1 00:00:01,300 --> 00:00:05,367 One by one, teams have been scared off. 2 00:00:05,367 --> 00:00:08,900 And now, this Halloween Wars is down to the Final Four. 3 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:10,700 -[crunches] -[screams] 4 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:11,700 [Jonathan] Last time, 5 00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:14,567 Delectable Demons came up with enough tricks 6 00:00:14,567 --> 00:00:16,567 - to be treated to victory. -[snarling] 7 00:00:16,567 --> 00:00:19,266 [Jonathan] While Death By Deco was sent home. 8 00:00:19,266 --> 00:00:21,467 The remaining all-star champions 9 00:00:21,467 --> 00:00:24,800 lead their teams into battle once more, 10 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,900 in the hopes of creeping ever closer to the title... 11 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:30,467 [woman] Just got to give her an upper lip that doesn't look like Botox. 12 00:00:30,467 --> 00:00:32,867 [Jonathan] ...and $25,000. 13 00:00:32,867 --> 00:00:35,867 [man] This team might have bitten off more than they can chew. 14 00:00:35,867 --> 00:00:39,467 [Jonathan] The most heart-pounding season of Halloween Wars All-Stars 15 00:00:39,467 --> 00:00:40,900 starts right now. 16 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,200 Captains, you have handled the pressure, 17 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,300 and pushed your teams to the edge. 18 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:50,000 You deserve some Halloween Wars love 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,500 for surviving this far. 20 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:52,800 -Yes. -We do. 21 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,100 You know who else deserves love? 22 00:00:55,100 --> 00:00:56,367 Vampires. 23 00:00:56,367 --> 00:00:57,367 [chuckling] 24 00:00:57,367 --> 00:01:00,700 But when the undead put themselves out there, 25 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:03,467 it can have disastrous results. 26 00:01:03,467 --> 00:01:08,400 For this battle, we want you to envision a nightmare scenario, 27 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,400 when a vampire date goes wrong. 28 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,500 And we're upping the stakes, literally... 29 00:01:15,467 --> 00:01:16,867 -'Cause, vampires? -[woman chuckles] 30 00:01:16,867 --> 00:01:18,967 ...in this Final Four mash-up. 31 00:01:18,967 --> 00:01:22,400 Each team must include at least three characters 32 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,000 in your display. 33 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,667 You heard me right. Three! 34 00:01:26,667 --> 00:01:28,700 [Kyle] We have to make three characters. 35 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:32,767 Seven hours is not enough time to complete this challenge. 36 00:01:32,767 --> 00:01:34,900 Jeez, Jonathan. 37 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:36,300 -I know. -Gosh. 38 00:01:36,300 --> 00:01:39,166 [Jonathan] To ignite the passions of your vampire, 39 00:01:39,166 --> 00:01:41,567 create an oozing component 40 00:01:41,567 --> 00:01:44,467 -at the heart of your tasting element... -Wow. 41 00:01:44,467 --> 00:01:45,266 -[woman] Ooh. -Okay. 42 00:01:45,266 --> 00:01:47,900 ...flavored with romantic ingredients 43 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:50,667 -your judges will fall in love with. -[chuckling] 44 00:01:50,667 --> 00:01:53,634 -Aw. -[Jonathan] Scream Of The Crop, 45 00:01:54,266 --> 00:01:55,200 you get chocolate. 46 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:56,667 -Yes! -Sweet. 47 00:01:56,667 --> 00:01:57,700 Shriek Squad. 48 00:01:58,367 --> 00:01:59,900 -Pomegranate. -Oh! 49 00:01:59,900 --> 00:02:01,467 -All right. Pomegranate. -Yeah. Yeah. 50 00:02:01,467 --> 00:02:02,700 Delectable Demons. 51 00:02:03,367 --> 00:02:04,567 Lemon. [kisses] 52 00:02:04,567 --> 00:02:06,266 -[gasps] -Yes! 53 00:02:06,266 --> 00:02:07,700 And Two Ghouls And A Butcher? 54 00:02:08,467 --> 00:02:10,367 -Basil. -[chuckles] 55 00:02:10,367 --> 00:02:13,900 Cake artists, it's your turn in the specialty spotlight. 56 00:02:14,166 --> 00:02:15,900 [sighs] Okay. 57 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:19,266 One character must be made out of cake. 58 00:02:19,266 --> 00:02:21,200 So, while we're at it, 59 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,900 we're gonna insist that the tasting is a layered cake with that oozing element. 60 00:02:26,667 --> 00:02:28,800 The judges are just itching 61 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,100 to carve into one of these creatures. 62 00:02:32,100 --> 00:02:35,867 And, of course, the baking assistants are here to give you a helping hand. 63 00:02:35,867 --> 00:02:38,800 -You have just seven hours. -[woman chuckles] 64 00:02:39,166 --> 00:02:40,667 -Go. -[woman laughing] 65 00:02:40,667 --> 00:02:42,767 -[Kyle] All right. So, what do we think, ladies? -All right. 66 00:02:42,767 --> 00:02:44,467 What are we gonna do, guys? 67 00:02:44,467 --> 00:02:46,266 I definitely wanna go on a date. 68 00:02:46,266 --> 00:02:47,500 I don't know about you. 69 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:49,967 We're talking about vampires. So... 70 00:02:49,967 --> 00:02:53,467 The old Gothic vampire, but they're using a modern-day method 71 00:02:53,467 --> 00:02:55,000 -to get to know each other. -Oh, like a dating app? 72 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,066 -[Briea] Oh, like a dating app. -Yeah, yeah. 73 00:02:56,066 --> 00:02:58,200 Clarissa is seeking revenge. 74 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,400 Her husband got turned into a bat on her wedding day, 75 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:03,700 by a vampire. 76 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:07,867 So, of course, she creates an app to lure back the vampire. 77 00:03:07,867 --> 00:03:09,300 [Shannon] I'll do the cake part 78 00:03:09,300 --> 00:03:12,500 -with the filling inside her, like, abdomen area. -[Eric] What, here? 79 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:13,734 -[Briea] Okay. -Yep. 80 00:03:14,100 --> 00:03:15,166 -Hear me out. -Okay. 81 00:03:15,166 --> 00:03:18,100 -Season 11, I did a-- -[Emerlie] Oh, your season! 82 00:03:18,100 --> 00:03:19,800 ...a Goat Yoga vampire. 83 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,300 Season 11, the judges loved that character, 84 00:03:23,300 --> 00:03:25,867 so I thought it would be a cute surprise 85 00:03:25,867 --> 00:03:27,300 for Shinmin and Aarti 86 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:29,166 to bring him back for one more go. 87 00:03:29,166 --> 00:03:32,500 -He was picking up a chick at Goat Yoga. -[Emerlie] Oh, interesting. 88 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:35,567 -And he got the digits, now he's on his first date. -[Emerlie] He's on his date! 89 00:03:35,567 --> 00:03:40,367 Our Goat Yoga Dracula got the girl that he was winking at. 90 00:03:40,367 --> 00:03:43,767 And so their first date, she orders a garlic dish 91 00:03:43,767 --> 00:03:46,834 and her garlic breath literally kills him. 92 00:03:48,100 --> 00:03:49,867 The very first date with my husband-- 93 00:03:49,867 --> 00:03:52,700 -Oh! -...was to a miniature golf course. 94 00:03:52,700 --> 00:03:53,500 -Nice. -I like that idea. 95 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:54,767 Yeah, I mean, like, our vampire-- 96 00:03:54,767 --> 00:03:56,100 It is the cake spotlight today, 97 00:03:56,100 --> 00:03:57,433 -so let's-- -[groans] 98 00:03:57,433 --> 00:03:58,600 -...base it around you and your love. -How you feeling about that? 99 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,300 -[in singsong voice] No pressure. -No pressure. 100 00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:02,600 So, it's Gary, the Ghoul's first date 101 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,767 with Dracula's niece, Bianca. 102 00:04:04,767 --> 00:04:07,300 In an attempt to impress her, 103 00:04:07,300 --> 00:04:10,667 he dives into the putt-putt pond of piranhas 104 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:12,900 to retrieve her ball. 105 00:04:12,900 --> 00:04:14,967 Who does a vampire even take on a date? 106 00:04:14,967 --> 00:04:16,767 -Death. -Death. 107 00:04:16,767 --> 00:04:18,767 -A date with Death. -That's awesome. 108 00:04:18,767 --> 00:04:22,266 Vampire Nosferatu is on a date with Lady Death 109 00:04:22,266 --> 00:04:23,400 in a graveyard. 110 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,367 He brings along his cat, Nibbles, 111 00:04:25,367 --> 00:04:27,467 who doesn't like being a feeding cat. 112 00:04:27,467 --> 00:04:31,166 So, Nibbles eats some deadly nightshade. 113 00:04:31,166 --> 00:04:33,967 Nosferatu falls asleep on his date, 114 00:04:33,967 --> 00:04:36,767 and wakes up to be burned alive by the sun. 115 00:04:36,767 --> 00:04:38,767 We'll take the tasting element out of... 116 00:04:38,767 --> 00:04:40,967 -Reaching up out of his ribs? -Yeah, I'll do it straight out of his ribs. Yep. 117 00:04:40,967 --> 00:04:42,467 -Yeah. -Let's do this! 118 00:04:42,467 --> 00:04:43,567 [all] Shriek Squad! 119 00:04:43,567 --> 00:04:45,100 -[Eric] Guys, come on. Let's do this. -We got this. 120 00:04:45,100 --> 00:04:48,667 -[grunting] Oh, yeah, I can. Okay. -[gasps, chuckles] 121 00:04:48,667 --> 00:04:51,333 -[Shannon] Go, go, go! -I get to bake today. 122 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,000 Shannon, what's your plan first? 123 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,867 My plan is to get the cake baked, 124 00:04:55,867 --> 00:04:58,266 mix baked in the oven, first thing, 125 00:04:58,266 --> 00:05:00,567 -so that I can get it chilling as fast as possible. -[Eric] Excellent. 126 00:05:00,567 --> 00:05:03,867 So, the tasting element this week is focused on cake. 127 00:05:03,867 --> 00:05:07,567 Not a lot of cake artists can bake and decorate. 128 00:05:07,567 --> 00:05:08,934 She's able to do both, 129 00:05:08,934 --> 00:05:12,200 and she said she has a vanilla bean and a lemon curd cake recipe 130 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,266 that'll blow the judges' socks off. 131 00:05:14,266 --> 00:05:15,867 How does it feel to be a chef this time? 132 00:05:15,867 --> 00:05:18,000 -[chuckling] Yeah. -And not just decorating? 