Great Pottery Throw Down - BBC 2

HeidiHeidi · 10-01-2021 6:04pm

Princess Calla wrote: »

Rich isn't it? He is delectable.

Sue pryke and melanie were last yrs judges ?

Sue was the judge. With crying Keith, who remains.

Melanie presented, being replaced by the school principal nun from Derry Girls (guess what, I can't think of her name! Siobhan something). Never took to Melanie, so looking forward to Sr Michael!!

HeidiHeidi · 10-01-2021 8:59pm

I'm liking the new crew so far....

iamwhoiam · 10-01-2021 9:08pm

Sr Micheal is great !! Enjoying it

Princess Calla · 10-01-2021 10:54pm

Really enjoyed that, totally wouldn't mind being in a bubble with Rich

Really liked sals doggies and the bees.

Peter reminds me of harry rednapp abit

Rose's bowtie annoyed me way more than it should, also the length of her skirt I was convinced she was going to snot herself on the stairs. (I appreciate it might be a throw back to bygone yrs but looked like an accident about to happen)

Does anybody else get really nervous when they are carrying the trays of stuff into the drying room??

Max Headroom · 10-01-2021 11:10pm

That new Irish wan...NOOOOOOOOO.......shut the fcuk up your not funny....

Navy blue · 11-01-2021 1:54pm

I so enjoyed last night, it is fast becoming my favourite of this genre of shows, I think it has knocked GBBO off the top perch! I really enjoyed Siobhan in it, I thought she added the humour that was lacking in previous years. Enjoyed Rich as a judge, I never was keen on the previous judge, thought she lacked personality. I loved Sal's dogs and the bees, the woman who did Route 66 was also good. I was disappointed with the one that was supposed to be an Alpine night sky, loved the idea but the execution was poor. Think the right person went home though, he was fairly poor compared to the others.

HeidiHeidi · 11-01-2021 1:57pm

Max Headroom wrote: »

That new Irish wan...NOOOOOOOOO.......shut the fcuk up your not funny....

I thought she was great! And will hopefully grow into the role.

A lot better, with a lot more personality, than Melanie anyway.

So delighted it's started up again, just what we need in these gloomy months

Max Headroom · 11-01-2021 2:49pm

Sara cox all day long...Melanie was wooden..this wan i find just annoying, dressed like a clown.......i'd love to see the list of celebs they asked and turned down....

HeidiHeidi · 11-01-2021 2:58pm

Max Headroom wrote: »

Sara cox all day long...Melanie was wooden..this wan i find just annoying, dressed like a clown.......i'd love to see the list of celebs they asked and turned down....

I agree, Sara was the best - but Siobhán is a fine substitute for my money!

gmisk · 11-01-2021 8:17pm

Loved that first episode!

Sal was a brilliant first winner, I would love the dog and cheese set.
Lee's set with beehive was amazing as well.

I do love a Keith cry.

Not minding the new host Siobhan at all she is very different and quite loud compared to Mel but I think she will grow on me. Pretty funny

Also on a side note really nice to see a trans person on a TV show and it not being made a big deal of.

Princess Calla · 11-01-2021 8:27pm

gmisk wrote: »

Loved that first episode!

Sal was a brilliant first winner, I would love the dog and cheese set.
Lee's set with beehive was amazing as well.

I do love a Keith cry.

Not minding the new host Siobhan at all she is very different and quite loud compared to Mel but I think she will grow on me. Pretty funny

Also on a side note really nice to see a trans person on a TV show and it not being made a big deal of.

Which one is trans?

gmisk · 11-01-2021 8:57pm

Princess Calla wrote: »

Which one is trans?

Rose the new technician

Princess Calla · 11-01-2021 9:16pm

gmisk wrote: »

Rose the new technician

Oh right, I didn't know that.

I still think her bowtie and skirt are ridiculous

stargazer 68 · 17-01-2021 9:13pm

These buildings look fantastic so far!

HeidiHeidi · 17-01-2021 9:40pm

stargazer 68 wrote: »

These buildings look fantastic so far!

