My Kitchen Rules (MKR) 2026 favourites Tiffany and Giancarlo have revealed they received a shocking text message from another contestant the night before they were eliminated, warning them that alleged alliances in the competition had already sealed their fate.
Speaking exclusively to Chattr after their departure, the pair said they were told not to be surprised if they were sent home, despite believing their food would be enough to keep them in the competition.
Tiffany and Giancarlo claim they were warned before their elimination
Tiffany said another contestant reached out on the eve of their elimination with a message that completely blindsided them.
“We’ve got a bit of a bombshell to tell you,” she said.
“We received a text message the night before from another contestant advising us, ‘Don’t be surprised when you get eliminated because there are alliances’. It was like the group had already decided, ‘Let’s get the strongest team out’.”
Giancarlo admitted they initially dismissed the warning.
“We didn’t believe that was going to be the case,” he said. “Still, we were in complete shock.”
However, Tiffany said the text made what happened the following day slightly easier to process.
“Because we had that heads up, it wasn’t the biggest shock when Simon admitted that, or when we got eliminated,” she said.
In the episode, Simon admits to intentionally low-balling Tiffany and Giancarlo’s score to eliminate them from the competition as they are a major threat.
“He admitted to it afterwards,” Giancarlo said. “When it happened, it was a huge shock because it was the last thing we expected.
“We thought we’d be able to get through with our flavours, but there was that in the background. I think we were able to ignore it for the most part.”
Despite the warning, Tiffany insisted it didn’t change the way they approached the cook.
“It didn’t affect our cook, for sure,” she said. “In terms of the result, we just had a heads up about what might happen.
“We cooked our hearts out. We did our best. We didn’t let it affect us. Yes, I made a mistake.”
Giancarlo said they remained confident their food would speak for itself.
“We definitely believed we could win it,” he said. “We were practising our hearts out.”
Reflecting on the tiramisu that ultimately contributed to their exit, he maintained they still believed it was a strong dish.
“We’ve made that dessert before. It’s a common dessert. The flavours are there, and while doing it well isn’t easy, once you know what you’re doing, it’s a delicious dessert,” he explained.
“So we thought on flavour alone we’d be okay.”
Tiffany agreed, saying they never expected the dessert to become the focal point of their elimination.
“We didn’t think the tiramisu would be our downfall at all, but it definitely gave the other contestants the fuel they needed to make it seem like we don’t deserve to be here.”
Tiffany says discovering who their real friends were was disappointing
Despite everything that unfolded, Tiffany said she wasn’t surprised another contestant had reached out to warn them, saying they had always tried to treat everyone with kindness throughout the competition.
“We’ve been honest the whole time,” she said.
“We weren’t there to put people down, embarrass people or make people feel stupid. That’s not what we’re about. We were always about the food.
“So I’m not surprised that we have friends, but it’s very disappointing that some of them turned out to be fake.”
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