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That's one of the favourites for a spot in the finals gone. But the guest judge offered him a job (as per his IG) with her afterwards so that's a win. It probably should've been Matt because his sand station was really unsuitable for a retail environment and I hated the moss boards (both of which the owner has removed since) Ben does well in team challenges when there is someone else to ground his grandiose ideas. Same for Roisin.

Domnal would've done well in this challenge, shame he was such a bitter Betty last week. (Michelle explained on IG that the couch/judging goes on for a good while and we only get to see a bit in the episode, that F took responsibility for her mistakes but D didn't and was defensive throughout and that's why she sent him home). Francesca, where to start, absolutely blew it this week. Everytime someone prances in with a Matisse inspired theme it ends up looking shite (imho because they don't scale up the shapes to the bigger specs of the room/flat and it ends up looking too squiggly). And the lightshades were fugly. I liked the blue entryway. Absolutely the right choice to send her home and I doubt she and her on screen persona will be missed by many. The others weren't perfect this week but had interesting elements. I agree with Michelle praising Ben's desk and divider combo but don't get why they singled out Matt's head board as not being easy for a tennant to take down and move to a new space. The head board was sectional, so I would argue that it actually would fit other rooms. Anthony's backsplash and panelling surely are much harder to reuse. Personally, I thought that most workspaces were unsuitable, and an ergonimical nightmare, to seriously do more than a couple of emails, let alone work from home scenarios.

I would've preferred Francesca getting the boot, but if that's really how the judging played out with Domnal on the attack from the word go, he shot himself in the foot. Even if they attributed the chairs to him and think the extenders are unsuitable, he was at least trying to find a solution after they were stuck with a shitty purchase. Whereas there was no attempt made to rescue the bench (and I don't think it was just her not taking the cushion into account, they don't make that much of a difference). Maybe if she had noticed in time she would've put extenders on the tablelegs, lol. The others did well and I was impressed that Ben was so much more pallatable this week - whether this was down to Anthony or taking note from his last time on the couch. He probably was itching to turn the cafe into a steam punk setpiece.

I agree with all the judging decisions this week. I wonder if Matt will be this year's Jack and if he can keep delivering in bigger spaces. Domnal is my favourite at the moment, but I agree that he needs to back up his print making with more spacial designing. Anthony is hit and miss. While Ben's clothing style is slowly growing on me, it's the opposite with the heavily themed rooms. Roisin's chairs are fugly, and the trellises not properly aligning was the first thing that popped into my head when they unloaded them from the van.

Is the french guy sponsored by the transport lobby? Trains, boats, what's next? I bet its something Concorde would be on brand for him. It was interesting though that Michelle told the lass, who eventually left, that she had to get on board with the idea when its usually the person who came up with the stupid idea who gets the flogging. Right team won, right person went home. India and Madagascar, apart from the poor design and, frankly, awful drawings/writing (but then, Domnal apparently is a professional graphic designer, his posters and prints were class!), looked half empty. Brazil looked like it had enough furniture, and the tables were a good size.

I too enjoyed series 3 very much. Loved when Gloria slipped in the 'by the power of gray skull' nugget. I am really applauding the show for not making Dawn's pregnancy into a stumbling block for the group and just keep it moving along. Her water breaking on stage was gimmicky, but as it wasn't a big plot ploy I will let is slide. I keep waiting for Ashley to suddenly pop up, even though its not something that is hinted at, and I hope that prospect will secure them another season.

To no one's surprise, this show has been axed by C4

I HATED the brief. I like my hotel rooms functional and bright and not a cluttered scene from Alice in Wonderland. IF they had to consider the location and history, surely something sparse would've been called for. On any other show they would've kept the girl who got the boot here to see her 'develop' only to drag a very inexperienced person along for a few episodes. Maybe she can reapply once she found her design-feet. But we are only watching for Stuart, Pierce, Steve and the rest of the interior Pleasure Boys (IYKYK). So good to see them again. Although Stu with the shorter hair is a bit of a bummer.

I somehow missed that the 3rd series was already out and caught up with it over the weekend. Am I glad we've finally left some of the more annoying cast of series 1 and 2 behind (Nadya, Aparna ...) but by and large the show is really repetitive now, and it's a bit of a damper to find out none of the couples are together afterwards. I think Sima, who I assume misses the days when matchmaking was about making arrangements with the parents with little input from the to-be-weds, is right that some people need to learn compromise and not dismiss every potential candidate because of a minor flaw. Did we know already that that pompous brat Pradhyuman (and his family) stand accused of domestic violence against the girl we saw him with in series 2?

New series starts Tue March 12th. Yeooo!

AFAIK (aka what's on Wikipedia) this year is series 5 and they are already casting for series 6. Happy days!

@TVbitch your little builder eye candy has a good sense of humor on him. They are already casting for next year so I assume the new series can't be far off.

Douglas McKinnon will not be involved in a potential series 3: https://tvline.com/news/good-omens-season-3-renewal-douglas-mackinnon-showrunner-leaving-1235064809/ shame, afaik he was central to the look and feel of the show.

UK viewer here. Yes, there are older contestants, although I am not sure if they had a hard time finding people from that age group because there is at least one bloke who is in more than one episode. I agree with you, I also felt it got stale quite quickly and I eventually stopped watching. Agree with the observation on the chubbier contestants and I also got the impression that women of color also rarely made it into the top 2. And of course the lads with the small w areillies weren't popular either. But I liked the little knowledge bites.

Very Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie, I thought 😉