1 00:00:01,367 --> 00:00:05,000 That chill up your spine can only mean one thing. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,066 It's the semifinals, 3 00:00:07,066 --> 00:00:09,767 and we're racing towards the frightening finish 4 00:00:09,767 --> 00:00:11,367 of this Halloween War. 5 00:00:11,367 --> 00:00:12,367 [screaming] 6 00:00:12,367 --> 00:00:14,500 [Jonathan] Last time, Two Ghouls and a Butcher 7 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:17,567 bit their fangs into the competition, 8 00:00:17,567 --> 00:00:20,500 and team Delectable Demons was sent home. 9 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:23,667 Now, the three remaining all-star champions 10 00:00:23,667 --> 00:00:25,700 lead their teams into a battle... 11 00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:27,266 -[woman 1] This is it. -[Kyle] Final three. 12 00:00:27,266 --> 00:00:28,400 [woman 2] Gotta make it happen. 13 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,500 [Jonathan] ...that determines who reaches the finale. 14 00:00:30,500 --> 00:00:32,266 It can go very, very well or very, very wrong. 15 00:00:32,266 --> 00:00:33,200 [screams] Ah! 16 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,500 For a chance at $25,000. 17 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:38,767 -[man] It looks disgusting. -It's not working. 18 00:00:38,767 --> 00:00:41,066 -[winces] Ooh. -[Aarti] Oh, no. 19 00:00:41,066 --> 00:00:42,467 -Oh, no. -[gasps] 20 00:00:42,467 --> 00:00:44,266 [Jonathan] The most heart-pounding season of 21 00:00:44,266 --> 00:00:47,567 Halloween Wars All-Stars starts right now. 22 00:00:47,567 --> 00:00:52,400 -[howling] -[thunder rumbling] 23 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,100 [Jonathan] Teams, congratulations. 24 00:00:55,100 --> 00:00:57,300 You are the final three. 25 00:00:57,300 --> 00:00:59,867 -[cheering] -Whoo-hoo! 26 00:00:59,867 --> 00:01:04,567 Because you've proven that you're the best of the best of the best, 27 00:01:04,567 --> 00:01:07,300 we're gonna throw you into a pit of peril 28 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:10,667 unlike anything you've ever experienced. 29 00:01:10,667 --> 00:01:11,900 [Aarti chuckles] Oh, jeez. 30 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:14,567 -It's gonna be fun for us... -Yeah. 31 00:01:14,567 --> 00:01:16,767 -...not so much you. -[Aarti chuckles] 32 00:01:16,767 --> 00:01:18,467 [Jonathan] When it comes to cult classics, 33 00:01:18,467 --> 00:01:21,767 there's no more beloved than the iconic '80s 34 00:01:21,767 --> 00:01:25,467 horror comedy rock musical, Little Shop of Horrors. 35 00:01:25,467 --> 00:01:27,367 -Yeah. -Yes. 36 00:01:27,367 --> 00:01:28,867 [Jonathan] This movie has it all. 37 00:01:28,867 --> 00:01:32,100 A love story, a psychotic dentist, 38 00:01:32,100 --> 00:01:36,600 and, of course, a giant singing plant that eats people. 39 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,467 [laughter] 40 00:01:38,467 --> 00:01:41,667 And now, in celebration of Little Shop of Horrors, 41 00:01:41,667 --> 00:01:43,166 we want each of you to imagine 42 00:01:43,166 --> 00:01:45,467 your own unique nightmare scenario 43 00:01:45,467 --> 00:01:48,700 of what happens when Mother Nature 44 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,800 -bites back. -[laughing] 45 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,100 And in honor of the massive, 46 00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:58,300 monstrous Audrey II from the film, 47 00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:01,400 we're gonna up the stakes for this challenge. 48 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:07,467 Your main character must be at least four feet tall. 49 00:02:07,467 --> 00:02:09,367 -[woman] Holy cow. -[exclaims] 50 00:02:09,367 --> 00:02:12,800 Sugar artists, tonight, you're in the spotlight. 51 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,400 -Yay. -[Elias] Yay. 52 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,166 Whatever way your wicked wildlife attacks its victims, 53 00:02:18,166 --> 00:02:21,867 it must be made out of sugar. 54 00:02:21,867 --> 00:02:23,567 For your tasting element, 55 00:02:23,567 --> 00:02:25,900 each of you have been randomly assigned 56 00:02:25,900 --> 00:02:27,900 a different part of the flower 57 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:30,166 to incorporate into your treat. 58 00:02:30,166 --> 00:02:31,500 [both] Okay. 59 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:32,800 [Jonathan] Scream of the Crop, 60 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,000 -you get the petals of a rose. -Oh. 61 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,467 Two Ghouls and a Butcher, verbena leaves. 62 00:02:38,467 --> 00:02:39,634 -[Shinmin] Hmm. -[woman] Oh. 63 00:02:39,634 --> 00:02:42,367 -Shellane's like, "What's that?" -[indistinct chatter] 64 00:02:42,367 --> 00:02:45,266 And Shriek Squad, the chicory root. 65 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:47,166 -Ooh, that's actually... -Oh, okay. 66 00:02:47,166 --> 00:02:49,667 Don't worry, you'll each get a baking assistant 67 00:02:49,667 --> 00:02:51,567 to help you with your challenge. 68 00:02:51,567 --> 00:02:54,967 Teams, you have just seven hours. 69 00:02:54,967 --> 00:02:56,667 -You ready? -Yes! 70 00:02:56,667 --> 00:02:58,367 -Go. -[Aarti laughs] 71 00:02:58,367 --> 00:03:00,467 [Kyle] All right, girls. Final three. 72 00:03:00,467 --> 00:03:01,467 -All right. -All right, guys. 73 00:03:01,467 --> 00:03:04,467 [singing] ♪♪ We made it to the semifinals♪ 74 00:03:04,467 --> 00:03:06,967 -Well done. -I love Little Shop of Horrors. 75 00:03:06,967 --> 00:03:08,500 -Yeah? It's such a good movie. -This is exciting. 76 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:10,066 [Bloodstain] What do you think, Sarah? 77 00:03:10,066 --> 00:03:12,066 I don't know. I was kind of thinking for sugar, 78 00:03:12,066 --> 00:03:14,066 I wanna do something like vine. 79 00:03:14,066 --> 00:03:15,867 Something that we can, like, wrap around 80 00:03:15,867 --> 00:03:18,367 -and really have it engulfing something. -[Bloodstain] Okay. 81 00:03:18,367 --> 00:03:20,667 -Like an oil baron kind of guy... -Yeah. 82 00:03:20,667 --> 00:03:23,066 ...that dumps oil in the rainforest, 83 00:03:23,066 --> 00:03:24,367 -or a jungle or something. -[Bloodstain] Yeah. 84 00:03:24,367 --> 00:03:27,400 All the plants absorb it, come to life and start attacking him. 85 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,000 On our display, we're gonna have this 86 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,066 four-foot, fat-cat figure 87 00:03:31,066 --> 00:03:33,100 being attacked by all these plants 88 00:03:33,100 --> 00:03:36,100 and being stretched in uncomfortable positions. 89 00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:38,166 During judging, we're gonna turn on a black light, 90 00:03:38,166 --> 00:03:42,867 and the entire piece is gonna light up with neon colors. 91 00:03:42,867 --> 00:03:46,500 Why don't we do, like, the original human-eating plant? 92 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:48,767 -Like an ancient civilization. -Ooh. 93 00:03:48,767 --> 00:03:51,600 -Like, in a underground tomb or something. -Oh. 94 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:52,967 -Okay, underground tomb. -[Shellane] Yeah? 95 00:03:52,967 --> 00:03:55,467 Our display is based on the idea of, 96 00:03:55,467 --> 00:03:59,400 what did the original human-eating monster look like? 97 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,667 We have an explorer who has stumbled upon this tomb 98 00:04:02,667 --> 00:04:06,967 where a flesh-eating plant has taken over this ancient warrior. 99 00:04:06,967 --> 00:04:10,567 Can you do a four-foot tall chocolate and sugar sculpture? 100 00:04:10,567 --> 00:04:12,767 -Are you guys sure you don't want this to be pumpkin? -The accents, metallics... 101 00:04:12,767 --> 00:04:14,266 -No, this is Emerlie's... -Oh, yeah. Spotlight's on you. 102 00:04:14,266 --> 00:04:16,166 -Spotlight is on me, yes. -Spotlight's on you, all right. 103 00:04:16,166 --> 00:04:18,567 Well, with the Little Shop of Horror themes, 104 00:04:18,567 --> 00:04:21,867 I think the first thing people's minds are gonna go to is 105 00:04:21,867 --> 00:04:23,567 vine, planty type stuff, so... 106 00:04:23,567 --> 00:04:25,867 -Yeah. -I think maybe we should steer away from that. 107 00:04:25,867 --> 00:04:29,667 -I didn't wanna do that. -They mentioned Mother Nature, like, attacking. 108 00:04:29,667 --> 00:04:31,500 -Tornado. -Oh. 109 00:04:31,500 --> 00:04:34,266 Mother Nature is sick and tired 110 00:04:34,266 --> 00:04:36,767 of pumpkin carvers ripping those pumpkins 111 00:04:36,767 --> 00:04:38,567 off the vine just to butcher them. 112 00:04:38,567 --> 00:04:41,266 And she's sending out her attack dog tornado 113 00:04:41,266 --> 00:04:43,467 to collect the pumpkin carvers from the patch 114 00:04:43,467 --> 00:04:45,100 and get 'em out of there. 115 00:04:45,100 --> 00:04:47,967 Can you make an entire tornado out of sugar? 116 00:04:47,967 --> 00:04:49,100 A four-foot tall one. 117 00:04:49,100 --> 00:04:51,000 -[Jamie laughs] -[all] Shriek Squad! 118 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,200 [all] The finale! 119 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:53,166 [woman] Go. 120 00:04:53,166 --> 00:04:55,166 Wish these things had some texture. [grunts] 121 00:04:55,166 --> 00:04:57,567 [Kyle] So Bloodstain's working on this face. 122 00:04:57,567 --> 00:04:59,166 I don't wanna, you know, 123 00:04:59,166 --> 00:05:01,567 leave it to the last minute like I've done before, 124 00:05:01,567 --> 00:05:03,200 trying to get structures together, 125 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,567 'cause this is the semifinals. 126 00:05:04,567 --> 00:05:07,967 It's really important to show how good we can be. 127 00:05:07,967 --> 00:05:11,800 She's making it look like the face is actually getting choked, 128 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,000 to where the whole thing is filled up with blood 129 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,867 to the point of bursting. 