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nicanary

9,814 posts

147 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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How the hell did Kate get away with that? That Liver Building was pants. Poor Liam, one bad week and he's off.

Butter Face

30,371 posts

161 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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Wow


Just


Wow.

Gobsmacked. Poor Liam was a great baker all the way through, Stacey has been consistently bad.


poing

8,743 posts

201 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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He was my favourite baker but he had a total disaster this week. That technical was unforgivable at this point of the competition.

Butter Face

30,371 posts

161 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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Of course I agree, that showstopper was terrible and is what killed his hopes!

anonymous-user

55 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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I know they judge it week by week but they were neck a neck bad this week. Wrong person went into, she's not got a hope next week, he would have done

nicanary

9,814 posts

147 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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Each week is like a cup-tie. You have to do well or you're out - not like a season-long league when one bad week can be covered by a series of good performances.. I reckon if the show was like a league we'd all get bored, because by mid-season we'd know who the winner was going to be.

So we get nights like tonight. Still doesn't seem right, though.

24lemons

2,660 posts

186 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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Anyone else think Stacey comes across
As a but of a soccer mom? She just seems so smug and a bit over competitive compared to the others.

kev1974

4,029 posts

130 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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surprised that the oven supplier (Neff?) allowed the programme to go out with her ripping the door off. I am sure it's meant to come off for cleaning, but surely not that easily. Would have thought they'd have vetoed that as part of their supply deal.

AlexRS2782

8,056 posts

214 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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24lemons said:
Anyone else think Stacey comes across
As a but of a soccer mom? She just seems so smug and a bit over competitive compared to the others.
I think Phil Wang & Rob Beckett referred to her as a "Cheeky Mum" on Extra Slice 2 weeks ago. Phil's jokey take on her seems quite accurate after her previous weeks and turn around this week hehe

Sad to see Liam go but I reckon he'll make it a pretty funny Extra Slice this week.

Biker 1

7,754 posts

120 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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Stunt woman living dangerously! I suspect there's some scouse protectionism going on too.....

Randy Winkman

16,233 posts

190 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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nicanary said:
Each week is like a cup-tie. You have to do well or you're out - not like a season-long league when one bad week can be covered by a series of good performances.. I reckon if the show was like a league we'd all get bored, because by mid-season we'd know who the winner was going to be.

So we get nights like tonight. Still doesn't seem right, though.
I agree. It would become gradually more apparent who was going to win and who clearly couldn't.

C0ffin D0dger

3,440 posts

146 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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kev1974 said:
surprised that the oven supplier (Neff?) allowed the programme to go out with her ripping the door off. I am sure it's meant to come off for cleaning, but surely not that easily. Would have thought they'd have vetoed that as part of their supply deal.
I suspect most of the viewing public have no clue as to whether that oven is a Neff, Hotpoint, or whatever else.

Podie

46,630 posts

276 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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anonymous said:
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Agreed.

If they're neck and neck on a bad week, bin the one who has been at the bottom of the pile for the last few weeks rather than the guy who has won star baker and been consistently praised for his flavours.

If Stacey or Kate come first it makes a mockery of the show.

nicanary

9,814 posts

147 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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I was amazed at how poor most of the show-stoppers were last night. Only a couple passed muster, mainly because too many contestants tried to be too fancy.

The standard was way below par. Are they trying too hard now it's getting near the end? Maybe panicking a bit?

FiF

44,193 posts

252 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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Podie said:
anonymous said:
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Agreed.

If they're neck and neck on a bad week, bin the one who has been at the bottom of the pile for the last few weeks rather than the guy who has won star baker and been consistently praised for his flavours.

If Stacey or Kate come first it makes a mockery of the show.
Sort of torn two ways about this. On aggregate, including this week's show, if you count back then who went and stayed should have been very different. That's an understandable argument. I think in previous series if they haven't been able to decide there has been some sort of count back looking at earlier episodes.

However if you apply a similar logic to say the Olympics, you'd have someone who finished 5th in the semi finals being put through to the final on the basis that they ran really well in the first qualifying heat but just happened to be a bit slow out of the blocks today.

marksx

5,052 posts

191 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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nicanary said:
I was amazed at how poor most of the show-stoppers were last night. Only a couple passed muster, mainly because too many contestants tried to be too fancy.

The standard was way below par. Are they trying too hard now it's getting near the end? Maybe panicking a bit?
The showstoppers always seem more 'showstopperish' (?!) when they have a bit more free reign of what they can create.

When it is prescriptive like last night always seems is little tame.

Plus I think last night was a particularly bad example. The example they showed while explaining what a Savoy cake was looked a bit meh.

SAB888

3,249 posts

208 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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Like many others, I was surprised Liam went this week. Even though he had a bad week, Stacey and Kate were equally as bad. Probably Stacey to join Sophie and Steven is my guess for the final now.

12TS

1,870 posts

211 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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Steven's going to win I think. He seems to be on a higher level than the others most of the time.

Shame about Liam, though - what a talent for 18!

Zetec-S

5,924 posts

94 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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Bit of a surprise for me too. I had Stephen down to win, with Sophie and Liam also in the final.

I have nothing against Kate but she's struggled for the last few weeks, and had a few disasters. Even she expects to go. I can't see her getting any further, and unfortunately that means Stacey in the final irked


anonymous-user

55 months

Wednesday 18th October 2017
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Zetec-S said:
Bit of a surprise for me too. I had Stephen down to win, with Sophie and Liam also in the final.

I have nothing against Kate but she's struggled for the last few weeks, and had a few disasters. Even she expects to go. I can't see her getting any further, and unfortunately that means Stacey in the final irked
Your final sentence I think is why I was so gutted last night. You can see in her face she's given up. Liam was still fighting