Junior MasterChef Greece

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Junior MasterChef Greece
Genre Cooking
Directed by
  • Panos Georgiou (1)
  • Costas Tripylas (2)
Presented by Maria Mpekatorou
Judges
Country of origin Greece
Cyprus
Original languageGreek
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes46
Production
Running time60 minutes (including commercials)
Production companiesSeason 1:
Studio ATA
Season 2:
EndemolShine Group
Original release
Network Mega Channel (1)
Star Channel (2)
Release30 November 2011 (2011-11-30) –
24 December 2018 (2018-12-24)

Junior MasterChef Greece is a Greek competitive cooking game show. It is an adaptation of the Australian show Junior MasterChef Australia . It is a spin-off of MasterChef Greece , itself an adaptation of the British show MasterChef , and features contestants aged 8 to 12 in season 1 and in season 2 features contestants aged 8 to 13. The show began airing on 30 November 2011 on Mega Channel. On 13 September 2018 began airing the second season on Star Channel.

Contents

Hosts and judges

Timeline of hosts and judges
StarringSeasons
12
Dimitris SkarmoutsosJudge
Lefteris Lazarou Judge
Yiannis LoukakosJudge
Maria MpekatorouHost
Eleni PsyhouliHost & Judge
Manolis PapoutsakisHost & Judge
Magky TabakakiHost & Judge

Series overview

SeasonNumber of contestantsNumber of episodesOriginally airedClassification of first trinity
First airedLast airedNetworkWinnerRunner-upThird place
1122030 November 20115 February 2012 Mega Channel Lilian EmvalotiMargarita MarmaraElsa Kletsa-Kalimpasieri
2222613 September 201824 December 2018 Star Channel Konstantinos ChristopoulosPopi AnevlaviKatia Ritzaki

Series synopsis

Season 1 (2011-2012)

The first season of the show began production in June 2011. Over 12,000 children from around the nation auditioned for the series. The show premiered on 30 November 2011 and finished airing on 5 February 2012. It was hosted by Maria Mpekatorou. The judges were Yiannis Loukakos, Lefteris Lazarou and Dimitris Skarmoutsos. The winner was twelve-year-old Lilian Emvaloti.

Contestants

The top 12 contestants were chosen throughout the first week of challenges amongst the Top 40 and the Top 20. The full group of 12 were all revealed on Wednesday, 7 December 2011.

PlaceContestantAgeHometownStatus
1stLilian Emvaloti12Nea SmyrniWinner 5 February
2ndMargarita Marmara12AthensRunner-up 5 February
3rdElsa Kletsa-Kalimpasieri13HeraklionFinalists 2 February
4thStefania Douvi11Athens
5thDimitris Karpetis12ChaniaEliminated 27 January
6thAgamemnon Kyriazis10Athens
7thGiorgos Athanasopoulos12ThessalonikiEliminated 13 January
8thSpyros Petropoulos11Piraeus
9thArxontia Vamvakari11PetroupoliEliminated 29 December
10thStelios Kaimakis13Piraeus
11thAlena Saracine11AthensEliminated 15 December
12thMatina Roumpou12Nea Ionia

Elimination table

PlaceContestantsEpisode
123456
ITOTETITOTETITOTETITOTETITOTETITFD
1LilianMPWTIMHPLTWCBPBPHPBPHPWCMPMPWCWCWINNER
2MargaritaWCIMMPWTIMMPWCIMMPMPHPMPWCIMHP2º PLACE
3ElsaBPLTTWPWCIMHPBPSWPWCIMMPMPEL
4StefaniaHPLTWCHPWTIMMPMPTWPMPWCIMMPHPEL
5-6DimitrisMDLTSWPBPLTSWPHPMPWCHPBPEL
AgamemnonWCIMHPWTIMWCINDCEL
7-8GiorgisHPWTIMBPWTIMMPHPEL
SpyrosMPWTIMMPWTIMBPHPEL
9-10ArxontiaMPWTIMMPLTEL
SteliosMPWTIMBPLTEL
11-12AlenaBPLTEL
MatinaMPLTEL

(IT) Initial test, (OT) Outdoor test, (ET) Elimination test, (FD) Final duel

  The contestant is winner
  The contestant is finalist
  Winner of challenge
  High performance
  Medium performance
  Bad performance
  Immunity
  (WT) Red is winner team (LT) Red is loser team
  (WT) Blue is winner team (LT) Blue is loser team
  Third worst performance
  Second worst performance
  Eliminated
  Don't compete in the challenge
  Don't compete

Season 2 (2018)

The second season premiered on 13 September 2018 and finished airing on 24 December 2018 on Star Channel. Over 1,500 children from around the nation auditioned for the second series. [1] [2] The judges were Eleni Psyhouli, Manolis Papoutsakis and Magky Tabakaki. The winner was twelve-year-old Konstantinos Christopoulos.

Contestants

The group of 22 children (11 boys and 11 girls) was revealed in the weekend of Thursday-Friday 20–21 September 2018. The selection was made from 44 children who went through auditions (22 boys and 22 girls). [3]

PlaceContestantAgeHometownStatus
1stKonstantinos Christopoulos12Agia Varvara, AthensWinner 24 December
2ndPopi Anevlavi12Apeiranthos, NaxosRunner-up 24 December
3rdKatia Ritzaki9Irakleio, AthensThird Place 24 December
4thChristos Soures da Silva11CorfuEliminated 21 December
5thKonstantinos Spanidis12Athens
6thAngelina Stampopoulou11Thessaloniki
7thManolis Foutoulis13Charaki, RhodesEliminated 14 December
8thKleopatra Koutantou8Athens
9thMiltiadis Siafakas13PiraeusEliminated 7 December
10thMelpomeni Stellaki12Athens
11thMichaela Pagouni10Argyroupoli, AthensEliminated 15 November
12thTonia-Maria Zonia10Larnaca, CyprusEliminated 15 November
Returned 2 November
Eliminated 1 November
13thMarios Ydreos11Agia Paraskevi, AthensEliminated 8 November
14thMarios Liontos12IoanninaEliminated 8 November
Returned 2 November
Eliminated 5 October
15thKiki Plakida13Skydra, PellaEliminated 1 November
16thThaleia Tsakalou12AthensEliminated 19 October
17thEirini Mavrigiannaki10Athens
18thKonstantinos Terpezidis8SerresEliminated 12 October
19thAriadni Perivolidi11Athens
20thKonstantinos Giovanidis11Kallithea, AthensEliminated 5 October
21stAngelos Christodoulou13Xylokastro, CorinthiaEliminated 28 September
22ndGiannis Kontaxakis9Kallithea, Athens

Notes

  • Marios Liontos, eliminated on 5 October with Konstantinos Giovanidis, but he got a second chance on 2 November.
  • Tonia-Maria Zonia, eliminated on 1 November with Kiki Plakida, but she got a second chance on 2 November.

References

  1. ↑ "Η επίσημη ανακοίνωση του Star για το MasterChef JUNIOR". GossipTV. 26 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "1.500 αιτήσεις συμμετοχής μέχρι στιγμής..." TV Nea. 19 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "MasterChef Junior Greece". 16 November 2018.
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