1 00:00:01,266 --> 00:00:03,000 [wolf howling] 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,667 I'm back! 3 00:00:07,667 --> 00:00:12,300 I'm Zach Bagans and I've taken control of Halloween Wars, 4 00:00:12,367 --> 00:00:16,567 leading teams of world class cake, sugar and pumpkin artists 5 00:00:16,567 --> 00:00:21,200 on a tour of some of the most haunted locations in the world. 6 00:00:21,266 --> 00:00:25,467 Inspiring them with my own personal experiences with the paranormal. 7 00:00:25,467 --> 00:00:27,266 Pumpkin gods, let's go. 8 00:00:27,266 --> 00:00:30,000 [Zak] Now there's one last battle to see who will win the trip of a lifetime 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:31,000 [Zak] Now there's one last battle to see who will win the trip of a lifetime 10 00:00:32,567 --> 00:00:36,867 to a city famous for its pastries, and its hauntings. 11 00:00:36,867 --> 00:00:40,567 It's the season finale of Halloween Wars. 12 00:00:40,567 --> 00:00:42,467 Let's get spooky! 13 00:00:42,467 --> 00:00:44,967 -Uh, careful, careful. -Oh, my God. Oh, my gosh. 14 00:00:44,967 --> 00:00:47,600 -Oh, my gosh, oh, it's... so big. -Thing is huge. 15 00:00:47,667 --> 00:00:49,567 -I'm scared. -Oh, my gosh! 16 00:01:01,266 --> 00:01:03,166 [lightning crackling] 17 00:01:07,567 --> 00:01:10,867 [Eddie Jackson] One last battle, one last challenge from Zak. 18 00:01:10,867 --> 00:01:12,800 Pretty sure this one is gonna be scary. 19 00:01:12,867 --> 00:01:14,367 [lightning crackling] 20 00:01:15,567 --> 00:01:16,634 [music playing] 21 00:01:16,634 --> 00:01:19,100 [Zak] This season, you've taken on witches, 22 00:01:19,166 --> 00:01:23,500 voodoo priestesses, and worst of all, possessed dolls. 23 00:01:23,567 --> 00:01:25,667 Now you're about to face off 24 00:01:25,667 --> 00:01:28,967 one last time in your greatest challenge, yet. 25 00:01:28,967 --> 00:01:30,000 So it's only fitting that you be inspired 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,000 So it's only fitting that you be inspired 27 00:01:31,266 --> 00:01:34,667 by what many believe is the greatest city in the world, 28 00:01:35,367 --> 00:01:36,266 Paris, France. 29 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,467 Ooh! 30 00:01:38,467 --> 00:01:39,767 [bal musette music playing] 31 00:01:39,767 --> 00:01:41,266 -[Shinmin Li] Whoa! Okay! -[contestants laughing] 32 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:48,400 [Aarti Sequeira] Wow! 33 00:01:50,567 --> 00:01:51,867 [lightning crackling] 34 00:01:51,867 --> 00:01:54,467 [Zak] The City of Light has a darkness 35 00:01:54,467 --> 00:01:56,600 lurking beneath it. 36 00:01:56,667 --> 00:02:00,000 Miles upon miles of tunnels filled with the remains of 6,000,000 souls, 37 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Miles upon miles of tunnels filled with the remains of 6,000,000 souls, 38 00:02:03,367 --> 00:02:05,367 The catacombs. 39 00:02:05,367 --> 00:02:10,266 Quite literally, an underground empire of skeletons. 40 00:02:10,266 --> 00:02:15,567 I can't think of a better way to face your final Halloween Wars challenge, 41 00:02:15,567 --> 00:02:22,100 than to be inspired by a place where I was forced to face my own mortality. 42 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:25,066 Now don't let that same fate happen to you. 43 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,767 Paris, beautiful and haunted, 44 00:02:29,767 --> 00:02:30,000 and that's why the winnin' team will win an all-expense trip 45 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 and that's why the winnin' team will win an all-expense trip 46 00:02:33,266 --> 00:02:35,467 of a lifetime to the City of Lights. 47 00:02:36,266 --> 00:02:37,867 -Oh, my God! -No way! 48 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:42,266 [Eddie] Now the catacombs may be haunted, but in Paris, they haunt in style. 49 00:02:42,266 --> 00:02:43,367 Mmm-hmm. 50 00:02:43,367 --> 00:02:44,367 [Eddie] So your final challenge, 51 00:02:44,367 --> 00:02:46,867 create a spectacular, spooky fashion show 52 00:02:46,867 --> 00:02:50,266 featurin' monstrous models on a haunted runway. 53 00:02:50,266 --> 00:02:52,667 Now, as for flavors, we want you to use 54 00:02:52,667 --> 00:02:56,166 one of these famous French pastries as your inspiration in your cake, 55 00:02:56,166 --> 00:02:59,367 macaron, eclair, or charlotte russe. 56 00:02:59,367 --> 00:03:00,000 You got seven hours. 57 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:00,800 You got seven hours. 58 00:03:00,867 --> 00:03:01,000 Everything is on the line, so get to work! 59 00:03:06,967 --> 00:03:09,600 {\an8}-I wanna go to Paris. -Paris, Paris. 60 00:03:09,667 --> 00:03:11,233 {\an8}Oh, my gosh! 61 00:03:11,233 --> 00:03:13,100 {\an8}All right, but what kind of monsters do we think of when we think Paris? 62 00:03:13,166 --> 00:03:14,533 {\an8}-Sewer? -Clowns. 63 00:03:14,533 --> 00:03:16,867 {\an8}-Big cities always do have a lot of rat problems, right? -Yes. 64 00:03:16,867 --> 00:03:18,967 {\an8}-[Willie] All right, like a big monster one. -So we need a big rat! 65 00:03:18,967 --> 00:03:21,266 -With, like, radioactive sludge underground. -Oh, yeah. 66 00:03:21,266 --> 00:03:22,467 You wanna dress it up? 67 00:03:22,467 --> 00:03:23,367 -Yeah! -Well, of course! 68 00:03:23,367 --> 00:03:25,266 -Sewer couture. -Yes! 69 00:03:25,266 --> 00:03:29,000 [Jamie] We're making a mutant rat, who's modelling in a fashion show. 70 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,000 She'll be rotating on a runway in front of rat spectators, and mouse paparazzi. 71 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 She'll be rotating on a runway in front of rat spectators, and mouse paparazzi. 72 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,667 What choices were we given? We've got eclair, charlotte russe, macaron. 73 00:03:36,667 --> 00:03:38,300 Kinda likin' the idea of an eclair. 74 00:03:38,367 --> 00:03:39,767 -Yes. -Okay. 75 00:03:39,767 --> 00:03:41,400 -My favorite. -Then maybe I can make, like, little, tiny bits 76 00:03:41,467 --> 00:03:44,000 of shoe pastry, like, rolled in chocolate, to put it in there. 77 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,200 Texture! 78 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,300 [Jamie] We're gonna try and make a hazelnut cake, 79 00:03:47,367 --> 00:03:51,166 with layers of dark chocolate ganache and raspberry compote. 80 00:03:51,166 --> 00:03:53,100 It almost looks like peanut butter. 81 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:56,400 It's the finale so we are going to be pushing ourselves 82 00:03:56,467 --> 00:03:58,100 harder than we've ever pushed before. 83 00:03:58,166 --> 00:03:59,667 Done and done! 84 00:03:59,667 --> 00:04:00,000 {\an8}-Flavors? Suzanna, you went to pastry school in France. -Yes. 85 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 {\an8}-Flavors? Suzanna, you went to pastry school in France. -Yes. 86 00:04:03,867 --> 00:04:05,100 {\an8}-What are you thinking? -Yes? 87 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:08,166 {\an8}-Yes? -For me, like, the best dessert, it's macaron. 88 00:04:08,166 --> 00:04:10,867 {\an8}So runway, fashion week. 89 00:04:10,867 --> 00:04:12,233 Win you think of the catacombs, 90 00:04:12,233 --> 00:04:14,467 -like, what kind of... could you see? -I mean, it's all bones. 91 00:04:14,467 --> 00:04:15,600 -A skeleton model -[Suzanna] Mmm-hmm, yes. 92 00:04:15,667 --> 00:04:18,700 We need to give her, like, a nice model pose, like... 93 00:04:18,767 --> 00:04:20,166 -Yeah, she should be showing off. -You know, like, 94 00:04:20,166 --> 00:04:22,467 -she's tipping a hat? -Yeah! 95 00:04:22,467 --> 00:04:27,266 [Genera] We have a skeleton that walks the batacomb runway, 96 00:04:27,266 --> 00:04:30,000 and she decides to summon her bat friends to help her accessorize her gown. 97 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 and she decides to summon her bat friends to help her accessorize her gown. 98 00:04:33,066 --> 00:04:36,100 What if we have her on top of the turntable 99 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:39,066 -so she's like turning at the end of the runway? -Oh, that'll be so nice. 100 00:04:39,066 --> 00:04:40,900 [Genera] This is the final, 101 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:44,200 like, there's just no time to be playin' around, like, we have to give our all. 102 00:04:44,266 --> 00:04:47,166 -You know, French cakes are super rich. -Yeah. 103 00:04:47,166 --> 00:04:51,266 [Genera] Typically, macarons are almond flour and powdered sugar, 104 00:04:51,266 --> 00:04:53,500 so we wanted to go with an almond cake, 105 00:04:53,567 --> 00:04:56,567 and layer that with a dark chocolate ganache, 106 00:04:56,567 --> 00:05:00,000 whipped cream, fresh raspberries, and a macaron shell. 107 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:00,367 whipped cream, fresh raspberries, and a macaron shell. 108 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:01,000 Going to the oven. 109 00:05:04,100 --> 00:05:06,567 -We are really left with the top two teams. -Mmm-hmm. 110 00:05:06,567 --> 00:05:10,600 These are definitely the teams that have been bringing the best of the best 111 00:05:10,667 --> 00:05:11,867 - every challenge. -[Aarti] Yeah. 112 00:05:11,867 --> 00:05:14,200 I love that head to head, mano a mano. 113 00:05:14,266 --> 00:05:17,467 I know, and Ghostly Gals and Lollipop Lunatics have a history. 114 00:05:17,467 --> 00:05:20,100 They've been together since the qualifying round. 115 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:21,066 -[Shinmin] Right! -[Eddie] Oh, yeah! 116 00:05:21,066 --> 00:05:23,066 {\an8}-There was no bad team today... -Yeah. 117 00:05:23,066 --> 00:05:25,000 {\an8}[Shinmin] ... But we're really happy you guys are here. 118 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,767 {\an8}I mean, they're really well matched. 