I've watched every episode of Masterchef, and it really is a different show now. It was much more about serious home cooks who could come up with amazing things. Now it's a bit like... anything will do, and it won't be judged fairly anyway.
...as I said to Sav0001 even our kids and grand kids say the same thing... I have to take their words for it because I haven't seen all of those previous shows... one of my 16 year old grand daughters has been watching Masterchef since she was 6 years old and was telling me what I said above... she kept quoting names that I had never heard of before lol!... so you could say that she used to be an avid fan but she's losing interest in the show now (I'm guessing that it's because she has boys chasing her now to be honest lol!) and even she says it's because of Gary and George's sly escapades so it's not just us saying it... but... the one good thing out of all of that... it just goes to show the age diversity of the audience that watch Masterchef so all credit where it's due to them I reckon... cheers.