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Update 8.08pm: Joanne has just been eliminated from Masterchef

Whoever triumphs tonight, Australia is the real winner because it means one of Masterchef’s least-liked chefs will be ushered out the door faster than prawns left in the sun.

How does she get her hair to sit like that?

There is even a facebook group (well there was, until it got pulled down) dedicated to the hating of Sydney contestant Joanne Zalm.

Some of the slurs have even been about her cooking in the Masterchef competition!

I will say, I do like Joanne’s hair, every night I marvel at how well it sits and curse my own bob which always flicks out on one side - grrrr. Although this admission should come with a disclaimer that I’m talking about her hair when it’s down, not that weird plait thing that seems to channel Princess Leia.

Every show needs a bad guy – someone the other contestants and viewers alike can’t stand and this year she’s it…. her and Jonathan Daddia.

Which should make tonight’s elimination episode featuring Joanne and Jonathan particularly enjoyable for those of us who love a bit of payback.

The general consensus with Jonathan is that he’s just way too big for those boots of his. Although I must say, I did enjoy the “you’re playing on my homeground” line to Gordon Ramsay’s protégé Josh Emmet. Nope, Jono will never be short on self-belief.

I don’t want to be called unfair here, so I’m willing to offer Aaron a spot on the most-disliked list too…. this award is open to all contenders.

Claire’s alleged marriage-busting ways probably haven’t helped her cause and Marion keeps getting teary at the drop of a hat (plus no one likes the teacher’s pet), which leaves Adam, Alvin and Callum emerging as crowd favourites.

Whoever wins tonight, I can’t wait to see the pretend sadness on the faces of the remaining contestants’ faces tonight when the victor walks back into the house. Who said these guys can’t act?

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- NEFFA says:
  
  06:33pm | 24/06/10
  
  Joanne annoys me. The same way Julie annoyed me last year. i am fed up with women using their kids to get the sympathy vote. “boo hoo, i am just a mum, out here doin’ it for the kids wah wah”
  What a crock. do it for yourself or dont do it at all. and leave the kids at home.
  
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Brad of Bentleigh says:

05:00pm | 27/06/10

It did say she was a stay at home mum… maybe she didn’t declare her hair dressing job because of tax (or DSS) reasons?
- Nicole says:
  
  07:28pm | 24/06/10
  
  Dear God,
  I haven’t prayed to you for, er, um, I can’t remember, but please let the door hit Joanne on the ass on her way out. She annoys the sh!t out of me.
  Thank you
  
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- Glen says:
  
  10:59pm | 24/06/10
  
  I wish I cared enough to
  
  Oh wait….
  
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- YAY - she's gone! says:
  
  07:45am | 25/06/10
  
  There were NO sad faces when Jon came back - I think that said it all last night. And I think that despite the apparent petiness of the reasons most people dislike Joanne (her voice annoys me more than Gillard!!!)... no one likes someone who in a team challenge says “I didn’t help with that dish” when the dish was a disaster. That’s really why people don’t like her. She is out for herself, whinging, and generally annoying.
  
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- matt says:
  
  07:58am | 25/06/10
  
  How is Jonno hated?
  
  I think you’ve had a bit of a humour bypass if you can’t recognise his dry approach.
  
  I suspect Joanne was also edited a bit harshly.
  
  Jonathon’s my pick to win the thing - at least he’s got a narrative, as opposed to Marion (who’s probably the favourite), with his vision of a French-themed bistro. he’s also technically strong.
  
  That lack of narrative is the only thing (apart from the crying and the soap opera focus instead of food), that’s hurting the show. Last year we knew what the final four stood for - Justine, hotness and French food, Po, Asian inventiveness, Chris, Nose-to-tail meaty goodness and Julie, bland family crap.
  
  What do any of them stand for this year? Jonno, French. and er, that’s it. Marion talks about Asian food but hasn’t really done any of it, Aaron occasionally mentions pasta and Mexican, Callum really just needs a solid apprenticeship, Adam stands for I don’t know what, Alvin is a wuss and Clair is solid but boring.
  
  In other words, which of them would you buy a cookbook from?
  
  I think Jonno’s got the best cookbook in him, but seeing as how I’ve already got Justin North’s insanely good French Lessons and Anthony Bourdain’s wonderfully profane Les Halles Cookbook next to the Larousse, I can’t seen myself buying it. Certainly not over the Chris Badenoch nose-to-tail beer book…
  
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- Seamus says:
  
  08:55am | 25/06/10
  
  Replace Prima Donna Preston with Luke Mangen and you would have a fairly watchable show.
  
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- KH says:
  
  09:25am | 25/06/10
  
  Jonathan is an arrogant, annoying person. Well that is the picture that is painted by the editors of Masterchef. It could be true, and to me it is because that is all I see. I hope he goes soon…........and he can take is equally annoying friend Claire with him. I’m guessing her employer has had enough of her ‘I don’t want to work there’ interviews. Way to burn your bridges, Claire.
  Marion is annoying. That insipid little smile is starting to get to me. Even more annoying is now you can just predict that she will win every challenge, because the judges obviously love her. Even if she doesn’t finish the dish in the final, she will probably still win, because the final will be rigged to ensure it. Although, I guess she is the only one who can really cook there - Callum? I don’t think so. Adam? No. Alvin? You have got to be kidding. Claire? Ahem. Jonathan? Who would buy the book? Aaron? Nah…......
  Just like last year. I’m suprised Donna Hay hasn’t already got the cookbook ready to print with Marions name on it. Yes, that’s right. We all know who picked the winner last year.
  
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Tim says:

01:32pm | 25/06/10

It’s funny,
i actually thought that Claire and Jonathon would be hooking up in the house when the show started. They were always hanging out together.
Then I found out Jonathon is married so it wasn’t going to happen.
But Then I found out Claire is a homewrecker with form.
I’m telling you those two are doing the dirty deed in the house.
- symone says:
  
  10:18am | 25/06/10
  
  johnathan is my fav he always puts up an edible dish and no’s how to fix problems when the dish goes wrong.im not a big fan of jo i wouldnt say i hate her nor even likev her but her kids r her life wen ur a caring….CARING mum u cant turn it off
  
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