They really do!! Dying to see how they all turn out.

I absolutely loved the brick challenge, that just looked like the best fun!!

iamwhoiam · 17-01-2021 9:41pm

Its exciting waiting for the building to come out
Did we all gasp when the curly haired lads almost fell .

Princess Calla · 17-01-2021 10:24pm

There's a boardsie "Mike litoris" I think , he makes similar stuff, you can see his stuff in the arts and crafts forum.

Sal is definitely one to watch.

I loved the mushroom dudes one.

I think Suz is extremely lucky , she has got by just by the fact others have had a slightly worse week than her.

The Asian girl her designs are very underwhelming, not much imagination in this or last week's challenges.

I think sal , mushroom dude and the nurse will go far.

Max Headroom · 18-01-2021 10:32am

Alon ? was lucky imo....his drawing looked like a house on a whale..in reality it looked like Downton abbey....on a goldfish.."disaster" was used but only for his bricks he survived...Irina was unlucky i think...and that fantasy building was a clear winner...imo...

Its a bit like Portrait/Landscape artist...i never pick the winner...

gmisk · 18-01-2021 8:42pm

Max Headroom wrote: »

Alon ? was lucky imo....his drawing looked like a house on a whale..in reality it looked like Downton abbey....on a goldfish.."disaster" was used but only for his bricks he survived...Irina was unlucky i think...and that fantasy building was a clear winner...imo...

Its a bit like Portrait/Landscape artist...i never pick the winner...

I would think the fact he won the brick challenge saved him too tbh.
It was certainly ambitious as well.
Suz was in bother but you could see if the door in and the wording had holes would have been brill.
Irina's looked a bit simple in comparison to the rest.
The one I thought that was poor was the town hall one in oxford Shenyue? It had no colour!

Sal extremely close to winning again she is so strong, surprised Adams amazing fairy house didn't get any tears it was brill!
Jodie good winner though, the detail was amazing, plus she is lovely

Love love love this series!

Princess Calla · 24-01-2021 10:53pm

Abit underwhelmed tonight.

I wouldn't have put shenyues piece as the winner, but then none really stood out.

I liked the vine leaf as the bowl and the grapes were fab.

Shame sals dragon fruit didn't work out.

Can't remember his name , olan maybe? Is starting to bug me abit....while it's good to push boundaries he's not executing them well, he needs to calm down and keep it simple.

Liked peter's bag.

Suz deserved to go, third week she's been very weak.

iamwhoiam · 24-01-2021 10:54pm

Princess Calla wrote: »

Abit underwhelmed tonight.

I wouldn't have put shenyues piece as the winner, but then none really stood out.

I liked the vine leaf as the bowl and the grapes were fab.

Shame sals dragon fruit didn't work out.

Can't remember his name , olan maybe? Is starting to bug me abit....while it's good to push boundaries he's not executing them well, he needs to calm down and keep it simple.

Liked peter's bag.

Suz deserved to go, third week she's been very weak.

I thought Alons “ bowl “ was simply awful

Princess Calla · 24-01-2021 10:58pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I thought Alons “ bowl “ was simply awful

Could you imagine that in the middle of the dining room table.

He's trying too hard to be edgey and out there or something....he needs to reign it in as I think he probably does have the talent.

stargazer 68 · 24-01-2021 11:01pm

Earlier I said to hubbie that I thought Shenyue was regretting her decision to go with all green. Clearly I know nothing about pottery or art

HeidiHeidi · 24-01-2021 11:03pm

I thought Suz's "wood" bowl was fantastic. As was the Polynesian one, but we hardly got to see it.

Alon def needs to calm it down a bit, he sets himself up for a fall every single week! He def has talent, but a bit over ambitious.

Shenyue annoyed me at the end (well, she annoys me most of the time tbh) saying "well, I've worked really hard this week so basically I deserve this" or words to the effect - yeah, love, everyone worked really hard, not just you!!

In saying that, she had by far the best blindfold round, so have to say she deserved the win.

Not the best week by a long shot, and it promised so much!

I'm really loving Siobhan in the presenting role.

