Nailed It! (2018–…): Season 4, Episode 4 - Chariots of Failure - full transcript

Citizens of the world,
welcome as we celebrate

our first-ever summer games episode
of Nailed It!

The baking competition show
where we aim to be number one,

but end up going number two.

Let's meet our bakers.

My name is Shane.
I'm a certified personal trainer.

I'm ready and willing to try anything
and do anything.

A specific example is,
I went to the feed store recently

to buy some grass seed,

and I came home with ducks.

I love you guys. Quack, quack.



I'm definitely going to nail it.

If it's a cake or a cookie,
it's going to be done.

I'm Stacey Blanet,
and I'm a medical student.

I feel like, in most aspects of my life,

I really can set a task, and I plan it,
and everything works out well.

But with baking,

it's just a crapshoot.

I do make great
chocolate chip cookies though.

My name is Stephanie, and I am a therapist
at a mental health clinic.

What made me really want to compete
on Nailed It!

is that I want to be better at baking.

In addition, I want to look
at my twin sister dead in the eye...

and just say:

"Told you so."



Our competitiveness came from our father.

Just like a whole new level of, um...

dirty talk. No...

-Trash talk.
-Trash talk.

[they laugh]

Are you ready and set to go?

-Yes!
-Ready to rumble.

-Stacey, who was born first?
-Steph.

They saved the best for last.

Oh, this is already aggressive.

-[laughter]
-Yeah.

All right, bakers,
you're gonna be flexing your muscles

and your oven mitts
in a sports-themed bake-off.

Jacques, what are you hoping for today?

Nicole, I am expecting a good,
clean, fair bake.

And please give a warm Nailed It! welcome
to gold medalist Gabby Douglas!

It's so good to see you guys.

Gabby is a three-time gold medal winner

and all-around great person.

And we're so happy to have her here
to eat some slop.

Oh, my gosh.

-Are you excited about eating their food?
-I'm excited, but really nervous.

I would be very nervous.

Nothing is good.

-That's valid.
-Okay, bakers.

It's time to take your blocks
for this first round

we call Baker's Choice.

Behind door number one
is the symbol of champions.

But to get one, you'll have to climb
a treacherous terrain of flour

as you surf the crashing waves of sugar,

chop your way through sticks of butter...

You'll go home a winner
when you make these...

Yikes.

[Nicole] ...sports medal cookies!

Now, with this year's summer games,
some new sports have been added.

Like climbing, surfing, and karate.

Each cookie is dipped in white chocolate,
decorated with royal icing,

and painted with a metallic color

to represent gold, silver,
and bronze medals.

-When I say "go"...  No!
-Oh.

Calm down.
Okay, you guys, when I say "go,"

you will run up,
and you will pick up these cookies.

Okay, go.

[laughter]

What a gentleman.
What a gentleman.

[Nicole] The last one left.

It was the obvious choice.

All right, bakers.

Now, you see that you guys
are only holding one medal.

But in this challenge,
you actually have to make...

all...

three...

medals!

One bronze, one silver, one gold.

You only have 45 minutes. [laughs]

So get your head in the game,
and get ready to bake, bake, bake.

Go! Do it. It's started.

Let's sit.

OK, first thing,
we're going to read the recipe.

I need salt.

Starch, corn syrup, salt. Do I have salt?

We have salt.

[Stacey] Oh, that's where the salt is.
Heh-ho!

Jacques, how would you go about
making these little cookies?

To make those medal cookies,

first combine the wet
and dry ingredients,

and mix them until the dough forms.

Then, roll out the dough,

and cut the cookies.

While the cookies bake,

make the royal icing,

and melt chocolate
to dip the cookies into.

Dip the cookie into the melted chocolate,

and while it sets,

roll out the fondant,
and cut the outer rings.

Then, draw the figure

and details on the medals

with royal icing.

Finish up painting the medals
with gold, silver, and bronze.

-Nicole, you're so good with baking...
-I've done it before.

You see, I've become good in comedy,
you've become good at baking.

-Nicole, yes. Perfect.
-Yes! Imagine...

-[Jacques] Amazing.
-...you do my stand-up dates,

and I take over your business.

