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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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SolomanDaisy · 22/09/2016 15:10

Ruby Tandoh was also lovely and seemed very authentic to me. Candice doesn't feel authentic.

Chopstick17 · 22/09/2016 15:18

Ruby wasn't like Candice at all!! candice is very aware of herself. I don't think she is that great either but it's only a baking show so it really doesn't matter.

Madbengalmum · 22/09/2016 15:22

There was something coquettish about Ruby, but it was youthful and fun.
I just cant stand Candice and her facial expressions, just seems ott to me.

KimmySchmidtsSmile · 22/09/2016 15:29

My only problem with her is not owning the double entendres outright. She is being so blatant with them I would much rather she looked straight down the camera as she talks about squeezing sausages, rug munching and huge balls. I think Jane, Andrew and one of Candice, Benjamina or Sal in the final.
Andrew has amazing teeth, he could be in a Colgate commercial.

Blodplod · 22/09/2016 15:32

Sorry if I'm causing offence but I too can't stand the whole pouting/duck face from Candice.. I'm sure she's a cracking baker but I just can't concentrate on the baking due to the weird face pulling all the time. Drives me demented! Other than that I'm really enjoying this series..

NewPotatoes · 22/09/2016 15:36

It was Howard Who Works For The Council who was central to Custardgate.

Norman was a sweet Scottish guy who considered anything with more than minimal flavouring to be exotic.

Thanks, Kermitt. I remember Norman. He thought he was going way over the top if he added a shred of lemon zest to his shortbread. Grin

Honestly, on Candice, I don't know the woman from Adam. She may not be self-conscious on camera. Maybe she coaches rugby matches in fall make-up and lippy and it's just her everyday look - I was just offering an alternative reading of repeated facial expressions and heavy make-up that some people were interpreting as from the school of the vain FB selfie troutpout of self-adoration. I equally have no problem with her if she's naturally confident, dressy, flirtatious, given to Clara Bow lip-pouts and Kenneth Williams repartee - and gimlet-eyed with ambition to win GBBO.

I don't need someone to perform 'self-deprecating and dowdy' in order to be perceived as likeable. I also liked Ruby Tandoh's combination of shuffling teenage woe-is-me and steely ambition. I even warmed to Val after they clearly started editing out her aerobics bits. (And actually, kind of heart-warmingly, I was sitting on the bus today behind a bunch of stroppy, eye-rolling mid-teenage girls, one of whom played Val's departing speech about baking with love to the others on her phone, and they all got slightly choked up...)

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HeyNannyNanny · 22/09/2016 15:55

I even warmed to Val after they clearly started editing out her aerobics bits I'm tempted to reward and look out for that! The aerobics thing made me grit my teeth and I had noticed it's disappearance. I didn't realise it was edited out.

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NotYoda · 22/09/2016 15:58

I don't think she does it on purpose. It's just a face she makes

hazeyjane · 22/09/2016 16:00

Jeez Louize, I thought the whole point of Bake Off was to watch a bunch of people do some baking, decide whether we like them or not based purely on what we are presented, and make snap judgements based purely on one glance at the camera. That's what makes it brilliant telly.

Disclaimer: I am equal opportunities in my love/loathing of the contestants and presenters and I am in no way jealous of any of the contestants (apart from Andrew's magnificent teeth).

I just hope Candice does a proper 'ooer missus' before the end of the series.

NorbertDentressangle · 22/09/2016 16:07

There's something about the expressions she pulls that reminds me of Michelle Collins in her Cindy Beale/Eastenders days.

Anyone else see that?

hazeyjane · 22/09/2016 16:08

Oooooooohhhhhhhhhh yes!!!!!

Thankyou, that adds a whole other dimension to my Bake Off watching

YouTheCat · 22/09/2016 16:08

You could see Val doing her 'pee dance' behind another contestant this week.

I can't stand Candice. Her baking is great and she knows it. I can't stand all this fake 'oooh I don't know what I'm doing' shit. It's highly irritating and the gurning and posturing with Paul is vomit-inducing.

I know she can't help her face but she can help what she does with it. I want Jane to win - straight-forward, no nonsense and consistent.

reallywittyname · 22/09/2016 16:16

Actually I don't believe Candice is a PE teacher, I think she is really Queen Margaery from Game of Thrones.

And leave Tom alone. He is scrummy. I want to eat his scones.

reallywittyname · 22/09/2016 16:17

And I have just this very minute renamed GBBO as Game of Scones. So there.

MumblePuppy · 22/09/2016 16:19

YABU. It's a really heavily edited programme.

I think she is a wee bit contrived- but not for Bake Off. That's just her normal personality- she's a people pleaser/wants to fit it. I've met plenty of people like that.

There are much worse things to be than a bit too concerned about what other think of you/need a but of attention as validation. Let's face it, you need a bit of a streak of that to go on a reality show.

She'd be my favourite if Selassi wasn't so hawt. Strong silent helpful hand type. Wonder if his buns need testing?

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HeyNannyNanny · 22/09/2016 16:21

reallywittyname I'm pretty sure Tom keeps someone in his basement.
But he may let you off for that frankly epic renaming. You should pitch it for the BBC as a GBBO replacement Grin

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hazeyjane · 22/09/2016 16:23

Tom's eyes are, (according to my mother) extremely close together.

These are the important bits about bake off.

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HeyNannyNanny · 22/09/2016 16:23

MumblePuppy I openly admitted to my DP that I lurve Selassi. I got away with it by saying he reminds me of him (he does) but DP is still a little jealous

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HeyNannyNanny · 22/09/2016 16:25

Im sure Tom is lovely, his baking has been marvelous and I bet he doesn't actually have a red room of pain in his loft*... but I still hear Tubular Bells everytime the camera cuts to him.

*lighthearted lighthearted before I get flamed

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Cocolepew · 22/09/2016 16:25

Ohhh spot on Norbert Star
I knew she reminded me of someone.

Cocolepew · 22/09/2016 16:27

They should play the Psycho music every time Tom lifts a knife.

DavidWainwrightsFeet · 22/09/2016 16:28

I like Candice's lipstick and I honestly hadn't noticed the apparently unignorable pouting.

I do object to the contestants doing the double entendres deliberately though. I have a vision of Mel approaching her round the back of the tent with a marble rolling pin held "casually" in her hand saying "oi, sunshine, we do the cheeky pre-rehearsed smut round here, capiche?"

reallywittyname · 22/09/2016 16:32

Grin thank you heynannny

I really don't see that about Tom!

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HeyNannyNanny · 22/09/2016 16:33

DavidWainwrightsFeet I can guarantee that you'll notice it now. I apologise in advance

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PenguindreamsofDraco · 22/09/2016 16:34

How can anyone not be irritated by Candice's pouting, simpering with PH and constant lame Carry On-isms?

I like the Weasley brother. Forgetting to turn your oven on is just marvellous. And Raj, who just seems like a very sweet puppy who's just widdled on the mat and knows he's going to be told off.