130 00:05:16,867 --> 00:05:19,400 [Bloodstain] It's starting to look a little bit like Alfred Hitchcock. 131 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:20,867 -[laughs] -[Sarah] Wow. 132 00:05:20,867 --> 00:05:23,567 All right, so I'm gonna get started on this tasting element right away. 133 00:05:23,567 --> 00:05:25,700 Because it is the sugar spotlight, 134 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:29,667 Sarah is gonna have to throw up all the sugar that she can, 135 00:05:29,667 --> 00:05:31,767 but she's doing the tasting element as well. 136 00:05:31,767 --> 00:05:33,367 [Sarah] We got rose for our ingredient, 137 00:05:33,367 --> 00:05:35,667 so I think I'm gonna do a bonbon 138 00:05:35,667 --> 00:05:37,166 in a white chocolate shell 139 00:05:37,166 --> 00:05:40,767 with a raspberry rose gelee and a lychee cream. 140 00:05:40,767 --> 00:05:44,100 This is my lychee purée that I'm gonna use in a curd. 141 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:45,767 I'm going to bring it to a simmer 142 00:05:45,767 --> 00:05:48,066 with these rosebuds that are all dried out. 143 00:05:48,066 --> 00:05:51,800 Rose is very overpowering, so one of the challenges is 144 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,867 being bold enough with my rose where the judges definitely taste it, 145 00:05:54,867 --> 00:05:58,367 but not where it tastes soapy, 'cause that's something that happens a lot. 146 00:05:58,367 --> 00:06:00,266 Aside from doing the tasting elements, 147 00:06:00,266 --> 00:06:02,100 I'm still doing all my sugar components. 148 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:04,400 So, I have a lot of work cut out for me this time, 149 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,266 and I really have to stay on task. 150 00:06:06,266 --> 00:06:08,567 And then this is gonna go into the fridge. 151 00:06:08,567 --> 00:06:10,700 And then once it's set, I will unmold. 152 00:06:10,700 --> 00:06:14,066 [Kyle] Trying to get emotion just out of this guy's hand, 153 00:06:14,066 --> 00:06:16,066 like he's reaching out for something. 154 00:06:16,066 --> 00:06:17,200 He doesn't know what it is, though. 155 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:18,500 All he wants is the pain to stop. 156 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:21,700 So I've gotta put a little bit of fear into his hand itself. 157 00:06:21,700 --> 00:06:24,000 I've gotta get started on this four-foot character. 158 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,367 So, what I start doing is I start building out his limbs. 159 00:06:27,367 --> 00:06:30,467 This is the biggest structure I've made in this competition, 160 00:06:30,467 --> 00:06:32,200 so it's a little nerve-racking. 161 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,266 I'm working on the pumpkin carver's head, 162 00:06:34,266 --> 00:06:36,200 and he's gotta look pretty scared. 163 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,467 He's about to get sucked into a tornado! 164 00:06:38,467 --> 00:06:40,166 He's gonna be balding, 165 00:06:40,166 --> 00:06:41,967 he's gonna be missing a tooth. 166 00:06:41,967 --> 00:06:45,400 And he's gonna have this appearance like 167 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,433 he wasn't expecting this to happen at all. 168 00:06:50,867 --> 00:06:54,000 [Jamie] I'm actually super excited to do this big painted backdrop. 169 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,800 [Kristina] Jamie's gonna be doing a beautiful painting on our background 170 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,567 to bring color to our piece. 171 00:06:59,567 --> 00:07:02,300 What's super cool about this alcohol reacting with 172 00:07:02,300 --> 00:07:03,867 the black colors that I'm working with, 173 00:07:03,867 --> 00:07:06,967 is that it brings out a whole bunch of other colors that are within the black. 174 00:07:06,967 --> 00:07:08,500 So you get these, like, purples and greens, 175 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:11,066 and like, almost like an oil slick effect. 176 00:07:11,066 --> 00:07:13,166 So Jamie, I'm thinking of going with colors 177 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:14,567 that are kind of matching your tones. 178 00:07:14,567 --> 00:07:17,300 I'm gonna go for those dark purples, some dark blues. 179 00:07:17,300 --> 00:07:18,767 I wanna hit a touch of pink. 180 00:07:18,767 --> 00:07:20,467 The sugar spotlight for this challenge, 181 00:07:20,467 --> 00:07:23,600 Jonathan is gonna be focusing solely on using 182 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,100 multiple different techniques to cover this tornado in sugar. 183 00:07:27,100 --> 00:07:29,266 [Elias] This is the largest sugar piece I've ever done. 184 00:07:29,266 --> 00:07:31,767 This sugar is just gonna be the base coat to my tornado. 185 00:07:31,767 --> 00:07:33,000 I know it looks terrible right now, 186 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,266 but that's the whole point of it. It's basically to have 187 00:07:35,266 --> 00:07:36,667 the isomalt stick to isomalt. 188 00:07:36,667 --> 00:07:38,967 It's the best way to stick a sugar to sugar. 189 00:07:38,967 --> 00:07:40,467 But in order to do that, I really have to make sure 190 00:07:40,467 --> 00:07:42,600 the first layer's adhered very, very well. 191 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,166 Or else I can risk the sugar just all falling off. 192 00:07:45,166 --> 00:07:48,100 Today, it's going to be messy at this station. 193 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:49,700 Going into this challenge, 194 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:51,600 Emerlie is taking a big risk 195 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,100 by making a huge four-foot tall structure 196 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:57,200 made entirely out of chocolate. 197 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,667 And then I'm gonna add isomalt accents. 198 00:07:59,667 --> 00:08:02,867 Emerlie has never made a display this big before, 199 00:08:02,867 --> 00:08:05,867 and she's never made an actual person. 200 00:08:05,867 --> 00:08:09,200 If she pulls this off, this will be super impressive for the judges. 201 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,000 I wanna start covering this face. 202 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,300 [exhales heavily] I don't usually do face sculpting, not even in cake. 203 00:08:14,300 --> 00:08:15,700 [Shellane] You're about to kill it. 204 00:08:15,700 --> 00:08:17,400 -[chuckles] -I see you. 205 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,567 -You see me, I see you. -I see you. 206 00:08:19,567 --> 00:08:20,867 [Emerlie] Thank you. 207 00:08:20,867 --> 00:08:23,200 So, once this cools down and hardens, 208 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:24,667 I'm also gonna carve it down. 209 00:08:24,667 --> 00:08:26,100 Right now, I just wanna build it up 210 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:27,900 so I have something to work with. 211 00:08:27,900 --> 00:08:31,166 I am getting started on one of the plant growths 212 00:08:31,166 --> 00:08:34,100 that's gonna surround our warrior. 213 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:37,066 Alan is using this very fine, 214 00:08:37,066 --> 00:08:40,266 detailed carving tool to create different 215 00:08:40,266 --> 00:08:42,567 depths of lines into these pumpkins 216 00:08:42,567 --> 00:08:46,000 to really show the intricacies of these fungi. 217 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,400 [Alan] Hey, guys, I think I'm gonna start a new line of wearable art. 218 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:49,433 What do you think? 219 00:08:49,433 --> 00:08:52,400 -[Emerlie] Oh, how pretty. -Summer, fall, winter. 220 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,100 -[Emerlie laughs] -[Shellane] That could catch on. 221 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:59,266 So, I am adding cake to my child explorer. 222 00:08:59,266 --> 00:09:02,000 It's a very small character. 223 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,100 This is the first time in a long time 224 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:06,767 that I've only had to work on one character. 225 00:09:06,767 --> 00:09:08,500 And so I'm making sure that 226 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:10,467 he's my best work so far. 227 00:09:10,467 --> 00:09:12,767 I am rockin' and rollin' 228 00:09:12,767 --> 00:09:16,567 because last challenge, your girl was stressed. 229 00:09:16,567 --> 00:09:18,867 However, we won the last challenge. 230 00:09:18,867 --> 00:09:20,233 [both] We did. 231 00:09:20,233 --> 00:09:22,967 -We did. Plot twist. -So, if you need to cry for this one to win... 232 00:09:22,967 --> 00:09:24,500 [laughing] 233 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:27,467 This is the semifinals, right? We've seen their work 234 00:09:27,467 --> 00:09:30,467 just consistently be amazing every single time. 235 00:09:30,467 --> 00:09:33,867 -And we're definitely left with the three best teams. -Yes. 236 00:09:33,867 --> 00:09:35,867 And they're all so different 237 00:09:35,867 --> 00:09:37,367 -with their strong suits, right? -[Aarti] Yeah. 238 00:09:37,367 --> 00:09:39,100 [Shinmin] We have Scream of the Crop. 239 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:41,800 -They always bring on the creep factor. -[Aarti] Yeah. 240 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,567 -They always had problem with the color palette. -Yeah. 241 00:09:44,567 --> 00:09:48,066 So, if they can just correct that, they can go sky high. 242 00:09:48,066 --> 00:09:50,000 And then we've got Two Ghouls and a Butcher, 243 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,400 -and they're always so good with storytelling, humor. -[Aarti] Yeah. 244 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,266 And I feel like with each challenge, they're creating bigger, 245 00:09:56,266 --> 00:09:58,166 -and bigger, and bigger displays. -That's right. 