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Another crazy judging in the finale--that's it for me

posted 9 years ago by FlushingCaps
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I believe this makes two years in a row where the judges made no sense on their choice of the winner. Last night's show saw Nick having made a greasy appetizer and then get heavily criticized for having way too much salt on his main dish. He won on the dessert because his was excellent and Lawrence's ice cream, excellent though it was, was too simple.

Lawrence clearly won two of the three portions, and had no real flaws in anything. Nick had a major flaw--the salt, and only won one of three rounds.

There's no way in the world Nick deserved to be the winner.

They did essentially the same thing last year.

I have had it with this series. If memory serves me right, Anne contestant was declared the winner every time but once. Sometimes deserved but too often, like this year, NOT!

I will not be watching this series any more. It seems like the judging is about as bad as it used to be in Olympic figure skating.

[–] ikcaj 9 years ago

I too was surprised last year and this finale; however I've come to the conclusion it's all just editing in a failed attempt to generate shock value. They're trying too hard to surprise people with the winner but they go so far overboard as to utterly confuse the viewers. I'm guessing Nick received a lot of positive responses from the judges, but we only saw the negative and vice versa with Lawrence. I do like some tension in a reveal but the way it's being portrayed results in an ending that, from the viewer's perspective,
just flat out make no sense.

[–] GraceFromSoCal 9 years ago

I too was surprised last year and this finale; however I've come to the conclusion it's all just editing in a failed attempt to generate shock value. They're trying too hard to surprise people with the winner but they go so far overboard as to utterly confuse the viewers. I'm guessing Nick received a lot of positive responses from the judges, but we only saw the negative and vice versa with Lawrence. I do like some tension in a reveal but the way it's being portrayed results in an ending that, from the viewer's perspective,
just flat out make no sense.

^^ This. It's EXACTLY what I was thinking. 

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[–] poordogabone-1 9 years ago

Precisely. It's clumsy editing attempting to throw a red herring into the works. I'm sure much more was said that made it clear why the judges decided as they did, but production didn't want us to hear that.

I'd like to be a pessimist, but this is a luxury I cannot afford.—Joseph of Cordoba

[–] FlushingCaps 9 years ago

To the first two responses, what you say makes a lot of sense. It reminds me of a favorite old TV drama series from years ago, L.A. Law.

I don't remember exactly when it shifted, I think about the 4th season. In the beginning, we would hear arguments on both sides of their legal cases that would make us think both sides have quite valid arguments and, if we could pause the show and have 100 people tell us their verdict, before hearing the jury's for that case, you would likely have no more than 60 votes for either side. The jury's verdict would rarely seem wrong, even if it didn't match yours because the other side's case, whether criminal or civil, also seemed strong.

Along about the 4th season, we would hear the two arguments and over and over, a poll of 100 viewers would have at least 90% voting "guilty"--for example, and the verdict would be "not guilty." Whether they found for the McKenzie, Brackman client or not, it would seem like an outrageous verdict to anyone hearing the arguments presented on the show.

I concluded they were doing this on purpose to shock the viewers, to make us feel some sort of outrage...basically, to get us talking at the water cooler about that horrible verdict last night on the show.

I did the same thing then I plan to do with Worst Cooks--quit watching.

Of course, I reserve the right to change my mind by next January--or whenever they run the next "season" of episodes.

[–] GraceFromSoCal 9 years ago

To the first two responses, what you say makes a lot of sense. It reminds me of a favorite old TV drama series from years ago, L.A. Law.

I LOVED "LA Law"! (But I continued watching until the very end.)

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[–] kristen1165 9 years ago

It's hard to say when we can't taste the food. That's the only thing I don't like about shows like this. We can only judge the presentation.