MasterChef (Spanish TV series)


MasterChef is a Spanish competitive reality television cooking show based on the British television cooking game show of the same title. It premiered on La 1 on 10 April 2013. The show is, nowadays, presented by Pepe Rodríguez, Jordi Cruz and Samantha Vallejo-Nágera, who are also the judges of the competition.

History

In the first season, only 15 people were chosen from among the 9,000 in the initial casting selection and competed for the title of MasterChef. The winner was given 100,000 euros, the opportunity to publish his own book of recipes, and the chance to attend the esteemed culinary school Le Cordon Bleu.
The initial selections began on February 4, 2013 in five areas of the country. All types of people came, including high-level executives, housewives, and construction workers. All of the candidates came together over their love of cooking. They had to be amateur cooks without culinary experience, but at the same time very talented.
The contestants competed against each other in individual challenges in the kitchen and also in group challenges outside of the set kitchen. The judges were Pepe Rodríguez, Jordi Cruz, and Samantha Vallejo-Nágera. The first season aired on La 1 of Televisión Española starting on April 10, 2013, and was hosted by Eva González.
In October 2013, MasterChef received the Ondas Awards for Best entertainment program in Spanish television.

Show format

Caja misteriosa. The contestants receive ingredients with which they have to make a dish according to the specifications of the judges. The contestants have a certain amount of time in order to do this. Once they are finished, the judges deliberate and the two to three best dishes determine who will be the captains in the following challenge.Prueba por equipos. This challenge takes place outside of the kitchens of Masterchef and involves cooking for celebrities or other groups of people. The captains have to decide on the dishes that they are going to prepare and which of the other contestants will be on their team to help them. The losing team then faces off in the elimination round.Prueba de eliminación. The winning team observes the losing team from the gallery from in the final challenge. The losing team has to cook the recipe chosen by the judges. The judges «deliberate» and the contestant that has made the «worst» dish is eliminated from the program.Prueba de presión. This is the most difficult challenge. A celebrity chef visits the set and instructs the contestants on how to make his most famous dish. The contestants have to then recreate it.Reto creativo. The judges dictate which dish the contestants have to make.

First season (2013)

Fifteen amateur chefs competed in different challenges cooking alone or in teams, both in the set kitchen and elsewhere. Throughout the first season of MasterChef, the contestants were visited by the best chefs in Spain who gave them exclusive cooking classes. These included Juan Mari Arzak, Pedro Subijana, Joan Roca, Paco Roncero, Dani García, Quique Dacosta, Eneko Atxa, and Andoni Luis Aduriz, among others. The finale featured Spanish chef Ferran Adrià, considered the best chef in the world, as one of the judges.

Second season (2014)

During the finale of the first season of MasterChef, Eva González told viewers that the program would be renewed for a second season in May 2014, after MasterChef Junior. Starting in late October 2013 Televisión Española and Shine Iberia started casting for the second season. It premiered on April 9. During the week before, Radiotelevisión Española aired various cooking specials to lead up to the show.

Third season (2015)

Televisión Española and Shine Iberia started casting for the third season in December 2014. It premiered on April 7, 2015.

Sixth season (2018)

The casting of the sixth season finished on January 15, 2018, 150 of the 23.000 participant was chosen to be challengers, in which only 15 will be candidates to win the program. It was released on April 22, 2018 in La 1. It will be the most demanding season.
Despite being pregnant, Eva González will not be replaced, although she will be absent after the 6th episode.

Eighth season (2020)

The show begun on April 14, 2020. Almost 30,000 people attended the castings but only 50 went to the final phase where the judges decided which one attended the first task.
For the first time in the series, due to no eliminated contestant managing to cook a decent enough dish in the repechage episode, no one was brought back by the judges. Instead, they gave candidates eliminated in the last casting process a second chance to join the kitchens. Carlos won and entered the show.

Ninth season (2021)

In episode 6, two frontline workers that couldn't participate in the last casting stage due to the COVID-19 pandemic were given a second chance to enter the game as they'll battle for a white apron and the chance to enter the game. José beat Nando, and entered the kitchens.

Ratings

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110 April 20132.0511%
217 April 20131.9210%
323 April 20132.9215.5%#1
430 April 20133.4918.6%#1
57 May 20132.8114.5%
614 May 20132.8815.3%#1
721 May 20133.4317.7%#1
828 May 20133.6018.9%#1
94 June 20133.7019.5%#1
1011 June 20134.0221.6%#1
1118 June 20133.9520%#1
1225 June 20134.1022.4%#1
132 July 20135.5233.1%#1

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19 April 20142.8516.5%#1
223 April 20142.7316.3%#1
330 April 20142.8016.4%#1
47 May 20143.2217.8%#1
514 May 20142.5313.3%
621 May 20143.1617.6%#1
728 May 20143.4318.7%#1
84 June 20143.6820.3%#1
911 June 20143.6020.7%#1
1018 June 20143.6323.1%#1
1125 June 20143.5620.6%#1
122 July 20143.6721.7%#1
139 July 20142.5714.5%
1416 July 20143.1822.4%#1
1523 July 20144.1027.1%#1

