The third season of the Brazilian competitive reality television series MasterChef premiered on March 15, 2016 at 10:30 p.m. on Band.
Entrepreneur Leonardo Young won the competition over teacher Bruna Chaves on August 23, 2016.
Contestants Top 21 Source:Com prova de carne moida, MasterChef seleciona 21 participantes
Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Result Winnings Finish Leonardo Young 30 São Paulo Entrepreneur 7 1st Bruna Chaves 29 Nova Lima Teacher 11 2nd Raquel Novais 32 Belo Horizonte Entrepreneur 12 3rd Luriana Toledo 27 Mogi das Cruzes Physiotherapist 8 4th Fabio Nunes 30Taquari Model 7 5th Lee Fu Kuang 56 Taipei, Taiwan Doctor & researcher 7 6th Paula Salles 33 Rio de Janeiro Cultural producer 5 7th Aluisio Nahime 32 Cajuru Merchant 5 8th Pedro Lima 27 Teresópolis Business consultant 4 9th Fernando Bianchi 31 São Paulo Analyst controller 2 10th Thaiana Wosniak 31 Guarapuava Lawyer & announcer 4 11th Gleice Simão 20 São Paulo Student 3 12th Vanessa Vagnotti 46 Vitória Dance teacher 3 13th Rodrigo Silva 34 Rio de Janeiro Police officer 4 14th Gleice Simão 20 São Paulo Student 2 Livia Cathiard 27 Rio de Janeiro Producer 3 15th Guilherme Joventino 37 Belo Horizonte Commercial director 3 16th Nuno Codeço 37 Lisbon, Portugal CFO 1 17th Gabriella Palinkas 26 São Paulo Chemical engineer 1 18th Rodrigo "Tenente" Domingues 35 São Paulo Product manager 1 19th Victor Branco 27 Salvador Publicist 1 20th Fernando Bianchi 31 São Paulo Analyst controller 0 Hellen Cruz 29 Osasco Publicist 0 21st
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: Bruna won the Mystery Box challenge and advanced directly to the Top 4, while Leonardo was selected the bottom entry and was not eligible to compete in the first round of the Elimination Test. Raquel won the first round and also advanced to the Top 4, leaving Fabio, Leonardo and Luriana in the bottom three. Leornado won the second and final round, while Fabio was eliminated over Luriana.
Key Winner Runner-up Individual challenge winner Team challenge winner Team challenge loser (PT) Individual challenge top entry Immunity Saved first Saved last Immunity extra Mystery Box bottom entry Eliminated Withdrew Returned Did not compete
Ratings and reception
Brazilian ratings All numbers are in points and provided by IBOPE.
Week Episode Air Date Timeslot (BRT) Viewers(in points) RankTimeslot Source 1 Auditions 1 March 15, 2016Tuesday 10:30 p.m. 3.8 4 Com final de concurso, novela das sete tem maior ibope desde 2012 2 Auditions 2 March 22, 2016 4.7 4 Velho Chico perde público e fica atrás de Totalmente Demais no Ibope 3 Auditions 3 March 29, 2016 4.5 4 Seleção dá mais ibope do que Velho Chico, mas perde para novela das sete 4 Top 21 April 5, 2016 4.5 4 Os Dez Mandamentos cai 13% no segundo dia e Velho Chico sobe 5 Top 20 April 12, 2016 5.4 4 Candinho encontra a mãe e novela das seis tem maior ibope em 5 anos 6 Top 19 April 19, 2016 6.0 4 No ar há três semanas, Jô Soares sofre a primeira derrota no ano 7 Top 18 April 26, 2016 5.3 4 Power Couple perde para Ratinho e fica em terceiro no Ibope de SP 8 Top 17 May 3, 2016 6.0 4 Record fica em quarto no Ibope com estreia de nova série 9 Top 16 May 10, 2016 6.3 4 MasterChef tem maior ibope da temporada e bate Globo na madrugada 10 Top 15 May 17, 2016 6.0 4 Novo programa da Band, Bate & Volta eleva audiência em 76% 11 Top 13 May 24, 2016 5.4 4 Audiências consolidadas de terça-feira 24/05 12 Reinstation Challenge May 31, 2016 6.3 4 Nova novela das sete aumenta ibope mesmo com concorrência da Record 13 Top 14 Redux June 7, 2016 6.2 4 Jornal da Globo perde para SBT e Record e fica 4 minutos atrás da Band 14 Top 13 Redux June 14, 2016 5.6 4 Na penúltima semana, Power Couple bate Jornal da Globo em SP 15 Top 12 June 21, 2016 5.4 4 Power Couple bate recorde e vence Jornal da Globo pela quarta vez 16 Top 11 June 28, 2016 6.4 4 MasterChef bate recorde em 2016 e ofusca estreia de Buddy Valastro 17 Top 10 July 5, 2016 6.6 4 Buddy Valastro perde para MasterChef e deixa Record em quarto em dia de estreia 18 Top 9 July 6, 2016 Wednesday 10:30 p.m. 5.5 4 Band vence Record com semifinal da Eurocopa e fica em 3º no Ibope 19 Top 8 July 12, 2016Tuesday 10:30 p.m. 6.8 4 Com filme de Carrossel, SBT bate Globo e tem maior audiência em seis anos 20 Top 7 July 19, 2016 7.7 3 MasterChef bate recorde e fica 40 minutos em primeiro lugar no Ibope 21 Top 6 July 26, 2016 8.2 2 Vice-líder no Ibope, MasterChef derruba Buddy Valastro e filme do SBT 22 Top 5 August 2, 2016 8.2 2 Em alta, Malhação termina com a melhor audiência desde 2011 23 Top 4 August 9, 2016 5.8 3 Seleção de Marta dá mais ibope do que time de Neymar na Olimpíada 24 Top 3 August 16, 2016 6.5 3 Batalha dos Cozinheiros tem pior audiência da temporada na Record 25 Season Finale August 23, 2016 7.8 3 Nova Malhação surpreende, e novelas da Globo têm noite de recordes
Note: Episode 3 aired against the Paraguay vs. Brazil football match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. Note: Episode 4 aired against the season finale of Big Brother Brasil 16. Note: Episode 15 aired against the season finale of Power Couple Brasil. Note: Episode 23 aired against the South Africa vs. Brazil group match for the Women's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Note: Episode 24 aired against the Brazil vs. China quarterfinal match for the Women's volleyball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
References
External links MasterChef on Band.com