Junior MasterChef Greece

Junior MasterChef Greece is a Greek competitive cooking game show. It is an adaptation of the Australian show "Junior MasterChef Australia". It is a spin-off of "MasterChef Greece", itself an adaptation of the British show "MasterChef", and features contestants aged 8 to 12 in season 1 and in season 2 features contestants aged 8 to 13. The show began airing on 30 November 2011 on Mega Channel. On 13 September 2018 began airing the second season on Star Channel.
Series synopsis.
Season 1 (2011-2012).
The first season of the show began production in June 2011. Over 12,000 children from around the nation auditioned for the series. The show premiered on 30 November 2011 and finished airing 5 February 2012. It was hosted by Maria Mpekatorou. The judges was Yiannis Loukakos, Lefteris Lazarou and Dimitris Skarmoutsos. The winner was twelve-year-old Lilian Emvaloti.
Contestants.
The top 12 contestants were chosen throughout the first week of challenges amongst the Top 40 and the Top 20. The full group of 12 were all revealed on Wednesday, 7 December 2011.
Season 2 (2018).
The second season premiered in 13 September 2018 and finished airing 24 December 2018 in Star Channel. Over 1,500 children from around the nation auditioned for the second series. The Judges was Eleni Psyhouli, Manolis Papoutsakis and Magky Tabakaki. The winner was twelve-year-old Konstantinos Christopoulos.
Contestants.
The group of 22 children (11 boys and 11 girls) was revealed in the weekend of Thursday-Friday 20–21 September 2018. The selection was made among 44 children who went through auditions (22 boys and 22 girls). 
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