246 00:09:58,166 --> 00:10:00,266 [Shinmin] And Shriek Squad, I think that 247 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:01,767 they have shown us time and time again 248 00:10:01,767 --> 00:10:04,300 -that they're so good at pivoting. -[Aarti] Hmm. 249 00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:06,467 Teams, you have six hours left. Six hours. 250 00:10:06,467 --> 00:10:08,767 -[Kristina] Six hours, okay, that's not bad. Not bad. -Six hours, okay. 251 00:10:08,767 --> 00:10:10,166 -Oh, six hours, guys. -Come on. 252 00:10:10,166 --> 00:10:11,066 Oh, boy. 253 00:10:11,066 --> 00:10:14,166 I'm gonna try to flip these out again now. 254 00:10:14,166 --> 00:10:15,800 Hopefully, they come out. 255 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,000 Sarah pulls out her tasting element, 256 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,867 and she's trying to demold them. 257 00:10:19,867 --> 00:10:21,100 [winces] Ah. 258 00:10:21,100 --> 00:10:23,467 -Ooh... [groans] Oh! -[Kyle groans] Ooh! Ah. 259 00:10:23,467 --> 00:10:26,100 She smashes almost an entire row 260 00:10:26,100 --> 00:10:28,700 of her bonbons when they're popping out. 261 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,467 -[winces] Ah. Ooh... [groans] Oh! -[Kyle groans] Ooh! 262 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:39,066 Bonbon troubles are the last thing I want to be dealing with right now, honestly. 263 00:10:39,066 --> 00:10:42,700 Sarah smashes almost an entire row of her bonbons. 264 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:44,367 I'm gonna need to temper chocolate 265 00:10:44,367 --> 00:10:47,667 and that's gonna take an extra 20 minutes to temper the chocolate. 266 00:10:47,667 --> 00:10:50,300 It's a little bit of a pain that I have to go through it again, 267 00:10:50,300 --> 00:10:52,667 but gotta make it happen. 268 00:10:52,667 --> 00:10:56,867 So I'm getting ready to stamp our molds with cocoa butter again. 269 00:10:56,867 --> 00:10:58,767 As quickly as I can. 270 00:10:58,767 --> 00:11:01,867 I'm definitely feeling the stress, feeling the pressure. 271 00:11:01,867 --> 00:11:03,100 I'm trying to just get everything done 272 00:11:03,100 --> 00:11:04,667 and I want it to look really nice. 273 00:11:04,667 --> 00:11:06,467 So I'm hoping I can just get these done 274 00:11:06,467 --> 00:11:09,667 as fast as possible and move on. 275 00:11:09,667 --> 00:11:12,967 There we go. These ones actually look better than the first round. 276 00:11:12,967 --> 00:11:16,467 Okay, guys, our bonbons are gonna go into the fridge. 277 00:11:16,467 --> 00:11:20,967 We're going to use chocolate on our little explorer's head 278 00:11:20,967 --> 00:11:24,400 because we want our sugar character to steal the show. 279 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,667 So we're gonna go a little bit small on this one. 280 00:11:26,667 --> 00:11:29,567 Because this challenge is the sugar spotlight, 281 00:11:29,567 --> 00:11:33,000 as team captain, I know that I have to take a step back 282 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,133 and give Emerly the time to shine. 283 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,500 Because I'm holding it in my hands 284 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:41,166 and my hands are very hot, 285 00:11:41,166 --> 00:11:45,367 I'm kind of deforming the skull a little bit, and it's melting on me. 286 00:11:45,367 --> 00:11:48,567 But I think I'm gonna put him in the fridge so he can harden back up, 287 00:11:48,567 --> 00:11:50,166 and so I can get back to it. 288 00:11:50,166 --> 00:11:53,300 Next, I get started on my character's modeling chocolate 289 00:11:53,300 --> 00:11:56,100 and fondant for his skin and his clothing. 290 00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:59,800 So far, the competition has been going great for us. 291 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,500 We have won two challenges, 292 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:04,567 which is the most out of any other team, 293 00:12:04,567 --> 00:12:06,467 so we're feeling very confident. 294 00:12:06,467 --> 00:12:10,300 Give this guy some arms and legs and he will be done. 295 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:14,600 Right now I'm coloring our pumpkin Carver's head. 296 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,567 I'm using airbrush coloring. 297 00:12:16,567 --> 00:12:18,700 I'm doing it by hand so I don't have to fuss 298 00:12:18,700 --> 00:12:20,100 with clogging air brushes 299 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:21,967 because this is going to go a lot faster. 300 00:12:21,967 --> 00:12:25,367 It's going to get me a nice deep saturation right off the bat. 301 00:12:25,367 --> 00:12:26,867 We are working on our tasting element. 302 00:12:26,867 --> 00:12:29,400 -Tasting at 'em, tag team. -Tag team style. 303 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,066 We wanted to, like, do a dessert together 304 00:12:31,066 --> 00:12:33,567 because we both are pastry chefs, I would say. 305 00:12:33,567 --> 00:12:36,667 The flavor we get for our tasting element is chicory 306 00:12:36,667 --> 00:12:39,166 and since chicory has a mild coffee flavor, 307 00:12:39,166 --> 00:12:40,667 we're going to end up going with 308 00:12:40,667 --> 00:12:43,266 pumpkin spiced latte macaroons. 309 00:12:43,266 --> 00:12:44,634 I'm working on the fillings. 310 00:12:44,634 --> 00:12:47,767 [Kristina] Jonathan's gonna be making not one, but two fillings. 311 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:52,367 One of them is gonna be a chicory pumpkin pie filling and a chicory 312 00:12:52,367 --> 00:12:53,700 dark chocolate ganache. 313 00:12:53,700 --> 00:12:56,467 These are all ready to go and delicious. 314 00:12:56,467 --> 00:13:00,100 Jamie's going to be making a hazelnut pumpkin spiced macaron, 315 00:13:00,100 --> 00:13:04,900 and she's piping the macaron to be like the pumpkins growing in the field. 316 00:13:04,900 --> 00:13:08,700 I got this, but to the ovens. That's the problem. 317 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:09,834 Okay. 318 00:13:09,834 --> 00:13:12,100 So I'm about to spray the backboard. 319 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:13,400 We're gonna spray it all green. 320 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:14,233 It's a water based thing. 321 00:13:14,233 --> 00:13:15,734 It's gonna be a really quick spray. 322 00:13:15,734 --> 00:13:19,467 The judges have been knocking us a little bit for our color theory, 323 00:13:19,467 --> 00:13:22,066 so we're painting the entire backdrop green. 324 00:13:22,066 --> 00:13:25,667 But when the judges come up for judging, we have a surprise for them. 325 00:13:25,667 --> 00:13:30,100 And that's gonna show them how actually finished it really is. 326 00:13:30,100 --> 00:13:33,700 There's a giant green background, also a green base, 327 00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:35,000 and the plants are gonna be green. 328 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,500 It's just gonna be green on green on green, 329 00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:38,300 and we've told them that a thousand times. 330 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:41,266 However, they do have a surprise in store for us, 331 00:13:41,266 --> 00:13:42,600 which is that they've installed 332 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:43,967 -a black light. -[gasps] 333 00:13:43,967 --> 00:13:47,400 [Aarti] I'm not saying that that will cure the problem necessarily, 334 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,100 but they are trying to go about it from a different angle altogether. 335 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:55,300 If they can be successful in that move, I'll eat my words for sure. 336 00:13:55,300 --> 00:13:58,767 -Oh, my gosh, he's gonna be huge. -Whoa. 337 00:13:58,767 --> 00:14:00,066 [gasps] Is that a time plant? 338 00:14:00,066 --> 00:14:02,467 Why, yes, it is a time plant Shinmin. 339 00:14:02,467 --> 00:14:06,100 And it says you have what? Oh! Five hours left. 340 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:07,867 [screams] 341 00:14:07,867 --> 00:14:10,066 Okay. I might need a spotter. 342 00:14:10,066 --> 00:14:12,467 We definitely are taking a risk. 343 00:14:12,467 --> 00:14:16,166 We're going for a four-foot tall chocolate structure 344 00:14:16,166 --> 00:14:18,200 which is not easy to do. 345 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,867 [Emerlie] Isomalt is a very rare skill to have, 346 00:14:20,867 --> 00:14:23,667 but I also picked up on chocolate sculpting, 347 00:14:23,667 --> 00:14:25,767 which is a very rare skill to have. 348 00:14:25,767 --> 00:14:27,500 Not a lot of people can do it. 349 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:30,467 I invested quite a bit of time and money into it, 350 00:14:30,467 --> 00:14:32,467 took a very big workshop for that. 351 00:14:32,467 --> 00:14:36,700 So I have never been able to do a large sculpture or anything. 352 00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:38,900 I've just done tiny little projects. 353 00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:42,967 I'm hoping that by doing this chocolate sculpting, 354 00:14:42,967 --> 00:14:44,300 that helps me to stand out 355 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:46,066 so that we can make it into the finale. 356 00:14:46,066 --> 00:14:48,500 I am using a wire brush. 357 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:52,000 I want this to look like textured, petrified wood. 358 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:57,600 So I am just hacking at this to give it some natural look. 359 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,700 [Shellane] I placed my character's head in the freezer 360 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:03,567 so that it can firm back up for a bit 361 00:15:03,567 --> 00:15:07,900 and he is frozen solid, which in itself isn't a bad thing. 362 00:15:07,900 --> 00:15:11,200 But then he starts to sweat and he keeps sweating. 