document_title: Jack and Jill (2011 film)

question_text: who plays the mexican grandma in jack and jill

text: Jack and Jill (2011 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Homemade videos show fraternal twins Jack and Jill Sadelstein growing up in New York City. Jack is the gifted twin, while Jill constantly tries—and fails miserably—to get his attention by injuring him and/or driving others away from him.

text: In present-day Los Angeles, Jack (Adam Sandler) is a successful advertising executive who lives with his beautiful wife Erin (Katie Holmes) and their two kids: Sofia/Sofie (Elodie Tougne) and Gary (Rohan Chand), a Hindu child they adopted at birth. Jill (also played by Sandler) never left the working-class neighborhood they grew up in; she recently inherited the Sadelstein home, having lived with their mother until her death one year ago.

text: As always, Jack is irritated by the upcoming Thanksgiving visit of his sister. Jill ruins Thanksgiving dinner by loudly embarrassing a homeless guest. Jack finally calls her out for making a fool of herself, of him, and of everybody else at the table. Stung, Jill runs off into the woods with her pet cockatoo Poopsie. Erin demands that Jack apologize to his sister, which he very unwillingly does. Jill has a list of things she wants to do while in Los Angeles: be on a game show (The Price is Right, which—despite her horrendous performance—gives Jill a carload of prizes simply to be rid of her); go horseback riding (she proves too big and heavy for the pony, which collapses under her); and do a studio tour. Since Jill has an open-ended plane ticket, she decides to stay until the end of Hanukkah - much to Jack's horror.

text: Jack's agency client, meanwhile, wants him to somehow get actor Al Pacino to appear in a Dunkin' Donuts commercial. Jack isn't sure how he's supposed to make that happen.

text: Jill tries online dating. She has no success until Jack poses as Jill and alters her profile, leading to more than 100 responses. Yet when Jill's date - "Funbucket" (Norm Macdonald) - meets her, he hides in the men's room until she leaves the restaurant.

text: Jack takes Jill to a Lakers game where Pacino is supposed to be. Pacino blows off Jack but is taken with Jill and gives her his phone number. Jack was hoping Jill would go back home by New Year's Eve, since the family is going on a cruise. Jack's friends and colleagues throw him a birthday party, extending the invite to Jill. Again Jill loudly disgraces herself, Jack, and the various celebrities in attendance. Pacino invites Jill to his home, where she accidentally destroys his Oscar statuette. Abruptly, she becomes bored with him and leaves. Jack's Mexican gardener Felipe (Eugenio Derbez), who is also taken with Jill, invites her to meet his family at their annual fiesta. There she hits it off with everybody, and tries Mexican food for the first time, thus acquiring a horrible case of diarrhea which makes her even tougher to live with than usual.

text: Pacino refuses to do the Dunkin' Donuts commercial unless Jack gets him a date with Jill; to that end, Jack invites Jill on the cruise with his family. At sea, while Jill continues making a fool of herself and everyone around her, Jack disguises himself as his own sister and goes on her date with Pacino. Jill suspects that Jack invited her on the cruise just so Pacino would do the commercial; such is confirmed when she phones Jack, he answers as Jill, and then she hears Pacino in the background. Pacino, still believing Jack to be Jill, spells out that he (Pacino) sees much more in her than just a pathetic half-wit...which is what Jack always took her for. Feeling unspeakably guilty, Jack returns to the ship, only to learn that Jill has gone back home to The Bronx. At a restaurant on New Year's Eve, toting a picture of her and Jack's late mother, Jill comes across a group of former classmates who always made fun of her; these classmates, led by Monica (David Spade), pick up directly where they left off...until Jack, his wife and their kids show up. Jack and Jill converse in their made-up twin language (which even Jack finds incomprehensible). Monica attacks Erin and is cold cocked by Jill. Pacino also turns up at the party, dressed as the Man of La Mancha, and tells Jill that while he may have feelings for her, there is another man more worthy of her than himself. She then goes home, where Felipe (the other suitor Pacino was referring to) and his children await her arrival. Felipe professes his love for Jill, and the two begin a relationship.

text: The television commercial is made, with Pacino starring and singing as he promotes a new coffee—"Dunkaccino" from Dunkin' Donuts—with a rap song. But when Jack shows it to him, Pacino hates it and tells him to destroy every copy of the commercial.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Adam Sandler as Jack and Jill Sadelstein[3]
Katie Holmes as Erin Sadelstein
Al Pacino as Himself
Eugenio Derbez as Felipe / Felipe's grandmother
Tim Meadows as Ted
Nick Swardson as Todd
Allen Covert as Otto
Rohan Chand as Gary Sadelstein
Geoff Pierson as Carter Simmons
Valerie Mahaffey as Bitsy Simmons
Gad Elmaleh as Xavier
Gary Valentine as Dallas
Kristin Davis as Delilah

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: The film opened in 3,438 theaters at #2 with $25,003,575, behind Immortals, which debuted in the top spot with $32,206,425.[4] The film closed on February 26, 2012 with a total gross of $74,158,157 in North America. It also made $75,515,631 in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $149,673,788 against its $79 million budget.[5]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Jack and Jill was widely panned by critics.[6] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 3% based on 106 reviews and an average rating of 2.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Although it features an inexplicably committed performance from Al Pacino, Jack and Jill is impossible to recommend on any level whatsoever."[7] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 23 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[8] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.[9] Jason Buchanan of allmovie gave the film his lowest star rating and described it as "aggressively unfunny".

text: In The Daily Beast, Ramin Setoodeh said, "This is, without a doubt, the worst movie that Adam Sandler’s ever made. In fact, it could be the worst movie ever made." Peter Travers of Rolling Stone also argued, "Al Pacino said something great. After he looks at himself in the commercial, he says, 'Burn this! Nobody must ever see this!' That's my review of Jack and Jill."[10] Mary Pols of Time magazine ranked the film #1 on the Top 10 Worst Movies of 2011.[11] The A.V. Club ranked it #1 on "The Worst Films of 2011" list (along with Just Go with It).[12] TV Guide included the film on its "The Worst of 2011" list.[13] Andrew Barker of Variety said that the film's "general stupidity, careless direction and reliance on a single-joke premise that was never really funny to begin with are only the most obvious of its problems."[14] Internet review show Half in the Bag from RedLetterMedia criticized Jack and Jill for recycling gags from Sandler's previous films, incessant product placement, and laziness in terms of both writing and production quality, going so far as to characterize the entire production as a sinister embezzlement scam.[15] They would later call it "the worst thing in the world".[16] The film won a total of 10 Razzies in 2012, setting a record and displacing 2000's Battlefield Earth which had garnered 9 awards.[17]

text: Despite generally scathing reviews, the film did receive some positive reception. Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle stated that while he found the character Jill annoying, "almost everything else in this comedy succeeds. The central situation...has comic energy...[the film has] successful bits and big moments of satisfying comedy."[18] Tom Russo of the Boston Globe gave the film two and a half out of a possible four stars, writing "What's more genuinely wacky is what a kick this movie can sometimes be, completely in spite of its big, flat stunt."[19]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: In the Razzie Awards, Jack and Jill was nominated for every single category, and twice for Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress, and won all 10 awards.

text:
List of awards and nominations

Award
Category
Recipient(s) and nominee(s)
Result

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Movie Actor
Adam Sandler
Won

Razzie Awards
Worst Actor
Won

Worst Actress
Won

Worst Supporting Actor
Nick Swardson
Nominated

Al Pacino
Won

Worst Supporting Actress
David Spade (in drag)
Won

Katie Holmes
Nominated

Worst Picture
Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, and Todd Garner
Won

Worst Director
Dennis Dugan
Won

Worst Screenplay
Adam Sandler, Ben Zook, and Steve Koren
Won

Worst Screen Couple
Adam Sandler and either Al Pacino, Katie Holmes or Adam Sandler
Won

Worst Ensemble
Won

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
Ripoff of Glen or Glenda
Won

text: Home media[edit]

text: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released Jack and Jill on DVD and Blu-ray on March 6, 2012.


document_title: Republic Day (India)

question_text: who is special guest on republic day 2018

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text: Republic Day (India)

text: History of Republic Day[edit]

text: India achieved independence from British Raj on 15 August 1947 following the Indian independence movement noted for largely peaceful non-violent resistance and civil disobedience led by Mahatma Gandhi. The independence came through the Indian Independence Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo 6 c 30), an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that partitioned British India into the two new independent Dominions of the British Commonwealth (later Commonwealth of Nations).[2] India obtained its independence on 15 August 1947 as a constitutional monarchy with George VI as head of state and the Earl Mountbatten as governor-general. The country, though, did not yet have a permanent constitution; instead its laws were based on the modified colonial Government of India Act 1935. On 28 August 1947, the Drafting Committee was appointed to draft a permanent constitution, with Dr B R Ambedkar as chairman. While India's Independence Day celebrates its freedom from British Rule, the Republic Day celebrates the coming into force of its constitution. A draft constitution was prepared by the committee and submitted to the Assembly on 4 November 1947.[3] The Assembly met, in sessions open to public, for 166 days, spread over a period of two years, 11 months and 18 days before adopting the Constitution. After many deliberations and some modifications, the 308 members of the Assembly signed two hand-written copies of the document (one each in Hindi and English) on 24 January 1950. Two days later, it came into effect throughout the whole nation.

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text: Celebrations[edit]

text: The main Republic Day celebration is held in the national capital, New Delhi, at the Rajpath before the President of India. On this day, ceremonious parades take place at the Rajpath, which are performed as a tribute to India; its unity in diversity and rich cultural heritage.

text: Delhi Republic Day parade[edit]

text: Delhi Republic Day parade is held in the capital, New Delhi. Commencing from the gates of the Rashtrapati Bhavan (the President's residence), Raisina Hill on Rajpath past the India Gate, this event is the main attraction of India's Republic Day Celebrations lasting three days. The parade showcases India's Defence Capability, Cultural and Social Heritage.[4]

text: Nine to twelve different regiments of the Indian Army in addition to the Navy, and Air Force with their bands march past in all their finery and official decorations. The President of India who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Forces, takes the salute. Twelve contingents of various para-military forces of India and other civil forces also take part in this parade.[5]

text: Beating Retreat[edit]

text: The Beating Retreat ceremony is held after officially denoting the end of Republic Day festivities. It is conducted on the evening of 29 January, the third day after the Republic Day. It is performed by the bands of the three wings of the military, the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force. The venue is Raisina Hill and an adjacent square, Vijay Chowk, flanked by the North and South block of the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's Palace) towards the end of Rajpath.[6]

text: The Chief Guest of the function is the President of India who arrives escorted by the (PBG), a cavalry unit. When the President arrives, the PBG commander asks the unit to give the National Salute, which is followed by the playing of the Indian National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana, by the Army. The Army develops the ceremony of display by the massed bands in which Military Bands, Pipe and Drum Bands, Buglers and Trumpeters from various Army Regiments besides bands from the Navy and Air Force take part which play popular tunes like Abide With Me, Mahatma Gandhi's favourite hymn, and Saare Jahan Se Achcha at the end.[7][8][9]

text: Gallery[edit]

text:
Buildings on Raisina Hill including Rashtrapati Bhavan, lit up during Republic Day 2008.

Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team displaying tricolor.

Border Security Force personnel on Republic Day.

