Nailed It! (2018–…): Season 5, Episode 4 - Travel Dos and Donuts - full transcript

[theme music playing]

Carry-on? Check.
Passport? Check. Destination?

Right here on the set of Nailed It!,
where the cakes aim to fly high

but have a failure to launch.

I'm your jet-setting host, Nicole Byer.

We know you're baking
with your friends and family,

so we thought,
"Why not make the set twice as chaotic?"

We got three teams of sightseeing pals

nervously waiting
to take flight into baking stardom.

At stake, a chance to win $10,000!
It's gonna be double trouble.

So, let's meet our teams.
I love traveling!



-I'm Joey, and I'm an actor.
-My name is Hunter, and I'm also an actor.

We're going to nail it.

-[Hunter] We're best friends.
-[Joey] Yep, we're BFFs.

[Hunter] We're sisters. We're soul mates.

I feel like we also really listen
to each other very well.

We're not twins,
but we always say we have "twinstinct."

-What am I thinking right now?
-What we're eating for dinner.

I actually was.

-This is my boyfriend, Phil.
-And this is my girlfriend, Kenzie.

When I am baking,
Kenzie refers to me as Sir Mix-a-Lot.

And it is the cutest thing,
and I feel so empowered and so strong.

Wow, I didn't know that's what
I was doing for you! I love that.

-I'm glad you're on my team.
-I'm glad you're on my team.

-I'm Diana.
-I'm Jackie.



-We met in college 39 years ago.
-[groans]

We have never baked together.

[Jackie] I think we maybe
made a batch of cookies in college.

I think they burned.

We probably, maybe
should've thought about practicing

before we came on the show.
Was that a mistake?

We'll be fine. Don't worry.

[Nicole] Welcome, bakers!

Bonjour! Hola! Ciao!

Ni hao! Konichiwa! Guten Tag!

Can I say hi?

-Sorry.
-[all laugh]

-Hello. You're killing me.
-[Diana] Hello.

-Hi. That scared me.
-[both laughing]

Teams, like a chocolate-fueled 747,

his sweets will transport you
to another place.

It is pastry chef extraordinaire
Jacques Torres!

-Merci, Nicole.
-[contestants cheering, applauding]

[in French] Today we are going to have
a superb show!

Oui! Oui! Oui! I couldn't agree more!

Oh, especially with our special guest
who is Bobby Lee. Hi, Bobby!

-Hi, thank you for having me.
-[Jacques] Hi, Bobby!

Hello, Jacques, how are you?

Good, dude!

I love cakes. Check out my body.

-And I'm just very happy to be here.
-[both laughing]

Okay, teams, pack those bags

because today's show
is all about world travel.

And it's time to take off
in our Baker's Choice challenge.

Y'know, some tourists get called
"rude," "annoying," "ignorant,"

never "fluffy," "sweet," or "delicious."

But all that is about to change today
when you make these...

-What?
-[Hunter chuckles]

[Nicole] Spiced donut tourists!

Just look at those jet-setting,
deep-fried dough families on vacation.

What a treat for them and our mouths.

-Ooh.
-Yay!

These cake donuts are Long John style,
made from butter infused

with the spice flavor
of either cardamom from Armenia,

anise from Italy, or saffron from India.

They are fried to perfection
then decorated with modeling chocolate.

A wafer paper flag
complete the finishing look.

But which spice donut family
will your teams be making?

Diana and Jackie, what are you gonna pick?

[both] Italy.

[Nicole] Okay. Ciao bella.

Phil and Kenzie, you come second.
Which doughy family do you choose?

-Armenia.
-[Nicole] Okay.

Joey, Hunter, oops! I skipped you!

We got India!

-India!
-[all laugh]

Oh, you guys have 45 minutes starting now!

-[Klaxon buzzes]
-Go! Go!

-[exhales sharply] Let's go.
-Okay, um, I need two eggs.

-"One cup of milk."
-[Jackie] I'll get the milk.

Mix... Okay, two eggs.