Let's not do that.

[laughter]

I'm not even reading right now.

Okay, mix the flour, baking soda,
ginger, cinnamon, and salt.

Hey, is it "TSP"...

tablespoon or teaspoon?

Uh, teaspoon.

A half a "tisp."

I hate math. A teaspoon, a tablespoon,

two cups, or whatever.

I am horrible with measuring.

I love being so precise with baking.

[Stacey] Stephanie and I are like yin
and yang.

My mom always called us "Night" and "Day"
when we were growing up,

because we're such polar opposites.

You know what? I'm done
with this measuring. I'm done.

What's happening?

Pfff! [laughs]

Oh, God!

Get out of here, Steph.

This butter is taking a long time to melt.

My most recent mantra is: "Always ready,
not always prepared,"

That definitely holds true with baking.

I need a whisk.

Whisking.

As far as, let's try something bigger,

something different
that I've never done before.

I'm already starting to sweat.

[Steph] My God.

-Oh...
-[Jacques] No.

So Steph had a problem
with the standing mixer

and the whisk.

Yeah, it looks like she's just...

She's still got some butter
and stuff at the bottom of the mixer.

That's definitely going
to change the texture.

Definitely.

Definitely a different utensil
I should've used there.

Come on, everybody.

Did you bring your medals?

-I did.
-[Nicole gasps]

-Can we see them?
-You sure can.

-Call for Wes.
-Wes!

-[Nicole and Jacques] Louder.
-Louder?

And then tilt your head back, too.

-Wes!
-Oh, that was good.

-He appears.
-It worked.

Thank you, Wes.

That's amazing.

You guys can hold it.

-Oh, my God, it's really heavy.
-It is, it has some weight to it.

Cool, what a treat.

-What an accomplishment.
-Thank you.

This is looking pretty good here.

How do you know when it's done?

Stacey is mixing her dough way too long.

Remember, as soon as it's mixed, stop it.

Does it get very tough

-when you mix it too long?
-Yes.

Let's get it covered in the flour.

I wonder if those two losers over there
are using any flour.

[Shane] Whoo-cha!

All right.

Twenty-five minutes!

Come on, baby.

Let's go. Come on, come on.

All right. I don't want to roll them
too thin or too thick.

If they're too thick, they won't bake.

Well, that's too big.

That's too big.

Well, it's going to be too big.

It's going to take so long to cook.

[Jacques] It's important not to make
the medals too big,

because the cookies will expand
in the oven.

Oh, no. It's sticking.

Well, that's... That can be bronze.

I'm going to... need the convection oven.

All right, oven.

That's intense over there.

What?

Praying. We're just praying.

Right now, I'm making the royal icing,

which will be used on top of the cookies.

I need the icing. I need the icing.

-Steph, come on! Get it together!
-[Steph] You know what?

-At this point...
-You aren't even measuring anything.

-[Steph] I don't want to hear it.
-[Shane] Guys.

Oh, man. All right.

Uh, white chocolate coating, sure.

Oh, I need chocolate. Son of a...

-You only thought of it 'cause you saw me.
-You know, Stacey...

Sucks to be second best.

Wow, that just escalated.

Daddy in the middle over there.
Can you say something?

I told them I didn't want to hear it,

and they should just go to their rooms...

Mind your own beeswax, Shane.
Worry about your duck farm, bud.

Well, I've lost control.

Uh, we're not even
through the first challenge...

This is my royal icing,
but it's just water right now.

This is my... I didn't measure.

[she sighs]

Cookies are done.

All right.

Feels like biscuits,

but I think they're done.

Hot, hot, hot.

[he groans]

We got this on there.

Look, look, look what Shane's doing.

[Nicole] Oh.

[Shane] The cookies are supposed to be
dipped in white chocolate,

and I don't have time to dip,
so I just pour the chocolate on top of it.

We got this.

We're good to go.

Good, great, wonderful.

Wow, 15 minutes.

Fifteen minutes, are you kidding?

No, why would I do that?

I'm mixing together the pigments,
so I can make the colors of the medals.

[Shane] Oh, boy.

So this is what I'm going to use
instead of the, uh...

paint that I was going to do.