119 00:05:26,767 --> 00:05:28,300 {\an8}-[Eddie] So let's talk about that, so... -[Shinmin] Yeah. 120 00:05:28,300 --> 00:05:30,000 {\an8}... Today's challenge is all about, like, a haunted runway. 121 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,000 {\an8}... Today's challenge is all about, like, a haunted runway. 122 00:05:31,266 --> 00:05:33,367 -When I think of a Paris fashion show... -Yeah. 123 00:05:33,367 --> 00:05:36,000 ... I think of bling, I think of lots of glamour. 124 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,767 So what do we think about flavors? We got eclair, macaron. 125 00:05:38,767 --> 00:05:43,100 All three of those are elegant, refined, crisp, and then a creaminess... 126 00:05:43,166 --> 00:05:44,600 -Mmm-hmm. -... Or almost like a melt in your mouth... 127 00:05:44,667 --> 00:05:45,767 -Yeah, yeah. -... Texture. 128 00:05:45,767 --> 00:05:47,767 So it's not the flavors that really get to me, 129 00:05:47,767 --> 00:05:50,367 -it's the texture, how do you recreate that in a cake? -[Eddie] Yeah. 130 00:05:50,367 --> 00:05:52,900 {\an8}Can you believe we are here in the finals? 131 00:05:52,967 --> 00:05:54,967 {\an8}-I know, we've come so far. -[Suzanna] Yes. 132 00:05:54,967 --> 00:05:57,300 {\an8}Monique? Look at this pumpkin. 133 00:05:57,367 --> 00:05:59,467 {\an8}-Are you ready for this? -[Monique] What are 'ya gonna do with all that? 134 00:06:00,367 --> 00:06:01,000 {\an8}-Ah! -[Monique] Oh, my gosh! 135 00:06:02,367 --> 00:06:03,667 It's so pretty, look at this! 136 00:06:03,667 --> 00:06:06,166 -[Monique] Wow! -[Willie] You can fit inside of it. 137 00:06:06,166 --> 00:06:08,667 -That pumpkin is bigger than Willie. -Carve that pumpkin. 138 00:06:08,667 --> 00:06:10,867 -[Monique] You think I could fit on the inside? -I think you can. 139 00:06:12,667 --> 00:06:14,900 [Willie] Whoo! Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh! 140 00:06:15,867 --> 00:06:18,700 I need this for the, uh, sewer part. 141 00:06:18,767 --> 00:06:21,000 {\an8}What if we, like, build stuff. 142 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,800 {\an8}This is a sewer, so I want to create an arch, 143 00:06:23,867 --> 00:06:26,867 {\an8}and then Bev's gonna do, like, um, metal bars made out of chocolate. 144 00:06:26,867 --> 00:06:28,533 {\an8}Nice. 145 00:06:31,567 --> 00:06:37,166 [Bev] I'm creating an isomalt sludge puddle for under the model on the runway. 146 00:06:37,166 --> 00:06:41,200 Different types of green, 'cause it's radioactive. 147 00:06:41,266 --> 00:06:47,166 I'm just mixing my colors at the moment, so that we get some radioactive shades. 148 00:06:47,166 --> 00:06:49,166 So I'm goin' for different textures, 149 00:06:49,166 --> 00:06:52,667 colors, and all sorts of surprises bubblin' up. 150 00:06:52,667 --> 00:06:56,967 {\an8}[Genera] I'm just cutting out a rough shape of a bat wing. 151 00:06:56,967 --> 00:06:59,867 {\an8}She calls upon the bats to dress her up, 152 00:06:59,867 --> 00:07:00,000 {\an8}so the dress will be made of the bat wings. 153 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,000 {\an8}so the dress will be made of the bat wings. 154 00:07:03,166 --> 00:07:06,367 {\an8}This mixture is like a wafer paper conditioner. 155 00:07:06,367 --> 00:07:08,166 Uh, wafer paper is very brittle, 156 00:07:08,166 --> 00:07:12,467 so applying this conditioner keeps the wafer paper flexible. 157 00:07:12,467 --> 00:07:15,066 I am applying the wing armature. 158 00:07:15,066 --> 00:07:19,066 Uh, which is just forwire, topping it with another wing, 159 00:07:19,066 --> 00:07:22,967 and then I will dust a nice layer of cornstarch, 160 00:07:22,967 --> 00:07:25,400 and that just stops it from being sticky, 161 00:07:25,467 --> 00:07:28,367 so they're ready when we go to attach 'em. 162 00:07:28,367 --> 00:07:30,000 {\an8}-Bev, do you like eclairs? -My favorite! 163 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,000 {\an8}-Bev, do you like eclairs? -My favorite! 164 00:07:31,767 --> 00:07:35,567 {\an8}[Jamie] I love eclairs, but trying to base a cake 165 00:07:35,567 --> 00:07:38,567 {\an8}off of all of the subtleties of a French pastry, 166 00:07:38,567 --> 00:07:42,066 and the textures of a french pastry, that's gonna be really hard to translate. 167 00:07:42,066 --> 00:07:45,567 I've decided to go with a hazelnut, chocolate eclair. 168 00:07:45,567 --> 00:07:48,066 I'm really hoping to bring that eclair flavor out 169 00:07:48,066 --> 00:07:49,867 with little bits of pate a choux, 170 00:07:49,867 --> 00:07:52,567 baked off, and rolled in chocolate, to put into the cake. 171 00:07:52,567 --> 00:07:58,367 Pate a choux is a dough that they use to create eclairs and cream puffs, 172 00:07:58,367 --> 00:08:00,000 and in my piping bag is my choux paste. 173 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 and in my piping bag is my choux paste. 174 00:08:01,166 --> 00:08:04,767 As an eclair, you would pipe a longer line, 175 00:08:04,767 --> 00:08:06,967 but I'm just using this to make 176 00:08:06,967 --> 00:08:12,166 tiny, little crunchy, choux-flavored balls, to go into the cake. 177 00:08:12,166 --> 00:08:13,667 And now, I'm goin' to the oven. 178 00:08:16,467 --> 00:08:19,300 {\an8}Oh, Suzanna, what are you choosing to make 179 00:08:19,367 --> 00:08:20,800 {\an8}as your classic, French dessert? 180 00:08:20,867 --> 00:08:21,767 {\an8}A macaron. 181 00:08:21,767 --> 00:08:23,300 {\an8}I'm thinking with the dark ganache 182 00:08:23,367 --> 00:08:26,300 {\an8}-it will protect it from getting soggy. -[Shinmin] Yeah. 183 00:08:26,367 --> 00:08:28,600 {\an8}Um, if you get the ganache rich enough, 184 00:08:28,667 --> 00:08:30,000 -that is going to preserve that crunch of the macaron... -Yeah. 185 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,000 -that is going to preserve that crunch of the macaron... -Yeah. 186 00:08:31,467 --> 00:08:33,800 ... And it won't let any of the moisture of the cake penetrate. 187 00:08:33,867 --> 00:08:35,266 -That's what I'm really worried about... -[Shinmin laughing] 188 00:08:35,266 --> 00:08:36,500 ... The moisture of the cake. 189 00:08:36,567 --> 00:08:38,266 -All right, ladies, well... -[Monique] Thank you! 190 00:08:38,266 --> 00:08:40,100 -[Bev] Thank you, so much! -... Best of luck! 191 00:08:40,166 --> 00:08:41,066 [all] Thank you. 192 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,000 [lightning crackling] 193 00:08:43,867 --> 00:08:45,667 Not today, Satan. 194 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:48,166 Six hours! 195 00:08:48,667 --> 00:08:49,734 Wow. 196 00:08:49,734 --> 00:08:51,867 {\an8}So I just got my choux balls into the oven, 197 00:08:51,867 --> 00:08:54,667 {\an8}and so now I need to work on making a ganache. 198 00:08:56,467 --> 00:08:57,500 {\an8}Oven, oven, oven. 199 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:00,000 {\an8}Roasty, toasty choux balls! 200 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 {\an8}Roasty, toasty choux balls! 201 00:09:01,100 --> 00:09:02,667 Do, do, boop, boop, ba, do. 202 00:09:02,667 --> 00:09:05,700 I'm coating my little choux balls in chocolate. 203 00:09:05,767 --> 00:09:10,066 So throwing it onto the cool choux balls, and then throwing it on the sheet pan 204 00:09:10,066 --> 00:09:14,166 will cause it to temper, and they'll be all nice and happy and delicious. 205 00:09:15,166 --> 00:09:16,567 Done. 206 00:09:16,567 --> 00:09:20,066 {\an8}-[Suzanna chuckling] What are you doing? -I am currying skulls 207 00:09:20,066 --> 00:09:22,667 {\an8}for the catacombs, check it out! 208 00:09:22,667 --> 00:09:26,467 {\an8}I found pears, which are perfect because they're already that skull shape, 209 00:09:26,467 --> 00:09:29,800 and then when you let them oxidize, they turn a little bit brown. 210 00:09:29,867 --> 00:09:30,000 So if you guys see, this is kind of, like, the start of one of the pears, 211 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,000 So if you guys see, this is kind of, like, the start of one of the pears, 212 00:09:33,266 --> 00:09:36,000 and then this is how it's going with the oxidation process. 213 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,066 So you can see, it's already starting to get brown 214 00:09:38,066 --> 00:09:40,000 which is great, 'cause it's gonna give it an aged look, 215 00:09:40,066 --> 00:09:41,967 which is perfect for the catacombs. 216 00:09:43,700 --> 00:09:47,667 [Suzanna] We need two tails to go in the cake, it's going to be the center part. 217 00:09:47,667 --> 00:09:49,567 Now they need to dry. 218 00:09:49,567 --> 00:09:52,867 I've never put a macaron inside of a cake. 219 00:09:52,867 --> 00:09:56,266 This is a challenge for me because we need to keep the texture. 220 00:09:59,467 --> 00:10:00,000 {\an8}I wanna do something a little different, 221 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,900 {\an8}I wanna do something a little different, 222 00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:01,000 {\an8}so we're makin' these sewer grates using chocolate and skewers. 223 00:10:04,367 --> 00:10:06,266 {\an8}Come on, pour. 224 00:10:06,266 --> 00:10:09,867 {\an8}Willie, I'm about to put on the sewer grate vertical bars. 225 00:10:09,867 --> 00:10:11,066 [Willie] Oh, nice. Those look good. 226 00:10:11,066 --> 00:10:12,400 Yeah, they're made out of chocolate 227 00:10:12,467 --> 00:10:14,200 -with some reinforced skewers. -[Willie] Nice! 228 00:10:14,266 --> 00:10:16,100 So I got different sizes, 229 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:18,166 and actually they just slip in. 230 00:10:18,166 --> 00:10:20,066 -[Willie] Otherwise, the color will be... -[Bev] So this is falling. 