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Mabinogia
Mabinogia

Without the "talent" this show is a bunch of strangers walk into a tent and bake stuff. What made this show so infinitely popular was the warmth and the heart and while yes, some of that has to do wit

AZChristian
AZChristian

Prepare to become very happy:  

GaT
GaT

I hope this isn't true. One, I like the older bakers, they add realism to the show. Two, not going home between bakes is going to change the feel of the show.  As @Irlandesa has already mentioned, the

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blueray

13 hours ago, Rickster said:

Sort of bizarre that they haven’t announced a date for Netflix yet.

I worried that they haven't. We better be getting the new season.

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caitmcg

caitmcg

Given how many immigrants to Britain from elsewhere have been contestants, I've always wondered whether they'd ever cast an American living in Britain, and it looks as if they finally have. (I know he may in fact be a British citizen, given her arrived in 1979.)

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Shrek

Shrek

13 hours ago, caitmcg said:

Given how many immigrants to Britain from elsewhere have been contestants, I've always wondered whether they'd ever cast an American living in Britain, and it looks as if they finally have. (I know he may in fact be a British citizen, given her arrived in 1979.)

Why wouldn't they? 

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caitmcg

caitmcg

2 hours ago, Shrek said:

Why wouldn't they? 

I wasn't suggesting there's a reason they wouldn't (although the American franchise is closer to the British Bake Off than other countries', given it has the same judges). I was just wondering if/when they would.

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Quilt Fairy

Quilt Fairy

Be aware that there are numerous spoilers for what happened during episode 2 all over the internet.  They are unavoidable, and may just pop up on one of your feeds.  You don't even need to read them, it's just in the title.

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Sailorgirl26

Sailorgirl26

12 hours ago, Ms Lark said:

No comment or commitment from Dylan and Sumayah, but kinda sweet nonetheless:

https://www.tvinsider.com/1162109/great-british-baking-show-gbbo-dylan-sumayah-dating/

 

But they all visit each other. . . . I follow several former bakers and they often get together with bakers from their seasons 1:1 and as a group. Hell, Matty had all of the bakers from his season at his wedding.

I love both of them, but do not understand why every male/female interaction has to have an are they/aren't they spin.  Didn't the media do it with Chigs and Lottie too? 

Its a bit of a sore spot with me for reasons, but still. Either speculate for everyone when they catch up, regardless of gender, or just leave it alone. 

They are both cutie pies, no matter what! 
 

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caitmcg

caitmcg

5 hours ago, Sailorgirl26 said:

But they all visit each other.

Indeed, the end of every season's final episode features photos and captions from the various contestants visiting after the fact.

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djlynch

djlynch

7 hours ago, Sailorgirl26 said:

I love both of them, but do not understand why every male/female interaction has to have an are they/aren't they spin.  Didn't the media do it with Chigs and Lottie too? 

It doesn't even have to be male/female. While Season 10 (by the UK numbering) was airing, some gossips tried to suggest that there was something going on between Henry and Michael at the same time others were implying that Henry and Alice were dating.

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Quilt Fairy

Quilt Fairy

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Be aware.  The internet being what it is, I just got spoiled on this season's winner just by the title of an article as I was randomly scrolling down a page. 

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libgirl2

libgirl2

7 hours ago, Quilt Fairy said:

Be aware.  The internet being what it is, I just got spoiled on this season's winner just by the title of an article as I was randomly scrolling down a page. 

Same here. 

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libgirl2

libgirl2

30 minutes ago, peeayebee said:

No googling for me then.

I saw the result on FB. I should have remembered to unfollow the show for 30 days! Boom, right there on my feed. 

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Irlandesa

Irlandesa

Ha.  I always check here before I watch assuming it'll get spoiled but it doesn't until the day it drops on Netflix. 

Knowing who is leaving (or winning) reduces the stress of watching for me so it's pure comfort. 

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libgirl2

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26 minutes ago, Irlandesa said:

Ha.  I always check here before I watch assuming it'll get spoiled but it doesn't until the day it drops on Netflix. 

Knowing who is leaving (or winning) reduces the stress of watching for me so it's pure comfort. 

but it can also make viewing somewhat disappointing. 

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Irlandesa

Irlandesa

38 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

but it can also make viewing somewhat disappointing. 

It all depends on the show and the person watching.  For me, I hate the stress of the unknown for the most part.  And I'm rarely disappointed in the winner here, especially since it's not a cumulative award.  A baker who is second to last throughout the competition can pull off a banger in their last episode and win--so be it.  I think I've only been unhappy once or twice.

But like I said, that's just me.  There's nothing I hate more than rooting for someone who doesn't win. 

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libgirl2

libgirl2

Just now, Irlandesa said:

It all depends on the show and the person watching.  For me, I hate the stress of the unknown for the most part.  And I'm rarely disappointed in the winner here, especially since it's not a cumulative award.  A baker who is second to last throughout the competition can pull off a banger in their last episode and win--so be it.  I think I've only been unhappy once or twice.

But like I said, that's just me.  There's nothing I hate more than rooting for someone who doesn't win. 

I usually have two people I really hope will win, even if I'm happy with who wins. 

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dleighg

dleighg

^Thanks for that! Even though I get the NYT, I missed that!

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How would you characterize your style in general?

