The eighth season of the Brazilian competitive reality television series MasterChef premiered on July 6, 2021 at 10:45 p.m. on Band.
Ana Paula Padrão returned as the host, while Érick Jacquin and Henrique Fogaça returned as judges. Paola Carosella left the show after seven seasons and was replaced by Helena Rizzo.
In addition, the show returns to its standard format instead of the "two-test, one winner per episode" format used in the seventh season.
The grand prize is R$300.000, a scholarship on Le Cordon Bleu, a year's shop card on Amazon.com worth R$5.000 per month, kitchen products from Britânia and Brastemp, a trip to "an unforgettable gastronomic destination" and the MasterChef trophy.
Actress Isabella Scherer won the competition over college student Eduardo Prado and lawyer Kelyn Kuhn on December 14, 2021.
Contestants This season features three contestants who had previously appeared on season 7 – Heitor Cardoso, Juliana Arraes and Renato Nogueira; as well two contestants who had previously appeared on MasterChef Junior 1 – Daphne Sonnenschein and Eduardo Prado.
Top 23 Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Result Winnings Finish Isabella Scherer 25 Florianópolis Actress 7 1st Eduardo Prado 19 São Paulo College student 11 2nd Kelyn Kuhn 28 Canarana Lawyer 8 3rd Daphne Sonnenschein 19 São Paulo Skateboarder 7 4th Tiago Souto 36 Brasília Advertiser 4 5th Heitor Cardoso 30 Campinas Systems analyst 8 6th Helena Furtado 43 São João Nepomuceno Journalist 7 7th Luiz Horta 31 Rio de Janeiro Financial analyst 8 8th Ana Bettinelli 30 David Canabarro Speech Therapist 4 9th Raquel Fonseca 35 Salvador Financial analyst 5 10th Márcio Cabral 52 São Paulo Teacher 5 11th José Sergio 50 Canhotinho Trade representative 3 12th Helena Furtado 43 São João Nepomuceno Journalist 4 Pedro Scapini 29 Campos Novos Architect 4 13th Amanda Azeredo 26 Rio de Janeiro Interior designer 0 14th Renato Nogueira 35 Pindamonhangaba Environmental engineer 2 15th André Serra 32 São Paulo Businessman 1 16th Juliana Arraes 37 Passos Entrepreneur 1 17th Cristina Edite 51 São Sebastião do Passé Pedagogical coordinator 0 18th Tiago Souto 36 Brasília Advertiser 1 Antônio Carlos Soares 23 Maceió Marketing analyst 1 19th Juliana Nardelli 46 Taubaté Stylist 1 20th Ana Karina Teles 40 Recife Doctor 0 21st Gabriel Carlin 19 Andradas Intern 0 22nd Bernardo Mattos 40 Rio de Janeiro Businessman 0 23rd
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Ratings and reception Brazilian ratings
All numbers are in points and provided by Kantar Ibope Media.
Episode Title Air date Timeslot (BRT) SP viewers(in points) BR viewers(in points) Ref. 1 Top 23 July 6, 2021 2.5 1.8 2 Top 22 July 13, 2021 2.6 1.9 3 Top 21 July 21, 2021 2.6 1.8 4 Top 20 July 27, 2021 Tuesday 10:45 p.m. 2.5 1.7 5 Top 19 August 3, 2021 2.1 1.6 6 Top 18 August 10, 2021 2.1 1.5 7 Top 17 August 17, 2021 2.4 1.8 8 Top 16 August 24, 2021 2.8 1.9 9 Top 15 August 31, 2021 2.6 1.7 10 Top 14 September 7, 2021 2.9 2.0 11 Top 13 September 14, 2021 2.5 1.6 12 Top 12 September 21, 2021 2.0 1.4 13 Top 11 September 28, 2021 2.5 1.6 14 Reinstation challenge October 5, 2021 2.5 1.6 15 Top 12 Redux October 12, 2021 2.2 1.4 16 Top 11 Redux October 19, 2021 2.1 17 Top 10 October 26, 2021 2.0 1.4 18 Top 9 November 2, 2021 2.0 19 Top 8 November 9, 2021 2.1 1.4 20 Top 7 November 16, 2021 2.3 1.6 21 Top 6 November 23, 2021 2.0 1.5 22 Top 5 November 30, 2021 2.0 1.3 23 Top 4 December 7, 2021 1.7 1.4 24 Winner announced December 14, 2021 2.7 1.9
References
External links MasterChef on Band