133 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,900 It makes me a little nervous. [laughs] 134 00:05:19,900 --> 00:05:21,166 I am definitely feeling the pressure. 135 00:05:21,166 --> 00:05:22,867 It's a lot of work, a lot on my plate, 136 00:05:22,867 --> 00:05:24,100 to have to do the tasting element 137 00:05:24,100 --> 00:05:26,500 as well as a full sculpted figure. 138 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:28,667 All right, I'm getting these cakes in the oven, guys. 139 00:05:28,667 --> 00:05:30,700 [Briea] Good job, Shannon. Thank you so much. 140 00:05:30,700 --> 00:05:32,266 There's his face right there. 141 00:05:32,266 --> 00:05:34,100 -So, I'll sculpt him... -[scale rattles] 142 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:35,467 Strap him on like that. 143 00:05:35,467 --> 00:05:37,300 [Briea] Eric is making the vampire. 144 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:40,467 [Eric] The cake is the spotlight now. And that's all Shannon. 145 00:05:40,467 --> 00:05:42,600 He's gonna be, kind of, the secondary figure, 146 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,100 but he's got to have an expression that's responding to her. 147 00:05:45,767 --> 00:05:46,900 Check it out. 148 00:05:47,567 --> 00:05:49,533 We are building a gondola. 149 00:05:50,266 --> 00:05:51,867 Hopefully, it won't take that long, 150 00:05:51,867 --> 00:05:53,266 'cause I got other stuff to do. 151 00:05:53,266 --> 00:05:56,066 [Shellane] So, I'm getting flour sifted. 152 00:05:56,066 --> 00:05:57,867 I have to get started on my cake. 153 00:05:57,867 --> 00:06:00,200 For our two main characters, I am making 154 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:04,000 a lemon-basil olive oil cake with strawberry curd. 155 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,900 I am a cake decorator. 156 00:06:05,900 --> 00:06:09,567 But I've been spoiled that I do not have to bake at our bakery. 157 00:06:09,567 --> 00:06:12,867 I'm a bakery owner with my mom and my sister. 158 00:06:12,867 --> 00:06:17,166 Since it's a family business, we all have our very important roles, 159 00:06:17,166 --> 00:06:19,000 and I am the cake decorator. 160 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,133 I haven't made a cake in years. 161 00:06:21,467 --> 00:06:22,333 Whew! 162 00:06:22,333 --> 00:06:25,400 I'm sketching out our frog character. 163 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,367 [Shellane] Alan is making our third character, 164 00:06:28,367 --> 00:06:31,567 which is our frog, who's guiding our boat. 165 00:06:31,567 --> 00:06:34,400 And he makes this out of butternut squash 166 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,467 and carrot for arms and legs. 167 00:06:36,467 --> 00:06:39,166 This carrot is gonna look eventually like a leg, 168 00:06:39,166 --> 00:06:40,867 because I'm gonna cut it in half like this, 169 00:06:40,867 --> 00:06:43,900 and it's gonna have another appenditure here. 170 00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:45,266 And it's gonna have feet. 171 00:06:45,266 --> 00:06:47,266 -He's sexy. -[Emerlie chuckles] 172 00:06:47,266 --> 00:06:48,567 [Shellane] Good job, Alan. 173 00:06:48,567 --> 00:06:51,700 I'm starting on an orange buttermilk cake. 174 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:53,767 So, this week, the spotlight is cake. 175 00:06:53,767 --> 00:06:56,500 And cake is definitely my specialty. 176 00:06:56,500 --> 00:06:59,367 Since I'm also a pastry chef, I love doing the baking, 177 00:06:59,367 --> 00:07:01,266 so I'm ready to get into it. 178 00:07:01,266 --> 00:07:04,000 In my tasting element, I'm making a vanilla buttermilk cake, 179 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,600 scented with orange zest, 180 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,600 and I'm also creating caramelized pistachios 181 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,667 and put them into a white chocolate ganache. 182 00:07:10,667 --> 00:07:13,767 And I'm also going to be creating a pomegranate curd 183 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:16,200 to go as the oozing layer in the middle. 184 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,667 Right now, I'm carving the main piranha. 185 00:07:18,667 --> 00:07:21,266 We're gonna have some bat-winged piranhas that are gonna be 186 00:07:21,266 --> 00:07:23,800 attacking both of the characters. 187 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,367 We've made it to the Final Four. We are very excited. 188 00:07:26,367 --> 00:07:28,467 We were in the bottom twice. 189 00:07:28,467 --> 00:07:32,000 But we work too hard, we care too much. 190 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,300 We're done being in the bottom. 191 00:07:33,300 --> 00:07:38,000 And we're really gonna embrace this challenge as the upswing 192 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,166 after being in the bottom. 193 00:07:39,166 --> 00:07:40,900 [Jonathan] I get to build stuff today. I'm so excited. 194 00:07:40,900 --> 00:07:45,800 [Kristina] Jonathan will be building this incredible windmill putt-putt course 195 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,767 for our backdrop. 196 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:50,767 -[drilling] -[Jonathan] I'm working on the windmill. 197 00:07:50,767 --> 00:07:55,400 And I'm adding some dimension to get my roof to pop out a little bit, 198 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:56,800 rather than just being a flat roof. 199 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,900 I feel like an architect. Jamie, look at my roof! 200 00:07:59,900 --> 00:08:02,166 -[Jamie] Oh! Look at your roof! -[Kristina] Aw! It's so... 201 00:08:02,166 --> 00:08:04,567 -So cute! Yeah, yeah! -[Jonathan] It's coming out so pretty! 202 00:08:04,567 --> 00:08:05,700 -Jamie. -There it is. What? 203 00:08:05,700 --> 00:08:08,100 [Jamie chuckling] 204 00:08:08,100 --> 00:08:09,367 [Kyle] Hey, Sarah, what are you doing? 205 00:08:09,367 --> 00:08:12,200 All right, so I'm starting to scale some stuff for you here. 206 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,266 -Oh, I appreciate that. -[Sarah Arnold] To make your life a little bit easier. 207 00:08:14,266 --> 00:08:17,100 [Kyle] I'm a little worried going into this challenge 208 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:20,467 because I am a cake sculptor, 209 00:08:20,467 --> 00:08:22,467 and this time I have to bake. 210 00:08:22,467 --> 00:08:26,000 But I'm a stay-at-home dad, so, I bake for my kids. 211 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:30,100 So, I'm going to make a chocolate cake with a mocha ganache 212 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:32,600 and a chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream. 213 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,000 In a competition like this, you have to... 214 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:40,066 You have to add simple things that, uh, are hidden flavors, but complementary. 215 00:08:40,066 --> 00:08:42,066 Things that'll bring it out, like, uh, mocha. 216 00:08:42,066 --> 00:08:44,567 Can't say I ever thought I'd be building a coffin 217 00:08:44,567 --> 00:08:46,400 out of rice cereal treats, but, hey. 218 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,734 I am a pumpkin person. 219 00:08:49,367 --> 00:08:50,867 But I am helping Kyle out today 220 00:08:50,867 --> 00:08:52,767 'cause he has a lot of stuff to do. 221 00:08:52,767 --> 00:08:54,567 [Kyle] Blood Stain is working on the coffin, 222 00:08:54,567 --> 00:08:57,667 and she's making the entire thing out of rice cereal treats. 223 00:08:57,667 --> 00:09:01,400 And I'm really happy that she's taking up this other load for me 224 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,467 because I don't know if I'm gonna get to it. 225 00:09:03,467 --> 00:09:05,900 -Teams, you have six hours left. Six hours. -[woman] Okay, okay. 226 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,166 Ooh, they are perfect! 227 00:09:09,166 --> 00:09:10,867 Jamie's cakes are already baked. 228 00:09:10,867 --> 00:09:12,066 -[Sarah Arnold] Already? -[Kyle] Yeah. 229 00:09:12,066 --> 00:09:13,300 How is that possible? [scoffs] 230 00:09:13,300 --> 00:09:14,767 I am scared. 231 00:09:14,767 --> 00:09:16,967 I don't know how much time this is gonna take away 232 00:09:16,967 --> 00:09:18,867 from me working on the piece. 233 00:09:18,867 --> 00:09:20,634 I hate you, Jonathan. 234 00:09:22,700 --> 00:09:23,767 Jamie's cakes are already baked. 235 00:09:23,767 --> 00:09:25,266 -[Sarah Arnold] Already? -[Kyle] Yeah. 236 00:09:25,266 --> 00:09:27,000 I am a little out of my element 237 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,367 when it comes to baking on this scale, 238 00:09:29,367 --> 00:09:32,400 because I am a cake sculptor. 239 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,867 I'm mixing my, uh, my espresso with buttermilk 240 00:09:35,867 --> 00:09:38,467 to make sure that my cake gets thick and fluffy 241 00:09:38,467 --> 00:09:40,266 with that espresso flavor. 242 00:09:40,266 --> 00:09:44,367 I'm not used to adding on different flavors, like adding mocha. 243 00:09:44,367 --> 00:09:47,066 It's something that I just don't do on a regular basis. 244 00:09:47,066 --> 00:09:48,900 But I have to get my cakes in the oven 245 00:09:48,900 --> 00:09:51,367 and I have to do all this other stuff. 246 00:09:51,367 --> 00:09:53,333 Okay. Cake's going in. 247 00:09:53,767 --> 00:09:55,767 All right. Ready to go. 248 00:09:55,767 --> 00:09:58,467 So, what are you guys looking for this week, when it comes to judging? 249 00:09:58,467 --> 00:10:00,400 [Shinmin] I wanna see two characters interacting, 250 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:04,467 looking like they're in some sort of romantic lovey-dovey situation. 251 00:10:04,467 --> 00:10:07,000 It's an extra challenge for the cake artist, 252 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,266 because not only are they focusing on creating the character, 253 00:10:10,266 --> 00:10:12,100 but also the tasting element. 254 00:10:12,100 --> 00:10:14,100 So now, I'm gonna start working on the lemon curd filling. 