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I don't see Tiger Mom there at all. Usually kids of Tiger Moms are pretty timid and hesitant to stand out. Bella seems like the opposite of that. As I've said before, she comes across to me as probably being one of the younger kids in a big family and has had to learn how to be aggressive to get what she wants.

They all get to take home the big name plate from their station as well as their apron 🙂

Yay, first time my early pick to win it all actually wins it all! Although I think I was actually rooting for Bella to take it. Over the last few weeks, I felt like she just really hit a groove. She's got a lot to be proud of. They all do! I'll say that I don't understand the wisdom of putting the finale of Kids Baking Championship on at 10pm. 😞 Overall, I thought this was a great season. I liked all of the kids, thought they were all very talented and none were particularly annoying. The challenges were good and varied. Duff and Val were great as they always are. Agree with everyone else that the parents need to go, although one thing I did like about having them there was seeing them comfort their child after elimination. This was obviously filmed during the pandemic, and at every elimination I was jarred not seeing the eliminated kid hugged by the other contestants, so it as actually nice to see the parent there doing that. But everything else about the parents was super-annoying. Until next season!

Is there a particular kid that you remember getting shafted? I thought Yashimabet would have won Season 2, but can't think of anyone other than that.

I hope you are talking about her dessert 😉

I don't think the show is racist in that way, as I've mostly agreed with the eliminations and winners. From race POV, the competitions seem pretty balanced. I might agree that Duff often favors the boys, but also notice that 6 winners in the first 8 seasons have been girls.

Bella is still in it with a reasonable chance to win it all. Seasons 4 and 5 had minority kid winners, as did holiday special last year. All Asian kids. And many seasons had minority kids in the finals.

Um...the guy who owns a sushi restaurant? 😅

I found Bella's Instagram account, and her decorating skills are pretty darn awesome: https://www.instagram.com/b.e.l.bakes/

I think you mean Bisciut 😉 I'm sure Eddie's passing had an impact on her efforts this year. 😞

Fewer kids, or simply just getting more comfortable in the environment. I recall Linsey in season 4 had some rough times early in her season but after something like the 5th week really started coming up with consistently good stuff. Seems like that could be the case with Bella as well.

Wow, Bella is surprising me! Early in the season, I thought that she was a bit careless and sloppy. But her work the last couple of weeks has been great, and this week in particular was stellar. Her decorating skills are fantastic to go along with strong baking skills. Well-deserved win, and she's definitely got momentum. My early season prediction was Keaton for the overall win, but Bella definitely has me questioning that now!

Unfortunately, they are not there OnDemand on Fios (they only have the 42 minute competition episodes). 😞

Yes, I checked that. On the FoodNetwork app, they only have the new episodes as 42 minutes, which is just the competition segment. The retrospectives are not there. So far have only found the episodes on the FoodNetwork app (and the retrospectives were not there). Where else might they have them?

Cant' seem to find the retrospective episodes online anywhere. Anyone have an idea where to find them?