MKR stages ratings comeback to beat rival The Block

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 16 Oct, 19:32 · Archive

My Kitchen Rules has surged 34 per cent year-on-year and scored its biggest overnight audience since 2019.

My Kitchen Rules has staged a ratings comeback this week, with Monday's episode reaching 2.02 million viewers and topping its time slot. The episode featured contestants Jane and Shane serving a pigeon dish complete with an intact claw. The show has surged 34 per cent year-on-year and scored its biggest overnight audience since 2019, beating its long-running rival The Block in what outlets describe as a spectacular reversal of fortunes. Monday's episode also scored the show's highest ever overnight streaming audience since VOZ ratings records began.

Viewers have flocked to social media to discuss episodes. The hashtag #plategate trended after contestants Alisha and Deanne served their food on brightly coloured melamine plates. Tuesday's episode also gained traction when viewers discussed whether it was appropriate for pescatarian contestant Zoe to compete given she cannot taste all items. Zoe refused to eat the chicken liver parfait or beef cheeks served during the competition.

This year, according to figures from Seven, which produces the show, MKR has seen increases across all key audience demographics, with viewers aged under 18 up 57 per cent. The resurgence comes after the show had fallen from favour in recent years.

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• Ratings success: why Australia has fallen back in love with MKRFrom pigeon claws to melamine plates, Seven’s flagship cooking show has cooked up an epic ratings comeback, reclaiming its throne as Australia’s ultimate water-cooler TV.The West Australian · 16 Oct, 19:00
• Ratings success: why Australia has fallen back in love with MKRFrom pigeon claws to melamine plates, Seven’s flagship cooking show has cooked up an epic ratings comeback, reclaiming its throne as Australia’s ultimate water-cooler TV.Perth Now · 16 Oct, 19:00

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