1 00:00:00,867 --> 00:00:01,867 [thunder rumbling] 2 00:00:01,867 --> 00:00:05,133 This Halloween war has claimed another victim. 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,166 Last time Scream of the Crop 4 00:00:08,166 --> 00:00:10,567 gave the competition nightmares 5 00:00:10,567 --> 00:00:13,867 with a dominating, demonic display. 6 00:00:13,867 --> 00:00:16,266 While Killer Instincts was sent home. 7 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:19,467 Now, the five remaining All Star champions, 8 00:00:19,467 --> 00:00:21,567 brace their teams for a new phase 9 00:00:21,567 --> 00:00:23,400 of shocking surprises... 10 00:00:24,567 --> 00:00:26,000 -[Matt] No. -[all gasping] 11 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,367 ...as this monstrous battle continues 12 00:00:28,367 --> 00:00:31,100 on its dark path towards the title 13 00:00:31,100 --> 00:00:33,767 and $25,000. 14 00:00:33,767 --> 00:00:35,367 [Jamie] Yeah! 15 00:00:35,367 --> 00:00:38,300 [Jonathan B] The most heart pounding season of Halloween Wars, All Stars 16 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:39,700 starts right now. 17 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,667 Teams, so far you have dared 18 00:00:44,667 --> 00:00:47,100 to take on monsters of all kinds, 19 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:48,600 and you have all lived 20 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:50,266 to tell the tale. 21 00:00:51,467 --> 00:00:55,467 But sometimes the supernatural citizens of the world 22 00:00:55,467 --> 00:00:57,200 like to have a little fun. 23 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,166 Kids get to dress up as scary monsters. 24 00:01:00,166 --> 00:01:03,400 Why shouldn't the scary monsters get to wear a costume 25 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,567 in search of candy, too? 26 00:01:05,567 --> 00:01:08,667 We want you to imagine not only what disguises 27 00:01:08,667 --> 00:01:10,500 your creatures would devise, 28 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:12,600 but also the chaos that comes 29 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:16,000 when they head out on All Hallow's Eve. 30 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,166 And we're upping the stakes for this battle, 31 00:01:18,166 --> 00:01:20,266 and challenging you to go bigger 32 00:01:20,266 --> 00:01:21,867 than ever before. 33 00:01:21,867 --> 00:01:24,667 One character or element in your display, 34 00:01:24,667 --> 00:01:28,467 must be at least three feet tall. 35 00:01:28,467 --> 00:01:29,900 -What? -[Shellane] Okay. 36 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:31,000 -Ooh. -Whoa. 37 00:01:31,567 --> 00:01:33,567 For your tasting element, 38 00:01:33,567 --> 00:01:35,667 what better way to celebrate trick or treating 39 00:01:35,667 --> 00:01:38,467 than to create a totally unique take 40 00:01:38,467 --> 00:01:40,634 on a classic Halloween candy? 41 00:01:41,567 --> 00:01:42,767 Shriek Squad... 42 00:01:42,767 --> 00:01:44,767 You get the chocolate toffee bar. 43 00:01:44,767 --> 00:01:46,667 -Yeah. -I'll take it. 44 00:01:46,667 --> 00:01:48,166 Delectable Demons... 45 00:01:48,166 --> 00:01:49,367 Sour candy. 46 00:01:49,367 --> 00:01:50,467 Awesome. 47 00:01:50,467 --> 00:01:51,400 [Jonathan B] Death by Deco... 48 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:52,967 Chocolate and nougat candy. 49 00:01:52,967 --> 00:01:54,667 -Good ones. -[Matt] Yeah. Good one. 50 00:01:54,667 --> 00:01:55,667 [Jonathan B] Scream of the Crop... 51 00:01:55,667 --> 00:01:57,767 Chocolate covered wafers. 52 00:01:57,767 --> 00:01:59,467 -Yeah! Okay. -All right. 53 00:01:59,467 --> 00:02:01,667 And Two Ghouls And A Butcher... 54 00:02:01,667 --> 00:02:03,767 Chocolate flavored taffy. 55 00:02:03,767 --> 00:02:05,867 -[all exclaiming] -Okay. Okay. 56 00:02:05,867 --> 00:02:06,900 Before you go, 57 00:02:06,900 --> 00:02:10,033 there's just a bit more horror we have in store. 58 00:02:11,100 --> 00:02:13,233 We're adding a new twist going forward. 59 00:02:14,367 --> 00:02:16,433 The specialty spotlight. 60 00:02:17,567 --> 00:02:19,000 One skill set, 61 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,867 cake, sugar or pumpkin, 62 00:02:20,867 --> 00:02:22,967 must create a specific element 63 00:02:22,967 --> 00:02:26,500 that is front and center in your team's overall design. 64 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:28,200 Pumpkin carvers, 65 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:29,900 you're up first. 66 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:31,700 One of your trick or treaters 67 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:35,100 must be made entirely of pumpkin. 68 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:36,400 -I can do that. -You can do anything. 69 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,800 Your seven hours... 70 00:02:38,367 --> 00:02:39,767 starts now. 71 00:02:39,767 --> 00:02:41,467 Oh, boy. 72 00:02:41,467 --> 00:02:44,367 We gotta think of an idea that can really highlight you, Eric. 73 00:02:44,367 --> 00:02:46,100 The character's gotta be three feet. 74 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:47,767 Yeah, that's pretty big. 75 00:02:47,767 --> 00:02:49,667 We're gonna have to have a lot of pumpkins. 76 00:02:49,667 --> 00:02:51,667 So, what would you like to carve out of pumpkin 77 00:02:51,667 --> 00:02:53,700 to be like, showcased and amazing? 78 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:56,367 What if it's two adult monsters 79 00:02:56,367 --> 00:02:57,800 going for a last hurrah? 80 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,200 Going trick or treating in this spooky neighborhood. 81 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:01,266 We are gonna have 82 00:03:01,266 --> 00:03:03,467 a mummy dressed up as a princess 83 00:03:03,467 --> 00:03:06,667 and a zombie character dressed up as a pirate, 84 00:03:06,667 --> 00:03:09,266 and they go trick or treating to witch's house. 85 00:03:09,266 --> 00:03:11,667 But their costumes are a little too good 86 00:03:11,667 --> 00:03:13,700 'cause they get confused as humans. 87 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:16,000 And of course, we all know what witches do to humans. 88 00:03:18,100 --> 00:03:19,767 Who would be fun to see trick or treating? 89 00:03:19,767 --> 00:03:21,367 I mean, I love Frankenstein. 90 00:03:21,367 --> 00:03:22,767 You can't have Halloween without him. 91 00:03:22,767 --> 00:03:24,100 What about, like, Medusa? 92 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:26,800 But the problem is if everyone looks at her hair and her costume, 93 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,200 they turn to a rock. 94 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,266 Our team's idea is having 95 00:03:30,266 --> 00:03:32,667 Frankenstein dressed up like a cute bunny, 96 00:03:32,667 --> 00:03:34,133 going trick or treating. 97 00:03:34,133 --> 00:03:37,767 But unfortunately, Medusa wants to join the fun dressed as a princess. 98 00:03:37,767 --> 00:03:39,367 But in the wake of her treating, 99 00:03:39,367 --> 00:03:41,066 everyone's turning into stone. 100 00:03:41,066 --> 00:03:43,500 Or, as I like to say, petrified. 101 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:45,300 How about Medusa as the pumpkin? 102 00:03:45,300 --> 00:03:46,700 Whoo! A lot of work. 103 00:03:46,700 --> 00:03:48,900 What if we do, like, a father and son trick or treating 104 00:03:48,900 --> 00:03:50,266 -as a dragon? -[Emerlie] Okay. 105 00:03:50,266 --> 00:03:52,567 The actual dragons are, like, going trick or treating 106 00:03:52,567 --> 00:03:55,000 -as another type of dragon? -As a... 107 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,266 We're going to have our father and son 108 00:03:57,266 --> 00:03:59,567 dragon duo dressed up in plain sight 109 00:03:59,567 --> 00:04:03,100 as a mythical dragon parading down the sidewalk, 110 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:06,100 causing chaos during the trick or treat festival. 111 00:04:07,667 --> 00:04:09,667 We could do a lizard. 112 00:04:09,667 --> 00:04:10,800 Like, a swamp lizard. 113 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,300 [Eric] Really bulky like this. 114 00:04:12,300 --> 00:04:13,600 -[Shannon] And then you could use the shapes of the pumpkin. -[Briea] Whoa. 115 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:14,967 You're gonna make it that big? 116 00:04:14,967 --> 00:04:16,300 This is a risk. 117 00:04:16,300 --> 00:04:19,867 We're doing a giant pumpkin monster that's dressed as a clown, 118 00:04:19,867 --> 00:04:22,100 and the little kid is really confused. 119 00:04:22,100 --> 00:04:25,567 That monster is cutting open his pillow sack full of candy, 120 00:04:25,567 --> 00:04:27,967 and getting what he thinks is his. 121 00:04:27,967 --> 00:04:30,300 -Can we do, like, a pumpkin monster? -[Kyle] Yeah. 122 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:31,567 What does he dress up as? 123 00:04:31,567 --> 00:04:33,166 Can you do a pumpkin 124 00:04:33,166 --> 00:04:34,800 shaped like a scarecrow mask, 125 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,767 -but with a pumpkin underneath? -Yeah. 126 00:04:36,767 --> 00:04:38,767 [Sarah B] What if the crow's, like, pulling him apart? 127 00:04:38,767 --> 00:04:40,266 We come up with the idea of 128 00:04:40,266 --> 00:04:42,700 an actual Jack-o'-lantern trick or treating. 129 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:44,467 He decides to go as a scarecrow. 130 00:04:44,467 --> 00:04:46,800 And what's the number one enemy of scarecrow? 131 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:47,600 Is crows. 132 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,300 -We got it. -All right. Let's go. 133 00:04:49,300 --> 00:04:51,600 -Go, team! -Let's do this. We have this this time. 134 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,467 I need one that's really flat on one side. 135 00:04:53,467 --> 00:04:55,166 [Matt] I need a big one. Big, big, big, big, big. 136 00:04:55,166 --> 00:04:56,333 Ooh, I like that one. 137 00:04:58,100 --> 00:04:59,166 [laughs] 138 00:04:59,166 --> 00:05:01,066 [grunting] 139 00:05:01,066 --> 00:05:02,667 All right. 140 00:05:02,667 --> 00:05:04,300 -Are you sure? -[Kyle] Yeah. Watch out. 141 00:05:04,867 --> 00:05:06,100 Thank you. 142 00:05:06,100 --> 00:05:08,266 [Kyle] Bloodstain's gonna be making the trick or treater 143 00:05:08,266 --> 00:05:10,166 Jack-o'-lantern dressed as a scarecrow, 144 00:05:10,166 --> 00:05:11,700 made entirely out of pumpkin. 145 00:05:11,700 --> 00:05:14,000 [Sarah B] I also have to work with an armature. 146 00:05:14,266 --> 00:05:15,200 Here's an arm. 147 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:16,533 She knows how to carve. 148 00:05:16,533 --> 00:05:19,166 What's interesting is that she's never worked with armatures. 