363 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,600 Just like with an iced drink, it's forming condensation on the surface 364 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,266 The condensation has made the surface 365 00:15:17,266 --> 00:15:19,567 of the modeling chocolate just a little tacky. 366 00:15:19,567 --> 00:15:23,667 [Aarti] Shellane just pulled her character out of the freezer, 367 00:15:23,667 --> 00:15:26,300 you know, uncharacteristically had left it in too long. 368 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:28,600 So now she has to wait for the condensation to dry off 369 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,967 before she can add any color to its face. 370 00:15:31,967 --> 00:15:34,200 So you know, it's just these little mistakes 371 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,667 that I don't ever see from these people. 372 00:15:36,667 --> 00:15:39,200 They think it's just the pressure is getting to them. 373 00:15:39,567 --> 00:15:40,834 [Shellane] This is bad. 374 00:15:43,166 --> 00:15:44,467 The condensation has made the surface 375 00:15:44,467 --> 00:15:47,467 of the modeling chocolate just a little tacky. 376 00:15:47,467 --> 00:15:51,367 I have to get the condensation off of my character before I start painting. 377 00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:55,567 So I tried to grab a paper towel just to blot his skin. 378 00:15:55,567 --> 00:15:58,867 But that's leaving a sticky, textured surface 379 00:15:58,867 --> 00:16:00,333 on my modeling chocolate. 380 00:16:00,333 --> 00:16:04,300 So I took a little shortening and I'm just taking my gloved hand 381 00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:06,667 and rubbing his face down. 382 00:16:06,667 --> 00:16:08,367 The shortening technique did work. 383 00:16:08,367 --> 00:16:09,667 It smoothed out his skin. 384 00:16:09,667 --> 00:16:12,600 It actually made him a little glossy. 385 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:17,233 So I think that pulls off like a sweating kind of idea. 386 00:16:18,467 --> 00:16:23,066 I'm probably gonna use butternut squash for the feet and hands. 387 00:16:23,066 --> 00:16:25,100 [Shellane] Alan is working on our third character, 388 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:30,266 which is a skeleton who was the original victim of our human eating plant. 389 00:16:30,266 --> 00:16:35,266 He's making femurs and tibias and skulls and rib cages. 390 00:16:35,266 --> 00:16:37,400 The majority of the skeleton is still going to be pumpkin, 391 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,900 but I would prefer to use butternut squash 392 00:16:39,900 --> 00:16:41,900 because it's already the right shape to begin with. 393 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:44,166 It's shaped like a hand and a foot. 394 00:16:44,166 --> 00:16:49,033 And this has more density than pumpkin, so I can add more detail. 395 00:16:49,700 --> 00:16:51,133 People can have four toes. 396 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:53,667 Only four hours left. 397 00:16:53,667 --> 00:16:55,467 -Four hours. -Four hours? 398 00:16:55,467 --> 00:16:57,300 That's only halfway. 399 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,767 Now that all the armature on the fillings are done for our tasting element, 400 00:17:03,767 --> 00:17:05,767 I think I could start focusing on my sugar 401 00:17:05,767 --> 00:17:07,667 and just really [indistinct] my life away. 402 00:17:07,667 --> 00:17:10,667 Jonathan will be focusing on this tornado. 403 00:17:10,667 --> 00:17:12,300 It is made out of isomalt, 404 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:16,100 a huge risk which could either pay off 405 00:17:16,100 --> 00:17:17,567 or end up being really bad for us. 406 00:17:17,567 --> 00:17:22,467 This is by far the biggest sugar piece I've ever created, four feet tall. 407 00:17:22,467 --> 00:17:25,266 Of all these teams, this feels like 408 00:17:25,266 --> 00:17:27,700 -the most ambitious sugar piece, right? -Yeah. 409 00:17:27,700 --> 00:17:29,266 Like, Jonathan's really going for it. 410 00:17:29,266 --> 00:17:31,467 Definitely a big undertaking there, but I do love it. 411 00:17:31,467 --> 00:17:32,500 [Jamie] Yeah. Oh, my gosh. 412 00:17:32,500 --> 00:17:35,266 Not only is he working around a really big base, 413 00:17:35,266 --> 00:17:37,000 so he can't even get that close to it, 414 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,500 He's also fighting gravity 415 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:41,300 -because it is on an incline now. -[Aarti] Yeah. 416 00:17:41,300 --> 00:17:43,100 It's so difficult to slap on sugar 417 00:17:43,100 --> 00:17:46,000 that's heavy and hot on an incline, 418 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,300 trying to patch it up into that space. 419 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:51,166 I would have done it upside down on the kitchen. 420 00:17:51,166 --> 00:17:53,600 I'm making a barn. It's going to be small. 421 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:58,367 It's not going to be the size that it would be for the character. 422 00:17:58,367 --> 00:18:01,467 We're doing a really drastic force perspective. 423 00:18:01,467 --> 00:18:04,266 So this will be in the distance on the farm. 424 00:18:04,266 --> 00:18:06,166 Well, we could be doing better on time, 425 00:18:06,166 --> 00:18:08,567 but the key is to just not stop and keep going. 426 00:18:08,567 --> 00:18:12,667 This competition has been a bit of a roller coaster for our team so far. 427 00:18:12,667 --> 00:18:15,500 We started at the top, we went down to the bottom, 428 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:16,867 we started going back up. 429 00:18:16,867 --> 00:18:19,266 I would really like to keep that momentum, 430 00:18:19,266 --> 00:18:21,066 you know, just keep going up. 431 00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:23,867 Do you guys want to put this on the board now or just put it over here? 432 00:18:23,867 --> 00:18:25,533 Just leave it over there. 433 00:18:26,967 --> 00:18:31,400 We've got to make sure that these colors aren't muted and overlapping. 434 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,867 Maybe some yellows, some purples. 435 00:18:33,867 --> 00:18:36,066 We're gonna have this four-foot figure, 436 00:18:36,066 --> 00:18:39,367 and his entire body is gonna be made out of cake. 437 00:18:39,367 --> 00:18:42,967 I started working on his belly which is gonna be huge. 438 00:18:42,967 --> 00:18:46,967 Last rounds. We got really, really close to going home this round. 439 00:18:46,967 --> 00:18:48,367 We're pulling out all the stops. 440 00:18:48,367 --> 00:18:50,367 We're doing everything possible. 441 00:18:50,367 --> 00:18:53,200 This one is pretty much win or go home. 442 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,100 Because if you don't win, 443 00:18:55,100 --> 00:18:57,767 you are up for elimination immediately, 444 00:18:57,767 --> 00:19:00,367 and that's a very, very scary thought. 445 00:19:00,367 --> 00:19:02,767 I'm really trying to hit these bright, 446 00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:05,100 vibrant colors that you might find 447 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:07,367 in a tropical forest somewhere. 448 00:19:07,367 --> 00:19:09,166 Because it is the sugar spotlight, 449 00:19:09,166 --> 00:19:11,867 Sarah's setting the scene up with vines, 450 00:19:11,867 --> 00:19:17,166 flowers, leaves and oil spill that's completely made out of sugar. 451 00:19:17,166 --> 00:19:20,867 This neon powder that I just added in is gonna make it really pop. 452 00:19:20,867 --> 00:19:25,567 [Kyle] Sara is actually adding the neon powder directly into the isomalt. 453 00:19:25,567 --> 00:19:27,367 So when the black light hits it, 454 00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:29,600 it will actually glow from the inside. 455 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:31,567 I still have a lot of stuff to do. 456 00:19:31,567 --> 00:19:33,900 So there's no time to slow down. 457 00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:35,767 Sugar is very temperamental. 458 00:19:35,767 --> 00:19:39,000 It needs to be at the right temperature while you're working with it. 459 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,600 It just has a short window of time 460 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,166 that it stays flexible at that temperature. 461 00:19:44,166 --> 00:19:46,400 Only three hours left on the clock. 462 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:51,567 I apparently have become a pumpkin airbrush artist. [chuckles] 463 00:19:51,567 --> 00:19:54,667 Alan is helping me cover the board, 464 00:19:54,667 --> 00:19:58,467 so I'm helping him airbrush all of his carved pieces. 465 00:19:58,467 --> 00:19:59,867 I've never done this. 466 00:19:59,867 --> 00:20:01,200 It's slimy, it's wet. 467 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,567 I don't think I like it, but I'm gonna do it for today. 468 00:20:04,567 --> 00:20:07,567 Okay, so I've got verbena, which is very interesting. 469 00:20:07,567 --> 00:20:12,100 Verbena is a lemon scented leaf 470 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:16,166 that is often used in teas, but it's a very subtle taste. 471 00:20:16,166 --> 00:20:20,166 Emerlie decides to make a lemon verbena marshmallow bonbon 472 00:20:20,166 --> 00:20:23,200 with a cream cheese white chocolate ganache. 473 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,266 [Emerlie] I want it to have the tea leaves. 474 00:20:25,266 --> 00:20:27,300 It's gonna steep in that sugar syrup 475 00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:31,467 and then I'll strain it out before I add it into my egg whites. 476 00:20:31,467 --> 00:20:33,266 Marshmallow. 477 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:36,400 But I want to pipe it while it's nice and soft. 478 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,166 [Shellane] Our tasting element is going to be decorating 479 00:20:39,166 --> 00:20:41,000 our chest piece for the warrior. 