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text: Republic Day parade chief guest[edit]

text: Since 1950, India has been hosting head of state or government of another country as the state guest of honour for Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. During 1950–1954, Republic Day celebrations were organised at different venues (like Irwin Stadium, Kingsway, Red Fort and Ramlila Grounds). It was only starting 1955 when the parade in its present form was organised at Rajpath.[10] The guest country is chosen after a deliberation of strategic, economic and political interests. During 1950s–1970s, a number of NAM and Eastern Bloc countries were hosted by India. In 1968 and 1974, India played host to two countries on the same Republic Day.

text:
Year
Guest name
Country
Note

1950
President Sukarno[11]
 Indonesia

1951
King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah[12]
   Nepal

1952

1953

1954
King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck[13]
 Bhutan

1955
Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad[14]
 Pakistan
First guest for parade at Rajpath [15]

1956
Chancellor of the Exchequer R. A. Butler
 United Kingdom
Note[1]
Two guests[16]

Chief Justice Kōtarō Tanaka
 Japan

1957
Minister of Defence Georgy Zhukov [17]
 Soviet Union

1958
Marshall Ye Jianying[18]
 China

1959
Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip [19][20][21]
 United Kingdom
2nd invitation

1960
Chairman Kliment Voroshilov[22]
 Soviet Union
2nd invitation

1961
Queen Elizabeth II[23]
 United Kingdom
3rd invitation, Note[2]

1962
Prime Minister Viggo Kampmann[24]
 Denmark
Note[3]

1963
King Norodom Sihanouk[25]
 Cambodia

1964
Chief of Defence Staff Lord Louis Mountbatten [26]
 United Kingdom
4th invitation, Note[4]

1965
Food and Agriculture Minister Rana Abdul Hamid
 Pakistan
2nd invitation

1966
No invitation
No invitation
Note[5]

1967
King Mohammed Zahir Shah [27]
 Afghanistan
Note[6]

1968
Chairman Alexei Kosygin
 Soviet Union
3rd invitation
Two guests[28]

President Josip Broz Tito
 Yugoslavia

1969
Prime Minister Todor Zhivkov[29]
 Bulgaria

1970
King of the Belgians Baudouin[30][31]
 Belgium
Note[7]

1971
President Julius Nyerere[32]
 Tanzania

1972
Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam [33]
 Mauritius

1973
President Mobutu Sese Seko[34]
 Zaire

1974
President Josip Broz Tito
 Yugoslavia
2nd invitation
Two guests [35]

Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike
 Sri Lanka

1975
President Kenneth Kaunda[36]
 Zambia

1976
Prime Minister Jacques Chirac[37]
 France

1977
First Secretary Edward Gierek[38]
 Poland

1978
President Patrick Hillery[39]
 Ireland

1979
Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser[40]
 Australia

1980
President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
 France
2nd invitation

1981
President Jose Lopez Portillo[41]
 Mexico

1982
King Juan Carlos I[42]
 Spain

1983
President Shehu Shagari[43]
 Nigeria

1984
King Jigme Singye Wangchuck[44]
 Bhutan
2nd invitation

1985
President Raúl Alfonsín[45]
 Argentina

1986
Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou[46]
 Greece

1987
President Alan Garcia[47]
 Peru

1988
President J. R. Jayewardene[48]
 Sri Lanka
2nd invitation

1989
General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh[49]
 Vietnam

1990
Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth[50]
 Mauritius
2nd invitation

1991
President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom[51]
 Maldives

1992
President Mário Soares[51]
 Portugal

1993
Prime Minister John Major[51]
 United Kingdom
5th invitation

1994
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong[51]
 Singapore

1995
President Nelson Mandela[52]
 South Africa

1996
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso[51]
 Brazil

1997
Prime Minister Basdeo Panday[51]
 Trinidad and Tobago

1998
President Jacques Chirac[51]
 France
3rd invitation

1999
King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev[51]
   Nepal
2nd invitation

2000
President Olusegun Obasanjo[51]
 Nigeria
2nd invitation

2001
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika[51]
 Algeria

2002
President Cassam Uteem[51]
 Mauritius
3rd invitation

2003
President Mohammed Khatami[51]
 Iran

2004
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [51]
 Brazil
2nd invitation

2005
King Jigme Singye Wangchuck[51]
 Bhutan
3rd invitation

2006
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud[51]
 Saudi Arabia

2007
President Vladimir Putin[51]
 Russia
4th invitation

2008
President Nicolas Sarkozy[51]
 France
4th invitation

2009
President Nursultan Nazarbayev[51]
 Kazakhstan

2010
President Lee Myung Bak[53]
 South Korea

2011
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono[54][55]
 Indonesia
2nd invitation

2012
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra[56]
 Thailand

2013
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck[57]
 Bhutan
4th invitation

2014
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe[58]
 Japan
2nd invitation

2015
President Barack Obama[59]
 United States

2016
President François Hollande
 France
5th invitation[60]

2017
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan[61]
 United Arab Emirates

2018
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
 Brunei

Ten guests (Heads of ASEAN states)[62]

Prime Minister Hun Sen
 Cambodia
2nd invitation

President Joko Widodo
 Indonesia
3rd invitation

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith
 Laos

Prime Minister Najib Razak
 Malaysia

State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
 Myanmar

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
 Philippines

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
 Singapore
2nd invitation

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha
 Thailand
2nd invitation

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
 Vietnam
2nd invitation

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text: Notes[edit]


document_title: Coming to America

question_text: who played lisa's sister in coming to america

question_tokens: who played lisa 's sister in coming to america

text: Coming to America

text: Plot

text: This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (August 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

text: Heir to Zamunda's (a fictional African kingdom) throne Akeem Joffer lives a pampered lifestyle with every daily task performed by servants. On his 21st birthday, Akeem has become fed up with this and wishes to do more for himself. The final straw comes when his parents, King Jaffe and Queen Aeoleon, present him with an arranged bride-to-be named Imani Izzi, whom he has never met and who has been trained to obey Akeem's every command. Akeem concocts a plan to travel to the United States to find an intelligent, independent-minded woman he can both love and respect and who will love Akeem for who he is and not for his wealth and social status as a prince. Akeem and his best friend/personal aide, Semmi, flip a coin to decide between going to either Los Angeles or New York City and end up going to New York City. They end up in the borough of Queens and rent a run-down apartment in the neighborhood of Long Island City under the guise of poor foreign students. They begin working at a local fast food restaurant called McDowell's—an obvious ripoff of McDonald's—owned by widower Cleo McDowell and his two daughters, Lisa and Patrice.

text: Akeem soon falls in love with Lisa, who possesses all the qualities that the prince is looking for in a woman, as first seen by Akeem at a rally where she makes a strong plea to renovate a playground. The rest of the film centers on Akeem's attempts to win Lisa's hand in marriage, which is complicated by Lisa's lazy and obnoxious boyfriend, Darryl Jenks (Eriq La Salle), whose father owns Soul Glo (a Jheri curl–like hairstyling aid). Lisa eventually breaks up with Darryl after he announces their engagement (without Lisa having given her consent) to their families and starts dating Akeem. Although Akeem thrives on hard work and learning how commoners live, Semmi is not comfortable with living the life of a poor man. After a dinner date with Lisa is thwarted since Semmi has furnished their apartment with a jacuzzi and other luxuries, Akeem confiscates their travel money and donates it to two homeless men. Semmi wires a telegraph to King Jaffe for financial help. This causes Akeem's parents to travel to Queens and expose Akeem's identity as a prince to the McDowells.

text: Mr. McDowell, initially disapproving of the match since he did not want to see his daughter with a man of poor means, is ecstatic that she has in fact attracted the interest of an extremely wealthy prince. Lisa, however, becomes angry and confused as to why Akeem lied to her about his identity since he had told her before that he was actually a goat herder. Still hurt and angry that Akeem lied to her, she refuses to marry him, even after he offers to renounce his throne. He returns home with a broken heart, resigned to marry the woman chosen for him by his parents. On the way to the airport, King Jaffe remarks that Akeem can't marry Lisa anyway because of "tradition" and tries defending himself by saying "Who am I to change it?" with Queen Aeoleon curtly responding, "I thought you were the King".

text: At the final scene's wedding procession, a still heartbroken Akeem waits dejectedly at the altar as his soon-to-be consort makes her way down the aisle. However, when Akeem lifts the veil to kiss her, he finds Lisa instead of Imani. Akeem and Lisa are married, and they ride happily in a carriage after the ceremony to the cheers of Zamundans. Witnessing such splendor, Lisa is both surprised and touched by the fact that Akeem would have given it up just for her. Akeem offers to formally abdicate if she doesn't want a life like this, but Lisa playfully declines and decides to become royalty instead.

text: Cast

text:
Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem Joffer, the prince of Zamunda; Randy Watson, a soul singer with the fictional band Sexual Chocolate.[3] Eddie Murphy also plays Saul, the Jewish barbershop customer, as well as Clarence, the owner of the barber shop.[4][5]
Arsenio Hall as Semmi, Akeem's friend; Reverend Brown;[6] Morris the barber; and an ugly barfly.[7][8]
James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer, Akeem's father and King of Zamunda.[9]
John Amos as Cleo McDowell, Akeem's employer and Lisa's father.
Madge Sinclair as Queen Aeoleon, Akeem's mother and the Queen of Zamunda.
Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell, Cleo's oldest daughter and Akeem's love interest.
Paul Bates as Oha, a royal servant.
Eriq La Salle as Darryl Jenks, Lisa's boyfriend whom she eventually breaks up with.

text: The cast also includes: Frankie Faison[10] as Mr. Townsend, Akeem and Semmi's landlord in Queens; Vanessa Bell as Imani Izzi, Akeem's arranged wife, and Calvin Lockhart as Colonel Izzi, her father; Louie Anderson as Maurice, a McDowell's employee; Allison Dean as Patrice McDowell, Cleo's youngest daughter and Lisa's sister; Samuel L. Jackson as a robber; Vondie Curtis-Hall as the Basketball game vendor; Garcelle Beauvais as a rose bearer; Victoria Dillard as one of Akeem's Zamundan attendants, and Clint Smith as Sweets. Cuba Gooding Jr. made his film debut as a barber shop customer (he was credited as Boy Getting Haircut). Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy reprise their roles as, respectively, Mortimer and Randolph Duke from Landis' 1983 Murphy-starring comedy film Trading Places.[11] A segment of the Trading Places score can be heard during their scene. The Dukes' limo driver from that film also cameos as the driver of Akeem and Semmi's limo.[citation needed]

text: Coming to America features Murphy and Hall in several different roles, which, following the success of this film, became a Murphy staple.[12] Hall plays Reverend Brown, who introduces Randy Watson (Murphy).[13] Murphy and Hall play elderly barbers Clarence and Morris respectively, who engage in debate with Saul, the old Jewish man (Murphy). Hall also plays a woman (credited as Extremely Ugly Girl) who flirts with Akeem and Semmi.

text: Production

text: Coming to America reunited star Eddie Murphy with director John Landis. The two had previously worked together on the comedy hit Trading Places (1983); however, Landis later recalled the differences in working with Murphy on the two movies: "The guy on Trading Places was young and full of energy and curious and funny and fresh and great. The guy on Coming to America was the pig of the world... But I still think he's wonderful in the movie."[14]

text: "We had a tussling confrontation… We didn't come to blows. Personalities didn't mesh. I grabbed him, and he thought I was playing. So he tried to grab my balls and I pushed him away. But I wasn't kidding. He was doing some silly shit that made me mad. He directed me in Trading Places when I was just starting out as a kid, but he was still treating me like a kid five years later during Coming to America. And I hired him to direct the movie! I was gonna direct Coming to America myself, but I knew that Landis had just done three fucked-up pictures in a row and that his career was hanging by a thread after the Twilight Zone trial. I figured the guy was nice to me when I did Trading Places, so I'd give him a shot… I was going out of my way to help this guy, and he fucked me over. Now he's got a hit picture on his resumé, a movie that made over $200 million, as opposed to him coming off a couple of fucked-up movies – which is where I'd rather see him be right now (laughs)." – Eddie Murphy[15]

text: Despite the experience, Landis and Murphy collaborated again six years later on Beverly Hills Cop III.

