
In a tight reality TV race against Channel 9’s Married at First Sight and Channel 10’s Survivor, My Kitchen Rules is losing out.
Channel 7’s annual cooking show is now in its 11th season, however, it looks like it’s running out of steam.
A week in, their Tuesday night episode only drew in 402,000 metro viewers. A similar episode from 2017 attracted 789,000 viewers. In comparison, Married at Sight pulled in 1,109,000 views and Australian Survivor: All Stars, 612,000.
Speaking to KIIS FM’s Kyle and Jackie O, judge Colin Fassnidge is blaming a 2018 scandal in which MKR contestants Sonya Mefaddi and Hadil Faiza were “excused” from the show after bullying claims were made.
Watch the moment Sonya and Hadil get kicked off of My Kitchen Rules. Post continues below.
“I think we’re getting crucified for a little incident a couple of years ago with Sonya and Hadil – remember they got kicked out of the show?” he said.
“And the drama went through the roof and a lot of people got turned off. About two years ago I really did not like what we were doing. But this one, I stand behind.”