MasterChef India Season 5

MasterChef India (season 5)
Country of origin India
No. of episodes 20 (as of 4 December 2016)
Release
Original network Star Plus
Original release 1 October 2016 (2016-10-01)

Season 5 of the Indian competitive reality TV series MasterChef premiered on Star Plus on 1 October 2016.

Vikas Khanna returned to judge this season while Sanjeev Kapoor and Ranveer Brar were replaced by Kunal Kapur and Zorawar Kalra respectively.

Format

Top 30 contestants were chosen from India and even from the other parts of the world like San Francisco, Dubai, etc. From the Top 30, Best 10 were chosen by a cook-off between 3 each and in the second-chance cook, 6 other were chosen.

Top 16

Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Status Winnings
Samantha Barrett 27 Dehradun, Uttarakhand Cafe Owner Competing 7
Anagha Godbole 44 San Francisco, California Senior Product Manager Competing 6
Ashima Arora 23 Amritsar, Punjab Home Baker Competing 5
Dinesh Patel 21 London, United Kingdom Lawyer Competing 5
Kirti Bhoutika 20 Kolkata, West Bengal Nutrition Graduate Competing 4
Mirvaan Vinayak 19 Faridabad, Haryana Actor Competing 4
Siddharth Talwar 46 Noida, Uttar Pradesh MNC Vice President Eliminated 4 December 1
Jatin Khurana 24 Ludhiana, Punjab Telecommunication Manager Eliminated 27 November 2
Syed Sadaf Hussain 27 Ranchi, Jharkhand Social Sector Manager Eliminated 20 November 3
Ajay Kumar Siotra 24 Jammu Tourism Student Eliminated 13 November 2
Pradip Bhawalkar 69 Pune, Maharashtra Engineer Eliminated 6 November 2
Rohini Chawla 36 Gurugram, Haryana Housewife Withdrew 5 November 2
Sreelakshmi N. Prabhu 37 Kochi, Kerala Housewife Eliminated 30 October 0
Abhilasha Chandak Mall 29 Purulia, West Bengal Homemaker Eliminated 23 October 0
Shipra Chenji 35 Meerut, Uttar Pradesh Interior Designer Eliminated 16 October 0
Ashwin Iyer 37 Bangalore, Karnataka Food Bloger Eliminated 9 October 0

