‘The four middle-aged guys picked the two bottle blondes. Again’: Is there a peroxide conspiracy on MasterChef? Fans claim judges are showing ‘favouritism’ towards flaxen-haired female contestants
On Monday night’s episode of MasterChef, a high-stakes challenge saw three familiar contestants reign victorious.
Becoming known as the blonde squad, three flaxen-haired female cooks – Christina Laker, 29, Nicole Scott, 24 and Tessa Boersma, 27 – were judged safe with a chance to advance to finals.
And some fans have grown tired of seeing the trio triumph, and took to Twitter to claim there may be some ‘favouritism’ shown by the judges.
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‘The four middle-aged guys picked the two bottle blondes’: Is there a peroxide conspiracy on MasterChef? On Monday, fans claimed judges are showing ‘favouritism’ towards flaxen-haired contestants. Pictured: Christina Laker, Anushka Zargaryan, Tessa Boersma, Nicole Scott
The blonde squad: Monday night’s episode of MasterChef, a high-stakes challenge saw three familiar contestants reign victorious – all blonde females
One person Tweeted: ‘The four middle aged guys picked the two bottle blondes… shocked!’ to which another replied, ‘Again’.
Another fan wrote: ‘ONCE AGAIN all the blondes are safe’ and added a gif of Kim Kardashian rolling her eyes.
Yet one more person chimed in: ‘Time to get the blonde dye out Anushka. Only chance you’ve got, lovely’ referring to brunette contestant Anushka Zargaryan, 49.
Over it? Some fans have grown tired of seeing the trio triumph, and took to Twitter to claim there may be some ‘favouritism’ shown by the judges
Someone else added: ‘Looking forward to two bottle blondes getting booted… favoritism is annoying. Please do better next season.’
Another angry fan said: ‘The blondes again! This is beyond rigged!’
Monday’s episode saw the contestants cook a five course degustation at one of Perth’s top restaurants, Wildflower.
One person Tweeted: ‘The four middle aged guys picked the two bottle blondes… shocked!’ Pictured judges Matt Preston, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan
Win: Nicole’s (pictured) beetroot done in five variations was a hit on Monday’s episode
Ducking awesome: The judges loved Christina’s (pictured) duck and pumpkin on Monday
In: Blonde contestant Tessa (pictured) was already safe after an earlier challenge
With blonde Tessa already safe after an earlier challenge, Christina and Nicole joined lone brunette Anushka to advance to the next round.
The judges loved Christina’s duck and pumpkin and Nicole’s beetroot done in five variations.
All three blonde contestants now have a shot at being part of the line up in finals, with one person able to advance straight through after Tuesday’s challenge.
Mellow yellow: All three blonde contestants now have a shot at being part of the line up in finals. Pictured: Nicole and Tessa