-[Joey] What are you grabbing?
-Wait, what is that?

It's easier to melt
'cause it's already out.

Jacques, how would you go about making
these spiced donut tourists?

We have two bakers
and a lot of details work to do.

First, the bakers must make their dough
using their different spices.

They will cut out two donuts
and put them in the fryer.

While one baker is frying the donuts,

the other must focus
on the fondant decoration.

When all that is done,
they need to decorate their donuts,

bringing their tourists to life.

-Bobby, could you do that?
-No, I've never baked anything in my life.

Oh, I've done, y'know,
when you go to the tube of cookie.

-Yes, you slice it up. Okay.
-I could do that. I could slice it up.

I'm pretty good at that. [chuckles]

-[Nicole chuckles]
-Real good.

Yeah, real good. Yeah, dude.

[Hunter] "Mix eggs, butter, and milk
in a small bowl."

[chuckling] I dropped the butter.
Better get new butter.

-[Hunter] Why? What did you do? [giggles]
-[Joey] I dropped the butter on the floor.

Under pressure, I'm not great.

-I'm shaking!
-[Hunter] Don't shake.

Wait, what do I microwave this in?

That's why we're not surgeons.

-[Joey] Gonna go get some stuff.
-[Hunter] It's not plugged in.

I love the frenzy and the panic.

-Yes.
-That's how I wake up in the morning. Aah!

Y'know what I mean? Crazy.

-I don't think you dump it in.
-[Joey] How much...

-[Hunter] I don't know. You dash it in.
-[Joey] It'll be super saffrony.

I don't want the judges to be like,

"Your donut lacked the flavor
of the spice you were supposed to use."

-I don't know what to do.
-Add a dash more.

No, no, no, don't add a dash more. Okay.

-[Hunter chuckles]
-Fingers crossed.

It's looking like dough!

[Phil] We're just trying to make sure
we don't pour too much cardamom.

[Kenzie] To, like, make sure
that the flavor's right.

Oh, that's really nice.

One thing that we have in common
is our love for travel.

We get ourselves
into so many crazy situations.

Kenzie's definitely puked
into my palms a few times.

-[chuckling] No, please.
-[laughs]

I think it actually enhances
our relationship

and how we work together as a team.

[Kenzie] Taste that after it's warm.

[Phil] I did. I'll taste it again, though.

-Smart move. You're so smart.
-[gasps] Thanks.

Young love.

I like them.

How do I get into a relationship?

[Diana] Eggs, melted butter. Okay.

[Jackie] I'm gonna go with the teaspoon
and hope that that is good.

We're both pretty easygoing personalities.

[Diana] But the type A will come in.
We're like "Oh my gosh."

"We have how much time?
And they want us to make what?"

Wow, this is taking too long. Jackie,
we should already be frying our donuts!

[Jackie] No, we should not.

[Diana] Trying to remember
everything we need to do

that normally would take this much time,
if we had endless amounts of time,

and squeeze it into this much time.

Oh my gosh, Jackie.
We are just, like, so behind.

[Jackie] We're fine.

We need to turn this into our donuts.

Let's make a little donut. There. Let's...

-What are you doing? It's doesn't need...
-I'm tying a knot.

[both laugh]

Have you ever seen a donut with a knot?

[shushing] Nobody look.

Good enough.

Thirty-one minutes remain!

-[screams] It does go really fast!
-[Nicole] Oh no!

-Oh my goodness!
-[Jackie] We're fine. We're fine.

-Go. How long do we drop it in for?
-Don't know. Think that if we...

If we stand here and watch it,
I bet it'll get done quicker.

[chuckles] Okay, do you
wanna, like, flip it over? Okay.

-[Joey] Does that look done to you?
-[Hunter] Nope, that's raw.

Okay, ready?

[Jackie] One at a time?

-[Diana] Thirty seconds.
-[Jackie] Okay.

[Jacques] If they only leave that
for 30 seconds,

we're gonna have a really raw donut.

-Oh, those look great.
-I don't know. They might be raw.