Shane is wrapping his cookies
in edible paper,

which I think is pretty smart.

[Steph] Just melt.

That's all you have to do.

You have one job.

Come on.

Here we go.

Making the gold. Just making the gold.

That's a cookie.

That's a cookie.

I need the other colors.

Twelve minutes.

[she whimpers]

Ooh, cobalt blue.

[she squeals]

Stacey is mixing the color
in her piping bag.

So this is not well-mixed.

This is working out really bad.

[she whimpers]

Tangerine.

My person could be like spray tanning.

Rock.

Yes! Rock.

Four minutes, you guys.

[Stacey] Oh, that's delicious.

Wow.

[Steph] There's your head.

That's actually kind of cute.

Here are his shorts.

Shorts.

There's a blob, and it's climbing a rock,

and there's a rope involved.

I'm fine. I'm okay.

Uhh... [stutters]

[he sighs]

One minute left.

This is the ocean.

We got it. I got silver.

This one won't even stand up.
I have to tilt it over.

Ah-ha! I'm on my last cookie.

[he yelps]

I never had this much stress on me.

Five, four, three,

two, one!

-You're done.
-[klaxon]

[laughs] Oh, my gosh, what?

[Nicole] All right, Stacey,

let's remember your sports medal cookie
you were trying to make.

Let's see what you've done.

-[Stacey] Nailed it!
-[laughs] Oh, boy.

I love 'em. Oh, wow.

They're round, they're cookies.

I like that they're all people of color.

-How inclusive.
-Yes.

-How do you feel?
-I feel like I started out strong,

and then it all went to crap at the end.

I'm kind of surprised and impressed,

because you did mix the color
in the piping bag.

Usually, you mix the color
in a little bowl,

and then put everything in the piping bag,
and pipe like that.

That sounds like a better idea.

I think the presentation
could have been better, yes,

but I think you did a good job.

Thanks.

All right, well let's taste your cookie.

Okay.

[Stacey] Suspense is killing me.

[Jacques] The cookie is maybe
a little bit chewy,

because you leave it too long
in the mixing bowl.

For cookies, mix it as less as possible,

so this way they are not chewy.

It kind of has like a gummy texture.

I do like the flavor, though.

-Sweet.
-I liked the flavor of your royal icing.

-I thought that was a nice sweetness.
-All right.

I just wish the cookie had a crunch to it.

-We'll be on our way.
-Okay.

All right, Shane.

Let's remember the sports medal cookie
you were trying to do.

And let's see what you did, Shane.

-[Shane] Nailed it!
-Shane!

-[Shane laughs]
-What?

These are bewildering.

[Nicole laughs]

These are large medals.

Yeah.

-[Nicole] They'd weigh down somebody.
-[Shane] That's true.

If you have that around your neck
and fell in the pool,

you'd sink completely.
You're dead.

Yes.
I couldn't find a small cookie cutter,

so I found the cake cutter.

They are very big.

Hey, thanks.

-"Thanks!"
-[they laugh]

I think if I had a medal that big,
though, it would be amazing,

but the theme was a standard size medal.

Okay, let's go for the gold.
Let's taste it.

They are a little bit more baked
than the one we just tasted.

Don't be too happy.
They are not there yet.

[Nicole] I thought you had a nice ratio
of cookie to chocolate.

I do think you could've rolled out
your cookie a little...

-It was crumbly.
-Sure.

I actually didn't think
it was so bad. I...

The taste was good to me.

-Thanks.
-Thank you, Shane.

-[Shane] You're welcome.
-Thank you, Shane.

All right, Steph.

Let's remember the sports medal cookie
you were trying to make,

and let's see the cookie you did make.

[Steph] Nailed it.

[she chuckles]

Steph, these are wild.

I love them.

None of these cookies are the same shape.

It's as if you learned shapes,
and you said: "I rebuke thee.

-I won't retain that information."
-[laughter]

Thank you very much.

[laughter]

I've never heard Jacques say less.

[she laughs]

I think you put a little bit
too much pressure on yourself,

so just make sure next time
to lay everything out,

deep breaths, calm.