255 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:16,900 I'm definitely known locally, where I do my business, 256 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:19,266 for the taste and flavor of my cakes and the moistness. 257 00:10:19,266 --> 00:10:22,266 So, I'm very excited for the judges to get to see what I can do there. 258 00:10:22,266 --> 00:10:24,266 I'm multi-faceted, I build and I do the art. 259 00:10:24,266 --> 00:10:26,367 But I also bake a really awesome cake. 260 00:10:26,367 --> 00:10:28,900 So, this is ready to be covered in plastic wrap 261 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:30,367 and put in the fridge to chill. 262 00:10:30,367 --> 00:10:32,400 -[Sarah] Hey, Eric. -Yeah. 263 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,500 What's that? Kind of looks like an armature. 264 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,200 [chuckles] 265 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,100 [Alan] Let's just keep bothering Eric. Hey. Eric. 266 00:10:38,100 --> 00:10:39,600 -[Jonathan] Hey, Eric. -[Alan] Eric. 267 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,166 -Eric. -[Sarah] Eric! 268 00:10:41,166 --> 00:10:42,266 -Slow down. -[Jonathan] Eric! 269 00:10:42,266 --> 00:10:43,333 -Eric! -Eric! 270 00:10:44,166 --> 00:10:45,333 Trying to trip me up. 271 00:10:45,900 --> 00:10:47,333 This method's a little different. 272 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:50,467 You're actually drilling holes and stacking pumpkin and then carving it, 273 00:10:50,467 --> 00:10:51,934 once it's on the armature. 274 00:10:51,934 --> 00:10:54,567 It's a different technique. I like to use the shape of the pumpkin, 275 00:10:54,567 --> 00:10:57,667 but with this narrative, it doesn't really work, the big pumpkin. 276 00:10:57,667 --> 00:11:00,567 We gotta make him kind of a spindly vampire look. 277 00:11:00,567 --> 00:11:03,700 I'm not quite as confident with my speed with this process, 278 00:11:03,700 --> 00:11:05,667 but I'll still be faster than everyone else. 279 00:11:05,667 --> 00:11:07,000 -That's all that matters. -[chuckles] I knew it. 280 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,266 I was thinking, "God, he's so humble. What a humble thing to say." 281 00:11:10,266 --> 00:11:12,767 -[chuckles] -[Briea] And then, boom! Comes right in with it. 282 00:11:12,767 --> 00:11:15,300 All right, pouring colors. to the stained glass window. 283 00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:17,000 I'm gonna take care of the backdrop. 284 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,400 I'm casting real sugar into the windows, 285 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,300 so it looks like stained glass. 286 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:24,800 All right, we have a couple of different temperatures going on. 287 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,967 Different temperatures will give us different overlaps of color. 288 00:11:27,967 --> 00:11:29,767 Different viscosities and temperatures 289 00:11:29,767 --> 00:11:32,667 will allow different manipulations to move, 290 00:11:32,667 --> 00:11:35,867 so, it looks like actually flowing stained glass. 291 00:11:35,867 --> 00:11:37,066 [drilling] 292 00:11:37,066 --> 00:11:38,300 -All right. Good. Good. -[Eric] Good. 293 00:11:38,300 --> 00:11:39,400 All right. Thank you, Eric. 294 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:40,867 -Whoo! -Looks beautiful! 295 00:11:40,867 --> 00:11:43,400 [in singsong voice] Let's make a curd. 296 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,567 Now, Jamie's working on her oozing pomegranate curd, 297 00:11:46,567 --> 00:11:49,166 and it's really important that this is done in such a way 298 00:11:49,166 --> 00:11:50,567 that it oozes from the cake 299 00:11:50,567 --> 00:11:53,400 because that is an essential element of this challenge. 300 00:11:53,767 --> 00:11:55,066 Right now it's glooping. 301 00:11:55,066 --> 00:11:56,767 So, you know, technical terms. 302 00:11:56,767 --> 00:11:58,100 I need ooze, not gloop. 303 00:11:58,100 --> 00:12:01,100 Since the base of this curd is made with just pomegranate juice, 304 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:04,100 I can thin this out by just adding more pomegranate juice, 305 00:12:04,100 --> 00:12:06,400 even though it's already been cooked. No problem. 306 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,367 [Kristina] This is gonna be the body of our ghoul. 307 00:12:09,367 --> 00:12:10,900 I'm going to be making 308 00:12:10,900 --> 00:12:13,000 Bianca's date, Gary the Ghoul. 309 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,600 When you look at our piece, we want you to be able to see 310 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,867 the instant attraction between these two characters, 311 00:12:19,867 --> 00:12:21,767 much like Jamie and her husband, 312 00:12:21,767 --> 00:12:23,667 which this theme is based after. 313 00:12:23,667 --> 00:12:26,800 So, right now, I am the only all-star pumpkin carver, 314 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,066 which means everything I do is gonna be held to a higher standard. 315 00:12:30,066 --> 00:12:32,166 And it's gonna be really important 316 00:12:32,166 --> 00:12:36,100 for me to nail literally everything from here on out. 317 00:12:36,100 --> 00:12:38,767 -What do you think? -That's awesome. 318 00:12:38,767 --> 00:12:40,500 Five hours left on the clock. 319 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,767 So, I'm gonna be making Death's head. 320 00:12:44,767 --> 00:12:47,100 The reason that I chose daikon is because 321 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:50,567 pumpkin doesn't have the same translucency and it doesn't come in white. 322 00:12:50,567 --> 00:12:53,100 This is the most pure white that you can get. 323 00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:55,467 -[woman] Yeah. -[Kristina] That's so cool what you can do... 324 00:12:55,467 --> 00:12:58,166 -[chuckles] -[Kristina] ...with a big chunk of radish. 325 00:12:58,166 --> 00:13:00,066 -[chuckles] -Yep. [mimics crunching] 326 00:13:00,066 --> 00:13:01,066 So, what I'm doing now is 327 00:13:01,066 --> 00:13:04,166 I'm just blocking out a face for my vampire. 328 00:13:04,166 --> 00:13:06,166 I make his face out of black modeling chocolate 329 00:13:06,166 --> 00:13:10,467 because I wanted it to go along the lines of a dead figure. 330 00:13:10,467 --> 00:13:12,300 Your vampire guy looks great. 331 00:13:12,300 --> 00:13:14,567 So, I actually taught myself 332 00:13:14,567 --> 00:13:17,266 how to carve cakes, how to decorate. 333 00:13:17,266 --> 00:13:19,000 I used to be a corrections officer, 334 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,867 and my mom owned a bakery, 335 00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:25,100 and she asked me to give up my career to help her with her bakery. 336 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:26,400 She knew I was an artist, 337 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:31,166 and she wanted to see if I could use my art to shape cakes. 338 00:13:31,166 --> 00:13:33,800 Turned out I was pretty decent at it. 339 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,000 -[in accent] I want to suck your blood! -[Jonathan] Ahhh! 340 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,400 [all chuckling] 341 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,467 [Shellane] I am doing our curd, 342 00:13:40,467 --> 00:13:41,967 which is the oozing element. 343 00:13:41,967 --> 00:13:44,667 It's a strawberry-basil flavor. 344 00:13:44,667 --> 00:13:46,600 [Emerlie] I'm not super familiar with the taste of basil. 345 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,000 So, I think I taste it, but you should probably taste it yourself. 346 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,467 It needs more basil. But let me do the basil buttercream, 347 00:13:55,467 --> 00:13:58,200 -'cause that might bring out more flavor. -[Emerlie] Yes. 348 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,100 [Shellane] So, right now, I am making 349 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:02,500 a paste with powdered sugar 350 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:05,567 and fresh basil to add to our buttercream. 351 00:14:05,567 --> 00:14:07,300 I'm not tasting basil, y'all. 352 00:14:07,300 --> 00:14:10,467 I'm about to put this whole freaking plant in here. 353 00:14:10,467 --> 00:14:13,867 I taste it, and it's just not as strong as I'm hoping for. 354 00:14:13,867 --> 00:14:17,900 I need basil to come through because that is our element, 355 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:20,000 and if it doesn't taste like basil, 356 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,400 we might go home. 357 00:14:23,667 --> 00:14:24,767 I'm not tasting basil, y'all. 358 00:14:24,767 --> 00:14:28,300 I'm about to put this whole freaking plant in here. 359 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:31,000 I am making it my point 360 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,800 to get as much basil flavor in here as possible. 361 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,166 And it's a spotlight, so it's an even bigger deal 362 00:14:37,166 --> 00:14:40,000 that we get this basil flavor to come through. 363 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,600 If this cake doesn't taste like basil, 364 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,166 this might cost us the entire competition. 365 00:14:45,166 --> 00:14:48,500 It looks like a matcha powder, almost. 366 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:50,367 Hopefully this will do it. 367 00:14:50,367 --> 00:14:53,266 That's an insane amount of basil. Let's see what happens. 368 00:14:53,266 --> 00:14:56,967 I double the amount of basil that I originally added in the buttercream, 369 00:14:56,967 --> 00:14:59,000 make it into another basil paste, 370 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,900 and add that back into my Swiss meringue buttercream. 371 00:15:03,567 --> 00:15:04,700 That's it. [sighs] 372 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:06,734 We got basil, y'all. 373 00:15:06,734 --> 00:15:09,367 -[Emerlie] Does it taste like basil? -It tastes like basil. 