480 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,567 [Emerlie] I'm filling my bonbon molds 481 00:20:42,567 --> 00:20:45,300 with this lemon verbena marshmallow. 482 00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:49,100 Now I'm adding crushed up feuilletine on the bottom of my bonbons. 483 00:20:49,100 --> 00:20:50,867 More than half the time is gone. 484 00:20:50,867 --> 00:20:51,967 You've got three hours left. 485 00:20:51,967 --> 00:20:53,266 Three hours, guys. 486 00:20:53,266 --> 00:20:55,500 Okay, guys, we gotta start moving now. 487 00:20:57,100 --> 00:21:00,567 Jamie is working on Harold's body, which Jamie will be making 488 00:21:00,567 --> 00:21:03,500 out of rice cereal treats and modeling chocolate. 489 00:21:06,300 --> 00:21:07,667 So I'm running a little bit behind. 490 00:21:07,667 --> 00:21:10,533 I really, really need to focus on this and just keep pulling sugar. 491 00:21:12,667 --> 00:21:16,767 I'm pulling as fast as I can, but it's taking so long to clear the amount of strips 492 00:21:16,767 --> 00:21:18,500 I need to really build this tornado up. 493 00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:20,567 I'm thinking this was a bad decision. 494 00:21:20,567 --> 00:21:21,600 It is so big. 495 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,400 I think he's really the only one who's giving us 496 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,600 the entire four foot "character" 497 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,533 as a tornado in sugar, or at least that was his plan. 498 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:36,367 I'm nervous and it's not looking like a tornado. We need a new game plan. 499 00:21:36,367 --> 00:21:38,400 If I don't pivot now, then we'll never finish. 500 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:45,233 It's not working. 501 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:48,066 We're running out of time. 502 00:21:48,066 --> 00:21:49,900 The strips are taking ,just too long, 503 00:21:49,900 --> 00:21:51,567 so we're gonna have to pivot here. 504 00:21:51,567 --> 00:21:53,900 Essentially, we would want this entire piece 505 00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:56,900 to be perfectly made out of isomalt. 506 00:21:56,900 --> 00:22:00,066 But most importantly, it just needs to be done. 507 00:22:00,066 --> 00:22:03,567 We need to get to the point to where the piece is covered. 508 00:22:03,567 --> 00:22:04,800 Well, okay, I can come in. 509 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,767 I'm going to roll out a whole bunch of modeling chocolate. 510 00:22:07,767 --> 00:22:09,066 That's... Ugh. 511 00:22:09,066 --> 00:22:10,800 Modeling chocolate and stick it. 512 00:22:13,166 --> 00:22:15,367 Just like big, big, fat strips of it. 513 00:22:15,367 --> 00:22:16,700 -Yeah. -Get it up there. Yeah? 514 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:17,800 Okay. 515 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,200 [Elias] We're gonna focus on the modeling chocolate 516 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,000 to kind of fill it in and then go over it with the sugar. 517 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,367 This should give us the time that we need to finish. 518 00:22:25,367 --> 00:22:27,700 We're probably just gonna need to do this in, like, pieces. 519 00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:29,767 -Okay. -[Shinmin] You gotta do what you gotta do. 520 00:22:29,767 --> 00:22:32,166 And if he can cover the modeling chocolate 521 00:22:32,166 --> 00:22:34,867 and the fondant with that sugar, I'm definitely willing 522 00:22:34,867 --> 00:22:37,000 -to accept that as his sugar piece. -Yeah. 523 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,767 I don't want to cover up the sugar work that you've already done. 524 00:22:38,767 --> 00:22:39,800 Yeah, okay. Perfect. 525 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,500 Okay. 526 00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:43,900 This pivot was absolutely necessary. 527 00:22:44,567 --> 00:22:46,000 But it's definitely taking away 528 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,300 from what I've got to create here. 529 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,467 So, you know, high gear. 530 00:22:50,467 --> 00:22:51,767 That's where we're going now. 531 00:22:51,767 --> 00:22:54,266 High, high gear. 532 00:22:54,266 --> 00:22:59,900 I'm gonna make like this rose flower type thing with, like, teeth in a mouth 533 00:22:59,900 --> 00:23:02,266 and this big gross tongue coming out. 534 00:23:02,266 --> 00:23:05,000 I absolutely love working with sugar. 535 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,867 I was introduced into sugar work 536 00:23:06,867 --> 00:23:10,467 through culinary school, and that's where I saw more 537 00:23:10,467 --> 00:23:12,900 of the artistic side of sugar and chocolate work. 538 00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:14,400 And that's where I really fell in love with it, 539 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,767 because I feel like there's so much personal expression 540 00:23:17,767 --> 00:23:20,300 that you can really show through chocolate and sugar 541 00:23:20,300 --> 00:23:22,200 that I feel like I can't get with cakes. 542 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,567 So I really love working with it. 543 00:23:24,567 --> 00:23:27,266 -Vampire flower. -Let me see. 544 00:23:27,266 --> 00:23:29,467 I still have to put the tongue on him. 545 00:23:29,467 --> 00:23:32,166 -Yeah, I like that. -That's cool. 546 00:23:32,166 --> 00:23:35,367 Okay. I'm getting ready to blow the plants. 547 00:23:35,367 --> 00:23:39,767 I love seeing how everyone's interpreting Mother Nature fighting back 548 00:23:39,767 --> 00:23:41,767 because everyone's doing it a little bit differently. 549 00:23:41,767 --> 00:23:44,467 -[Shinmin] Completely different. -I was expecting just plants. 550 00:23:44,467 --> 00:23:45,867 And then when we look at these displays, 551 00:23:45,867 --> 00:23:47,600 there's a lot more than plants going on. 552 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:48,533 Scream of the crops there, 553 00:23:48,533 --> 00:23:51,266 they are definitely doing literal plants. 554 00:23:51,266 --> 00:23:53,166 [Sarah] I have noticed that the other teams 555 00:23:53,166 --> 00:23:55,567 are doing really big sugar pieces, 556 00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:58,500 like this tornado and this giant character. 557 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:02,266 So I am a little bit nervous that my pieces are a lot smaller. 558 00:24:02,266 --> 00:24:04,767 So I'm hoping that the judges will see 559 00:24:04,767 --> 00:24:07,767 that I've used a wider variety of techniques. 560 00:24:07,767 --> 00:24:09,667 We have to get that head on soon 561 00:24:09,667 --> 00:24:11,667 'cause I have to wrap vines around it. 562 00:24:11,667 --> 00:24:14,166 It's just a lot of finishing work on this one. 563 00:24:14,166 --> 00:24:17,266 So this is going to be his little gold chest plate, 564 00:24:17,266 --> 00:24:20,066 and this is going to be his pants. 565 00:24:20,066 --> 00:24:24,567 Emerlie is making our chess pieces and a skirt for the warrior. 566 00:24:24,567 --> 00:24:26,667 So she boils down some isomalt, 567 00:24:26,667 --> 00:24:28,767 add some edible gold dust, 568 00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:32,133 and pours it out on vinyl in the shape of the chest plate. 569 00:24:33,667 --> 00:24:37,667 I'm just adding some individual plates to my piece. 570 00:24:37,667 --> 00:24:42,367 It's going to be one piece, but it's going to look like multiple plates. 571 00:24:42,367 --> 00:24:46,567 I want the tasting elements to come off of his gold pieces. 572 00:24:46,567 --> 00:24:51,166 [Shellane] Emerlie decorates our chest piece with the tasting elements. 573 00:24:51,166 --> 00:24:53,400 [Emerlie] Typically with chocolate, you would use freeze spray 574 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,200 so that the chocolate solidifies faster. 575 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,100 Unfortunately, freeze spray will crack my isomalt. 576 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:00,166 I don't have the choice to do that. 577 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:01,400 Can you hand me more bonbons? 578 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,567 So instead, I just have to be patient and hold this here. 579 00:25:04,567 --> 00:25:05,834 But I don't have a lot of time. 580 00:25:06,767 --> 00:25:08,100 [Shellane] And they're just sliding off 581 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:10,400 because the isomalt is still too warm. 582 00:25:11,567 --> 00:25:14,300 -Is it just too hot? Is it melting now? -It is. 583 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:17,400 I don't have time for this. 584 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,767 -Let's just put it on the board. -Yep. 585 00:25:19,767 --> 00:25:21,867 My tasting elements are sliding off because 586 00:25:21,867 --> 00:25:23,600 I still have some residual heat. 587 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,800 And I will have to add some ice and melt gems instead. 588 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:28,900 [Shellane] We need to pivot, 589 00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:31,567 so we place the tasting elements on the ground. 590 00:25:31,567 --> 00:25:34,166 And we add isomalt gems to the chest plate. 591 00:25:34,166 --> 00:25:37,200 So I have some gems here made out of isomalt 592 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,800 that are really gonna look pretty on this display. 593 00:25:41,867 --> 00:25:44,400 [Shellane] This structure in particular is the spotlight 594 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,000 of the entire challenge. 595 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,400 We have to get it together. 