Masterchef grand finale loses half a million viewers on last year as Ninja Warrior wins evening
1.303m metro viewers tuned in to watch Diana Chan crowned the winner of Masterchef 2017 last night, down more than 500,000 from last year’s event.
The show was defeated by Nine’s Ninja Warrior semi-final, which aired in the same time slot, attracting 1.535m metro viewers, and topping the 18-49 and 25-54 key advertising demographics.
We're so proud to crown @DianaChanAU our #MasterChefAU for 2017! 🎉 @crispycrackling @gcalombaris @MattsCravat pic.twitter.com/Gy3sjB72NR
Re Masterchef: Irrespective of “that point”, Diana the far better cook over the whole comp. Ben drove me to nearly throwing something at the TV as he cooked yet another weird ice cream every time he could. Come on,Masterchef, let’s get back to real cooking, not Madam Tussaud house of wax type final challenges or burnt twigs on an forest floor, something else resting on the ocean floor, yada, yada, yada. Get rid of the Gs,perhaps keep Matt, generally more dignified than Tweezer George or Tamara’s (not so secret) admirer. Let’s have Shannon as a Judge, a new young chef or past winner as mentor, independent judging and hey, let’s be really daring, how about a female judge? Wow, that’s a thought hey. How radical. Otherwise, for mine, I will consign MC to the mists of history and spend my viewing time more constructively. Am sure I’m not Robinson Crusoe there either.