Comfy. I like wearing very oversized things. I don’t like tightfitting clothes because I just find them really uncomfortable.

 

LOL, just the opposite of Noel's pants. Every time I looked at them, I felt a distinct discomfort in my thighs!

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libgirl2

libgirl2

2 hours ago, meep.meep said:

Does anyone know when last year's Christmas and Holiday specials will drop on Netflix for us Americans?

I'm going to keep an eye out on Netflix until I either see it there or see it posted here. 

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caitmcg

caitmcg

3 hours ago, meep.meep said:

Does anyone know when last year's Christmas and Holiday specials will drop on Netflix for us Americans?

They dropped on Netflix yesterday. And both the Christmas and New Year specials feature past contestants, rather than British celebrities.

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meep.meep

meep.meep

Thanks!  Now to decide whether we watch sooner or later.  I'm getting Facebook ads for the new shows airing in Britain.

Celebrity wise - I enjoyed the past show with the Derry Girls cast and hope to see the one someday where David Schwimmer gets a Hollywood Handshake.

 

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RoxiP

RoxiP

And although I liked the holiday shows simply because they were a continuation of the regular show I didn't particularly enjoy the celebrity casts because I do not watch British shows and watching people who had absolutely no idea of what they were doing (for the most part) kind of ruined it or me...I could record myself if that's what I wanted to watch...LOL!

But of course I still watched them.

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chaifan

chaifan

8 hours ago, RoxiP said:

I didn't particularly enjoy the celebrity casts because I do not watch British shows and watching people who had absolutely no idea of what they were doing

I agree.  I don't turn on GBBO to watch people bake poorly.  I've watched some specials where I know at least some of the celebrities, and those have been ok.  But ones where I have don't know the celebs aren't fun for me to watch.

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Mittengirl

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I was rather suspicious of some of the bakes that the celebrities presented.  First they are saying they have never baked before, then they present a decently baked and nicely decorated cake.  I couldn’t help but think that they had gotten some off-camera help.  There were some bad bakes, but not the huge failures there should have been from self-proclaimed non-bakers who are working under a time constraint.  JMHO

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ombre

ombre

20 hours ago, chaifan said:

I agree.  I don't turn on GBBO to watch people bake poorly.  I've watched some specials where I know at least some of the celebrities, and those have been ok.  But ones where I have don't know the celebs aren't fun for me to watch.

I suspect that the last celebrity one was a turning point. The ones that were the cast of this or that show were kinda fun in that they had chemistry with one another and you got to see people who work together ribbing one another and being silly together. The one that was just four different TV talking heads was missing out in even that level of interest. Just four very polished and professionally uninteresting* people being very polished and uninteresting. 

 

*as in, their job is to be less interesting than the person they're interviewing. 

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libgirl2

libgirl2

On 12/10/2024 at 3:28 PM, caitmcg said:

They dropped on Netflix yesterday. And both the Christmas and New Year specials feature past contestants, rather than British celebrities.

Oh good, TV viewing for the weekend!!! 

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libgirl2

libgirl2

I watched the Holiday special and very much enjoyed it. My only thing

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I wish they would not bring back former winners as I like seeing other people get to a chance to win. 

 

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ombre

ombre

1 hour ago, libgirl2 said:

I watched the Holiday special and very much enjoyed it. My only thing

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I wish they would not bring back former winners as I like seeing other people get to a chance to win. 

 

I would love to know how they choose who to invite. Does the company make a list and start asking? Do past contestants volunteer and the company picks from that group? Some combination? 

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I was in the middle of cooking when I finished this season and Netflix started autoplaying Sophie's season, one of my favorites. And then I got curious about what this woman who had been training to be a stunt double had done with herself after winning bake off, so I looked her up. There were a lot of interviews from when the holiday ep aired in which she wistfully said that she really hadn't known how to capitalize on her win, had missed the windows of opportunity. I suspect that this was a way of trying to get back into that windows for a bit, especially since her current work is baking very fancy cakes. I think I said elsewhere (in different words) how jarring it was to me to see her go from... Well... Soft butch badass to very made-up facade. It felt to me like this was a really "I need this" thing for her to be able to use professionally. And I have some empathy for that. She was at such a crossroads when she was on (just out of the army, iirc) and I'm sure it was overwhelming. Plenty of the other folks who come on seem to have a whole social media rollout ready to build on a possible win. She... Did not. She just came on and baked. 

 

I'm totally not meaning to give some kind of well ackshully response to your post - which I very much agree with!  It's more that I'm fascinated at the ephemerality of winning bake off and the way that some of the contestants feel like these sleek proto-influencers who are ready for their spotlight, ready to hit the ground running, and how others just think it might be cool to bake on the telly and don't really seem to have thought about what might come after. (plenty of space in between, too, obvs!) 

 

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RoxiP

RoxiP

I don't know that I would have recognized Sophie except of course I knew who she was - but she was certainly a lot more polished (the woman has amazing hair).  One of the assets that she possessed then and now is that she just doesn't get frazzled but keeps her head down and keeps working.

Won't spoil for those who haven't seen it yet but the person who won the New Year's show was one of my favorites.

Some of the returning contestants I was happy with but a few were question marks for me - especially one. I will say that her baking skills seem majorly improved since her first GBBO appearance.

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