149 00:05:19,166 --> 00:05:21,500 So she's gonna have to step up her game 150 00:05:21,500 --> 00:05:23,667 quite a bit in this challenge because 151 00:05:23,667 --> 00:05:25,367 we're going against pumpkin carvers that 152 00:05:25,367 --> 00:05:26,967 know how to do structure, 153 00:05:26,967 --> 00:05:29,266 know how to do armature, all that stuff. 154 00:05:29,266 --> 00:05:32,000 So she's gonna have to learn on the fly 155 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,867 'cause... [chuckles] ...we gotta win this. 156 00:05:34,867 --> 00:05:37,667 I'm gonna build a plague doctor crow. 157 00:05:37,667 --> 00:05:40,066 The plague doctor is gonna be rice cereal treats 158 00:05:40,066 --> 00:05:41,400 and modeling chocolate. 159 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,266 We won the last challenge because we listened to the judges, 160 00:05:44,266 --> 00:05:46,967 put in a lot of detail and made sure everything stood out. 161 00:05:46,967 --> 00:05:50,400 So what we're trying to do here is do the exact same thing. 162 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,266 What's really tricky is I have to create this character 163 00:05:53,266 --> 00:05:55,166 and make sure that it doesn't take away 164 00:05:55,166 --> 00:05:56,800 from the Jack-o'-lantern in the front. 165 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,233 [groans] 166 00:05:59,233 --> 00:06:01,300 [Eric] This huge pumpkin's gonna be the body of my monster. 167 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:02,266 [groans] 168 00:06:02,266 --> 00:06:04,467 [Briea] Eric is making our monster piece 169 00:06:04,467 --> 00:06:06,767 entirely out of pumpkin. 170 00:06:06,767 --> 00:06:09,066 He's not using any armatures. 171 00:06:09,066 --> 00:06:10,767 Literally just a pole 172 00:06:10,767 --> 00:06:12,800 to make sure that it stands up straight, 173 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,166 and that's it. 174 00:06:14,166 --> 00:06:15,200 He is in beast mode. 175 00:06:16,667 --> 00:06:19,667 Shannon's in charge of making the entire child 176 00:06:19,667 --> 00:06:22,100 out of rice cereal treat and modeling chocolate 177 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:24,567 and I immediately get started on that tasting element. 178 00:06:24,567 --> 00:06:27,567 And I'm definitely thinking of using all those citrus notes. 179 00:06:27,567 --> 00:06:29,100 We got sour candy. 180 00:06:29,100 --> 00:06:32,367 I'm stoked because I love gummy candy 181 00:06:32,367 --> 00:06:34,266 coated in citric acid and sugar. 182 00:06:34,266 --> 00:06:38,100 So, I'm making a cocoa butter colored bonbon in white chocolate 183 00:06:38,100 --> 00:06:40,467 with a passion fruit reduction marshmallow. 184 00:06:40,467 --> 00:06:41,700 It's gonna look like the boils 185 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:43,667 on the back of the lizard's back. 186 00:06:43,667 --> 00:06:45,567 Marshmallow time, guys. 187 00:06:45,567 --> 00:06:47,767 Look at that bloomed, soft gelatin. 188 00:06:47,767 --> 00:06:48,867 All goes in. 189 00:06:48,867 --> 00:06:50,767 So this is a passion fruit reduction. 190 00:06:50,767 --> 00:06:53,467 It's what's gonna flavor the marshmallow. 191 00:06:53,467 --> 00:06:55,100 Oh, yeah. That's what I wanted. 192 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:56,266 Right there. 193 00:06:57,667 --> 00:06:59,367 [Matt] Everything's softer under the skin, 194 00:06:59,367 --> 00:07:02,567 and I'm gonna start shaping it to be looking 195 00:07:02,567 --> 00:07:04,467 more like a snake than a pumpkin. 196 00:07:04,467 --> 00:07:06,767 [Al] Matt's gonna be carving Medusa 197 00:07:06,767 --> 00:07:08,567 out of several pumpkins. 198 00:07:08,567 --> 00:07:09,900 It's a whole new beast for me. 199 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:13,600 I've never done any kind of big structure before. 200 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,900 Right now I am starting Frankie's head. 201 00:07:15,900 --> 00:07:19,667 It'll be all rice cereal treats with some modeling chocolate. 202 00:07:19,667 --> 00:07:21,166 I'm making Frankenstein 203 00:07:21,166 --> 00:07:24,667 also a three-foot structure, as a backup plan, 204 00:07:24,667 --> 00:07:28,100 just in case Matt falls a little short of the parameters. 205 00:07:28,100 --> 00:07:29,867 But I didn't want him to overshadow Medusa, 206 00:07:29,867 --> 00:07:32,600 so I chose to have him falling backwards. 207 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,066 Yeah, it's gonna be like he's transforming into stone. 208 00:07:36,066 --> 00:07:38,400 I'm making a princess dress. 209 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,767 So I'm shaving this pumpkin down 210 00:07:40,767 --> 00:07:43,467 to be like a bell of a dress. 211 00:07:43,467 --> 00:07:45,166 This particular pumpkin character 212 00:07:45,166 --> 00:07:47,800 is gonna be a really interesting juxtaposition 213 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,567 because it's gonna be a really pretty princess, 214 00:07:50,567 --> 00:07:52,166 but it also needs to be 215 00:07:52,166 --> 00:07:55,066 a dried out dead mummy underneath. 216 00:07:55,066 --> 00:07:57,166 Since this pumpkin is gonna be 217 00:07:57,166 --> 00:07:58,700 a shiny satin dress, 218 00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:01,300 I'm gonna make sure it's extra smooth. 219 00:08:01,300 --> 00:08:03,567 I use wet automotive sandpaper 220 00:08:03,567 --> 00:08:05,567 to get all of those smooth edges. 221 00:08:05,567 --> 00:08:08,400 So that when we color it, it'll look shimmery and pretty. 222 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:09,667 What are you starting on, Jamie? 223 00:08:09,667 --> 00:08:11,600 I am starting on rolling out the fondant 224 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,066 to get my window painted. 225 00:08:13,066 --> 00:08:14,200 -Oh, okay. -The silhouette painted. 226 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,066 So that you can pour sugar on it when it's not like... 227 00:08:17,066 --> 00:08:18,767 -Cool. You got it. -... you know, too fresh. 228 00:08:18,767 --> 00:08:21,166 Jamie is going to be hand-painting silhouettes 229 00:08:21,166 --> 00:08:24,367 so we can get an idea of the characters that are in this house. 230 00:08:24,367 --> 00:08:26,266 [Jamie] I want these windows to look like they're glowing. 231 00:08:26,266 --> 00:08:28,000 So I'm gonna start 'em yellow and kind of, like, 232 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,700 ombre some other colors into it. 233 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:32,200 I'm painting some familiars. 234 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:33,700 Witch bats and cats. 235 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:35,834 They're basically like friends to the witches. 236 00:08:36,567 --> 00:08:37,700 [Jonathan] After winning the first week 237 00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:39,900 and then being in the bottom two the second week, 238 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:41,567 it was kind of a crusher for us. 239 00:08:41,567 --> 00:08:43,567 [Jamie] Going into this challenge, we definitely have to make sure 240 00:08:43,567 --> 00:08:45,967 that we show the judges that we were listening. 241 00:08:45,967 --> 00:08:48,166 And edit ourselves a little bit 242 00:08:48,166 --> 00:08:49,567 so that we're not going super crazy. 243 00:08:49,567 --> 00:08:52,400 [Jonathan] I'm creating a dim, so that the sugar, when I pour it, 244 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,100 doesn't leak all over our piece. 245 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:56,000 -Ho, ho, ho. -[Kristina] Ha, ha. 246 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,100 [Jonathan] Looks amazing. 247 00:08:57,100 --> 00:08:58,200 [Jamie] That looks cool. 248 00:08:58,200 --> 00:08:59,967 -Look at that perfect cooked sugar. -[Jamie] Yeah! 249 00:08:59,967 --> 00:09:02,033 Whoa! Oh. [laughing] 250 00:09:02,467 --> 00:09:03,400 This is our spotlight. 251 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,467 We gotta be on our game faces today, okay? 252 00:09:05,467 --> 00:09:07,300 -Y'all ready? Let's go. -[Emerlie laughing] 253 00:09:09,100 --> 00:09:11,467 Our dragon costume that Alan's making 254 00:09:11,467 --> 00:09:14,600 is a lantern-style mythical dragon, 255 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,800 which is floating three feet in the air 256 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,000 and is also four feet long. 257 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,767 [Alan] I'm doing a bunch of scales. 258 00:09:20,767 --> 00:09:23,367 Once I finish all of the pumpkin bodies, 259 00:09:23,367 --> 00:09:26,166 I have to work on the arms and his head. 260 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:28,900 You're working on baby dragon or daddy dragon? 261 00:09:28,900 --> 00:09:30,567 -[Shellane] Baby dragon. -[Alan] All right. 262 00:09:30,567 --> 00:09:32,066 I'm going to create 263 00:09:32,066 --> 00:09:35,600 the two monsters as well as the spectator. 264 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:37,767 Because I have three characters to make, 265 00:09:37,767 --> 00:09:40,600 I have to come up with a very quick technique 266 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:41,834 to get all of them done. 267 00:09:41,834 --> 00:09:45,000 So instead of using my traditional modeling chocolate, 268 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,467 I make a very thick chocolate ganache, 269 00:09:47,467 --> 00:09:50,367 and I just lather it in room temperature. 270 00:09:50,367 --> 00:09:51,533 Ganache is firm, 271 00:09:51,533 --> 00:09:55,266 so this provides just a very solid base for me to work on. 272 00:09:55,266 --> 00:09:56,667 Teams, you've got six hours left. 273 00:09:56,667 --> 00:09:58,467 -[Jamie] Six hours? -Six hours, six hours. 274 00:09:58,467 --> 00:10:00,000 -[Matt] Huh? -[Sarah B] I'm just looking at your, 275 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,300 like, nearly finished crow guy. 276 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:02,800 I'm like, "Look, it's kind of an egg." 277 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:03,800 [laughing] 278 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,800 Bloodstain is nervous. 279 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,166 She's never done this before. 280 00:10:07,166 --> 00:10:09,400 [Sarah B] All right, Mr. Torso. 281 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:11,233 In goes the neighborhood. 282 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:12,900 [exhales] 283 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:14,967 Uh-oh. 284 00:10:14,967 --> 00:10:16,767 She's got one solid piece 285 00:10:16,767 --> 00:10:18,533 wrapped around the entire torso. 286 00:10:21,166 --> 00:10:22,500 It will not move. 287 00:10:25,767 --> 00:10:26,533 [Sarah A] This is a unique problem. 