Not a fan of Pax as he seems kinda fake to me. Equally the new judges - I think Peter could be good if he didn't have to babysit Jordan all season. She is clearly very successful (in modern parlance this means has lots of social media followers and shifts many units of random stuff) but not an experienced chef, just someone who got famous through da'gram rehashing and tarting up (pardon the pun) her French ancestors' recipes for the benefit of not very knowledgable kids only interested in what things look like.
As for the contestants this year I found a number of them pretty annoying, including the eventual winner, smug, up themselves, and kinda twee - rarely do I wish people are ejected but there were several this season who, despite them producing good bakes I was wishing would get eliminated. The winner, I was delighted, outed the bad attitude I was feeling throughout in the last episode, whining about coming third in the technical and admitting they were 'ropable'.
Hopefully GKBO can get back on track, and maybe the sleb CTI special will let the newbies relax into their roles, ready for a new season of civilians.