On September 25, the first show of the eighth season of "MasterChef" was broadcast on „The First Channel of Public Broadcaster". As it turned out, this season the players, familiar to the audience from the old seasons, are participating. All four members of the jury appeared in front of participants with unchanged composition.

The show started at the usual time, at 22:00, and it was watched by an average of 46,000 viewers per minute. During the broadcast, 11% of the total television viewing was directed to “The First Channel of Public Broadcaster". It should be noted that this figure is 12 thousand less compared to the first program of the previous season. The first show of the seventh season was watched by an average of 58,000 viewers per minute, and the share of “The First Channel of Public Broadcaster" was 12%. 

64% of TV viewers of the first show of the eighth season of "MasterChef" were from Tbilisi, and 36% from the region. As for the age distribution of the show's TV viewers, the channel had the highest 30% of viewers in the category of women aged 18-44, and in the case of men, the highest percentage was 19% - in the same age category. In general, 55% of the TV viewers of the first show were women, and 45% were men.

The data is based on Tbilisi and 6 cities of Georgia (Rustavi, Gori, Batumi, Kutaisi, Zugdidi, Poti), where “Tri Media Intelligence” operates TAM panel. Data is taken from the population above 4 years including guests and time shifted viewing in the households.