Princess Calla · 24-01-2021 11:09pm

stargazer 68 wrote: »

Earlier I said to hubbie that I thought Shenyue was regretting her decision to go with all green. Clearly I know nothing about pottery or art

Yeah I thought once again lack of imagination, everything the same colour.

Shows what I know

I do agree , Heidi, that Suz's board was excellent but I think her fruit were a disaster. A couple of others did the same fruit as her and nailed it so that didn't help either.

Max Headroom · 25-01-2021 12:57pm

Did I miss something..we're they not asked to reproduce "fruit" in a bowl...

Poor Henry..felt he was robbed....

Still don't like Shouty Mc Loudly....don't imagine I ever will....

Max Headroom · 02-02-2021 3:15pm

Some fantastic vases this week...Alon was the winner...but only in my head...the girl that won's vases were probably the least attractive...but i'm not a potter...:o

Princess Calla · 02-02-2021 3:43pm

Again I thought it was abit underwhelming.

Now I do appreciate the skill/knowledge you need for that firing.... realistically I'd set myself on fire if I attempted something like that.

Shenyues approach again I thought unimaginative but it actually worked out very well for her, I thought her vases were up in the top 3 anyway....I think this firing technique "less is more"

I rolled my eyes at Alon when he said what he was doing...there's something "show off" about him, it's like he has to display extra knowledge or something, but the technique did work for him.....though I wasn't gone on the inverted neck.

As an aside .....did anyone find it weird where they stopped filming, like they had completed the task and all that was left to do was announce the winner etc.

stargazer 68 · 07-02-2021 9:50pm

Oh wow! Keith is definitely going to cry when he sees these!

Princess Calla · 07-02-2021 9:51pm

Ah it's a shame they didn't give Lionel Richie, they could have done their take of the "Hello" video

Max Headroom · 08-02-2021 1:35pm

Glad Alon won this week...but i thought his bust looked more Nils Lofgren than Brucy.....
Cant believe Sal didnt think of lying her bugle/trumpet down on its side, or use cocktail sticks ..they wernt being fired anyway...

RoryMurphyJnr · 08-02-2021 1:46pm

Siobhan McSweeney ruins this for me. She's terrible.
Reminds me a bit of Susan Calman, thinks she's way funnier than she really is.
Great mix of contestants this series, hoping Sal FTW

Princess Calla · 08-02-2021 2:16pm

RoryMurphyJnr wrote: »

Siobhan McSweeney ruins this for me. She's terrible.
Reminds me a bit of Susan Calman, thinks she's way funnier than she really is.
Great mix of contestants this series, hoping Sal FTW

She reminds me of a female version of joe lycett, who is equally as annoying.

I don't know how the contestants haven't told her to f off out of the way when they are carrying stuff into the drying room.

There appears to be a trend in all the craft shows (sewing bee, gbbo, portrait/landscape artist etc) to have an annoying "comedy" presenter . For the most part it feels scripted and falls rather flat.

I personally would rather a quieter interested presenter that allows the skill of the contestants to shine. That asks interesting questions that we might actually "learn" something about the skill/ technique etc.

HeidiHeidi · 08-02-2021 4:41pm

Ah, I really like Siobhán presenting, now that she's settling into it a bit.

She's low-key, and funny. She'll never better Sara Cox, though.

I like Joe Lycett even more on Sewing Bee!

Different strokes for different folks, and all that jazz

Was quite disappointed with last night's show - no decorating at all, I thought they'd at least have to do their busts. It was all very rushed at the end, there was a lot more bits of faces reattached than we saw!

Was surprised that Sal threw the towel in so easily on the instrument challenge - like someone else said, why not model it on its side - it just so happened that it stands up on the flared bit in reality. The pressure of being put on the spot, I suppose.

Hoping for a better episode next week (and waiting to see what wackiness Alon comes up with!)

Max Headroom · 11-02-2021 3:40pm

On a side note ..Sara was on the " Back in time for..." series which is very enjoyable...She's great on anything she's on...:)

I agree about that Shiobhan one..." get out of the fcuking way..i dont have time to get around you...."

stargazer 68 · 14-02-2021 9:56pm

Terracotta is obviously very difficult to work with!

