Bake Off fans fuming as beloved contestant ‘robbed’ of place in the final

Great British Bake Off viewers were livid past nighttime arsenic favourite Gill Howard was sent home, with galore saying she was ‘robbed’ of a spot successful the final.

Christiaan de Vries,  Dylan Bachelet and Georgie Grasso were sent done by judges Prue Leith, 84, and Paul Hollywood, 58, which near a bitter sensation successful galore fans’ mouths.

Star baker was Christiaan, with the judges explaining their determination to oust Gill was due to the fact that she hadn’t pushed herself acold enough. 

Nevertheless, viewers were shocked astatine the decision, arsenic Dylan adjacent admitted his signature situation was 1 of the ‘worst’ bakes he’d ever done connected the show.

Georgie didn’t grip the unit precise good either, and was adjacent adjacent to quitting aft her Jaconde sponge flopped successful the method challenge.

Meanwhile, Gill soldiered on, with immoderate fans adjacent saying she was successful the moving for the prima baker rubric that week – earlier she got dumped from the tent.

‘I’m atrocious but I don’t deliberation Gill deserved to spell location successful the slightest, Georgie should person gone home,’ said @JoycelynSmith93.

Lots of radical agreed Gill was robbed, arsenic @Lialvvzs said, ‘Gill was robbed,’ portion @SamStanier3 and @SimRocket posted precisely the aforesaid reaction.

‘Fuming that Gill got sent home. Especially aft Georgie’s tantrum,’ added @trackerb100.

@evyfrances said: ‘Glad everyone other is conscionable arsenic confused arsenic to wherefore Gill near justness for Gill (also what a beauteous lady).’

‘Gill deserved better, GBBO is biassed,’ said @flop__05, arsenic @tamimaaah_ said: ‘As overmuch arsenic I’m blessed with the bake-off finalists, one consciousness atrocious for Gill.’

‘She did sooo good this week I thought she’d beryllium successful enactment for prima baker! So bittersweet for Gill didn’t merit to spell truthful gracious successful decision arsenic Well done beauteous you were robbed,’ wrote @Barbaraboyles2.

Others called for justice, arsenic @DavefromTw1tter wrote, ‘Justice for Gill,’ portion @ClaudiaRwalker said: ‘Justice for Gill! Georgie perfectly should’ve been connected her mode this week.’

Gill herself seemed to instrumentality the dumping with grace, arsenic she wrote successful her parting letter: ‘What a glorious acquisition that was! I enjoyed each infinitesimal with a clump of fabulous bakers. I learnt specified a batch from them. Never did I expect to marque eleven caller friends successful my 50s.

‘I was truthful acold retired of my comfortableness zone, method decidedly brought backmost my exam panic, seemingly you ne'er turn retired of that!

‘I person been fortunate to person fantastic household and friends. All my bakes person been dedicated to peculiar radical and fond memories, revisiting these was a joyousness I did not anticipate.

‘I person to notation my fantastic (and annoying!) hubby Steve. Without his enactment I would not person been arsenic successful, some successful the structure and beingness itself.

‘To my sister V, convey you for encouraging maine to use erstwhile I ne'er would.

‘Also immense acknowledgment to each the accumulation squad who couldn’t bash capable to assistance and support. Life successful the structure is arsenic beauteous arsenic it appears.

‘I person nary thought wherever this acquisition volition instrumentality maine next, but I americium looking guardant to uncovering out. Bye for present my giddy kippers. Take care, Gill.’

The Great British Bake Off last airs adjacent Tuesday connected Channel 4 astatine 8pm. 

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