MasterChef Junior (Spanish TV series)

*MasterChef Junior*
MasterChef Junior
Genre	Cooking show
Presented by	Eva González
Judges	Pepe Rodríguez Rey; Jordi Cruz; Samantha Vallejo-Nágera;
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	46
Production
Executive producers	Macarena Rey; Ana Rivas;
Running time	150 minutes
Production company	Shine Iberia
Release
Original network	La 1
Picture format	16:9, 480p (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	23 December 2013 –; present
Chronology
Related shows	MasterChef; MasterChef Celebrity;
External links
	Website

MasterChef Junior is a gastronomic TV program first aired on 23 December 2013 on La 1.^[1]^[2] Three thousand children attended the casting for the first season.^[3] The first season consisted of 4 episodes. Since season 2, all of the seasons have had 6 episodes.

It was formerly hosted by Eva González,^[4] while Jordi Cruz, Samantha Vallejo-Nágera and Pepe Rodríguez are the chefs and remain on the show.^[5]^[6]

On February 28, 2018, the program was renewed for a sixth season of 6 episodes to be aired in the period 2018-2019.^[7]

First season (2013-2014)[]

Contestants	Hometown	Age	Final position
Mario Palacios	Logroño	12	Winner
Ana Luna Navarro	Málaga	11	Runner-Up
Esther Núñez	León	11	3rd finalists
Juan Dávila	A Coruña	12	3rd finalists
Aimar San Miguel	Bizkaia	8	3rd gala eliminated
Pau Bermúdez	Barcelona	12
Cristina Morán	León	12
Marina Poveda	Valencia	10
Alba Morán	León	12	2nd gala eliminated
Daniel Hernández	Tenerife	11
Jacobo Azcárraga	Valencia	12
María García	León	12
Carlos Bautista	Castellón	11	1st gala eliminated
Noa Aráez	Málaga	9
Remei Reinés	Palma	10
Rodrigo	Madrid	11

Second season (2014-2015)[]

Contestant	Hometown	Age	Final position
Manuel Esteve	Valencia	11	Winner
Martina Segura	Palma	11	Runner-Up
Aina Roglán	Barcelona	11	3rd finalist
Teresa Barrieras	Madrid	9	2nd gala evicted and 3rd finalist
Guillermo Carrillo	Málaga	9	5th gala eliminated
Mauro Martín	Madrid	12	5th gala eliminated
Lluc Calls	Barcelona	9	3rd and 4th gala evicted
Víctor Villaescusa	Alicante	12	4th gala eliminated
Ana Oca	A Coruña	10	4th gala eliminated
Marcos Mendicuti	Bizkaia	10	3rd gala eliminated
Marta Álvarez	Madrid	12	3rd gala eliminated
Claudia Iglesias	Madrid	12	2nd gala eliminated
Rocío Lozano	Cádiz	12	2nd gala eliminated
Daniel	Madrid	10	1st gala eliminated
Lucía	Madrid	8
Marco Lucarini	Girona	11

Third season (2015-2016)[]

Contestant	Hometown	Age	Final position
María Fernández-Victorio	Madrid	11	Winner
Lukas Vives	Barcelona	10	Runner-Up
Covadonga García	Asturias	11	3rd gala evicted and 3rd finalist
Martina Burgos	Burgos	11	3rd finalist
Álvaro Orte	Seville	12	5th gala eliminated
Laura Ibáñez	Logroño	8	5th gala eliminated
Ramón Ciutad	Madrid	12	1st and 4th gala eliminated
Martu	Donostia	11	4th gala eliminated
Chloe Meehan	Madrid	10	4th gala eliminated
Bruno Langarica	La Rioja	12	3rd gala eliminated
Mauro Rodríguez	Madrid	11	3rd gala eliminated
Xavier Martí	Tarragona	11	2nd gala eliminated
María Querol	Castellón	11
Hugo Ibáñez	Logroño	10
Cristina	Madrid	11	1st gala eliminated
Pablo	Madrid	11	1st gala eliminated

Fourth season (2016-2017)[]

Contestant	Hometown	Age	Final position
Paula Alós	Mataró	10	Winner
Paloma Martínez	A Coruña	12	Runner-Up
Álex Cañada	Gavà	12	3rd finalist
Natalia Jiménez	Collado Villalba	12	3rd gala evicted and 3rd finalist
José Enrique García	Valencia	12	5th gala eliminated
Óscar Jefferson	Cádiz	8	3rd and 5th gala eliminated
Miguel Pérez	La Rioja	9	4th gala eliminated
Estela Antuña	Avilés	10
Kaitín Venero	Bizkaia	11
Arnau Bel	Sant Carles de la Ràpita	12	3rd gala eliminated
Abel	Lérida	8	2nd gala eliminated
Toni	La Roca del Vallès	12
Virginia Sánchez-Ferragut	Valencia	12
Alejandra	Borja	8	1st gala eliminated
Javier	Almería	9
Loreto Sánchez-Ferragut	Valencia	12

Fifth season (2017-2018)[]