231 00:10:21,667 --> 00:10:24,500 So the pumpkin is falling from... away from the board. 232 00:10:24,567 --> 00:10:26,567 -[gasping] Oh, no. -[Willie] It's not good. 233 00:10:26,567 --> 00:10:30,000 [Bev] This is the finale, and this pumpkin is the main base of our runway. 234 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,000 [Bev] This is the finale, and this pumpkin is the main base of our runway. 235 00:10:31,467 --> 00:10:34,200 I'm starting to get worried it's going to fall apart. 236 00:10:34,266 --> 00:10:35,266 I can't put them on there. 237 00:10:38,266 --> 00:10:39,400 [lightning crackling] 238 00:10:40,867 --> 00:10:43,600 {\an8}So the pumpkin is falling from... away from the board, 239 00:10:43,667 --> 00:10:47,100 {\an8}so we need to shore that up before I can get these chocolate bits on. 240 00:10:47,166 --> 00:10:49,367 {\an8}There you go, do you need some of this on it, too? 241 00:10:49,367 --> 00:10:52,166 {\an8}-Sure! Will it work? -Yeah. There you go. 242 00:10:52,166 --> 00:10:54,567 {\an8}-[Bev] Hmm. -Did it work? 243 00:10:54,567 --> 00:10:56,500 {\an8}-There we go. -[Willie] Yep! 244 00:10:56,567 --> 00:10:58,100 {\an8}It's workin' beautifully. 245 00:10:59,500 --> 00:11:02,667 {\an8}[Genera] Yes. All right, check these cakes out. 246 00:11:02,667 --> 00:11:06,567 -Yeah, they're perfect. Yes. -Perfect, okay, I'll set 'em to cool. 247 00:11:06,567 --> 00:11:06,886 So I'm just going to the oven to see if my macarons are ready. 248 00:11:06,886 --> 00:11:07,000 So I'm just going to the oven to see if my macarons are ready. 249 00:11:11,700 --> 00:11:15,700 -Ooh! Look at those cakes! -Oh, my God! It's freakin' pretty! 250 00:11:15,767 --> 00:11:17,667 [Monique] Genera, look how freakin' perfect these are. 251 00:11:17,667 --> 00:11:20,166 [Genera gasping] Ooh! 252 00:11:20,166 --> 00:11:21,166 [Suzanna] Yummy. 253 00:11:21,166 --> 00:11:22,200 [lightning crackling] 254 00:11:22,266 --> 00:11:24,166 -Oh, no. I don't like that. -[Willie] Oh, no. 255 00:11:24,767 --> 00:11:25,667 Five hours! 256 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:27,667 Wow, five hours. 257 00:11:27,667 --> 00:11:30,000 -[Genera] Five hours. -Hustle, hustle, hustle, guys. 258 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,367 [Eddie] So listen, I mean, the winnin' team 259 00:11:32,367 --> 00:11:36,266 will win an all-expense paid trip of a lifetime, to the City of Lights. 260 00:11:36,266 --> 00:11:36,886 Bein' that this is the, uh, last challenge, are we gonna critique a little bit harder? 261 00:11:36,886 --> 00:11:37,000 Bein' that this is the, uh, last challenge, are we gonna critique a little bit harder? 262 00:11:41,066 --> 00:11:42,500 -I mean, we're gonna have to. -[Shinmin] Hmm... 263 00:11:42,567 --> 00:11:45,100 I think especially because these teams are just that good. 264 00:11:45,100 --> 00:11:47,266 {\an8}All right, guys, we really have to do this. 265 00:11:47,266 --> 00:11:49,567 {\an8}-We gotta do this! -We gotta win it! 266 00:11:49,567 --> 00:11:52,767 {\an8}-Willie? You made it to the final. -[Willie] Hello. 267 00:11:52,767 --> 00:11:54,667 {\an8}-We're very excited to be here. -[Aarti] Yeah? 268 00:11:54,667 --> 00:11:57,100 {\an8}-All right, Jamie, talk to me about the flavors... -Yeah. 269 00:11:57,100 --> 00:11:58,700 ... Of your cake, which dessert did you choose? 270 00:11:58,767 --> 00:12:01,100 -So we've gone with eclair. -[Aarti] Okay. 271 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:03,867 And your basic eclair is really simple, 272 00:12:03,867 --> 00:12:06,300 -just vanilla, and chocolate and choux pastry. -Yeah. 273 00:12:06,367 --> 00:12:06,886 And so we're doing a hazelnut, chocolate eclair... 274 00:12:06,886 --> 00:12:07,000 And so we're doing a hazelnut, chocolate eclair... 275 00:12:09,367 --> 00:12:11,967 -Okay. -... With a little hit of raspberry in it. 276 00:12:11,967 --> 00:12:16,567 Okay, why was it important to you to add the hazelnut and the raspberry here? 277 00:12:16,567 --> 00:12:20,066 I think that the hazelnut is gonna make it just a more interesting flavor 278 00:12:20,066 --> 00:12:21,266 than just chocolate and vanilla. 279 00:12:21,266 --> 00:12:22,900 We are going a little... a little crazy, 280 00:12:22,967 --> 00:12:25,300 we are adding some different elements this time. 281 00:12:25,367 --> 00:12:30,100 Your whole cake looks a little smaller than you did last time, 282 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:31,266 and that's not a bad thing. 283 00:12:31,266 --> 00:12:32,567 [Jamie] Oh, yeah! 284 00:12:32,567 --> 00:12:34,000 -[Aarti] All right, I'll see you later. -[Willie] Yeah. 285 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,467 [softly] I'm a little nervous 286 00:12:35,467 --> 00:12:36,886 about the addition of the hazelnut and the raspberry 287 00:12:36,886 --> 00:12:37,000 about the addition of the hazelnut and the raspberry 288 00:12:38,467 --> 00:12:41,367 to the eclair flavors, but she's so confident, 289 00:12:41,367 --> 00:12:44,266 and she makes great cakes, so let's see. 290 00:12:45,767 --> 00:12:49,667 {\an8}[Genera] So right now, I'm molding the shoe that she will be wearing. 291 00:12:51,767 --> 00:12:56,500 {\an8}And then I'll make some extras that will be on the side of her vanity. 292 00:12:56,567 --> 00:12:59,867 So basically, you pour the chocolate, let it sit, 293 00:12:59,867 --> 00:13:02,467 and then you separate it to reveal the shoe. 294 00:13:02,467 --> 00:13:04,767 Let's get this baby in the freezer. 295 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:12,667 [Willie] I'm actually doin' a paparazzi camera. 296 00:13:12,667 --> 00:13:17,500 So we're gonna put fillings made out of butternut squash, 297 00:13:17,567 --> 00:13:21,000 and then we're gonna have a flashing device inside of it. 298 00:13:21,066 --> 00:13:25,467 All right, you ready? You're gonna aim, you're gonna hmm, hmm, hmm. 299 00:13:25,467 --> 00:13:26,900 -[Willie] Nice! -[Jamie] Yeah! 300 00:13:28,867 --> 00:13:31,800 -Those are nice legs. -[Jamie] I know. 301 00:13:31,867 --> 00:13:33,667 I'm now going to the oven. 302 00:13:33,667 --> 00:13:36,886 Takin' you out. I am done with these ovens! Bye, guys, see you around! 303 00:13:36,886 --> 00:13:37,000 Takin' you out. I am done with these ovens! Bye, guys, see you around! 304 00:13:39,567 --> 00:13:42,000 {\an8}I'm giving the cake a perfume dust. 305 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,367 {\an8}Ooh, it smells so good. It smells like that rosewater. 306 00:13:45,367 --> 00:13:49,567 {\an8}So I was spraying it with a rosewater simple syrup. 307 00:13:49,567 --> 00:13:53,200 I use that to, um, [sniffling] kinda give it a... 308 00:13:53,266 --> 00:13:58,266 a more essence of the French, you know, give it more fragrance. 309 00:13:58,266 --> 00:14:01,266 Our cake has a layer of the almond cake, 310 00:14:01,266 --> 00:14:03,100 then we have a layer of ganache, 311 00:14:03,166 --> 00:14:06,400 a macaron shell covered in another layer of ganache, 312 00:14:06,467 --> 00:14:06,886 and then a layer of whipped cream with fresh raspberries. 313 00:14:06,886 --> 00:14:07,000 and then a layer of whipped cream with fresh raspberries. 314 00:14:11,066 --> 00:14:14,867 We're super nervous, I've never put a macaron in a cake. 315 00:14:14,867 --> 00:14:16,700 [Monique] It's gonna crack anyway, once you cut into it. 316 00:14:16,767 --> 00:14:18,567 [Genera] We're hoping that layering it 317 00:14:18,567 --> 00:14:22,667 with the dark chocolate ganache will kinda seal in that texture, 318 00:14:22,667 --> 00:14:24,900 But we don't know how this is gonna go. 319 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:30,567 So right now, I'm tryin' a sculpt her bodice, um, 320 00:14:30,567 --> 00:14:34,700 so it's basically, like, this part of your... well, your torso. 321 00:14:34,767 --> 00:14:36,886 Uh, we wanna give her kinda like a skinny waist, 322 00:14:36,886 --> 00:14:37,000 Uh, we wanna give her kinda like a skinny waist, 323 00:14:37,367 --> 00:14:40,600 and then it's gonna blow out into, like, the ball gown style. 324 00:14:40,667 --> 00:14:41,867 [Monique] Oh, no. 325 00:14:41,867 --> 00:14:44,500 Four hours left, you guys! 326 00:14:44,567 --> 00:14:46,500 {\an8}[Jamie] Smoothing out my hazelnut pastry cream, 327 00:14:46,567 --> 00:14:50,900 {\an8}before I fold whipped cream into it to make my hazelnut cream layer in my cake. 328 00:14:50,967 --> 00:14:54,200 {\an8}This is just like the filling that would go into an eclair. 329 00:14:54,266 --> 00:14:56,900 {\an8}[singing] Gonna need some raspberries. 330 00:14:56,967 --> 00:15:01,166 Raspberry and chocolate, and hazelnut, they're all just classic combinations. 331 00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:04,400 Like, putting all three a those together, I think it's the ultimate bite, 332 00:15:04,467 --> 00:15:06,100 that's what I'm always goin' for. 333 00:15:06,166 --> 00:15:06,886 And now, we do hazelnut brittle. 334 00:15:06,886 --> 00:15:07,000 And now, we do hazelnut brittle. 335 00:15:13,066 --> 00:15:16,100 Now this is my hazelnut cream, 336 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:20,467 and next I'm gonna sprinkle this with all of my little pate a choux bits. 337 00:15:20,467 --> 00:15:24,600 My next layer is ganache, and so a little bit a raspberry, 338 00:15:24,667 --> 00:15:27,266 and now we do hazelnut brittle. 339 00:15:27,266 --> 00:15:32,266 Both of these cakes are taking really big risks here in the finale with texture. 