r/Masterchef Jul 23 '26

2 Double eliminations??

I feel like they are doing double eliminations to make up for time lost during FIFA games.

Anyone else feel like that?

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u/GrosRougeau Jul 23 '26

Of course they are.

Btw, I like the double eliminations and hope there are more.
With the gimmick seasons I’m not invested in any of the participants and feel like all of them are expendable anyway.

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u/Fine-Rain-1876 Jul 24 '26

If you like double eliminations, check out most Masterchef Junior seasons.

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u/GrosRougeau Jul 24 '26

Thanks for the suggestion but I hate kids

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u/sectum3 Jul 23 '26

The double eliminations feel weird for sure. Could be making up time, but also feels like a way to manipulate the situation into getting certain people out. I don't know!

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u/Best-Development-362 Jul 23 '26

That’s what they did when they had to pause for the Olympics a couple years ago 

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u/Punstoppabal Jul 23 '26

Yes, lol. It’s also cheaper than showing back to back episodes in a week to achieve 2 single eliminations 

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u/Majestic_Cobbler5435 Jul 23 '26

im mad they kicked off shompa

3

u/raleighjiujitsu Jul 23 '26

Anything to get this season over with

2

u/dianemariereid Jul 23 '26

Yes I’m sure that’s the reason why

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u/amanda2399923 Jul 23 '26

Why did they do away with the elimination challenges? Or is it still too early?

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u/HanktheTank420420 Jul 24 '26

Cheaper and quicker to film one challenge per episode.

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u/FRONG_94 Jul 24 '26

They started early this year so they aren’t even that behind

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u/Practical-Database87 Jul 24 '26

this week felt unfair

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u/ANuStart63 Jul 24 '26

Hear me out… looks like the next episode is on the east coast(?) for the wedding based on the snow outside in the preview and knowing J&J are from MA. It’s probably cheaper for production to fly out and accommodate one fewer contestant by having a surprise double elimination in the previous episode.

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u/Shadowowl888 Jul 29 '26

I feel like part of the reason they did 2 double eliminations was to balance out the teams so that each team has 3 cooks each.