Feeling the heat? Have You Been Paying Attention TOPPLES MasterChef in the ratings and draws in a whopping 1,242,000 viewers
MasterChef Australia has been a ratings hit for Channel 10 since it debuted last month.
But it seems there’s a new show set to take the ratings crown.
On Monday night, the network’s game show Have You Been Paying Attention? toppled its stablemate MasterChef and drew in a whopping 1,242,000 viewers.
Feeling the heat? Have You Been Paying Attention TOPPLED MasterChef in the ratings on Monday night and drew in a whopping 1,242,000 viewers (pictured are the MasterChef judges)
There were 934,000 viewers tuning in for the season eight premiere across the five city metro, and 308,000 regional viewers.
Meanwhile, MasterChef drew in a total of 1,135,000 viewers, with 877,000 across the five city metro and 258,000 in regional areas.
But the top rating show of the night was Lego Masters on Nine, which had a combined 1,449,000 viewers.
The stats: There were 934,000 viewers tuning in for the season eight premiere across the five city metro, and 308,000 regional viewers
On Monday’s episode of MasterChef Australia: Back to Win, audiences were left shocked when judge Melissa Leong took a phone call in the middle of a cliffhanger moment.
The judges were about to cast their opinions on the food served up by the contestants at Thai Ute restaurant in Melbourne’s Ringwood East, when the phone rang.
The 40-year-old judge then said: ‘And the phone’s ringing, so I’ll just go take that now’ before darting off to answer the call.
What was she doing? Meanwhile on Monday’s episode of MasterChef Australia: Back to Win, audiences were left shocked when judge Melissa Leong took a phone call in the middle of a cliffhanger moment
Melissa then gestured for the crew to find her a pen as she wrote down a reservation from a punter on the other end.
‘Hello, Thai Ute! For tomorrow, a reservation, right? 5pm?’ she asked before adding, ‘Thank you so much, not a problem, bye!’
The baffled contestants looked on, amazed and wondered why Melissa took the call, with Khanh Ong wondering aloud: ‘What is she doing?’
How nice: However Ten Daily revealed the reason she took the call was simple – she didn’t want the restaurant to lose a customer due to filming
However Ten Daily revealed the reason she took the call was simple – she didn’t want the restaurant to lose a customer due to filming.
Fans online were impressed, with several praising the chef for stopping production to help out a local business.
One person Tweeted: ‘MVP for tonight’s challenge: Melissa takes the cake for that graciousness she showed taking that phone call.’
MasterChef: Back to Win continues Tuesday at 7.30pm on Channel 10