After experiencing a hard-fought semi-final, and leaving José Manuel Parada behind, the tenth edition of Masterchef celebrities This Monday on La 1 it chose its four finalists: the presenter Mariló Montero, the television collaborator Quique Jiménez little bullthe former footballer Miguel Torres and the singer of Operation Triumph Juanjo Bona, who will face each other next Monday in the grand final of the RTVE veteran program.
The eleventh gala, which had as guests the king’s niece Victoria de Marichalar (who asked to compete in a future edition) and the singer Bertín Osborne, took the contestants to travel to Arriondas (Asturias) to do an outdoor rehearsal at the Manzano family’s three-Michelin-starred Casa Marcial. The remaining contestants cooked a Nacho Manzano menu for 28 guests. In addition, chef José Manuel Miguel (one Michelin star) and pastry chef Mar Ibáñez (another Michelin star) presented their dishes from the program.
It was the sweet ending, precisely, the one that brought Torres to the final, and where Parada collapsed: “I called my dish ‘The goal of my life’. I played as a defender and today I find myself faced with the goal that could give me the step towards the final”, explained the former footballer. The other great moment of the evening was experienced by Juanjo Bona, when Martín Urrutia, his partner (met at OT), accompanied him to prepare a dish and left a revelation of love: “It changed my life. I had never fallen in love. It changed my life radically. It was very complicated for both of us to carry on a relationship with all this and I’m proud of us because we are there. Few people trusted it”, said the Getxo singer.
In their semi-final, Masterchef celebrities the audience increased by more than two points reaching 14.5% of the screen and 705,000 spectators on average, thanks to the drag of Rosalía’s record number in The revolt. Even so, the competition was topped by The island of temptations on Telecinco, which obtained a 16.3% share and 1,360,000 average viewers.
