MasterChef Celebrity (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's a celebrity special spin-off of the series Masterchef Spain, that premiered on La 1 on 10 April 2013. The show is hosted by Eva González. Jordi Cruz, Samantha Vallejo-Nágera and Pepe Rodríguez repeat as the judges of the show. The first season premiered the 6 of November 2016.[1]

MasterChef Celebrity
Genre	Cooking show
Directed by	Eva Sanz Jordi Rossell
Presented by	Eva González
Judges	Jordi Cruz Samantha Vallejo-Nágera Pepe Rodríguez
Country of origin	Spain
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer(s)	Macarena Rey Ana Rivas
Running time	110 minutes
Production company(s)	Shine Iberia
Release
Original network	La 1
Picture format	16:9, 480p (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	6 November 2016 – present
Chronology
Related shows	MasterChef Spain MasterChef Junior Top Chef
External links
Website

On February 28, 2018, RTVE renewed the program for a third season to be aired in the period 2018-2019.[2]

Show Format

Each episode follows the same script, and it's divided in three challenges. At the end of every episode, one contestant is evicted.

• First challenge. It happens on 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 in order to do this.
  • Creative Test. It's 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 his 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 gallery from in the final challenge. The losing team has to cook the recipe chosen by the judges. The format of this challenge it's 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.

Season 1 (2016)

Contestant	Age	Occupation	Hometown	Episode of elimination	Place finished
Miguel Ángel Muñoz	32	Actor & singer	Madrid	Final	Winner
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo	47	Actress & TV host	Madrid	Final	Runner-up
Loles León	65	Actress	Barcelona	Final	3rd
Fernando Tejero	49	Actor	Cordoba	Final	4th
Virginia Troconis	36	Model	Caracas	Episode 5	5th
Manuel Díaz "El Cordobés"	47	Bullfighter	Madrid	Episode 4	6th
Estefanía Luyk	40	Model & businesswoman	Madrid	Episode 3	Reserve / 7th
Fonsi Nieto	37	Former motorcycle racer	Madrid	Episode 2	8th
María del Monte	54	Folk singer & TV host	Seville	Episode 2	Quit
Niña Pastori	38	Singer	Cadiz	Episode 1	9th

Weakly summary

	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Final
Miguel Ángel	IN	Immune	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Finalist	Winner
Cayetana	IN	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Finalist		Runner-up
Fernando	IN	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
Loles	IN	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Eliminated
Virginia	IN	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
Manuel	IN	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Eliminated
Estefanía				Eliminated
Fonsi	IN	Saved	Eliminated
María del Monte	IN	Nominated	Abandonment
Niña	IN	Eliminated

Audience

Date	Characteristic	Spectator	Fee	Ref.
06/11/2016	1st gala	3 270 000	21,0%	[3]
08/11/2016	2nd gala	2 886 000	21,0%	[4]
15/11/2016	3rd gala	3 320 000	24,1%	[5]
22/11/2016	4th gala	3 222 000	23,0%	[6]
29/11/2016	5th gala	3 500 000	24,8%	[7]
13/12/2016	6th gala	3 499 000	28,2%	[8]

Season 2 (2017)

Contestant[9]	Age	Occupation	Residence	Episode of elimination	Place finished
Saúl Craviotto	32	Olympic medalist canoeist	Gijón	Final	Winner[10]
Silvia Abril	46	Actress & comedian	Barcelona	Episode 4 / Final	Runner-up[11]
José Corbacho	51	Film director & comedian	Barcelona	Final	3rd
Patricia Montero	28	Actress	Valencia	Final	4th
Edu Soto	38	Actor & comedian	Barcelona	Episode 9	5th
Anabel Alonso	52	Actress & comedian	Barakaldo	Episode 8	6th[12]
Bibiana Fernández	63	Actress and TV panelist	Madrid	Episode 7	7th
Juan Betancourt	27	International model	Madrid	Episode 6	8th
Pepón Nieto	50	Actor	Málaga	Episode 5	9th
Marina San José	34	Stage and film actress	Madrid	Episode 3	10th
Carlos Baute	43	Singer	Madrid	Episode 2	11th
Usun Yoon	39	Actress and TV reporter	Madrid	Episode 1	12th[13]

