US Masterchef

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Anyone been watching this on the interweb? After a bit of a dodgy start it's become really enjoyable - much more fast paced, more bitchy (Survivor-style) and less mumsy than the Oz version. Good mix of contestants too - a couple of bucking alpha males, your regular ethnic stereotypes, cutesy smalltown girls, burly construction workers etc and for once the US uber-confidence is so refreshing compared to the grating 'I'm so nervous' whinging of the neurotic Oz players.

*Possible spoiler ahead*
Last night a judge looked at a contestant's efforts in disgust and threw it in the bin without even tasting it - gold! A task involving killing a crab humanely was interesting too, after the same loopy contestant simply ripped its top off before cooking it *vom*