I have the “difficult” task of attending this week and living it alongside the candidates and reporting back to Station.lu and you on their progress.

As a reporter, alongside other Luxembourg press on location, one can’t help feeling that we are part of a “Big Brother” or “X Factor” TV show and although a lot of the planned events are fun, all the “competitors” will still be judged on their behaviour, reactions etc. One finds oneself subconsciously judging the beautiful girls and boys similar to these shows.  In fact for those that criticise the whole Miss or Mister World idea, isn’t this in fact exactly what it is?  The world’s biggest X Factor? (in relation to Miss World).  As these shows increase in their popularity, those that watch them (or those that pretend they don’t) should also be drawn to this prestigious event.

The first task candidates were confronted with after an impressive welcome at the hotel on Saturday, was a Tunisian cookery class. The traditional dish “Ojja” with prawns was their challenge and after a demonstration by the hotel chef the candidates competed against each other in teams to produce the best results!  The Mister Luxembourg team triumphed.