Former My Kitchen Rules contestant Ash Pollard has delivered a eulogy for the ailing MKR: The Rivals season of the show after it was smashed in the ratings.
Ash, 33, who appeared on the reality cooking competition in 2015, made the tribute on her Hit 101.3 radio show, Gawndy & Ash Pollard Catch Up.
She said on Friday that the program had given her a career, and deserved a ‘Eulogy’ after agreeing that it was, ‘the end of an era – allegedly.’
‘End of an era’: Ash Pollard (pictured) recited a eulogy for My Kitchen Rules: The Rivals on her Hit 101.3 radio show, Gawndy & Ash Pollard Catch Up, on Friday, after the show’s ratings fail
Ash said at length: ‘We are gathered here today to celebrate the long and successful life of MKR. The show that has somehow managed to stay afloat among it’s competitors for nearly a decade.
‘The show that gave me a leg up into the entertainment industry, dubbing me socialite and villain. The show that divided the nation and in turn gave me everything.
‘According to Gawndy, without that show I would be living on the Gold Coast with mum and dad and zero opportunity. How will the citizens of Australia cope with the end of what is one of the longest running reality shows?’
Famous face: Ash (left) appeared on the reality cooking competition in 2015 (pictured)
She said in her eulogy: ‘Thank you for making it glaringly obvious how bats**t crazy the majority of people to compete on such a show. They are not normal’
She went on to thank the judges for teaching her cooking skills before she continued: ‘Thank you for making it glaringly obvious how bats**t crazy the majority of people to compete on such a show. They are not normal.’
‘You gave me life, an appreciation for cookery and media and I am eternally grateful to you. May you rest in peace and have no regrets about televising an all star series which inevitably probably led to your demise. Probably because I wasn’t on it.’
Ash also revealed that she was asked to appear on the season, but declined, explaining: ‘One time is enough to go on MKR. It was a good opportunity but I didn’t think it was necessary to go back.’
Ash also revealed that she was asked to appear on The Rivals, but declined: ‘One time is enough to go on MKR. It was a good opportunity but I didn’t think it was necessary to go back’
Worries: After a decade on the air, My Kitchen Rules is facing the chopping block after its latest season opened to dismal ratings. Pictured: Pete Evans and Manu Feildel
After a decade on the air, My Kitchen Rules is facing the chopping block after its latest season opened to dismal ratings.
Despite a multi-million dollar marketing campaign, Seven’s once-unbeatable cooking show has been destroyed by Channel Nine’s Married At First Sight.
But most embarrassing of all, MKR: The Rivals was also beaten by the premiere of Great Australian Railway Journeys on SBS on Tuesday night.
Irrelevant: Seven’s once-unbeatable cooking show has been destroyed by Channel Nine’s Married At First Sight. Pictured: MAFS couple Hayley Vernon and David Cannon
Flop: Most embarrassing of all, MKR: The Rivals was beaten on Tuesday night by the premiere of SBS’s Great Australian Railway Journeys, hosted by Michael Portillo (pictured)
The ratings are so bad that TV Blackbox editor Robert McKnight predicts that My Kitchen Rules will soon be cancelled.
‘There won’t be any more of the show. You might as well write the eulogy and prepare the coffin… it will not be back again,’ McKnight told News.com.au.
MKR: The Rivals attracted just 428,000 metro viewers on Wednesday, which was less than half of Married At First Sight’s audience.
Off the boil! The ratings are so bad that TV Blackbox editor Robert McKnight predicts that My Kitchen Rules will soon be cancelled. Pictured: Manu Feildel and Colin Fassnidge (right)
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