288 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:30,767 The problem is it will not move. 289 00:10:30,767 --> 00:10:31,934 Can I get a boost? 290 00:10:37,266 --> 00:10:38,500 I'm just crushing. 291 00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:41,300 Bloodstain put so much pressure on the structure as a whole. 292 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,500 [Sarah B] There you go. 293 00:10:43,867 --> 00:10:45,433 Thank God it works. 294 00:10:47,567 --> 00:10:49,467 [Jonathan B] So this week we are highlighting 295 00:10:49,467 --> 00:10:50,867 the pumpkin carvers. 296 00:10:50,867 --> 00:10:53,000 But that comes with its own set of challenges. 297 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,900 [Aarti] I think the difficulty here is, 298 00:10:54,900 --> 00:10:57,400 how do you spotlight the pumpkin... 299 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,300 -Yeah. -...whilst also keeping it 300 00:10:59,300 --> 00:11:02,467 seamlessly incorporated into your whole design? 301 00:11:02,467 --> 00:11:04,767 [Kristina] I keep trying to make the face clean, 302 00:11:04,767 --> 00:11:06,767 but it has to have a lot of texture. 303 00:11:06,767 --> 00:11:09,767 It really can't be a very clean sculpt if it's gonna be a mummy. 304 00:11:09,767 --> 00:11:11,200 -[Jamie] Yeah. -[Kristina] The exposed skin underneath 305 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,000 is gonna have to be all messed up, right? 306 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,467 Coming off of being in the bottom, in the last challenge, 307 00:11:16,467 --> 00:11:17,800 that never feels good, 308 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,100 and we really have to take the judge's feedback into account. 309 00:11:21,100 --> 00:11:23,467 They thought our piece last week was a little bit messy. 310 00:11:23,467 --> 00:11:25,600 So this week, we're going to focus on 311 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,567 really clean textures 312 00:11:27,567 --> 00:11:29,567 and a really thought out piece. 313 00:11:29,567 --> 00:11:31,467 [Jamie] I like it. How did you do the white eye? 314 00:11:31,467 --> 00:11:32,967 [Kristina] Uh, just with white pumpkin. 315 00:11:32,967 --> 00:11:34,867 [Jamie] What? 316 00:11:34,867 --> 00:11:36,967 [Kristina] Jamie's getting started with the zombie 317 00:11:36,967 --> 00:11:39,166 that's getting pulled into the house. 318 00:11:39,166 --> 00:11:42,667 And she's gonna be making that out of her 50/50 fondant 319 00:11:42,667 --> 00:11:44,467 and modeling chocolate blend. 320 00:11:44,467 --> 00:11:46,000 [Jamie] Gotta make sure to smooth out on my edges, 321 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,967 so it actually looks like the brains are, like, in there 322 00:11:47,967 --> 00:11:50,300 versus, like, sitting on top of his head. 323 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:54,200 And then I'll make him look all, like, slimy and gross. 324 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,767 -[Jonathan] Jamie. He's looking awesome. -[Jamie] Yeah. 325 00:11:56,767 --> 00:11:58,567 Yeah? Still want his head to move. 326 00:11:58,567 --> 00:12:00,166 Saigon cinnamon. 327 00:12:00,166 --> 00:12:02,900 [Kristina] The classic Halloween candy that we are signed 328 00:12:02,900 --> 00:12:04,867 is a toffee chocolate bar. 329 00:12:04,867 --> 00:12:07,367 Jonathan is gonna be making a tres leches cake 330 00:12:07,367 --> 00:12:11,300 with a toffee crunch, encased in a chocolate mold. 331 00:12:11,300 --> 00:12:13,367 [Jonathan] And guess what? Into the oven we go. 332 00:12:13,367 --> 00:12:15,000 Whoo-hoo! 333 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,967 You've got five hours on the clock. 334 00:12:16,967 --> 00:12:18,166 Five hours? 335 00:12:18,166 --> 00:12:20,000 Five hours! 336 00:12:21,300 --> 00:12:24,367 [Al] I'd like to start layering on colors 337 00:12:24,367 --> 00:12:26,567 and letting it dry and absorb a little bit 338 00:12:26,567 --> 00:12:27,767 and then I'll start bringing out, like, 339 00:12:27,767 --> 00:12:29,567 the highlights and low lights. 340 00:12:29,567 --> 00:12:31,567 I think it's very interesting 341 00:12:31,567 --> 00:12:34,367 that both of these characters are going to be three feet high. 342 00:12:34,367 --> 00:12:36,467 -[Shinmin] I don't think that Al is trying to steal thunder. -[Aarti] Yeah. 343 00:12:36,467 --> 00:12:37,900 [Shinmin] I think he's actually just trying to give us 344 00:12:37,900 --> 00:12:40,100 a really dynamic piece. 345 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:41,667 Frankie's getting stoned right now. 346 00:12:41,667 --> 00:12:43,367 -[Matt chuckling] -[Becky] Oh, stop. 347 00:12:43,367 --> 00:12:44,767 [Al and Matt laughing] 348 00:12:44,767 --> 00:12:47,500 I gotta make a nougat. So... 349 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:50,300 I'm gonna try to do some whipping cream first. 350 00:12:51,367 --> 00:12:53,367 [Al] Becky wants to get on her tasting element. 351 00:12:53,367 --> 00:12:55,900 The candy we get is chocolate nougat. 352 00:12:55,900 --> 00:12:59,000 So she suggests bourbon goes really good with chocolate. 353 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,467 It sounds good to me. 354 00:13:00,467 --> 00:13:03,367 She's making a chocolate bourbon nougat. 355 00:13:03,367 --> 00:13:06,767 [Becky] You take chocolate, melt it down and add whipped cream. 356 00:13:06,767 --> 00:13:08,767 And dip it in chocolate. There's your candy bar. 357 00:13:08,767 --> 00:13:10,634 With the bourbon, it's fabulous. 358 00:13:12,767 --> 00:13:14,200 There it is. 359 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,400 Once they come out, they're ready to get dipped in chocolate ganache. 360 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,400 Just make sure they're cut really nice. 361 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:22,600 I'm gonna get started on the tasting element, 362 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,600 and we have the chocolate wafer cookie candy bar. 363 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,567 So, we definitely want it to be very crunchy. 364 00:13:29,567 --> 00:13:31,567 For our tasting element, Sarah's going to make 365 00:13:31,567 --> 00:13:33,700 a milk chocolate bourbon ganache 366 00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:35,667 with a pecan praline crunch 367 00:13:35,667 --> 00:13:37,467 and an orange twill cookie. 368 00:13:37,467 --> 00:13:41,133 [sighing] Alrighty. My caramel's coming along nicely. 369 00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:42,900 And then I'll grind it up. 370 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:45,266 So I'll draw all those oils out of the nuts 371 00:13:45,266 --> 00:13:47,400 and it's gonna make a really smooth, 372 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,367 delicious caramel pecan prelude. 373 00:13:50,367 --> 00:13:52,367 So this is heavy cream, 374 00:13:52,367 --> 00:13:55,467 glucose, bourbon and milk chocolate. 375 00:13:55,467 --> 00:13:57,867 So now I'm just going to pour a nice layer 376 00:13:57,867 --> 00:13:59,867 right on top of the crunch. 377 00:13:59,867 --> 00:14:01,500 [Kyle] She's gonna make her tasting element 378 00:14:01,500 --> 00:14:04,567 look like moths that are stuck around the house. 379 00:14:04,567 --> 00:14:07,200 [Sarah A] So I can spread a thin layer. 380 00:14:08,266 --> 00:14:09,867 Place my cutter. 381 00:14:09,867 --> 00:14:12,800 Then I just wipe away the excess with my finger. 382 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,500 All right. I'm gonna start baking our first try. See how they come out. 383 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:19,166 Teams, you're looking at four hours to go. 384 00:14:19,166 --> 00:14:20,266 -Oh, no. -What? 385 00:14:20,266 --> 00:14:21,667 -That's not enough time. -Four hours! 386 00:14:21,667 --> 00:14:22,900 We only have four hours. 387 00:14:24,166 --> 00:14:26,467 [Alan] This is the headpiece for the dragon. 388 00:14:26,467 --> 00:14:29,667 [Shellane] For our display, we have a father and son dragon duo. 389 00:14:29,667 --> 00:14:32,667 Alan is making our dragon costume. 390 00:14:32,667 --> 00:14:36,166 This design was inspired by Alan and his son, 391 00:14:36,166 --> 00:14:39,266 who dressed up every year for Halloween. 392 00:14:39,266 --> 00:14:40,667 [Alan] Every other Halloween we get to create 393 00:14:40,667 --> 00:14:42,000 -a costume for us. -[Emerlie] Aww. 394 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,233 It's special for me. I love Halloween. 395 00:14:44,667 --> 00:14:45,500 Stop! 396 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:47,867 -[Shellane] Stop it, Alan! -Stop it! 397 00:14:47,867 --> 00:14:50,767 I'm trying to highlight my detail work. 398 00:14:50,767 --> 00:14:53,567 So hopefully that'll rule over the judge is. 399 00:14:53,567 --> 00:14:56,100 And the fact that it's up in the air, 400 00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:57,367 that would be a benefit. 401 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,767 [Shellane] I usually can't carve like this much 402 00:15:00,767 --> 00:15:03,800 in modeling chocolate, but because it's ganache, 403 00:15:04,367 --> 00:15:06,467 it's kind of like clay, 404 00:15:06,467 --> 00:15:09,100 to where I can take pieces off 405 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:10,967 that I don't want and then smooth it out. 406 00:15:10,967 --> 00:15:12,967 I'm a little worried about Two Ghouls & A Butcher. 407 00:15:12,967 --> 00:15:14,033 -Oof. -Me, too. 408 00:15:14,033 --> 00:15:16,967 Shellane is not just doing one character, not two. 409 00:15:16,967 --> 00:15:18,367 Three characters. 410 00:15:18,367 --> 00:15:19,900 And this is supposed to be 411 00:15:19,900 --> 00:15:21,300 a pumpkin spotlight, 412 00:15:23,367 --> 00:15:24,166 I'm taking a sharp pumpkin carving tool 413 00:15:24,166 --> 00:15:26,567 and that's got a small acute angle. 414 00:15:26,567 --> 00:15:28,567 And I'm drawing the circle 415 00:15:28,567 --> 00:15:30,500 and then I'm removing material around it 416 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:32,367 so it looks like it's embossed. 417 00:15:32,367 --> 00:15:33,567 I'm just thinking reptile. 418 00:15:33,567 --> 00:15:35,767 I'm thinking those big, ugly, gnarly, 419 00:15:35,767 --> 00:15:37,500 skin-tag looking things. 