Fine Being Here

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Another thing I love about GBBO: no villains. In 99% of other reality TV - even cooking shows - you have at least one contestant whose edit portrays them like “rawr I’m not here to make friends I’m here to win.” You know the type. They can be fun sometimes. But I’ve watched through like four or five seasons of GBBO so far, and literally all of the contestants have been absolutely sweet and kind and lovely.

The closest thing to a villain in the show is Paul, and even he’s not too bad at all. That brings up a second thing I like: none of the criticism seems mean. On other competition shows, the judges can seem downright mean (and the cameras/editing play it up like there’s no tomorrow). It’s so... NICE.