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"22 programs waiting for this moment! Come Luca, pa' your house!" Thus, without cutting half a hair Jotha celebrated last night the expulsion (at last) of Luca from MasterChef 11. Yes, 22 shows have endured what is probably the most controversial and most indescribable contestant in the history of MasterChef. Yes, 22 programs have sustained and maintained MasterChef to Luca despite not knowing how to cook, despite not evolving in the kitchen, despite having dedicated all his contest to be noticed, without more.

Luca was not an aspirant to use, he was not a contestant who sought to learn, live from the kitchen and fulfill his dream, Luca was always something else for MasterChef and MasterChef was always something else for Luca. Luca was the spectacle, the show, the distraction, the exception. With one exception, the little pleases and the much tires. And Luca ended up saturating MasterChef 11 to levels never seen before. And Luca ended up saturating the viewers, his colleagues, everyone, except those who believed that MasterChef 11 needed someone like Luca to entertain.

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Blatant cheating on MasterChef? Luca, the celeriac and the cry of the "tongo"

  • Writing: ESTHER MUCIENTES Madrid

Blatant cheating on MasterChef? Luca, the celeriac and the cry of the "tongo"

Of course Luca did the work for which he was chosen, you just had to see him last night both in the outdoor test, where he became the king of the track, the disco, the party, but not the kitchen, as in the elimination test where, and he himself recognized it, he went down to hell. Could you ask more of a talent contestant? Yes, he could have been asked to cook instead of praising the bad done, applauding the terrible, and protecting to the point of not challenging MasterChef a young man who never went to cook.

Let's put aside the dozens of controversies that have grown around Luca on MasterChef, let's put aside the rumors of whether he is the son of. From the judges' evaluations -he never did anything wrong-, through the aspirants who have left knowing more and loving the kitchen more than Luca, to the traps, foolishness, impudence and deception to keep Luca in MasterChef as long as he could and more. Come on, better, to analyze if MasterChef was worth playing so much for Luca. No, there was no need. MasterChef 11 could have given the same game, the same fun, the same show without Luca. Why take such a risk for a contestant who never thought of dedicating himself to cooking?

Those who fell for Luca in MasterChef

Luca showed up on MasterChef 11 because he wanted fame. He, a tiktoker neither very unknown nor well known saw in MasterChef a springboard for his career as an influencer. They could sell us the bike however they wanted. That if he came to grow as a person, that if he came to mature, that if MasterChef was going to open a new world without screens ... Whatever they want. And I'm not saying MasterChef didn't show you a world of flesh and blood or a culture of effort, but no. When the same thing we have seen the spectators have seen those who are inside, white and in bottle. And the culture of effort, and if that for another day.

Do we really believe that Luca deserved to stay longer on MasterChef 11 than, say, Marta or David, among others? No. And it is no longer worth that a bad elimination test leads to expulsion. Because on this occasion everything possible was always done so that Luca stepped on the pit as little as possible. If he was even given ingredients so that he could escape elimination, if he was even valued with a measuring stick only for him, only for Luca. What was seen last night in the outdoor test and in the elimination confirms all this.

Last night's outdoor test on MasterChef 11 was Luca elevated to the nth power. It was the apotheosis of Luke. He had to be captain, he had to work with Jotha, with Ana and with Álex, and it was thanks to them that the dishes of the blue team came out because if it comes to be for Luca ... Since he started cooking, Luca's job was to give a show. A dance here, a dance there, a shout, another. Meanwhile, the others, those who really want the opportunity offered by MasterChef to leave their skin.

I think it got to such a point that even the aspirants themselves knew that Luca's function in MasterChef 11 was not to cook and much less to win. But it had to burst, as it blew up Jotha, as it blew Merce, as it blew up Friar Mark. Because to keep Luca you had to finish off others. Because everyone was aware of why Luca was on MasterChef and they accepted him, but he should never have played with the conditions. Did they want a showman? Well, they would have put him as a co-host, not a contestant.

His only job as captain was to create 'the sweet potato dance' and from time to time, especially when a judge arrived, shout "let's go guys!". Of course, a constant smile, a constant fun. I was surprised, and not because it wasn't fair, that Luca's team ended up with the black aprons. In 22 MasterChef 11 shows, in 11 MasterChef 11 outdoor tests, the teams Luca has been on have never lost. They called it the talisman. But it would have been too blatant for Luca's team to be saved last night. And I think we all think the same: Luca goes to the elimination test, Luca goes to the street. It was clear, the problem was that Luca never went to an elimination test.

What happened in the elimination test is the next chapter of Luca's series, a tiktoker on MasterChef. As in the previous program, elimination tests are becoming more complicated. MasterChef 11 is in the final stretch and you need to see that whoever is playing the grand final with the fingers of the hands, deserves to be there. The black aprons had to replicate the dishes of young chefs all with Repsol suns. It was Pilu, the best of the outdoor test, who distributed the dishes. He gave Luca the one Luca asked for, and sentenced him.

The high price MasterChef has paid

Luca had to cook a choco (cuttlefish) with his ink, with his tile, with his spherifications. Not even half a minute of testing had passed when Luca broke into a thousand pieces. Luca was unable to elaborate anything that marked the recipe because Luca has not dedicated himself to cooking in the 22 programs that he has been of MasterChef 11. It came down completely, sank, went down to hell, but calm there that was Pepe Rodriguez to throw a cape and whatever it took. "I can't, I can't, I can't do." He himself made visible what viewers have been denouncing for so long: Luca was not prepared to be there nor did he have the level to have arrived there.

He recovered, took out what he could, an inedible plate that more than sepia with its ink was ink for Halloween. But Luca then brought out what has made him stay so long: his show. Jokes, laughter, a Jordi Cruz who seeing Pepe Rodríguez with a completely black mouth could only say: "I have not seen this in 11 years". Of course he hasn't seen it, because in 11 years of MasterChef there has never been a contestant like Luca.

There was no escape for Luca. If last night instead of Luca the judges had expelled Ana – Jotha and Alex went up to the gallery – MasterChef would not have found a place in the world to hide. Everything would have been possible, similar things have been seen with Luca in MasterChef 11, but no, this time, they were aware that it had even arrived.

"It has been a program as well as cooking as well as a human experiment. I'm leaving being someone else. It has been unforgettable. Living this with 19 years has been very strong, "said the tiktoker after becoming official that he was expelled. "You will be an example for many young people," Pepe Rodriguez replied. Anyway...

He held back the tears or made him hold them because what Luca went to look for MasterChef, Luca had already achieved. I wasn't going to get any more visibility, or anything anymore. It was time and he was leaving as a winner, the winner of what he always wanted.

And the same MasterChef. The program could no longer stretch Luca's permanence because if it has already been expensive to keep him so many weeks, especially with the viewers, leaving him until the final or until the semifinal would have been the hecatomb. Luca and MasterChef created a symbiosis. Luca achieved what he wanted and so did MasterChef. The perfect partnership. However, along the way many fell and the price that MasterChef has paid is not low, there are the viewers to rectangle it.

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