text: South African chorus Ladysmith Black Mambazo sings Mbube during the opening sequence (the song also known as The Lion Sleeps Tonight). The group has gone on to record several different versions of Mbube; however, the version heard in Coming to America had not been released on its soundtrack or on CD as of 2006.

text: Landis' calling card/easter egg, "See You Next Wednesday", appears on a science-fiction movie poster in the subway station after Lisa storms off the train.

text: A promotional song for the film, also titled "Coming to America", was written and performed by The System.

text: Release

text: Paramount cancelled press screenings of the film, after initial negative reactions to a press screening in New York.[16]

text: Box office

text: Released on June 29, 1988, by Paramount Pictures in the United States, it was a commercial box-office success, both domestically and worldwide.[17][18] The film debuted at number one with $21,404,420 from 2,064 screens, for a five-day total of $28,409,497. The film made $128,152,301 in the United States and ended up with a worldwide total of $288,752,301.[19] It was the highest earning film that year for the studio and the third-highest-grossing film at the United States box office.[20]

text: It opened a month later in the UK and earned $7,712,622 during its seven-week run. It opened on September 2 in West Germany, where it debuted at number one with $3,715,791 from 297 screens. It ended its run after 13 weeks with $15,743,447.

text: Reception

text: Review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 68%, based on reviews from 37 critics.[21]

text: Sheila Benson in the Los Angeles Times called it a "hollow and wearying Eddie Murphy fairy tale" and bemoans, "That an Eddie Murphy movie would come to this."[22] Vincent Canby in The New York Times was also critical of the writing, calling it a "possibly funny idea" but suggesting the screenplay had escaped before it was ready. Canby viewed the film as essentially a romantic comedy but said the romantic elements fell flat, and the film instead goes for broad slapstick.[23] Siskel & Ebert had mixed opinions on the film. Siskel enjoyed the acting from Murphy and Hall but Ebert was disappointed that Murphy did not bring his usual more lively performance, and Ebert was also critical of the unoriginal script.[24]

text: Awards

text: The film was nominated for two Oscars: Best Costume Design by Deborah Nadoolman Landis and Best Makeup by Rick Baker, who designed the makeup effects for both Murphy's and Arsenio Hall's multiple supporting characters.[citation needed]

text: Lawsuit

text: The film was the subject of the Buchwald v. Paramount civil suit, which the humorist Art Buchwald filed in 1990 against the film's producers on the grounds that the film's idea was stolen from his 1982 script treatment about a rich, despotic African potentate who comes to America for a state visit. Paramount had optioned the treatment from Buchwald, and John Landis was attached as director and Eddie Murphy as the lead, but after two years of development hell Paramount abandoned the project in March 1985. In 1987, Paramount began working on Coming to America based on a story by Eddie Murphy.[25][26] Buchwald won the breach of contract action and the court ordered monetary damages. The parties later settled the case out-of-court prior to an appeal going to trial.[27]

text: Soundtrack

text:
Coming to America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Soundtrack album by Various artists

Released
July 1988

Genre
Pop

Length
40:16

Label
Atco Records

Singles from Coming to America

"Coming to America"
"Come into My Life"
"That's the Way It Is"
"Better Late Than Never"

text: The soundtrack to the film was released on LP, cassette and CD. The songs "Coming to America" by The System, "Better Late Than Never" by The Cover Girls and "Come into My Life" by Laura Branigan and Joe Esposito were released as singles from the album. "That's The Way It Is" by Mel & Kim had been released as a single in the UK, prior to the film's release, in February 1988, and became a top ten hit. It was released as a single in the USA at the time of the film's release.

text:
"Coming to America" — The System (3:49)
"Better Late Than Never" — The Cover Girls (4:02)
"All Dressed Up (Ready to Hit the Town)" — Chico DeBarge (4:50)
"I Like It Like That" — Michael Rodgers (4:01)
"That's the Way It Is" — Mel and Kim (3:25)

tag: ol

text:
"Addicted to You" — LeVert (3:54)
"Comin' Correct" — J.J. Fad (3:56)
"Livin' the Good Life" — Sister Sledge (3:46)
"Transparent" — Nona Hendryx (3:50)
"Come into My Life" — Laura Branigan and Joe Esposito (4:39)

text: Legacy

text: Television pilot

text: A television pilot of a weekly sitcom version of the film was produced for CBS, following the film's success, starring Tommy Davidson as Prince Tariq, and Paul Bates reprising his role as Oha. The pilot went unsold, but was televised on July 4, 1989 as part of the CBS Summer Playhouse pilot anthology series.[28][2]

text: Movie adaptation

text: A Tamil movie, My Dear Marthandan, was produced based on the plot of Coming to America. A Hong Kong movie, The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon, also has the same plot.

text: Influences in music

text: The melody heard in the bathroom scene, where Prince Akeem is being washed by female servants, was sampled in Snoop Dogg's 2006 song "That's That" featuring R. Kelly; a remix of the song featuring rapper Nas includes a woman's voice saying "the royal penis is clean your highness", a line taken from the same scene. Also, the music video for Busta Rhymes' 1997 single "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" is loosely based on the film.

text: Planned sequel

text: In early 2017, an announcement was publicized which addressed the impending production of a sequel to the film. Kevin Misher was named as producer, and Sheffield and Blaustein, the original screenwriters, were also attached to the project. However, a possible participation of lead actors Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall was left undefined.[29][30] According to several public accounts, Murphy himself apparently posted an announcement regarding the film project a month prior on Facebook, but later claimed that his account had been hacked and completely deleted it.[29]


document_title: MasterChef Australia (series 9)

question_text: who won the pressure test on master chef

text: MasterChef Australia (series 9)

text: Changes[edit]

text: This season introduced the "Power Pin" in the seventh week. The pin grants the wearer an extra 15 minutes cooking time in the challenge the user chooses to use the pin until the finals.

text: Contestants[edit]

text: Top 24[edit]

text: The Top 24 contestants were announced on 1–3 May 2017. Chosen contestant Josh Clearihan was a previous auditionee from the eighth series who failed to reach the auditions when he was hospitalized in an induced coma after a run-in with a car thief.[2] The series featured other previous auditionees: Pia Gava, Benita Orwell and Eloise Praino.[3][4][5]

text:
Contestant
Age
State
Occupation
Status

Diana Chan
29
VIC
Accountant
Winner 24 July

Ben Ungermann
32
QLD
Retail Manager
Runner-up 24 July

Karlie Verkerk
26
NSW
Copywriter
Third place 23 July

Tamara Graffen
28
WA
Engineering Officer
Eliminated 20 July
Returned 13 June
Eliminated 12 June

Arum Nixon
34
NSW
Advertising Strategist
Eliminated 18 July

Sarah Tiong
26
NSW
Risk Consultant
Eliminated 17 July

Eliza Wilson
30
VIC
Theatre Nurse
Eliminated 13 July

Eloise Praino
32
SA
Graduate Law Clerk
Eliminated 10 July

Callan Smith
18
NSW
Student
Eliminated 6 July

Sam Goodwin
25
VIC
Construction Coordinator
Eliminated 29 June

Nicole Stevenson
24
QLD
Medical Secretary
Eliminated 26 June

Michelle Lukman
19
VIC
Student
Eliminated 22 June

Ray Silva
42
NSW
Doctor
Eliminated 15 June

Samuel Whitehead
26
SA
Market Stall Owner
Eliminated 8 June

Pete Morgan
31
WA
Crane Operator
Eliminated 5 June

Jess Butler
29
VIC
Nurse
Eliminated 1 June

Trent Devincenzo
27
NSW
Systems Engineer
Eliminated 29 May

Benjamin Bullock
27
WA
Lawyer
Eliminated 25 May

Bryan Zhu
23
NSW
Photographer
Eliminated 22 May

Benita Orwell
57
QLD
Ex-Ground Staff
Eliminated 18 May

Pia Gava
49
VIC
Contracts Officer
Eliminated 15 May

Josh Clearihan
32
VIC
Senior IT Administrator
Eliminated 11 May

Lee Behan
29
WA
Hospitality Manager
Eliminated 8 May

Rashedul Hasan
35
NSW
IT Program Director
Eliminated 4 May

text: Guest Chefs[edit]

text:
Week
Guest Chef
Challenge

1
Maggie Beer
Auditions Part 2

Anna Polyviou
Auditions Part 3

Elena Duggan
Top 24 Mystery Box Challenge

2
(Home Cooking
Week)
Jarrod Di Blasi
Immunity Challenge

Johnny Di Francesco
Team Challenge

3
Ben Shewry
Mystery Box Challenge/Invention Test

Andy Bowdy
Pressure Test

Charlie Carrington
Immunity Challenge

4
(Sweet Week)
Kirsten Tibballs
Mystery Box Challenge

Janice Wong
Invention Test

Christy Tania
Pressure Test

Lauren Eldridge
Immunity Challenge

Angélique Pereto

Reynold Poernomo

Darren Purchese
Team Challenge

5
David Thompson
Mystery Box Challenge/Invention Test

Josue Lopez
Pressure Test

Clinton McIver
Immunity Challenge

6
(Yotam Week)
Yotam Ottolenghi
All Challenges & MasterClass

Blayne Bertoncello
Immunity Challenge

7
Curtis Stone
Mystery Box Challenge/Invention Test

Deniz Karaca
Pressure Test

Matt Sinclair
Team Challenge

8
(Heston's Road Trip)
Heston Blumenthal
All Challenges & MasterClass

9
Peter Gilmore
Mystery Box Challenge/Invention Test

Paul Carmichael
Pressure Test

Ben Devlin
Immunity Challenge

10
(Japan Week)
Tsutomo Kodama
Service Challenge

Odaka Takayuki
MasterClass

Kagehisa Imada

11
Kylie Millar
Pressure Test

Federico Zanellato
Immunity Challenge

Clare Smyth
Service Challenge

12
Shaun Quade
Pressure Test

Peter Gilmore
Elimination Challenge

Ross Lusted

Alla Wolf-Tasker

Ashley Palmer-Watts
Service Challenge

Curtis Stone
MasterClass

Finals
Kirsten Tibballs
Grand Finale

text: Elimination chart[edit]

text:
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Finals

Mystery
Box
Challenge
Winner
Bryan
Callan
Pia
Sam
Eloise
Ray
Pete
Karlie
Karlie
Sam
Diana
Tamara
Diana
Arum
Ben
None

Invention
Test
Winner
None
Eliza
Karlie
Sarah
Eloise
Sam
Sarah
Callan
Diana
Sam
Ben
Samuel
Tamara
Diana
Karlie
Tamara
Diana
Karlie
Michelle
None
Eliza
Eloise
Sarah
Ben
Arum
Eliza
Tamara
Arum
Ben
Tamara

Immunity
Challenge
Lose: Sarah
Win: Eloise
Lose: Callan, Diana,
Sam
Lose: Tamara
Lose: Karlie
None
Lose: Sarah
Win: Sarah
Win: Arum
None

Diana
Top 24
IN
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Win
Top 3
Team Win
IN
Team Win 1
Top 3
Team Lose
Top 3
Team Win
Btm 9
IN
Team Lose
Top 3
Btm 3
Top 3
Btm 3
Top 3
Btm 3
Top 2
WINNER

Ben
Top 24
IN
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Lose
IN
Team Win
Top 3
Team Lose 2
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Lose
Top 3
IN
Team 3rd
IN
Btm 3
Top 2
Top 3
Btm 2
ADV
Top 2
Runner-up

