August 30, 20177 yr I was pleasantly surprised how....the same the show was. Sandi was cute, and Prue Leith was an ok Mary stand-in... Noel however....was a bit...flat. I was worried he would be too much, but it was quite the opposite.
August 30, 20177 yr I thoroughly enjoyed it, the high standard of some of the bakes in the showstopper really wowed me! The only thing that annoyed me was having an ad break right before they reveal who's going home, but I suppose that's to be expected.
August 30, 20177 yr I gave this a shot (Idk if my family will watch this year as they're all like 'it died with the BBC' :rolleyes:), and I was really pleasantly surprised, it really is the same show in all but the hosting team (and I watched on catch-up with Adblock so no adverts :D though I will miss the history of food clips as I assume they've been dumped), and they got some pretty good replacements. Sandi is a natural for this, Prue has most of Mary's attitude and Noel, while clearly a bit less suited than the others, was much better than I expected him to be. Absolutely LOVED the illusion task, the watermelon and the builder's breakfast were incredible *.* Flo & Julie are my early favourites, I should support Liam, being from my neck of the woods, but I found him a tad annoying :x I thought those ratings seemed low until I realised it was the highest that Channel 4 has got since the Paralympics Opening Ceremony in 2012! Could be a record breaker for them if they keep it up.
August 30, 20177 yr The history of food bits weren't in some of the early rounds on the BBC. There's a lot to fit in at the start with all the contestants so there isn't mush time for that. Therefore, I don't think they have necessarily been dumped.
August 30, 20177 yr I actually didn't mind it, there was still some laugh out loud moments, I agree with this week's Star Baker, could be in the running for the final, if she doesn't have a bad day at the office one week. Most of the contestants were pretty awful though, I could only pick 3 out of the lot that could end up as the final 3.
August 30, 20177 yr The best Twitter comment I've seen so far is someone who said Noel Fielding has the manner of a teenager trying really hard to act sober in front of his parents despite smelling of Hooch and Lynx
August 30, 20177 yr i thought it was utterly excellent...it's the format that makes it great not mel who / sue and bezza this natural expectation that it won't be as good because what? pray tell what the former three did as they were to define this show...production is integral [redaction: an earlier version of this post suggested the production was ventrical; nothing blood-related has anything to do with baking] Edited August 30, 20177 yr by jjake
August 31, 20177 yr For me this felt like business as usual! I feared it'd feel all wrong without Mary, Mel & Sue - but it was absolutely fine! I loved them, but their absence isn't to the detriment of the show. The new judge/presenters have managed to maintain a similar tone as before... and I was so sceptical about them, but I warmed to them all within minutes. Like others have said, it really shows that it's mainly all about the bakers! I didn't even mind the adverts! Some incredible bakes already in week 1! Steven *.* I'm liking Yan too! :kink: at this - https://twitter.com/nocontextgbbo/status/903218299009454080 :lol:
September 3, 20177 yr I thought this was great - that showstopper from the winner was unbelievable. But, why is Billi Bhatti from Big Brother one of the hosts?
September 5, 20177 yr Yan being gay somehow makes me love her more :lol: #letsgoladies Some tasty sounding biscuits too.
September 5, 20177 yr Wow, Steven's board game was just so much better than the others' that there really was no other valid outcome. Will he make it though? Often the early winners are culled in a mid series shock just for having one slightly off round.
September 5, 20177 yr Yeah he feels like he'll come like 6th as a shock but he's deffo the one to beat at the moment! :wub:
September 5, 20177 yr No, I think he'll win tbh. Candice always felt like a obvious winner from the start last series, I think it'll be the same here.
September 6, 20177 yr 2nd episode of GBBO up to 6 million (which I think excludes +1). Ratings are holding up well on Channel 4, even with competition from Doctor Foster.
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