Celebrity MasterChef (series 8)

Celebrity MasterChef
Season 8
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	31 July 2013
Season chronology

Celebrity MasterChef was renewed for an eighth series following the culmination of the seventh. The eighth series began on 31 July 2013, and is billed to finish on 6 September 2013, with episodes airing on BBC One and on BBC One HD. Judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode returned for the new series.

Cast

Celebrity	Occupation	Status
Heidi Range	Sugababes singer	Eliminated 1st on 1 August 2013
Jo Wood	Former wife of Ronnie Wood	Eliminated 2nd on 2 August 2013
John Thomson	Comedian	Eliminated 3rd on 8 August 2013
Phillips Idowu	Olympic triple jumper	Eliminated 4th on 9 August 2013
Miranda Krestovnikoff	Radio & television presenter	Eliminated 5th on 15 August 2013
Shappi Khorsandi	Comedian	Eliminated 6th on 16 August 2013
Joe Calzaghe	Retired professional boxer	Eliminated 7th on 22 August 2013
Matthew Hoggard	Former England left-arm fast medium	Eliminated 8th on 23 August 2013
Denise Black	Former Coronation Street actress	Eliminated 9th on 28 August 2013
Katy Brand	Comedian	Eliminated 10th on 28 August 2013
Speech Debelle	Rapper	Eliminated 11th on 29 August 2013
Shane Lynch	Boyzone singer	Eliminated 12th on 30 August 2013
Brian Capron	Former Coronation Street actor	Eliminated 13th on 4 September 2013
Les Dennis	Comedian & television presenter	Second Place on 6 September 2013
Janet Street-Porter	Broadcaster & journalist	Second Place on 6 September 2013
Ade Edmondson	Film & television actor	Winner on 6 September 2013

Episodes

Viewing figures are provided by BARB. Each episode's weekly rank refers to its ranking among BBC One's other programming for each week.

Ep#/Wk-Ep#	Original airdate	Episode Title / Event	Total viewers (UK)	Weekly Rank
Week 1
1/01-1	31 July 2013	Series Premiere Heidi, Katy, Janet and Jo took part in the Mystery Box Challenge. The first Mystery Box contained these ingredients: spider crab, filo pastry, pineapple, spinach, chilli, spring onions, pistachios and tomatoes. Heidi, Katy, Janet and Jo had fifty minutes to make a dish using just these ingredients. Following this test, the four celebrities competed in a Palate Test, in which they had to recreate John's Chinese five spice duck breast, duck dumplings and soup dish. The judges then set them the task of catering for over one hundred Cirque du Soleil performers, separating Katy and Janet into one team and Jo and Heidi into another. After these three challenges, it was evident that Katy and Janet had gained the upper hand in terms of the cooking ability they presented to the two judges.	5,110,000	10
2/01-2	1 August 2013	Elimination #1 Heidi, Katy, Janet and Jo competed in pairs of two, with Janet and Jo in one pair and Katy and Heidi in the other, in their first challenge of the day. For their first challenge, the respective pairs had to work in catering in two of London's top restaurants; Janet and Jo worked in Le Pont de la Tour, whilst Katy and Heidi served customers in the pan-Asian restaurant Gilgamesh. After this challenging test, the celebrities were tasked in their pairs with creating both a main course and a dessert dish within one hour and ten minutes in an Invention Test. Finally, the celebrities were given just one hour to individually make a dish of their own design to present to the judges. Jo and Heidi found themselves in the firing line, with the judges deciding that one of them should be the first to leave the kitchen. Heidi's nerves proved to be her downfall as she was the first to be eliminated.	4,310,000	23
3/01-3	2 August 2013	Elimination #2 The three remaining contestants, Janet, Jo and Katy, had to prepare a two-course meal in their final challenge that would determine whether they would be a semi-finalist. Their meals were judged by not only the two judges but also by former Celebrity MasterChef winners Phil Vickery and Lisa Faulkner and by series five finalist Andi Peters. Following this, Jo was eliminated and the other two contestants, Janet and Katy, went through to the semi-finals.	Below 3,400,000	>30
Week 2
4/02-1	7 August 2013	Ade, Denise, Phillips and John were the next four celebrities to battle for a place in the semi-finals. First, they took part in the Mystery Box Challenge which contained, among others, a crocodile as an ingredient. The four contestants had fifty minutes to prepare a dish of their own using the ingredients inside the Mystery Box. Following this, the celebrities were challenged with a Palate Test, in which they had to recreate John's pappardelle with Indian spiced meatballs within just fifty minutes. The final challenge of the day saw the contestants working in pairs outside of the MasterChef kitchen, serving over one hundred and twenty students at Kingston University a main course, a dessert course and a vegetarian option.	4.42	14
5/02-2	8 August 2013	Elimination #3 Ade, Denise, Phillips and John competed in pairs of two in their first challenge of the day. For their first challenge, the respective pairs had to work in catering in two of London's top restaurants; Ade and Phillips worked in The Swan, whilst Denise and John served customers in L'Anima. After this challenging test, the celebrities were tasked in their pairs with creating both a main course and a dessert dish within one hour. Finally, the celebrities were given just one hour to individually make a dish of their own design to present to the judges. John was eliminated, with the judges having disliked greatly his pumpkin dish to favour his eviction over Phillips', who also found himself in the firing line with his cheese and fish dish.	4.54	11
6/02-3	9 August 2013	Elimination #4 The three remaining contestants had to prepare a two-course meal in their final challenge that would determine whether they would be a semi-finalist or not. Their meals were judged by not only the two judges but also by former Celebrity MasterChef winners Phil Vickery and Emma Kennedy and by 2010 finalist Christine Hamilton. Following this, Phillips was eliminated and Ade and Denise went through to the semi-final stage of the competition.	3.57	30

Elimination Chart

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6 Final
Ade	Not participating	Semi-Finalist	Exempt
Brian	Not participating		Semi-Finalist	Exempt
Denise	Not participating	Semi-Finalist	Exempt
Janet	Semi-Finalist	Exempt
Joe	Not participating			Participated	Eliminated (Ep. 11)
Katy	Semi-Finalist	Exempt
Les	Not participating			Semi-Finalist
Matthew	Not participating			Participated	Eliminated (Ep. 12)
Miranda	Not participating		Participated	Eliminated (Ep. 9)
Shane	Not participating		Semi-Finalist	Exempt
Shappi	Not participating		Participated	Eliminated (Ep. 8)
Speech	Not participating			Semi-Finalist
Phillips	Not participating	Participated	Eliminated (Ep. 6)
John	Not participating	Participated	Eliminated (Ep. 5)
Jo	Participated	Eliminated (Ep. 3)
Heidi	Participated	Eliminated (Ep. 2)
Notes	1	1	1	1
Eliminated	Heidi Jo	John Phillips	Miranda Shappi	Joe Matthew

Notes

• ^Note 1 : Two contestants were eliminated each week during the first four weeks of the competition through a series of heats; whilst, the other two contestants every week made it into the fifth week (semi-finals) which involved the remaining eight celebrities.

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