340 00:15:32,266 --> 00:15:34,400 -[Shinmin] Mmm-hmm. -[Aarti] We've got actual choux pastry 341 00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:36,033 in the eclair cake. 342 00:15:36,033 --> 00:15:36,886 -[Shinmin] Yep. - We've got real macarons in the macaron cake. 343 00:15:36,886 --> 00:15:37,000 -[Shinmin] Yep. - We've got real macarons in the macaron cake. 344 00:15:38,667 --> 00:15:43,600 Both of these classic, French techniques are very susceptible to moisture, 345 00:15:43,667 --> 00:15:46,500 so it's anyone's guess how these are gonna turn out. 346 00:15:46,567 --> 00:15:47,467 [lightning crackling] 347 00:15:49,667 --> 00:15:51,367 -It's happening again. -[Bev] Oh, no. 348 00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:53,967 -More lightning, all the lightning, all the time. -[Bev] No. 349 00:15:53,967 --> 00:15:55,667 [Monique] That means a twist is coming. 350 00:15:55,667 --> 00:15:57,367 [Genera] What's it gonna be this time? 351 00:15:57,367 --> 00:15:57,800 Oh, no. 352 00:15:59,667 --> 00:16:01,300 [Witch cackling] 353 00:16:05,166 --> 00:16:07,100 Oh, no, I don't like that. 354 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:10,166 [Monique] I think that means a twist is coming. 355 00:16:10,166 --> 00:16:13,467 [Zak] The catacombs of Paris were created in an effort 356 00:16:13,467 --> 00:16:16,500 to eliminate the city's overflowing cemeteries. 357 00:16:16,567 --> 00:16:22,166 Centuries worth of eternal resting places disturbed all at once. 358 00:16:22,166 --> 00:16:26,667 Walking down these eerie passageways is a good reminder 359 00:16:27,266 --> 00:16:28,874 never to lose your head. 360 00:16:28,874 --> 00:16:29,000 never to lose your head. 361 00:16:29,266 --> 00:16:32,166 Especially when you're so close to the end. 362 00:16:32,166 --> 00:16:37,867 Eddie, one last time, my friend, tell them about their final twist. 363 00:16:38,767 --> 00:16:40,800 No, Eddie, it's okay, you don't have to. 364 00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:44,900 Best way not to lose one's head, put a lid on it! 365 00:16:44,967 --> 00:16:46,200 [Suzanna] What? 366 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,600 [Eddie] We want you to create an edible hat, or fascinator 367 00:16:48,667 --> 00:16:51,066 for you and your teammates to wear. 368 00:16:51,066 --> 00:16:54,166 And remember, it's all about high fashion, 369 00:16:54,166 --> 00:16:58,166 and high Halloween, if you wanna stay in vogue around here. 370 00:16:58,166 --> 00:16:58,874 So put your thinking caps on. 371 00:16:58,874 --> 00:16:59,000 So put your thinking caps on. 372 00:17:00,567 --> 00:17:02,066 Modeled by us? 373 00:17:02,066 --> 00:17:03,667 It's for us to wear. 374 00:17:03,667 --> 00:17:05,800 At the end of the challenge, we all have to be wearing one. 375 00:17:05,867 --> 00:17:07,367 {\an8}So what kind of ideas do we have? 376 00:17:07,367 --> 00:17:11,166 {\an8}Uh, I think a headband with a fantasy flower on it, 377 00:17:11,166 --> 00:17:13,367 {\an8}with a... an eyeball in the center. 378 00:17:13,367 --> 00:17:15,667 {\an8}[Jamie] Do flowers fit with our rat though? 379 00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:17,400 {\an8}I guess we could put a couple flowers on him. 380 00:17:17,467 --> 00:17:19,266 What if they're all pink flowers? 381 00:17:19,266 --> 00:17:21,800 I'm gonna pull a sugar flower with some eyeballs. 382 00:17:21,867 --> 00:17:24,667 [Jamie] Bev tries to make sure that this flower looks creepy 383 00:17:24,667 --> 00:17:27,667 by putting a little isomalt eyeball into the middle of it. 384 00:17:27,667 --> 00:17:28,874 [Bev] Eyeballs? Who's got the eyeballs? 385 00:17:28,874 --> 00:17:29,000 [Bev] Eyeballs? Who's got the eyeballs? 386 00:17:31,066 --> 00:17:32,266 How 'bout that? 387 00:17:32,266 --> 00:17:37,667 I am making fascinators with wafer paper. 388 00:17:37,667 --> 00:17:41,900 This is the finale, we need to make sure that this twist looks on point. 389 00:17:41,967 --> 00:17:44,800 Tryin' to make some leaves for our flowers. 390 00:17:44,867 --> 00:17:49,000 Ooh, that's a pukey green, but it matches our sludge though. 391 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,166 We're going to attach these with piping gel. 392 00:17:52,900 --> 00:17:54,900 Eyeballs going in the middle. 393 00:17:54,967 --> 00:17:57,467 So now the three of us will match our fashion mama. 394 00:17:57,467 --> 00:17:58,874 [Willie] I'm doin' what? 395 00:17:58,874 --> 00:17:58,967 [Willie] I'm doin' what? 396 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,433 -[Bev] Dude, you're wearin' a flower on your hair... -[Willie laughing] 397 00:18:00,433 --> 00:18:02,467 -... Or I don't wanna he... hear it. -He's gonna look so nice. 398 00:18:02,467 --> 00:18:03,967 {\an8}[Monique] Okay, what you guys think? 399 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,266 {\an8}So what's edible that we can, like, do quickly, and make it look good? 400 00:18:07,266 --> 00:18:08,967 {\an8}It has to go with the theme, right? 401 00:18:08,967 --> 00:18:10,900 {\an8}So what if we put, like, a little sugar skull in there? 402 00:18:10,967 --> 00:18:12,700 {\an8}And then you can make those flowers, 403 00:18:12,767 --> 00:18:15,266 -'cause then it'll go with our entire theme. -Uh-huh. 404 00:18:15,266 --> 00:18:17,567 So I'll cut these off, we put them on the thing. 405 00:18:17,567 --> 00:18:19,367 -So it'll be like what mine is right now. -[Suzanna] Mmm-hmm. 406 00:18:19,367 --> 00:18:20,900 -[Genera] Uh-huh. -[Suzanna] And then the skull. 407 00:18:20,967 --> 00:18:22,400 [Monique] And then you can put the skull head, you can mold it onto this. 408 00:18:22,467 --> 00:18:23,767 -[Suzanna] Uh-huh. -You can put the chocolate on it. 409 00:18:23,767 --> 00:18:25,600 That'll be so cute, okay. 410 00:18:25,667 --> 00:18:28,367 This is a fun twist to end everything on, right? 411 00:18:28,367 --> 00:18:28,874 A fascinator! 412 00:18:28,874 --> 00:18:29,000 A fascinator! 413 00:18:29,867 --> 00:18:31,266 It's topping it all off! 414 00:18:31,266 --> 00:18:32,634 [Eddie] Ooh! 415 00:18:32,634 --> 00:18:35,000 -[Aarti] I mean, this is a twist worthy of the finale. -Yep! 416 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,867 Not only do they have to construct a fascinator, or a hat, 417 00:18:38,867 --> 00:18:40,367 so they have to be creative about it, 418 00:18:40,367 --> 00:18:43,700 but it's got to be sturdy enough to actually be worn. 419 00:18:43,767 --> 00:18:45,567 So I think the trick is to really make this 420 00:18:45,567 --> 00:18:47,467 all look like it's part of a collection. 421 00:18:47,467 --> 00:18:49,400 -Mmm-hmm. -That not only will work with their cake, 422 00:18:49,467 --> 00:18:51,800 but also with each other's fascinators. 423 00:18:51,867 --> 00:18:54,367 -Maybe it's using the same color? -Mmm-hmm. 424 00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:56,667 -Since the... the mediums are gonna be so different. -Yeah. 425 00:18:56,667 --> 00:18:58,333 {\an8}I have the headbands we're gonna use, 426 00:18:58,333 --> 00:18:58,874 {\an8}I'm just gonna cover it with that lace fondant that you used for her bust, okay? 427 00:18:58,874 --> 00:18:59,000 {\an8}I'm just gonna cover it with that lace fondant that you used for her bust, okay? 428 00:19:01,567 --> 00:19:04,066 {\an8}-[Genera] Oh! Nice. -[Monique] So it'll all kind of tie in together. 429 00:19:04,066 --> 00:19:07,867 {\an8}Okay, so I'm using the top of the pumpkin for our headbands. 430 00:19:07,867 --> 00:19:09,600 Just a little bit different lighting. 431 00:19:09,667 --> 00:19:13,800 And you know it's the twist for the final, so it has to be, like, super nice. 432 00:19:15,100 --> 00:19:17,367 So with the white chocolate, I have skulls. 433 00:19:17,367 --> 00:19:21,567 [Genera] We molded some chocolate skulls to go with our skeleton theme, 434 00:19:21,567 --> 00:19:24,600 and then there was a sugar flower that Suzanna made. 435 00:19:24,667 --> 00:19:27,567 [Suzanna] I'm just adding a little bit of gold to the skulls, 436 00:19:27,567 --> 00:19:28,874 because these are going to be on a headpiece, so they have to be, like, very fancy. 437 00:19:28,874 --> 00:19:29,000 because these are going to be on a headpiece, so they have to be, like, very fancy. 438 00:19:31,867 --> 00:19:35,100 [Genera] Every challenge, we've been killing these twists, 439 00:19:35,166 --> 00:19:40,066 so we wanna push even harder for the finale, so we have to make this one count. 440 00:19:40,066 --> 00:19:41,867 -[Suzanna] Like this? -[Genera] Yes. 441 00:19:41,867 --> 00:19:43,567 [Willie] Hmm, what's goin' on? 442 00:19:44,767 --> 00:19:46,100 Three hours! 443 00:19:46,867 --> 00:19:49,000 Crunch freakin' time. 444 00:19:50,667 --> 00:19:54,000 {\an8}[Jamie] Willie wants to make fancy boots out of pumpkin. 445 00:19:54,066 --> 00:19:55,767 {\an8}Willie, how are the shoes comin' along? 446 00:19:55,767 --> 00:19:58,874 {\an8}[Willie] It's gettin' there, with this one I forgot the size that I need. 447 00:19:58,874 --> 00:19:59,000 {\an8}[Willie] It's gettin' there, with this one I forgot the size that I need. 448 00:19:59,467 --> 00:20:02,867 {\an8}Now that I have the shape that I want, the second one should be a little bit faster. 449 00:20:02,867 --> 00:20:06,000 [joking] I wish I didn't "need" to do this. 450 00:20:08,867 --> 00:20:12,000 This is just the rat body, the clothing is gonna go on next, 451 00:20:12,066 --> 00:20:14,600 but she's gonna have bare shoulders, 452 00:20:14,667 --> 00:20:18,066 so I just gotta cover that part with rat color. 453 00:20:24,867 --> 00:20:27,567 I just put a zipper on the back because it's clothing. 454 00:20:30,367 --> 00:20:33,567 Everybody loves a model with long legs. 455 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,000 Rat face. 456 00:20:36,066 --> 00:20:38,367 So I need it to be kind of oblong. 457 00:20:38,367 --> 00:20:40,667 A little bit pointed down near the nose. 458 00:20:40,667 --> 00:20:42,667 And this mutant is gonna have three eyeballs 459 00:20:42,667 --> 00:20:45,667 because sometimes when you step in radioactive sludge, 460 00:20:45,667 --> 00:20:47,300 you grow another eyeball. 