Weekly summary

	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Final
Saúl	IN	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Finalist		Winner
Silvia	IN	Saved	Immune	Nominated	Eliminated	Immune	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Finalist	Runner-up
José	IN	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
Patricia	IN	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
Edu	IN	Saved	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Saved	Immune	Eliminated
Anabel	IN	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Eliminated
Bibiana	IN	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Eliminated
Juan	IN	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Immune	Eliminated
Pepón	IN	Nominated	Saved	Immune	Immune	Eliminated
Marina	IN	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
Carlos	IN	Nominated	Eliminated
Usun	IN	Eliminated

Season 3 (2018)

Contestant[14]	Age	Occupation	Residence	Episode of elimination	Place finished	Ref.
Ona Carbonell	27	Olympic medalist synchronized swimmer	Barcelona	Final	Winner	[15]
Paz Vega	42	Actress	Seville	Final	Runner-up	[16]
Antonia Dell'Atte	58	Former supermodel	Barcelona	Episode 5 / Final	3rd	[17][18]
Mario Vaquerizo	47	Nancys Rubias vocalist, TV personality	Madrid	Final	4th	[19]
Boris Izaguirre	52	Best-selling author and TV host	Madrid	Episode 10	5th	[20]
Santiago Segura	52	Film director and actor	Madrid	Episode 9	6th	[21]
Carmen Lomana	69	Socialite and businesswoman	Madrid	Episode 8	7th	[22]
María Castro	36	Actress	Vigo	Episode 7	8th	[23]
Óscar Higares	46	Former bullfighter	Madrid	Episode 6	9th	[24]
Jaime Nava	35	Spain's rugby union team captain	Madrid	Episode 5	10th	[25]
Iván Massagué	41	Actor	Barcelona	Episode 4	11th	[26]
Dafne Fernández	33	Actress and dancer	Madrid	Episode 3	12th	[27]
Xuso Jones	25	Singer	Murcia	Episode 2	13th	[28]
Paula Prendes	35	Actress and TV host	Gijón	Episode 1	14th	[29]

	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Final
Ona	IN	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Finalist		Winner
Paz	IN	Saved	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Finalist	Runner-up
Antonia	IN	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Eliminated	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	3rd
Mario	IN	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	4th
Boris	IN	Immune	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Immune	Saved	Immune	Eliminated
Santiago	IN	Immune	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Eliminated
Carmen	IN	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Eliminated
María	IN	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Eliminated
Óscar	IN	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Eliminated
Jaime	IN	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
Iván	IN	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Eliminated
Dafne	IN	Nominated	Immune	Eliminated
Xuso	IN	Immune	Eliminated
Paula	IN	Eliminated

Audience

Date	Characteristic	Spectator	Fee	Ref.
9/09/2018	1st episode	2.944.000	24.7%	[30]
16/09/2018	2nd episode	2.578.000	19.2%	[31]
23/09/2018	3rd episode	2.733.000	20,2%	[32]
30/09/2018	4th episode	2.718.000	19,5%	[32]
07/10/2018	5th episode	2.677.000	18.9%	[33]
14/10/2018	6th episode	3.005.000	21.4%	[34]
21/10/2018	7th episode	2.863.000	19.1%	[35]
28/10/2018	8th episode	2.753.000	19.4%	[36]

Season 4 (2019)

