Katy Perry finally addresses MasterChef dropping its iconic theme song

Katy Perry has finally addressed the fact that MasterChef Australia recently stopped using her iconic 2008 single ‘Hot N Cold’ as its theme song after 14 seasons. Viewers would surely remember tuning into the cooking competition from 2009 to 2022 and hearing Katy’s vocals in the intro alongside shots of the contestants performing random kitchen tasks.

The pop track became so synonymous with the series that the hitmaker herself made an appearance as a guest judge on season 12 in 2020, surprising contestants and viewers alike. However, Channel 10 made the unexpected decision to remove the intro altogether for the show’s fifteenth season, with the home cooks no longer flipping frying pans or throwing flour at the camera.

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During her recent whirlwind trip to Australia to perform at the AFL grand final, Katy hilariously acknowledged the fact that MasterChef no longer uses ‘Hot N Cold’ in a skit with Aussie duo Granny Flat Comedy, made up of Dave Hoey and Nicholas Burton.

The two men were arguing over who was the bigger Katy Perry fan when David said her music saved him when he “heard ‘Hot N Cold’ for the first time on MasterChef Australia”.

“It used to be, they replaced it,” Katy replied solemnly.

“What?” David exclaimed, to which she rolled her eyes and said, “I don’t know, it’s fine”.

“That’s bulls**t!” Nicholas remarked while David added, “F**k ‘em”.

Why did MasterChef drop 'Hot N Cold'?

A source told Yahoo Lifestyle at the time that Channel 10 decided to drop the theme song in 2023 because, as some viewers had speculated, the licensing fees became too expensive after using it for 14 years.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson from the network said “the decision was made to get into the action faster at the top of each episode”.

Interestingly, international viewers would be unaware that ‘Hot n Cold’ has been used as the theme song as it has always been replaced with a different song for copyright reasons. Instead, MasterChef Australia airs in India, Canada, the UK, the Middle East and New Zealand, among other countries, with an untitled pop song containing the lyrics: “Burning up in my heart, like a flame, like a bright shooting star.”

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Channel 10’s decision to remove ‘Hot n Cold’ as its theme song is similar to what happened to the show’s rival, My Kitchen Rules. The Channel Seven cooking competition used Kesha’s hit song ‘Tik Tok’ as its theme from seasons 1 to 3 before replacing it with Justice Crew’s ‘Best Night’ and ultimately dropping an intro altogether.

Meanwhile, the renovation series House Rules went through three different pop songs by OneRepublic, Little Mix and American Authors until they decided not to have an intro. Farmer Wants A Wife also cycled through pop tracks by Ronan Keating, Taylor Swift, Michael Bublé, Calvin Harris and Jason Derulo before they stopped using a theme song in 2020.

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