# New hosts of Great British Bake Off announced **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hosts-of-great-british-bake-off-announced/782326 "2017-03-16T18:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hosts-of-great-british-bake-off-announced/782326/41 "2017-04-03T02:02:49Z")
Do I have to spoil comments on previous winners? I would not want to know who won the other seasons I haven’t seen, so I will. We just finished the UK series 5, season 1 as listed on Netflix USA. Nancy? What??? We thought Richard the Builder was a 100% lock. I know his final baking projects did not go to well, but he was a solid star throughout. Man, what a shock. We were really disappointed. We had been cheering for Martha(17 year old) and Chetna, but Richard was clearly the best of the bunch. Totally shocked. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hosts-of-great-british-bake-off-announced/782326/42 "2017-04-30T14:28:27Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Do I have to spoil comments on previous winners? I would not want to know who won the other seasons I haven’t seen, so I will. > > We just finished the UK series 5, season 1 as listed on Netflix USA. > > Nancy? What??? We thought Richard the Builder was a 100% lock. I know his final baking projects did not go to well, but he was a solid star throughout. Man, what a shock. We were really disappointed. We had been cheering for Martha(17 year old) and Chetna, but Richard was clearly the best of the bunch. Totally shocked. I felt much the same way. I was happy for Nancy, who was a very consistent baker. But Richard seemed like the star to me. Not the charismatic star, that was Martha, of course, but the baking star. I’d be happy to have any of them cook for my party, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hosts-of-great-british-bake-off-announced/782326/43 "2017-04-30T14:52:23Z")
As it happens, The AV Club has a [Q&A with Martha Collison](http://www.avclub.com/article/great-british-bake-s-martha-collison-polite-shows--254110), who competed in the fifth series. She says that they knew what they would be expected to prepare weeks in advance, but that they would only practice the current week’s challenge (since they didn’t know whether they’d be eliminated). And apparently Mel & Sue were protective of the contestants, to the point that they would sabotage a shot if the contestant was upset and would look bad on camera. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hosts-of-great-british-bake-off-announced/782326/44 "2017-04-30T14:54:23Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > So the juggernaut baking reality competition show, GBBO, will be moving from BBC to Channel 4. Judge Mary Berry and hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins decided not to go, leaving male judge (lol) Paul Hollywood the sole survivor of the move. > > Their replacements were named today. Mary’s replacement is some lady called Prue of whom I know nothing. Mel ‘n’ Sue will be replaced by… > > Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding. > > I have many feelings. I’m curious to see if the show survives. Apparently Mel and Sue have had a lot to do with creating the low-drama, cooperative atmosphere of the show, pushing back against the producers, who wanted more drama. And that adds SO much to it. (Mel and Sue are loved by the bakers. They also swoop in and swear like bandits to spoil footage that shows the contentents upset) > **[The REAL reason Mel and Sue have quit the Great British Bake Off](https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/real-reason-mel-giedroyc-sue-8852910)** > > The hit show is leaving the BBC for a new home on Channel 4 and the popular presenters have quit ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hosts-of-great-british-bake-off-announced/782326/45 "2017-05-07T16:17:57Z")
My wife, kids, and I are watching season 1, having watched everything on Netflix. It’s on youtube, by the way. Anyway, it’s massively boring compared to later seasons. When did the show start to focus on the contestants and the actual baking competition more? We like the human side of the show more, not the “history/science of food” part that we are getting in S1. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hosts-of-great-british-bake-off-announced/782326/46 "2017-08-29T22:35:38Z")
It aired tonight. Did anyone watch it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hosts-of-great-british-bake-off-announced/782326.md?page=2)