Contestant[37]	Age	Occupation	Residence	Episode of elimination	Place finished	Ref.
Tamara Falcó	37	Socialité	Madrid	Final	Winner
Félix Gómez	41	Actor	Seville	Final	Runner-up
Vicky Martín Berrocal	46	Fashion designer	Huelva	Final	3rd
Boris Izaguirre	52	Best-selling author and TV host Season 3 contestant	Madrid	Final	4th
Yolanda Ramos	50	Comedian actress	Barcelona	Episode 11	5th
Juan Avellaneda	37	Fashion stylist	Alicante	Episode 10	6th
Anabel Alonso	52	Actress & comedian Season 2 contestant	Barakaldo	Episode 9	7th
Ana Obregón	64	Actress and TV host	Madrid	Episode 8	18th / 8th
Ana Milán	45	Actress	Alicante	Episode 7	9th
Almudena Cid	38	Former rhythmic gymnast	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Episode 7	10th
Álex Adrover	40	Actor	Madrid	Episode 6	11th
José Salazar	61	Los Chunguitos singer, Juan's Brother	Badajoz	Episode 5	Quit
Juan Salazar	65	Los Chunguitos singer, José's Brother	Badajoz	Episode 5	13th
Elena Furiase	31	Actress	Madrid	Episode 4	14th
Marta Torné	41	Actress and TV host	Barcelona	Episode 4
El Sevilla	48	Mojinos Escozíos vocalist	Seville	Episode 3	16th	[38]
José Miguel Antúnez	52	Former basketball player and broadcaster	Madrid	Episode 2	17th	[39]

Weekly summary

	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Semifinal	Final
Tamara	IN	Immune	Immune	Saved	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Finalist	Winner
Félix	IN	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Saved	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Finalist		Runner-up
Vicky	IN	Saved	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Eliminated
Boris					IN	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Nominated	Eliminated
Yolanda	IN	Nominated	Saved	Immune	Immune	Immune	Saved	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Eliminated
Avellaneda	IN	Immune	Saved	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Saved	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
Anabel					IN	Immune	Saved	Immune	Nominated	Eliminated
Ana	IN	Eliminated						Immune	Eliminated
Ana Milán	IN	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Nominated	Eliminated
Almudena	IN	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Saved	Immune	Nominated	Eliminated
Álex	IN	Immune	Saved	Nominated	Immune	Immune	Eliminated
José	IN	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Left
Juan	IN	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Eliminated
Elena	IN	Saved	Immune	Immune	Eliminated
Marta	IN	Immune	Nominated	Immune	Eliminated
El Sevilla	IN	Immune	Immune	Eliminated
José Miguel	IN	Nominated	Eliminated

Season 5 (2020)

Contestant[40]	Age	Occupation	Residence	Episode of elimination	Place finished	Ref.
Ainhoa Arteta	55	Opera singer	Tolosa
Florentino Fernández	47	Comedian and TV host	Guadalajara
Gonzalo Miró	39	Sportscaster	Madrid
Nicolás Coronado	32	Actor Lucía's nephew	Madrid
Raquel Meroño	44	Actress	Madrid
Celia Villalobos	71	Politician, former deputie and minister	Madrid
David Fernández	50	Comedy actor	Igualada
Josie Fernández-Pacheco	40	Stylist and fashion journalist	Madrid
Juan José Ballesta	32	Actor	Parla
Jesús Castro	27	Actor	Vejer de la Frontera
La Terremoto de Alcorcón	49	Artist and TV host	Alcorcón
Laura Sánchez	38	Former model	Madrid
Lucía Dominguín	62	Dominguín/Bosé family member Nicolás' aunt	Madrid
Melani Olivares	47	Actress	Badalona
Pedro Delgado	60	Former professional cyclist	Segovia
Raquel Sánchez-Silva	47	TV host	Plasencia

	Week 1		Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Semifinal	Final
Ainhoa	IN
Celia	IN
David	IN
Florentino	IN
Gonzalo	IN
Jesús	IN
Josie	IN
Juan José	IN
La Terremoto	IN
Laura	IN
Lucía	IN
Melani	IN
Nicolás	IN
Pedro	IN
Raquel M	IN
Raquel S	IN

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