Has <i>Masterchef</i> gone off the boil? That's the unavoidable conclusion of 2011: though it still rated well, numbers were way down on 2010 and 2009 (especially the ratings of the finale, no doubt damaged by shoving an episode of The Renovators in the middle), and the spin-off series <i>Junior Masterchef</i> just about sank like a stone when it aired later in the year.
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