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Junior MasterChef Greece
GenreCooking
Directed by
  • Panos Georgiou (1)
  • Costas Tripylas (2)
Presented byMaria Mpekatorou
Judges
  • Lefteris Lazarou
  • Yiannis Loukakos
  • Dimitris Skarmoutsos
  • Eleni Psyhouli
  • Manolis Papoutsakis
  • Magky Tabakaki
Country of originGreece, 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
NetworkMega 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.

Hosts and judges

Timeline of hosts and judges
Starring Seasons
1 2
Dimitris Skarmoutsos Judge
Lefteris Lazarou Judge
Yiannis Loukakos Judge
Maria Mpekatorou Host
Eleni Psyhouli Host & Judge
Manolis Papoutsakis Host & Judge
Magky Tabakaki Host & Judge

Series overview

Season Number of contestants Number of episodes Originally aired Classification of first trinity
First aired Last aired Network Winner Runner-up Third place
1 12 20 30 November 2011 5 February 2012 Mega Channel Lilian Emvaloti Margarita Marmara Elsa Kletsa-Kalimpasieri
2 22 26 13 September 2018 24 December 2018 Star Channel Konstantinos Christopoulos Popi Anevlavi Katia 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.

Place Contestant Age Hometown Status
1st Lilian Emvaloti 12 Nea Smyrni Winner 5 February
2nd Margarita Marmara 12 Athens Runner-up 5 February
3rd Elsa Kletsa-Kalimpasieri 13 Heraklion Finalists 2 February
4th Stefania Douvi 11 Athens
5th Dimitris Karpetis 12 Chania Eliminated 27 January
6th Agamemnon Kyriazis 10 Athens
7th Giorgos Athanasopoulos 12 Thessaloniki Eliminated 13 January
8th Spyros Petropoulos 11 Piraeus
9th Arxontia Vamvakari 11 Petroupoli Eliminated 29 December
10th Stelios Kaimakis 13 Piraeus
11th Alena Saracine 11 Athens Eliminated 15 December
12th Matina Roumpou 12 Nea Ionia

Elimination table

Place Contestants Episode
1 2 3 4 5 6
IT OT ET IT OT ET IT OT ET IT OT ET IT OT ET IT FD
1 Lilian MP WT IM HP LT WC BP BP HP BP HP WC MP MP WC WC WINNER
2 Margarita WC IM MP WT IM MP WC IM MP MP HP MP WC IM HP 2º PLACE
3 Elsa BP LT TWP WC IM HP BP SWP WC IM MP MP EL
4 Stefania HP LT WC HP WT IM MP MP TWP MP WC IM MP HP EL
5-6 Dimitris MD LT SWP BP LT SWP HP MP WC HP BP EL
Agamemnon WC IM HP WT IM WC IN DC EL
7-8 Giorgis HP WT IM BP WT IM MP HP EL
Spyros MP WT IM MP WT IM BP HP EL
9-10 Arxontia MP WT IM MP LT EL
Stelios MP WT IM BP LT EL
11-12 Alena BP LT EL
Matina MP LT EL

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

  The concursant is winner
  The concursant 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]

Place Contestant Age Hometown Status
1st Konstantinos Christopoulos 12 Agia Varvara Winner 24 December
2nd Popi Anevlavi 12 Apeiranthos Runner-up 24 December
3rd Katia Ritzaki 9 Irakleio Third Place 24 December
4th Christos Soures da Silva 11 Corfu Eliminated 21 December
5th Konstantinos Spanidis 12 Athens
6th Angelina Stampopoulou 11 Thessaloniki
7th Manolis Foutoulis 13 Charaki Eliminated 14 December
8th Kleopatra Koutantou 8 Athens
9th Miltiadis Siafakas 13 Piraeus Eliminated 7 December
10th Melpomeni Stellaki 12 Athens
11th Michaela Pagouni 10 Argyroupoli Eliminated 15 November
12th Tonia-Maria Zonia 10 Larnaca Eliminated 15 November
Returned 2 November
Eliminated 1 November
13th Marios Ydreos 11 Agia Paraskevi Eliminated 8 November
14th Marios Liontos 12 Ioannina Eliminated 8 November
Returned 2 November
Eliminated 5 October
15th Kiki Plakida 13 Skydra Eliminated 1 November
16th Thaleia Tsakalou 12 Athens Eliminated 19 October
17th Eirini Mavrigiannaki 10 Athens
18th Konstantinos Terpezidis 8 Serres Eliminated 12 October
19th Ariadni Perivolidi 11 Athens
20th Konstantinos Giovanidis 11 Kallithea Eliminated 5 October
21st Angelos Christodoulou 13 Xylokastro Eliminated 28 September
22nd Giannis Kontaxakis 9 Kallithea

Notes

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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