420 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:39,867 [Briea] Wow, Eric, that is 421 00:15:39,867 --> 00:15:41,667 already really big. 422 00:15:41,667 --> 00:15:43,500 [Eric] That's just kind of how I roll. 423 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:45,667 -We just have to talk about this pumpkin. -Let's talk about it. 424 00:15:45,667 --> 00:15:47,000 -Let's talk about it right now. -This teeny tiny 425 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,600 pumpkin over here. 426 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,500 [Shinmin] When you cut into a pumpkin, you never know 427 00:15:50,500 --> 00:15:52,500 if it's going to be thin in flesh 428 00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:54,500 or if it's gonna give you a lot of bulk. 429 00:15:54,500 --> 00:15:56,700 Not only did he pick a really large pumpkin, 430 00:15:56,700 --> 00:15:57,867 he picked a really good one. 431 00:15:57,867 --> 00:16:00,767 He's working so fast because it's not fighting him back. 432 00:16:00,767 --> 00:16:03,667 [Eric] I used the melon baller to pop out pieces of pumpkin 433 00:16:03,667 --> 00:16:06,000 and flip them around to make the boils. 434 00:16:07,367 --> 00:16:10,567 I wish every challenge was the pumpkin spotlight. 435 00:16:10,567 --> 00:16:11,700 I just love it. 436 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:14,400 [Briea] Eric was in Season 10 of Halloween Wars, 437 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,100 and he was in the finale. 438 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:17,367 But he didn't win. 439 00:16:17,367 --> 00:16:20,500 He's back to prove himself and show everyone 440 00:16:20,500 --> 00:16:23,900 that he knows exactly what he's doing when it comes to pumpkin. 441 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:25,767 [Shannon] Eric, that is so epic. 442 00:16:25,767 --> 00:16:27,900 I mean, I could put this out there right now and we'd still win. 443 00:16:27,900 --> 00:16:29,100 It's fine. We're good. 444 00:16:29,100 --> 00:16:30,400 -I'm just kidding. -Any harder. 445 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:31,433 To get the shape of the costume, 446 00:16:31,433 --> 00:16:33,600 I'm building it up with white modeling chocolate. 447 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,100 Modeling chocolate's so forgiving 448 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:36,900 and it's-it's so much like clay 449 00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:39,300 that you're really able to sculpt the details in there. 450 00:16:39,300 --> 00:16:40,700 And then once I get it to a point 451 00:16:40,700 --> 00:16:42,567 I feel like I'm happy with it, 452 00:16:42,567 --> 00:16:44,667 then I'm going to cover it with the green color 453 00:16:44,667 --> 00:16:46,567 and sculpt in all the fine details. 454 00:16:46,567 --> 00:16:48,300 Ready to start the face. 455 00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:51,300 [Briea] Shannon is very obsessed with doing realism, 456 00:16:51,300 --> 00:16:53,166 and I can already tell the story 457 00:16:53,166 --> 00:16:55,266 just by looking at her face. 458 00:16:55,266 --> 00:16:56,800 God, I love pulling sugar. 459 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:58,767 I still have a lot of sugar elements to do. 460 00:16:58,767 --> 00:17:00,667 I have a sugar lamp to produce. 461 00:17:00,667 --> 00:17:02,100 I also have all the leaves, 462 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:04,467 so we add movement like wind is blowing. 463 00:17:04,467 --> 00:17:05,667 Cut. 464 00:17:06,467 --> 00:17:09,200 But I'm so excited to make Eric's claws. 465 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,367 Eric was the star in the scene 466 00:17:11,367 --> 00:17:13,600 and we're just the supporting actors. 467 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,867 [Eric] Oh, yeah, baby. 468 00:17:15,867 --> 00:17:18,233 [Shellane chuckles nervously] Now I got it. 469 00:17:18,967 --> 00:17:20,767 I built our son dragon first, 470 00:17:20,767 --> 00:17:24,166 and then I move on to our little girl character. 471 00:17:24,166 --> 00:17:27,266 Instead of coating her in the final ganache, 472 00:17:27,266 --> 00:17:29,200 I drape fondant on top of her 473 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,767 to create this ghost costume effect. 474 00:17:31,767 --> 00:17:33,367 True that. This is a record. 475 00:17:33,367 --> 00:17:34,867 I mean, I don't know. 476 00:17:34,867 --> 00:17:37,500 I think I've found my new little niche. 477 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:39,667 Not to take myself too seriously, right? 478 00:17:39,667 --> 00:17:41,367 [laughing] 479 00:17:41,367 --> 00:17:43,667 I'm finished with my first two characters, 480 00:17:43,667 --> 00:17:46,066 which are the smallest of the three. 481 00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:47,767 I move on to the father dragon 482 00:17:47,767 --> 00:17:49,967 while Alan starts painting. 483 00:17:49,967 --> 00:17:54,000 [Alan] I'm trying to highlight my detail work and my paint work. 484 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,367 So hopefully that'll rule over the judges. 485 00:17:57,367 --> 00:17:59,567 Dark first and then highlights after. 486 00:17:59,567 --> 00:18:01,300 I listened to Shinmin. 487 00:18:01,300 --> 00:18:03,600 [Shellane] Shinmin gave Alan really great feedback 488 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,500 in our previous challenge about airbrushing, 489 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:09,300 highlights and lowlights in our pumpkins. 490 00:18:09,300 --> 00:18:12,700 And so Alan really needs to take heed to Shinmin's advice. 491 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:15,700 [Alan] Shinmin wants, Shinmin gets. 492 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:18,800 The stakes are very high 'cause it's the... 493 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,467 Gonna be coming down to the Final Four after tonight. 494 00:18:21,467 --> 00:18:24,166 So I wanna make sure, you know, we can continue moving on 495 00:18:24,166 --> 00:18:26,266 and keep pushing and pushing and pushing. 496 00:18:26,266 --> 00:18:28,200 We're going pretty hard on this one. 497 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,667 There's a lot of decorating to get on. 498 00:18:30,667 --> 00:18:33,567 Our idea is to have it look like a little neighborhood, 499 00:18:33,567 --> 00:18:35,967 that you'd be just leaving the house from. 500 00:18:35,967 --> 00:18:39,000 A spooky tree in the back painted in brown buttercream. 501 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,567 -[Becky] What do you think? -[Al] That's looking good. That looks like bark. 502 00:18:41,567 --> 00:18:43,867 I wanna get to the house and I'm gonna get to the cobblestone. 503 00:18:43,867 --> 00:18:45,667 Set it right on the edge of the board. 504 00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:47,667 We want it to have, like, a cobblestone street. 505 00:18:47,667 --> 00:18:50,767 So, Becky is making these beautiful cobblestones 506 00:18:50,767 --> 00:18:51,767 out of ice malt. 507 00:18:51,767 --> 00:18:53,166 Oh, that's a great job, Becky. 508 00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:54,567 The aroma's crazy. 509 00:18:54,567 --> 00:18:56,400 [Becky] It has all three chocolates in it. 510 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,567 Yeah, I just coated it with silver. 511 00:18:58,567 --> 00:19:00,567 [Al] The other side, want it to look like a house. 512 00:19:00,567 --> 00:19:03,567 Putting fondant down a little thicker than normal 513 00:19:03,567 --> 00:19:05,700 and then making impressions with a ruler. 514 00:19:05,700 --> 00:19:09,100 You can simply take some different colors of red and black and brown 515 00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:11,200 and brush it over without getting any 516 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,000 of the white mortar parts covered. 517 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,567 I'm blocking out the body, so it's got all the parts. 518 00:19:17,567 --> 00:19:18,867 Still a lot of work to be done. 519 00:19:18,867 --> 00:19:21,567 And then another arm and then obviously a head. 520 00:19:21,567 --> 00:19:23,700 And then probably a bunch of snakes. 521 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:25,767 You know, Matt with Death by Deco 522 00:19:25,767 --> 00:19:29,166 has just the foundation of his pumpkin work done. 523 00:19:29,166 --> 00:19:30,300 He's a little behind. 524 00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:32,767 I feel like at this point, we'd love to see some design 525 00:19:32,767 --> 00:19:34,600 and some details taking form. 526 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,166 So I'm a little worried for him. 527 00:19:36,166 --> 00:19:39,166 This is the biggest piece that Matt has ever done. 528 00:19:39,166 --> 00:19:40,467 All right. Awesome. 529 00:19:40,467 --> 00:19:42,700 [Jonathan] I am poking holes for my soaking liquid. 530 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:45,200 So when I pour my liquid, the cake absorbs it all. Just like so. 531 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,300 We're gonna pour it and all those holes help the cake absorb it better. 532 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:49,500 [Kristina] For our tasting element, 533 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:51,600 Jonathan is making a tres leches cake 534 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:55,567 with a toffee crunch encased in a chocolate mold. 535 00:19:55,567 --> 00:19:58,567 [Jonathan] I'm basically gonna make a toffee crumble for my dessert. 536 00:19:58,567 --> 00:20:01,367 I poured my toffee batter right over some salted almonds. 537 00:20:01,367 --> 00:20:03,767 I choose to use a silicone ice cube mold because 538 00:20:03,767 --> 00:20:06,200 I kind of want it to look like a mini candy bar. 539 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,767 So I temper my chocolate, I coat the inside of the mold 540 00:20:08,767 --> 00:20:11,166 and then I fill it with my toffee. 541 00:20:11,166 --> 00:20:12,467 My tres leches cake. 542 00:20:12,467 --> 00:20:13,767 And then I capped it at the end. 543 00:20:13,767 --> 00:20:15,300 This is the last of my tasting element, 544 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:16,800 and I'm gonna be so relieved when it's done. 545 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,100 [Kristina] I am delicately carving 546 00:20:19,100 --> 00:20:22,300 these thin strips and then layering them. 547 00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:25,266 I'm trying to create the illusion 548 00:20:25,266 --> 00:20:28,200 that this mummy is all wrapped up. 549 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,767 To create that mummy effect, 550 00:20:29,767 --> 00:20:31,800 I'm gonna be using strips of pumpkin 551 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,133 over the bulked up armature. 552 00:20:33,133 --> 00:20:36,967 So, it looks like it's all wrapped up like a typical mummy. 553 00:20:36,967 --> 00:20:38,400 I don't think I've ever done a mummy 554 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,066 like, wrapped up before. 555 00:20:40,066 --> 00:20:41,867 It's usually because this is so tedious, 556 00:20:41,867 --> 00:20:44,100 like, this is such a tedious thing 557 00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:46,967 and like you have to pull the layers so thin 558 00:20:46,967 --> 00:20:49,266 for them to be flexible enough to place. 