"They were like nobody I’d ever met before."
Each season of The Great British Bake Off always includes some emotional moments, but it seems that this year it all got a bit too much for one of the show's presenters.
Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond spoke with this week's issue of Radio Times magazine, and when asked what they could tell us about the new season of Bake Off, Hammond said: "The standard is so high. It's been really different. I feel sorry for the judges this year."
Fielding added: "There are three incredibly innovative bakers. Any one of them could have won."
"A few things got burnt," Hammond revealed. "A few things crumbled. There were accidents. I fell off a workstation, I was showing off and I went backwards and ended up on the floor. There are tears, mainly from Noel."
"I did actually cry when one of them went home," Fielding admitted. "They were like nobody I'd ever met before."
This year's season of the hit baking competition will start airing on Tuesday 24th September at 8pm on Channel 4, with Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith back to adjudicate over proceedings.
Earlier this year, reports suggested Leith would be stepping back from the series, and while she quickly debunked those rumours, she did confirm that she would no longer be appearing in the celebrity editions of the show.
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"These things are filmed back to back the whole way through the summer. So you start in April and you end at the end of August and, honestly, you get no time off," she said on This Morning in March.
"So, I'm getting a bit old and there are places I want to go to, and other things I want to do."
The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is out on Tuesday 17th September – subscribe to Radio Times here.
The Great British Bake Off returns to Channel 4 at 8pm on Tuesday 24th September.
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James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
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