Great British Bake off 2021

Its starting in an hour and there are zero posts in this years GBBO thread, they have completely destroyed this site, its criminal 😥

Is it the site alone or a combination of things?

I do intend on watching it but at the same time I am abit fatigued by the show. Not just GBBO but it was the same with pottery throw down and sewing bee, since lockdowns they don't seem to have the same buzz. Also half the fun was discussing them in work over a cuppa on a break. Obviously wfh has put a stop to this.

Well, Giuseppe fairly smashed that one!!

Aaaargh, I'm craving Maltana now!

Anyone any idea if it's still available these days???

Feck, the internet has just sat down on me, again ☹

Going to have to watch it back later, I'm missing too many bits.

I'd say the deranged ostrich met its match that day 🤣

Guiseppi looks promising

I'm gonna be heartbroken when Chigs goes!!

Maggie is already annoying me.

Though first week predictions I think Jurgen, Maggie and Freya for the final.

The guy from Trinidad had one of the saddest looking showstoppers ever. Surprised he didn't go

I thought the same.

Giuseppes mini rolls looked annoyingly perfect,Lizzie seems grand in small doses, Jurgen seems like a really nice fella. Overall it looks like a good bunch, right person went home I thought. Jairzenos showstopper was awful

I did think Tom should go. He completely got the Illusion Cake wrong. While Jairzeno's was a disaster, at least he was trying to bake what they asked for. All too often in the past, they would have let that slide. I was happy that he was penalised for completely missing the brief.

Well, the way the show is run/edited - they do the first two rounds, then discuss who's in the frame for star baker and going home, and then get going on the showstopper round (I think..... or is that after the showstopper round??? I'm doubting myself now!) - so yes, I think the showstopper holds maximum sway in the decision(s).