Karlie
Top 24
IN
Top 3
Team Win
IN
Team 3rd
IN
Team Win
IN
Btm 5
Top 3
Team Lose
Top 3
P.P.
Team Win
Btm 9
IN
Team 3rd
Top 3
IN
Btm 3
Btm 3
Top 3
Btm 3
3rd
Eliminated (Ep 62)

Tamara
Top 24
IN
IN
Team Lose
IN
Team 3rd
IN
Btm 3
Top 3
Team Win 2
Top 3
Btm 3
Elim
Team Lose
Btm 9
IN
Team Win
Btm 3
Top 3
Btm 3
Top 3
Top 3
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 61)

Arum
Top 24
IN
IN
Team Lose
IN
Team Lose
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Win 2
IN
Btm 3
Btm 4
Team Lose
Top 3
Btm 3
Team 2nd
IN
Top 3
ADV
Top 3
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 59)

Sarah
Top 24
IN
Top 3
Team Win
Top 3
Team 3rd
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Win 2
IN
Team Lose
IN
Team Win
Btm 9
Top 3
Team Win
Btm 3
IN
Btm 3/Imm.
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 58)

Eliza
Top 24
IN
Top 3
Team Win
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Win 1
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Win
Top 3
Top 3
Team 2nd
IN
Top 3
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 56)

Eloise
Top 24
IN
IN
Team Lose
Top 3
Team Win
IN
Team Lose/Imm.
IN
Team Win 2
Btm 3
Team Win
IN
Saved
Btm 9
Top 3
Team Lose
Top 3
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 53)

Callan
Top 24
Top 4
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Win
Top 3
Team Lose
IN
Btm 3
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Win
Btm 9
Btm 3
Btm 2
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 50)

Sam
Top 24
Top 4
IN
Team Lose
Top 3
Team Win
Top 3
Team Win
Btm 3
Team Win 1
IN
Team Lose
Btm 4
Team Lose
Btm 3
IN
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 45)

Nicole
Top 24
IN
IN
Team Lose
IN
Team Lose
IN
Team Lose
IN
Team Lose 1
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Win
Btm 3
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 42)

Michelle
Top 24
IN
IN
Btm 4
IN
Team 3rd
IN
Team Lose
IN
Team Lose 2
IN
Team Win
Top 3
Team Lose
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 40)

Ray
Top 24
IN
Btm 3
Team Win
Btm 3
Team Win
IN
Btm 3
IN
Team Win 1
Btm 3
Team Win
Btm 4
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 35)

Samuel
Top 24
IN
IN
Team Lose
IN
Team Win
Btm 3
Team Lose
Top 3
Btm 5
IN
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 30)

Pete
Top 24
IN
Btm 3
Team Win
Btm 3
Team Lose
IN
Team Win
IN
Btm 3
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 27)

Jess
Top 24
IN
IN
Btm 4
IN
Team 3rd
IN
Team Lose
Btm 3
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 25)

Trent
Top 24
IN
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Win
Btm 3
Team Win
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 22)

Benjamin
Top 24
Btm 4
IN
Btm 4
IN
Team Win
IN
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 20)

Bryan
Top 24
Top 4
IN
Team Win
IN
Team Win
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 17)

Benita
Top 24
Btm 4
IN
Team Win
IN
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 15)

Pia
Top 24
Top 4
IN
Team Lose
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 12)

Josh
Top 24
IN
IN
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 10)

Lee
Top 24
Btm 4
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 7)

Rashedul
Top 24
Elim
Eliminated (Ep 5)

Eliminated

Rashedul
Lee
Josh
Pia
Benita
Bryan
Benjamin
Trent
Jess
Pete
Samuel
Tamara
1st Elimination
Ray
Michelle
Nicole
Sam
Callan
Eloise
Eliza
Sarah
Arum
Tamara
Re-elimination
Karlie
Ben
89 points

Diana
90 points (win)

text: Episodes and ratings[edit]

text:
Ep#/Wk-Ep#
Original airdate
Episode Title / Event[6]
Total viewers (five metro cities)[7]
Nightly Ranking[7]

Week 1

1/01-1
Monday, 1 May 2017
Series Premiere:
Auditions Part 1 - The ninth series started with contestants cooking their signature dish in one hour for an automatic entry to the Top 24. Each judge awarded contestants with a "yes" or "no". Twenty contestants received three "yes" votes and won their way through to the main competition while the second-chance contestants, with one or two "yes" votes, were to cook again in the next episode.
1,060,000
#5

2/01-2
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Auditions Part 2 - Maggie Beer set a challenge for the twelve home cooks who received a second chance to cook either a savoury dish or a dessert in 75 minutes, with lemons as the core ingredient, to secure a place in the competition. The top three dishes were chosen by Maggie and the judges sent their makers to join the Top 24. The bottom three who failed to impress the judges were eliminated while the remaining six competed for their last chance to secure the 24th spot in the next day's Pressure Test. In the end, it was Eliza, Lee and Sarah who received an apron each during the tasting after earning overall praise from the judges with their respective dishes.
913,000
#6

3/01-3
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Auditions Part 3 - To win the last apron and secure a spot in the Top 24, the remaining contestants faced a Pressure Test set by Anna Polyviou. They had three-and-a-half hours to recreate her intricate firecracker-based dessert with ten technical dessert elements inside the dish. The two hopefuls who delivered the best take of the dish were considered by the judges for the last spot in the Top 24. Arum's dish was declared the best, winning him the last apron.
917,000
#5

4/01-4
Thursday, 4 May 2017
Top 24 Mystery Box Challenge - In their first cook in the competition, the Top 24 contestants faced a Mystery Box that contained ingredients chosen by Elena Duggan (series 8 winner). Cooking with 75 minutes on the clock, the majority of the contestants opted to cook a pasta dish while some opted for an inventive dish. Rashedul suffered a major setback when he dropped a dish containing many of his elements in the final minute of cooking time. In the end, it was Sam, Callan, Pia and Bryan who were declared the Top 4 while Rashedul was sent to elimination along with Lee, Benjamin and Benita.
899,000
#6

5/01-5
Hidden Pairs Elimination Challenge - Benita, Benjamin, Lee and Rashedul competed in the first elimination challenge. Each had to pick an ingredient of their choice next to a cloche that contained a hidden paired ingredient and make a dish in 75 minutes. Rashedul selected mango paired with green peppercorns, Benjamin had walnuts and dates, Benita got peaches and Earl Grey tea, and Lee chose salmon with aniseed. Benita’s risk of producing an ice cream dessert didn’t pay off, forcing her to change it into a custard dish. Benjamin’s katoumari received criticism on his presentation but received overall praise on the taste. Lee’s dish also won praise from the judges. Rashedul struggled to think of a dish, and chose to make a mango, mint and peppercorn sorbet. The judges couldn’t taste the green peppercorn in his sorbet, which meant it did not meet the brief of highlighting both ingredients, and that was enough to eliminate him.
910,000
#5

Week 2 - Home Cooking Week

6/02-1
Sunday, 7 May 2017
Judges' Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test - The 23 remaining contestants could only rely on the basics of home cooking for the week by using simple kitchen equipment. They faced a Mystery Box Challenge with ingredients like prawns, chillies, pineapple and parmesan, that were chosen by the judges for the 75-minute cook. Sarah, Pia, Diana, Michelle and Eloise were chosen as the Top 5 and Eloise’s Pineapple Tarte Tatin with Pumpkin Chilli Caramel won her the advantage for the choice of the core ingredient for the Invention Test. She chose halloumi (over fennel and mussels). This ingredient caused some of the contestants to struggle throughout the 75-minute cook, including Lee, Ray and Pete, who found themselves in elimination. Eliza, Karlie and Sarah managed to champion the cheese in creative ways and were declared the Top 3.
767,000
#5

7/02-2
Monday, 8 May 2017
Pressure Test: Gary Mehigan's Roast Chicken, Peas and Potatoes - Lee, Pete and Ray had to follow and recreate Gary’s roasted chicken dish without a recipe provided; they had to follow the chef before plating the dish within 10 seconds of Gary to be spared from elimination. Ray struggled throughout, he poured too much cream in the pea custard and his fondant potatoes were cooked inconsistently. Pete fell behind when he tried to prepare his vegetable jus but his dish received overall praise and was first to be declared safe. Throughout the challenge, Lee started well and his dish impressed the judges, but it was his cooking of the chicken that let him down, as he failed to sear the flesh side of the protein at the end of the cook.
861,000
#8

8/02-3
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Immunity Challenge: Jarrod Di Blasi - In the 32-minute first round, Eliza, Sarah and Karlie had to make a savoury dinner plate with just one trip to the pantry. Sarah’s Pan Friend Barramundi with Bok Choy and Vinaigrette won the round and she advanced to the Immunity Challenge against Jarrod Di Blasi, who was the Victorian Young Chef of the Year. She chose one of the judges’ home fridges (Gary’s which contained Asian Ingredients) and with 75 minutes, prepped a XO Marinated Steak with Pickled Mushrooms and Potato Mash while Jarrod made a Sashimi of Whiting with Roast Bone Dressing and Avocado Puree in 60 minutes. Jarrod received overall praise on the creativity of his dish while Sarah’s dish also pleased the judges but her mashed potatoes and her marinade divided the judges’ opinions, giving her 23 points to Jarrod's 27.
979,000
#4

9/02-4
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
400 Gradi Team Challenge - The contestants arrived at the 400 Gradi Pizzeria headed by World Pizza Champion Johnny Di Francesco for a team challenge cooking for 250 guests. The two teams, led by Diana (Green) and Eloise (Red), had four hours preparation and service time to cook and plate an Italian three-course meal: two pizzas, a pasta dish and a dessert. During their first challenge, both teams struggled in prepping their respective pizza dough and desserts. The Red Team’s pizzas received higher praise than the Green Team’s, which had technical issues with the topping and the crust. However, the judges slammed their bland pasta and heavy sponge dessert compared to the Green Team’s, and sent the Red Team into elimination.
876,000
#5

10/02-5
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Potato Elimination Challenge - The losing team members faced a two-round elimination challenge featuring the core ingredient: potatoes. The first round was to cook a classic side dish of chips and dip in 60 minutes. Samuel, Arum and Eloise had the Top 3 chip dishes while Benjamin, Jess, Josh and Michelle served soggy chips, sending them to the second round. After 60 minutes to cook a dish with potatoes, Jess and Michelle delivered exemplary dishes. And while one of Benjamin's sweet potato doughnuts was mushy, Josh's undercooking of his potato resulted in his gnocchi being lumpy and made him the third contestant to be eliminated.
875,000
#5

MasterClass: George Calombaris, Gary Mehigan and Matt Preston - The judges individually presented their respective simple dishes to the contestants in their MasterClass: George demonstrated the cooking of broccoli on a grill, Gary presented a dessert that featured chocolate and beetroot, and Matt cooked nuggets and chips. Gary helped George make his Lamb Tortellini with Butter Sauce and Yoghurt Dressing.
669,000
#8

Week 3

11/03-1
Sunday, 14 May 2017
Ben Shewry's All-Australian Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test - Ben Shewry showcased his Mystery Box that contained Australian ingredients for the contestants. After 75 minutes, the top five were Jess, Tamara, Trent, Nicole and Ray, with the latter winning the challenge. Ray’s advantage for the Invention Test was to choose one of the three cooking techniques that had to be highlighted in the contestants’ dishes. Throughout the second challenge, Ray, despite choosing smoking as the highlight of the dish, was responsible for under-cooked crayfish and under-smoked broth, while Pia failed to plate up all of her elements. Sarah, Sam and Eloise impressed with their inventive dishes while Ray and Pia were joined by Pete in the Bottom 3.
734,000
#5

