Yahoo News Bake Off fans FUMING as Rahul WINS: 'Kim Joy was robbed!'
Great British Bake Off viewers were left furious after Rahul was crowned champion after being given extra time to create his Showstopper.
The baking enthusiast was reduced to tears after Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith gave him the title over Kim Joy and Ruby.
Hollywood described him as “magic,” while Leith applauded him for always pushing himself.
But viewers failed to agree, with many accusing the judges of favouring Rahul who they deemed an unworthy winner.
One wrote: “Rahul won the GBBO? He’s been doing s*** the past few weeks and 2 of the 3 challenges he was s***! FIX FIX FIX FIX #GBBO.”
Another posted: “Rahul was NOT a worthy winner. #GBBO.”
#GBBO Yet more evidence that Rahul is clearly favoured by the judges and production team 🙄 #bakeoff
— Wincombe Mooredge (@Adt1001) October 30, 2018
I'm sorry and imma let u finish Rahul but Kim-Joy had the best performance in the bake off and deserved to win #GBBO#GBBOFinalpic.twitter.com/fK5K3RXhzo
— MissD:NQT (@MissD_NQT1) October 30, 2018
Gutted with the #GBBO result - congrats to Rahul by all means 👏 @iam_rubes you will always be the winner in my eyes 😄 you have been absolutely brilliant throughout the competition! Best of luck with your future projects xx
— Chloe Stothers (@CSRizzoli23) October 30, 2018
#GBBO Rahul nice lad but he shouldn’t have even been in the final after that disaster a few weeks ago. pic.twitter.com/w3Rp9ylFbz
— S.J (@COYB62) October 30, 2018
Don't understand how people can actually be happy that rahul won?! #GBBO
— Katie Rourke (@KatieRourke) October 30, 2018
What a joke. I’m happy for Rahul, he seems very sweet, but he should have gone home weeks ago. So much favouritism in this show now. Kim-Joy was robbed. Fix? #GBBOFinal#GBBO#fix
— Rowan Marie (@SkinnyLittleRo) October 30, 2018
Bake off is the biggest fix ever. Rahul should’ve gone 2 weeks ago and Kim Joy won 2 out of the 3 challenges tonight. 🤔 #gbbo
— Tom Hunt (@tomahunt1) October 30, 2018
Others slammed the “bullies” attacking Rahul, deeming him “too pure” for this world.
One wrote: “Sobbing watching #GBBO Rahul deserved that so much.”
Another tweeted: “Well done #Rahul Well deserved #GBBO winner 2018! A very humble winner too! #GBBOFinal.”
A third posted: “Well they were all winners in my eyes. Let's not ruin Rahul's moment with negative comments. I hope they all go on to succeed.”
Rahul, who baked to make friends and drinks milk to stay calm, had a nightmare final which saw his icing bag explode, his pitta breads burn and his a glass smash at the start of the Showstopper challenge.
The amateur baker served up a “disgrace of a pitta” as the finalists took part in a Bake Off first which saw them make and cook pitta breads on an open fire outside of the white tent for the Technical challenge.
He was then granted 15 minutes extra time after he smashed a glass minutes after kicking off the third and final challenge.
Crew members rushed in to help hoover up the damage before Hollywood and Leith agreed to grant him 15 minutes extra time.
They were bowled over by his royal garden biscuit and cake Showstopper which beat Ruby’s magical edible landscape and Kim Joy’s Lost city of Atlantis landscape.
On winning, Rahul said: “This is probably the first time I got something like this like a trophy. I talk so much loads of the time but I don't know what to say now. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.”