374 00:15:09,367 --> 00:15:10,867 Only four hours left. 375 00:15:10,867 --> 00:15:13,800 [woman] Four hours? Oh, my God. 376 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,900 So, I've got Lady Death's face done. 377 00:15:16,900 --> 00:15:18,166 I'm working on her leg. 378 00:15:18,166 --> 00:15:20,700 I have to try to remember what a skeleton foot looks like. 379 00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:25,467 I also went with daikon because I want Death to really stand out. 380 00:15:25,467 --> 00:15:29,166 And If I can do that without having to paint it white? 381 00:15:29,166 --> 00:15:33,000 If I can just do the, um, the shadows with, like, a blue, 382 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,266 I think it'll be really spooky and quite beautiful. 383 00:15:36,266 --> 00:15:37,800 [Sarah Arnold] You're doing great, Blood Stain. 384 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:41,200 [Sarah] Guys, I'm so happy with this color. It's, like, exactly what I wanted. 385 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,700 Um, working on the body over there for our vampire. 386 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:46,567 Even though Kyle is the cake artist, 387 00:15:46,567 --> 00:15:49,300 - he works primarily in rice cereal. -[Aarti] Yes. 388 00:15:49,300 --> 00:15:51,166 [Shinmin] Because he's more of a sculptor, 389 00:15:51,166 --> 00:15:52,066 - as you mentioned. -[Aarti] Mmm-hmm. 390 00:15:52,066 --> 00:15:53,500 [Shinmin] And most of his characters, 391 00:15:53,500 --> 00:15:56,166 -as you recall, they're all very lean-- - [Aarti] Mmm-hmm. 392 00:15:56,166 --> 00:15:57,867 [Shinmin] ...and tall. And you can do 393 00:15:57,867 --> 00:15:59,700 - that kind of structure out of rice cereal-- -[Aarti] That's true. 394 00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:01,967 [Shinmin] ...because it just dries really firm. 395 00:16:01,967 --> 00:16:04,967 He is not gonna be able to give us those super lean, 396 00:16:04,967 --> 00:16:08,200 tall with, like, deep, deep musculature, in cake. 397 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,967 So, I am very curious 398 00:16:09,967 --> 00:16:12,100 how he's going to portray his vampire tonight. 399 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:12,967 [Kyle] We're gonna get it done. 400 00:16:15,967 --> 00:16:17,500 So, guys, I've got the tasting element, 401 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:20,400 everything ready for that, in the fridge, chilling. 402 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:25,800 And now, I'm working on making flesh tone for our Vampiress Bride. 403 00:16:26,166 --> 00:16:27,400 So, she is human. 404 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,800 -She's wearing makeup to catfish him. -[Shannon] Correct. 405 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,767 [Briea] Shannon has to sculpt this bride's head. 406 00:16:32,767 --> 00:16:34,166 [Eric] How's she coming along, Shannon? Good? 407 00:16:34,166 --> 00:16:35,500 [Shannon] Yep, she's coming along good. 408 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:37,400 It's important for me to stay in this competition, 409 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,567 because I come from a small town in Wyoming, 410 00:16:39,567 --> 00:16:41,700 and it's not really a well-known place. 411 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:44,400 So, it would be very cool, to be somebody 412 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,867 that went out and did something on this scale. 413 00:16:46,867 --> 00:16:49,100 I just really wanna prove that I'm as good as 414 00:16:49,100 --> 00:16:51,100 the rest of these amazing artists, 415 00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:52,567 and I really, um, belong here. 416 00:16:52,567 --> 00:16:54,900 [Eric] Looks like an angry bride to me. 417 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:58,367 That is looking so... You're so good at realism. Thank God. 418 00:16:58,367 --> 00:17:00,166 Looking over here at Delectable Demons, 419 00:17:00,166 --> 00:17:03,567 I see this massive pumpkin character coming to life. 420 00:17:03,567 --> 00:17:04,867 -It's huge. -Huge! 421 00:17:04,867 --> 00:17:06,767 -[Jonathan] Huge! -I know. I think Eric's forgotten 422 00:17:06,767 --> 00:17:08,200 -that this is not the pumpkin highlight. -[chuckling] 423 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:09,100 [Jonathan] I know. 424 00:17:09,100 --> 00:17:10,767 [Shinmin] Because this is so large, 425 00:17:10,767 --> 00:17:13,600 Shannon really has to match that scale with her character. 426 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,667 Otherwise, it's not gonna look like a believable match at all. 427 00:17:16,667 --> 00:17:19,500 But look at the face that Shannon's created-- 428 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:20,567 -[Shinmin] Oh, yeah. -[Aarti] ...on the bride. 429 00:17:20,567 --> 00:17:23,200 -[Jonathan] Wow. -[Aarti] So expressive. 430 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,200 [Jamie] Right now I'm painting modeling chocolate 431 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,000 on the outside of the rice cereal treats 432 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,500 to give it extra strength before I build it. 433 00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:34,300 [Kristina] So, Jamie's going to be making the entire cake structure, 434 00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:38,066 which is going to be the figure of Bianca, the vampire. 435 00:17:38,066 --> 00:17:40,767 This is a cake spotlight, 436 00:17:40,767 --> 00:17:45,467 and the character should be a big, prominent role in the piece. 437 00:17:45,467 --> 00:17:47,567 And we feel like Jamie really nailed that. 438 00:17:47,567 --> 00:17:50,100 [Jamie] Right now, I'm beginning to build my tasting element, 439 00:17:50,100 --> 00:17:51,767 and her tasting element is gonna sit 440 00:17:51,767 --> 00:17:53,867 right up on top of her chest, 441 00:17:53,867 --> 00:17:56,600 so that when we cut into it, it will be, like, 442 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,100 a bleeding heart. 443 00:17:58,100 --> 00:18:00,066 [Jonathan] Look at that figure, Jamie. 444 00:18:02,166 --> 00:18:04,767 I am making a pine plant out of sugar right now. 445 00:18:04,767 --> 00:18:08,667 All of these items that Jonathan will be making will be made out of isomalt, 446 00:18:08,667 --> 00:18:11,000 using a number of different techniques. 447 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,667 From pulling to casting, he can do it all. 448 00:18:13,667 --> 00:18:16,367 He's gonna be making the plants and flowers, 449 00:18:16,367 --> 00:18:19,667 and then the water splashes that will be trailing behind the piranhas. 450 00:18:19,667 --> 00:18:23,367 He also blows a golf ball eyeball. 451 00:18:23,367 --> 00:18:25,567 And, of course, in typical Jonathan fashion, 452 00:18:25,567 --> 00:18:27,667 he has to make something super cool. 453 00:18:27,667 --> 00:18:30,000 So, he's gonna be making this golf club 454 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,066 that Bianca will be using to attack the piranhas. 455 00:18:33,066 --> 00:18:33,867 -[Jonathan] Here? -[Jamie] Yep. 456 00:18:33,867 --> 00:18:36,367 -Okay. Gonna cover this. -Beep-beep. 457 00:18:36,367 --> 00:18:41,367 I'm going to slap this onto the boat structure and create wooden panels. 458 00:18:41,367 --> 00:18:45,066 Then I'm going to carve out, like, a wood texture effect. 459 00:18:45,066 --> 00:18:48,467 -This boat is gigantic. -Mmm-hmm. 460 00:18:48,467 --> 00:18:50,900 My only concern is, 461 00:18:50,900 --> 00:18:54,667 can Alan cover this boat in pumpkin in time? 462 00:18:54,667 --> 00:18:56,867 There's a lot more going on after this. 463 00:18:56,867 --> 00:19:00,700 I'm going to, uh, paint it, and paint everything. 464 00:19:00,700 --> 00:19:02,200 It's gonna look great. 465 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,233 And if they pull it off, this could definitely get them into the semi-finals. 466 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,367 [Shellane] Okay, so, I'm using modeling chocolate 467 00:19:08,367 --> 00:19:12,000 to mold the head of our date. 468 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,767 I finally finished the tasting element, 469 00:19:14,767 --> 00:19:17,166 and now I have to start on my two characters. 470 00:19:17,166 --> 00:19:20,166 Unfortunately, she has garlic breath. 471 00:19:20,166 --> 00:19:23,467 So, I have her, like, kind of mid-pout, mid-talk. 472 00:19:23,467 --> 00:19:26,100 And then, we're gonna have the garlic fumes coming out of her mouth. 473 00:19:26,100 --> 00:19:28,767 Because the cake components took so long, 474 00:19:28,767 --> 00:19:30,400 I'm now having to rush 475 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,467 and try to finish her as quickly as I can. 476 00:19:33,467 --> 00:19:37,767 I'm getting her skin on, then I have to get her little red dress on. 477 00:19:37,767 --> 00:19:41,100 Unfortunately, these aren't abstract characters, 478 00:19:41,100 --> 00:19:42,867 like we had on the last challenge. 479 00:19:42,867 --> 00:19:44,400 So, I gotta really take my time 480 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:49,266 in order to have a very good presentation for this cake. 481 00:19:49,266 --> 00:19:52,600 I get the date to a halfway point before I decide 482 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,066 to stop, and start working on our main Dracula character. 483 00:19:56,066 --> 00:19:58,367 -Just needs final details on her dress. -Okay. 484 00:19:58,367 --> 00:20:00,467 Make her look extra va-va-voom. 485 00:20:00,467 --> 00:20:03,100 -Okay. -So, you can finish that while I do the vampire. 486 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:04,867 -You got it. Awesome. -Awesome. Thank you. 487 00:20:04,867 --> 00:20:08,367 Teams, more than half the time is gone. You've got three hours left. 488 00:20:08,367 --> 00:20:10,033 -[Alan] Gosh. -Oh, no. 489 00:20:11,166 --> 00:20:12,900 [Sarah Arnold] All right, I'm getting ready to pour our sun now. 490 00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:16,867 So, my plan for the sugar is I'm going to make a big sugar sun. 491 00:20:16,867 --> 00:20:19,667 That's gonna be the main disruptor of our date. 492 00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:22,467 I'm also making a sugar scythe for Lady Death. 