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17 April 20153.0516%#2
214 April 20153.1918.6%#2
321 April 20152.9017.1%#2
428 April 20153.0317.1%#2
55 May 20153.3619.5%#2
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719 May 20153.1017.9%#2
826 May 20153.0017.2%#2
92 June 20153.1619%#2
109 June 20152.8017.9%#2
1116 June 20153.2018.5%#2
1223 June 20152.6118.7%#2
1330 June 20153.7726.8%#1

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16 April 20162.7215.5%
213 April 20162.7316.9%
320 April 20162.7416.7%
427 April 20162.8717.8%#1
54 May 20162.9918.4%#1
611 May 20163.1220%#1
718 May 20163.0418.8%#1
825 May 20163.0219.6%
91 June 20163.0418%
108 June 20163.5022%#1
1115 June 20163.1222.4%#1
1222 June 20163.2022.1%#1
1329 June 20163.7828.4%#1

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116 April 20172.3616.7%#1
223 April 20171.8712.3%
325 April 20172.0216.3%
430 April 20172.3415.8%#1
57 May 20172.5116.1%
614 May 20172.6318%#1
721 May 20172.2815%#1
828 May 20172.8917.8%#1
94 June 20172.5016%#1
1011 June 20172.7619.7%#1
1118 June 20172.4117.2%#1
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122 April 20182.5416.8%
229 April 20182.3614.6%
36 May 20182.3914.4%
413 May 20182.4815.6%
520 May 20182.3114.7%
628 May 20182.3416.8%#1
74 June 20182.6920.8%#1
811 June 20182.5119.1%#1
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1021 June 20182.2720%#1
1125 June 20182.7423.1%#1
122 July 20182.6922.4%#1
139 July 20182.9627.7%#1

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126 March 20192.1721%#1
22 April 20192.1316.6%#1
39 April 20192.2418.3%#1
423 April 20191.579.6%
530 April 20191.8614.1%
67 May 20191.5112.3%
714 May 20191.5113.6%
821 May 20191.7613.9%
928 May 20191.7314%
104 June 20191.6513.6%
1111 June 20191.8614.9%
1218 June 20191.8514.6%
1325 June 20192.0418.8%

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113 April 20202.6520%#1
220 April 20202.6718.6%#1
327 April 20202.9120.2%#1
44 May 20202.9021.8%#1
511 May 20202.9422.7%#1
618 May 20203.1123%#1
725 May 20202.8822.9%#1
81 June 20203.0222.7%#1
98 June 20202.9223.7%#1
1015 June 20203.0924.6%#1
1122 June 20202.8823.2%#1
1229 June 20202.7423.7%#1
136 July 20203.0830.3%#1

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113 April 2021Tuesday 10:10 pm1.5715%#3
220 April 2021Tuesday 10:10 pm1.6714.9%#3
327 April 2021Tuesday 10:10 pm1.6715%#3
411 May 2021Tuesday 10:10 pm1.4613%#3
518 May 2021Tuesday 10:10 pm1.6014.7%#3
625 May 2021Tuesday 10:10 pm1.6015.9%#1
71 June 2021Tuesday 10:10 pm1.6914%#3
88 June 2021Tuesday 10:35 pm1.6315.3%
915 June 2021Tuesday 10:35 pm1.6015%
1022 June 2021Tuesday 10:35 pm1.7015.8%
1129 June 2021Tuesday 10:35 pm1.7016.1%
126 July 2021Tuesday 10:35 pm1.3610.9%
1313 July 2021Tuesday 10:35 pm2.0222%#1

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118 April 20221.6415%#1
225 April 20221.7414.2%#1
32 May 20221.6213.7%#1
49 May 20221.7214.5%#1
516 May 20221.7214.7%#1
623 May 20221.6815%#1
730 May 20221.6914.3%#1
813 June 20221.4913.4%#1
920 June 20221.6214%#1
1027 June 20221.5813.8%#1
114 July 20221.5714.2%#1
1211 July 20221.5415.3%#1
1318 July 20221.7817.8%#1

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127 March 2023Monday 10:05 pm1.5313.8%#1
228 March 2023Tuesday 10:35 pm1.2613.9%#2
33 April 2023Monday 10:05 pm1.4112%#1
49 April 2023Sunday 10:05 pm1.129.7%#3
510 April 2023Monday 10:05 pm1.3811.5%#1
611 April 2023Tuesday 10:05 pm1.129.8%#2
717 April 2023Monday 10:05 pm1.4311.8%#2
818 April 2023Tuesday 10:05 pm1.1410.0%#3
924 April 2023Monday 10:05 pm
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111 May 2023Monday 10:05 pm
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Awards

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