The Great British Bake Off 2017 - CH4

I'd have scoffed the lot from round 1. After that it was bleugh.

Noel can go at the end of the season, I have warmed to Sandi, but not him. He’s humour attempts are so flat. It’s as if they’ve told him to channel Mel and Sue, it just doesn’t work.

I disagree i love Noel and Sandi together. Pru needs to go and Paul needs to realise its not his show just because Mary iant around anymore

Love that the technical this week was a Les Misérables slice!!

Loved the panning to Stacey last night, every time someone else had good feedback - you could just sense the "damn, I want to kill you" coming from her.

So Stacey ‘just’ did a couple of pink birds or whatever Hollywood said but what about the messy rainbow which was all there was there. Both tasted ok. And the tutu was totally cracked so why didn’t hollywood pick up on that? Weird judging and the comment about having to look back to what they had done in the past was a teensy bit dodgey as if they had put it in after the edit to explain why they were keeping Stephen but correct me if I am wrong the judging is in the ‘you are as good as your last cake’ basis no? Well obviously no.
So in Strictly what if they kept in a celeb cos she did a nice waltz in week 1 even though she did a poor foxtrot in week 5? I’m just surmising. They don’t do that and it means you have to perform every time. You don’t award the grand national to a horse that won every time but not this time do you? I’m just putting this out there as my logic might be all over the place. But I just felt that Stacey was hard done by and the finalists were pre ordained

I see what you mean lynette but I think it's just different rules for different shows. Strictly make it clear that the dance off is to be judged on that particular performance and nothing else - presumably the 'nothing else' encompasses popularity and entertainment value which the audience at home take care of when they vote to keep people in! I remember at least 1 or 2 occasions on previous Bake Off's on BBC1 where Paul and Mary (more so Paul) talked about having to refer back to previous bakes to make a decision on who should go home so last night wasn't the first time. Also editing will play a huge part in how we view it. Most of the time over the 8 series', it's been pretty obvious who will go but I'm sure on the odd occasion it's been a surprise, it wouldn't shock me too much if the judges regretted some of them. It's a decision they have to make there and then, whatever is in their mind at the time. Maybe sometimes the decision is wrong, but that can only be down to gut feeling and human error. No opportunity to watch the series so far on catch up, or watch this weeks episode again on +1 to make sure they didn't miss anything.

And in the Grand National, it's a sprint to the finish line and whoever passes the line first wins, it's not really comparable to Bake Off so that's the only logic I don't get. I also don't see what Bake Off would gain from predetermining their finalists but that usually is the first port of call for fans when a result doesn't go they way they hoped! I jest, of course!

Of course what is amusing is that we accept the 'marking' which involves no actual marks for this and other cookery shows but scrutinise the marking for Strictly (and I suppose X factor but I don’t watch that.) and we scrutinise academic results to the point that kids can say they were one mark off a top grade. If marks were awarded for Bake Off would the results be different? Again, just putting it out there.

Ugh. She is everything that reminds me of totally inadequate feelings in the primary school playground when picking up my kids. There were millions of her all over the place. Smugness for England. I couldn't get out of there quickly enough. She brings back all those memories.

Stacey should have gone in week 1. So even though Steven had a bad one, she totally deserved to go. At least he tried something difficult. Her stooopid flamingoes could be done in school cookery classes.

Liam to win.......

Publicly, I am boycotting the new version, but of course I'll have a look!!! The three magic ingredients have gone though, Mary with Paul was good symmetry and of course Mel and Sue were an excellent combination. It will be interesting to see if Noel and Sandi can find that sense of mischief. Will Prue Leith have symmetry with Paul? I can't see it because when she has been a judge on other things, she is quite abrasive. Of course it will be more important than ever to have a group of engaging cooks. Oh, it's all to play for!!!!

Oh Steven. That was yours to lose. 

A bit sad.  Not keen on Smugphie.  But she was the best on the day. Kate did well too.

But I love the idea of a Steven and Sophie holiday and the Yan/Julia/Flo car karaoke should be made into a new series!