493 00:20:22,467 --> 00:20:24,900 I'm making sugar nightshade plants 494 00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:27,667 that our little cat is going to get into. 495 00:20:27,667 --> 00:20:30,066 Some, like, open, some closed buds. 496 00:20:30,066 --> 00:20:34,300 We pretty much make, like, a star pattern with my petals. 497 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:36,300 I'm almost done with these. I'm just putting the centers on. 498 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:38,667 We'll leave airbrushing for the end if we have time. 499 00:20:38,667 --> 00:20:43,266 [Kyle] I'm using her chocolate to create a cylinder 500 00:20:43,266 --> 00:20:47,000 that I'm gonna use to hold my fudge sauce in in the middle of the cake. 501 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,467 We have to make this cake ooze, 502 00:20:49,467 --> 00:20:53,200 so I come up with the idea to make a tempered chocolate tube 503 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,367 that we can fill in with the fudge sauce 504 00:20:55,367 --> 00:20:57,300 and, then, place it into the cake 505 00:20:57,300 --> 00:20:59,667 so that when the judges cut into the cake, 506 00:20:59,667 --> 00:21:03,967 it will break the tube and, then, the chocolate ooze will actually come out. 507 00:21:03,967 --> 00:21:06,567 I unmold the acetate and it looks perfect. 508 00:21:06,567 --> 00:21:08,000 It looks like it's gonna work. 509 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,667 [Arnold] How's it look? Does it feel super fragile? 510 00:21:10,667 --> 00:21:12,867 [Kyle] No. Solid as a rock. 511 00:21:12,867 --> 00:21:15,166 Okay. Yeah, that feels good. 512 00:21:15,166 --> 00:21:16,467 [Kyle] I'm pouring the fudge sauce in, 513 00:21:16,467 --> 00:21:18,000 and it looks like it's holding up. 514 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,867 I'm heating up a knife so I can level out the top. 515 00:21:20,867 --> 00:21:23,166 [Arnold] Just go really gentle. 516 00:21:23,166 --> 00:21:25,900 -[Kyle] We have a split. -[Arnold] Okay. On down the side? 517 00:21:25,900 --> 00:21:27,200 -[Kyle] Yeah. -[Arnold] Okay. 518 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:31,000 So, I look over at my chocolate tubing, and it's already oozing. 519 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,400 So, if all the fudge leaks out of this and the judges cut in, 520 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,367 it's not gonna be there because the cake's gonna absorb it. 521 00:21:37,367 --> 00:21:40,400 If this cake doesn't ooze, I'm gonna let my team down. 522 00:21:43,567 --> 00:21:46,467 Level out the top and it looks like we have a split. 523 00:21:46,467 --> 00:21:48,667 -We have a split. -[Arnold] On down the side? 524 00:21:48,667 --> 00:21:52,000 Yeah. Everything's falling apart. That's why. 525 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,600 My chocolate tubing is already oozing. 526 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,066 So, if all the fudge leaks out of this and the judges cut in, 527 00:21:58,066 --> 00:21:59,667 it's not gonna be there. 528 00:21:59,667 --> 00:22:02,667 If this cake doesn't ooze, I'm gonna let my team down. 529 00:22:02,667 --> 00:22:05,567 -I don't want this to be our crash and burn. -Okay. 530 00:22:05,567 --> 00:22:06,533 -Yeah. -Okay. 531 00:22:06,533 --> 00:22:07,800 [Kyle] We've gotta get this cake to ooze, 532 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:12,800 so Sarah comes up with the idea to fill little blocks 533 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:14,367 with the same kind of chocolate, 534 00:22:14,367 --> 00:22:18,166 and it won't be so much pressure on the structure as a whole. 535 00:22:18,166 --> 00:22:20,500 [Arnold] We really are like a surgical team. 536 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:22,300 I'm, like, handing him all his tools. 537 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,000 Yeah, as long as we get a really good seal on this, we'll be okay. 538 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,166 They look good, guys. 539 00:22:28,166 --> 00:22:29,533 [Kyle] I make a base layer of cake 540 00:22:29,533 --> 00:22:34,000 and, then, I cut out a section for my blocks that hold the ooze. 541 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,166 Yeah, these turned out way better, so I'm ecstatic. 542 00:22:37,166 --> 00:22:39,400 You're looking at two hours on the clock! Two hours. 543 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:40,867 -[grunts] -Two hours, Jamie. 544 00:22:40,867 --> 00:22:42,533 -[Jamie] Okay. -[Eric] All right. 545 00:22:43,667 --> 00:22:45,066 Let's make a face! 546 00:22:45,066 --> 00:22:48,600 I wanna make her look pretty, like she's all dolled up for her date. 547 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,166 [Elias] I love the fangs. 548 00:22:50,166 --> 00:22:51,900 [Jamie] Now, I just gotta give her an upper lip that doesn't look like Botox. 549 00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:53,100 -[Elias laughing] Yeah. -[Jamie] All right. 550 00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:56,967 -Jamie's given us her trademark gorgeous face. -[Li] Yes. 551 00:22:56,967 --> 00:23:00,800 [Aarti] It's petrifying at the same time. 552 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,667 And she's massive, by the way, 'cause Jamie's pretty tall. 553 00:23:03,667 --> 00:23:05,967 -[Bennett] Yeah. -[Aarti] And she's on a step stool. 554 00:23:05,967 --> 00:23:07,400 [Jamie] Hey, we gotta get some fish on here. 555 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,867 -[Kristina] I'm working on them. -[Jamie] ASAP. 556 00:23:09,867 --> 00:23:12,567 [Kristina] I'm gonna be painting all of these pieces by hand. 557 00:23:12,567 --> 00:23:15,166 When you paint a pumpkin using an airbrush, 558 00:23:15,166 --> 00:23:19,200 it puts it on thinner, it takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of coats. 559 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,900 So, you can use airbrush coloring just with paintbrushes. 560 00:23:22,900 --> 00:23:25,700 You get a lot of saturation immediately. 561 00:23:25,700 --> 00:23:30,000 Doing it as fast as I humanly possibly can. 562 00:23:31,266 --> 00:23:32,767 [Briea] How's your paint job coming, Eric? 563 00:23:32,767 --> 00:23:33,967 [Eric] Just starting now. 564 00:23:33,967 --> 00:23:35,200 [Briea] Good. Good, good, good. 565 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,166 I cannot stop looking at that vampire that Eric's created. 566 00:23:38,166 --> 00:23:41,066 I know! It's so big, and it's not even the pumpkin challenge. 567 00:23:41,066 --> 00:23:42,600 -[Li] I know. -[Aarti] So gorgeous. 568 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:46,467 I'm a little worried that he might be stealing thunder tonight from Shannon. 569 00:23:46,467 --> 00:23:48,700 [Shannon] So, I've piped my buttercream dam, 570 00:23:48,700 --> 00:23:51,100 and I'm now adding my lemon curd filling 571 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:53,367 in between my buttercream dam. 572 00:23:53,367 --> 00:23:54,767 [Briea] In order to stack cake, 573 00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:58,467 Shannon does not want it to collapse with all the oozing inside. 574 00:23:58,467 --> 00:24:01,767 So, she decides to make cake pop clay. 575 00:24:01,767 --> 00:24:04,800 [Shannon] So the cake clay is working exactly like I wanted it to. 576 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,667 It's nice and malleable. 577 00:24:06,667 --> 00:24:08,667 It sticks together really, really well, 578 00:24:08,667 --> 00:24:12,200 so I'm able to just push it on here and shape it exactly like I want. 579 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,500 -[Eric] Way to improvise. Look at you. -[Shannon laughs] 580 00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:19,467 [Kyle] So, I'm gonna put the tasting element in the vampire's ribs. 581 00:24:19,467 --> 00:24:21,767 So, they're kind of exposed right now, 582 00:24:21,767 --> 00:24:25,400 and it'll be the easiest spot to cut into and tear apart. 583 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,567 -[Sarah] Does it feel solid, Kyle? -[Kyle] Yeah, actually. 584 00:24:28,567 --> 00:24:32,867 Kyle is sticking with what he's comfortable with, which is rice cereal. 585 00:24:32,867 --> 00:24:36,667 Everyone else is doing giant tall structures out of cake. 586 00:24:36,667 --> 00:24:40,800 The interesting thing is, this vampire is actually lying down on the ground, 587 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,567 so he could have done it entirely out of cake 588 00:24:42,567 --> 00:24:45,166 and he would have enough support from the baseboard. 589 00:24:45,166 --> 00:24:48,266 So, I feel like he's gone the slightly easier way. 590 00:24:48,266 --> 00:24:50,900 [Sarah] I am making our third character, which is the cat, 591 00:24:50,900 --> 00:24:53,500 the feeding cat that the vampire brought with him 592 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:55,567 as a snack for his date. 593 00:24:55,567 --> 00:24:59,367 You'd think, for a person with four cats, I'd know how to sculpt a cat better. 594 00:24:59,367 --> 00:25:01,166 But, no, it looks like a rabbit. 595 00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:02,900 [Kyle] Blood Stain's working on this cat, 596 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:06,166 and I know that she knows what cats look like. 597 00:25:06,166 --> 00:25:08,000 I just hope that she can translate that, 598 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,700 because she's never worked with modeling chocolate before. 599 00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:13,166 [Sarah] Looks like an Egyptian cat, kind of. 600 00:25:13,166 --> 00:25:15,700 Come on, kitty. Let's go. 601 00:25:16,567 --> 00:25:19,367 One very short-necked cat. 602 00:25:19,367 --> 00:25:23,467 I am trying to mold my vampire's face. 603 00:25:23,467 --> 00:25:25,567 [sighs] I have a ton to do. 604 00:25:25,567 --> 00:25:28,266 I'm going to probably not be able to do 605 00:25:28,266 --> 00:25:30,700 all the detail on this side of the face. 606 00:25:30,700 --> 00:25:32,600 Thankfully, it's the burn side. 607 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,300 So, I'm just gonna paint it to look grotesque. 