12/03-2
Monday, 15 May 2017
Pressure Test: Andy Bowdy's "Rita" - Pete, Pia and Ray had four-and-a-half hours to recreate pastry chef Andy Bowdy’s signature twelve element intricate layered cake. The judges were impressed with Pete's dish overall, despite him burning his second batch of candied pecans, and he was declared safe. Ray lost points in the presentation of his cake layers but was praised on the tasting apart from his thick biscuit base. Although Pia’s dish had the best presentation, her bavarois was heavy and her meringue was too grainy. In the end, the errors in Pia’s dessert outweighed Ray’s bulging cake appearance, sealing her elimination.
868,000
#9

13/03-3
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Immunity Challenge: Charlie Carrington - In the 45-minute first round, Eloise, Sam and Sarah were tasked to cook a dish with the use of a waffle maker. While Sam and Sarah opted for the sweet option for their waffle dishes, Eloise’s savoury take on chicken and waffles with chilli soy caramel won her the opportunity to cook against chef Charlie Carrington of Atlas Dining in Melbourne. Eloise had the advantage to beat the chef by choosing the ‘indulgent’ pantry that had sweet ingredients and, with 75 minutes, cooked a dessert of chocolate and peanut butter. The judges applaud Eloise’s dish over Charlie’s midnight snack dish that left them uncertain of his mascarpone ginger beer foam, awarding her the immunity pin with 28 points to Charlie’s 21.
1,045,000
#4

14/03-4
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Relay Team Challenge - Four teams competed in a relay challenge where each member had 15 minutes of cooking time and 45 seconds to pass their instructions to the next cook. The captains Diana (Red Team), Benjamin (Yellow), Tamara (Blue) and Benita (Green) were tasked with choosing a dish that featured maple syrup. Benita and Tamara chose the savoury option for their dishes (Green’s Singaporean Chilli Crab and Prawns, and Blue’s Asian Sticky Pork Belly with Bao Buns and Slaw) while Benjamin and Diana opted for Maple Ice Cream desserts. Throughout the following changeovers, Benita’s choice of dish confused her team members when she decided to replace the palm sugar with the syrup at the start of the cook, the Red Team struggled with their jelly element which they failed to plate at the last minute and the Yellow Team provided improvements to their dish. Michelle, who was the third to cook for the Blue Team, struggled throughout and tampered with the elements of her team’s dish, forcing the last two members to salvage it. The Yellow and Red Teams were applauded for their desserts despite the missing jelly in the Red Team’s dish, while the judges praised Diana’s leadership and organization of her team’s dish. The Blue Team’s dish was criticised on their overcooked pork while the Green Team’s maple flavour couldn’t be detected despite using all of the syrup throughout the cook. As their dish failed to highlight the core ingredient, the Green Team were sent to elimination.
958,000
#5

15/03-5
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Time Shopping Elmination Challenge - Arum, Ben, Benita, Nicole and Pete faced an elimination challenge where each contestant could bid part of their 90 minutes' cooking time to purchase their ingredients. Each pantry of ingredients (except the staples) cost different minutes of time. Arum and Nicole spent 20 minutes to cook with ginger, sugar and pistachios. Ben had John Dory, artichokes and vanilla beans that cost 15 minutes. Benita decided to spend 45 minutes for prawns, ginger, coriander and kecap manis. Pete bought cherries, vanilla beans, sugar and pistachios for 25 minutes. Arum's cake was loved by the judges with Ben’s dish also receiving praise, while Pete had issues in plating his cake but stood out in the tasting. Nicole chose a pudding that was crumbled and dry which lacked sauce. Benita faced problems in her allocated cooking time producing an underwhelming dish and despite her efforts of improvising her burnt broth, it was not enough to save her from elimination.
935,000
#5

Week 4 - Sweet Week

16/04-1
Sunday, 21 May 2017
Kirsten Tibballs' Mystery Box Challenge and Flower Affinity Invention Test - The daily challenges in the coming week focus the contestants to cook desserts. Kirsten Tibballs presents her Mystery Box, with chocolate and her chosen ingredients (coconut, raspberries, mint, instant coffee, coffee beans, green tea, nectarines, desiccated coconut and dark rum) along with additional pantry dessert staples, for contestants to make their dishes in half an hour. Bryan, Eloise, Arum, Eliza and Pete were chosen for tasting and impressed with the creativity of their desserts, with Pete winning the advantage in the Invention Test set by Janice Wong. He was rewarded an extra 30-minute head start with Janice mentoring him to make a dish inspired by flowers but it was Callan, Diana and Sam who thrived in highlighting the flowers in their desserts and won the chance to cook for immunity. Samuel and Trent had technical issues with their dishes while Bryan’s dessert had too many elements and the flavours in his dish did not balance together correctly. Therefore, the three of them were sent to the Pressure Test.
839,000
#7

17/04-2
Monday, 22 May 2017
Pressure Test: Christy Tania's Ice Cream Float - Christy Tania showed Bryan, Samuel and Trent her gravity-defying ice cream dessert for them to replicate in three hours, with thirty minutes to make their sugar balloons. The time pressure proved too much for the contestants as they had flaws in their dishes: Trent’s balloon was too small as it dispersed when he presented his dish to the judges, Samuel used excess chocolate to cover the crevice of his cone after he poured his hot chocolate sauce during the cook, and Bryan’s semifreddo was too dense and contained dollops of meringue in the mixture, while he ran out of time to make his balloon. Ultimately, Trent and Samuel scored in taste and presentation, respectively. Despite having a good run in the competition, Bryan's first Pressure Test sealed his elimination.
936,000
#8

18/04-3
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
Immunity Challenge: Lauren Eldridge, Angélique Pereto and Reynold Poernomo - As a team, Callan, Diana and Sam individually competed against one of the three guest pastry chefs for immunity. By knife draw: Sam was pitted against pastry chef Lauren Eldridge, Diana faced chef Angélique Pereto and Callan cooked against KOI Dessert Bar’s Reynold Poernomo (from season 7). In 75 minutes, Diana made a dark chocolate sorbet with orange sauce, Sam cooked a deconstructed black forest gateaux and Callan baked a layered sponge cake with fruits, jelly, toffee and chocolate ganache. In 60 minutes, Reynold made a mango cream with spiced pineapple and lemongrass ginger consommé, Angélique decided to cook a dessert of green tea with coconut and raspberry, and Lauren did a honeycomb with crème fraiche ice cream. When Reynold’s dessert scored 27 points, the judges felt Callan’s use of his chocolate ganache was unnecessary and gave him 16 points. Diana’s dish was liked by the judges but the creativity of Angélique’s dessert highly impressed the judges, giving her a perfect score of 30 to Diana’s 18. While Sam earned rave reviews on his dish, Lauren’s use of two simple elements and precision earned her high praise (27-28).
899,000
#7

19/04-4
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Edible Dessert Greenhouse Art Team Challenge - Two teams were tasked by Darren Purchese to construct edible dessert art installations in their respective stations for public viewing in eight hours. Sarah’s Red Team chose a Japanese zen garden concept while Tamara’s Blue Team took inspiration of a beehive. During prep time, the Red Team overcooked their first batch of dehydrated strawberry cherry blossoms and forced them to only make 300 blossoms while the Blue Team took too long to make their honeycomb biscuits and to build their cookie cutters. Afterwards, both teams were praised in their creativity by the judges but the Blue Team’s installations lacked balance in the sweetness of each element over the Red Team’s and landed them in elimination.
845,000
#7

20/04-5
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Blind Ingredient Tasting Elimination Challenge - The losing contestants (except Eloise, who used her Immunity Pin) had to correctly guess each ball of a dessert ingredient while blindfolded, to avoid landing in one of three places for the second elimination round. The bottom three: Ray (who mistook grapes for watermelon), Benjamin (banana instead of rockmelon) and Tamara (cucumber rather than rockmelon) had 75 minutes to cook their desserts with the ingredient they guessed incorrectly. Both Tamara and Ray impressed with their dishes but, while Ray struggled throughout the challenge, it was Benjamin’s overcooked bananas that sent him home.
879,000
#4

Week 5

21/05-1
Sunday, 28 May 2017
David Thompson's Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test - Thai cuisine expert and chef David Thompson set up a Mystery Box Challenge for the contestants to cook their dishes with his chosen Thai ingredients, with Tamara, Diana, Michelle, Karlie and Samuel selected as the top five. Karlie won the advantage in the Invention Test which was the choice between two of Thompson’s dishes to cook an inventive dish with the ingredients of the chosen dish. She chose his pineapple and crab curry (over his tom yum soup) and several contestants prospered with their dishes to compete for three places in the Immunity Challenge. Tamara, Ben and Samuel had the top dishes chosen by the judges. Jess, Sam and Trent had technical errors in their dishes and were at risk of elimination.
737,000
#6

22/05-2
Monday, 29 May 2017
Pressure Test: Josue Lopez's "After the Eucalypt Fire" - Jess, Sam and Trent had three hours to replicate "After the Eucalypt Fire", a 14-element emu dish cooked by Brisbane's Chef of the Year Josue Lopez. Despite his beetroot leaf puree being grainy, Sam was first to be declared safe. Jess' puree was bitter and lacked vibrance but while Trent was praised for the cooking of his emu, his plating was unorganized and the lack of the essential crispy elements in his dish left him eliminated.
765,000
#11

23/05-3
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Immunity Challenge: Clinton McIver - Ben, Samuel and Tamara had 45 minutes to recreate a classic macaroni and cheese in the first round. Tamara’s chilli mac 'n’ cheese won her the chance to cook off against Melbourne chef Clinton McIver of Amaru. From a choice of herbs, she chose rosemary and cooked Chicken Rosemary Garlic Dumplings with Chicken Broth in 75 minutes while Clinton made a Rosemary Lamb with Pickled Vegetables and Pear in 60 minutes. Both of their dishes were praised on simplicity but Clinton’s modern flavours of his dish beat Tamara's overall quality presentation by 27 points to 26.
874,000
#6

24/05-4
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
South Melbourne Market Team Challenge - Four teams competed at the South Melbourne Market to cook two snacks (savoury and sweet) and sell them to 1000 people, with only two teams to be pronounced safe after they delivered the best dishes and earned the most money from the public. All teams struggled to plan their dishes: Michelle’s Yellow Team attempted to estimate the mass of their ingredients, Tamara’s Green Team took a lot of time to prepare the food and Sam’s Blue Team had issues with the lime curd in their dessert. After service, the teams made $13,728 to be donated to Kidney Health Australia. The judges applauded the Blue Team’s dishes that were free from flaws and declared the team safe. The Green Team was also safe with takings of $4,158, sending the other two teams to the elimination round.
704,000
#10

25/05-5
Thursday, 1 June 2017
Three Dishes from Six Eggs Elimination Challenge - The eight losing contestants faced a three-round elimination challenge to cook dishes in 45 minutes with only six eggs available. Ben, Michelle and Nicole had the top dishes in the first round. Karlie and Samuel thrived in the second round, sending Callan, Jess and Pete in the final elimination round. The judges doubted Pete’s choice of cooking a simple steak and chips with a fried egg but they applauded his dish in the tasting. Callan was also safe with the creativity of his smoked egg yolk. Jess’ flavours of her dish were flat while her egg cracked in the cooking which was overdone, and she was eliminated.
778,000
#6

Week 6 - Yotam Week

26/06-1
Sunday, 4 June 2017
Yotam's Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test - Celebrity chef and writer Yotam Ottolenghi made his first appearance as this week’s guest judge. His Mystery Box had ingredients that are used in Middle-Eastern cuisine: freekeh, tahini paste, lamb, date syrup, parsley, eggplant, rose water and sumac. After 75 minutes against Michelle, Eliza, Sarah and Ben, Karlie won the challenge for the second time, gaining the advantage of a 30-minute head start to cook a stuffed dish in 60 minutes. She then won the Invention Test, and joined Diana and Tamara with immunity. Pete and Ray, facing their third Pressure Test, were joined by Eloise, after all three served undercooked dishes.
794,000
#6

