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He had the better cook. Danny's menu was more forward looking and innovative

I wonder how Danny is doing today. The chef he has listed in his bio as his mentor, James Kent, died unexpectedly yesterday. He was only 45

Nick Mavar died June 13 in Naknek, Alaska after sufferring a "medical emergency"

The Bison aka American Buffalo isn't actually a buffalo. You cannot domesticate a Bison like you can buffalo

I have a feeling that the final 2 will be Rashika and the guy from LCK. Right now, Danny is the only other chef I can see making it all the way

Bad basic cooking skills will get you sent home over a badly conceived dish almost everytime

I knew the minute Ashley finished her cake that she would win as long as it tasted ok. She had the best-decorated cake by far and away. I wonder how much time Kevin lost by having to remake his cake. I never got a sense of racism in Nancy's behavior towards Sherrod. His techniques have been hit-and-miss00 all season. He was a more reserved person so it was much harder to play off of him for "good" tv. It sounded like all 4 of the final cakes tasted delicious so it came down to the decorating and Ashley aced that

Ashley always over decorates. There is too much stuff on her bakes. I've been watching too much Great British Baking Show. I was wondering what "blitz puff pastry" was until I saw what they were doing then I knew it was "rough puff pastry" Too bad about Javier. I hated to see him go but raw pastry when everyone else did ok was the kiss of death. I think that Duff directs the outcome far more than we thought. He has more specific comments and I think he balances the opinions of Carla and Nancy. Not that it would have saved Javier last night

Right now, Javier and Kevin seem destined for the finale

Cat will be back as host. Judges will be Nigel, Alison Hoeker, Comfort Fedoke, and DWTS alum Maksim Chmerkovskiy. This has the makings of a good panel set to air Mar 4 at 9PM

I suspect that all 4 will go to the finals, they've done it before unless someone really screws up next week. I think they really want to see a collection from all 4 as they all are so different as designers Even with anonymous runways, it is impossible at this point for the judges not to know which designer did what. They all have their signature looks. Rami won because that kind of pleating and draping is not normal for menswear. Those colors would look great on a red carpet. Bishme lost because of the hat. Brittany lost because she used Gucci's design for Harry Styles down to the big bow tie. She didn't design she copied using different fabrics.

I really liked Bishme's vest. The vest was cool. The hat and train thing not so much. It worked with the ball cap and veil from a couple of weeks ago because the fabric was light and flowy. This just looked like it was heavy and made him look like a pimp. Prajee's looked like a matador met a ringmaster but I think he was done in by too many recent stints in the bottom. Laurance...kilt...been there done that but to then pair it with a pair of shiny loafers, yuck. Brittany loves to "borrow" ideas. Just because she sewed it well doesn't mean it wasn't someone else's design in the first place. She should have been in the bottom for that alone. I liked Rami's and could easily see it being worn by either sex

I just finished watching Season 5, Korto's original season. She was sarcastic and snarky, especially towards Kenley, who no one liked. In the current season, she was still sarcastic and snarky but somehow a bitterness came through more than anything.

Prajje's branded underwear aside, I remember reading that they actually film the runway twice so that the designer's comments are filmed after the judges see the designs for the first time

I thought Bishmee's little dress was really cute. I think it was the best outfit for a plus-size model in some time. Almost any woman could wear that. I did like Laurance's overalls. The cone bra...meh on the losing team, my favorite was actually Anna's pants. The plaid worked well there and I loved the flare