cultural mix of the final interesting as well, much moreso than the adult version (with it's 4 middle-aged, white presenters). families noticeably dressed up for the garden party apart from robby's dad who had his tracksuit top on. (also, a round of the national anthem with everyone in the tent singing)
well won by the young kid though, showstopper was head and shoulders above the others.
― koogs, Friday, 29 January 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
I'm only 3 eps in, CeCe and Reece are great
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Saturday, 30 January 2021 08:06 (three years ago) link
Fyn is in the Tom W "You are so bad at this how have you not left yet" seat
the Food Network is showing repeats and i thought i'd give it a go seeing as i missed the first n years.
but the series they are showing (7) must be the first one i saw (Candice and Selasie are on it) and they've also taken the original bbc1 show and cut out enough of it that they can have ad breaks and still fit it within an hour. feels panicky almost, not relaxing.
― koogs, Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:04 (three years ago) link
series 6 now. yesterday was bingate.
― koogs, Friday, 19 March 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
(oddly wikipedia has this as series 5, but epg says 6)
― koogs, Friday, 19 March 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
new series tonight
(and food channel are showing repeats again daily, last week was the Ruby year, this week i don't recognise anybody)
― koogs, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
oh hey
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 03:22 (two years ago) link
New batch seem awesome tbh. Surprised Tom (?) was first to go when that other guy who was rolling up his showstopper just seemed to freeze when it wasn't going right and barely finished his cake. But Tom(?), while seeming sweet, had a very intense energy that was a bit anxiety inducing so maybe I don't mind so much.
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Thursday, 23 September 2021 07:42 (two years ago) link
I wanted to see his inevitable train cake tho
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 25 September 2021 09:00 (two years ago) link
Yes, liked the crew this year. TBH I can't think of a dud bunch of contestants except for 2019 when they were all twentysomething marketing managers or something.
I like Matt but I wish he'd relax and let go of the shtick a bit more
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 25 September 2021 13:19 (two years ago) link
Aw I like him. Matt’s Flintones theme sung in german was hilar imoI am in love w this year’s Carmen SanDiego characters ie Jürgen and Guiseppe <3Tom giving 100% Jordan Captain Chaos energyCannot stop staring at Freya’s eyebrows
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 25 September 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
train dude had cannon fodder written all over his face from the moment he was on camera
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 25 September 2021 19:08 (two years ago) link
i'm on record about this, maybe on this thread, but the inherent ageism of them dropping the older contestants really pisses me off. I'm all in favor of the Pru-alike winning this.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 25 September 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
She is mindbendingly posh though!
― the thin blue lying (suzy), Saturday, 25 September 2021 19:46 (two years ago) link
lol at Noel’s “I’ve never felt more like a chimney sweep” after watching Pru & Maggie’s conversation
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 25 September 2021 20:17 (two years ago) link
i have to say that as an american what you call "mindbendingly posh" i see as "mindbendingly british" so
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 25 September 2021 23:06 (two years ago) link
maggie = poshlizzie = not poshthat is yr yardstick
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 25 September 2021 23:41 (two years ago) link
Haven't finished the episode yet but the Achy Breaky cold open made me want to crawl into my skull and die.
― Leee Tigre (Leee), Sunday, 26 September 2021 05:57 (two years ago) link
that i agree withi quick-skipped it to guard against my skeleton leaving my body
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 September 2021 06:15 (two years ago) link
yeah that was not good. my partner was like "i like this show because it's NOT american in any way." thankfully the substantial segment devoted to something called "malt loaf" helped reset the scales.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 26 September 2021 12:00 (two years ago) link
lol otmi have only had malt loaf once and did not care for it
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 September 2021 14:26 (two years ago) link
I am in love w this year’s Carmen SanDiego characters ie Jürgen and Guiseppe <3
lol same! I love all the sundry accents on this show, Lizzie's included.
Funny that I didn't really peg Tom as a Captain Chaos heir apparent because he got lost in the shuffle with so many other bakers to keep track of.
I'm not sure how I feel about Chigs the quarantine baker -- I'm basically one myself but feel a bit put to shame at how much better he is than me (I may have made a disastrous mango cheesecake last night, so my feelings are a bit acute ATM).
I do like Freya so far -- vegan and with the Viking name that Catface would be envious of.
― Leee Tigre (Leee), Sunday, 26 September 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
i feel like moreso than most seasons I have a REALLY clear sense of who's going to go the distance vs get knocked out in the first few weeks. of course a bumbler can always blossom, and a favorite can always fumble in the wrong week....