596 00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:50,000 What do you need? 597 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:52,600 I need more time. 598 00:25:54,166 --> 00:25:56,667 I know it's scary, but you've only got one hour left. 599 00:25:56,667 --> 00:25:58,400 [all exclaiming] 600 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,166 I'm painting white chocolate to give it, like, 601 00:26:00,166 --> 00:26:01,233 a texturing effect. 602 00:26:01,233 --> 00:26:03,600 It's gonna give it some motion, three dimensional 603 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,367 without being just airbrush color. 604 00:26:06,367 --> 00:26:09,767 [Kristina] One good thing about our team is that we understand that 605 00:26:09,767 --> 00:26:11,867 things might not work according to plan. 606 00:26:11,867 --> 00:26:14,467 And so we've learned to pivot. 607 00:26:14,467 --> 00:26:16,800 Unfortunately, with the setback, 608 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:18,767 we are a little bit behind. 609 00:26:18,767 --> 00:26:21,867 Right now, I'm working on getting our guy created 610 00:26:21,867 --> 00:26:25,667 so that, you know, he looks like he's getting sucked into a tornado 611 00:26:25,667 --> 00:26:29,100 because I think without our guy here, 612 00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:31,166 we don't really have a character being attacked by nature. 613 00:26:31,166 --> 00:26:34,133 So it is muy importante to get it done. 614 00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:36,667 I don't know any pumpkin carvers 615 00:26:36,667 --> 00:26:38,166 that go picking pumpkins naked, 616 00:26:38,166 --> 00:26:40,967 so I need him to be dressed, pronto. 617 00:26:40,967 --> 00:26:45,800 I'm starting to paint this with an edible color emulsion gel. 618 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:49,266 It's still not opaque, but it gives you a much more vibrant color 619 00:26:49,266 --> 00:26:50,767 than just the airbrush, 620 00:26:50,767 --> 00:26:53,767 and I'm padding it into the creases 621 00:26:53,767 --> 00:26:57,000 so that it will make the depths really pop. 622 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:02,200 The judges have mentioned a few times that there's no point in carving detail 623 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,467 if you can't see it. 624 00:27:03,467 --> 00:27:05,166 We've got to get color on the pumpkins. 625 00:27:05,166 --> 00:27:09,000 [Kyle] She's making it look like the face is actually getting choked 626 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:13,867 to where the whole thing is filled up with blood to the point of bursting. 627 00:27:13,867 --> 00:27:15,367 The eyes are bulging. 628 00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:18,600 It looks disgusting, and it's awesome, and I love it. 629 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,567 Perfect. Okay. 630 00:27:20,567 --> 00:27:24,567 He's getting wrapped around his throat by one of the little vampire flowers. 631 00:27:24,567 --> 00:27:27,467 He's coming together exactly the way we want it. 632 00:27:27,467 --> 00:27:30,700 That's a face. [chuckles] 633 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:33,300 I'm worried about attaching this. 634 00:27:33,300 --> 00:27:35,266 I need to get this skirt onto my structure 635 00:27:35,266 --> 00:27:37,500 because without it, it's going to look incomplete. 636 00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:41,066 These isomalt pieces need to be cooled down so that I can pick them up. 637 00:27:41,066 --> 00:27:42,667 But then I have to heat them back up 638 00:27:42,667 --> 00:27:45,800 to be able to shape them exactly to my character. 639 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,100 And I have to be careful that my chocolate structure 640 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:50,000 doesn't melt underneath that heat. 641 00:27:51,700 --> 00:27:53,233 This is a very big piece. 642 00:27:53,967 --> 00:27:56,000 I just need to pick this up. 643 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,900 And it's a little melty in some places. 644 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,233 Better be careful. 645 00:28:02,767 --> 00:28:04,133 Thirty minutes left. 646 00:28:04,867 --> 00:28:06,266 -Thirty minutes. -Thirty minutes. 647 00:28:06,266 --> 00:28:07,367 I think this will work. 648 00:28:07,367 --> 00:28:09,200 Okay. 649 00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:15,567 Wow, the spotlight's on the sugar artists today, and it's also the semifinals. 650 00:28:15,567 --> 00:28:17,767 It might just be too much pressure on Emerlie. 651 00:28:17,767 --> 00:28:21,100 I don't think she's used to working with sugar pieces this large. 652 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:24,000 Well, she heated it so that she could get a bend into the shape. 653 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,667 -Right. -But It's just not securing. 654 00:28:26,667 --> 00:28:27,834 [Shellane] Okay. 655 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:32,567 Oh, gosh. 656 00:28:32,567 --> 00:28:33,700 I cracked the whole thing... 657 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:35,333 around the hand. 658 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:40,033 -Oh, no. -Oh, no. 659 00:28:40,967 --> 00:28:42,700 [Emerlie] The skirt keeps breaking on me 660 00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:45,266 and I realize it's not gonna hold. 661 00:28:45,266 --> 00:28:46,800 Shoot, shoot, shoot. 662 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,000 [Shellane] Just hold it. 663 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,667 What can I do? What can I do? 664 00:28:51,667 --> 00:28:53,567 [Emerlie] I just need to get it around the hand. 665 00:28:53,567 --> 00:28:57,367 [Shellane] This guard is very heavy, and it's not staying up well. 666 00:28:57,367 --> 00:28:59,667 A piece has fallen off the skirt 667 00:28:59,667 --> 00:29:00,800 and it's starting to crack. 668 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,567 We have all hands on deck trying to make sure that 669 00:29:04,567 --> 00:29:06,500 this skirt stays on our warrior. 670 00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:09,900 That piece of sugar is probably at least five pounds 671 00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:11,266 and I think she needs to actually 672 00:29:11,266 --> 00:29:13,266 have screws going into the board 673 00:29:13,266 --> 00:29:17,000 to then hang the sugar work onto almost like you're hanging a painting. 674 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:17,967 [Bennett] Yeah. 675 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:21,000 [Shellane] She has the isomalt ready for you. 676 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,166 [Emerlie] I gotta keep holding this till the end. 677 00:29:23,166 --> 00:29:25,000 There's still some screws over here. 678 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,467 I want a clean presentation. 679 00:29:26,467 --> 00:29:28,767 Even in the chaos, it's got to be clean. 680 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:29,867 Twenty minutes left. 681 00:29:29,867 --> 00:29:31,266 -Twenty minutes. -I'm holding it. 682 00:29:31,266 --> 00:29:33,000 I'm not risking it yet. 683 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,734 If we have time, we have time. 684 00:29:35,567 --> 00:29:37,500 I am making sponge sugar. 685 00:29:38,667 --> 00:29:40,700 And this is the old school technique. 686 00:29:40,700 --> 00:29:43,300 [Kristina] In our final moments, Jonathan is spinning 687 00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:45,667 a whole bunch of sugar because if you think about 688 00:29:45,667 --> 00:29:47,200 the way a tornado looks, 689 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,767 it'll have these sort of fluffy spots. 690 00:29:49,767 --> 00:29:53,567 The spots where all of the dust is being brought up by the wind 691 00:29:53,567 --> 00:29:57,667 and spinning the sugar is sort of going to give the tornado that effect. 692 00:29:57,667 --> 00:29:59,233 [Elias] Am I still spinning webs? 693 00:29:59,667 --> 00:30:00,600 Yes. 694 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,000 You are spinning until you die. 695 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,467 It's like, it's not facing the judges at all. 696 00:30:05,467 --> 00:30:08,200 We're in the last moments here and we realize the face 697 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,166 is not looking more towards the judges. 698 00:30:10,166 --> 00:30:12,300 It is so important that we fix this 699 00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:15,000 because this piece really needs to look good. 700 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,300 I'm ruining the paint job that I don't have time to fix. 701 00:30:18,300 --> 00:30:19,467 Oh, that's better. 702 00:30:19,467 --> 00:30:20,800 Five minutes left, everyone. 703 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:22,300 All right, guys, this is it. 704 00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:23,400 Okay, more here. 705 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:24,700 -Is that good? -Final touches. 706 00:30:24,700 --> 00:30:27,667 -Is that good? -I think maybe airbrush the roots. 707 00:30:27,667 --> 00:30:28,767 It looks too fresh. 708 00:30:28,767 --> 00:30:30,767 Just mute it a little bit. 709 00:30:30,767 --> 00:30:34,166 [Alan] Airbrush it a tiny bit, please. 710 00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:35,967 Little bit. There, better. 711 00:30:35,967 --> 00:30:37,467 Okay, tasting element, 712 00:30:37,467 --> 00:30:39,467 I'm starting to put on the lily pads. 713 00:30:39,467 --> 00:30:41,867 -Oh, he looks so lifelike, Jamie. -Whoo-hoo! 714 00:30:41,867 --> 00:30:44,367 It looks like he's really scared for his life. 715 00:30:44,367 --> 00:30:45,667 Last seconds. Last seconds, girls. 