Then the showstopper. Viewers pointed out Kate didn’t actually play by the rules: she didn’t use Bundt tins, her cakey plinth fell apart and her liver bird was not the promised sugar, but chocolate. But who knows what will please these judges? Sometimes, a substitution is an unforgivable offence. Other times, who cares, right? Only it turns out lots of people on Twitter care. About Liam.

Only one of her cakes was deemed any good by the judges, with the rest “rough and ready”, “very yellow… bit dry… overcooked” and having “major issues”. Stacey’s received middling feedback, while Liam actually finished early for once. OK, his Savoy masterpiece looked a bit… bird-nesty, and the humidity melted his spun sugar, and apparently the flavour wasn’t really there but hey: if Stacey can be given a free pass for leaving paper – PAPER – in a bake, and Kate can be given another free pass for dropping something on the floor and failing to manage her time properly, Liam will be alright. Won’t he?

Won’t he?

We really need to talk about what happened on The Great British Bake Off