Junior MasterChef Australia (known colloquially as MasterChef Kids) is an Australian competitive Cooking show. It is a spin-off of MasterChef Australia, itself an adaptation of the British show MasterChef, and featured contestants aged 8 to 12. The first season of the show began production in July 2010 and included 50 contestants. Over 5,000 children from around the nation auditioned for the series.
In contrast to prior series, Junior MasterChef Australia was produced by Shine Australia.Shine Australia to produce Junior Masterchef The promo was seen during the final episode of the second season of MasterChef Australia. The series premiered on Sunday, 12 September 2010.
On 27 April 2020, it was announced that a third season of Junior MasterChef Australia had been commissioned, nine years after the second series aired.
Changes In the Junior series, contestants are not eliminated every week, though four are eliminated at a time once the finalists are decided. Every eliminated contestant receives a range of prizes.Channel 10 show Junior MasterChef makes its debut next month
From series 3, casting was extended to children aged between 9–14 years old, as opposed to 8–12 years old.
Hosts and judges + Timeline of hosts, judges and other personnel Starring Seasons 1 2 3 Current Jock Zonfrillo colspan="2" colspan="1" Melissa Leong colspan="2" colspan="1" Andy Allen colspan="2" colspan="1" Former Gary Mehigan colspan="2" George Calombaris colspan="2" Matt Preston colspan="2" Anna Gare colspan="2" Matt Moran colspan="1"
Winners SeasonNumbers ofContestantsNameAgeStateOccupationDate Won 1 12 Isabella Bliss 12 New South Wales School Student 15 November 2010 2 20 Greta Yaxley 11 Western Australia 23 November 2011 3 14 Georgia Eris 11 Victoria 9 November 2020
Series synopses Season 1 (2010)
Production of a junior version of the show was initially suggested in October 2009. The first series of the show, featuring 8- to 12-year-old contestants, was filmed after the second series of MasterChef Australia and began airing 12 September 2010 on Ten. In contrast to prior series of the main show, Junior MasterChef Australia was produced by Shine Australia. Isabella Bliss won the contest to become Australia's first Junior MasterChef.
Season 2 (2011) Junior MasterChef was officially renewed on 15 November 2010. Filming started on 28 July 2011, with the season premiering in October 2011.
Matt Moran replaced Matt Preston as a judge and Callum Hann was a guest in the series.Callum slip that he'll be involved
11-year-old Greta Yaxley from Western Australia won the Junior MasterChef title for 2011.
Season 3 (2020) A revamped third series of Junior MasterChef Australia was announced on 27 April 2020, nine years after the second series last aired. Applications for casting were opened on 25 April 2020 for children across Australia aged from 9–14. Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo returned from the main series to undertake the role of judges. As of late-July 2020, the program began filming at the Melbourne Showgrounds in Flemington.
The series premiered on 11 October 2020.
11-year old Georgia Eris from Victoria won the title with 12-year old Filo from Victoria and 11-year old Carter from New South Wales as the runners up.
Reception Ratings Series Premiere date Finale date Episodes Premiereratings Rank Rank Rank Series Average 1 12 September 2010 15 November 2010 17 2.202 #1 1.532 #2 1.853 #1 1.313 2 25 September 2011 23 November 2011 21 1.129 #5 0.934 #10 0.911 #12 0.844 3 11 October 2020 9 November 2020 13 0.524 #8 0.652 #12 0.881 #5 0.539
International syndications The network in bold also broadcasts their own version of Junior MasterChef. Country Network Dubbed or Subtitled? STAR World Subtitled in Dari Subtitled in Arabic Subtitled in English Vitaya Subtitled in Dutch STAR World India Subtitled in English TLC Dubbed in Portuguese STAR World Subtitled Nova (Forthnet) Subtitled TLC Dubbed in Spanish Discovery Home & Health Dubbed in Spanish Liv Subtitled Cosmote TV Subtitled TVB Pearl Subtitled (English and Selectable Cantonese) and Subtitled (Cantonese) STAR World Subtitled in Cantonese STAR World India Dubbed in Hindi B Channel Subtitled Watch Sky Uno and Cielo Dubbed STAR World Subtitled in Cantonese Subtitled STAR World India Subtitled in English Prime and TVNZ STAR World Subtitled TV4 Polish lector SIC K and SIC Mulher Subtitled in Portuguese Planet TV Subtitled M-Net STAR World India Subtitled in English STAR World Okto MediaCorp Channel 5 Food TV Subtitled TV8 and TV3 (Sweden) STAR World NET 5 Subtitled in Dutch24Kitchen StarWorld HD Subtitled in Arabic Fox Subtitled In Arabic STAR World Subtitled VTV6 Subtitled (Vietnamese) STAR World HD Subtitled in Arabic Fox Subtitled In Arabic Lifetime Asia Subtitled
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