Four participants—, Ruslan Luchkov , Sheva Dimarik , and Viktor Perekhrest —faced the season's first elimination challenge.
: Contestants had to spin a wheel to determine their fate, a classic challenge with new twists for the "Battle of the Seasons".
: The expert trio of Hector Jimenez-Bravo , Olga Martynovska, and Volodymyr Yaroslavskyi returned to preside over the kitchen.