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You know the dramatic beginning of Iron Chef, where the challenging chef picks their opponent out of three choices? Well, it turns out, it’s no surprise to the celebrity chef that gets picked because the opponent is actually chosen weeks in advance.

You’re probably wondering why the other two Iron Chefs need to be there then? They don’t. That’s not even them standing there in Kitchen Stadium. The producers use stand-ins and silhouette them so viewers don’t realize that the real chefs aren’t there. Iron Chef doesn’t seem like much of a challenge anymore, does it?