27/06-2
Monday, 5 June 2017
Pressure Test: Yotam Ottolenghi's Mezze Feast - Eloise, Pete and Ray had one hour to recreate five dishes from Yotam's mezze: lamb koftas, deep fried olives, butter bean hummus and roasted ricotta with broad bean spread. Eloise won praise for the overall taste and quality of her dishes. Ray also won praise with his feast but served large chunks of onions in the koftas and some of his dishes were under-seasoned. Pete’s disorganized plating failed in presentation while his flatbreads and fried olives received praise in the tasting, but overcooking his lamb and pomegranate jam saw him eliminated.
767,000
#12

28/06-3
Tuesday, 6 June 2017
Immunity Challenge: Blayne Bertoncello - Karlie, Tamara and Diana compete in the first round where each of them take turns to name one of the 25 ingredients of Yotam’s pastilla. Diana and Tamara were eliminated in consecutive guesses which left Karlie to cook up against O.MY head chef Blayne Bertoncello. Both of them had to feature the ingredients from the first round to cook their dishes. In 75 minutes, Karlie cooked Braised Chicken with Onion Sauce, Chipotle and Tomato while Blayne made a Tomato Salad with Chicken in 60 minutes. Karlie was praised for the cooking of her dish but received mixed reviews on the blubbery chicken skin. While Blayne’s salad lacked acidity, it received overall praise for its taste and presentation, winning by 35 points to 30.
927,000
#7

29/06-4
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
Vegetarian Feast Team Challenge - Teams had to cook a feast with vegetable-based dishes to impress 10 meat-eating guests and the judges. In the two-hour prep time, Callan’s uncertain leadership and decisions pushed the Blue Team over the edge while both teams had issues in cooking their flatbreads. In the tasting, both teams' dishes were praised for highlighting the brief but their flatbreads were undercooked and, despite Callan’s restrained leadership, it was the Green Team's overuse of the sour plum compote that diluted and imbalanced their fried halloumi dish which sent them to elimination.
868,000
#6

30/06-5
Thursday, 8 June 2017
Visual Perception Elimination Challenge - The seven contestants took turns identifying a chosen sliced cross-section of an ingredient. Incorrect guesses led to three contestants being sent to the elimination round. Arum, Samuel, and Tamara had 75 minutes to cook their dishes from the pantry of ingredients that were guessed correctly in the first round. Arum's apple dessert was applauded, saving him from elimination. The verdict came down to Tamara’s fruit tart with unusual flavour combinations and Samuel’s vegetable tart with disproportionate quantities. The latter was eliminated as a result.
834,000
#5

MasterClass: Yotam Ottolenghi, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan - Yotam, with assistance from Matt, presented three dishes to the contestants: a salad of cauliflower, shallots, barberries and pistachios, scotch eggs with aubergine and manchego; and a pistachio and rose semolina cake. George cooked one of the dishes from his Press Club restaurant: a potato skordalia, while Gary made a savoury yabby tomato tart.
562,000
#10

Week 7

31/07-1
Sunday, 11 June 2017
Curtis Stone's Mystery Box Challenge and Power Pin Invention Test - Curtis Stone presented the ingredients for the Mystery Box challenge. Sam beat Diana and Ray to secure the advantage for the Invention Test. He chose three core ingredients (kingfish, capers and turnips) from farmers' produce. This season introduces the Power Pin that grants the wearer 15 minutes extra time in any individual challenge until the finals. The best dish in this Invention Test will win the pin. Diana, Karlie and Michelle were named the Top 3 with Karlie delivering the winning dish for the pin. The four cooks facing elimination are Arum, Ray, Sam and Tamara.
605,000
#8

32/07-2
Monday, 12 June 2017
Pressure Test: Deniz Karaca's "Passion for Caramel" - The bottom four were tasked in a three-hour challenge to recreate a chocolate caramel tart by pastry chef and chocolatier Deniz Karaca. While some of the contestants struggled in replicating the elements, Arum got the dish of the day. Though Sam’s tart was too soft and his passionfruit jam lacked flavour, Tamara excluded her tempered chocolate garnishes while her cremeux leaked into her tart shell and her caramel crème was undercooked. Ultimately, the caramelization in the mousse was vital to the dish and Tamara's mistake was enough for her to be eliminated.
847,000
#8

33/07-3
Tuesday, 13 June 2017
Second Chance Cook-Off - The previously eliminated contestants returned to compete for a place back in the competition. In two rounds, they could only choose one core ingredient from the given pantry to cook a first-round savoury dish and a second-round dessert dish. Jess, Samuel, Bryan, Tamara, Pete and Lee had the top savoury dishes and advanced to the next round. The top three in the second round were Bryan, Tamara and Jess. After her elimination in the previous episode, Tamara returned to the competition after producing the best dish.
902,000
#5

34/07-4
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Pop-Up Restaurant Team Challenge - Season 8 runner-up Matt Sinclair mentored two teams of contestants to create pop-up restaurants and cook a four-course meal to be served to 100 customers in three hours. Tamara, having an advantage after earning back her place in the competition, chose to spare Eloise from the team challenge. Karlie's Red Team were assigned to cook dishes with meat and Ben's Blue Team cooked seafood dishes. Both teams struggled early in the prep time: The Red Team fell behind making their dishes due to a series of technical errors, while the Blue Team had issues of preparing their entrée and delayed their second main dish in preparing the noodles. Both of the teams' dishes show technique and flavour but the Blue Team's delayed tuna dish with technical flaws and confusing apricot flavours of their dessert took them to elimination.
889,000
#6

35/07-5
Thursday, 15 June 2017
Potluck Elimination Challenge - The contestants chose a covered bench of their choice with different ingredients and kitchen equipment, to make a dish without the use of the pantry. Ben received praise for the cooking of his Moreton Bay bug bisque. Tamara’s use of the hibachi grill for her duck dish met with acclaim. Sam succeeded in the cooking of his lamb apart from his use of fruit. Michelle’s crepe dessert was applauded for the use of apple in three different ways. Ray tried to think of a dish with the use of a fryer and an oven, and he decided to cook a simple fish and chips dish, of which the judges were not impressed with its lack of originality. Arum, despite his concerns of the rareness of his steak after having issues with his cooking time, was commended on the quality of his dish. It was clear that Ray’s dish did not match the competition and he was eliminated.
824,000
#5

Week 8 - Heston's Road Trip

36/08-1
Sunday, 18 June 2017
Murray River Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test: Water - Heston Blumenthal took the Top 12 contestants on a road trip around Victoria for the week’s challenges inspired by the four classical elements. They arrive at Swan Hill on the Murray River for their first challenge based on water. Contestants were given 75 minutes to cook a dish with Heston's Mystery Box ingredients: corn, olives, oranges, Murray cod, currants, saltbush, oats and snails. Diana, Karlie and Sarah produced the top dishes, with Diana gaining the advantage of extra time and mentoring by Heston in the second round. The least-performing contestants from the following challenges will be sent to this week's Elimination round. In the Invention Test, some of the contestants produced inventive dishes but Diana (whose elements in her dessert were disjointed), Tamara (whose technical dessert was too sweet) and Sarah (who served undercooked yabbies) struggled. Consequently, Diana and Sarah were the first two contestants to face elimination.
737,000
#7

37/08-2
Monday, 19 June 2017
Brim Silos Team Challenge: Earth - The remaining contestants arrived at the silo mill in Brim, Victoria for their second challenge. They were divided into pairs and had 75 minutes to cook a main dish and dessert inspired by the earth element. The Purple Team (Karlie and Nicole) were first to be declared safe after impressing with their saltbush lamb dish, and grapes and grains dessert. While the Blue Team’s (Callan and Sam) dessert pleased the judges, their chocolate lamb dish was deemed the worst with undercooked meat and an unnecessary flavour combination. The elements conflicted in the main dish of the Yellow Team (Arum and Ben), however, their refined dessert was enough to save them and the Blue Team was sent to elimination.
839,000
#8

38/08-3
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Mildura Salt Flats Team Challenge: Air - The contestants arrive at the salt pans of Mildura for their air element-based challenge. They split into two teams to cook a three-course meal, including a salt element dessert, to be served to the guests and the judges. The progress of Eliza’s Blue Team strive in the captain’s poor leadership, composing a small underseasoned entrée. While Nicole’s Red Team were fascinated with their entrée and main dishes, they struggled to cope their team member Michelle in making the dessert - their whipped chocolate ganache was too thick and lacked salt in the plate. Eventually, the Blue Team wins and were pronounced safe with their other course dishes. For the Red Team, their dessert failed to meet the brief and they were sent to elimination.
913,000
#5

39/08-4
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Jack’s Magazine Invention Test: Fire - Arum, Ben, Eliza and Eloise faced off in their last challenge inside Jack's Magazine from Maribyrnong. The challenge was an two-round Invention Test cooking dishes (savoury and sweet) with the element of fire as inspiration. Ben's dish met with acclaim from the judges with Arum also declared safe while Eliza and Eloise, both had technical issues with their dishes, were sent to the second round to compete and avoid landing the last place of the Elimination Round with Eliza's Peach Ember dessert beat Eloise's Rhubarb Sorbet with Smoked Italian Meringue to join Ben and Arum in the Top 3.
761,000
#9

40/08-5
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Elimination Challenge: Deception - The contestants return to the kitchen after their four-day road trip for the Elimination Challenge. From series 6, the contestants got 75 minutes to cook a dish that focused on culinary deception. While she struggled with her caramel element, Eloise was safe after delivering the dish of the day. Ultimately, Sam and Nicole (both of their dishes had less deceptive creativity) were among the Bottom 3. Michelle, however, presented a frigid parfait when she used cream cheese as the base for the mixture while her coating was butyraceous and that sealed her elimination.
790,000
#5

MasterClass: Heston Blumenthal, Gary Mehigan and Matt Preston - Heston presented dishes with different cooking methods of eggs. Gary made a Blue Eye Cod with Bacon and Mussels. Matt showcased his use of molecular gastronomy in making his ice cream bread and baked a self-saucing chocolate pudding. Lastly, Heston served a spit roasted barbecue lamb to the contestants.
623,000
#10

Week 9

41/09-1
Sunday, 25 June 2017
Peter Gilmore's Mystery Box Challenge and Invention Test - Peter Gilmore's choice of ingredients from his Mystery Box tasked the contestants to cook a dish in 75 minutes. After winning the advantage for the Invention Test over Arum and Diana, Tamara was given the choice to pick one of Peter’s three technical dessert dishes that were used in Pressure Tests of previous seasons: Guava and Custard Apple Snow Egg (from series 2), Eight Texture Chocolate Cake (from series 4) and Cherry Jam Lamington (from series 8). She chose his series 8 Pressure Test dish, requiring the contestants to cook a dish inspired by the lamington in 60 minutes. It was Eliza, Eloise and Sarah who won the opportunity to cook for immunity. Callan, Arum and Nicole failed to recreate the flavour of the dish and were sent to elimination.
709,000
#7

42/09-2
Monday, 26 June 2017
Pressure Test: Paul Carmichael's "Bajan Fish Fry" - Arum, Callan and Nicole had three hours and forty five minutes to replicate a Bajan three-course meal - a fried snapper, a charred pumpkin with salted cod, a black pudding with cucumber and a spiced cucumber juice by guest chef Paul Carmichael. None of them managed to complete all the elements in their dishes, particularly in their pumpkin. Arum’s cooking of the fish damaged the presentation, but his dishes stood out in the tasting. After Callan struggled throughout the challenge and won praise for his fish, his accompanying dishes had too much spice and vinegar while his pumpkin was undercooked. However, it was Nicole’s failure in deboning her fish which was the deciding factor in her elimination.
871,000
#9

