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Cookery competition. In part two of this episode, the battle for a semi-final place reaches its climax as the remaining four celebrities must prepare a faultless two-course meal.

Actors Sid Owen and Tina Malone, champion Paralympic swimmer Liz Johnson, BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin and TV personality Amy Childs take part in the third heat. In the Mystery Box challenge, they must create a dish using ingredients based on an American diner theme. They are then thrown in at the deep end as they take part in lunchtime service at two busy London restaurants, cooking for the public. Then it is back to HQ as the contestants prepare a two-course meal to convince the judges they deserve to retain their place in the competition.

This week's heat continues with the four celebrities battling for a semi-final place. The first challenge involves two contesants teaming up to create a main course and pudding. However, one takes over the work of the other without any verbal communication, before the two come together at the final stage. Following that, still paired up, they must prepare lunch for over a hundred staff at Vigin Atlantic's training centre, making meat and vegetarian dishes plus dessert in high volume. Finally, back at HQ, the chefs cook a two-course meal to be judged not only by Greg and John, but the reigning competition champion as well as two previous finalists.

The hunt for a champion continues as we welcome the final five celebrities to the challenge in the last of the heats. Trying to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace are Olympic champion boxer Audley Harrison, Strictly Come Dancing professional Gleb Savchenko, antiques expert David Harper, TV presenter Cherry Healey and singer and entertainer Jimmy Osmond.

This episode features the last of the heats, as the battle for the last two places in the semi-finals reaches its climax. The first challenge is a Relay Invention Test, and it's all about teamwork. Split into two teams, each team must create a main course and a pudding between them using turkey for the main, berries for the pudding and a range of fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices.

After four weeks of intense competition it's the first of the semi-finals, and the best cooks remain. The show kicks off with the celebrities' toughest challenge so far - cooking a feast for 70 guests in specially constructed marquee kitchens in a freezing field - so conditions are tough!

It's the last of the semi-finals, and the remaining six celebrity cooks continue to battle for the MasterChef title. Their first task is the Great Classic Dish Test. Each of the six benches in the MasterChef kitchen contains the ingredients and recipe to make a different classic dish from around the world, including chicken kiev, a Portuguese fish stew, lamb koftas and queen of puddings.

It's Finals Week on Celebrity MasterChef, and the four remaining cooks continue to battle for the Celebrity MasterChef title. The celebrities' first challenge is their most daunting yet - John's Palate Test. John cooks a highly complex dish - Korean fried chicken with Asian salad - which the celebrities have to taste and then identify the ingredients in.

It's the Celebrity MasterChef final. Twenty celebrities started the battle to be crowned MasterChef Champion 2016 - now only three remain. After six weeks of gruelling challenges, one of the remaining three contestants will be crowned champion. Just two tough challenges stand between them and the title. The remaining celebrities must draw on everything they have learned over the past few weeks and cook to the very highest of standards if they are to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.

S12 · E1Episode 1 2017-08-16 · 30 min＋

Angellica Bell, Rebecca Adlington, Abdullah Afzal, Kate Bottley, Patti Boulaye, Brian Bovell, Tyger Drew-Honey, Lesley Garrett, Dev Griffin, Barney Harwood, Stephen Hendry, Jaymi Hensley, Ulrika Jonsson, Henri Leconte, Debbie McGee, Aasmah Mir, Jim Moir, Nick Moran, Julia Somerville and Rachel Stevens.

S12 · E2Episode 2 2017-08-18 · 30 min＋

Previous champions return to help decide who should go through to the semi-finals.

S12 · E3Episode 3 2017-08-23 · 30 min＋

The second heat week sees five more celebrities face three culinary challenges.

S12 · E4Episode 4 2017-08-25 · 30 min＋

The heat's four remaining celebrities fight for two semi-final places.

S12 · E5Episode 5 2017-08-30 · 30 min＋

The third heat begins, with five more celebrities taking on three challenges.

S12 · E6Episode 6 2017-09-01 · 30 min＋

2016 champion Alexis Conran is among those returning to help with the judging.

S12 · E7Episode 7 2017-09-06 · 30 min＋

The final five celebrities face three culinary challenges as the last heat begins.

S12 · E8Episode 8 2017-09-08 · 30 min＋

The battle for the last two semi-final places reaches its climax.

S12 · E9Episode 9 2017-09-13 · 30 min＋

It is the first of the semi-finals, and the best eight cooks remain.

S12 · E10Episode 10 2017-09-15 · 30 min＋

It is the last of the semi-finals, and the six celebrities become four.

S12 · E11Episode 11 2017-09-20 · 30 min＋

It is finals week, and the four remaining cooks continue to battle for the title.

Just two challenges stand between the three remaining celebrities and the title.

John Partridge, Michelle Ackerley, Chizzy Akudolu, Keith Allen, Clara Amfo, Martin Bayfield, Jay Blades, Frankie Bridge, Gemma Collins, Josh Cuthbert, Carol Decker, Anita Harris, Jean Johansson, Zoe Lyons, Spencer Matthews, Lisa Maxwell, Monty Panesar, Stella Parton, AJ Pritchard and Stef Reid.

The heats continue with the new Pairs Challenge, which sees the remaining candidates split into two teams of two, each tasked with cooking the same dish - identical in both appearance and flavour. The contenders are then sent out to Tilbury Docks on the River Thames to prepare lunch for over 100 workers, having to cater in volume for various tastes. Back at headquarters, the four must each cook a faultless two-course meal that will not only be judged by John Torode and Gregg Wallace, but also by former contenders Emma Kennedy, Sophie Thompson and Sam Nixon.

John Partridge, Spencer Matthews, Frankie Bridge, Jean Johansson and Anita Harris take part in the culinary contest, whipping up dishes from mystery ingredients - including lamb rump, whole mackerel, mozzarella, aubergine, apricots and filo pastry - to impress John Torode and Gregg Wallace. Anita, John and Jean then head to Novikov, an Italian restaurant in Mayfair, London, while Spencer and Frankie are sent to Baluchi, a Pan-Indian eatery that showcases modern dishes with authentic Indian flavours.