demographic etc. It was argued after the first season that Julie Goodwin remained in the show and won because she appealed directly to the main viewer demographic.
I'm not for a moment suggesting that i will get all 24 right. But i reckon if i can predict 16 or more, i may be onto something. Regardless, its a little but of amusement for me on a Sunday evening and maybe this is all just guesswork...
If I'm wrong well so be it - I'll happily admit to being an idiot. But if i do OK, I'll take those 24 and try my darnedest to pick the final 5.
Here are my picks for the final 24 contestants, chosen solely on name, photo, occupation, age and state:
Skye Craig
Anthony Howell
Sarah Carmichael
Amanda Cummins
Dom Corrigan
Daniel Aulsebrook
Michelle Lewis
Aaron Harvie
Kate Zahner
Marion Grasby
Jonathan Daddia
Joanne Zalm
Irmgard Kastner
Fiona Inglis
Kim McGinnis
Devon Headland
Nicki Tsonis
Adam Liaw
Jason McCloy
Jackie Neill
Philip Vakos
Jason Durward
Lacey Noakes
Alvin Quah
Update: Ok so the first show is over, and im officially an idiot. I'll go back to writing about stuff i think i have a clue on.
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just to let you know masterchef isn't live, they are well into the top 24 right now and they are obviously going to advertise the people who do well in it more than the people who get out. the show is based on how well the contestant can cook but a percentage is on the personality.
Just wanted to say that if you check out the masterchef photos properly, those who were in the elimination challenge don't have proper pictures. Probably due to the photographer taking the snapshots of the contestants standing around while the 10 elimination rounders cooked.
awesome! so interesting to see that most that u thought were through were actually through! can u do this again for 2011 MC
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