716 00:30:45,667 --> 00:30:47,133 Here, watch out. 717 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:50,867 Anything that we need to fix? 718 00:30:50,867 --> 00:30:52,367 No, I don't think so. 719 00:30:52,367 --> 00:30:55,667 If you see any loose pieces of chocolate or isomalt on the board, get it. 720 00:30:55,667 --> 00:30:57,266 Ten, nine, 721 00:30:57,266 --> 00:30:59,667 eight, seven, 722 00:30:59,667 --> 00:31:03,200 six, five, four, 723 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,100 three, two, 724 00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:06,400 one. 725 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:07,400 Time's up. 726 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:08,567 Wow. 727 00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:10,166 This is so creepy! 728 00:31:10,166 --> 00:31:12,934 -[all laughing] -This is so disturbing. 729 00:31:13,867 --> 00:31:15,900 [sighs] Man, he look creepy. 730 00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:18,500 Nice job, sugar artists. 731 00:31:18,500 --> 00:31:20,500 We did it. We're done. 732 00:31:25,900 --> 00:31:27,166 Scream of the crop. 733 00:31:27,166 --> 00:31:30,400 Tell us about when Mother Nature bites back. 734 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,667 [Kyle] This is toxic tycoon hangs out. 735 00:31:32,667 --> 00:31:36,000 Every year he comes out here, he dumps all his toxic waste. 736 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,367 The plant life keeps absorbing it. 737 00:31:38,367 --> 00:31:43,133 This time, they actually grew sentient enough to enact their revenge. 738 00:31:44,266 --> 00:31:47,800 -Ooh! -Oh! 739 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,066 [Kyle] He's made out of rice cereal treats and cake. 740 00:31:50,066 --> 00:31:51,867 His face is made out of pumpkin 741 00:31:51,867 --> 00:31:54,166 and then an explosion of sugar. 742 00:31:54,166 --> 00:31:58,266 We have sugar flower, sugar vines, sugar leaves, sugar roses 743 00:31:58,266 --> 00:32:00,300 roses that have tongues and vampires. 744 00:32:00,867 --> 00:32:03,000 It was Sugar Spotlight this week. 745 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,600 Sugar Sarah, this is your moment, and you took it. 746 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,200 Oh, my gosh. 747 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,667 There is so much ding dang sugar on this display. 748 00:32:11,667 --> 00:32:16,467 And my favorite thing is that stinking flower with the teeth and the tongue. 749 00:32:16,467 --> 00:32:19,100 It is vicious. It is cheeky. 750 00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:21,467 It is menacing, but cute at the same time. 751 00:32:21,467 --> 00:32:25,467 It's like an orchestra of sugar holding up this bad guy. 752 00:32:25,467 --> 00:32:26,600 So, well done. 753 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,367 You gave us so much personality in your sugar work. 754 00:32:29,367 --> 00:32:32,300 I really love those little picture plants that you have in the back. 755 00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:34,066 And I know that's not easy to do. 756 00:32:34,066 --> 00:32:37,400 I wish that you brought some to the foreground because they are so beautiful. 757 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,066 Now the main character is huge. 758 00:32:40,066 --> 00:32:42,667 So obviously, we have to look at him 759 00:32:42,667 --> 00:32:44,467 and address every part of him. 760 00:32:44,467 --> 00:32:47,000 I love the fact that you created this pumpkin head. 761 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,567 The fact that he's being choked. 762 00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:50,600 It makes sense that the head is red. 763 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,667 I was really worried when it was just all white 764 00:32:52,667 --> 00:32:55,266 because he looked like he was in an insane asylum. 765 00:32:55,266 --> 00:32:57,100 But the shading really helps. 766 00:32:57,100 --> 00:32:58,166 Amazing job. 767 00:32:58,166 --> 00:32:59,266 -Thank you. -Thank you. 768 00:32:59,266 --> 00:33:01,467 What element did you get and what are we trying today? 769 00:33:01,467 --> 00:33:03,266 [Sarah] Our ingredient was rose. 770 00:33:03,266 --> 00:33:06,000 So we have these radioactive bonbons for you. 771 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:10,734 It's a white chocolate shell with a raspberry rose chili and a lychee cream. 772 00:33:12,867 --> 00:33:15,066 I love the ideas of what you were going for. 773 00:33:15,066 --> 00:33:18,200 I think rose and berries go really beautifully together 774 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,967 and I like the introduction of lychee. 775 00:33:19,967 --> 00:33:24,000 I think for me, you needed a bit more rosewater. 776 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,867 Because the raspberry is taking over the whole thing 777 00:33:27,867 --> 00:33:30,066 and I'm not really tasting the rose at all. 778 00:33:30,066 --> 00:33:31,300 I just got the rose water. 779 00:33:31,700 --> 00:33:32,634 Just now. 780 00:33:32,634 --> 00:33:34,600 -[chuckles] -[Shinmin] I agree with Aarti. 781 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:39,066 Raspberry, as we know, is a very loud ingredient. 782 00:33:39,066 --> 00:33:43,166 But you also brought along her insanely loud cousin, Lychee. [laughs] 783 00:33:43,166 --> 00:33:44,767 [all laughing] 784 00:33:44,767 --> 00:33:48,166 So those two definitely stole this thunder from the rose. 785 00:33:48,166 --> 00:33:51,767 You chose two supporting flavors that were just too strong. 786 00:33:51,767 --> 00:33:52,867 Okay. 787 00:33:52,867 --> 00:33:53,600 Scream of the crop. 788 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,100 -Great work. -Thank you, guys. 789 00:33:55,100 --> 00:33:56,367 Thank you. 790 00:33:56,367 --> 00:33:58,967 You guys, I thought the rose was so strong. 791 00:33:58,967 --> 00:34:00,500 [all laughing] 792 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:03,967 Two ghouls and a butcher. 793 00:34:03,967 --> 00:34:06,367 Tell us how Mother Nature bites back. 794 00:34:06,367 --> 00:34:08,867 So we were inspired by the movie 795 00:34:08,867 --> 00:34:11,600 and we made ancient Audrey. 796 00:34:12,567 --> 00:34:16,900 A family goes on a vacation to an ancient civilization, 797 00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:20,100 and we have an explorer who was very inquisitive, 798 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:21,867 sees a flicker of light through the wall, 799 00:34:21,867 --> 00:34:24,700 enters into this tomb of sorts, 800 00:34:24,700 --> 00:34:27,100 gets snatched up by this living organism, 801 00:34:27,100 --> 00:34:29,100 which is made of petrified wood 802 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:31,700 and vines and flesh eating bacteria 803 00:34:31,700 --> 00:34:34,867 and he becomes its next victim. 804 00:34:34,867 --> 00:34:37,700 So, Emerlie, the spotlight's on you today. 805 00:34:37,700 --> 00:34:40,467 And you went for it, honey, you went for it. 806 00:34:40,467 --> 00:34:44,367 One of my favorite things that you did was that sugar skirt. 807 00:34:44,367 --> 00:34:46,266 And we saw it ripping. 808 00:34:46,266 --> 00:34:48,066 And I'm glad you kind of leaned into it 809 00:34:48,066 --> 00:34:51,266 because it does give it this old, ancient feeling. 810 00:34:51,266 --> 00:34:57,166 I love the sort of striations that you were able to get into that skirt. 811 00:34:57,166 --> 00:34:59,800 It has a lot of movement and texture. 812 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,467 And it really works. 813 00:35:01,467 --> 00:35:02,900 Well, Emerlie, you definitely gave us 814 00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:05,100 a really super tall character here. 815 00:35:05,100 --> 00:35:07,800 The piece as a whole feels quite a bit empty 816 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,800 compared to what you've shown us in the past. 817 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,867 And your color palette is very, very neutral. 818 00:35:12,867 --> 00:35:15,266 Very beige, very brown, very yellow. 819 00:35:15,266 --> 00:35:17,266 A lot of your fungus work in the back, 820 00:35:17,266 --> 00:35:18,266 those are kind of missing. 821 00:35:18,266 --> 00:35:20,700 And I know when I saw it here on your kitchen, 822 00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:24,667 I saw so many lovely details, but they're really lost there now. 823 00:35:24,667 --> 00:35:27,200 This week, I feel like I'm not seeing 824 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,000 all your talents gelled together as well. 825 00:35:34,567 --> 00:35:36,400 Emerlie I do wanna applaud you for such a tall character. 826 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,367 And Shellane, your character, as always, 827 00:35:38,367 --> 00:35:40,967 is absolutely amazing, and it's actually 360. 828 00:35:40,967 --> 00:35:43,367 I saw him from the back with a droopy hood. 829 00:35:43,367 --> 00:35:44,867 It looks so realistic. 830 00:35:44,867 --> 00:35:47,100 -Thank you. -What'd you make for us to taste today? 831 00:35:47,100 --> 00:35:49,867 [Emerlie] So it is a lemon verbena marshmallow 832 00:35:49,867 --> 00:35:51,467 inside of a white chocolate bonbon. 833 00:35:51,467 --> 00:35:54,600 I also have a slight layer of a whipped cheesecake ganache. 834 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,266 And there's a touch of feuilletine for crunch. 835 00:35:57,266 --> 00:35:59,300 -Wow. In this little thing? -Yes. 836 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:00,767 [Aarti] Damn, girl. 837 00:36:00,767 --> 00:36:02,467 Well, really, I definitely like the crunch 838 00:36:02,467 --> 00:36:03,967 that I'm getting from the feuilletine. 839 00:36:03,967 --> 00:36:06,467 I like the texture of your marshmallow a lot as well. 840 00:36:06,467 --> 00:36:08,867 I'm not really getting the whipped cheesecake. 841 00:36:08,867 --> 00:36:10,166 Verbena is very subtle. 842 00:36:10,166 --> 00:36:15,300 It just has a super, very low key lemon flavor and aroma to it. 843 00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:17,367 I don't know. I think I'm just missing a little bit more 844 00:36:17,367 --> 00:36:18,767 of that verbena sensation. 845 00:36:18,767 --> 00:36:20,567 [Aarti] Yeah, I think you were really smart 846 00:36:20,567 --> 00:36:23,367 to not interrupt the flavor with a bunch of other things. 