43/09-3
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Immunity Challenge: Ben Devlin - Eliza, Eloise and Sarah were given 60 minutes to cook a stuffed dish in the first round. The judges loved Sarah’s chicken wings with mushroom filling and she competed in round two against chef Ben Devlin of the Paper Daisy restaurant. From a choice of similar paired ingredients, Sarah picked prawns and shrimp paste for her 75-minute cook. Both she and Ben received overall praise on their grilled prawn dishes but the professional won the challenge by one point over Sarah (28-27).
894,000
#5

44/09-4
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Blind Pairing Team Challenge - The Top 10 were divided randomly in pairs for the team challenge. Through the use of communication, they had to cook two plates of the same dish while each member was separated by a divider. None of the teams’ dishes matched completely, but all won praise in the tasting. The split decision came down to the Green Team (Tamara and Sarah) and the Purple Team (Arum and Eliza) with the judges voting the Green Team as the winners. Ultimately, Eloise and Callan's overcooked scallops and Diana and Sam’s misplaced praline sent them to elimination.
904,000
#5

45/09-5
Thursday, 29 June 2017
Time or Ingredients Elimination Challenge - Callan, Diana, Eloise and Sam competed in the time displacement elimination challenge from series 8 where they had to gather their ingredients from one of the following four different hidden pantries on the prescribed time limit. Eloise, Sam and Callan had 60 minutes to cook with herbs, fruits and vegetables while Diana waited for the last pantry (protein) with 30 minutes left to cook. Her risk paid off when her dish was praised by the judges, along with Eloise’s ice cream dessert. The difficult decision was between Callan and Sam as their dishes did not impress. Callan took a risk with odd flavour combinations in his ice cream dessert, while Sam’s execution let him down when his flawed elements impacted the presentation and taste of his dessert. As a result, he was eliminated from the competition. Tamara and Sarah will fly business class for the Top 9 contestants’ trip to Japan after winning the team challenge.
899,000
#5

Week 10 - Japan Week

46/10-1
Sunday, 2 July 2017
Tokyo Eclectic Box Challenge and Invention Test - After arriving in Japan with the judges, the Top 9 contestants each bought one ingredient around Tokyo for the Mystery Box: scallops (by Tamara), lily root (Sarah), soya beans (Callan), honey yams (Arum), cherry blossom radish (Eloise), wagyu (Karlie), sesame dressing (Diana), miso (Eliza) and sake (Ben). After 60 minutes, the three best dishes were cooked by Karlie, Eloise and Diana, who was the winner for the Invention Test’s advantage. She chose wasabi (over ginger and soy sauce). The contestants then had 60 minutes and an open pantry to cook their dishes. Beating Eliza and Sarah was Ben, whose Wasabi Ice Cream with Yam Fondants and Nutmeg Biscuit earned him a chance for immunity.
780,000
#8

47/10-2
Monday, 3 July 2017
Kodama Eight-course Degustation Challenge - The other contestants arrive at the Michelin-starred restaurant of chef Tsutomo Kodama where each must cook a dish of a Japanese eight course degustation menu under mentorship by George. The two contestants who produce the best dishes will join Ben in the Immunity Challenge. Tamara had the first course of shiso with crab and yuzu. Eliza was assigned to cook white asparagus accompanied with a quail egg for course 2. Diana’s assigned core ingredient for the third course were clams, producing a clam broth with spring onions and ginger floss. Mackerel was assigned for Eloise’s fourth course dish, with cauliflower, tomato and wasabi. Karlie had course 5 with mushrooms in different ways. Arum’s dish of marinated eye fillet with sake, broccoli and wasabi was course 6. Callan produced a dessert with matcha for course 7. Sarah was last with a savoury dessert of black sesame for the eighth course. All of their dishes (except Eloise’s and Callan’s, after struggling with the flavours) earned general acclaim from the judges and the customers. In the end, the dishes of Karlie and Sarah won overall praise from the judges and they joined Ben to compete for immunity.
903,000
#7

48/10-3
Tuesday, 4 July 2017
Mount Fuji Immunity Challenge - Ben, Karlie and Sarah arrive at the Obuchi Tea Plantation in the foothills of Mount Fuji for the two-round immunity challenge. In the first round, each must cook a dish with one of the three Japanese fruits of their choice (fuji apple, shiranui and yuzu) to land two places in the second round. Karlie and Sarah had 60 minutes to make a dish that featured tea as the main ingredient. In the end, Sarah managed to claim the immunity pin after beating Karlie’s Tea Poached Chicken Broth with her Tea Braised Pork Belly, Vegetables and Bean Curd.
879,000
#6

49/10-4
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Shinjuku Food Stalls Team Challenge - The contestants arrive at the food stalls of Shinjuku where they were divided into teams of three to cook three Japanese street foods to be served to 100 diners. The Yellow Team won the challenge with the prize of a private MasterClass and they were first to be declared safe. The Red Team’s beef skewer dish lacked sauce but otherwise, they were also safe. Although the judges applauded the prawn dish of Blue Team member Sarah, it was the technical flaws of her other team members’ dishes that sent them to elimination.
840,000
#6

50/10-5
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Akagi Shrine Elimination Challenge - Sarah decided to participate in the elimination round by not using her immunity pin. She, Callan and Tamara had 75 minutes to make a dish inspired by their personal past and future at the Akagi Shrine. Callan made a sushi-inspired dessert, Sarah made a dish called "steamboat" (pork with mushrooms, taro and wombok), and Tamara made pork dumplings with a spicy broth. In the end, both Tamara and Sarah had outstanding dishes and they were both safe, whereupon Callan was eliminated when his dessert lacked flavour in its roasted rice ice cream.
917,000
#5

51/10-6
Friday, 7 July 2017
MasterClass: Odaka Takayuki, George Calombaris, Matt Preston and Kagehisa Imada - On the last day in Japan, the judges along with local Japanese chefs gave the contestants a MasterClass before the finals. Yesterday, Gary took the Yellow Team members to the Soba restaurant Kanda Matsuya for their private MasterClass with chef Odaka Takayuki who explained the history and demonstrated the making of Soba noodles. The next day, the Yellow Team rejoined their fellow contestants in the next MasterClases at the Tateyama Castle. George made a modern Japanese seafood salad, Matt made three Japanese dessert slices and sushi chef Kagehisa Imada presented the basics of making sushi.
422,000
#14

Week 11

52/11-1
Sunday, 9 July 2017
Shannon Bennett's Mystery Box Challenge and Re-invention Test - Shannon's Mystery Box contained four special ingredients: Moreton bay bugs, porcini, yukon gold potatoes and sunrise lime, for the contestants to cook a dish and after 60 minutes; Eloise, Karlie and Arum delivered the top dishes. Arum won the advantage which is to pick a random dish from the knife block to re-invent the core dish in 60 minutes. Beef Wellington was chosen and he also got an extra 30 minutes to make his dish. Karlie used her Power Pin that she won in her previous Invention test, with an extra 15 minutes to re-invent a dessert version of a wellington. But Tamara, Eliza and Arum received praise in their dishes and were named the Top 3. The challenge struggled Eloise, Diana and Ben which sent them to elimination.
625,000
#9

53/11-2
Monday, 10 July 2017
Pressure Test: Kylie Millar's "Nest" - Kylie Millar set up a challenging Pressure Test in three hours for Ben, Diana and Eloise to recreate her elaborate 10-element dessert: "The Nest" with 15 minutes to plate it. Both Eloise and Ben struggled in making the honeycomb as well as plating the dish (the cured egg yolk in particular). In the tasting, Diana manage to interpret the dish while both Eloise’s honeycomb and parsnip bark were too bitter along with her gritty panna cotta and Ben’s honeycomb was too chewy. Between the both of them in which their dishes did not score in presentation, the final decision came down to taste. As a result, the bitterness in Eloise’s dish failed to match the flavour profile of the chef’s dish and she was eliminated from the competition.
753,000
#8

54/11-3
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Fast-Track to the Finals Immunity Challenge: Federico Zanellato - Before Finals Week instead of winning an immunity pin in the second round, a Top 3 contestant from the Invention Test will cook against a guest chef to win an automatic pass to the Finals. In the first round; Arum, Eliza and Tamara had 45 minutes to make a soufflé to advance. It was Arum who won with his vanilla soufflé despite missing out his prune puree. He compete against New South Wales' Chef of the Year Federico Zanellato with the advantage of choosing 10 ingredients of his choice from the available pantry of 20. It was his use of strategy of cooking his seared beef with celeriac, apple, black pudding and pernod to beat the simplicity of the professional chef’s pasta dish that won praise overall from the judges (26 points to Federico’s 24).
779,000
#7

55/11-4
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Six-Course Meal Service Challenge - The other contestants faced an individual three-hour service challenge on a commercial kitchen with three-starred Michelin chef Clare Smyth as their mentor. Each had a responsibility to cook a dish of a six-course meal to be served to 50 diners and the judges. Clare assigned the pair of ingredients for each contestant to highlight their dishes. By knife pull; Tamara (with marron and ras el hanout) and Eliza (mushrooms and spruce) were assigned to cook entrées, Diana (who had venison and pear) and Karlie (duck and Tasmanian mountain pepper) do the mains & desserts were tasked for Sarah (assigned with sheep's milk yoghurt and bergamot leaf) and Ben (pineapple and coriander seeds). The best performers of the challenge will join Arum in the Finals. The time pressure was great for the contestants as they struggled to prep their dishes. Ben’s performance in the kitchen delivered the dish of the day and advances in the Finals. Tamara failed to highlight the second ingredient: ras el hanout while her couscous was undercooked which derailed the overall grade of her dish, Karlie’s duck was cooked inconsistently and Sarah’s savoury dessert was imbalanced with the use of roasted fennel. They were named the Bottom 3 as a result but Eliza, who overpowered the spruce flavour in her dish with her parmesan custard, has never been into any previous Elimination Challenges (including Pressure Tests) and therefore, she will face in her first if Sarah decided to use her immunity pin.
716,000
#8

56/11-5
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Outdoor Food Memory Elimination Challenge - Eliza took Sarah’s place in the Bottom 3 after the latter decided to use the pin. She, Karlie and Tamara had 75 minutes to inspire their dishes with the memories of their respective vacation with their loved ones for the last two places to advance in Finals Week. Karlie cooked Oysters with Oyster Cream, Cucumber Granita, Gin and Fennel which reflected in her beach living. Eliza’s trip to Sorrento inspired her Beetroot and Gin Cured Trout with Horseradish Crème Fraiche, Fennel Crackers and Beetroot Butter. Tamara’s Macaron Parfait Sandwiches with Strawberries contemplate her honeymoon in Paris. All of their dishes won praise with their creativity, flavour and technique from the judges but unfortunately Eliza’s choice of fish was slightly dry compared to the other contestants’ dishes without receiving any flaws. In the end, her first (and only) Elimination Challenge sealed her fate despite being consistent throughout the competition.
895,000
#5

Week 12 - Finals Week

57/12-1
Sunday, 16 July 2017
Finals Mystery Box Challenge and Free Choice Invention Test - The top 6 finalists must use all of the ingredients from their Mystery Box to make a dish in 60 minutes. All of the finalists chose to make a dessert with these ingredients and three of them (Karlie, Ben and Tamara) stood out in the judging. It was Ben’s unique ice cream dessert that won him the Invention Test’s advantage. The advantage was that he got to choose any ingredient of his choice from the pantry to be a main feature in the dish. Relying to strategy, Ben chose liquorice and despite serving his second ice cream dish that was too soft, it was Diana, Karlie and Sarah who struggled with the core ingredient that sent them to the Pressure Test.
806,000
#6