608 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:39,567 I'm using a clay extruder, but I'm using an attachment to make it go faster. 609 00:25:39,567 --> 00:25:40,934 [Shellane] Emerlie is getting started 610 00:25:40,934 --> 00:25:45,200 on her hyper-realistic food element for our character's dinner. 611 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,100 I specialize in hyper-realistic props, 612 00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:49,200 so this was a time for me to shine 613 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,800 because I get to do some hyper-realistic food. 614 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,266 I've just made pasta, and now I'm making lettuce. 615 00:25:54,266 --> 00:25:56,066 [Shellane] She takes actual lettuce 616 00:25:56,066 --> 00:26:00,500 and paints food color onto wafer paper molded over the lettuce 617 00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:04,467 so that it retains the actual veining, and texture, and shape, 618 00:26:04,467 --> 00:26:06,266 and it looks like a real salad. 619 00:26:06,266 --> 00:26:09,166 [Alan] This is food coloring that I'm painting on, 620 00:26:09,166 --> 00:26:11,500 and it's, like, a heavy brown. 621 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:13,300 I still have two goats to carve. 622 00:26:13,300 --> 00:26:16,867 So, instead of entirely making this out of pumpkin, 623 00:26:16,867 --> 00:26:19,667 I'm painting the inside with melted chocolate. 624 00:26:19,667 --> 00:26:22,000 We're gonna make it. 625 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,100 [Briea] Moving on to the bat. Yes, it's happening. 626 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:27,667 We are required to have three characters on this piece. 627 00:26:27,667 --> 00:26:30,567 I really wanna be the supporting role for Shannon's bride, 628 00:26:30,567 --> 00:26:34,600 and what better way to do that by making a bat out of sugar? 629 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:38,367 Little tiny details is what's adding up to who wins and who goes home, 630 00:26:38,367 --> 00:26:41,000 and I really think I'm pulling out more techniques 631 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,166 and I hope the judges noticed that. 632 00:26:43,166 --> 00:26:45,767 All right, I just need wings, guys. It's there. 633 00:26:45,767 --> 00:26:47,467 It's there. 634 00:26:47,467 --> 00:26:49,066 You're probably not gonna like this, 635 00:26:49,066 --> 00:26:50,367 -but there's only one hour left. -[man] One hour? 636 00:26:50,367 --> 00:26:51,967 -[woman 1] We gotta start going! -Nope. 637 00:26:51,967 --> 00:26:53,400 [woman 2] Absolutely not. 638 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:57,467 I am stacking our cake, 639 00:26:57,467 --> 00:27:01,100 which is our tasting element, with the basil. 640 00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:04,667 I don't think I've ever been this short on time, 641 00:27:04,667 --> 00:27:08,066 so I'm filling these pockets with our curd. 642 00:27:08,066 --> 00:27:12,266 It would really be awful to go home on the cake round, 643 00:27:12,266 --> 00:27:13,867 'cause this is my jam. 644 00:27:13,867 --> 00:27:15,667 This is what got me here. 645 00:27:15,667 --> 00:27:18,767 It made me an all-star in the first place. 646 00:27:18,767 --> 00:27:21,066 All right, so I'm adding more ooze. 647 00:27:21,066 --> 00:27:24,100 Just to guarantee 648 00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:27,066 that there is not a problem with the oozing element. 649 00:27:27,066 --> 00:27:30,667 Even as I carve cake away to form the shape of the body, 650 00:27:30,667 --> 00:27:34,800 I'm hoping that I'm not taking away too much of the ooze factor. 651 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,900 I'm so flustered. 652 00:27:36,900 --> 00:27:39,233 [sniffles] 653 00:27:41,367 --> 00:27:43,867 [sniffling] I don't have time. 654 00:27:43,867 --> 00:27:47,467 -[Li] No! -[Bennett] We've got some tears over at Shellane's. 655 00:27:47,467 --> 00:27:50,467 -[Li] Oh, no. -[Aarti] Poor Shellane. 656 00:27:50,467 --> 00:27:52,834 [Shellane crying] Baking threw me off. 657 00:27:54,767 --> 00:27:56,867 I've never seen Shellane crack. 658 00:27:56,867 --> 00:27:59,467 -No. -And she's been under a ton of pressure. 659 00:27:59,467 --> 00:28:02,367 -And it feels like it's finally getting to her. -[Bennett] Yeah. 660 00:28:02,367 --> 00:28:06,567 She feels like, perhaps, she's reached her limit on what she can get done. 661 00:28:06,567 --> 00:28:09,634 [Shellane sobbing] I'm really afraid of letting them down. 662 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,066 [sniffling] Oh, my gosh. 663 00:28:13,066 --> 00:28:14,667 There's not a lot of time left. 664 00:28:14,667 --> 00:28:17,367 I still have two incomplete characters. 665 00:28:17,367 --> 00:28:18,667 The pressure is on. 666 00:28:18,667 --> 00:28:19,900 As the team captain, 667 00:28:19,900 --> 00:28:24,166 I feel that I have an overwhelming sense of responsibility 668 00:28:24,166 --> 00:28:26,066 to make sure we get past this round. 669 00:28:26,066 --> 00:28:27,567 [Emerlie] You think you can finish both characters, 670 00:28:27,567 --> 00:28:29,467 or would you like me to come back and help? 671 00:28:29,467 --> 00:28:32,667 Emerlie comes in and she adds hair to our date, 672 00:28:32,667 --> 00:28:35,667 so I don't have to worry about that portion. 673 00:28:35,667 --> 00:28:37,266 I think I can do it. [sniffles] 674 00:28:37,266 --> 00:28:38,700 [Emerlie] I believe in you. 675 00:28:38,700 --> 00:28:41,767 I'm able to finish my Dracula character, 676 00:28:41,767 --> 00:28:44,867 get him dressed up in his finest date attire, 677 00:28:44,867 --> 00:28:48,066 add some arms, hands, his infamous man bun. 678 00:28:48,066 --> 00:28:49,567 [Emerlie] Okay, you have your airbrush colors. 679 00:28:49,567 --> 00:28:51,000 -Thank you. -Okay. 680 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,467 Shellane's vampire. 681 00:28:53,467 --> 00:28:57,066 -Can we talk about how much she got done... -[Li] Oh, my gosh. 682 00:28:57,066 --> 00:28:58,567 [Aarti] ...in the last few minutes? 683 00:28:58,567 --> 00:29:00,100 [Li chuckling] She did. She cranked that out. 684 00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:02,567 [Aarti] It's all happening in that face there. 685 00:29:02,567 --> 00:29:06,300 -And the Lady! -[Li] The lady is incredible! 686 00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:09,100 -[Emerlie] Look at that. -[Alan] It's beautiful! 687 00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:10,300 Thirty minutes left! 688 00:29:10,300 --> 00:29:13,567 I know you don't wanna hear it, but that's what you have. 689 00:29:13,567 --> 00:29:16,767 [Shannon] No! Stop doing that to me, please. 690 00:29:16,767 --> 00:29:19,100 Okay. Change of plans. Okay. 691 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:20,600 I'm gonna find a way to fix this. 692 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,767 So, we've got 30 minutes left, and over at Delectable Demons, 693 00:29:23,767 --> 00:29:27,266 Shannon has decided to redo the body of her character 694 00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:30,166 So, the fondant's not working in the front because it's too heavy, 695 00:29:30,166 --> 00:29:33,000 because there's not enough surface for it to rest on. 696 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,467 So, I'm going back to my old faithful 697 00:29:35,467 --> 00:29:37,767 wafer paper that's nice and light. 698 00:29:37,767 --> 00:29:39,567 [Li] She wasn't feeling the drape of the fondant, 699 00:29:39,567 --> 00:29:41,266 so she's pivoted and she's going back 700 00:29:41,266 --> 00:29:44,266 to this wafer paper technique that she brushed on with cornstarch 701 00:29:44,266 --> 00:29:45,433 to give it that body. 702 00:29:45,433 --> 00:29:48,567 I'm using the last 23 minutes to make some wine bottles. 703 00:29:48,567 --> 00:29:51,400 I keep pulling and blowing as much as I can. 704 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,600 I have all these wine bottles to blow 705 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,467 and the spilling wine glass in the vampire's hand. 706 00:29:56,467 --> 00:30:00,266 There it goes. You can see that it's starting to be manipulated. 707 00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:02,800 Ten minutes! You have ten minutes left! 708 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,367 [Kyle] To make sure our piece looks cohesive, 709 00:30:05,367 --> 00:30:08,667 we're all taking our turns airbrushing different elements on it, 710 00:30:08,667 --> 00:30:12,900 so it looks like the whole color scheme is done by one person. 711 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:15,066 That there, and then, one of your little corals 712 00:30:15,066 --> 00:30:16,100 -in the front. -Okay, okay. 713 00:30:16,100 --> 00:30:17,200 Five minutes! This is it! 714 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,100 [Emerlie] Okay, I guess I'm gonna put his plate down. 715 00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:21,667 -[Shellane] I'm coming! Coming! -[Emerlie] We're doing this! 716 00:30:21,667 --> 00:30:23,266 [Shellane] Getting it done! 717 00:30:23,266 --> 00:30:25,066 -[Alan] Oh, he's amazing! -[Emerlie chuckling] I know. 718 00:30:25,066 --> 00:30:27,467 Can I get all my stuff on the board? 719 00:30:27,467 --> 00:30:30,467 Here we go. It's bat time, Mr. Batty Batty. 720 00:30:30,467 --> 00:30:31,800 All right, guys. 721 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:32,967 [both] Briea's hanging the bat! 722 00:30:32,967 --> 00:30:35,266 -[Li] What's going on? -[Aarti] Oh, my God, it's giant! 723 00:30:35,266 --> 00:30:37,600 There's so much excitement on Halloween Wars. 724 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,667 Do not wiggle at all, guys. Don't wiggle. 725 00:30:41,667 --> 00:30:44,266 You guys got this. Almost there. 726 00:30:44,266 --> 00:30:46,467 [Shannon] You got this, Brie. It's the coolest thing ever. 727 00:30:46,467 --> 00:30:48,066 One minute remains! 728 00:30:48,066 --> 00:30:49,367 [Shellane screams] One minute? Okay. 729 00:30:49,367 --> 00:30:50,767 [Elias exhales] That looks amazing. 