The Great Pottery Throwdown 2026

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Starting in 15 minutes, anyone else watching?

Naveed should have won POTW.

I thought Naveed's was beautiful and original, but I wouldn't expect cavolo nero in a "posy" so did it meet the brief?

@Needlenardlenooi am old enough to remember the brief period in the 80s where it was a fashion for brides to have an ornamental cabbage as their bouquet! It was madness

Ornamental cabbage can be really pretty!

I think the judges must have had a long discussion over the Cabbage Conundrum as Siobhan referred to them taking ages?

I agree. If I was choosing one of my home I would choose his. The winning one was good but I found it boring. Naveed's was different and interesting

Naveed's was different and interesting - he is really imaginative in his approach - but personally I thought the cavollo nero was quite ugly. My favourite was Angharad's but she was unlucky with a leaf falling onto her cow painting.

They were all so.pretty apart from the veg one.

I did laugh at the fig leaf covering the cow's modesty though.

Yes, because they asked for something new or original.

Oh well then he should have got it!

She won the second challenge, so I think that's what swung it. I preferred his, despite wondering what the hell he was thinking when he started.

Yes she won the challenge and i think he lost it. Or came close to last. That may have been the decider.

He came last in the second challenge so that has to be what swung it.

I don’t like this type of pottery but I thought the potters makes where much better than the ones shown in the opening of the programme.

The potters are amazing. I like episodes like this, where everyone is really good and can take joy in their make, even if they made some mistakes and have to leave. Emily’s was lovely & she said she enjoyed the process. It was just everyone else was superb.

I loved the gorgeous flower arrangements but for me Naveed’s was the winner.

Does anyone think that Siobhan fancies Naveed? She seems to flirt with him quite a lot.

I actually loved Emily's. The flowers were beautiful.

I was surprised by their comments about Fynn's lacking realism - have they never seen tropical flowers before?! Maybe it's just me, but i thought they were really realistic and quite striking (in a good way).
I really loved Emily's foxgloves. Shame she had to go 😌

Evening all!

This one seems quite hard.

Sioban looks fabulous again

Angharad 😳🥹

Oh Angharad, that's so sad.

This is going to be a harsh one to judge.

I LOVE burnishing