58/12-2
Monday, 17 July 2017
Pressure Test: Shaun Quade's "Pearl on the Ocean Floor" - Diana, Karlie and Sarah had three and a half hours to recreate “Pearl on the Ocean Floor” – one of the very intriguing signature dishes of the Lûmé restaurant by chef Shaun Quade. The dish is composed of various seafood and lemon marmalade concealed with flavoured sand, mussel foam and a miso pine nut ice cream encased in a small sugar pearl and chocolate. Karlie was the only contestant who manage to have all the elements in her dish and impressed the judges. The missing singular elements of Diana and Sarah could affect the balance in both of their dishes. But Sarah not only missed out her foam, she also had a pale and bland ice cream which ensures her elimination.
853,000
#7

59/12-3
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
World Class Service Elimination Challenge - The Top 5 compete in their places for the Top 4 in the Surprise Elimination Challenge. They each had to cook a dish of a five-course meal (3 savoury and 2 desserts) in two hours of service to impress the judges, Shannon, returning chef Peter Gilmore and other popular chefs: Ross Lusted and Alla Wolf-Tasker. Diana, Arum and Karlie were assigned to mains while Ben and Tamara did desserts. In judging, Diana’s Charred Squid with Peas, Mint and Cucumber and Tamara’s Chocolate Mousse with Orange and Fennel delivered the dishes of the day with Karlie also declared safe with her Pork Loin with Mushrooms and Blueberries. Arum and Ben were the last two remaining. While Ben’s lavender ice cream impressed the judges, his shortbread was undercooked but the fact that Arum cooked his duck (the main element) early before service hinted his meat becoming dry, which meant he was eliminated.
828,000
#7

60/12-4
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Dinner by Heston Service Challenge - Ashley Palmer-Watts instructs the Top 4 finalists to recreate four signature dishes of the menu at the restaurant Dinner by Heston in Melbourne to be served to 40 diners in 5 hours. Karlie got the Frumenty octopus dish, Tamara recreate the Roast Groper and Green Sauce but she discarded the onion element when she ran out of time to make it and her dish was imbalanced. Diana cut the sirloin for the Beef Royale incorrectly. Ben was tasked to replicate the complexed 105 step Lamington Cake. After being affected and struggled with the recipe, he took control to produce the best replication of the dish which impressed the judges overall and Ben advances to the semifinals.
955,000
#5

61/12-5
Thursday, 20 July 2017
Freestyle Elimination Challenge - Diana, Karlie and Tamara were given the option to design the concept of their own innovative dish with any cuisine and ingredients. After 75 minutes, the two best dishes will secure the last two places and join Ben in the semifinals. In the tasting, Diana's Thai Broth with Crayfish and Karlie's Spicy XO Pork Belly with Rice Cakes met with high acclaim. Both of them were declared safe and advanced while it was Tamara who served underbaked brownies to the judges despite winning praise in the flavour. She was eliminated for the second time in the competition.
980,000
#4

MasterClass: Chefs vs. Contestants - In the last MasterClass of 2017, the semifinalists and Matt set a Mystery Box Challenge with their chosen ingredients for Gary, George and Shannon to cook a dish in 60 minutes. The winning dish was Gary's roti with pepper and tea pork. Curtis Stone returns to join George and Gary to pit against Ben, Diana and Karlie to cook a dish featuring coral perch in a team relay challenge in 60 mintues. In a split decision verdict, the finalists were declared the winners with their Steamed Coral Perch with Spiced Tamarind.
841,000
#6

Grand Finale Week

62/13-1
Sunday, 23 July 2017
Semi-Finals: Service Challenge - The semifinalists compete in a four-hour service challenge where they had to cook one main dish and a dessert to be served to 25 diners and to the judges. Diana’s dishes of Wagyu with Mushrooms and Lemon Verbena with Whey Caramel met with overall acclaim in its complexity. Despite struggling in the challenge to prep his dishes, Ben also won praise with his main (Cinder Fillet, Tulip Bulbs, Port Jus and Greens) and dessert (Pumpkin Galette with Dutch Spices, Cream Cheese Mousse and Vanilla Bay Leaf Ice Cream) on his bold flavours. Karlie also struggled throughout in prepping her dishes and, despite the judges applaud her main dish of Crayfish with Ginger Broth, they noted the pieces of pith and the bitterness involved in her mandarin syrup for her black sesame ice cream. This dessert doesn’t match her sophisticated main dish to advance as she was eliminated, leaving Diana and Ben to compete in the Grand Finals.
953,000
#5

63/13-2
Monday, 24 July 2017
Grand Finale - The finale took place over three rounds: In the first round, the finalists had to choose at least one ingredient from a selection of every mystery box they had in 60 minutes from which Ben picked Elena's mystery box and Diana picked Peter Gilmore's mystery box. Ben's Lemon Myrtle Ice Cream with Macadamia Shortbread received 26 points out of 30, while Diana's Abalone with Chinese Broccoli, Mushroom and Green Juice received raved reviews from the judges and got a perfect score of 30 points.
For the second round, there were no rules, with contestants cooking three identical dishes to the judges in 75 minutes. Ben's Cardamom Coffee Ice Cream with Butternut Three-ways and a Dutch Spice Biscuit impressed the judges with his creativity of his ice cream and received 28 points while Diana's Malaysian Oatmeal Prawns with Vegetables in a Creamy Sauce also impressed the judges and received 27 points. Diana took the lead with the total score of 57 while Ben got a total of 54 points.
For the last round, Ben and Diana faced the longest pressure test yet in which they have to recreate Kirsten Tibballs' Trio of Fruits dessert made of chocolate disguised as an apple, pear and mandarin. In six hours, Both Ben and Diana struggled with the final task, failing to make the sugar-crusted liquor center for the apple, which came out like a jelly rather than a liquid. In the tasting, Diana's trio of fruit received praise in flavor but the chocolate in her mandarin is thick and lacking in mandarin flavor. Ben had a better replication despite accidentally covering his pear with too much tempered chocolate. Diana scored 33 points (8 points each from all the judges except Matt who gave 9 points), tallying to the overall score of 90 points. Ben scored 35 points (9 each from all of the judges except Gary who gave 8 points), but it wasn't enough to beat Diana finalizing the score of 89 points.

1,120,000
#3

Winner Announced - Diana Chan won the title of Masterchef 2017, the grand prize of $250,000 and a monthly column in the magazine Delicious while Ben Ungermann, as runner-up, received $40,000. Karlie Verkerk, who finished in third-place, also received a cash prize of $10,000.
1,303,000
#2


document_title: Lists of National Football League team seasons

question_text: nfl teams that start with the letter t

question_tokens: nfl teams that start with the letter t

text: This is a list of the active National Football League teams all time win, loss, tie, and winning percentage records.[1] The teams are listed by year each became active. Updated through Super Bowl XLIX.

text:
Team
Active since
Regular season record
Post-season record
Overall record
Games Played

Wins
Losses
Ties
Wins
Losses
Wins
Losses
Ties
Pct.

Arizona Cardinals
1920
522
721
39
6
8
528
729
39
.422
1,296

Chicago Bears
1920
735
545
42
17
18
752
563
42
.570
1,357

Green Bay Packers
1921
710
541
37
31
20
741
561
37
.567
1,339

New York Giants
1925
667
557
33
24
24
691
581
33
.542
1,305

Detroit Lions
1930
528
625
32
7
12
535
637
32
.458
1,204

Washington Redskins
1932
569
558
27
23
18
592
576
27
.507
1,195

Philadelphia Eagles
1933
541
573
26
19
21
560
594
26
.486
1,180

Pittsburgh Steelers
1933
580
524
20
33
22
613
546
20
.528
1,179

Los Angeles Rams
1937
533
533
21
19
24
552
557
21
.498
1,136

San Francisco 49ers
1946
553
439
16
31
21
584
460
16
.558
1,059

Cleveland Browns
1946
505
442
13
16
20
521
462
13
.530
996

Indianapolis Colts
1953
486
425
7
22
23
508
448
7
.531
962

Dallas Cowboys
1960
476
352
6
34
26
510
378
6
.574
894

Kansas City Chiefs
1960
424
400
12
8
15
432
415
12
.510
859

Los Angeles Chargers
1960
417
408
11
11
17
428
425
11
.502
853

Denver Broncos
1960
444
382
10
20
19
464
401
10
.536
875

New York Jets
1960
377
451
8
12
13
389
464
8
.456
861

New England Patriots
1960
450
377
9
28
17
478
395
9
.547
866

Oakland Raiders
1960
437
388
11
25
18
462
406
11
.532
880

Tennessee Titans
1960
401
429
6
14
19
415
448
6
.481
870

Buffalo Bills
1960
385
443
8
14
15
399
458
8
.466
865

Minnesota Vikings
1961
438
374
10
19
27
457
401
10
.532
866

Atlanta Falcons
1966
322
424
6
7
12
329
436
6
.431
771

Miami Dolphins
1966
423
325
4
20
20
443
345
4
.562
792

New Orleans Saints
1967
324
409
5
7
9
331
418
5
.442
755

Cincinnati Bengals
1968
326
395
3
5
13
331
408
3
.448
742

Seattle Seahawks
1976
305
307
1
14
13
319
320
0
.499
638

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1976
235
376
1
6
9
241
385
1
.385
627

Carolina Panthers
1995
151
168
1
7
6
158
174
1
.476
332

Jacksonville Jaguars
1995
147
173
0
5
6
152
179
0
.459
331

Baltimore Ravens
1996
168
135
1
15
8
183
143
1
.561
327

Houston Texans
2002
88
120
0
2
2
90
122
0
.425
216

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NFL team season lists

American Football Conference

AFC East
AFC North
AFC South
AFC West

Buffalo Bills
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
New York Jets

Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers

Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans

Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Chargers
Oakland Raiders

National Football Conference

NFC East
NFC North
NFC South
NFC West

Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Washington Redskins

Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings

Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Arizona Cardinals
Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers
Seattle Seahawks

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National Football League (2018)

AFC

East
North
South
West

Buffalo Bills
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
New York Jets

Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers

Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans

Denver Broncos
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Chargers
Oakland Raiders

NFC

East
North
South
West

Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Washington Redskins

Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings

Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Arizona Cardinals
Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers
Seattle Seahawks

Seasons

Seasons (by team)
Preseason

Hall of Fame Game
American Bowl

Regular season

Kickoff game
Monday Night Football
International Series

London
Toronto
Bills Series
List of games played outside the U.S.

Thanksgiving games
Christmas games

Playoffs

Streaks
Droughts
AFC Championship
NFC Championship
Super Bowl

champions
quarterbacks

Pro Bowl

History

League history

Executive history
Championship history

Timeline

Defunct franchises
Franchise moves and mergers
Los Angeles team history

Proposed stadiums 1995–2016

American Football League (1960–1969)

Playoffs
Merger

NFL Championship (1920–1969)
Playoff Bowl
Records

individual
team
Super Bowl
All time win–loss
Last undefeated

Tied games
Canceled games
Controversies

Business

Owners
Properties
Management Council
Competition Committee
Collective Bargaining Agreement
National Football League Players Association
Lockouts
Media

TV

NFL Network
NFL RedZone

Radio
NFL Films

Other

Officials
Stadiums

Chronology

Awards

All-Pro

Hall of Fame
Foreign players
Player conduct

Suspensions
Player misconduct

Combine
Draft
Training camp
Rivalries
NFL Foundation
Culture

Cheerleading
Mascots
Lore
Nicknames
Numbers

Retired

Color Rush

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