559 00:20:49,266 --> 00:20:52,266 Does she look like the beautiful-est mummy princess? 560 00:20:52,266 --> 00:20:54,266 [Jonathan] She's gonna pick up all the dudes. 561 00:20:54,266 --> 00:20:57,300 The first one, we were bottom two. 562 00:20:57,300 --> 00:20:58,800 Obviously, the second one, 563 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,367 we showed them what we're capable of. 564 00:21:00,367 --> 00:21:01,266 Now, we won it. 565 00:21:01,266 --> 00:21:02,467 This one, 566 00:21:02,467 --> 00:21:04,867 we-we have to keep this streak going, 567 00:21:04,867 --> 00:21:06,600 like, we-- we are the team to beat. 568 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,800 And we-- we gotta make sure that everyone knows it in spades. 569 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,600 I remember in the first challenge, 570 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,000 that main character was predominantly made of pumpkin. 571 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,467 And then in the second challenge, Kyle took over. 572 00:21:17,467 --> 00:21:20,066 Now, this is squarely back on Sarah. 573 00:21:20,066 --> 00:21:21,467 -[Shinmin] Yeah. -And I think we're seeing 574 00:21:21,467 --> 00:21:22,867 the time really getting to her. 575 00:21:22,867 --> 00:21:25,567 [Sarah B] Once I get him into a basic body shape... 576 00:21:25,567 --> 00:21:27,367 -[Kyle] Mmm-hmm. -[Sarah B] I really need to do the head. 577 00:21:27,367 --> 00:21:30,367 So what's actually hard for me during this challenge 578 00:21:30,367 --> 00:21:34,000 is I have to take a step back and let Bloodstain take the lead. 579 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,266 So, on my plague doctor, 580 00:21:35,266 --> 00:21:37,367 I'm doing very obvious detail, 581 00:21:37,367 --> 00:21:39,767 but, in a much smaller fashion 582 00:21:39,767 --> 00:21:41,467 because it's in the background 583 00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:43,767 from the Jack-o'-lantern character. 584 00:21:43,767 --> 00:21:45,667 Teams, we are more than halfway done. 585 00:21:45,667 --> 00:21:47,467 Only three hours left on the clock. 586 00:21:47,467 --> 00:21:49,400 [Jonathan] Okay, now I'm gonna unmold my-my desserts. 587 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:52,066 [chuckles nervously] 588 00:21:52,066 --> 00:21:53,700 Unfortunately, the silicone mold 589 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:55,367 isn't as forgiving with chocolate 590 00:21:55,367 --> 00:21:57,066 as a normal bonbon mold would be. 591 00:21:57,066 --> 00:21:58,200 -Jamie. -Yeah? 592 00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,634 [Jonathan] These molds suck. Look. 593 00:21:59,634 --> 00:22:02,567 There is absolutely no way I can serve these to the judges like this. 594 00:22:02,567 --> 00:22:04,166 I need to come up with a Plan B 595 00:22:04,166 --> 00:22:05,400 and I need to do this fast. 596 00:22:10,367 --> 00:22:12,166 Jonathan, who is creating the tasting, 597 00:22:12,166 --> 00:22:15,166 is having a tough time unmolding the chocolate truffles 598 00:22:15,166 --> 00:22:16,367 from his molds, 599 00:22:16,367 --> 00:22:17,767 and they're just not looking good. 600 00:22:17,767 --> 00:22:20,667 -Which must be hard because Jonathan is a perfectionist. -[both] Yes. 601 00:22:20,667 --> 00:22:22,000 [Jonathan] Should've just let them cool down, like, 602 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,567 come to temp before I put 'em in the freezer. 603 00:22:23,567 --> 00:22:24,667 [Jamie] Yeah, just get them out. 604 00:22:24,667 --> 00:22:26,567 However, you can, manhandle it. 605 00:22:26,567 --> 00:22:29,567 Last week, Jonathan's tasting element is what saved us. 606 00:22:29,567 --> 00:22:32,667 It showed how important the tasting element is 607 00:22:32,667 --> 00:22:34,233 to every single challenge. 608 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,300 I think I'm gonna pivot and change my mold. 609 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:41,667 Unfortunately, the mold I was using is not meant for chocolate. 610 00:22:41,667 --> 00:22:44,100 So, I'm just re-making new chocolate shells. 611 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:45,367 And I'm taking my current dessert 612 00:22:45,367 --> 00:22:46,500 and just putting ' em to the shelves. 613 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:49,100 It's not gonna resemble a candy bar like I expected, 614 00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:51,400 but it's going to be the same exact concept. 615 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,000 But, I gotta hurry. 616 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,967 Teams, you've only got two hours left. 617 00:22:54,967 --> 00:22:55,967 -Two hours to go. -Two hours? 618 00:22:55,967 --> 00:22:57,367 -Two hours? -Oh my God. 619 00:22:57,367 --> 00:23:00,266 Something I started doing a long time ago is just have a toothbrush 620 00:23:00,266 --> 00:23:03,200 to brush off my tools as I go. 621 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,567 They get really gunky. 622 00:23:04,567 --> 00:23:06,867 [Al] Matt starts carving out Medusa's face. 623 00:23:06,867 --> 00:23:09,266 [Matt] Pumpkin's just basically a water balloon 624 00:23:09,266 --> 00:23:11,333 with gross stuff on it, so... 625 00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:13,567 Keeping the tools clean. 626 00:23:13,567 --> 00:23:14,767 Plus, my dad's a dentist, 627 00:23:14,767 --> 00:23:16,200 so, if I don't have a toothbrush on me, 628 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:17,767 he gets mad. 629 00:23:17,767 --> 00:23:19,767 [Al] Matt actually wanted to become a dentist 630 00:23:19,767 --> 00:23:21,066 until, like he was 20. 631 00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:24,000 He watched a cartoon and then just fell in love with animation. 632 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,166 And now he's a phenomenal pumpkin artist. 633 00:23:26,166 --> 00:23:28,800 I think Matt would really benefit 634 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,266 from the satisfaction of the win 635 00:23:31,266 --> 00:23:33,967 because of how he chose his life path 636 00:23:33,967 --> 00:23:36,767 and to express his art in food. 637 00:23:36,767 --> 00:23:39,567 [Matt] I am working on some snakes for the hair. 638 00:23:39,567 --> 00:23:42,900 Gonna just carve them out, shape them and stick them in. 639 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:49,367 [Sarah B] This is my weird meta pumpkin within a pumpkin. 640 00:23:49,367 --> 00:23:51,467 Make it look like a mask that the pumpkin is wearing. 641 00:23:51,467 --> 00:23:53,800 And I'm gonna put like, a burlap texture on it. 642 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,900 So, it looks like he's just pulled the cowl off scarecrow. 643 00:23:56,900 --> 00:23:58,767 And I'm gonna try something I've never done before, 644 00:23:58,767 --> 00:24:00,867 which is inlay a piece of the pumpkin 645 00:24:00,867 --> 00:24:03,700 so it actually looks like the pumpkin underneath. 646 00:24:05,166 --> 00:24:07,967 I am so happy to be here. 647 00:24:07,967 --> 00:24:09,900 I-- I mean, I feel like I'm home. 648 00:24:09,900 --> 00:24:12,667 This is exactly where I wanna be every day of my life, 649 00:24:12,667 --> 00:24:14,967 carving pumpkins, making scary things. 650 00:24:14,967 --> 00:24:16,967 We've come this far and I just wanna keep going. 651 00:24:16,967 --> 00:24:18,166 It's important for me to win 652 00:24:18,166 --> 00:24:21,367 because I am one of the most Halloween-y people out there. 653 00:24:21,367 --> 00:24:26,467 I've been carving pumpkins since at least ten-years-old. 654 00:24:26,467 --> 00:24:28,266 Pumpkin carving's in my blood, 655 00:24:28,266 --> 00:24:29,834 Halloween is in my blood. 656 00:24:30,166 --> 00:24:32,634 And I'm Bloodstain. 657 00:24:33,700 --> 00:24:35,066 [Sarah A] All right, he's on. 658 00:24:35,066 --> 00:24:38,667 So right now, I'm blowing a sugar crow. 659 00:24:38,667 --> 00:24:41,066 Sarah's gonna make a bunch of sugar crows 660 00:24:41,066 --> 00:24:43,100 attacking the Jack-o'-lantern. 661 00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:45,166 [Sarah A] I'm trying to make these crow wings, 662 00:24:45,166 --> 00:24:46,700 each a little different. 663 00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:51,667 So, they all have their own unique kind of motion. 664 00:24:51,667 --> 00:24:54,767 [Aarti] Sarah has pulled and blown the crows. 665 00:24:54,767 --> 00:24:57,300 -[Shinmin] Yes. -The crows have to look menacing. 666 00:24:57,300 --> 00:25:00,367 It's making me feel more like a cute little bat is coming to say hi. 667 00:25:00,367 --> 00:25:02,767 -[Shinmin] Yeah. -[Aarti] Rather than a crow's coming to peck my eyes out. 668 00:25:02,767 --> 00:25:04,500 [Shinmin] The reason for that is because 669 00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:07,300 -their wings are just a little too small. -[Jonathan B] Okay. 670 00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:08,667 -Surprisingly. Yeah, yeah. -Crows are really big birds. 671 00:25:08,667 --> 00:25:11,300 -Yeah, they're huge. -And these look like friendly little sparrows. 672 00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:15,000 [Emerlie] I'm browning my butter 673 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,900 so I can add a touch of nutty flavoring 674 00:25:17,900 --> 00:25:19,400 to my chocolate taffy. 675 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:20,867 [Shellane] For the tasting element, 676 00:25:20,867 --> 00:25:23,767 we are given a traditional Halloween candy 677 00:25:23,767 --> 00:25:26,100 which was chocolate taffy. 678 00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:28,667 [Emerlie] I have a cherry puree in there, 679 00:25:28,667 --> 00:25:31,700 so I have a cherry-infused chocolate taffy 680 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:34,467 and it's going to be delicious and chewy. 681 00:25:34,467 --> 00:25:36,667 Emerlie comes up with an idea 682 00:25:36,667 --> 00:25:41,000 to do a cherry bomb chocolate taffy pop. 683 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,166 She pulls the taffy to make sure to incorporate air 684 00:25:44,166 --> 00:25:47,300 to get that really signature taffy texture. 685 00:25:47,300 --> 00:25:49,066 [Emerlie] I thought I would infuse it 686 00:25:49,066 --> 00:25:50,567 with some maraschino cherries, 687 00:25:50,567 --> 00:25:52,767 bring out that burst of flavor. 688 00:25:52,767 --> 00:25:55,100 I'm gonna roll this into little balls, 689 00:25:55,100 --> 00:25:57,200 and then I'm gonna dip it in isomalt, 690 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,900 that's been flavored. 691 00:25:58,900 --> 00:26:01,333 We have chocolate taffy. 