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  The Top 6 Compete, Part 3

  The six remaining hopefuls compete in a team challenge at Hatfield's, a Hollywood hot spot, where they attempt to replicate the acclaimed restaurant's signature dishes. Later, members of the losing team face off in an elimination challenge.

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  'MasterChef 'Twitter reactions

  Contestants, judges and viewers react via Twitter to the latest 'MasterChef' happenings.

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  The Top 6 Compete, Part 2

  The judges challenge the remaining cooks to use their imagination in the next mystery box challenge, which features shrimp.

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  The Top 6 Compete, Part 1

  The Top Six are in for a big surprise when one amateur cook will earn a second chance at a spot back in the competition.

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  'MasterChef' Twitter reactions

  Contestants, judges and viewers react via Twitter to the latest 'MasterChef' happenings.

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  The Top 7 Compete

  Paula Deen is a guest judge for a Southern-inspired mystery-box challenge. Later, the hopefuls are paired up to cook a complicated Japanese dish.

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  The Top 8 Compete

  The amateur chefs are taken to a Southern California rodeo, where they'll work in teams to feed a hearty meal to 101 hungry cowboys. Members of the winning team advance to the next round of competition, while the others face off in a pressure test that has them preparing six eggs in four different ways.

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  The Top 9 Compete

  The nine remaining hopefuls must prepare uni, or sea urchin, during a mystery-box challenge. The winner then assigns each of the other contestants one of eight different types of fish for the elimination challenge.

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  The Top 11 Compete

  Judge Graham Elliot joins the amateur cooks in the kitchen, taking part in a mystery-box challenge. Later, a double elimination sends two hopefuls home.

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  The Top 12 Compete

  The 12 remaining hopefuls are split into three teams for a food-truck challenge that requires them to create budget-friendly meals for beachgoers.

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  The Top 13 Compete

  A budget-friendly mystery-box challenge requires the wannabe chefs to create a gourmet meal using only $20 worth of ingredients. Later, another hopeful is sent packing.

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  The Top 14 Compete

  The hopefuls get an early-morning wakeup call from the judges, who split them into teams and task them with cooking breakfast for hungry hotel guests.

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  The Top 15 Compete

  Fifteen hopefuls remain, and they're tasked with creating unique dishes using unconventional—and unappetizing—cuts of meat in a challenge that tests their resourcefulness.

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  The Top 16 Compete

  Culinary boot camp awaits the 16 remaining hopefuls at California's Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, where they'll work in teams to prepare a healthy, balanced meal for 200 servicemen and women.

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  The Top 18 Compete

  The Top 18 must create gourmet dishes using duck and bananas.

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  Final Auditions

  The final round of auditions is held in Los Angeles.

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  Auditions #1

  Talented home cooks arrive in Los Angeles compete for the title of MasterChef and the $250,000 grand prize in the Season 3 premiere.