461 00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:50,667 Fun thing about making mutants is you can do whatever the heck you want with it. 462 00:20:50,667 --> 00:20:51,767 Let's attach it. 463 00:20:52,367 --> 00:20:55,867 Aw, she looks so nice now. 464 00:20:55,867 --> 00:20:58,874 {\an8}Now I need to do bones, to also go into the runway, 465 00:20:58,874 --> 00:20:59,000 {\an8}Now I need to do bones, to also go into the runway, 466 00:21:00,266 --> 00:21:02,100 out of white sweet potatoes. 467 00:21:02,166 --> 00:21:05,266 So it already has that kind of blanched bone look. 468 00:21:05,266 --> 00:21:08,867 And I'm just sheeping it and it's gonna go kind of underneath the skulls. 469 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:11,567 So many bones, so little time. 470 00:21:11,567 --> 00:21:14,066 [Genera] I can start covering the skirt. 471 00:21:14,066 --> 00:21:17,600 [groans] I just got that feeling in my tummy where you're like, 472 00:21:17,667 --> 00:21:19,166 "Oh, this is not gonna end well." 473 00:21:19,166 --> 00:21:23,200 They have a huge, pretty impressive character, but it's on the ground. 474 00:21:23,266 --> 00:21:24,767 And we've got less than an hour to go. 475 00:21:24,767 --> 00:21:27,367 It's still not on their kick base. 476 00:21:27,367 --> 00:21:28,874 And then you look across over here at Lollipop Lunatics, 477 00:21:28,874 --> 00:21:29,000 And then you look across over here at Lollipop Lunatics, 478 00:21:30,567 --> 00:21:33,467 -they have a pretty full landscape there. -[Shinmin] Yeah. 479 00:21:33,467 --> 00:21:36,000 I literally want to go over there and pick that lady up 480 00:21:36,066 --> 00:21:37,700 and put her right on there right now. 481 00:21:37,767 --> 00:21:40,200 Um, so I'm using a modeling chocolate 482 00:21:40,266 --> 00:21:44,367 to sculpt her bones because it sets super firm. 483 00:21:44,367 --> 00:21:45,900 Okay, her leg is ready. 484 00:21:45,967 --> 00:21:47,400 We have so much to do. 485 00:21:47,467 --> 00:21:49,000 We have to move the model. 486 00:21:49,066 --> 00:21:52,600 We have to add shoes, purse, hat, everything. 487 00:21:52,667 --> 00:21:54,867 I feel like we're still behind. 488 00:21:54,867 --> 00:21:56,266 Like are we gonna finish? 489 00:21:56,266 --> 00:21:58,874 -[Aarti] Hello, Ghosty Gals. -Hi. 490 00:21:58,874 --> 00:21:59,000 -[Aarti] Hello, Ghosty Gals. -Hi. 491 00:21:59,100 --> 00:22:02,667 Um, ladies, I hate to point this out 492 00:22:02,667 --> 00:22:06,300 because I can see your fellow competitors over there 493 00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:08,767 and their cake looks awfully full. 494 00:22:08,767 --> 00:22:10,200 And yours looks a little 495 00:22:10,967 --> 00:22:12,266 -minimal. -Yeah. 496 00:22:12,266 --> 00:22:14,867 So we need to finish the skeleton body 497 00:22:14,867 --> 00:22:16,500 in order to put it on. 498 00:22:16,567 --> 00:22:17,900 She looks heavy. 499 00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:21,166 Do you feel confident that your structure can handle her? 500 00:22:21,166 --> 00:22:22,467 -Yes. Yes. -Okay. 501 00:22:22,467 --> 00:22:24,500 Okay, I'm gonna see you later. 502 00:22:24,567 --> 00:22:26,033 -All right. -Thank you. 503 00:22:27,367 --> 00:22:28,874 I am really, really worried that they're not gonna get this finished 504 00:22:28,874 --> 00:22:29,000 I am really, really worried that they're not gonna get this finished 505 00:22:32,066 --> 00:22:33,300 the way they want to, 506 00:22:33,367 --> 00:22:35,467 the way a finale deserves, on time. 507 00:22:37,266 --> 00:22:41,100 {\an8}So, right here, I am making gelatin 508 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:45,967 to make decorations on our model's outfit. 509 00:22:45,967 --> 00:22:47,600 So these are acetate sheets. 510 00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:50,300 And I'm trying to shape them into ruffles. 511 00:22:50,367 --> 00:22:53,667 I need to melt down a lot of gelatin 512 00:22:53,667 --> 00:22:57,000 and then I'm gonna pour it over the top of it and when I pour it over the top, 513 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,367 it'll just leave like a thin coat 514 00:22:58,367 --> 00:22:58,874 and I'll be able to peel them off and put them onto my piece. 515 00:22:58,874 --> 00:22:59,000 and I'll be able to peel them off and put them onto my piece. 516 00:23:00,767 --> 00:23:04,900 Cool thing about these gelatin ruffles is they're gonna stand up like 10 inches 517 00:23:04,967 --> 00:23:06,600 off of her shoulder. 518 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:10,300 So I gotta get 'em in front of a fan to dry as quickly as possible. 519 00:23:10,367 --> 00:23:13,867 If they don't set, they're just gonna be these joogly messes. 520 00:23:13,867 --> 00:23:15,100 Okay. 521 00:23:15,100 --> 00:23:16,066 -[lightning rumbles] -[shudders] 522 00:23:16,066 --> 00:23:17,500 More lightning. 523 00:23:18,467 --> 00:23:20,066 Two hours. 524 00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:21,667 Uh... 525 00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:23,100 {\an8}[Monique] Is the head ready? 526 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:25,333 {\an8}[Genera] Yay. 527 00:23:25,333 --> 00:23:28,467 So the head came out perfectly. It didn't crack. 528 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:32,900 So now, just gotta glue the two halves together. 529 00:23:35,767 --> 00:23:38,266 So she's ready to get up on stage. 530 00:23:38,266 --> 00:23:41,066 Uh, if you wanna grab the turntable and then I'll set it up. 531 00:23:41,066 --> 00:23:42,467 All right, so our turntable's on. 532 00:23:42,467 --> 00:23:44,200 She's gonna sit on top of it 533 00:23:44,266 --> 00:23:46,100 and then rotate so it looks like she's spinning 534 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:48,367 on the edge of her catwalk. 535 00:23:48,367 --> 00:23:51,166 -So we need all three of us to bring her on. -[Genera.] Yes. 536 00:23:52,166 --> 00:23:53,467 -[Aarti] They're moving it. -[Shinmin] Oh. 537 00:23:53,467 --> 00:23:54,600 -Oh, my gosh. -It is huge. 538 00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:55,800 [Aarti] It's so big. 539 00:23:55,867 --> 00:23:58,767 -[Suzanna] Step, up, up. -[Monique] Careful. Careful. 540 00:23:58,767 --> 00:23:58,874 [Genera] Oh, my God. Oh, my gosh. 541 00:23:58,874 --> 00:23:59,000 [Genera] Oh, my God. Oh, my gosh. 542 00:24:00,266 --> 00:24:01,667 [judges exclaim] 543 00:24:01,667 --> 00:24:03,100 [both] Oh, my gosh. 544 00:24:03,166 --> 00:24:04,734 [Genera] I'm scared. 545 00:24:04,734 --> 00:24:07,467 We have to make sure she's centered perfectly on the turntable 546 00:24:07,467 --> 00:24:11,166 because if she's like too far to one side, she might tip. 547 00:24:11,166 --> 00:24:12,900 -[Suzanna] Okay. -Oh, my gosh. 548 00:24:12,967 --> 00:24:13,767 Look how she's wobbling. Oh, my gosh. 549 00:24:19,100 --> 00:24:20,467 {\an8}[Genera] Oh, my God. Oh, my gosh. 550 00:24:20,467 --> 00:24:21,667 [Aarti] Oh, my gosh. 551 00:24:21,667 --> 00:24:22,700 [Genera] I'm scared. 552 00:24:25,967 --> 00:24:27,300 -Is she on? -[Suzanna] Yeah. 553 00:24:27,367 --> 00:24:28,800 [Genera] Right there. 554 00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:30,300 [Monique] She's cool looking. 555 00:24:30,367 --> 00:24:34,367 Oh, it's got that bony leg sticking out, like a split in the skirt. 556 00:24:34,367 --> 00:24:36,100 [Monique] I gotta turn it on to make sure it works, guys. 557 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:41,100 -She is rotating. -Wow. 558 00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:43,400 Yay, it works. 559 00:24:43,467 --> 00:24:44,767 Ain't no bad seat in the house. 560 00:24:44,767 --> 00:24:45,537 [all laughing] 561 00:24:45,537 --> 00:24:46,000 [all laughing] 562 00:24:46,767 --> 00:24:48,467 One hour left. 563 00:24:48,467 --> 00:24:50,767 {\an8}-Just stop. -I need to speed up. 564 00:24:50,767 --> 00:24:52,967 Willie, you're the fastest carver in the west. 565 00:24:54,567 --> 00:24:57,867 Willie makes a whole rat audience out of sweet potatoes 566 00:24:57,867 --> 00:25:00,900 but leaves the little root on there to act like their tail 567 00:25:00,967 --> 00:25:05,467 and he makes tiny, little mice photographers and they look so cute. 568 00:25:05,467 --> 00:25:07,467 When I think of fashion shows, 569 00:25:07,467 --> 00:25:08,767 I don't just think of the models, 570 00:25:08,767 --> 00:25:10,967 -I think of the people watching, right? -Yeah. 571 00:25:10,967 --> 00:25:15,537 I love that Lollipop Lunatics included an audience of rats. 572 00:25:15,537 --> 00:25:15,900 I love that Lollipop Lunatics included an audience of rats. 573 00:25:15,967 --> 00:25:16,000 It was just like, "Oh, there's rats in the crowd." 574 00:25:18,367 --> 00:25:19,567 And we're like, "That's so thoughtful." 575 00:25:19,567 --> 00:25:21,100 [all laughing] 576 00:25:21,100 --> 00:25:23,867 {\an8}[Genera] Suzanna, can I get the shoe? 577 00:25:23,867 --> 00:25:26,467 [Suzanna] Look, Genera, it turned out super pretty, the shoe. 578 00:25:26,467 --> 00:25:28,266 -[Genera] Oh, perfect. -[Monique] Oh, that's awesome. 579 00:25:28,266 --> 00:25:29,567 [Genera] I'll put the shoe on her. 580 00:25:30,867 --> 00:25:33,967 It's not holding. Seems like it's gonna fall off. 581 00:25:33,967 --> 00:25:37,000 I'm gonna dip her foot in chocolate. 582 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:38,867 -Okay. -[Suzanna] Ready? 583 00:25:43,300 --> 00:25:44,834 [Genera] So her foot is on. 584 00:25:44,834 --> 00:25:45,537 So it's just basically chocolate holding chocolate to keep the shoe on. 585 00:25:45,537 --> 00:25:46,000 So it's just basically chocolate holding chocolate to keep the shoe on. 586 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:54,367 {\an8}[Jamie] Willie has helped me attach a wire frame around her waist 587 00:25:54,367 --> 00:25:57,567 so that we can have a skirt that floats a little bit away from her body. 588 00:25:57,567 --> 00:26:01,467 I want this skirt to look smooth and flowing like fabric. 