Despite the various disappointments that ‘Masterchef’ is giving RTVE lately, it’s not all bad news. According to data provided by the chain, the cost of each chapter of the next edition of ‘Masterchef Celebrity’ will be lower to the previous edition but also one of the highest of the program’s history.
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Despite the controversy with the incorporation of Verónica Forqué in the last edition of ‘Masterchef Celebrity’, the program co-produced by Shine Iberia continues to be one of the most profitable of RTVE and one of the few spaces, along with Eurovision, that manage to be leaders of the night and raise audiences above the usual average.
Proof of this is the last edition of the regular format of ‘Masterchef’, which obtained a 24.4% share with its final gala and doubled the usual audience numbers. The blind faith that RTVE has in its star program is such that confirmed season 7 of ‘Masterchef Celebrity’ before even having definitive audience data of the “anonymous” edition.
According to data from the Transparency Mailbox, there is already an estimated cost for the chapters of the next ‘Celebrity’ edition and this is €578,000, which amount to a total of 6,936,130.04 euros for the 12 episodes, in addition to VAT. It is the second highest number in the history of the format, above season 5, 4, 2, 1 and 3, in that order. Without forgetting that the ‘Celebrity’ edition already has a higher cost than the normal and children’s edition.
Even so, the cost of this season is lower than season 6, which cost 593,540 euros per episode, despite having fewer contestants: 14 compared to 15 in season 7, who earned an estimated average of 15,000 per episode. From RTVE they pointed out that the payment to the contestants is an estimate, taking into account the number of episodes and the mechanics of eliminating contestants.
In the jury of season 7 of ‘Masterchef Celebrity’ they will repeat Pepe Rodriguez, Samantha Vallejo-Najera Y jordi cruz, and there are already 15 celebrities confirmed as contestants of the edition. Filming began in May and It will premiere on La 1 throughout the last four months of 2022.