MasterChef Australia Intro Parodies

About

MasterChef Intro Parodies refer to a series of videos set to the song "Hot n Cold" by Katy Perry and are meant to recreate the opening credits to the reality cooking competition series MasterChef Australia. These parodies usually feature one person or a group of people playing several different contestants as they perform humorous cooking techniques.

Origin

On June 2nd, 2013, the fifth season of MasterChef Australia premiered. The season was the first to feature the song "Hot n Cold" by Katy Perry. On August 20th, 2013, YouTuber masterchefclips uploaded a video of the opening credits, which is set to the song. The clip received more than 131,000 views in less than six years (shown below).

The earliest known parody of this introduction was published by TikTok user @tattsy_bros_tm on August 31st, 2019. The post received more than 29,000 likes in less than three months (shown below).

On October 28th, the website Pedestrian.tv^[1] published a report on the meme.

Spread

Several weeks later, on September 28th, TikTok user @harryfuller0 shared a variation of the parody. The post received more tahn 23,000 likes in less than one month (shown below, left).

On October 1st, TikTok user @emma.burger1 shared a version that received more than 18,000 likes in less than one month (shown below, center),

On October 11th, TikTok user cameronsaliba7 shared a variation that received more than 34,000 likes in less than one month (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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