Season of television series
MasterChef No. of contestants21 Winner Leonardo Runner-up Bruna
No. of episodes25 Original network Band Original release March 15 (2016-03-15 ) – August 23, 2016 (2016-08-23 )
The third season of the Brazilian competitive reality television series MasterChef premiered on March 15, 2016 at 10:30 p.m. on Band .[ 1]
Entrepreneur Leonardo Young won the competition over teacher Bruna Chaves on August 23, 2016.
Contestants
Top 21
Source:[ 2] [ 3]
Contestant
Age
Hometown
Occupation
Result
Winnings
Finish
Leonardo Young
30
São Paulo
Entrepreneur
Winner on August 23
7
1st
Bruna Chaves
29
Nova Lima
Teacher
Runner-up on August 23
11
2nd
Raquel Novais
32
Belo Horizonte
Entrepreneur
Eliminatedon August 16
12
3rd
Luriana Toledo
27
Mogi das Cruzes
Physiotherapist
Eliminatedon August 9
8
4th
Fabio Nunes
30
Taquari
Model
Eliminatedon August 2
7
5th
Lee Fu Kuang
56
Taipei , Taiwan
Doctor & researcher
Eliminatedon July 26
7
6th
Paula Salles
33
Rio de Janeiro
Cultural producer
Eliminatedon July 19
5
7th
Aluisio Nahime
32
Cajuru
Merchant
Eliminatedon July 12
5
8th
Pedro Lima
27
Teresópolis
Business consultant
Eliminatedon July 6
4
9th
Fernando Bianchi
31
São Paulo
Analyst controller
Eliminatedon July 5
2
10th
Thaiana Wosniak
31
Guarapuava
Lawyer & announcer
Eliminatedon June 28
4
11th
Gleice Simão
20
São Paulo
Student
Eliminatedon June 21
3
12th
Vanessa Vagnotti
46
Vitória
Dance teacher
Eliminatedon June 14
3
13th
Rodrigo Silva
34
Rio de Janeiro
Police officer
Eliminatedon June 7
4
14th
Gleice Simão
20
São Paulo
Student
Eliminatedon May 24
2
Returned on May 31
Livia Cathiard
27
Rio de Janeiro
Producer
Eliminatedon May 17
3
15th
Guilherme Joventino
37
Belo Horizonte
Commercial director
Withdrewon May 10
3
16th
Nuno Codeço
37
Lisbon , Portugal
CFO
Eliminatedon May 10
1
17th
Gabriella Palinkas
26
São Paulo
Chemical engineer
Eliminatedon May 3
1
18th
Rodrigo "Tenente" Domingues
35
São Paulo
Product manager
Eliminatedon April 26
1
19th
Victor Branco
27
Salvador
Publicist
Eliminatedon April 19
1
20th
Fernando Bianchi
31
São Paulo
Analyst controller
Eliminatedon April 12
0
Returned on May 31
Hellen Cruz
29
Osasco
Publicist
Eliminatedon April 5
0
21st
Elimination table
Place
Contestant
Episode
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
221
23
24
25
1
Leonardo
HIGH
IMM
LOW
LOW
IN
PT
HIGH
IMM
PT
IN
IN
WIN
WIN
HIGH
IMM
LOW
HIGH
IMM
PT
IN
IN
WIN
IN
LOW
PT
LOW
WIN
HIGH
WIN
WIN
IMM
WINNER
2
Bruna
WIN
IMM
PT
HIGH
IMM
WIN
IN
IMM
PT
HIGH
IMM
WIN
WIN
IN
HIGH
WIN
IN
WIN
WIN
IN
WIN
WIN
LOW
HIGH
WIN
WIN
IMM
IN
LOW
HIGH
WIN
RUNNER-UP
3
Raquel
IN
WIN
WIN
WIN
IMM
WIN
HIGH
IMM
WIN
LOW
IN
PT
PT
HIGH
IMM
WIN
WIN
IMM
WIN
WIN
IMM
LOW
IN
WIN
LOW
IN
WIN
WIN
IMM
LOW
ELIM
4
Luriana
IN
IN
WIN
IN
IN
WIN
HIGH
IMM
WIN
HIGH
IMM
WIN
WIN
WIN
IMM
WIN
IN
IN
LOW
IN
HIGH
WIN
HIGH
IMM
WIN
HIGH
LOW
IN
ELIM
5
Fabio
HIGH
IMM
HIGH
IN
IN
PT
LOW
IN
PT
IN
IN
WIN
WIN
HIGH
IMM
PT
IN
LOW
WIN
WIN
IMM
WIN
WIN
IMM
WIN
HIGH
ELIM
6
Lee
LOW
IN
NPT
IN
HIGH
WIN
WIN
IMM
WIN
IN
HIGH
WIN
PT
IN
LOW
WIN
LOW
LOW
WIN
WIN
IMM
PT
LOW
LOW
ELIM
7
Paula
IN
LOW
WIN
IN
IN
LOW
IN
HIGH
WIN
IN
IN
PT
PT
IN
LOW
WIN
LOW
LOW
WIN
IN
IN
WIN
IN
ELIM
8
Aluisio
IN
HIGH
WIN
IN
WIN
HIGH
IN
IN
PT
LOW
LOW
LOW
WIN
IN
WIN
PT
HIGH
IMM
WIN
IN
LOW
ELIM
9
Pedro
IN
IN
HIGH
IN
IN
LOW
IN
WIN
HIGH
IN
WIN
WIN
WIN
IN
LOW
NPT
LOW
IN
LOW
IN
ELIM
10
Fernando
IN
IN
ELIM
HIGH
RET
WIN
LOW
HIGH
PT
IN
IN
ELIM
11
Thaiana
HIGH
IMM
NPT
IN
IN
WIN
HIGH
IMM
WIN
LOW
HIGH
PT
WIN
IN
IN
WIN
IN
ELIM
12
Gleice
IN
IN
WIN
LOW
HIGH
NPT
IN
LOW
WIN
HIGH
IMM
ELIM
HIGH
RET
LOW
LOW
IN
ELIM
13
Vanessa
HIGH
IMM
WIN
IN
IN
HIGH
IN
WIN
LOW
WIN
IMM
PT
WIN
LOW
ELIM
14
Rodrigo
IN
IN
WIN
HIGH
IMM
WIN
IN
IN
WIN
HIGH
IMM
WIN
ELIM
15
Livia
LOW
IN
WIN
HIGH
IMM
WIN
IN
LOW
WIN
IN
ELIM
16
Guilherme
LOW
IN
WIN
HIGH
IMM
WIN
LOW
IN
WIN
WDR
17
Nuno
IN
IN
HIGH
IN
LOW
WIN
LOW
IN
ELIM
18
Gabriella
HIGH
IMM
PT
IN
IN
WIN
IN
ELIM
19
Tenente
IN
IN
WIN
LOW
IN
ELIM
20
Victor
IN
IN
WIN
IN
ELIM
21
Hellen
IN
ELIM
^Note 1 : 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)
Rank Timeslot
Source
1
Auditions 1
March 15, 2016
Tuesday 10:30 p.m.
