<Li> Shaun O'Neale--Episode 8 </Li> <Li> Christina Tosi--Episode 11 </Li> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> "The Judges Do Battle, Part 1" </Td> <Td> May 30, 2018 (2018 - 05 - 30) </Td> <Td> 3.68 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> <P> </P> <Ul> <Li> Auditions Round 1: The judges open the series by explaining the new format . Each judge will award eight aprons to contestants and then they will mentor their respective contestants throughout the competition . If more than one judge wishes to award an apron to a contestant, the contestant is allowed to decide which judge will be their mentor . Jannie, Emily and Bowen are up first and must make a beef dish . Joe awarded aprons to Emily and Bowen, and Gordon awarded one to Bowen also . Bowen chose Gordon while Jannie fails to advance . Cynthia and Shanika next make desserts . Cynthia is not offered an apron while both Aarón and Joe offer aprons to Shanika; she chooses Joe . In a montage of contestants, Gordon awards an apron to Sid and Aarón awards an apron to Julia . Samantha and Mark are next and can make any signature dish; Gordon awards an apron to Samantha and Joe awards an apron to Mark . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> "The Judges Do Battle, Part 2" </Td> <Td> May 30, 2018 (2018 - 05 - 30) </Td> <Td> 3.68 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> <P> </P> <Ul> <Li> Auditions Round 2: Taylor, Ralph and Chelsea, who are all from Houston, next make their signature dishes; Gordon gives an apron to Taylor, Joe gives an apron to Ralph, and Aarón gives an apron to Chelsea . Olusola and Mark next make their signature dishes; all three judges award an apron to Olusola and she chooses Joe while Mark fails to advance . After another montage of failed contestants, Cesar, Matt, Ryan and SJ all make fish dishes . Aarón awarded aprons to Cesar, SJ and Ryan, Joe awarded one to Matt, while Gordon awarded aprons to SJ and Cesar . SJ chose Gordon and Cesar chose Aarón . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> "The Judges Do Battle, Part 3" </Td> <Td> June 6, 2018 (2018 - 06 - 06) </Td> <Td> 3.26 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> <P> </P> <Ul> <Li> Auditions Round 3: Farhan and Gerron cook their signature dishes with chicken . Joe gave an apron to Gerron while Aarón and Gordon gave aprons to Farhan who chose Aarón's . Alecia, Darrick and Tye were given 45 minutes to cook their variation of one of Gordon's signature dishes . Darrick won an apron from Gordon while Alecia received an apron from Aarón and Tye was eliminated . A montage shows Aarón reward an apron to Lindsay, Gordon offer an apron to Stephanie and Joe gave his last apron to Sal . Ashley, Chera, Juni and Nick are next to compete for the last two places in the Top 24 . Gordon gave his last apron to Ashley and Aarón gave his to Juni . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> "Home State Heroes" </Td> <Td> June 6, 2018 (2018 - 06 - 06) </Td> <Td> 3.26 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> <P> </P> <Ul> <Li> Mystery Box Challenge: The Top 24 contestants each receive an ingredient that is native to their home state to cook their dishes in one hour . The judges each pick their respective contestant to name the top three dishes . Ashley, Emily and Farhan have the top three dishes and Ashley wins . Alecia, Sal and Sid are chosen as the bottom three by their mentors . </Li> <Li> Challenge Winner / Immune: Ashley Mincey </Li> <Li> Bottom three: Alecia Winters, Sal Maida and Sid Hoeltzell </Li> <Li> Elimination Challenge: The bottom three must cook their version of steak and potatoes . </Li> <Li> Alecia is declared safe, both Sid and Sal are sent home . </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Sal Maida and Sid Hoeltzell </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> "Gordon Ramsay Masterclass" </Td> <Td> June 13, 