847 00:36:23,367 --> 00:36:26,600 But I think that verbena is just so subtle 848 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:31,300 that it either needed a stronger steep or just more of it in there 849 00:36:31,300 --> 00:36:34,500 to show up because I'm not really getting it very much. 850 00:36:34,500 --> 00:36:36,567 Two ghouls and a butcher. Thank you so much. 851 00:36:36,567 --> 00:36:37,867 Thank you. 852 00:36:37,867 --> 00:36:39,400 That was a rough one. 853 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:40,367 Bring it in. 854 00:36:40,367 --> 00:36:41,433 Okay. 855 00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:42,800 Shriek squad. 856 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,233 Let's talk about how your Mother Nature bites back. 857 00:36:47,367 --> 00:36:49,967 [Kristina] Well, Harold here has been a pumpkin carver 858 00:36:49,967 --> 00:36:51,767 for over 25 years. 859 00:36:51,767 --> 00:36:54,000 But when he goes to the patch to pick his pumpkin this year, 860 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,667 he discovers that Mother Nature 861 00:36:55,667 --> 00:36:58,200 is tired of her big orange beauties 862 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:01,100 being stolen off the vine just to be butchered. 863 00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:04,700 We have an isomalt and modeling chocolate tornado. 864 00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:09,500 We have a 50-50 blend of fondant and modeling chocolate 865 00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:12,166 that Jamie sculpted Harold's body out of. 866 00:37:12,166 --> 00:37:15,867 All of the pumpkin vines are made out of sugar. 867 00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:20,300 We also have a pumpkin barn and a pumpkin head for Harold. 868 00:37:20,300 --> 00:37:25,066 Jonathan, that is just a monstrous beast you took on there. 869 00:37:25,066 --> 00:37:28,000 I was super worried, and I think you pivoted perfectly. 870 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,166 I feel like as a whole, you guys have brought back that magic 871 00:37:31,166 --> 00:37:33,567 that we experienced in that very first challenge, 872 00:37:33,567 --> 00:37:36,400 where all of your colors, all of your medium, the storytelling. 873 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,066 All of that worked cohesively and blended so well. 874 00:37:39,066 --> 00:37:42,166 Speaking of blending, Jamie, of the 50-50 fondant 875 00:37:42,166 --> 00:37:44,867 and modelling chocolate, just worked so well here. 876 00:37:44,867 --> 00:37:46,567 This might be your smoothest. 877 00:37:46,567 --> 00:37:48,300 The clothing just has movement. 878 00:37:48,300 --> 00:37:50,000 Really, really great storytelling. 879 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,100 Jonathan, you swung for the fences today. 880 00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:56,900 This was definitely, I think, the most ambitious design 881 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:58,900 by any of the sugar artists tonight 882 00:37:58,900 --> 00:38:00,967 and I commend you for that. 883 00:38:00,967 --> 00:38:04,700 Was it as successful as you intended? Probably not. 884 00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:07,967 But you get the sense that it's the tornado, the eyes, 885 00:38:07,967 --> 00:38:11,166 and the angry eyebrows are such a great touch. 886 00:38:11,166 --> 00:38:16,266 And it really gives us that sense of Mother Nature as a character biting back. 887 00:38:16,266 --> 00:38:17,367 So good job there. 888 00:38:17,367 --> 00:38:19,300 Kristina, that barn is darling. 889 00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:20,500 I love it. 890 00:38:20,500 --> 00:38:22,900 So what was your ingredient and what are we trying today? 891 00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:24,767 Our ingredient was chicory. 892 00:38:24,767 --> 00:38:28,567 [Jamie] I made a hazelnut pumpkin spice macaron 893 00:38:28,567 --> 00:38:31,367 and Jonathan made two amazing fillings 894 00:38:31,367 --> 00:38:34,166 of a chicory, dark chocolate ganache 895 00:38:34,166 --> 00:38:37,367 and a chicory pumpkin pie filling. 896 00:38:37,367 --> 00:38:39,967 the flavor that I get loud and clear 897 00:38:39,967 --> 00:38:41,467 is the bitterness of the chicory. 898 00:38:41,467 --> 00:38:44,667 And it plays so well with sort of that. 899 00:38:44,667 --> 00:38:48,367 velvety, comforting flavor of the pumpkin. 900 00:38:48,367 --> 00:38:51,567 The chocolate is just held in balance enough 901 00:38:51,567 --> 00:38:53,667 so it doesn't take over the whole thing. 902 00:38:53,667 --> 00:38:57,367 It's a really intelligent bite. 903 00:38:57,367 --> 00:39:00,166 You guys always come up with really creative tastings. 904 00:39:00,166 --> 00:39:01,767 -But this one's genius. -[chuckles] 905 00:39:01,767 --> 00:39:03,500 The addition of the pumpkin 906 00:39:03,500 --> 00:39:06,767 to really match the scene here is so smart. 907 00:39:06,767 --> 00:39:09,867 And I also feel like I'm tasting the storm of a story. 908 00:39:09,867 --> 00:39:11,367 -Yeah. -So amazing job. 909 00:39:11,367 --> 00:39:13,667 -Thank you. -Shriek squad, great job. 910 00:39:13,667 --> 00:39:15,200 [all] Thank you. 911 00:39:15,567 --> 00:39:16,667 Oh, my God, guys. 912 00:39:16,667 --> 00:39:19,033 Compliment. 913 00:39:21,867 --> 00:39:25,000 There were some real moments of brilliance tonight, 914 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,567 but one team in this battle delivered the mother lode. 915 00:39:28,567 --> 00:39:29,967 To give us nature 916 00:39:29,967 --> 00:39:33,200 that fights back in the the best way. 917 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,800 The first team headed to the finale is... 918 00:39:41,367 --> 00:39:43,300 Scream of the crop. Congratulations. 919 00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:45,500 [all cheering and applauding] 920 00:39:49,700 --> 00:39:52,100 That means Shriek squad and Two ghouls and a butcher. 921 00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:54,867 We're gonna have to say goodbye to one of you tonight. 922 00:39:54,867 --> 00:39:56,367 Shriek squad. 923 00:39:56,367 --> 00:39:57,867 [Aarti] This piece is a reminder 924 00:39:57,867 --> 00:40:00,066 of the cohesiveness and teamwork 925 00:40:00,066 --> 00:40:02,100 we saw in the first challenge. 926 00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:04,100 Each of you really went for it, 927 00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:05,600 and there were some great moments. 928 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:10,767 And we are definitely in pumpkin spice season with that delicious macaron. 929 00:40:10,767 --> 00:40:12,867 But tonight was all about sugar. 930 00:40:12,867 --> 00:40:15,467 And while you really went for it, Jonathan, 931 00:40:15,467 --> 00:40:18,033 the execution wasn't totally successful. 932 00:40:18,900 --> 00:40:20,800 [Shinmin] And Two ghouls and a butcher. 933 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:25,800 We have seen some amazing teamwork from you, and Shellane as captain, 934 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:29,500 you delivered a perfectly executed character out of cake. 935 00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:32,200 But with the spotlight on sugar this week, 936 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:35,000 the ancient warrior was less successful. 937 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,500 And your overall piece was missing contrast. 938 00:40:38,500 --> 00:40:42,467 You both proved that you have the skills to make it to the finals. 939 00:40:42,467 --> 00:40:46,000 But at the end of the day, only one more team can move on. 940 00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:50,000 Shriek squad... 941 00:40:51,567 --> 00:40:53,600 your twist on chicory... 942 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,166 was enough to stay. 943 00:40:57,100 --> 00:41:00,333 I'm sorry, Two ghouls and a butcher, but it's time to go home. 944 00:41:01,266 --> 00:41:02,834 [all applauding] 945 00:41:05,967 --> 00:41:09,900 Even though we're going home, I feel so proud of the pieces 946 00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:12,700 we've created alongside my teammates. 947 00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:14,800 We had an incredible bond. 948 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,767 And I love them so much. 949 00:41:16,767 --> 00:41:20,500 Congratulations, Scream of the crop and Shriek squad. 950 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:23,767 We'll see you next time for the Halloween War's finale. 951 00:41:23,767 --> 00:41:25,133 Yes! Whoo! 952 00:41:29,467 --> 00:41:32,567 [Bennett] Next time in the thrilling Halloween War's finale... 953 00:41:32,567 --> 00:41:34,700 -Go, go, go! -Get it done. 954 00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:36,033 We got to go big. 955 00:41:36,033 --> 00:41:39,100 [Bennett] Shriek squad and Scream of the crop risk it all... 956 00:41:39,100 --> 00:41:40,767 It's my play time. It's finale time. 957 00:41:40,767 --> 00:41:43,000 This is no joke. I can't hold it together. 958 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,300 ...as they check into a haunted hotel. 959 00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:47,767 We just have to pick a really complicated dessert for the finale, right? 960 00:41:47,767 --> 00:41:48,800 Pull out all the stops. 961 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,000 [Bennett] But only one will check out a winner. 962 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,000 Palms are sweating. 963 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:53,500 It is going to fall down. 964 00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:55,000 -Oh. -No. 965 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:56,734 [Jamie] This is turning into a nightmare. 966 00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:58,867 [all gasp]