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Who was eliminated from Masterchef? Here is the name of the contestant who left the competition on Sunday, October 4, 2026

Who was eliminated from Masterchef? Here is the name of the contestant who left the competition on Sunday, October 4, 2026

As the competition behind the kitchen counters intensifies day by day, MasterChef Turkey viewers witnessed another emotional and tense Sunday evening.

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Eight Contestants Battle for Elimination in the Round of 16: In the October 4th Sunday episode of MasterChef Türkiye, eight contestants battled to escape the elimination round. Before the elimination night, the eight nominees were determined as Kübra, Ayşe, Şiringül, Buse, Batuhan, Nurten, Şükran, and Tolgahan. This large group signaled how tough and unforgiving the night would be. When the contestants took their places at the workstations, they tried their best to overcome the pressure. The silence in the studio gave way to the sounds of knives and an intense pace as the chefs gave their commands.

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In the first stage, creative dishes made with beetroot saved contestants from elimination. In the first stage, contestants sweated it out at their workstations to create innovative dishes. They were initially given red beetroot as the main ingredient and asked to create the most creative dish with this vegetable. In this first stage, Kübra, Ayşe, Nurten, and Tolgahan managed to avoid elimination by creating the best dishes. Thus, these four contestants overcame the fear of elimination and earned the right to continue in the competition in the following weeks. The remaining four contestants returned to their workstations for the second and most challenging stage.

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Chef Danilo's Vitello Tonnato Dish: A Breathtaking Second Stage of Elimination. Şiringül, Batuhan, Şükran, and Buse remained for the second and final stage of the elimination round. In this stage, these four contestants were given a chef's dish, a recipe with technical details, leading to tense moments. Chef Danilo's delicious recipe, the multi-stage and technically detailed Vitello Tonnato dish, became the elimination dish that determined the contestants' fate. Şükran, who prepared the chef's dish most accurately, emerged victorious and avoided elimination. Şiringül, who came closest to the chef's dish, was the second-best contestant and will continue into the next week.

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