3.8
4
[ 4]
2
Auditions 2
March 22, 2016
4.7
4
[ 5]
3
Auditions 3
March 29, 2016
4.5
4
[ 6]
4
Top 21
April 5, 2016
4.5
4
[ 7]
5
Top 20
April 12, 2016
5.4
4
[ 8]
6
Top 19
April 19, 2016
6.0
4
[ 9]
7
Top 18
April 26, 2016
5.3
4
[ 10]
8
Top 17
May 3, 2016
6.0
4
[ 11]
9
Top 16
May 10, 2016
6.3
4
[ 12]
10
Top 15
May 17, 2016
6.0
4
[ 13]
11
Top 13
May 24, 2016
5.4
4
[ 14]
12
Reinstation Challenge
May 31, 2016
6.3
4
[ 15]
13
Top 14 Redux
June 7, 2016
6.2
4
[ 16]
14
Top 13 Redux
June 14, 2016
5.6
4
[ 17]
15
Top 12
June 21, 2016
5.4
4
[ 18]
16
Top 11
June 28, 2016
6.4
4
[ 19]
17
Top 10
July 5, 2016
6.6
4
[ 20]
18
Top 9
July 6, 2016
Wednesday 10:30 p.m.
5.5
4
[ 21]
19
Top 8
July 12, 2016
Tuesday 10:30 p.m.
6.8
4
[ 22]
20
Top 7
July 19, 2016
7.7
3
[ 23]
21
Top 6
July 26, 2016
8.2
2
[ 24]
22
Top 5
August 2, 2016
8.2
2
[ 25]
23
Top 4
August 9, 2016
5.8
3
[ 26]
24
Top 3
August 16, 2016
6.5
3
[ 27]
25
Season Finale
August 23, 2016
7.8
3
[ 28]
In 2016, each point represents 69.417 households in São Paulo.
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
^ " 'MasterChef' volta com 25 episódios e prova de 200 refeições" .
^ "Concorrentes - MasterChef 2016" . Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016 .
^ Com prova de carne moida, MasterChef seleciona 21 participantes
^ Com final de concurso, novela das sete tem maior ibope desde 2012
^ Velho Chico perde público e fica atrás de Totalmente Demais no Ibope
^ Seleção dá mais ibope do que Velho Chico, mas perde para novela das sete
^ Os Dez Mandamentos cai 13% no segundo dia e Velho Chico sobe
^ Candinho encontra a mãe e novela das seis tem maior ibope em 5 anos
^ No ar há três semanas, Jô Soares sofre a primeira derrota no ano
^ Power Couple perde para Ratinho e fica em terceiro no Ibope de SP
^ Record fica em quarto no Ibope com estreia de nova série
^ MasterChef tem maior ibope da temporada e bate Globo na madrugada
^ Novo programa da Band, Bate & Volta eleva audiência em 76%
^ Audiências consolidadas de terça-feira 24/05
^ Nova novela das sete aumenta ibope mesmo com concorrência da Record
^ Jornal da Globo perde para SBT e Record e fica 4 minutos atrás da Band
^ Na penúltima semana, Power Couple bate Jornal da Globo em SP
^ Power Couple bate recorde e vence Jornal da Globo pela quarta vez
^ MasterChef bate recorde em 2016 e ofusca estreia de Buddy Valastro
^ Buddy Valastro perde para MasterChef e deixa Record em quarto em dia de estreia
^ Band vence Record com semifinal da Eurocopa e fica em 3º no Ibope
^ Com filme de Carrossel, SBT bate Globo e tem maior audiência em seis anos
^ MasterChef bate recorde e fica 40 minutos em primeiro lugar no Ibope
^ Vice-líder no Ibope, MasterChef derruba Buddy Valastro e filme do SBT
^ Em alta, Malhação termina com a melhor audiência desde 2011
^ Seleção de Marta dá mais ibope do que time de Neymar na Olimpíada
^ Batalha dos Cozinheiros tem pior audiência da temporada na Record
^ Nova Malhação surpreende, e novelas da Globo têm noite de recordes
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