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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?

Same happened to me. The competition part seemed to go a few minutes over 1hr, and it's like the 2nd part started right at the top of the hour, so it looked like they skipped the introduction and even part of the "award" they were giving out. Surprised not to see some of the kids from the past, like Bryn, Nyah, Alex, Davey and others who appeared on the Halloween or holiday specials. Do you think Food Network didn't ask them? Or Food Network asked and they declined? Also thought it was a little odd that they ended the retrospective on kind of a down-note looking at the biggest mistakes instead of something more positive. And in the future, I'd love to see some of the past contestants being included in the actual competition shows as guest judges or something like that.

Interesting, as I never got the impression of Bella as being entitled. But rather she either has a lot of older siblings or is in some other circumstance where she has to be aggressive to get what she wants (or else be in a situation where she doesn't get anything). So really more about being aggressive out of necessity in her home life.

On the other hand, to me it felt like Bella was trying to communicate and D'Von was just ignoring her, like she really cared about how the team performed and he didn't care at all.

Another retrospective hour tonight

I said it after the 2nd episode; Keaton is my pick to win it all. His station always seems so clean, which says to me he's calm and organized. And clearly he knows what he's doing. I also love Bella for her personality but think she could make a huge mistake at any moment lol.

The dessert imposters this episode were on the whole the best ones of all the seasons! Very impressive. Keaton definitely deserved the win! Was a little surprised the pizza wasn't in the bottom. The retrospective episode was fun, but it felt a little odd for Duff and Val to be giving recognition to their own behaviors lol!. Seems like they were stretching to find some things to retro-spect about. I think it would be fun if they did some behind-the-scenes stuff.

On the Food Network website, they have a gallery of the show's best dessert imposters. Not only is Rebecca's BLT not on it, but Linsey's baloney sandwich (which was #2 on the best moments show) isn't there either! https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/kids-baking-championship/photos/the-best-dessert-imposters Someone at Food Network needs to get on this!😂

So far I'm enjoying this season! The challenges have been good and the kids have been fun to watch. My early pick to win it all is Keaton. Not sure why, but his station always seems so organized and clean, so it feels like he will be good throughout. On the opposite end, I think Bella will win some challenges by accident lol. Love her personality, too. Love D'Von's crush on Linsey, too! :-😍

I'm going to guess it came through some focus groups and market research. That maybe they learned/felt that audiences were getting tired of the same format every year and needed to so something to change it up. Based on the reaction here, I'm going to guess they don't stay with it in subsequent seasons.

Not crazy about the parents being in the show. Particularly annoyed when showing their reactions when their kid made a mistake. Can't imagine being the kid watching the show now and seeing their parent reacting like that.