Baltasar Gracián is credited with the aphorism “what is good, if brief, is twice as good”. In MasterChef it seems that they consider the opposite and warm up their engines for their eleventh edition of anonymous contestants in which they pretend to be, to date, the largest edition in history.
With premiere on March 27, 2023 MasterChef returns to La 1 with the same wickers as before, but twice. In this way, the renewal of culinary talent by RTVE and Shine Iberia redoubles its commitment.
For starters, more days: since the The program will be broadcast on Mondays and Tuesdays.. For the first course, more tests than ever and, for the second course, twice as many contestants as in the editions. So much so that the first program will involve an elimination test as a final casting where the 60 pre-candidates will end up giving way to the final 30 contestants.
With more than 70,000 participants in the casting, according to the organization, this season of MasterChef will be the most complex in a talent show in which almost everything changes. In fact, they are going to double the space in the kitchens, because now 30 contestants must fit.
We do not know if the formula of the program will be to create two groups of 15 and 15 contestants or, on the contrary, the 30 participants will compete at the same time. What is certain is that MasterChef, at least in theory, will try to finish not so late.
For this reason, they will issue two weekly programs with only two tests, instead of the usual three. In the first weekly installment there will be two challenges on the set, one of them a knockout, and, in the second weekly installment, an outdoor test and another elimination. In this way, two applicants for each week will say goodbye to the program.
With a highly varied cast, it seemed evident that MasterChef also aspires to make a lot of noise with his contestants. As far as we know, we found a former MasterChef Junior contestant, but also an air traffic controller, a tiktoker, a judge or a Venezuelan priest.
What does not change, as is evident, is the prize, which 100,000 euros in cash for the winner and edit their own recipe book. Also the famous Master in Cooking, Technique and Product at the Basque Culinary Center for the winner, while second and third place have to settle for a Master in Pastry and an eight-week Specialization Course.
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Nor does it change, as may also be evident, the sporadic celebrity appearances and celebrities, hoping to accommodate Miguel Bosé or Toñi Moreno among their ranks. Finally, since it is not immutable either, the presenters will repeat on stage and they will once again be Pepe Rodríguez, Jordi Cruz and Samantha Vallejo-Nágera.
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