They have a lot of dough.

So, put two in the fryer

-so you can open one.
-Yeah. Yeah.

And then you know the other one
if it's cooked or not.

I think this is done.
Let's take this off, shall we?

We don't want to give you raw dough!

[chuckling]

[Kenzie] They're rising.

-[Phil] We've never made donuts before.
-[Kenzie] I know, baby.

-Maybe we should start making donuts.
-We should start making donuts.

I believe in them.

If I ever get a boyfriend,
I hope he calls me "hot sugar."

I wanted to put them on paper towels, but...

I've had a lot of donuts in my lifetime.

I know that you have to strain
and drain the donuts, and they didn't.

-So, what's gonna happen?
-It's gonna be greasy.

Ooh.

-Do you have a toothpick? No?
-[Phil] Yeah, I have the toothpicks here.

[Kenzie] Oh. Thanks, babe.

-No problem, baby!
-[giggles]

[Nicole] I want someone to love me!

I've never worked with fondant
in my whole life.

-Is this a good shirt size? Or not?
-[Hunter] I don't know.

-[Joey] Well, that's not her size.
-[Hunter] Close enough.

[Joey] She got a size too small
at the store.

We gotta make the hat.
That was made out of fondant?

[Hunter] No, modeling chocolate.

-Who said?
-That's what stands up.

Compared to long hours on a movie set,
Nailed It! is pretty dang hard.

Those are her pants.
She needs a book. [chuckles]

-[Hunter] I gotta make hair.
-I didn't roll enough yellow to make hair.

My arms are getting tired
from rolling all this fondant. It's hard!

-[Hunter] We need the girl's face.
-[Joey] Gotta make her glasses.

-Joey...
-Oh, wait the hat! Oh my God.

Oh my God, wait.

-Oh my God!
-[laughs]

-[Joey whimpering]
-Okay, we have enough time.

[Joey whispering] I don't know
what I'm doing. [laughs]

-[Diana] What do you need help with?
-[Jackie] We need the details.

Oh, we have to do that flag too.

-[Diana] I don't know. Ready?
-[Jackie] Green.

[Diana] How much time do we have?

[Jackie] It's gonna be purple.

[Diana] Okay, flag's done! Whoo-hoo!

Oh no, it broke. Shoot!

How much time's left?

Good enough.

We gotta start working on that hat.

[Jackie] Okay, the hat.
Modeling chocolate.

I think they rolled this into a disk.

-Diana?
-[Diana] Yes, ma'am?

I'm worried about your Crocs.
How come they're not in sport mode?

No, I move better this way.

[jazz music playing]

[Nicole] Yeah,
I don't want you to slip out.

When we win, I can kick it up,
and it'll do a little flip.

-I hope it doesn't land in the fryer.
-[Diana laughs]

There, I think this is a good enough hat.
How much time's left?

Seven minutes remain!

Is this the fanny pack?
We'll turn it into the fanny pack.

-[Kenzie] How do we get it to stick?
-How?

-I'll be right back. I'm gonna run into...
-Yeah. Okay.

My problem-solving side kicks in,

and I'm thinking,
"Okay, we need some sort of a glue."

I found this awesome stuff
called "marshmallow creme."

Okay.

-Do you think this is gonna work?
-[Phil] I think so.

Marshmallow creme is a brilliant idea.

-Is the marshmallow creme working?
-[Phil] It's working.

-Good job, babe.
-[both] Yay!

-[Phil] It's getting messy now. I'm sorry.
-[Kenzie] Yep.

[Phil] I'm so sorry.

So, what we gotta do here
is, like, throw that on there.

[Kenzie chuckling]

-[Phil] It's so cute!
-[Kenzie] Is it gonna stay on?

Yeah, it's gonna stay on.

We've been painting vodka on the fondant
to get it to stick to the donut.

-Where did you learn that technique?
-By watching Jacques get mad at people.

-Okay.
-I'm impressed.

What's the best thing
to use for the adhesive?

There's vodka here. Not only it stick
the fondant, but then you can drink it.