2018 (2018 - 06 - 13) </Td> <Td> 3.92 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> <P> </P> <Ul> <Li> Skill Test: The Top 22 were given a demonstration on how to properly prepare a dungeness crab in 30 minutes . Chelsea was the winner of the challenge and pronounced safe, while Darrick, Farhan, Gerron, Matt, Ralph, Olusola, Ryan, Samantha and Stephanie all failed to impress the judges . The remaining chefs were declared safe and immune for the next challenge . </Li> <Li> Challenge Winner / Immune: Chelsea Sargent </Li> <Li> Immune: Alecia Winters, Ashley Mincey, Bowen Li, Cesar Cano, Emily Hallock, Julia Danno, Juni Cuevas, Lindsay Haigh, Mark Ingraham, Shanika Patterson, SJ Yun and Taylor Waltmon </Li> <Li> Elimination Challenge: The remaining chefs were tasked to recreate Ramsay's crab eggs Benedict dish, with a warning that two chefs would be eliminated . Gerron, Olusola and Stephanie were in the bottom three . </Li> <Li> Bottom three: Gerron Hurt, Olusola Ogbomo and Stephanie Willis </Li> <Li> Gerron is declared safe, both Olusola and Stephanie are sent home . </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Olusola Ogbomo and Stephanie Willis </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> "Trouble Brewing" </Td> <Td> June 20, 2018 (2018 - 06 - 20) </Td> <Td> 3.65 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> <P> </P> <Ul> <Li> Team Challenge: The Top 20 contestants were taken to the Anheuser - Busch brewery in Van Nuys, California where they are split into teams . Chelsea captains the Blue Team while Bowen captains the Red Team . Chelsea elects to choose her Blue Team members which are Alecia, Lindsay, Taylor, Juni, Darrick, Farhan, Cesar, Shanika and Emily; all other contestants are assigned to the Red Team . Both teams must cook dishes for 101 employees that have beer as an ingredient and the employees will choose the winning team . The Red Team wins the challenge . </Li> <Li> Challenge Winners / Immune: Ashley Mincey, Bowen Li, Gerron Hurt, Julia Danno, Mark Ingraham, Matt Houck, Ralph Degala, Ryan Cortez, Samantha Daily and SJ Yun . </Li> <Li> Pressure Test: Chelsea is allowed to exempt three members of her team and she chooses Cesar, Alecia and Juni . The remaining chefs must make a banana cream pie in 60 minutes . Farhan, Shanika and Darrick have the bottom three dishes . </Li> <Li> Immune: Alecia Winters, Cesar Cano and Juni Cuevas </Li> <Li> Bottom three: Darrick Krause, Farhan Momin and Shanika Patterson </Li> <Li> Darrick is eliminated . </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Darrick Krause </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> "World Cup Dishes" </Td> <Td> June 27, 2018 (2018 - 06 - 27) </Td> <Td> 3.81 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> <P> </P> <Ul> <Li> Mystery Box Challenge: The Top 19 contestants are given one hour to cook a dish with walnuts . Bowen, Samantha and Cesar's dishes were in the top three . Cesar was the winner of the challenge . </Li> <Li> Challenge Winner / Immune: Cesar Cano </Li> <Li> Elimination Challenge: Alexi Lalas joins the show to introduce this challenge . Cesar gets to choose one of three dishes inspired by the judges' favorite soccer snacks and he chooses Aarón's churros with chocolate sauce . Cesar also gets to pick ten other contestants to make immune; he chooses Chelsea, Ashley, Emily, SJ, Ralph, Farhan, Gerron, Ryan, Lindsay and Mark . The remaining eight contestants have 30 minutes to cook . The best dish belongs to Matt, the bottom four dishes are Shanika, Bowen, Alecia and Samantha . </Li> <Li> Immune: Ashley Mincey, Chelsea Sargent, Emily Hallock, Farhan Momin, Gerron Hurt, Lindsay Haigh, Mark Ingraham, Ralph Degala, Ryan Cortez and SJ Yun . </Li> <Li> Challenge Winner: Matt Houck . </Li> <Li> Bottom four: Alecia Winters, Bowen Li, Samantha Daily and Shanika Patterson . </Li> <Li> Shanika and Samantha are saved first, and