I think we should taste these cookies,
yes?

-[Gabby] Let's do it.
-[Nicole] Let's do it.

-Mm-hmm.
-[Gabby] That is thick.

[squeals and laughs] No!

I put it in my mouth,
and it became like gravy.

What happened to that royal icing?

I just...

plopped it in there,
and I just kept adding

until it made some kind
of thick consistency.

Something happened there.

[Nicole laughs]

I've never seen you more speechless.

-I honestly...
-Wow.

Usually he's like,
"This is how you can fix it."

-That's un-fixable. I'm sorry, Nicole.
-Yeah.

[Gabby] The cookie was gummy,
also at the same time it was crumbly.

I like you. I think you're a good dime.

All right, it's time
to announce the winner.

Jacques?

In this round,

we see it all.

Pretty good to pretty bad.

So the winner is...

We know who is the winner. It's Stacey!

-Yay!
-[Nicole] Congratulations, Stacey.

Gabby, please tell Stacey what she's won.

You're going home with a prize
fit for a champion.

You're getting a digital tabletop
convection oven, a ten-piece bakeware set,

fondant, and Nailed It! cake mix,

so you can keep your gold-medal bakes
going.

-[Nicole] Wow!
-The first baking pans I've ever owned.

-[Nicole] You don't own baking pans?
-[Gabby] How did you just win?

-Look, don't even...
-[laughter]

[Nicole] All right, and now for
the crowning of the winner of round one.

Congratulations. The victory is yours.

Everyone, let's go to door number two.

Oh, boy. Door two, round two.
Gabby.

Everyone will hold their breath
when you make this...

[Nicole] It's an artistic swimming cake!

-[Shane groans]
-[Nicole laughs]

[Jacques] The swimmers are made out of
modeling chocolate

and placed perfectly
in the pool of blue piping gel.

The waves on the bottom layers
are thinly rolled out of fondant,

and, on the top,

you put a little bit of grain alcohol
in the middle,

take your torch...

The waffle cone that really lights up.

Flambé.

It's lit.

This is an epic challenge
of Hercules proportions.

If you find yourself in too deep,
don't drown.

I'm here to help.
Just hit your panic button...

[bugle call]

...and I can assist for three minutes.

Steph.

Oh, girl.

Those cookies you made... Oh, Lord.

So you get the advantage.

At your station,

-you'll see the "relay race" button.
-[whistle blows]

When you press it, your competitors
will have to participate in a relay race,

while you peacefully go about
your baking business.

-Awesome!
-Okay.

All right, bakers.
You have one hour and 45 minutes.

On your marks...

-[bugle sounds]
-...get set,

go!

Oh! What a treat.

Okay, let's read this.

Friggin' A.

[sighs] What did I come here for?

-Behind, behind, behind.
-Here we go!

Jacques, how would you do
this artistic swimming cake?

Okay, so first make the cake batter
by mixing the wet and dry ingredients.

Add flavor,

and pour into a greased pan.

While the cakes bake,
make the buttercream.

When the cakes are cooled,

stack them and layer with buttercream.

Next, lay the fondants on the cake,

and add blue piping gel for waves.

Sculpt figures out of modeling chocolate,

and then use fondant to make flames
for the torch.

Lastly, light the torch to complete
your artistic swimming cake.

So, that's a lot of work.
It doesn't look like it,

-but that's a lot of work.
-[crashing and banging]

What is happening?

Oh, my... [laughs]

-We've never heard that over there.
-Truly.

Okay, all right, I've got all this.

Let's put this, this...

[grunts] I need my cake pans.

I know how important these cakes are,

and so where the cake meets the batter,
or the cake meets the oven...

I don't know what they say
in the baking industry,

but I need Jacques to come
and talk me through this.

-Okay, I'm panicking. I'm panicking!
-[bugle call]

It's so early, and I'm panicking.

Yowee!

That's a panic!

[she squeals]

And it's so early.

[cheers and applause]

How can I help?

Hey, so I need help just understanding
how much cake mix I need to make.

Make three molds of the bottom,

and three molds of the top.

Fill them about here.
About a little bit less than half.

Thirty seconds left, Jacques.

