“Maybe we’ve been a little bit too nice.”

My Kitchen Rules (MKR) 2025 is heating up, with the first elimination taking place tonight after Mel and Jacinta’s Instant Restaurant. Fan-favourites Lil and Lol are last on the leaderboard, so they’re hoping Mel and Jacinta trip up and get sent home.

There’s a strategic component to the Instant Restaurant rounds, with each team being able to score their competition’s meal. If a team wants to stay in the competition, they could theoretically score the other cooks one out of 10.

But will Lil and Lol stoop to that level to secure their spot in the MKR competition? The pair tell Chattr that while they hope “something goes wrong” with Mel and Jacinta’s cook, they won’t be scoring strategically.

“I think we will definitely still be fair,” Lil says, before Lol adds, “I think it makes us look at things a little bit differently because of how we were scored [at our Instant Restaurant], but definitely will still be fair going into it.”

“[We] may be vocal when we definitely don’t like something… maybe making our point a bit more valid. Maybe we’ve been a little bit too nice. Time to bring the spice.”
Lil and Lol during their Instant Restaurant. Image: Seven
Lil tells us the pair are feeling “very nervous” going into Jacinta and Mel’s Instant Restaurant, as they are desperate to not go home. “The nerves are really high, and there is a possibility that we might be going home,” she admits.

“Being on the bottom, we really just hope that everything’s in our favour, and maybe something goes wrong [with Jacinta and Mel’s cook]. We really don’t want this to be our last cook or last dinner party.”

Lil and Lol reveal what Jacinta and Mel are really like

Even though Jacinta and Mel’s cook will determine whether or not Lil and Lol go home, the girls still won’t speak badly of their competition.

“I don’t think [Jacinta and Mel] deserve the amount of backlash they’ve got,” Lol says carefully. “Emotions are heightened in that situation. You have all these big personalities at the table that have never met.

“Obviously, people are going to react in different ways and get emotional about things, but I definitely don’t think they deserve the backlash they’ve gotten.”
Mel and Jacinta on MKR. Image: Seven

What would Lil and Lol do with the MKR prize money?

The winners of My Kitchen Rules (MKR) 2025 will walk away with a whopping $100,000. Lil and Lol have big plans for their winnings, should they manage to stay in the competition and take out the title.

“The money is absolutely life-changing. We have a few little ideas together. We want to release a cookbook based on our Instant Restaurant name, Sugar, Spice, Everything Nice. Maybe like a three-part cookbook, and then eventually down the track, we would love a little cafe together,” Lol spills.

“We are definitely underestimated in this competition… you don’t have to be, as I said, 83 to know how to cook. There’s so many TikToks, there’s social media these days. It shows you different cuisines from all around the world.

“You don’t have to go there to know how to do it and I think Lil and I are proof. You don’t have to travel to know how to cook.”

But will Lol and Lil still have a chance to win the $100,000 MKR prize? It all depends on how Mel and Jacinta’s cook goes tonight.