692 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,800 [Kristina] I'm literally about to be ready to color, 693 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:06,700 like very, very, very soon. 694 00:26:06,700 --> 00:26:08,667 [Jamie] That sounds great, and I will be with you. 695 00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:12,467 Kristina is now doing this painting technique that she loves, 696 00:26:12,467 --> 00:26:14,066 using luster dust. 697 00:26:14,066 --> 00:26:17,367 She used the luster dust on pumpkin in the very first challenge, 698 00:26:17,367 --> 00:26:19,767 and that worked out really well, because why? 699 00:26:19,767 --> 00:26:21,767 -It was about this size. -Ah. 700 00:26:21,767 --> 00:26:23,900 -Right. -And this is three feet tall. 701 00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:25,200 -[Jonathan B] Right. -[Shinmin] I think she needs to use 702 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,266 about 20 containers of luster dust 703 00:26:28,266 --> 00:26:30,266 to even fill just the front of the skirt. 704 00:26:30,266 --> 00:26:32,100 The better way to approach that 705 00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:34,100 is to just airbrush a base color... 706 00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:36,500 -[Aarti] Yeah. -[Shinmin] And then dust the luster dust over it 707 00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:37,800 to get that shine, 708 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,433 -because the pumpkin sucks up all the color. -[Aarti] Correct. 709 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,100 [Eric] So, when I'm airbrushing, 710 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:43,700 I like to use straight food coloring, 711 00:26:43,700 --> 00:26:45,600 liquid food coloring, bright colors. 712 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:49,100 Eric is taking the sculpture to the extreme. 713 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:50,600 Creeping them up a little bit. 714 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,000 And some guts hanging from his mouth. 715 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,500 [Briea] He's literally using 716 00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:57,867 not only just the pumpkin, but he's using the stems, 717 00:26:57,867 --> 00:26:59,300 he's using the seeds, 718 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:01,367 he's using the pumpkin guts. 719 00:27:01,367 --> 00:27:02,667 I cannot I believe 720 00:27:02,667 --> 00:27:06,000 that this is the same team that we saw in the first challenge, 721 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,600 -where they were having a hard time... -[Shinmin] Yeah. 722 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,867 [Aarti] ...figuring each other out, working together. 723 00:27:10,867 --> 00:27:12,066 -[Jonathan B] Mmm-hmm. -[Aarti] And now there's just 724 00:27:12,066 --> 00:27:15,800 -this contented hum coming out of that team. -Yeah. Yeah. 725 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,100 [Briea] Ooh, come on, baby. 726 00:27:18,100 --> 00:27:20,166 I still have a lot of sugar elements to do. 727 00:27:20,166 --> 00:27:22,100 I have a sugar lamp to produce. 728 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:23,667 I also have all the leaves. 729 00:27:23,667 --> 00:27:26,567 Taper, taper, twist, pull off, pressure mold, 730 00:27:26,567 --> 00:27:28,300 press, press, press, press. 731 00:27:29,166 --> 00:27:30,900 Pull up, twist. 732 00:27:33,567 --> 00:27:35,767 Bad news, one hour left. 733 00:27:35,767 --> 00:27:38,867 -You've got one hour. -[Al] Oh God! 734 00:27:38,867 --> 00:27:40,867 There's not a lot of time left, 735 00:27:40,867 --> 00:27:44,500 and this pumpkin is not looking like Medusa 736 00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:46,066 dressed up for trick or treat. 737 00:27:46,066 --> 00:27:48,400 So, I'm quickly adding colors to this Medusa 738 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:49,667 to try to bring her to life. 739 00:27:49,667 --> 00:27:52,166 As team captain, I kinda have to make sure 740 00:27:52,166 --> 00:27:54,900 everyone else is being successful on our team. 741 00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:57,100 Not many people will put buttercream on a pumpkin, 742 00:27:57,100 --> 00:27:57,934 but I will. 743 00:27:57,934 --> 00:28:00,400 The face was very lacking in detail, 744 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:04,300 so I decided just quickly get some black buttercream 745 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:06,900 and start drawing the face on for him. 746 00:28:09,900 --> 00:28:11,400 [all exclaiming] 747 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:12,800 [Becky and Matt] No. 748 00:28:15,467 --> 00:28:17,100 Oh, no. 749 00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:19,400 -The whole-- the whole thing fell off. -[Becky groans] 750 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,000 I feel so bad for Matt, 751 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,000 and this is where I think Al's demeanor 752 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,266 -is really gonna come into play. -Yeah. 753 00:28:26,266 --> 00:28:28,800 So listen, Matt, instead of the back of the head with more pumpkin, 754 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,000 -we're gonna just get some modeling chocolate, all right? -[Matt] Okay. 755 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:32,100 -Yeah. -[Al] Just cut a piece 756 00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:35,300 and just got to start working it like a-- like hair. 757 00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:37,367 -Okay. Yup. -That's the best thing to do right now. 758 00:28:37,367 --> 00:28:40,200 It's really important to me to make sure my team's feeling good. 759 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,266 I don't want anyone to ever feel like they didn't do their best. 760 00:28:43,266 --> 00:28:48,100 I want them to leave this, no matter what happens, feeling amazing. 761 00:28:48,100 --> 00:28:50,367 Death by Deco is in triage mode right now. 762 00:28:50,367 --> 00:28:52,100 [Becky] Maybe blend that color in with the rest. 763 00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:53,400 I'm gonna try. 764 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,133 -I am on, like, speed demon mode right now. -[Becky chuckles] 765 00:28:57,467 --> 00:28:59,400 Twenty minutes left, you have 20 minutes. 766 00:29:01,567 --> 00:29:04,900 So it's our pecan praline crunch on the bottom, 767 00:29:04,900 --> 00:29:09,767 and then we have the silky, bourbon milk chocolate ganache on top. 768 00:29:09,767 --> 00:29:11,767 [Kyle] Sarah is gonna make her tasting element 769 00:29:11,767 --> 00:29:14,166 look like moths that are stuck around the house. 770 00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:16,900 [Sarah A] Just be careful of these moths 'cause they're like, balancing. 771 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,467 [Shellane] I'm looking at Alan's pumpkin carving, 772 00:29:20,467 --> 00:29:22,266 and the sculpting looks great. 773 00:29:22,266 --> 00:29:25,700 But, the pumpkin over the dragon's head 774 00:29:25,700 --> 00:29:27,767 is a little small to scale. 775 00:29:27,767 --> 00:29:29,400 I have an idea to create a banner 776 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,767 to kind of hide the scale of the pumpkin 777 00:29:31,767 --> 00:29:34,367 and to add to the story that our dragons 778 00:29:34,367 --> 00:29:38,100 have gone through the town parade and took down the banner. 779 00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:40,600 And hopefully that disguises the scale issue. 780 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,433 [Emerlie] Okay, I'm gonna add the tasting element. 781 00:29:43,467 --> 00:29:46,133 Be scared, five minutes, you have five minutes left. 782 00:29:48,667 --> 00:29:50,367 -Hey. -Yeah, babe? 783 00:29:50,367 --> 00:29:52,400 The light, forget about the light. I'm gonna do it. 784 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,266 [Briea] I have a sugar lamp to produce, 785 00:29:54,266 --> 00:29:56,066 but I'm running out of time. 786 00:29:56,066 --> 00:29:56,867 -I'm gonna make it out of-- -Really? 787 00:29:56,867 --> 00:29:58,567 Make a lantern out of the pumpkin. 788 00:29:58,567 --> 00:30:00,100 -It's all-- it's all pumpkin. -That would be awesome. 789 00:30:00,100 --> 00:30:01,266 I'm gonna make it out of pumpkin. 790 00:30:01,266 --> 00:30:02,800 [Briea] Eric says he can pivot. 791 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,500 He's already finished the creature, 792 00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:07,200 and he can carve out an easy light. 793 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,600 As it was with that reptile creature, 794 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,100 there was more pumpkin on this display 795 00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:14,166 -than any other team. -[Jonathan B] Yes. 796 00:30:14,166 --> 00:30:16,266 [Aarti] But now, he's adding more. 797 00:30:16,266 --> 00:30:19,900 He literally punched a hole in the pumpkin 798 00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:22,634 to hollow it out and then made that lamp. 799 00:30:24,667 --> 00:30:26,367 -This is it, one minute left. -Right. 800 00:30:26,367 --> 00:30:27,867 [Kristina] One minute, okay, one minute. 801 00:30:27,867 --> 00:30:29,200 Keep going. Okay. 802 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,066 Go, go, go! 803 00:30:31,066 --> 00:30:32,567 [Shellane] All the tasting elements are on? 804 00:30:32,567 --> 00:30:33,934 [Emerlie] Yup, all of them are on. 805 00:30:33,934 --> 00:30:36,300 -[Sarah A] Why did you let me agree-- agree to this? -[Kyle laughs] 806 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,867 Ten, nine... 807 00:30:38,867 --> 00:30:40,300 -[Kyle] Don't trip, don't trip. -[Jonathan B] Eight... 808 00:30:40,300 --> 00:30:41,767 -[Kyle] Don't hit it. Don't hit the gate. -[Jonathan B] Seven, six... 809 00:30:41,767 --> 00:30:42,800 -[Kyle] Don't hit the gate. -[Jonathan B] Five... 810 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,634 -[Becky] Get that crown on too. -[Matt] Yeah. 811 00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:46,367 -[Jonathan B] Four, three... -[Becky] Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick. 812 00:30:46,367 --> 00:30:48,400 -[Al] Like that? That looks good. -[Jonathan B] Two, one... 813 00:30:48,700 --> 00:30:50,233 Time is up! 814 00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,367 Scream of the Crop. 815 00:30:59,367 --> 00:31:02,400 Why don't we talk about this trick or treating monster right here? 816 00:31:03,266 --> 00:31:05,400 [Kyle] This is "A murder comes for Jack." 817 00:31:05,967 --> 00:31:07,967 So, our main character right here 818 00:31:07,967 --> 00:31:09,467 is made out of pumpkin. 