-Try to do something a bit interesting.
-Yeah, flavor?

Maybe you can take something
in the pantry,

-and mix it with the batter.
-Perfect.

[in French]
The monkey is on the branch.

[Jacques] Good luck.

That's in French. Thank you!

One cup of milk. Here we go.

There is $10,000 on the line,

so I'm totally going to nail it.

I'm going to kill it,
crush it to the ground,

grind it up into pieces,
and eat it for breakfast.

Oh, I was only supposed
to do half a cup of milk.

[sighs]

Oh, no.

Let's get the mango.

Stacey didn't measure the extract.

-Just pouring and pouring.
-Cannot do that.

All right, smells good.

-Oh, I see eggs.
-Oh, my...

I see eggs in the bowl over there.
She didn't mix her egg?

-Oh...
-[Stacey] I think it looks a little thick.

I have no idea what she's doing.

-Okay.
-What I did in round one

doesn't really express who I am
as a baker.

So I really wanted to up my expectation
for myself.

I'm going to put a pop of this in.

I go for pineapple and coconut,

because I love piña coladas,

and I think it would be a nice pop
of flavor in the judges' mouths.

Oh my God, this looks great!

We'll put it up a little bit more.

Keep on moving, baby.

[she sniggers]

Good move, high-five.

Steph literally high-fived herself.

-I think that's motivation.
-Mm-hmm.

-Do you do that?
-"Come on, you got this!"

-Do you high-five yourself?
-I never did.

I would talk to myself,

but I don't think
I ever high-fived myself.

Well, we got to spray these pans first.

Do we have spray?

I guess we do not.

We'll see if Shane remembers.
I don't think he will.

I'll do this guy, I'll do this guy.

This guy, and that guy.

[Steph] So the cake doesn't stick...

um, it's, um...

This is...

...parchment paper.

I'm going to throw in
some rainbow sprinkles.

Oh, there are stars and pearls in here.

Are they candy?

I don't know if these are going to melt,
but it looks great.

What could go wrong? [laughs]

So much could go wrong.

We got the cake mix
spreading in these pans,

which is really more of a...

difficult task than it would seem.

We're putting this right in there.

How's it going, Steph?

Great! My cakes are already in the oven.

-Wow, you're really moving.
-Woo-hoo!

Weren't expecting that.

I feel like Steph's normal speaking voice
is a yell.

I think you're right. And sometimes,
she doesn't talk at all, she just...

Yeah, yeah.

Get inside.

God only knows how those
are going to come out.

[he chuckles]

Man, I'm going to look weird on TV.

An hour and three minutes left.

Gotta do this freaking buttercream...

Four sticks butter,
eight cups powdered sugar.

-Oh, yikes.
-That's looking fluffy.

I think, I mean...

I feel like a lot of these terms
are subjective.

What's the most annoying thing
people ask you about gymnastics?

Like, when I go home, my family's like,
"Put this in one of your skits."

-Do people ask you to do...
-[Gabby] Yeah, yeah.

-Like, "Can you flip?"
-[Nicole laughs]

You know, of course I can flip.

How are we doing, guys?

Those are still very...

goopy, soupy.

That's a future-Shane problem.

[sighs] Future-Shane hates past-Shane
so much.

The toothpick's coming out clean, so...

the cakes are coming out the oven.

This is hot.

So I got to work on modeling stuff.

All right, we got one swimmer.

That's the best I'm gonna do.

Here, we'll start with the body.

Hey, guys, you're decorating, right?

-Yeah.
-Oh, really?

-Yeah.
-Um...

Are you...
Are you insinuating that you're...

-[whistle blows]
-Oh, it's the relay!

I have the official rules here.

I want a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

So when I say "go,"

Stacey, you are going
to speed-walk to crafty, 

and you're going to find a piece of bread,
and put peanut butter on it.

You're going to give it to Shane.

Shane, you are then going to go to crafty,

you're gonna take a piece of bread,
and spread jelly on it,

and then you're going to bring it to me.

Okay, go.

Come on, Stacey. Let's go!

I think this was a good time to do this.

I'm just getting my legs together.

[Stacey] Peanut butter.