[laughs]

Two and a half minutes remain.

-[Phil] There, eyebrows.
-[Kenzie] Okay, wait.

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.

Is it... is it going well?

We're done!

-Wait, are we?
-We're done.

Oh, you're done?
You wanna tweak anything, add anything?

[Phil] No, let's hug it out.

-[Kenzie chuckling]
-[Phil sighs]

Is it a good sign
that they're done by now or...

They have a little bit more time
to work the details.

-[Bobby] Right.
-We did it.

Forty seconds remain!

-[Jackie] Camera!
-[Diana] Oh, camera!

-You got the camera?
-I didn't make a camera.

-Did you make a camera?
-[Diana] No. Can we have gray?

Oh no, I ruined her eyeballs.

Is there anything
we should, like, redo or improve?

-I can't reach.
-Everything?

Why don't we...

-What does it go on?
-Over here.

See, and then we can decorate it on here.

Let's put Matilda.

-[Joey] You named them without me?
-[both chuckle]

-Time?
-[Jackie] Ten seconds!

[judges] Ten, nine, eight,

seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

You're done!

-[alarm blares]
-Yeah!

Wow, 45 minutes.

[Jackie] That goes fast.

Diana and Jackie.

Let's remember the spiced donut tourist
you were trying to make,

and let's see the tour of Italy you made!

[drumroll]

[Diana and Jackie] Nailed it!

-Okay. I...
-Okay. [chuckles]

[Nicole] They look a little bit
like SpongeBob and SpongeBob's dad.

-[Diana] Yeah.
-[Jackie] Can't disagree.

[Jacques] I love the painting.

The hat may be a little bit large,
but it's very sunny and hot, so you know...

It is.

If I saw that in a storefront somewhere,
I would buy that.

-Oh!
-Oh, thank you!

-I hope it tastes as good as it looks.
-Yeah, well, don't count on that.

-Uh-oh.
-[Diana and Jackie chuckle]

[Nicole] Jacques, will you do the honors?

-[Jacques] Does that look like it hurt?
-[Nicole] Yes, decapitate.

-Thank you.
-[Jacques] Thank you.

-Thank you so much.
-Bobby!

-Dude!
-Hey, bro!

What's up, dude?

I have to say
that the spice is on-target to me.

Unfortunately, it's a little bit unbaked.

So you have
that funny texture in your mouth.

The taste was pretty good.

In the beginning,
it was like, "It's a donut."

Then all of a sudden,
it was like, "It's gum."

Took me about 90 chews
to get through it but very nice, ladies.

[both] Thank you.

I like the taste. I think you're right.
I think it was pretty spot-on.

Not too much spice.
All right, ladies, thank you so much.

-Thank you.
-Thank you, ladies.

Jacques, let's go. We have to catch
our flight to see another donut.

Oh!

[woman] Passengers,
please proceed to the gate.

Wow, what a long flight.

-Hello, Joey and Hunter.
-[both laughing]

[Nicole] These are
the spiced donut tourists

you were trying to make.

Let's see what you did.

[drumroll]

-[Joey and Hunter] Nailed it!
-[Bobby laughs]

-[Hunter chuckles]
-[Nicole] Why are the eyes red?

-[Bobby] Yeah!
-[Joey] Why are the eyes red?

-She got into something, obviously.
-Oh, okay.

Would you buy these at a donut shop?

-[in singsong] For a joke.
-[Nicole laughs]

-[both laugh]
-[Bobby] I'm not making fun of it.

I just didn't know
what I was looking at at first.

[laughs]

Symmetry is very important
when you make faces.

Here it's a little bit funny

because they're definitely
an asymmetrical result,

but when you look at them, you smile.

I can't wait to taste these donuts.
Jacques, will you cut 'em?

Sorry, dude. I'm gonna cut you in half.

-[Nicole] Oh no.
-[Bobby] Oh no.

Ooh!

I'm so sorry.
To me it tastes like chlorine.

[both laugh]

Like, that's why her eyes are the way...

