Even though I watch this one and several variants like the Great Canadian Baking Show and the Kiwi Bake Off, the GBBS is the worst of the lot. It used to be about the UK's best amateur bakers but over the years it ended up following a formulaic diversity checklist with actual talent taking a back seat to what profile you fit in. Thanks to that this year we ended up with a Vegan baker who whined about having to use non-vegan products in the technical challenge (apparently all of the other bakers were supposed to accommodate her) and one who learned to bake a year ago by watching Youtube videos. It's turned into a parody of itself.
Yeah, I noticed that too. There were several winners that won for that sake instead of talent.