Genre Cooking Presented by Ana Paula Padrão Original language(s) Portuguese | Based on Junior MasterChef Country of origin Brazil | |
Judges Erick Jacquin
Paola Carosella
Henrique Fogaça | ||
MasterChef Junior is a Brazilian cooking competition television series that aired on Band. It premiered on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 and its season finale aired on December 15, 2015. It is based on the format of the U.K. series Junior MasterChef.
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Format
Children between the ages of 8 and 13 are eligible to apply for the series and two contestants are sent home per episode. The winner receives a trip for six to Disney World courtesy of Decolar.com, a 3-month cooking course with the three judges, a year's supply on Carrefour of R$1,000 per month, one small appliance kitchen package by Oster and the MasterChef Junior trophy.
Elimination table
Brazilian ratings
All numbers are in points and provided by IBOPE.
Note: Episode 5 aired against the Brazil vs. Peru football match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Note: Episode 8 aired against the season finale of A Fazenda 8.
Criticism and controversy
During the premiere night, 12 year-old Valentina Schulz was subject of comments of sexual content on social media. The harassment around Valentina raised questions about underage exposure on TV, how to handle comments on social networks and how to explain to the children subjects like pedophilia, bullying and many others.
The following day, Valentina's father told the press he did not allow his daughter to see this kind of feedback: "I had already named a person to take charge of her Twitter profile, because we were prepared for the harassment and the possible consequences, but we did not imagine finding freaks. Valetina has not been affected by that, since she only sees what we allow her to."