My Kitchen Rules viewers are outraged after a brutal low score from Simon sent Tiffany and Giancarlo packing.
The duo was in an elimination cook against Zac and Zoe, who have failed to impress the judges with what they’ve put up.
But Simon’s low score, which he set to intentionally keep who he considered weaker cooks in the competition so he had a better chance of winning the $100,000, played a huge part in who went home, and viewers were furious.
“What happened tonight between Team Zoe and Zac and Tiffany and Giancarlo was immoral and un—Australian,” said one.
“As far as I’m concerned, what Simon did tonight is called cheating,” another wrote.
“The show is being ruined. The producers need to wake up and stop going down the nasty path. Never see this sort of behaviour on MasterChef; everyone respects each other,” added a third.
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Tiffany was stunned when she and Giancarlo were told that their average score from the other teams was a five out of 10.
“I think you’d be able to tell by my face, when the team’s collective scores were said out loud, it was very obvious to me that there was massive, no shadow of a doubt, strategic voting there,” she told TV WEEK.
She said she was “gutted” and “really let down”, calling the actions “bad sportsmanship”.
What happened on MKR last night?
The teams were neck and neck until the dessert cook, when Tiffany forgot to put the flour in the ladyfinger biscuits for the tiramisu.
“I feel like Tiffany and Giancarlo have left the door open for a bad score tonight, and I’m welcomed in,” said Simon, who was left without his teammate Angus during the evening.
Tiffany and Giancarlo earned the highest score in the first round of Instant Restaurants, automatically advancing them to Kitchen HQ.
This, of course, left other teams threatened by the loved-up couple and a target for strategic scoring.
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The four other teams gave the two duos on the chopping block a score out of 10 and that would be averaged out.
This would be added to the judges’ scores.
Other teams gave Tiffany and Giancarlo scores such as a seven, a five, and a four.
But Simon gave them a three, saying he wanted to make sure to give them a low score to drag them down so he could keep Zoe and Zac — whom he thought he and Angus could beat without issue — in the competition.
He said he wanted a better chance at the $100,000 prize, and Tiffany and Giancarlo stood in the way of that.
Contestants call for major show change
Ex-2026 contestant Deanne thought the show should do away with contestants scoring.
Deanne and her teammate Alisha told Yahoo Lifestyle they felt their dishes weren’t worthy of the brutal scores they received before they were eliminated, with latter saying they were judged based on their personalities.
“I’d love to see, in the future, the table settings and people going [to the Instant Restaurants], but they don’t actually score,” Deanne said.
“I’d love to see just the judges scoring.”
Deanne said it could turn the competition on its head and put an end to any allegations of strategic scoring by other teams.
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