589 00:26:01,467 --> 00:26:06,667 So as I place it, I'm going to gently put pleats into it all the way around our rat. 590 00:26:06,667 --> 00:26:09,266 I think it looks nice. It looks like fabric. 591 00:26:09,266 --> 00:26:12,266 Any mutant rat would love to wear this outfit. 592 00:26:12,266 --> 00:26:15,537 I'm trying to put in as many details as possible, 593 00:26:15,537 --> 00:26:15,767 I'm trying to put in as many details as possible, 594 00:26:15,767 --> 00:26:16,000 so we're hoping that all of that ingenuity and insanity 595 00:26:21,066 --> 00:26:24,367 is gonna help us through judging. 596 00:26:24,367 --> 00:26:26,867 [Bev] For now, I'm focusing on the nails. 597 00:26:26,867 --> 00:26:31,166 I have to get those up there because she cannot not have nails. 598 00:26:31,166 --> 00:26:32,500 That's gonna be obvious. 599 00:26:32,567 --> 00:26:34,767 I have to cover the wire. 600 00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:36,300 It's all right. 601 00:26:37,367 --> 00:26:40,100 The red nails are holding up well. 602 00:26:40,166 --> 00:26:43,800 -[Jamie] Freaky mutant rat nails. -Yeah. 603 00:26:43,867 --> 00:26:45,537 {\an8}The bat wings needs to go on like right now. 604 00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:46,000 {\an8}The bat wings needs to go on like right now. 605 00:26:46,166 --> 00:26:49,166 [Genera] T he bat wings easily push into the skirt. 606 00:26:49,166 --> 00:26:51,200 Getting all the details in there, 607 00:26:51,266 --> 00:26:52,767 that's the most important part. 608 00:26:52,767 --> 00:26:55,400 Like, you know, the judges are always commenting 609 00:26:55,467 --> 00:27:00,266 our details are always on point, so we gotta make sure we give it to them. 610 00:27:00,266 --> 00:27:07,100 So I'm adding the chocolate ruffle to make it look like more like a fashion statement. 611 00:27:07,166 --> 00:27:09,600 I really love the volume of that skirt. 612 00:27:09,667 --> 00:27:11,867 -Yeah. -I mean, I wanna wear that skirt. 613 00:27:11,867 --> 00:27:14,100 -I do, too. I do, too. -Right? 614 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:15,537 [Shinmin] And you know when you watch 615 00:27:15,537 --> 00:27:15,700 [Shinmin] And you know when you watch 616 00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:16,000 a fashion show, they always leave that big, big, dramatic wow moment dress 617 00:27:19,467 --> 00:27:20,667 -for the end? -Yeah. 618 00:27:20,667 --> 00:27:22,066 -This looks like the dress. -Yes. 619 00:27:22,066 --> 00:27:25,100 {\an8}I can actually hear all of my gelatin separating 620 00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:26,900 from my acetate sheets right now, 621 00:27:26,967 --> 00:27:30,100 which means that they are pretty close to being good. 622 00:27:30,166 --> 00:27:31,900 Because it is later in the competition, 623 00:27:31,967 --> 00:27:34,100 I only have one chance to get these ruffles right. 624 00:27:34,166 --> 00:27:35,867 If she doesn't have these ruffles, 625 00:27:35,867 --> 00:27:39,567 she's not gonna be that fancy sewer fashionista that we're looking for. 626 00:27:39,567 --> 00:27:40,600 [chuckles] 627 00:27:40,667 --> 00:27:42,767 My gelatin works. 628 00:27:42,767 --> 00:27:45,537 What's really cool is this gelatin has a memory of the shape that it was in, 629 00:27:45,537 --> 00:27:46,000 What's really cool is this gelatin has a memory of the shape that it was in, 630 00:27:47,467 --> 00:27:51,967 so I just have to gently put it back into its fan shape and we're all done. 631 00:27:51,967 --> 00:27:56,667 And now I'm gonna take these things and put 'em up on her shoulders. 632 00:27:56,667 --> 00:27:58,600 Yep. 633 00:27:58,667 --> 00:28:00,266 So I'm thinking that they look pretty cool. 634 00:28:00,266 --> 00:28:03,000 I love the texture that they've got going on in the shoulders. 635 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,367 It's got that, like, almost '80s... 636 00:28:05,367 --> 00:28:08,166 -I was gonna say like '80s shoulder pads. -Yeah, but revisited. 637 00:28:08,166 --> 00:28:09,567 Very Cyndi Lauper. 638 00:28:09,567 --> 00:28:10,967 -Mmm-hmm. -Yeah. 639 00:28:12,767 --> 00:28:13,867 [Eddie] Oh, I see some lights. 640 00:28:13,867 --> 00:28:15,537 -Oh. Flashing cameras. -Oh. 641 00:28:15,537 --> 00:28:16,000 -Oh. Flashing cameras. -Oh. 642 00:28:16,367 --> 00:28:19,400 -Paparazzi. -That's a nice touch. 643 00:28:19,467 --> 00:28:25,400 So I'm adding a lot of depth and color with airbrush paint as best as I can. 644 00:28:25,467 --> 00:28:27,600 And makeup. 645 00:28:27,667 --> 00:28:31,600 Ten minutes, teams. Come on, let's rush. Let's go, let's go. 646 00:28:31,667 --> 00:28:33,600 {\an8}-Are the bat wings done? -[Genera] Yes. 647 00:28:33,667 --> 00:28:37,600 -I need to get her head on, so I can do the other hand. -[Suzanna] Yes. 648 00:28:37,667 --> 00:28:40,400 [Genera] And then, I have to mold her other arm 649 00:28:40,467 --> 00:28:42,467 to make it look like it's holding the head. 650 00:28:44,467 --> 00:28:45,537 Oh, so her arm does not want to stay on the hat. 651 00:28:45,537 --> 00:28:46,000 Oh, so her arm does not want to stay on the hat. 652 00:28:47,767 --> 00:28:48,800 [Monique] Just leave it. 653 00:28:48,867 --> 00:28:50,567 It doesn't have to be holding her hat. 654 00:28:50,567 --> 00:28:52,567 It just can be, like, next to it. 655 00:28:52,567 --> 00:28:54,700 [Genera] Oh, no. I need to get that right. 656 00:28:54,767 --> 00:28:56,166 She has to show motion. 657 00:28:56,166 --> 00:28:57,900 Like, why now? This is the finale. 658 00:28:57,967 --> 00:29:00,700 Like, I'm not gonna stop until this is perfect. 659 00:29:06,667 --> 00:29:10,000 {\an8}Oh, so her arm does not want to stay on the hat. 660 00:29:10,066 --> 00:29:14,266 I was just determined to make sure this hand is gonna stay on the hat. 661 00:29:14,266 --> 00:29:16,467 It's the angle of the wire. 662 00:29:16,467 --> 00:29:18,266 The wire's pretty stiff. 663 00:29:18,266 --> 00:29:21,000 If I move the wire enough, 664 00:29:21,066 --> 00:29:24,000 it'll stay in the position it needs to. 665 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,767 I have to adjust her forearm wire 666 00:29:26,767 --> 00:29:29,266 to make sure there's enough give in the wire, 667 00:29:29,266 --> 00:29:31,100 so that it doesn't fall off. 668 00:29:32,166 --> 00:29:33,032 [exclaims] All right. 669 00:29:33,032 --> 00:29:33,567 [exclaims] All right. 670 00:29:39,667 --> 00:29:40,767 [Jamie] We have to have our hats on. 671 00:29:40,767 --> 00:29:43,800 -[Willie] On my way. -[all laughing] 672 00:29:43,867 --> 00:29:46,667 [laughs] Oh, my God. That's hilarious. 673 00:29:46,667 --> 00:29:47,900 [Bev] It looks good. 674 00:29:47,967 --> 00:29:49,300 Three minutes remaining. 675 00:29:49,367 --> 00:29:51,000 [Jamie] It gets so crazy at the end. 676 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,100 There's no time to think about the fact that this is the finale. 677 00:29:54,166 --> 00:29:56,500 We just have to focus on getting it all done. 678 00:29:56,567 --> 00:29:58,600 {\an8}[Monique] Careful not to push it too much. 679 00:29:58,667 --> 00:30:00,667 {\an8}Genera, just forget about it. 680 00:30:00,667 --> 00:30:02,767 {\an8}-[Genera] No, the chocolate was too dry. -Okay. 681 00:30:02,767 --> 00:30:03,032 {\an8}'Cause I don't want you to push this over. 682 00:30:03,032 --> 00:30:04,000 {\an8}'Cause I don't want you to push this over. 683 00:30:06,967 --> 00:30:09,100 Oh, my gosh. 684 00:30:09,100 --> 00:30:11,500 -[Aarti] This is it. -[Shinmin] I know, it's all come down to... 685 00:30:11,567 --> 00:30:13,166 -[Aarti] Final 30 seconds. -[Shinmin] Yeah. 686 00:30:13,166 --> 00:30:14,900 [Aarti] It's been a long road for these guys. 687 00:30:14,967 --> 00:30:17,367 I can't believe it's all going to end in 30 seconds. 688 00:30:18,567 --> 00:30:20,100 -[Suzanna] Hurry up. -[Genera] Get a move on. 689 00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:21,300 {\an8}[Jamie] Come on, Willie. Let's go. 690 00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:23,266 {\an8}Is it on? 691 00:30:23,266 --> 00:30:24,900 {\an8}That's it. Time's up. 692 00:30:24,967 --> 00:30:27,767 [Zak] It's time for your creature catwalk. 693 00:30:27,767 --> 00:30:29,467 [female judges] Wow. 694 00:30:29,467 --> 00:30:31,100 [Shinmin] Good job. 695 00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:33,032 [Jamie] We just take a deep breath. 696 00:30:33,032 --> 00:30:33,166 [Jamie] We just take a deep breath. 697 00:30:33,166 --> 00:30:34,000 That's the end. We've made our final piece. 698 00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:37,500 And now it's up to the judges. 699 00:30:37,567 --> 00:30:39,266 -Done. -What am I wearing? 700 00:30:39,266 --> 00:30:42,400 -You're wearing something beautiful. -[all laughing] 701 00:30:44,900 --> 00:30:47,000 {\an8}[Monique] Well, our fashionable skeleton 702 00:30:47,066 --> 00:30:50,467 {\an8}always wins best dressed at the catacombs catwalk. 703 00:30:50,467 --> 00:30:55,000 This year, she summoned the bats inside the tunnel to help her with her gown, 704 00:30:55,066 --> 00:30:57,367 to beat all the other competition. 705 00:30:57,367 --> 00:31:00,800 So, once the bats collected to help her skirt, 706 00:31:00,867 --> 00:31:03,032 she strutted her stuff and had the best bat-acombs dress. 707 00:31:03,032 --> 00:31:04,000 she strutted her stuff and had the best bat-acombs dress. 708 00:31:05,367 --> 00:31:07,667 We went with our theme of headbands. 