Elimination Table

Place Contestant Episode
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Mirvaan IN IN IN SAFE LOSE PT IN IN SAFE LOSE PT IN WIN SAFE IN IN SAFE WIN WEAK LOSE PT WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE
Kirti IN IN BTM PT IN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE TOP WIN SAFE TOP WEAK SAFE LOSE WIN SAFE IN BTM PT TOP BTM PT
Anagha TOP WIN SAFE SAFE IN SAFE IN IN SAFE WIN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE IN IN SAFE WIN IN IN WIN SAFE IN WEAK SAFE IN IN SAFE
Samantha TOP IN IN SAFE LOSE PT TOP WIN SAFE LOSE PT IN WIN SAFE TOP WIN SAFE WIN TOP WIN WIN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE IN IN SAFE
Dinesh WIN WEAK IN SAFE WIN SAFE IN BTM PT LOSE PT TOP WIN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE WIN IN IN LOSE PT IN IN SAFE TOP IN SAFE
Ashima TOP WEAK WEAK SAFE WIN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE LOSE PT TOP IN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE LOSE WIN SAFE IN WIN SAFE IN BTM PT
7 Siddharth IN TOP WEAK SAFE LOSE PT IN BTM PT WIN SAFE IN BTM PT IN BTM PT LOSE LOSE PT IN BTM PT IN BTM ELIM
8 Jatin IN IN WIN SAFE IN SAFE TOP WIN SAFE LOSE PT IN IN SAFE IN IN SAFE LOSE LOSE PT IN BTM ELIM
9 Sadaf IN IN WIN SAFE WIN SAFE IN IN SAFE WIN SAFE IN BTM PT IN IN SAFE LOSE LOSE ELIM
10 Ajay TOP IN IN SAFE WIN SAFE IN IN SAFE LOSE PT WIN SAFE SAFE TOP BTM ELIM
11 Pradip IN TOP IN SAFE WIN SAFE IN IN SAFE WIN SAFE IN BTM ELIM
12 Rohini IN IN IN SAFE IN SAFE TOP WIN SAFE WIN SAFE IN WDR
13 Shreelakshmi IN IN IN PT LOSE PT IN IN SAFE LOSE ELIM
14 Abhilasha IN IN IN SAFE IN SAFE IN BTM ELIM
15 Shipra IN IN BTM PT LOSE ELIM
16 Ashwin IN BTM ELIM
     (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
     (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
     (THIRD PLACE) This cook finished in third place.
     (WIN) The cook(s) won the individual / pair challenge (Mystery Box Challenge or Invention Test or Elimination Test).
     (WIN) The cook was on the winning team in the Team Challenge and directly advanced to the next round.
     (TOP) The cook was one of the top entries in the individual challenge but didn't win.
     (IMN) The cook won an Immunity Pin and was safe from elimination for a limited period of time.
     (SAFE) The cook didn't participate in the challenge as he/she already advanced into the next round.
     (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in an individual / pair challenge.
     (IN) The cook wasn't selected as a top or bottom entry in a team challenge.
     (PT) The cook competed in the Elimination Test or Pressure Test (was on the losing team in the Team Challenge), and advanced.
     (LOSE) The cook was on the losing team in the Team Challenge and had to compete in the upcoming Pressure Test.
     (WEAK) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge
     (BTM) The cook was one of the bottom entries in an individual challenge, and had to compete in the upcoming Elimination test.
     (WDR) The cook withdrew from the competition due to personal reasons.
     (ELIM) The cook was eliminated from MasterChef.

Episodes

No. in
season
Title [1] Original air date[1]
1"A Royal Spread"October 1, 2016 (2016-10-01)
2"First Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test"October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02)
3"Team Work Challenge"October 8, 2016 (2016-10-08)
4"First Elimination / Pressure Test"October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09)
5"First Team Challenge"October 15, 2016 (2016-10-15)
6"Second Elimination / Pressure Test and Immunity Pin Challenge"October 16, 2016 (2016-10-16)
7"Second Mystery Box and Tag-Team Challenge"October 22, 2016 (2016-10-22)
8"Third Elimination / Pressure Test"October 23, 2016 (2016-10-23)
9"Second Team Challenge"October 29, 2016 (2016-10-29)
10"Fourth Elimination / Pressure Test"October 30, 2016 (2016-10-30)
11"Third Mystery Box and Pair Challenge"November 5, 2016 (2016-11-05)
Special Guests: Shakti Mohan and Raghav Juyal.
12"Fifth Elimination / Pressure Test"November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06)
13"Fourth Mystery Box Challenge and Pair Challenge"November 12, 2016 (2016-11-12)
Special Guest: Bipasha Basu.
14"Cook-Along Challenge"November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13)
Guest Chef: Anahita Dhondy.
15"Team Cheese Quiz and Second Invention Test"November 19, 2016 (2016-11-19)
16"Third Team Challenge and Sixth Elimination / Pressure Test"November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20)

Special Guest: Sushil Kumar

Guest Chef: Abhijit Saha.
17"Fourth Team Challenge and Fifth Mystery Box Challenge"November 26, 2016 (2016-11-26)
18"Seventh Elimination / Pressure Test"November 27, 2016 (2016-11-27)
Guest Chef: Nooror Somany Steppe.
19TBADecember 3, 2016 (2016-12-03)
Special Guests: Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor.
20TBADecember 4, 2016 (2016-12-04)
Special Guest: Vidya Balan.

References

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