then Alecia is eliminated . </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Alecia Winters </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> "A Gordon Ramsay Wedding" </Td> <Td> July 11, 2018 (2018 - 07 - 11) </Td> <Td> 3.31 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> <P> </P> <Ul> <Li> Team Challenge: The contestants cater for the wedding reception of season seven winner Shaun O'Neale . They are required to prepare a scallop appetizer and a duck entree . Juni is chosen as the Red Team captain, and Julia the Blue Team captain . Julia chooses Lindsay, SJ, Taylor, Ashley, Ralph, Bowen, Matt and Shanika; while Juni chooses Cesar, Mark, Farhan, Gerron, Samantha, Ryan, Chelsea and Julia . After the teams are picked, the judges force the captains to switch teams, making Julia now the Red Team captain and Juni the Blue Team captain . The Red Team wins the challenge . Afterwards, the judges save Shanika and Taylor . Back in the MasterChef kitchen, the judges announce there will be no pressure test and the contestants would be judged on their performance . Ashley and Juni are announced as the bottom two . </Li> <Li> Challenge Winners / Immune: Cesar Cano, Chelsea Sargent, Emily Hanlock, Farhan Momin, Gerron Hurt, Julia Danno, Mark Ingraham, Ryan Cortez and Samantha Daily . </Li> <Li> Immune: Shanika Patterson and Taylor Waltmon </Li> <Li> Bottom two: Ashley Mincey and Juni Cuevas </Li> <Li> The judges save Ashley thus eliminating Juni . </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Juni Cuevas </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> "The Big Not Easy" </Td> <Td> July 18, 2018 (2018 - 07 - 18) </Td> <Td> 3.60 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> <P> </P> <Ul> <Li> Mystery Box Challenge: The Top 17 contestants are given one hour to cook a dish with Cajun seafood, with Aarón cooking next to them . At the end of the hour, Joe announced that the chef with the worst dish would be eliminated . Taylor, Gerron, and Matt were in the bottom three . </Li> <Li> Bottom three: Gerron Hurt, Matt Houck, and Taylor Waltmon . </Li> <Li> Taylor and Gerron are spared, and Matt is eliminated . After Matt left, the judges name Bowen, Samantha, Ralph, Mark, Cesar, and Ryan as the top six of the Mystery Box Challenge . </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Matt Houck . </Li> <Li> Challenge Winners / Immune: Bowen Li, Cesar Cano, Mark Ingraham, Ralph Degala, Ryan Cortez, and Samantha Daily </Li> <Li> Elimination Challenge: The remaining chefs were tasked in making a fresh version of a Salisbury steak dish, while the six immune chefs had three minutes to decide how much cooking time each person had . Shanika received 40 minutes, Emily received 35 minutes, and Julia received 30 minutes while the remaining chefs had 45 minutes . The best dishes belonged to Emily, Julia, SJ, and Gerron . The bottom three were Shanika, Lindsay, and Chelsea . </Li> <Li> Challenge Winners: Emily Hallock, Gerron Hurt, Julia Danno, and SJ Yun </Li> <Li> Bottom three: Chelsea Sargent, Lindsay Haigh, and Shanika Patterson . </Li> <Li> Lindsay was eliminated . </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Lindsay Haigh . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10 </Th> <Td> "Rise or Fall" </Td> <Td> July 25, 2018 (2018 - 07 - 25) </Td> <Td> 3.71 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> <P> </P> <Ul> <Li> Team Challenge: The Top 15 contestants pair up on their own to create a dish featuring five ingredients . The teams are Cesar and Mark, Julia and SJ, Farhan and Emily, Bowen and Shanika, Samantha and Chelsea, Ryan and Gerron, and Ashley and Taylor . Ralph is left out of the pairs, so instead he gets to pair with his mentor, Joe, and he is also safe from elimination . The winning team is Julia and SJ, while the teams of Ryan and Gerron, Ashley and Taylor, and Cesar and Mark must face the elimination