709 00:31:07,667 --> 00:31:10,166 And we went for a pumpkin topper, 710 00:31:10,166 --> 00:31:15,266 a chocolate skull, a candy flower and a little light. 711 00:31:15,266 --> 00:31:20,100 Well, Ghosty Gals, I love your skeleton supermodel. 712 00:31:20,100 --> 00:31:23,066 I think that she has such elegance 713 00:31:23,066 --> 00:31:24,834 and she has such confidence, 714 00:31:24,834 --> 00:31:28,667 which we can really see through the way that you've positioned her body. 715 00:31:28,667 --> 00:31:31,767 I can feel her sashaying down the catwalk. 716 00:31:31,767 --> 00:31:33,032 So good job there. 717 00:31:33,032 --> 00:31:33,300 So good job there. 718 00:31:33,367 --> 00:31:34,000 The supermodel is the star of this piece 719 00:31:36,867 --> 00:31:40,567 and everything that's underneath is kind of stealing her spotlight. 720 00:31:40,567 --> 00:31:43,300 There's skulls, there's bones, there's macaron, 721 00:31:43,367 --> 00:31:45,166 there's a gorgeous perfume bottle. 722 00:31:45,166 --> 00:31:48,900 Those things, honestly, don't showcase your talent as much as her 723 00:31:48,967 --> 00:31:50,266 and so I would've left those off. 724 00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:52,467 And I love your twist. 725 00:31:52,467 --> 00:31:55,400 To me, that little brush of gold on there, 726 00:31:55,467 --> 00:31:57,900 kind of reminds me that we're thinking about Paris 727 00:31:57,967 --> 00:32:00,567 and sort of the chic-ness of Paris. 728 00:32:00,567 --> 00:32:01,800 -So good job. -Thank you. 729 00:32:01,867 --> 00:32:03,032 What a great way to incorporate your three skills. 730 00:32:03,032 --> 00:32:04,000 What a great way to incorporate your three skills. 731 00:32:04,367 --> 00:32:06,900 The pumpkin, the sugar and the cake. 732 00:32:06,967 --> 00:32:10,767 And to have the skull there, which also ties into your design. 733 00:32:10,767 --> 00:32:13,700 Really well thought out, so that's a really successful twist. 734 00:32:13,767 --> 00:32:14,800 Thank you. 735 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,533 For me, I think the showstopper is the skirt. 736 00:32:16,533 --> 00:32:20,700 And I love the length. How it takes up a majority of the skeleton's body. 737 00:32:20,767 --> 00:32:24,166 But leaving that slit in there with that exposed leg, 738 00:32:24,166 --> 00:32:26,000 gives me the illusion of movement, 739 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,900 like this skeleton is walking down the catwalk. 740 00:32:28,967 --> 00:32:30,367 Which I really appreciate. 741 00:32:30,367 --> 00:32:33,032 Not a big fan of the pumpkin bones at the bottom. 742 00:32:33,032 --> 00:32:34,000 Not a big fan of the pumpkin bones at the bottom. 743 00:32:34,567 --> 00:32:36,767 And it's because we're in the finale, 744 00:32:36,767 --> 00:32:38,100 and I've seen you make fingers, 745 00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:40,200 I've seen you make these beautiful spiders, 746 00:32:40,266 --> 00:32:43,066 I've seen you do so much over the course of these weeks. 747 00:32:43,066 --> 00:32:46,567 And now we get to the finale and I have these pumpkin bones 748 00:32:46,567 --> 00:32:48,867 that it's like, "Is this the Ghosty Gals 749 00:32:48,867 --> 00:32:51,300 that made this angular fish last week?" 750 00:32:51,367 --> 00:32:53,767 You know what I mean? So it's kind of throwing me off. 751 00:32:53,767 --> 00:32:57,200 But at the end of the day, I think that you absolutely nailed the challenge, 752 00:32:57,266 --> 00:32:59,000 like you do week in and week out 753 00:32:59,066 --> 00:33:00,700 and that is the reason why you're here today. 754 00:33:06,667 --> 00:33:09,000 So our inspiration was a macaron. 755 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,800 So this is an almond cake 756 00:33:11,867 --> 00:33:14,100 soaked in a rose water simple syrup. 757 00:33:14,166 --> 00:33:17,567 -Okay. -[Genera] Layered with dark chocolate ganache, 758 00:33:17,567 --> 00:33:21,800 whipped cream, fresh raspberries and a macaron shell. 759 00:33:21,867 --> 00:33:25,266 First off, I think that, in my opinion, the macaron 760 00:33:25,266 --> 00:33:28,166 was the hardest one to try to incorporate into a cake. 761 00:33:28,166 --> 00:33:31,867 Only because the macaron has like a distinct kind of texture. 762 00:33:31,867 --> 00:33:33,032 Right? So you have that crispness and then immediately after that, it has that chew 763 00:33:33,032 --> 00:33:34,000 Right? So you have that crispness and then immediately after that, it has that chew 764 00:33:36,166 --> 00:33:38,166 before you get to the filling. 765 00:33:38,166 --> 00:33:40,266 So I get the flavor, 766 00:33:40,266 --> 00:33:43,266 I'm hoping that I get that texture, but I'm not getting that texture 767 00:33:43,266 --> 00:33:46,600 and I think by incorporating that into the cake like you did, 768 00:33:46,667 --> 00:33:48,166 it basically kind of disintegrated. 769 00:33:48,166 --> 00:33:49,600 You know what I mean? 770 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,600 But I do really appreciate the almond notes that are coming through. 771 00:33:51,667 --> 00:33:52,967 I agree with Eddie. 772 00:33:52,967 --> 00:33:56,967 This cake is 100% there in terms of flavor. 773 00:33:56,967 --> 00:33:59,400 The almond sponge part itself 774 00:33:59,467 --> 00:34:01,166 does have a nice texture. 775 00:34:01,166 --> 00:34:03,032 It's subtle, but I can definitely taste the almond flavor in there. 776 00:34:03,032 --> 00:34:03,667 It's subtle, but I can definitely taste the almond flavor in there. 777 00:34:03,667 --> 00:34:04,000 You gave us a moist cake but, unfortunately, 778 00:34:06,567 --> 00:34:09,400 that just completely melted down your macaron. 779 00:34:09,467 --> 00:34:11,600 To the point where when I looked at this, 780 00:34:11,667 --> 00:34:13,500 I thought you actually created a separate layer 781 00:34:13,567 --> 00:34:15,900 of like a raspberry compote in here. 782 00:34:15,967 --> 00:34:18,066 Um, because that's how wet it got. 783 00:34:18,066 --> 00:34:19,367 But the flavors are great. 784 00:34:19,367 --> 00:34:20,600 [both] Thank you. 785 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:24,967 I mean, I agree, the macaron texture is not pronounced. 786 00:34:24,967 --> 00:34:29,166 But there's something there. There is a little bit of that melt in your mouth texture 787 00:34:29,166 --> 00:34:30,400 that I'm getting. 788 00:34:30,467 --> 00:34:33,032 I love the pop of fresh raspberry in there. 789 00:34:33,032 --> 00:34:33,400 I love the pop of fresh raspberry in there. 790 00:34:33,467 --> 00:34:34,000 Um, especially against an almond cake 791 00:34:35,367 --> 00:34:37,500 which tends to be a little bit on the drier side. 792 00:34:37,567 --> 00:34:39,000 So that was really smart 793 00:34:39,066 --> 00:34:42,166 and putting that big, thick layer of whipped cream in there 794 00:34:42,166 --> 00:34:43,367 was also really smart. 795 00:34:43,367 --> 00:34:45,400 Knowing how dry almond cake can be. 796 00:34:45,467 --> 00:34:48,367 So my fascinator off to you 797 00:34:48,367 --> 00:34:51,767 -for taking the risk and going for the macaron. -[judges laugh] 798 00:34:51,767 --> 00:34:54,767 I do think that it was one of the more challenging desserts. 799 00:34:54,767 --> 00:34:56,667 You're nearly there. 800 00:34:56,667 --> 00:34:58,266 [contestants] Thank you. 801 00:34:58,266 --> 00:35:00,066 -Thank you, ladies. -[contestants] Thank you. 802 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:03,032 {\an8}[Jamie] So, standing in a pile of radioactive sewage, 803 00:35:03,032 --> 00:35:04,000 {\an8}[Jamie] So, standing in a pile of radioactive sewage, 804 00:35:06,567 --> 00:35:11,500 our mutant rat supermodel is walking down the catwalk 805 00:35:11,567 --> 00:35:15,400 in front of a crowd of rat spectators, 806 00:35:15,467 --> 00:35:20,100 mouse paparazzi and she is here to work it. 807 00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:23,266 So our fascinators Bev made for us 808 00:35:23,266 --> 00:35:29,467 and they are to match the very fancy accessory on her shoe. 809 00:35:29,467 --> 00:35:32,600 And they're made out of wafer paper, glitter 810 00:35:32,667 --> 00:35:33,032 and they have their very own creepy mutant eyeball in the middle of them. 811 00:35:33,032 --> 00:35:34,000 and they have their very own creepy mutant eyeball in the middle of them. 812 00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:39,166 First off, I love her face. 813 00:35:39,166 --> 00:35:44,567 I think that there's something disturbing and yet kind of beautiful about it. 814 00:35:44,567 --> 00:35:47,467 It does still feel model-y about her, 815 00:35:47,467 --> 00:35:49,100 so good job there. 816 00:35:49,100 --> 00:35:53,567 You know, I like the way that you tied your twist into your design. 817 00:35:53,567 --> 00:35:56,867 Honestly, it reminds me of poinsettias. 818 00:35:56,867 --> 00:36:01,400 So it's kind of pulling me in the direction of a different holiday. 819 00:36:01,467 --> 00:36:03,032 I never thought I would get excited about sewer couture, but here I am. 820 00:36:03,032 --> 00:36:04,000 I never thought I would get excited about sewer couture, but here I am. 821 00:36:05,467 --> 00:36:06,867 [all laughing] 822 00:36:06,867 --> 00:36:10,900 Um, although I don't feel like the dress feels very high fashion, 823 00:36:10,967 --> 00:36:15,567 the finish, I feel like is the cleanest fondant work that you have shown us to date. 824 00:36:15,567 --> 00:36:19,066 I love the folding and the draping of the skirt. 825 00:36:19,066 --> 00:36:20,867 I even love the way you airbrushed it 826 00:36:20,867 --> 00:36:24,567 and you went in there to kind of lowlight the shadows and the drapings. 