Everyone's work was good but Donna's was next level. She deserved to win.
With that said, they really need to either come out with a "Professionals" version of this show (similar to what they have for GBBO) or change their criteria because this season was blatantly unfair and not fun to watch. While everyone has different skill levels, it's obvious that someone who went to art school for pottery and has been an art teacher for over twenty years has a unfair advantage over someone like Cadi, Princess, or Dan (who have other jobs but have been playing with pottery for only a few years). It's like getting someone like Gail Anderson (a graphic designer who mostly teaches and writes now but was the creative director of Rolling Stone in the past) to go up against someone who took a couple of design courses on Udemy and has only been designing for a couple of years.
She's not the only one; with his degree in Art as well as teaching Steven had no business being on this show either!
I do wonder where exactly the line is drawn to disqualify applicants with too much experience. Technically, the definition of being a professional is that someone pays you so if you get a table in the basement at the village hall and sell a piece of your work to a neighbor, you've crossed that threshold (and so many amateurs sell their work on etsy these days too). Obviously there's a big difference between someone who can support themselves full time with their art and a hobbyist but there's a lot of grey area in between and it might be hard to find an easy way to determine what is an unfair advantage
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Matthew, who won S1, had an undergrad degree in ceramics as well as a post graduate certificate in ceramics. When he competed on the show, he was a ceramics artist in residence and an art teacher.
Well, with that sort of background it's no surprise that he won? This is the reason why there should be a version of this show where people like Matthew, Donna, etc play against each other, not against hobbyists who throw maybe twice a week at the neighborhood art center. Personally, I think if you have a degree in pottery or ceramics that should be enough to disqualify you.
I wasn’t surprised, and it felt like no one was really lol! Bit flat for a finale because of it. I was more surprised at Siobhan’s outfit choice for the finale! I was expecting something a bit more ~swish
No one was really surprised. The only surprise to me still was that Dan made it into the finale. Lol.
At least I really liked Donnas personality so I wasn't made but so far this has been the most "boring" season to watch as she basically dominated from day 1 and never even got closer to being eliminated.
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With that said, they really need to either come out with a "Professionals" version of this show (similar to what they have for GBBO) or change their criteria because this season was blatantly unfair and not fun to watch. While everyone has different skill levels, it's obvious that someone who went to art school for pottery and has been an art teacher for over twenty years has a unfair advantage over someone like Cadi, Princess, or Dan (who have other jobs but have been playing with pottery for only a few years). It's like getting someone like Gail Anderson (a graphic designer who mostly teaches and writes now but was the creative director of Rolling Stone in the past) to go up against someone who took a couple of design courses on Udemy and has only been designing for a couple of years.
She's not the only one; with his degree in Art as well as teaching Steven had no business being on this show either!
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Well, with that sort of background it's no surprise that he won? This is the reason why there should be a version of this show where people like Matthew, Donna, etc play against each other, not against hobbyists who throw maybe twice a week at the neighborhood art center. Personally, I think if you have a degree in pottery or ceramics that should be enough to disqualify you.
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At least I really liked Donnas personality so I wasn't made but so far this has been the most "boring" season to watch as she basically dominated from day 1 and never even got closer to being eliminated.
Hosts remain great.
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