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The ninth season of the American reality television series Food Network Star premiered Sunday June 2 2013.Season 9 continued the season 8 concept of having Bobby Flay Giada De Laurentiis and Alton Brown mentor the contestants but dropped the specific assignments of teams to mentors and the final elimination challenge between the bottom contestants. Also season 9 featured just 12 contestants down from 15 in season 8.