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The Great British Bake Off |OT| Channel 4 Era
- Thread starter Gareth
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Yeah totally. Judges played the long game there which is unfair. Even Kim Joy probably got the nod because she is great artistically.
Yeah, I wanted Manon out from day one, but not like this... Not like this.
Also, was just beginning to see the bitchiness come out this episode, and now she's gone!!
im so mad
Rahul was awful in EVERY comp that week and Manon did considerably better than him in 2/3
This just reeks of favoritism by the production
Rahul was awful in EVERY comp that week and Manon did considerably better than him in 2/3
This just reeks of favoritism by the production
I saw Kim-Joy's mask slip this ep too - she's playing the long game
Yep, I am sick of the fixing this year.
Jon had one bad week and was kicked out, Rahul had a disaster 2 weeks in a row and was kept it's bullshit.
Manon did miles better than him, but I feel it's between him and Ruby for the most marketable winner
I think they were expecting the public to love Rahul, for his extreme humility, and kept him because of that reason. I think it's backfiring though, Rahul comes off (at least to me and some comments I've read) as a little forced, his agonising expressions almost fabricated. Manon was great, enjoyed watching her.
She was great fun, her and Noel were a fun team.
He just strikes me as a robot who was shown a video of emotion and is trying hard.
That or Ted Bundy minus the chrisima and looks.
It's not even humility, he just seems to think everything he does is shit, even when it is so obviously superior to everyone around him.
Manon made a Pain au Chocolate, that's unforgivable in Danish week.
Also Briony is the best!!!!
Also Briony is the best!!!!
And yet
At least it was edible, turns out "unedible" is forgiven in Danish week
In two out of three rounds she made something that wasn't what was asked for. How do you judge based on that?
The this was edible food in a food show?
His looked crap and they called his show stopper unedible.
Plus his first was close to that also.
If his looked pretty and had bad taste then maybe, but it looked crap and tasted worse.
And Paul said basically a Pain au Chocolate, not an actual one and at then she was knocked for no fillings?
Chocolate inside something is a filling in my eyes.
The rye bread, sure she screwed that one and made the wrong thing.
But I disagree on the last
So you'd have been okay with someone submitting a pork pie in vegan week?
This is a competition where you have to make specified food items. She didn't do that. Would she have produced something edible if she'd actually followed the instructions? Probably. If she'd done that she'd still be in the competition. She didn't, though, and Rahul did.
That's hardly the same thing.
And others have done the same and stayed in and some won.
You are way off on this.
It's a competition where you have to make food, edible food.
It's ok paul, I used paint on this pie as the food colouring didn't look good, don't eat it tho as it may kill you.
It's the right pie tho, but ya know.
Lethal
It is absolutely the same thing. They were asked to make one thing. She made another (and what she made was something that was far easier for her to make than what was requested). I don't understand why you find this so hard to understand. That leaves the judges choosing between someone who made the right thing badly and someone who made the wrong thing somewhat less badly. Which gives them a lot more leeway to use other things to inform that choice.
If Manon had been able to follow simple instructions about what to bake, she would still be in the competition.
It's ok he had two bad weeks and stayed, it's obvious what's going on.
And I will never agree with your points.
And less badly?
Inedible.
Yeah, Rahul is a fan (and show runner) favourite.
He should've been the one to drop out this week, which is a huge shame - because he's really really good - but such are the rules. And however far he's gonna make it in the rest of the series, he's not gonna be able to wash off the stench of having gotten that "fan-favorite" plot armor.
Immediately, when they started scrutinising Manon's bake in such detail, I knew she was the one to go, because they want Rahul in the finals. Inversely, whenever they wanna protect someone who had a shitty (looking) bake, they're all like "but the flavours are perfect". (something the audience is unable to verify)
Manon's bakes were edible, they looked nice. Boo freaking hoo, she put some chocolate in there...
I'm firmly in team Briony / Kim-Joy. Kim Joy's just fantastic, artistically, and Briony making Aebleskivers with her physical handicap is just ... inspiring, to say the least.
He should've been the one to drop out this week, which is a huge shame - because he's really really good - but such are the rules. And however far he's gonna make it in the rest of the series, he's not gonna be able to wash off the stench of having gotten that "fan-favorite" plot armor.
Immediately, when they started scrutinising Manon's bake in such detail, I knew she was the one to go, because they want Rahul in the finals. Inversely, whenever they wanna protect someone who had a shitty (looking) bake, they're all like "but the flavours are perfect". (something the audience is unable to verify)
Manon's bakes were edible, they looked nice. Boo freaking hoo, she put some chocolate in there...
