Brillig Fiona was in the very first round of that series iirc, and I really liked most of what she did right from the outset. She just had such utter confidence and unflappability. So much so that for the first (and so far last) time ever I correctly predicted that she'd be the series winner - although there was the inevitable humming and hawing from the judges that she maybe wasn't quite sufficiently raving bonkers 'out there' in her 'vision'.
As far as I remember, Fiona was in the second series, and she didn't win, she was a runner-up. Which I expected - at the end of the first series it was a female designer with a few kids against a male (gay) designer, and they chose her the winner (though later I read on the internet that she already had an established career and was a published author of upcycling project type of book(s), so wasn't strictly an amateur). So at the end of the second series it was again, a mother of four, against a youngish male (gay) designer, and I just had a feeling even if they were equal in design, they couldn't make the same choice again, would look biased, that that she'd have to be the runner-up.
Anyway, the first two series quality of contestants was by far the best, it's been downhill since! Don't even remember who won last year, it was all dismal. This year looks slightly better to me. Couldn't join the thread last year, with a baby was so behind on watching that never could join the discussion! Now with a two year old turned it on by accident mid-way through first episode, didn't even realise new series were on! Will watch anyway, really great to have an insider again as well!