Maybe she's made it
to the craft service table,

-but who knows? We can't see.
-I hope so.

I don't feel bad, because she is wearing
the golden hat right now,

and... I don't have a golden hat on.

-[Stacey sighs]
-Thank you.

-You're welcome.
-[Nicole] And Shane is going.

Who knows what could be happening.

I assume it's more walking.

Oh, my gosh, the jelly is here.

[he groans] Gosh.

Put this person's head on.

Excuse me, sir. What are you making?

Oh, you got a ham sandwich.

Come on, Shane!

Shane!

Nicole wants this peanut butter
and jelly sandwich now.

Oh, yes. Nom, nom, nom.

I can't wait to eat.

Come on, Shane!

Here!

[klaxon sounds]

Oh, thank you.

Yay, we did it!

Go back to baking.

[he whoops]

-[Nicole] I... This... I...
-[laughter]

My poor cameramen.

Nobody feeds them here.

All right, back to these legs.

[sighs] Can I sit and do this?

Mylanta. [exhales]

That looks like a nice little leg.

Look at that. Isn't that a nice leg?

Okay, all right. So, I got the people.

Oh, my gosh.

They got a little crust around them.

Oh, dang. We're going
to have some dry cakes.

It's possible.

This cake looks bomb.

[she laughs]

-Stacey's cakes are not looking too hot.
-[Nicole] Terrible.

Do they not, like, study
before they come on this show?

I don't think so.

Come on, baby.

[she chuckles]

Wow.

Wow.

Oh, boy.

Thirty-three minutes left.

[Shane] Buttercreamin'.

Probably should've let them cool a bit,
but...

-Working with fresh cake is not easy.
-I think it's gonna melt. 

This is going to taste like soup.

Cake soup.

Why her cake look like that?

[laughter]

Don't need anything ever dry.

It's always better wet.

Ho-ho-ho.

Sixteen minutes left.

A lot of time.

We're supposed to have waves
at the bottom of the cake

Just make a whole blue cake.
That's what we'll do, make it all blue.

Turn it, corn it.

[he makes tickling noise]

Okay, then roll it.

It looks water-like.

This is a lot of this string stuff.

Oh, my gosh, you guys. Dude!

Oh!

-Yes!
-We got the ocean.

Make this a little water up here.

-Three minutes left.
-[Stacey] Give him a little blush.

He got dolled up for this.

These are my legs.

[he laughs]

Point nozzle towards waffle cone.

[she laughs]

Pay attention. This is how it's done.

I just smear it down.

I... like those legs.

[Steph] Wave 'em like you just don't care.

-Thirty-three seconds left.
-[Steph] Whoo, it's bad.

It's real bad.

She had a bad makeup day.

Five, four, three, two, one.

-You're done!
-[klaxon sounds]

Might be the nude Olympics.

All right, Stacey.

Let's remember the artistic swimming cake
you were trying to make.

Let's see what you made.

[Stacey] Nailed it.

No!

Wow, okay.

I like that she has hands,

and then we got those thick legs.

And is the swimmer wearing mascara?

It looks like she's crying,
because the mascara is burning.

-[Stacey] Yeah.
-[Jacques] Your batter was so thick.

Did you put the eggs in it?

I think so, but probably not.

May I ask why didn't press
your panic button?

It would be three minutes
that I would not have to work on it,

so I didn't want to lose three minutes.

Him talking for three minutes
would be a waste of time?

No, it wouldn't be a waste,
but I would lose the time.

-She said it. I think she said it.
-Wow.

-[Stacey chuckles]
-All right, light that torch.

-Here we go.
-All right.

-The flame is working.
-Dun-da-da-dah!

[Nicole] This has been fun.

-Toodle-loo.
-Thank you, bye.

-Hello, Shane.
-Hey.

Let's see what you did.

-[Shane] Nailed it!
-[Nicole] Oh, boy, they're naked!

-[laughter]
-[Nicole] Wow.

[Shane laughs]

[Nicole] I like how sassy they are.
They're like: "Yasss!"

[Jacques] They look like
they are drowning,

-they have their legs going like that.
-[laughter]

[Nicole] I want to see the back.

