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to want Candice to leave GBBO next week simply because of all the gurning?

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HeyNannyNanny · 22/09/2016 12:13

I'd clearly make a crap judge.
She's obviously a fab baker, having won star baker twice but I really really hope next week is her last as all of the pouting is driving me potty.
DP thinks it's because she's trying to hide wrinkles around her mouth, which is insane if it's true.
All the ridiculous gurning is giving me The Rage.

Also, thanks to the Mnetter last week who mentioned Paul using "Mary" in every sentence.
Now that's all I hear.

I'm sure she's lovely btw Blush but I do wish shed keep her mouth still!

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LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 22/09/2016 13:13

And she may not even be aware of the pouting, it could be a nervous habit!

Mary is far more annoying with her insistence on talking with her mouth full. Just finish the fucking mouthful then bestow your words of wisdom.

MitzyLeFrouf · 22/09/2016 13:13

Swallow woman is the woman who said the only disagreement she ever had with her husband is whether Yorkshire puddings should be served with Christmas dinner (!).

Kate I think she was called?

2kids2dogsnosense · 22/09/2016 13:13

I like Candice- and I like her cornucopia of lipsticks.

I was so glad that Val went - she's one of the most irritating people I've seen on there and there is some competition! (Not least from Mr H.)

I like Jane very much, and Selassie - and am hoping Tomis the next out.

Was very sorry to lose Kate last week, though. She had a very unlucky bake.

Cocolepew · 22/09/2016 13:13

Im not jealous, my lipstick is far superior.
She simpers too much, everything seems forced and put on.

Benjamina is ace though.

keepingonrunning · 22/09/2016 13:13

The swallow woman is Kate and the redhead is Andrew.
There's not even enough respect on here to use their names.

Maudlinmaud · 22/09/2016 13:13

If she was a cake she would eat herself!

myfavouritecolourispurple · 22/09/2016 13:14

I think it's mean to bitch about someone I've never met, but the pouting is really annoying. Why oh why has nobody told her to stop after episode one was filmed? I found myself wondering if her FB feed would be full of duck-face poses yesterday evening.

MitzyLeFrouf · 22/09/2016 13:15

There's not even enough respect on here to use their names

Oh would you stop being so dramatic. I can only confidently remember their names when it's down to the last 6.

myfavouritecolourispurple · 22/09/2016 13:15

Andrew looks like race-walker Tom Bosworth. I hope he wins it, he seems like the most consistent baker even though he's not won star baker yet.

MaddyHatter · 22/09/2016 13:16

"There's not even enough respect on here to use their names."

nope, more like i can't remember it (i have a crap memory for names) and it's too much hassle to google them, so its easier to describe them!

myfavouritecolourispurple · 22/09/2016 13:16

And Tom looks a bit like the McCann brothers.

HandmaidsTail · 22/09/2016 13:16

Her mouth is part of her appearance! Hmm

This is from Ruby Tandoh, who was on it a few years back:

“So much of the criticism levelled at the bakers is gender-specific. My self-doubt has been simultaneously labelled pathetic, fake, attention-seeking and manipulative.

www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/great-british-bake-offs-ruby-tandoh-hits-back-at-misogynistic-abuse-8899211.html

Sound familiar?

ElspethFlashman · 22/09/2016 13:16

Toms serial killer eyes - yes!

Every time he got a bad criticism last night I could hear a sudden violin scratch!

MitzyLeFrouf · 22/09/2016 13:17

Tom goes home and skins a hamster every time he has a bad bake.

ElspethFlashman · 22/09/2016 13:18

Oh come on. Ruby dissolved into tears practically every week. If young Andrew was doing that every week we'd be bloody tired of him too.

MitzyLeFrouf · 22/09/2016 13:19

Ruby Tandoh was super annoying. So much emotion.

MitzyLeFrouf · 22/09/2016 13:19

What about NI bloke who had the ice-cream hissy fit? He came in for a proper roasting for his dramatics.

keepingonrunning · 22/09/2016 13:19

I prefer emotion to vitriol every time.

FunkinEll · 22/09/2016 13:19

Her lip pursing does annoy me. When she smiles she looks really good.

Her and Paul and their innuendo and bants (puke) makes me squirm though. Yuck.

MaddyHatter · 22/09/2016 13:20

Ruby WAS annoying, it had nothing to do with her sex. Not everyone has a likeable demeanour or personality.

MitzyLeFrouf · 22/09/2016 13:20

That's nice for you keeping. I on the other hand find it a bit boring.

ilovesooty · 22/09/2016 13:21

Thank goodness the public don't have a vote.

beginnersewer · 22/09/2016 13:21

Andrew's accent - I think it's Northern Irish but then went to Cambridge and now lives in England (in the North I think).
At the beginning they said he's in his local musical theatre group and I think he's definitely acting extra 'surprised/worried/interested' for the camera.

I wondered whether Candice had had some work done to her face eg to put dimples in (not sure if this is possible)- it doesn't look very natural to me? But this is pure speculation and others have said it might be the makeup. She seems nice enough though, I wouldn't describe her as smug. Although I think she did cry earlier in the series and I automatically put a black mark against anyone who cries.

Kate I think was genuinely a contented person and probably very lovely in real life but I agree she came over badly on the TV.

MaddyHatter · 22/09/2016 13:21

NI bloke was sabotaged.. the granny should have gone!

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HeyNannyNanny · 22/09/2016 13:21

ElspethFlashman and MitzyLeFrouf I'm sorry... I know it's mean but I cried at that... if I haven't already bought my ticket to hell because of commenting on the pouting, I definitely have now

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