819 00:31:09,467 --> 00:31:12,600 The plague doctor is made out of rice cereal treats 820 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,967 and modeling chocolate and fondant. 821 00:31:14,967 --> 00:31:17,634 Sugar are the crows that are flying. 822 00:31:18,300 --> 00:31:20,000 Kyle, I'm so proud of you. 823 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,266 It's been, what, ten years 824 00:31:21,266 --> 00:31:22,300 -since we've seen each other. -Yeah. 825 00:31:22,300 --> 00:31:24,000 Your artistry has grown, 826 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,000 your sense of confidence in what you do has grown, 827 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,200 and I really love seeing that. 828 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,533 It makes me wanna cry. 829 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,166 I think that you went for it. 830 00:31:32,166 --> 00:31:34,100 The face is my favorite part. 831 00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:38,600 You put so much emotion and texture and highlighting. 832 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:42,400 I think that you could use some more texture in the rest of the body. 833 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:43,667 I think you would agree. 834 00:31:43,667 --> 00:31:45,700 I like your sugar birds, 835 00:31:45,700 --> 00:31:47,567 I just don't think they look like crows. 836 00:31:47,567 --> 00:31:49,567 I don't think that they look menacing enough. 837 00:31:49,567 --> 00:31:51,266 I think they look a little sweet, 838 00:31:51,266 --> 00:31:53,066 -like somebody else I know. -[Kyle chuckles] 839 00:31:53,066 --> 00:31:54,767 [all chuckling] 840 00:31:54,767 --> 00:31:56,367 Oh my God, you think they look like me? 841 00:31:56,367 --> 00:31:57,967 -[all laughing] -That's so-- 842 00:31:57,967 --> 00:31:59,533 Oh my gosh, that's so nice, Aarti, thank you. 843 00:32:00,367 --> 00:32:03,300 What was your candy and what we eating today? 844 00:32:03,300 --> 00:32:07,166 So our candy was a chocolate-covered wafer cookie. 845 00:32:07,166 --> 00:32:09,567 We have a milk chocolate bourbon ganache 846 00:32:09,567 --> 00:32:11,567 with a pecan praline crunch, 847 00:32:11,567 --> 00:32:13,467 and a brown butter pecan shell 848 00:32:13,467 --> 00:32:15,734 with a little orange tuile cookie on top. 849 00:32:16,900 --> 00:32:18,767 Hats off to you, making them look like moths. 850 00:32:18,767 --> 00:32:20,400 I think that's really cool, 851 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,200 and an added way of like, taking your tasting element 852 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:24,967 and making it make sense in your design. 853 00:32:24,967 --> 00:32:25,900 It's a great job there. 854 00:32:25,900 --> 00:32:28,767 That ganache, I just wanna bathe in it. 855 00:32:28,767 --> 00:32:30,500 It is so silky. 856 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:31,734 [Shinmin] This is really yummy. 857 00:32:31,734 --> 00:32:35,700 And it definitely tastes like a really sweet Halloween candy. 858 00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:40,867 I'm not sure if I'm getting the chocolate covered wafer candy reference. 859 00:32:40,867 --> 00:32:42,767 Scream of the Crop, great job. 860 00:32:42,767 --> 00:32:43,967 -Thank you. -[contestants] Thank you. 861 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,900 [Al] This is called "Franklin's first trick or treat." 862 00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:51,266 Franklin over here is cereal treats, modeling chocolate. 863 00:32:51,266 --> 00:32:54,800 The gravel is actually a mix of different chocolates, believe it or not. 864 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,100 The star of our piece, Medusa the Princess 865 00:32:57,100 --> 00:32:59,266 is entirely made out of pumpkin. 866 00:32:59,266 --> 00:33:02,000 -Matt, you didn't choose an easy character. -[chuckles] 867 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,100 You went for ding-dang Medusa. 868 00:33:04,100 --> 00:33:05,667 I really like her face. 869 00:33:05,667 --> 00:33:07,600 I think that there's a lot of emotion there. 870 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,133 -I do think that your snakes look a little friendly. -[Matt chuckles] 871 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,066 And Becky, I adore your sugar cobblestones. 872 00:33:15,066 --> 00:33:17,600 I didn't realize that they were sugar. 873 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,467 I know today is the pumpkin challenge. 874 00:33:19,467 --> 00:33:22,000 But, Al, you created a character just as large. 875 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,066 And, Matt, you really gave us a giant pumpkin here. 876 00:33:25,066 --> 00:33:26,266 I think that you could have put 877 00:33:26,266 --> 00:33:28,967 more detail in the shading of your pumpkin, 878 00:33:28,967 --> 00:33:32,000 because right now it's so stark, orange and green. 879 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,266 The finish looks a little simplistic. 880 00:33:34,266 --> 00:33:36,100 So, what was your tasting element today? 881 00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:39,100 Our candy was chocolate-covered nougat. 882 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:42,867 [Becky] I made for you a chocolate bourbon nougat 883 00:33:42,867 --> 00:33:45,567 glazed in a gourmet chocolate. Trick or treat! 884 00:33:45,567 --> 00:33:46,734 [all chuckling] 885 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:51,467 Okay, Becky, I can definitely taste the bourbon in here. 886 00:33:51,467 --> 00:33:54,200 It brings a much brighter, kind of slightly bitter, 887 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:55,867 almost citrus note to it. 888 00:33:55,867 --> 00:34:00,066 But, because you added the bourbon, the nougat is really soft. 889 00:34:00,066 --> 00:34:02,200 And it's tasting a bit wet, 890 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,266 as opposed to that nice, chewy texture 891 00:34:04,266 --> 00:34:06,867 that you would expect from a nougat. 892 00:34:06,867 --> 00:34:09,200 I love the sort of, caramel notes 893 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:10,700 that the bourbon brings to it. 894 00:34:11,166 --> 00:34:12,634 I like the milk chocolate. 895 00:34:12,634 --> 00:34:16,066 I think you could have used a good sprinkle of salt over the top of it, 896 00:34:16,066 --> 00:34:18,000 because it's sweet on sweet at the moment, 897 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,767 and just a little bit of salt would have been great. 898 00:34:19,767 --> 00:34:21,500 -Okay. -Death by Deco, great job. 899 00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:23,233 -Thank you. -[all] Thank you. 900 00:34:24,867 --> 00:34:27,166 Well, you're never too old to go trick or treating. 901 00:34:27,166 --> 00:34:30,100 And what better house to visit than the candy mansion 902 00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:32,166 on Witchy Lane in Halloweenville? 903 00:34:32,166 --> 00:34:34,200 The Mummy Princess 904 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,367 is completely out of pumpkin. 905 00:34:36,367 --> 00:34:39,567 And Jonathan has the isomalt windows. 906 00:34:39,567 --> 00:34:43,967 And Zeke the zombie is made out of cake items. 907 00:34:43,967 --> 00:34:46,000 First of all, I wanna talk about the environment. 908 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:47,867 I feel like the zombie in the back 909 00:34:47,867 --> 00:34:50,567 really looks like it's just caught by the collar 910 00:34:50,567 --> 00:34:51,667 and he's trying to get out. 911 00:34:51,667 --> 00:34:54,800 I also just really love everything in the background. 912 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:56,800 All the colors, all the finishes. 913 00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:58,266 Now in the front, 914 00:34:58,266 --> 00:34:59,767 we have the pumpkin challenge. 915 00:34:59,767 --> 00:35:02,066 Kristina, your sculpting is incredible. 916 00:35:02,066 --> 00:35:05,166 You're able to get these super clean edges, 917 00:35:05,166 --> 00:35:07,667 and that's what makes your work so recognizable 918 00:35:07,667 --> 00:35:09,467 and also so realistic. 919 00:35:09,467 --> 00:35:13,266 The one problem I have with this pumpkin is the paint job. 920 00:35:13,266 --> 00:35:15,500 The pumpkin has sucked up 921 00:35:15,500 --> 00:35:17,900 all the luster dust that you put on there. 922 00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:21,367 I think the thing is that everything else on this design, 923 00:35:21,367 --> 00:35:24,567 in terms of color, is so bang on. 924 00:35:24,567 --> 00:35:27,767 And then you have this transparent wash on yours. 925 00:35:27,767 --> 00:35:29,200 And so it ends up looking messy, 926 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,867 -and it ends up looking unfinished. -Yup. 927 00:35:31,867 --> 00:35:33,600 That's a shame to me, especially today, 928 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,133 when today was your day. 929 00:35:38,467 --> 00:35:40,767 [Jonathan B] So, tell us what candy you got and what you made. 930 00:35:40,767 --> 00:35:42,266 So, we got chocolate covered toffee. 931 00:35:42,266 --> 00:35:44,467 Typically with toffee, you think it's hard and crunchy. 932 00:35:44,467 --> 00:35:45,567 So, I wanted to kind of change it up. 933 00:35:45,567 --> 00:35:47,767 I did a toffee almond tres leches. 934 00:35:47,767 --> 00:35:49,767 It's gonna have the tres leches base. 935 00:35:49,767 --> 00:35:51,567 It's made with amaretto, almonds, 936 00:35:51,567 --> 00:35:53,400 and it does have toffee in as well. 937 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:55,800 -[Shinmin] Mmm. -[Jonathan] Served in a little edible chocolate cup. 938 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:57,967 You're so intelligent, it's scary. 939 00:35:57,967 --> 00:36:02,667 You gave us all the crunch and toasty flavor of toffee, 940 00:36:02,667 --> 00:36:04,967 but in this very sophisticated way, 941 00:36:04,967 --> 00:36:06,667 with the addition of the tres leches cake. 942 00:36:06,667 --> 00:36:08,767 -This is wonderful. -Thank you. 943 00:36:08,767 --> 00:36:12,000 I didn't think this needed a tres leches cake, to be honest. 944 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,700 When you're thinking of a toffee candy, 945 00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:16,000 you want it to crunch and crackle in the mouth. 946 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,567 But, then the crumbling of the nuts all around, 947 00:36:19,567 --> 00:36:21,166 you've captured all of that. 948 00:36:21,166 --> 00:36:23,300 -Thank you. -Shriek Squad. 