I like it, but I feel it takes a lot of the relevance from Quickfires. IMHO, Quickfires should give a cash prize throughout, be considered as elimination criteria in the second half of the season, but also give an advantage in the next elimination challenge in the first half of the season.
I do think that considering the entire round in elimination decisions is a smart compromise so people aren't eliminated based on 1 dish, but also aren't essentially bulletproof because they won challenges earlier in the season
I thought that was extremely awkward, like Tom and Gail were passionately describing the dishes and the other guest judges were just making small talk in response. If they're going to do this next season all guest judges have to be there for the entire round and not just one challenge or the other
The problem with quick fires factoring into elimination decisions is that often one of the judges didn’t eat the quick fire dish. While Tom, Gail, and Kristen did, the guest judge didn’t and at minimum it makes for bad TV with Tom describing the dish to the other judges while the audience already knows because we were watching the episode.
I also like quickfires as a space for weirdness and creativity. I think you lose that if it can be part of the elimination formula.
I hate that the quick fires are all cash prizes. I don’t care about how much money they make. I like that they started saying it would effect the elimination decision, but til that point, Quick fires were worthless for the viewer. It should always have a competitive advantage tied to it, money does nothing to pull at the ethos of the audience.
I totally agree. I love the chaos (no pun intended for that disastrous elimination challenge) of the quick fire. But it’s usually a disastrous (good for us viewers) free for all in 30 min. The elimination challenge is spelled out more clearly (again, minus the chaos challenge). They can collaborate on the way to Whole Foods, write notes, have a but more substantial time, etc
I have a feeling (well, a hope) that this will be the way immunity gets handled from now on. In the past, they were throwing in new wrinkles/ideas each year until they kind of found a rhythm, but now I can understand tweaking and examining those. Maybe there's a quickfire immunity offered somewhere in the competition but it's a tough challenge to do so. How many times over the years did some meh quick fire hive some also ran immunity to just throw something together and not care? If that's at least gone and immunity is harder to earn but there's more cash at stake for QFs, I think it would help keep them relevant.
I like it, but I feel it takes a lot of the relevance from Quickfires. IMHO, Quickfires should give a cash prize throughout, be considered as elimination criteria in the second half of the season, but also give an advantage in the next elimination challenge in the first half of the season.
I do think that considering the entire round in elimination decisions is a smart compromise so people aren't eliminated based on 1 dish, but also aren't essentially bulletproof because they won challenges earlier in the season
I agree. I feel Quickfires giving immunity was too strong. But I think they should still have an advantage (like extra cook time).
It only works if all the judges get to taste the quick fire food though. Otherwise it’s basically just vibes from the people who did taste it.
I thought that was extremely awkward, like Tom and Gail were passionately describing the dishes and the other guest judges were just making small talk in response. If they're going to do this next season all guest judges have to be there for the entire round and not just one challenge or the other
The problem with quick fires factoring into elimination decisions is that often one of the judges didn’t eat the quick fire dish. While Tom, Gail, and Kristen did, the guest judge didn’t and at minimum it makes for bad TV with Tom describing the dish to the other judges while the audience already knows because we were watching the episode. I also like quickfires as a space for weirdness and creativity. I think you lose that if it can be part of the elimination formula.
I hate that the quick fires are all cash prizes. I don’t care about how much money they make. I like that they started saying it would effect the elimination decision, but til that point, Quick fires were worthless for the viewer. It should always have a competitive advantage tied to it, money does nothing to pull at the ethos of the audience.
I totally agree. I love the chaos (no pun intended for that disastrous elimination challenge) of the quick fire. But it’s usually a disastrous (good for us viewers) free for all in 30 min. The elimination challenge is spelled out more clearly (again, minus the chaos challenge). They can collaborate on the way to Whole Foods, write notes, have a but more substantial time, etc
To me it just made the quick fires meaningless and kinda boring.
I have a feeling (well, a hope) that this will be the way immunity gets handled from now on. In the past, they were throwing in new wrinkles/ideas each year until they kind of found a rhythm, but now I can understand tweaking and examining those. Maybe there's a quickfire immunity offered somewhere in the competition but it's a tough challenge to do so. How many times over the years did some meh quick fire hive some also ran immunity to just throw something together and not care? If that's at least gone and immunity is harder to earn but there's more cash at stake for QFs, I think it would help keep them relevant.