730 00:30:50,767 --> 00:30:52,066 Oh, the golf ball. 731 00:30:52,066 --> 00:30:54,100 -Will that work? -Yup. 732 00:30:54,667 --> 00:30:55,934 [Elias] Drill a hole. 733 00:30:57,567 --> 00:30:58,834 [Arnold] All right. 734 00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:01,133 -Now, just hold it. -[Kyle] Okay. 735 00:31:01,133 --> 00:31:04,467 [Briea] Let me attach the chain and we'll start working together. 736 00:31:04,467 --> 00:31:05,567 -[Shannon] Okay. -[Briea] Okay? 737 00:31:05,567 --> 00:31:06,500 [Shannon] Sounds good. 738 00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:09,200 I'm gonna make it, his eye sockets deeper. 739 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,200 -[Shellane] Okay. -[Emerlie] Yeah, that'd be cool. 740 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:12,467 [Kyle] We're almost there. We're almost there. 741 00:31:12,467 --> 00:31:13,834 We're almost at the finish line. 742 00:31:13,834 --> 00:31:16,567 -[Eric] I gotta put this in. -[Briea] Yup. Do it, Eric. You got it. 743 00:31:16,567 --> 00:31:17,867 You got it. You got it. 744 00:31:17,867 --> 00:31:20,800 -Ten! Nine! Eight! -[Arnold] Do the final touches. 745 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,800 -[Bennett] Seven! Six! -[Shannon] Perfect fit, Briea. Good job, dude. 746 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,667 [Bennett] Five! Four! Three! 747 00:31:25,667 --> 00:31:28,166 -[dramatic instrumental music] -Two! One! 748 00:31:28,166 --> 00:31:29,367 Time! Stop! 749 00:31:29,367 --> 00:31:31,800 -Oh, my gosh, you guys! -[cheering] 750 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,000 Jesus. 751 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,000 -[Alan] Oh, my gosh. -[Aarti] Great job! 752 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,000 -[Li] Incredible! -Good job. 753 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,200 -[laughing] -Good job. 754 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,400 [ominous instrumental music] 755 00:31:43,700 --> 00:31:45,800 Scream of the Crop, you're up. 756 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:50,500 [Kyle] So, Nosferatu finally got a date with his lady love, Lady Death. 757 00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:52,867 Cake is going to be Nosferatu himself, 758 00:31:52,867 --> 00:31:54,867 and the coffin. Lady Death, 759 00:31:54,867 --> 00:31:58,000 she's modeling chocolate, but her face, her leg, and her hands 760 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,967 are made out of daikon radish. 761 00:31:59,967 --> 00:32:04,166 The cat was made out of modeling chocolate and rice cereal treats. 762 00:32:04,166 --> 00:32:10,300 And sugar is the scythe, the deadly nightshade, the flames, the sun. 763 00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:11,867 Well, Sarah A, 764 00:32:11,867 --> 00:32:15,600 I would like to talk to you first about your amazing sugar work. 765 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,767 These nightshade flowers, even though they're so clean, 766 00:32:18,767 --> 00:32:21,867 the colors that you chose are so muted, 767 00:32:21,867 --> 00:32:24,800 and the palate just works so well with the environment. 768 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,367 They're absolutely stunning. 769 00:32:26,367 --> 00:32:28,567 The spotlight tonight is on cake 770 00:32:28,567 --> 00:32:31,467 and, Kyle, you gave us another amazing cake character. 771 00:32:31,467 --> 00:32:34,967 I love the fact that he's reaching out to her like, "Please help." 772 00:32:34,967 --> 00:32:38,500 The look on his face, he's in just absolute desperation. 773 00:32:38,500 --> 00:32:42,867 Kyle, I really do adore that paint work that you did on the side there 774 00:32:42,867 --> 00:32:46,100 because, for a second, I thought that that was just coming from the light 775 00:32:46,100 --> 00:32:49,400 being cast in the back, and it isn't. It's your paint job 776 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,800 that really gives it that sunrise glow. 777 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:56,367 For me, the only thing is that, because Nosferatu's face is gray, 778 00:32:56,367 --> 00:33:00,500 he doesn't pop against Lady Death's cloak. 779 00:33:00,500 --> 00:33:03,200 So, I wish you'd done his face white, actually. 780 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,467 And, then, I think he would have stood out from his date 781 00:33:06,467 --> 00:33:08,200 just a little bit more. 782 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,400 So let's talk about your love ingredient and what cake you made. 783 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,367 I got chocolate, so I made a chocolate cake. 784 00:33:14,367 --> 00:33:18,500 I also did a mocha ganache with a little cream liqueur mixed into it, 785 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:21,467 and chocolate nibs so that it gives a little bit of texture. 786 00:33:21,467 --> 00:33:25,600 I also did a Swiss meringue chocolate buttercream to go on top 787 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,767 with a fudge sauce ooze that comes out. 788 00:33:28,767 --> 00:33:31,000 Kyle, this is a great chocolate cake. 789 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,367 -Thank you. -[Aarti] It is deep. It is rich. It is lush. 790 00:33:34,367 --> 00:33:35,166 It's decadent. 791 00:33:35,166 --> 00:33:38,300 I love the pairing with the coffee. 792 00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:41,100 That nice bitterness is really working beautifully. 793 00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:43,100 The only thing that's not working for me 794 00:33:43,100 --> 00:33:47,500 is I'm getting no oozing from this at all, unfortunately. 795 00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:51,000 Kyle, I know that you're typically not a baker. 796 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:52,367 I think you should be. 797 00:33:52,367 --> 00:33:54,000 This cake is delicious. 798 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,133 I agree with Aarti. 799 00:33:55,133 --> 00:33:58,066 The one thing we're missing, as you know, is the ooze. 800 00:33:58,066 --> 00:33:59,867 Scream of the Crop, great job. Thank you. 801 00:33:59,867 --> 00:34:02,166 -Thank you. -Thank you. 802 00:34:02,166 --> 00:34:06,233 Delectable Demons, tell us about your Vampire Date Gone Wrong. 803 00:34:07,367 --> 00:34:10,300 [Briea] Well, Clarissa wanted a perfect wedding, 804 00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:14,166 but a vampire crashed it and turned her husband into a bat. 805 00:34:14,166 --> 00:34:16,800 Of course, the vampire is made of pumpkin. 806 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,900 Shannon made the entire cake figure 807 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:22,000 out of modeling chocolate, rice cereal, cake pop 808 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,767 and, of course, the oozing cake element inside of her stomach. 809 00:34:25,767 --> 00:34:27,033 The backdrop is covered in fondant, 810 00:34:27,033 --> 00:34:32,200 and you have sugar accents of the husband bat with his chain. 811 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:36,767 [laughing] Well, Shannon, I completely get revenge energy from her. 812 00:34:36,767 --> 00:34:38,700 Her face is so expressive. 813 00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:40,600 -It's really great work. -Thank you. 814 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:44,100 For me, the whole display just looks a little empty. 815 00:34:44,100 --> 00:34:45,867 -It looks a little stark. -Oh. 816 00:34:45,867 --> 00:34:47,634 [tense instrumental music] 817 00:34:51,567 --> 00:34:54,000 The whole display just looks a little stark. 818 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,000 Maybe if she had been turned towards him, 819 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,967 or the two of them had been brought together just a little bit, 820 00:34:58,967 --> 00:35:02,100 then there would be this real sense of battle going on 821 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:03,700 between the two of them. 822 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:06,900 Briea, these stained glass windows are perfection. 823 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:08,767 The pumpkin is super-dynamic. 824 00:35:08,767 --> 00:35:10,367 It's got a lot of movement. 825 00:35:10,367 --> 00:35:14,367 He actually looks like he's reacting, but she's not really giving. 826 00:35:14,367 --> 00:35:17,000 Well, today's all about cake, so we're excited to hear about 827 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,500 what love ingredient you got and what cake you made. 828 00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:23,500 So, our love ingredient was lemon. 829 00:35:23,500 --> 00:35:27,300 And so, for you, today, I have a vanilla bean white velvet cake 830 00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:29,367 with lemon zest, a lemon curd filling, 831 00:35:29,367 --> 00:35:34,767 and a vanilla bean American meringue buttercream, also containing lemon zest. 832 00:35:34,767 --> 00:35:39,100 Shannon, this cake is so moist, and your curd is just perfect. 833 00:35:39,100 --> 00:35:41,266 Definitely getting the ooze factor here. 834 00:35:41,266 --> 00:35:42,433 -It's delicious. -Thank you so much. 835 00:35:42,433 --> 00:35:45,967 -I don't wanna be interrupted, really. -[all laughing] 836 00:35:45,967 --> 00:35:47,867 This cake is so stinking good. 837 00:35:47,867 --> 00:35:50,200 -Oh, good. I'm so glad. -[all laughing] 838 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,100 Delectable Demons, thank you very much. 839 00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:53,700 -Thank you. -Thank you. 840 00:35:53,700 --> 00:35:57,533 Shriek Squad, tell us about your Vampire Date Gone Wrong. 841 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:04,166 [Kristina] Well, this is Gary the Ghoul's first date with Dracula's niece, Bianca, 842 00:36:04,166 --> 00:36:06,367 Our pond, the stones, 843 00:36:06,367 --> 00:36:08,300 all of the leaves, and the water sprays 844 00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:10,100 are all made out of sugar today. 845 00:36:10,100 --> 00:36:12,767 The ghoul and the piranhas are made out of pumpkin. 