[Nicole squeals]

[laughter]

You know, it's kind of cute.
I do like the color of the piping gel.

They do remind me of waves.

Something that you did well,

-you have a pretty good size cake here.
-Thank you so much for your help

in the panic button,
I really appreciate that.

You understand, I am not a waste of time.

[Nicole] Jacques's going to
take that to his grave.

His dying words will be:
"I am not a waste of time."

Now, light the flame.

Yes, truly, lighting these cakes on fire
is symbolism.

[laughter]

-[Nicole] Thank you so much.
-Thanks.

Well, Steph, here we are.

Let's see the cake you made.

[Steph] Nailed it!

[Nicole laughs]

Steph, this is wild! I love it.

-You also have naked ladies.
-[Steph] It's an eye-grabber.

And then what happened to your flames?
You ever see a flame?

[makes rocket noise]

Yeah, and then you're just... yeah.

I do see a fountain.

But to me, it's a fountain full
of spaghetti.

[Nicole] Look at that booty.

-[Steph] That's a nice butt.
-[Nicole] That's a nice butt.

Yes, I'll give that to you, yeah.

Um... [laughs]

I know you had fun,
so, overall, good job.

Thank you.

Light this cake on fire.

Yeah, baby.

[Nicole whoops]

It's lit.

Yeah!

I cannot wait to taste these cakes,

so I would very much like
you guys to slice us

your best pieces
of artistic swimming cakes.

I feel like Rocky.

Can I take this?

Can the underdog win?

All right, Stacey.

You're up first.

[she sniggers]

[laughter]

[Gabby] Sorry!

[Jacques] You put quite a bit of mango.
The flavor is quite strong.

And the cake is dry.

I believe it.

The buttercream was a good consistency.

Wow, the first positive thing.
Thank you, Nicole.

[Nicole laughs]

Ooh, she coming for you, Jacques!

[Gabby] It was very dry,

and I feel like the mango
is definitely overpowering.

-Stacey, thank you.
-You're welcome.

-[Nicole] It's Shane's turn.
-Yes.

The buttercream is melted.

so certainly you stacked your cake

-when it was hot.
-Right.

Also, maybe one of the problems,

-we see you open and close the oven a lot.
-[Nicole squeals]

-[Gabby laughs]
-There's something crunchy!

Like, super crunchy.

-Maybe they're sprinkles.
-That wasn't a sprinkle!

That was too big!

-There are little pearls in there, too.
-Yes! Oh, man, that was scary!

[gasps] Sorry!

It was on the dry side...

But wet, all at the same time.

That was confusing.

Thank you very much.

-Happy to be here.
-[Nicole] All right, Steph.

Cake is not bad.

I don't know, what flavor did you put?

Pineapple and coconut.

I kind of like that flavor.
You didn't overpower it.

I would have to agree.
I like the taste.

It's like a luau in your mouth.

[laughter]

[Nicole] Honestly...

I'm floored...

that your cake was edible.

All right, judges.

It is time to announce the winner

of the $10,000

and the Nailed It! trophy.

Wes!

[whistle blows]

-Oh, boy.
-That's pretty great.

[Nicole] Oh, boy, Wes.

-He's sweating!
-Oh, you're glistening, Wes.

Oh, my gosh.

Gabby, are you ready to make it splash

-with the cash?
-Ready.

-Wow.
-[Nicole] All right. Jacques?

Bakers, today we make our decision
on look and taste.

So the winner is...

-Steph!
-[Shane] Hey!

-[Nicole] Congratulations!
-[Steph] Oh, my God!

[Steph squeals]

Oh, my God!

Oh, I love this.

I am so excited!

The underdog did come out on top.

I knew you would do it.

We really are competitive,

so knowing that my twin sister
was rooting for me,

it was something great to have.

Do you want a hug?

I didn't think this was going to happen,
and I'm so happy.

In sports, we say:
"It ain't over 'til it's over."

Well, it's over.

But we have plenty more episodes
of Nailed It!

if you want to continue
your couch marathon.

Remember, champions never quit.

-[Jacques] Nicole, where are you, Nicole?
-I'm coming.