I'm firmly in team Briony / Kim-Joy. Kim Joy's just fantastic, artistically, and Briony making Aebleskivers with her physical handicap is just ... inspiring, to say the least.
I think it's bizarre how riled up some of you seem to get about a baking show that's the complete antithesis of that kind of thing.
Rahul won't be able to sit through an interview if he's the winner, he has no personality. And how does Ruby win star baker when she doesn't do the technical properly? Frustrating season so far. On team Briony now.
He better be.
Which isn't me saying I want him out - I just don't want someone more deserving of making it, to drop out just so we can keep the "Rahul is so shy and so cute" train running.
If Rahul is back to his old form next week, I can see Ruby or Briony being on the chopping block. Like, they barely ever amaze. More often than not, they're good or even great - but I can't recall any bake made by either of them that could outshine some of the bakes that Kim-Joy or Rahul (or Manon ...) have created throughout this series.
Then you're just not being rational about the whole thing, which is fine, I guess. You don't have to think the right decision was made. I don't think it necessarily was by the alleged rules of the show, and it isn't the first time that's happened either - plenty of other series have had decisions made that have clearly been at least influenced by previous performances and expected potential. If I'd been judging it then from what I saw Rahul would have been going home. But to be in such complete denial about the fact that in the two challenges where she had control of what she baked, Manon didn't meet the brief is just crazy. And if you're going to get away with deviating from the brief then you have to deliver something incredible to make up for it - which she didn't. All she needed to do to stay in the contest was produce something that met the brief and was edible.
We can talk about this decision til the cows come home but it'll never beat John winning season 3, for me anyway
Exactly.
One made very, very bad Danish bread.
The other made ok French bread.
They're both complete failures and frankly both could have went home and I wouldn't have been upset with either.
Rahul needs to sort himself out for the Semi. He's clearly talented but he's cracked under pressure. Ruby and Briony coming good just at the right time.
Also I like thick sliced bread, screw the thin rubbish!
Absolutely. Brief be damned, give me a thick doorstop slice any day.
I can see why they'd get rid of Manon over Rahul. He's been consistently better than her through the series so far, let down by a couple of bad episodes. She's had a couple of highs, a couple of lows, but has been further down the rankings than he has more often than not. They're not just assessing each baker based on a single episode's performance.
Also, I find Ruby so beautiful that it's totally distracting. I kind of need her to be knocked out for that reason.
Also, I find Ruby so beautiful that it's totally distracting. I kind of need her to be knocked out for that reason.
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Lol just say you hate brown people
I find him boring personality wise compared with the others, has nothing to do with his skin colour, get out of here with that nonsense.
My wife had a legit crush on Manon. I did too, but didn't vocalize it to her. :) She threatened to not watch next week because of her leaving, I'm calling her bluff on that though.
I kind of wish Jon made it through. He had a personality that hasn't made it very far in past years.
Kim Joy is the most consistent across all bakes IMO but I wish she'd switch up her style and themes a bit.
I kind of wish Jon made it through. He had a personality that hasn't made it very far in past years.
Kim Joy is the most consistent across all bakes IMO but I wish she'd switch up her style and themes a bit.
I don't hate anyone for the colour of their skin, thanks. I didn't even say I hated Rahul either, I'm just tired of his personality as presented on the show and I legitimately believe he was the worst baker this week, and Ruby was the best. Also, as a Star Wars fan, I find his lack of awareness of Star Wars, Luke Skywalker and Yoda disturbing.
Why did you feel the need to make that comment here?
That's what happens when you're weaned on north american reality TV.
This was totally uncalled for buddy.
I personally thunk Rahul should have gone, but I can understand the logic they used about Manon not sticking to the brief.
People going on about marketability defining who stays need to calm down, Bake Off winners are pretty much forgotten the moment the show ends with maybe a one-off tv special if they're lucky.
Also, the show's are recorded months ago, so fan favorites have no bearing either.
Agree with you there, he was kind of the male/fatherly equivalent of Briony. She's who I'm kind of rooting for this season, but I honestly have no idea who will win since Rahul faltered so badly this week.
Any disputes on Ruby winning SB this week? I can't really argue against it, but sticking with my dark horse I think Briony did a little better IMO, picking herself up and nailing the last two challenges which I thought would've clinched it for her.
I think the consistency justifies it for Ruby, but yeah, I can certainly see arguments for Briony (as they highlighted in the pre-Showstopper chat, she absolutely could have dropped right down or climbed right up depending on how she performed there)
The main problem I have this year is that there's no one with any real personality in there. I don't know if it's the way it's been edited but they all just seem incredibly dull.