846 00:36:12,767 --> 00:36:16,800 And our Bianca is entirely made out of cake. 847 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,000 This was the cake spotlight challenge 848 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,166 and, Jamie, you give such good cake. 849 00:36:21,166 --> 00:36:23,166 -I mean, jeezum crow, girl. -Thank you. 850 00:36:23,166 --> 00:36:29,767 Her face, there's such concern and such humanity in that face that makes it so relatable. 851 00:36:29,767 --> 00:36:32,100 And I really, really love these piranhas, Kristina. 852 00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:33,767 They're front and center. 853 00:36:33,767 --> 00:36:37,467 They're painted with vivid, deep, saturated colors. 854 00:36:37,467 --> 00:36:40,066 I love that each one is different. 855 00:36:40,066 --> 00:36:42,166 I feel like you guys have hit your groove again. 856 00:36:42,166 --> 00:36:44,867 Your styles are melding so well together. 857 00:36:44,867 --> 00:36:48,300 And, Jonathan, the fact that you've added so much color to your sugar work, 858 00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:52,000 it just adds this really nice natural sense of movement. 859 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:57,100 I think the one thing is, I just wish that you turned the head of this ghoul 860 00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:59,200 just a little bit treating to us 861 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,200 so that we can see the amazing sculpting work that you got on the face. 862 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:03,233 Yup. 863 00:37:03,233 --> 00:37:05,200 So let's talk about what love ingredient you got 864 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,467 and what cake we're gonna be eating today. 865 00:37:07,467 --> 00:37:10,300 So, the ingredient that we got was pomegranate. 866 00:37:10,300 --> 00:37:13,467 So, I've created an orange cake 867 00:37:13,467 --> 00:37:16,266 with a caramelized pistachio white chocolate ganache. 868 00:37:16,266 --> 00:37:19,166 -[Li] Oh, right into her heart. -[Aarti] Oh, jeez! 869 00:37:19,166 --> 00:37:20,934 -[Li] Oh! -[Aarti] Gosh, honey! 870 00:37:21,667 --> 00:37:24,600 [Jamie] And a pomegranate curd. 871 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,200 And also the cakes are soaked with a pomegranate triple sec simple syrup. 872 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:29,800 [Aarti] I think the color is beautiful. 873 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,767 I wish it oozed more. 874 00:37:31,767 --> 00:37:34,667 I love the pairing with the pistachio, 875 00:37:34,667 --> 00:37:38,066 but that pistachio flavor is kind of taking over. 876 00:37:38,066 --> 00:37:39,967 But this is a very tasty cake. 877 00:37:39,967 --> 00:37:42,567 -Thank you. -The cake is definitely delicious. 878 00:37:42,567 --> 00:37:46,800 Is it hitting all the points that we asked for? Not really. 879 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:48,367 Shriek Squad, thanks. 880 00:37:48,367 --> 00:37:49,834 -[Aarti and Li] Thank you. -Thank you. 881 00:37:49,834 --> 00:37:53,300 Two Ghouls and a Butcher, let's talk about your Vampire Date Gone Wrong. 882 00:37:54,467 --> 00:37:58,767 So, our Goat Yoga vampire got the girl! 883 00:37:58,767 --> 00:38:01,667 -[laughing and cheering] -Yes! 884 00:38:01,667 --> 00:38:06,100 [Shellane] Our couple are all cake. Our gondola is made out of pumpkin. 885 00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:10,367 Our gondolier is made out of squash with carrot legs. 886 00:38:10,367 --> 00:38:14,266 And we have an isomalt canal, isomalt plate, 887 00:38:14,266 --> 00:38:17,066 as well as some other sugar things. 888 00:38:17,066 --> 00:38:20,667 This is so clever, Shellane, for you to bring a character back. 889 00:38:20,667 --> 00:38:23,367 We were both so excited to see him. 890 00:38:23,367 --> 00:38:26,600 The many layers of color on the burnt side of his face, 891 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,867 the teeth, the eye sort of squeezed shut. 892 00:38:29,867 --> 00:38:32,467 I just think that you did such an incredible job. 893 00:38:32,467 --> 00:38:35,967 Alan, this is the best work I've seen from you yet. 894 00:38:35,967 --> 00:38:38,700 I love that you pivoted and you painted the inside with chocolate 895 00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:41,367 'cause you're like, "I just don't have enough time to do that out of pumpkin." 896 00:38:41,367 --> 00:38:43,266 That's really, really great planning, 897 00:38:43,266 --> 00:38:46,467 because then you're able to really support the rest of your teammates. 898 00:38:46,467 --> 00:38:48,867 Shellane, I know that you got emotional today. 899 00:38:48,867 --> 00:38:50,667 Well, I think you should be emotional, 900 00:38:50,667 --> 00:38:53,300 because this is the best piece you guys have produced yet. 901 00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:54,533 Oh, my gosh. 902 00:38:54,533 --> 00:38:58,266 And, Emerlie, the food that you created on the sugar plates, 903 00:38:58,266 --> 00:39:00,600 they're so believable, it's insane. 904 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,667 So, tell us what love ingredient you got 905 00:39:02,667 --> 00:39:03,767 and what cake we're gonna be eating. 906 00:39:03,767 --> 00:39:09,266 We got basil, so we made a lemon-basil olive oil cake, 907 00:39:09,266 --> 00:39:14,600 a basil buttercream, and our oozing factor is a strawberry-basil curd. 908 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,767 [Li] Shellane, I know that you don't feel like you're a baker, 909 00:39:16,767 --> 00:39:18,300 but this is a really good cake. 910 00:39:18,300 --> 00:39:20,467 The texture of this cake is absolutely beautiful. 911 00:39:20,467 --> 00:39:22,100 It's fluffy, it's moist, 912 00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:24,166 it gives a really nice bounce-back. 913 00:39:24,166 --> 00:39:25,667 I think it's fantastic. 914 00:39:25,667 --> 00:39:29,266 The only thing I'm missing is, I wish that the basil was a little stronger. 915 00:39:29,266 --> 00:39:31,767 I'm not getting super strong basil notes, 916 00:39:31,767 --> 00:39:35,266 but I think that this is a really great pairing, 917 00:39:35,266 --> 00:39:38,066 and it did give us a pretty pleasing ooze. 918 00:39:38,066 --> 00:39:42,000 -Two Ghouls and a Butcher, great job. Thank you. -[Shellane] Thank you. 919 00:39:43,166 --> 00:39:45,500 Love might suck for vampires, 920 00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:49,667 but the work you all accomplished today did anything but. 921 00:39:49,667 --> 00:39:54,266 There was one team that delivered the perfect chemistry of flavor and design 922 00:39:54,266 --> 00:39:56,767 in their Vampire Date Gone Wrong. 923 00:39:56,767 --> 00:39:59,567 The winner of this challenge is... 924 00:39:59,567 --> 00:40:01,200 [tense instrumental music] 925 00:40:05,300 --> 00:40:09,467 -Two Ghouls and a Butcher. -[all clapping] 926 00:40:09,467 --> 00:40:10,767 Congratulations. 927 00:40:10,767 --> 00:40:14,567 You took the judges on a ride and they loved it. 928 00:40:14,567 --> 00:40:17,367 It's obvious that this is an all-star season 929 00:40:17,367 --> 00:40:20,300 and you have made the judges' job very tough. 930 00:40:20,300 --> 00:40:24,467 It's coming down to the smallest of details. 931 00:40:24,467 --> 00:40:26,900 [sighs] Scream of the Crop, 932 00:40:26,900 --> 00:40:29,500 we love the emotion that you were able to show us 933 00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:32,667 with the faces of your vampire and Lady Death. 934 00:40:32,667 --> 00:40:35,867 But your choice of color on the vampire's face 935 00:40:35,867 --> 00:40:38,400 made it hard to distinguish him from Death. 936 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:39,634 Delectable Demons, 937 00:40:39,634 --> 00:40:43,266 we loved the details you captured with your vengeful bride. 938 00:40:43,266 --> 00:40:46,900 But, while we appreciated your individual work, 939 00:40:46,900 --> 00:40:49,467 there was no love connection between the pieces, 940 00:40:49,467 --> 00:40:53,500 leaving the display feeling a little stagnant and empty. 941 00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:58,867 Both teams showed why they have survived this Halloween war so long. 942 00:40:58,867 --> 00:41:02,400 But, today, one of you must go home. 943 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,600 [dramatic instrumental music] 944 00:41:06,867 --> 00:41:08,100 Delectable Demons, 945 00:41:08,100 --> 00:41:11,066 I'm so sorry, but it's time to say goodbye. 946 00:41:11,066 --> 00:41:12,200 [Eric] It's an all-star season. 947 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,166 It's very tight. It's very competitive. 948 00:41:14,166 --> 00:41:16,934 Couple of little mistakes and you're going home, and that's where we are. 949 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,767 I'm so proud to have built the pieces that we built. 950 00:41:21,767 --> 00:41:23,667 I couldn't have asked for a better team. 951 00:41:23,667 --> 00:41:26,266 We're artists, and we're here to express ourselves. 952 00:41:26,266 --> 00:41:28,867 And, at the end of the day, we got to play with food, 953 00:41:28,867 --> 00:41:30,700 and that should be a win in itself. 954 00:41:30,700 --> 00:41:35,467 [Bennett] Two Ghouls and a Butcher, Shriek Squad, and Scream of the Crop, 955 00:41:35,467 --> 00:41:39,000 congratulations, you're moving on to the semi-finals. 956 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,100 [clapping] 957 00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:43,367 Next time on Halloween Wars, 958 00:41:43,367 --> 00:41:47,200 the three remaining teams take on a monstrous Mother Nature... 959 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:48,767 [Elias] Oh, he looks so lifelike, Jamie. 960 00:41:48,767 --> 00:41:49,867 [Bennett] ...that bites back. 961 00:41:49,867 --> 00:41:51,166 We have a surprise for them. 962 00:41:51,166 --> 00:41:53,100 [Aarti] This is so disturbing. 963 00:41:53,100 --> 00:41:54,767 The pressure is getting to them. 964 00:41:54,767 --> 00:41:56,400 I'm thinking this was a bad decision. [chuckles] 965 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,266 Shoot, shoot, shoot. [gasps] 966 00:41:58,266 --> 00:41:59,867 [screams]