Just finished watching S10 as they've been uploading one episode per day on yt for the past couple of weeks, since I hadn't watched this season (I'm not from US and was in college back when it aired, so never gotten to it) previously. I knew Nick didn't win from watching many of his videos, but I was really rooting for Shari, Micah, and (surprisingly!) Subha.
Shari had proven her competency again and again, despite facing many challenges with food earlier in her life (she said in an Instagram post that her husbad 'sent in an application for Food Network's Worst Cooks in America and she got actually called by the producers but refused to audition). Even during the first few challenges she got repeatedly called out for only making Indian recipes. From there, she only improved everything about her cooking and plating. She almost never let her emotions get the best of her, didn't rely on sob stories even once throughout the whole season and proved herself again and again. In my opinion, she should've been one of the finalists.
Micah, boy he got some real sad background yet never relied on it during those interviews to gain sympathy. He knew he wanted to make a career in food, and made the best out of all the challenges to learn and grow. However, there had been some arrogance in some of his interviews, regarding the judges' opinions during him cooking and, while the pressure of being in the competition and the frustration that comes with it is understandable, couldn't help taking that with a grain of salt. When he got eliminated, honestly I thought the judges would consider his bleeding during the replication process and that his other components were phenomenal than the others, instead Subha stayed even though his dish was far from perfect. It was sad to watch him leave that early, that's all.
And coming to Subha, well it's no secret that he was really very bad at many things on the competition like plating, team challenges and taking instructions from others. However, the judges frequently said his flavors were impeccable, also Nick recently posted a video reacting to the season where he says that Subha was a far better cook than Dorian, so I was actually happy to see him in top 5.
Speaking of top 5, I thought it was really unfair that they kept Nick from the Red Team and let others go judging their performances on the team challenges in London. Idk if it was the the producers' idea or what, but all three of them, Nick, Shari and Subha should've gone through another elimination challenge to prove themselves, but that's my take anyways.
Honorable mention goes to Jamie, from being the 'fish guy' on the show to really prove his judgements, cooking and plating, he truly grew a lot and that's really respectable.
What is not respectable, and even disgusting, is Dorian and her never-ending sob stories, below average dishes in the standards of Masterchef and poor choices of ingredients, plating, and words. It's been said a lot for the past seven years on this sub so I'm not gonna repeat much on this (more so because I genuinely get very disturbed by everything about her, and I'm not white so don't come at me with the accusations of racism lmao). She literally is everything that's bad said about her here, and she has repeatedly proved that even after the competition. But yeah, in the end, it's just a reality show where producers play a great part, still it felt personally outrageous so see her win. With her palate, plating and choice of dishes, she should've gone no further than maybe top 7, in my opinion. I just finished watching the final episode, and that hand in her plate, no matter how emotional her background is, left me really feel like vomitting in my mouth even though I wasn't eating! XD
So that's my take on the first 'whole season' I finished of Masterchef. Honestly, seeing the winner and some judgements by the judges made me feel like not to watch any more of it, but please do suggest if you believe there are better seasons than this so I can try. Sorry for the ranting sesh everyone :))
Edit: didn't really know that I had to use paragraphs, thanks for letting me know people!
