My Kitchen Rules' mother-daughter team Cathy and Anna Lisle say they may still be on the series if they had faced-off against twins Helena and Vikki in sudden-death.
Cathy and Anna put on a cooking clinic during Monday night's sudden-death challenge against South Australian mums Bree and Jess and yet still lost - by a point.
The Lisles scored 50 out of a possible 60 points for their chermoula quail with baby carrots and quinoa, which, at that stage, was easily the highest sudden-death score for the series.
However, Bree and Jess caused an upset when their butter chicken with red lentil dahl and rice received 51 votes, and that's despite failing to get their naan bread on the plate.
"It was a very high score and for a moment there I thought we had it and we were going through," Cathy told AAP.
"Bree and Jess were strong cooks but had we been up against Helena and Vicki we might have got through."
The Lisles were one of the stand-out teams of the series and had managed, until Monday, to avoid any sudden-death challenge.
It was Bree and Jess' second sudden-death win by a point, having beaten Carly Saunders and Tresne Middleton, 39-38 points.
During the series Anna took the lead in the kitchen, often telling her mother what to do.
Cathy said it may have appeared to viewers that her daughter was being bossy, maybe disrespectful, but no offence was taken because their game plan was for Anna to take charge.
"I told Anna from the word go to tell me what to do because she had all the ideas and that's what I wanted," Cathy said.
"Anna was head chef and I was the sous chef and that was planned from the start ... she had wonderful ideas and I wanted to be told what to do, absolutely."
She said it was a rewarding experience to work so closely with Anna and also the pair basically lived together in Sydney while the series was being taped.
Cathy said anyone wanting to appear on MKR needs to know how stressful and demanding the shooting of the series is on the contestants.
"Mentally and physically it's the toughest thing I have done for a long time," she said.
"We've done a bit of travelling together and it's been fantastic and this is the first time we have lived together in close quarters and worked towards a real goal."
She said one thing that is lost on the viewers is that the contestants are chasing $250,000 in prizemoney.
That's the reason they, and all the amateur cooks, enter the series and why sudden-death challenges can build up so much pressure and stress.
"We were there to win $250,000, not for a cup of tea and to learn how to cook," she said.
"It's not a walk in the park, we were trying to win $250,000 and you have to be focused and you have to take every moment to do the best you can."
Following their elimination, there are now only five teams remaining and the series reverts to home visits and an instant restaurant challenge.