827 00:36:24,567 --> 00:36:29,800 Now because this mutant mouse has great textures on the face, 828 00:36:29,867 --> 00:36:32,800 and I see some of it on the leg as well, even on her back, 829 00:36:32,867 --> 00:36:33,032 I wish that you kind of continued that 830 00:36:33,032 --> 00:36:34,000 I wish that you kind of continued that 831 00:36:34,367 --> 00:36:36,767 throughout the arms and then the front parts of her legs. 832 00:36:36,767 --> 00:36:38,500 And your twist. 833 00:36:38,567 --> 00:36:43,400 What I do like is that you've tied in the color to your cake display. 834 00:36:43,467 --> 00:36:45,100 And so, it works as a collection. 835 00:36:45,166 --> 00:36:47,100 So really, really well done there. 836 00:36:48,166 --> 00:36:50,100 It's kind of hard to be nice and neat 837 00:36:50,166 --> 00:36:52,567 when you've created this sewer scene. 838 00:36:52,567 --> 00:36:54,767 We've seen you throughout this entire competition 839 00:36:54,767 --> 00:36:59,800 give us very precisely done characters, very precisely done items, 840 00:36:59,867 --> 00:37:02,800 so what I'm saying is you guys have taken a total departure 841 00:37:02,867 --> 00:37:03,032 from your norm you've shown us throughout this competition. 842 00:37:03,032 --> 00:37:04,000 from your norm you've shown us throughout this competition. 843 00:37:05,467 --> 00:37:07,100 And I actually appreciate that. 844 00:37:07,100 --> 00:37:09,567 Doing something a little bit different for the finale. 845 00:37:09,567 --> 00:37:14,266 Um, so much so, to where it all makes sense in a weird way to me. 846 00:37:14,266 --> 00:37:18,467 This sewer scene is all about things that have been dying down there for ages. 847 00:37:18,467 --> 00:37:21,767 And then this dress that you've given us has this '80s vibe. 848 00:37:21,767 --> 00:37:22,900 [all laugh] 849 00:37:22,900 --> 00:37:26,767 Right? So I'm thinking like this rat found this dress 850 00:37:26,767 --> 00:37:28,767 that has been down this sewer for ages. 851 00:37:28,767 --> 00:37:33,032 The more I think about it, the more I think that this is absolutely brilliant. 852 00:37:33,032 --> 00:37:33,467 The more I think about it, the more I think that this is absolutely brilliant. 853 00:37:33,467 --> 00:37:34,000 [judges laugh] 854 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,467 Now the biggest thing though for me though is that I feel like the character 855 00:37:38,467 --> 00:37:40,600 is very stiff. 856 00:37:40,667 --> 00:37:42,166 So I wish there was more movement. 857 00:37:42,166 --> 00:37:44,166 Now your fascinators, 858 00:37:44,166 --> 00:37:46,667 I agree, I've been trying to figure it out. 859 00:37:46,667 --> 00:37:49,100 And I'm like, yes, that does look like a poinsettia. 860 00:37:49,166 --> 00:37:51,133 It really does. 861 00:37:51,133 --> 00:37:55,667 I wish that you would have found a way to kind of tie in that old school, beat up vibe 862 00:37:55,667 --> 00:37:58,367 because that's what I'm getting from your scene sewer. 863 00:37:58,367 --> 00:38:00,367 And then when I look at this, this looks like a Christmas party. 864 00:38:00,367 --> 00:38:02,000 [all laugh] 865 00:38:02,066 --> 00:38:03,032 I'm not knocking a Christmas party, but it is Halloween Wars. 866 00:38:03,032 --> 00:38:04,000 I'm not knocking a Christmas party, but it is Halloween Wars. 867 00:38:06,667 --> 00:38:08,166 [judges exclaim] 868 00:38:09,166 --> 00:38:10,367 [Shinmin] All that good stuff. 869 00:38:10,367 --> 00:38:12,800 We were inspired by an eclair. 870 00:38:13,367 --> 00:38:15,567 So it's hazelnut cake 871 00:38:15,567 --> 00:38:17,567 with layers of hazelnut cream, 872 00:38:17,567 --> 00:38:21,066 dark chocolate covered little choux bits 873 00:38:21,066 --> 00:38:24,166 and dark chocolate ganache hazelnut brittle 874 00:38:24,166 --> 00:38:27,667 and a thin layer of raspberry compote. 875 00:38:27,667 --> 00:38:31,166 This cake doesn't put me in the mind of an eclair. 876 00:38:31,166 --> 00:38:33,032 Puts me in the mind of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. 877 00:38:33,032 --> 00:38:33,567 Puts me in the mind of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. 878 00:38:39,700 --> 00:38:42,567 This cake doesn't put me in the mind of an eclair. 879 00:38:42,567 --> 00:38:45,100 Puts me in the mind of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. 880 00:38:46,300 --> 00:38:47,567 The hazelnut is very pronounced 881 00:38:47,567 --> 00:38:49,500 because you used it in a few different ways. 882 00:38:49,567 --> 00:38:51,000 And then, every now and again, 883 00:38:51,066 --> 00:38:52,867 I get pops of that raspberry. 884 00:38:52,867 --> 00:38:54,367 Mmm-hmm. 885 00:38:54,367 --> 00:38:56,967 [Eddie] And it's taking me down this kind of PB and J vibe. 886 00:38:56,967 --> 00:39:02,367 Which isn't a bad thing, but I really wanna get that eclair type of vibe. 887 00:39:02,367 --> 00:39:05,066 But I gotta tell you, this is a really good cake. 888 00:39:05,066 --> 00:39:06,564 This is the kind of cake that I want a glass of milk to go along with it, right? 889 00:39:06,564 --> 00:39:07,000 This is the kind of cake that I want a glass of milk to go along with it, right? 890 00:39:08,967 --> 00:39:10,200 It's like a mouthful 891 00:39:10,266 --> 00:39:12,266 and it kind of makes my mouth go smack. 892 00:39:12,266 --> 00:39:14,367 And it is because of the hazelnut cream. 893 00:39:14,367 --> 00:39:18,000 I love hazelnut, but I feel like if you'd just said this is a hazelnut cream cake, 894 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,767 I'd be like, yeah, you got it. 895 00:39:19,767 --> 00:39:22,867 Yeah, Jamie, when I get those bites of chocolate covered choux, 896 00:39:22,867 --> 00:39:24,967 I do get eclair. 897 00:39:24,967 --> 00:39:28,700 The sadness for me is there's not that many of them in each slice of cake. 898 00:39:28,767 --> 00:39:31,667 I would've covered an entire layer of it, 899 00:39:31,667 --> 00:39:34,300 so it's loud and clear that this is eclair. 900 00:39:34,367 --> 00:39:36,564 Particularly because you added these adornments of hazelnut and raspberry. 901 00:39:36,564 --> 00:39:37,000 Particularly because you added these adornments of hazelnut and raspberry. 902 00:39:38,667 --> 00:39:43,300 You needed to nail the eclair part of it even more forcefully 903 00:39:43,367 --> 00:39:46,467 than you would a cake you were making at home. 904 00:39:46,467 --> 00:39:48,800 All right, Lollipop Lunatics, thank you so much. 905 00:39:48,867 --> 00:39:49,867 [contestants] Thank you. 906 00:39:52,900 --> 00:39:55,667 All right, Lollipop Lunatics and Ghosty Gals, 907 00:39:55,667 --> 00:39:59,600 you showed tremendous skill in pumpkin,. cake and sugar. 908 00:39:59,667 --> 00:40:01,967 [Aarti] In this final championship round, 909 00:40:01,967 --> 00:40:05,700 Zak asked you to deliver your scariest work yet 910 00:40:05,767 --> 00:40:06,564 inspired by his terrifying journey 911 00:40:06,564 --> 00:40:07,000 inspired by his terrifying journey 912 00:40:08,667 --> 00:40:11,767 through the underground catacombs of Paris. 913 00:40:11,767 --> 00:40:14,166 [Shinmin] Lollipop Lunatics, 914 00:40:14,166 --> 00:40:17,266 you impressed us with the sheer volume of work 915 00:40:17,266 --> 00:40:19,100 that you have accomplished. 916 00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:24,367 The details of the rat face and the finish of her dress are picture perfect. 917 00:40:24,367 --> 00:40:26,967 But your rat was a bit rigid. 918 00:40:26,967 --> 00:40:30,500 And we wish you had more of that beautiful fur texture. 919 00:40:30,567 --> 00:40:33,700 You flower fascinators looked beautiful, 920 00:40:33,767 --> 00:40:36,300 but they felt a little more holiday than Halloween. 921 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:39,467 And your cake was delicious, 922 00:40:39,467 --> 00:40:42,700 but it was a bit more PB and J than eclair. 923 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:45,667 And Ghosty Gals, 924 00:40:45,667 --> 00:40:49,700 we thought your fashion show might be a fashion fail, 925 00:40:49,767 --> 00:40:53,467 but you were able to pull it together in those final moments. 926 00:40:53,467 --> 00:40:56,200 We loved the cool, but moody palette 927 00:40:56,266 --> 00:40:58,867 of your skeleton's haute couture dress. 928 00:40:58,867 --> 00:41:01,967 And you were able to create the illusion of movement 929 00:41:01,967 --> 00:41:03,867 with that exposed leg bone. 930 00:41:03,867 --> 00:41:05,967 But you were missing some of that sculpting 931 00:41:05,967 --> 00:41:06,564 that you've impressed us with over the season. 932 00:41:06,564 --> 00:41:07,000 that you've impressed us with over the season. 933 00:41:08,767 --> 00:41:11,567 And the bones on the base were a little messy. 934 00:41:11,567 --> 00:41:15,266 You slayed the twist with your fashionable fascinators, 935 00:41:15,266 --> 00:41:19,266 but your cake wasn't as successful in mimicking the texture of the macaron 936 00:41:19,266 --> 00:41:21,000 that we were looking for. 937 00:41:21,066 --> 00:41:23,867 This was a tough decision for us. 938 00:41:23,867 --> 00:41:27,266 It was the closest of the whole season. 939 00:41:27,266 --> 00:41:30,767 The winner of Halloween Wars is... 940 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:35,667 -Ghosty Gals. -[team exclaiming] 941 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:45,166 Yes, so Ghosty Gals are the Halloween champs. 942 00:41:45,166 --> 00:41:46,600 {\an8}Ghosty Gals, how you feeling? 943 00:41:46,667 --> 00:41:49,300 {\an8}We're leaking. [laughs] 944 00:41:49,367 --> 00:41:50,266 {\an8}So, so happy. 945 00:41:50,266 --> 00:41:52,100 {\an8}-You did it. -You should be so proud. 946 00:41:52,166 --> 00:41:53,567 {\an8}We're so proud of you. 947 00:41:53,567 --> 00:41:55,467 {\an8}-[Eddie] Seriously, good job, both of you. -[contestants] Yeah. 948 00:41:55,467 --> 00:41:56,467 {\an8}[Eddie] Really good job.