HeidiHeidi · 14-02-2021 10:08pm

Well, indeed!! Was there one useable piece in the whole lot of them??

I think Henry might have reached his limit at this stage, but delighed to see Shenyue get the boot - there was a lazy arrogance about her that just got my back up. And she was the least artistic of them by a country mile, the decoration on her cooking pieces was just shocking!

Princess Calla · 14-02-2021 10:36pm

Enjoyed this weeks.

Shame so many casualties as some of the pieces were lovely.

Sal's was excellent.

I'm surprised Shenyue was voted off, though I thought she was leaving her pieces to the side in the hopes someone else would bring them to the drying room , which was annoying but I could be wrong. I thought her decoration was once again very weak.

However I did think Henry had a worse week, so he's had a very lucky escape.

iamwhoiam · 14-02-2021 11:42pm

I thought Henry should have gone tonight . The terracotta was all a bit of a disaster and not a whole piece between them
I love Siobhán in this and like her way with them all .

RoryMurphyJnr · 15-02-2021 1:33pm

Henry was a lucky man. Design got him through.
Delighted for Sal, she must be favourite for the win.
Has anyone ever heard a better Welsh accent than Jodie's

Max Headroom · 17-02-2021 2:58pm

RoryMurphyJnr wrote: »

Henry was a lucky man. Design got him through.
Delighted for Sal, she must be favourite for the win.
Has anyone ever heard a better Welsh accent than Jodie's

Alex Jones....could listen to them read the phonebook all day...:p

I thought he same about Shenyue ...she was a bit of a diva this week...some shock for her...thought i saw a wry smile from Keith...

stargazer 68 · 21-02-2021 8:58pm

Switch over from RTE, people running up mountains and over huge walls to something more my pace now

Princess Calla · 21-02-2021 10:05pm

Enjoyed that episode.

Some absolutely amazing builds.

I think sal and jodie definitely for final and either Alon or is it adam? The one that does great sculpture work.

HeidiHeidi · 21-02-2021 10:09pm

Jodie has made my two favourite pieces so far - the wolf and (if I'm remembering rightly) the Moroccan lighthouse.

And I'd listen to her reciting the phone book.

Hannah was very lucky to survive this evening.

RoryMurphyJnr · 22-02-2021 10:20am

Had Sall down as my fave but hoping Jodie wins now.
Pity Henry he's a good lad left but it was the right decision,

ednwireland · 22-02-2021 3:38pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Jodie has made my two favourite pieces so far - the wolf and (if I'm remembering rightly) the Moroccan lighthouse.

And I'd listen to her reciting the phone book.

Hannah was very lucky to survive this evening.

she does have the most welshest accent ever

anyone remember when they made toilets in a previous series- that was class

HeidiHeidi · 22-02-2021 4:41pm

ednwireland wrote: »

she does have the most welshest accent ever

anyone remember when they made toilets in a previous series- that was class

That was one of my favourite episodes ever!

Princess Calla · 28-02-2021 10:16pm

Oh my God!!!!

I cannot believe that!

Absolutely delighted for Peter his was gorgeous.

I think Alon deserved to go as he never follows the brief, but Sal??? Gutted for her.

I don't think Hannah deserves to be there over Sal.

Any one else think Adam's spout looked abit rude

...his pots were lovely....think it will be between him and Jodie now.

iamwhoiam · 28-02-2021 10:20pm

Alon just had to be different and he blew it . I thought he deserved to go . Sal didn’t stick to the brief either so it was inevitable
I loved Jodies decoration this week

HeidiHeidi · 28-02-2021 10:24pm

Just shows you can only push the boundaries - and the judges - so far!

I was wondering when Alon would tip over the edge, was not expecting it of Sal though. But both in build and decoration, she completely ignored the brief, so I suppose it was inevitable really.

Peter's big pot was just fantastic - the shape, decoration and finish were incredible. Well deserved win for the week.

Great Pottery Throw Down - BBC 2

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