949 00:36:23,300 --> 00:36:24,400 Great work. Thank you. 950 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:25,734 [all] Thank you. 951 00:36:26,467 --> 00:36:27,867 Delectable Demons. 952 00:36:27,867 --> 00:36:30,467 Tell us about this trick or treating monster. 953 00:36:30,467 --> 00:36:34,100 [Briea] There's no time to clown around on All Hallows Eve 954 00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:36,300 when candy is on the mind. 955 00:36:36,300 --> 00:36:40,600 And our monster just wants to get his claws on all the candy. 956 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,300 But, is stealing it the way to go about it? 957 00:36:44,266 --> 00:36:46,700 I just wish there was a little more pumpkin. 958 00:36:46,700 --> 00:36:48,066 -[all laughing] -[Shinmin] I mean, 959 00:36:48,066 --> 00:36:50,066 if he could just pump up the pumpkin. 960 00:36:50,066 --> 00:36:51,467 [all laughing] 961 00:36:51,467 --> 00:36:52,467 [Aarti] Where is it? 962 00:36:52,467 --> 00:36:54,467 -I'm going on the record. -Okay. 963 00:36:54,467 --> 00:36:58,000 The most pumpkin I've ever seen on a display 964 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,066 -in all the seasons of Halloween Wars. - -Oh my gosh. 965 00:37:00,066 --> 00:37:01,467 Yay! 966 00:37:01,467 --> 00:37:02,500 [Aarti] Serious job, Eric. 967 00:37:02,500 --> 00:37:03,433 -[Shinmin] Yeah. -[Eric] Thank you. 968 00:37:03,433 --> 00:37:05,367 [Aarti] Eric, one of my favorite parts here 969 00:37:05,367 --> 00:37:08,700 is the way that you kept these sort of membrane-y gills 970 00:37:08,700 --> 00:37:10,900 -right here and got so much depth... -[Eric] Yeah. 971 00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:13,300 [Aarti] ...and like, gore right there in the mouth. 972 00:37:13,300 --> 00:37:16,900 Shannon, I love that even though this was a pumpkin spotlight, 973 00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:19,100 -you did not back down, sister. -Thank you! 974 00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:22,100 [Aarti] You gave us such a delightful character. 975 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:24,900 I love how much emotion is just right there. 976 00:37:24,900 --> 00:37:27,667 And Briea, I love the multi-tones 977 00:37:27,667 --> 00:37:28,900 that you've got in the leaves. 978 00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:32,667 It is really pretty and really gave it that autumnal feel. 979 00:37:32,667 --> 00:37:35,000 What was your candy today and what'd you make for us? 980 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,400 I got sour candy. 981 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:41,300 So, I have made for you a white chocolate shell 982 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:43,467 and it has a passion fruit marshmallow 983 00:37:43,467 --> 00:37:45,300 with a passion fruit reduction. 984 00:37:45,300 --> 00:37:46,967 Briea, I'm still chewing. 985 00:37:46,967 --> 00:37:48,900 And that to me, is sour candy all day. 986 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:50,567 -[Jonathan B] Yup. -[Aarti] It is sour. 987 00:37:50,567 --> 00:37:51,667 It is chewy. 988 00:37:51,667 --> 00:37:53,467 It is so citrusy. 989 00:37:53,467 --> 00:37:55,967 I love it. 990 00:37:55,967 --> 00:37:57,767 -Thanks, Aarti. -[Aarti] It's so smart 991 00:37:57,767 --> 00:38:00,467 because the passion fruit also comes back with that, 992 00:38:00,467 --> 00:38:03,266 real, kind of tartness, the sweetness. 993 00:38:03,266 --> 00:38:04,667 This is the best thing you've made so far. 994 00:38:04,667 --> 00:38:06,266 -[Shinmin] Yeah. -Thank you. 995 00:38:06,266 --> 00:38:07,667 Delectable Demons. 996 00:38:07,667 --> 00:38:09,100 -Great job. -[Shannon] Aw. 997 00:38:09,100 --> 00:38:10,133 -Thank you very much. -[Shannon] Thank you. 998 00:38:10,133 --> 00:38:11,867 -[Briea] I know. -[Eric] You guys did a good job. 999 00:38:11,867 --> 00:38:13,133 [Briea] Good job. 1000 00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:16,500 [Shellane] Our story is about Drago, 1001 00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:20,266 who visits Earth from another dimension with his son. 1002 00:38:20,266 --> 00:38:24,400 So, our costume is entirely out of pumpkin. 1003 00:38:24,867 --> 00:38:26,767 We have our cake, 1004 00:38:26,767 --> 00:38:29,200 a witness to all the chaos. 1005 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,000 Drago's son is also made out of cake. 1006 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,767 Our tree is isomalt. 1007 00:38:33,767 --> 00:38:37,133 All the candy is isomalt and chocolate. 1008 00:38:37,567 --> 00:38:39,700 Alan, Alan, Alan. 1009 00:38:39,700 --> 00:38:42,767 This pumpkin work is really great. 1010 00:38:42,767 --> 00:38:45,467 I think your shading work is exquisite, 1011 00:38:45,467 --> 00:38:46,767 but so is your carving. 1012 00:38:46,767 --> 00:38:49,700 You carved so beautifully deep 1013 00:38:49,700 --> 00:38:53,166 and uniformly across all of those pumpkins. 1014 00:38:53,166 --> 00:38:55,767 And one of my favorite parts here is in that third character. 1015 00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:57,367 I did not think you needed it. 1016 00:38:57,367 --> 00:38:59,166 But, what this third character adds 1017 00:38:59,166 --> 00:39:01,567 is that sense of like, "What the heck is happening?" 1018 00:39:01,567 --> 00:39:04,667 -[all laughing] -[Shinmin] The little baby dragon in the back, 1019 00:39:04,667 --> 00:39:06,900 if you just brought him forward a little bit, 1020 00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:10,567 then I would be able to see the pole that he's using to hold up 1021 00:39:10,567 --> 00:39:14,166 that dragon costume, and because he's so far back there, 1022 00:39:14,166 --> 00:39:16,867 I don't see that pole, so I'm not quite understanding 1023 00:39:16,867 --> 00:39:18,200 what's happening there. 1024 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,767 So, tell us what candy you got and what your tasting element is. 1025 00:39:20,767 --> 00:39:22,066 We got chocolate taffy, 1026 00:39:22,066 --> 00:39:25,667 so I did a cherry infused brownie taffy pop. 1027 00:39:25,667 --> 00:39:28,266 And then I coated it in a isomalt candy 1028 00:39:28,266 --> 00:39:29,900 -so that it looks like a sucker. -[Aarti] Mmm. 1029 00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:32,600 And it's got a touch of sour kick to it. 1030 00:39:34,266 --> 00:39:36,000 [all laughing] 1031 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:40,200 [Shinmin] You've really captured that chocolate taffy texture. 1032 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,066 It is so chewy. 1033 00:39:42,066 --> 00:39:44,800 And the isomalt that you dipped it in 1034 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,100 gave us that really lovely crunch, 1035 00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:48,967 that I definitely did not expect. 1036 00:39:48,967 --> 00:39:53,300 It was such an eruption of flavor, chocolate, cherry, sour. 1037 00:39:53,300 --> 00:39:55,700 Every single time I bit into it, 1038 00:39:55,700 --> 00:39:57,367 there was a different evolution 1039 00:39:57,367 --> 00:39:58,767 of that flavor going on. 1040 00:39:58,767 --> 00:40:00,567 Two Ghouls and a Butcher, great work. 1041 00:40:00,567 --> 00:40:02,433 -Thank you. -[all] Thank you. 1042 00:40:04,667 --> 00:40:08,166 With the first spotlight shining brightly on the pumpkin carvers, 1043 00:40:08,166 --> 00:40:11,133 we asked you to go big or gored home. 1044 00:40:11,567 --> 00:40:12,867 And you did. 1045 00:40:12,867 --> 00:40:15,000 So congratulations. 1046 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,500 But, one of you really smashed it. 1047 00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:19,900 The winner of this challenge is... 1048 00:40:25,266 --> 00:40:26,667 Delectable Demons. 1049 00:40:26,667 --> 00:40:28,133 -Congratulations. -[team members chuckling] 1050 00:40:31,367 --> 00:40:33,567 Now, for the trick part of the night, 1051 00:40:33,567 --> 00:40:35,433 two of you are up for elimination. 1052 00:40:35,867 --> 00:40:37,066 Death by Deco. 1053 00:40:37,066 --> 00:40:39,300 You embraced the spotlight this week 1054 00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:41,667 with your three foot tall Medusa. 1055 00:40:41,667 --> 00:40:44,967 Unfortunately, it wasn't fully successful. 1056 00:40:44,967 --> 00:40:47,266 And Becky did some really nice work. 1057 00:40:47,266 --> 00:40:49,500 Although your treat was a bit sweet. 1058 00:40:50,467 --> 00:40:51,834 And Shriek Squad. 1059 00:40:52,867 --> 00:40:55,767 You find yourselves in the bottom again this week. 1060 00:40:55,767 --> 00:40:58,900 The sugar and cake work were really successful, 1061 00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:01,600 as with that amazing tres leches cake. 1062 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,000 Kristina, your pumpkin mummy was also looking good. 1063 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:06,800 Until you started to paint it. 1064 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,834 The piece left us feeling more trick than treat. 1065 00:41:10,467 --> 00:41:13,000 The team going home tonight is... 1066 00:41:18,667 --> 00:41:19,967 Death by Deco. 1067 00:41:19,967 --> 00:41:23,900 I'm sorry, but your time on Halloween Wars has come to an end. 1068 00:41:23,900 --> 00:41:25,133 -Thank you. -Thank you, guys. 1069 00:41:25,133 --> 00:41:26,266 -[Al] Thank you guys very much. -[Shinmin] Thank you, guys. 1070 00:41:26,266 --> 00:41:27,767 -[Matt] Thank you so much. -[Aarti] Thank you. 1071 00:41:27,767 --> 00:41:29,567 [Al] Good luck, everyone. Thanks. 1072 00:41:29,567 --> 00:41:30,800 [Jonathan B] Good luck, guys. 1073 00:41:31,667 --> 00:41:33,033 That means Shriek Squad, 1074 00:41:33,467 --> 00:41:34,834 Two Ghouls and a Butcher, 1075 00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:36,266 Delectable Demons 1076 00:41:36,266 --> 00:41:37,867 and Scream of the Crop, 1077 00:41:37,867 --> 00:41:39,200 we'll see you next time. 1078 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:40,400 Thank you. 1079 00:41:41,300 --> 00:41:43,100 On the next Halloween Wars... 1080 00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:45,166 -[Sarah B] All right. -[Jonathan B] The four surviving teams 1081 00:41:45,166 --> 00:41:46,667 look for monster love... 1082 00:41:46,667 --> 00:41:49,266 -I want to suck your blood. -[people laughing] 1083 00:41:49,266 --> 00:41:51,000 [Jonathan B] ...in all the wrong places. 1084 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,166 [Shellane] I just gotta give her an upper lip 1085 00:41:52,166 --> 00:41:53,300 that doesn't look like Botox. 1086 00:41:53,300 --> 00:41:55,033 [Jonathan B] When vampire dates... 1087 00:41:55,266 --> 00:41:56,200 He's sexy. 1088 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:57,266 [Jonathan B] Go wrong. 1089 00:41:57,266 --> 00:41:59,000 Team might have bitten off more than they can chew.