Contestant	Hometown	Age	Final position
Esther Requena	Granada	10	Winner
María Blanco	Madrid	9	Runner-Up
Gonzalo Reyes	Las Rozas	12	3rd finalists
Lucía Fernández	Madrid	12	3rd finalists
María Arias	Valladolid	9	3rd and 5th gala eliminated
Héctor Robles	Barcelona	12	1st and 5th gala eliminated
Juan Antonio Martínez	Almería	10	5th gala eliminated
Fernando Gil	Boadilla del Monte	10	4th gala eliminated
Mara Serrano	San Vicente del Raspeig	10	4th gala eliminated
Diego Guerrero	Madrid	12	3rd gala eliminated
Núria Serra	Manresa	8	3rd gala eliminated
Rubén Alcantarilla	Córdoba	12	2nd gala eliminated
Santiago Parejo	Villanueva de la Serena	10
Hugo Reguera	Madrid	8
Karen Méndez	Barcelona	11	1st gala eliminated
Yara	Barcelona	10	1st gala eliminated

Sixth season (2018-2019)[]

Contestant	Hometown	Age	Final position
Josetxo Pérez	Valencia	10	Winner
Pachu Guitart	Madrid	10	Runner-Up
Paula Bibiloni	Palma	10	3rd finalist
Candela Alcántara	Chinchilla	8	4th finalist
Evelyn Costa	Málaga	11	3rd and 5th gala eliminated
Ferrán Bosch	Valencia	11	2nd and 5th gala eliminated
Jaime Pérez	Ibiza	11	5th gala eliminated
Daniel Nieto	Madrid	12	4th gala eliminated
Marina	Madrid	10	4th gala eliminated
Izan Navalón	Valencia	11	3rd gala eliminated
Noa Lara	Madrid	10	3rd gala eliminated
Unai Piquer	Molins de Rei	9	2nd gala eliminated
Carlota Silva	Gijón	8	2nd gala eliminated
Blanca Palomo	Seville	10	1st gala eliminated
Letizia Chaves	Fuente del Maestre	11
Enrique	Madrid	9

Seventh season (2019-2020)[]

Contestant	Hometown	Age	Final position
Lucía Lu Pérez	Barcelona	11	Winner
María Alcón	Valencia	12	Runner-Up
Albert	Tarragona	10	3rd gala evicted and 3rd finalist
Leo Schultz	Marbella	12	4th finalist
Daniela	Jaén	10	5th gala eliminated
Juan	Madrid	10	5th gala eliminated
Vega	Madrid	8	3rd and 5th gala eliminated
Aitana	Barcelona	10	4th gala eliminated
Dani	Huelva	10	4th gala eliminated
Lucas	Barcelona	10	3rd gala eliminated
Bosco	Valladolid	9	2nd gala eliminated
Lucía Pérez	Barcelona	8
Candela	Málaga	11
Álex	Valencia	12	1st gala eliminated
Marta Estornell	Valencia	11
Silvia	Barcelona	9

Eighth season (2020-2021)[]

Contestant	Hometown	Age	Final position
Aurora Ruiz	Trebujena	9	Winner
Nicolás Alonso	Seville	11	Runner-Up
Henar	Alcorcón	10	3rd finalist
Javier Valverde	Valladolid	8	4th finalist
Manel Vàzquez	Barcelona	12	2nd and 5th gala eliminated
Adriana Cano	Valencia	11	2nd and 5th gala eliminated
Antony Lobo	Marbella	10	5th gala eliminated
Asier Pernía	Valencia	10	4th gala eliminated
Celia Talero	Badajoz	11	4th gala eliminated
Luna Berroa	Madrid	12	3rd gala eliminated
Gina y Nina	Mataró	12
Inés	Madrid	9
Pablo	Las Palmas	11	2nd gala eliminated
Ariadna	Tarragona	11	1st gala eliminated
Iván	Logroño	11
Manu	Alicante	10

References[]

^ Franco, Víctor (10 July 2013). "'MasterChef Junior' abre su casting para encontrar a concursantes de entre 8 y 12 años". Fórmula TV (in Spanish). Noxvo. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "El mejor regalo de Navidad: 'MasterChef Junior' se estrena el 23 de diciembre". Hola! (in Spanish). 20 December 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "Más de 3.000 niños se apuntaron al casting". Radio Televisión Española (in Spanish). 23 December 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "Eva González será la presentadora de 'Master Chef' en TVE-1". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Grupo Zeta. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ "Así es el jurado de MasterChef". RTVE. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
^ "TVE estrena su concurso de talentos al fogón: 'MasterChef'". 20 minutos. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ "'MasterChef Celebrity' y 'MasterChef Junior', renovadas por una nueva edición en La 1". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-08-31.

External links[]

Official website

[1] Franco, Víctor (10 July 2013). "'MasterChef Junior' abre su casting para encontrar a concursantes de entre 8 y 12 años". Fórmula TV (in Spanish). Noxvo. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[2] "El mejor regalo de Navidad: 'MasterChef Junior' se estrena el 23 de diciembre". Hola! (in Spanish). 20 December 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[3] "Más de 3.000 niños se apuntaron al casting". Radio Televisión Española (in Spanish). 23 December 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[4] "Eva González será la presentadora de 'Master Chef' en TVE-1". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Grupo Zeta. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

[5] "Así es el jurado de MasterChef". RTVE. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[6] "TVE estrena su concurso de talentos al fogón: 'MasterChef'". 20 minutos. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

[7] "'MasterChef Celebrity' y 'MasterChef Junior', renovadas por una nueva edición en La 1". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-08-31.

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