MasterChef Celebrity is a Spanish competitive reality televisioncooking show based on the British television cookinggame show of the same title. It is a special spin-off of the series MasterChef Spain, that premiered on La 1 on 10 April 2013. The show was hosted by Eva González until the 4th season of the series. Jordi Cruz, Samantha Vallejo-Nágera and Pepe Rodríguez repeat as the judges of the show as in the amateur editions. The first season premiered the 6 of November 2016.
Each episode follows the same script, and is divided into three challenges. At the end of every episode, one contestant is evicted.
First challenge. It happens in the studios. Once they are finished, the judges deliberate and the two to three best dishes determine who will be the captains in the following challenge. It has variable formats and it changes each episode; the most common are:
Mystery Box Challenge. 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 to complete the task.
Creative Test. It is a free dish, but the judges dictate some rules or twists the contestants must follow.
Pressure Test. A celebrity chef visits the set and instructs the contestants on how to make their most famous dish. The contestants have to then recreate it. Sometimes the judges make the dishes contestants have to recreate.
Team Challenge. Is the second challenge each episode. This challenge takes place outside of the kitchens of MasterChef and usually involves cooking for groups of people. The captains have to choose between the dishes that they are going to prepare and which of the other contestants will be on their team. The losing team then faces off in the elimination round.
Elimination Test. The winning team observes the losing team from the final challenge in the gallery. The losing team has to cook the recipe chosen by the judges. The format of this challenge is usually in the same style as the used in the First challenge. The judges deliberate and the contestant that has made the worst dish is eliminated from the program.
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- The contestant entered the competition
- The contestant entered the competition, after the rest of the contestants
- The candidate was eliminated in the final selection
/ (Bold) - The contestant made the best dish of the initial challenge
(Italics) - The contestant was considered the best of the team challenge
(^) - The contestant was sent to the elimination test by another one or by its own decision.
- The contestant won immunity by winning the team challenge
- Despite losing the team challenge, the contestant was granted immunity by other contestant
- The contestant saved himself by been the best in the elimination task
/ / - The contestant ended up in the elimination task and was saved
- The contestant ended up in the elimination task and was saved at the last moment
- The contestant was eliminated in the elimination task
- The contestant was forced or decided to abandon the competition
- The contestant entered the competition through the repechage or as a substitute for a dropout
- The contestant won the competition
- The contestant reached the final and came in second place
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