Telefe left MasterChef Celebrity's Tuesday, October 6 gala in doubt as Lionel Messi's farewell transmission could run long enough to take over the slot. Wanda Nara's show already had a week mapped out from Monday, October 5 through Sunday, October 11, but that plan now depends on how long the live coverage lasts.
Wanda Nara's week
MasterChef Celebrity prepared two cooking nights, one benefits gala, one last-chance gala and one elimination gala for the week of 5 to 11 de octubre. The grid was set to run between Monday and Thursday, with the elimination held back for Sunday, October 11. That structure gives Telefe room to move pieces around, but only if the Tuesday slot is actually available.
Wednesday, October 7 was scheduled as the benefits and medals night, while Thursday, October 8 was reserved for the last chance for contestants to avoid elimination. Sunday, October 11 remained the elimination night. The lineup is not a loose collection of episodes; it is a sequence, and the order matters when one night is built to feed the next.
Messi's farewell slot
Tuesday, October 6 is the weak point. Telefe tied that broadcast to Lionel Messi's farewell transmission, and if the live special runs long, MasterChef Celebrity can lose the night. That is the complication inside the week: Telefe had a planned Tuesday gala, but the same slot could be displaced by Lionel Messi's coverage.
Friday, October 9 is the fallback Telefe could add if Tuesday disappears, but that replacement emission was not set. The previous week's Friday, October 2 gala started at 21:30, and that time should not be read as a guide for this week. For viewers and contestants, the practical read is simple: the Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday structure is in place, but Tuesday remains the moving piece.
Friday 9 as fallback
The clearest consequence is that the weekly rhythm can change without warning if the farewell transmission stretches past the planned window. Wanda Nara still fronts a program whose calendar already has Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday locked into specific functions, yet the Tuesday cooking night sits behind a live event it cannot control. If Telefe uses Friday, October 9, it will be a schedule repair, not a new season beat.