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 26 September 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
the chaos agent in me secretly hopes maggie tanks next week which is mean but :D
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 September 2021 22:20 (two years ago) link
btw kinda wish i could try jurgen’s black forest roll, it sounded so perfect
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 September 2021 22:21 (two years ago) link
I'm all in favor of the Pru-alike winning this.
naw. maggie is like some pru cosplayer and it is clear pru is freaked out by this, and maggie is like "hahahahaha let me never stop talking and being awkward". not that i like pru but maggie's energy is not appreciated.
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Monday, 27 September 2021 07:28 (two years ago) link
I realize Prur is rich but for some reason I can’t get over here having so many pairs of glasses. I googled and she says it’s 11, which probably weighs in at about £10k every time she changes her prescription. I didn’t really like the pink ones she had on this time. One thing we noticed this time around was how much dodgy hair there was. Tom with his premature combover was bad but Giuseppe’s is truly gross, Maggie has a bog brush at the front and Lizzie looks like she has hers done at her dog’s poodle parlour. Jürgen’s I’ll allow.
― Alba, Monday, 27 September 2021 07:42 (two years ago) link
10K!! I got my readers for a tenner online (and tbh they look like the ones she was wearing last week)
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Monday, 27 September 2021 09:05 (two years ago) link
re hair, freya's photo is very nicely brushed etc but she def looked like she'd entered the tent via a hedge, backwards. Yes, you may say "miaow".
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Monday, 27 September 2021 09:06 (two years ago) link
I was going by the fact my lenses cost about £400 (I guess I have a pretty complex prescription) and assuming she has expensive taste in frames even if they do look like your tenner jobs.
― Alba, Monday, 27 September 2021 13:16 (two years ago) link
Should've gone to specsavers...
― thing that i used to think was cool but now i just don't have time for (stevie), Monday, 27 September 2021 13:24 (two years ago) link
Oh, I have …
― Alba, Monday, 27 September 2021 13:37 (two years ago) link
The phone call bit at the end had my wife and I dying laughing.
― sous les paves, Monday, 27 September 2021 14:25 (two years ago) link
yeah that was great!
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Monday, 27 September 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
just saw Noel Fielding down the park wearing his pink smiley face jumper, trying to blend in...
jurgen stormed out again, pregnant pause whilst the telephone rang the second time...
posh lady doesn't seem very good
― koogs, Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:39 (two years ago) link
stormed *it*
"winnie the pooh," my partner calls him.pretty rough time for several people - a high number of outright failures among the showstoppers.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:45 (two years ago) link
Freya’s pronunciations are v weird! It sounds like her ending o’s are a’s? CappuccinaEspressa god i could murder a brandy snap though
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 October 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
yeah those were very very appealing!
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 2 October 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
vocal freya is kinda killing me here; she seems like a good enough cook but i can't stand that voice
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 2 October 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
amanda’s choice of sugar cookie for that rocking horse. like, why give yourself such a handicap? the inevitable collapse was kind of hilarious to watchi loved george’s plane so much! and giuseppe’s reversi! and jurgen’s windmill! lots of great toys!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 October 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
the playable snooker table probably deserved a few more seconds' gushing - that was adorable and v impressive. also the vanity with all the little Operation style bits. i guess the things moving around in the air are in some sense more ambitious, tho.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 2 October 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
omg yes vanity set was p remarkable- all those little pieces, and the vanity itself, the drawer fully opened! how tf do you do that
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 October 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
I thought the plane was a bit of a cheat, unless my assumption that the motor was not constructed from baked goods was incorrect.
― Alba, Saturday, 2 October 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
yeah also really not much of a "toy," but maybe it would have passed as such in 1920s Britain.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 2 October 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
Only a little thing, but I'm enjoying Chiggs and George's non-competitive support for each other, the bro-ing and whatnot. It's still genuinely rare to see two blokes being kind and supportive to each other on TV (at least in shows without Jason Sudeikis in them).
Can't believe Chrystelle is only 26! She's probably one of those people who will continue to look they're in their forties until they hit triple figures
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 2 October 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
The bit when she was shoving her sister in the kitchen with her parents was like, "wait, what"
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 2 October 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
yes Chigs & George support is cooli really love George
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 2 October 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
Italian and German guys look like the ones to beat.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 2 October 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link