challenge . The remaining teams are safe . </Li> <Li> Immune: Ralph Degala </Li> <Li> Challenge Winners / Immune: Julia Danno and SJ Yun </Li> <Li> Elimination Challenge: The remaining six chefs must create a cheese soufflé in 40 minutes . The best dish belonged to Mark . Cesar and Ryan are called as the bottom two . </Li> <Li> Challenge Winner: Mark Ingraham </Li> <Li> Bottom two: Cesar Cano and Ryan Cortez </Li> <Li> Ryan was eliminated . </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Ryan Cortez </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 11 </Th> <Td> "The Kids are Alright" </Td> <Td> August 1, 2018 (2018 - 08 - 01) </Td> <Td> 3.54 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> <P> </P> <Ul> <Li> Team Challenge: The Top 14 contestants are split into teams, with Julia and SJ the team captains for winning the last challenge . SJ captains the Blue Team and he selects Mark, Gerron, Cesar, Samantha, Emily and Bowen . Julia captains the Red Team and she selects Ralph, Farhan, Taylor, Chelsea, Ashley and Shanika . The teams are assigned crates of ingredients to choose from, and will have 90 minutes to cook a meal for special guests in the MasterChef restaurant . The winning recipe will also be featured in Family Circle magazine . The winning team will be chosen by the restaurant diners . During the cooking process, it is revealed that the restaurant diners are children . The Red Team wins with 66% of the vote . </Li> <Li> Challenge Winners / Immune: Ashley Mincey, Chelsea Sargent, Farhan Momin, Julia Danno, Ralph Degala, Shanika Patterson and Taylor Waltmon </Li> <Li> Pressure Test: Former judge Christina Tosi returns to judge this challenge, and she will be the only person judging it . The Blue Team members must make a box of 12 cupcakes in 75 minutes . Mark and Gerron are the bottom two contestants . </Li> <Li> Bottom two: Mark Ingraham and Gerron Hurt </Li> <Li> Mark is eliminated . </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Mark Ingraham </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 12 </Th> <Td> "Frying Tonight" </Td> <Td> August 8, 2018 (2018 - 08 - 08) </Td> <Td> 3.70 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> <P> </P> <Ul> <Li> Mystery Box Challenge: The Top 13 contestants have 45 minutes to make a dish featuring something that is deep fried, and all three judges cook alongside them . The top three dishes belong to Shanika, Ralph and Chelsea, and Shanika wins the challenge . </Li> <Li> Challenge Winner / Immune: Shanika Patterson </Li> <Li> Elimination Challenge: The remaining contestants must cook a dish featuring citrus fruit, and Shanika gets to decide who must make a savory dish and who must make a sweet dish . Shanika assigns savory dishes to Gerron, Taylor, Emily, Chelsea, Bowen and Samantha, and sweet dishes to Cesar, SJ, Ralph, Farhan, Ashley and Julia . The two best dishes belong to Gerron and Ashley, while SJ, Cesar and Ralph are in the bottom . </Li> <Li> Winners: Ashley Mincey and Gerron Hurt </Li> <Li> Bottom three: Cesar Cano, Ralph Degala and SJ Yun </Li> <Li> Cesar is saved then Ralph is eliminated . </Li> <Li> Eliminated: Ralph Degala </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 13 </Th> <Td> "Just for the Halibut" </Td> <Td> August 15, 2018 (2018 - 08 - 15) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 14 </Th> <Td> "Sky's the Limit" </Td> <Td> August 22, 2018 (2018 - 08 - 22) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 15 </Th> <Td> "Tag Team" </Td> <Td> August 22, 2018 (2018 - 08 - 22) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 16 </Th> <Td> "American Heroes" </Td> <Td> August 29, 2018 (2018 - 08 - 29) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 17 </Th> <Td> "Waste Not Want Not" </Td> <Td> August 29, 2018 (2018 - 08 - 29) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr>

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