-"Don't eat me!"
-The saffron is strong.

I just... I mean... I'm so sorry.
I just can't put it inside the body.

Yeah, it was... This tasted... This was bad.

[both laugh]

-Jacques? Bobby?
-[Bobby] Yes.

We gotta get on a train!

-[Bobby] Let's go! Let's get outta here!
-Bye.

All right, Phil, Kenzie.

This is the spiced donut tourist
you were trying to make.

Let's see what you did!

[drumroll]

-[Phil and Kenzie] Nailed it!
-[Bobby chuckles] Aw.

Okay, I'll say this.
Y'all had time to fix those arms.

-[Phil] What arms? Those arms?
-[Nicole] Those don't look like arms.

By making the fondant
a little bit thicker,

then it's a little bit more straight,
look a little bit more together.

We're being a little hard on you
because you had so much time left.

-I know.
-I know. We're sorry.

You don't have to apologize to me.
You can apologize to yourselves.

[both] I'm sorry.

That was adorable.
Man, I wanna be in a relationship so bad,

but the Lord says, "Not for you."

Hey, Jacques,
you wanna cut into those donuts?

-Yes, Nicole.
-Oh no, I'm so scared.

-This is the brother.
-I love the little brother. Thank you.

I don't really feel the spice.
Did you feel the spice? No, huh?

The donut part of it
was just absolutely plain.

-A little greasy.
-[Jacques] Yep, you're right.

When the donuts came out of the fryer,
where did you put it?

-We let it...
-We put it on paper towels.

-[Jacques] On a paper towel, okay.
-Yes.

But we all have eyes.

And we didn't see you
put it on paper towels.

Someone rewind the tapes!

[rewinding]

I wanted to put them on paper towels but...

-[laughs]
-Maybe I didn't put the big ones, okay.

I thought the marshmallow fluff
brought some sweetness to it

because the donut itself
wasn't very sweet.

But it was cooked all the way through,
and that, for me, was fun.

We have a very difficult choice to make.

We need to decide

which one of these tourist donuts
was the best tourist donut.

-Let's do it!
-Let's get on a boat!

[ship horn blowing]

[Phil inhales sharply]

All right, bakers.

Jacques, which one of these teams earned
our first-class ticket of approval?

You all end up with donuts on your table,
and that's the good news.

But none of them was really good.

So we based our judgment
on the look of the donuts.

And the winner is...

Diana and Jackie.

-Oh my God!
-Whoo! Yay!

You are sure to transport
your friends and family

to incredible culinary destinations

with these stainless steel
cookware and bakeware sets.

-[all applauding]
-Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

You also get
your golden Nailed It! baker's hats!

Oh boy, oh boy, congratulations!

[in French] It's magnificent,
but we are pressed for time.

But thankfully,
it's a short trip to round two.

[laughing] You guys
can just stand right there.

Baking teams,
this next Nail It or Fail It challenge

could be a real gas, or it could suck
all the air out of the room.

Bobby, why don't you fill them in?

Don't mind if I do, Nicole.

Teams, we're taking you all
to great heights.

In fact, you'll get more high
than you've ever been before

when you make this...

-[both gasp]
-It's a hot-air balloon cake!

[both chuckling]

[Nicole] Yes! You'll be baking a cake

of one of the earliest modes
of successful human flight

until they realized, "Oh boy,
you can't steer the dang thing."

This hot-air balloon cake
is stacked and carved blue velvet cake

with rice cereal dome on the top.

The balloon is covered
with fondant stripes

and draped in fondant decoration.

The figure and basket
are modeling chocolate

with isomalt used
for the balloon's furnace flame.

What do you think, teams?
Are you blown away?

[contestants laugh]

You could say that.

There's $10,000
for the duo who does it the best.

You have 90 minutes on the clock.
Chocks away! That means go!

-[Hunter] Oh my gosh!
-[Nicole grunts]

"Mix all the wet in a bowl.
Add the wet to the dry cake mix."

"One container of cake mix. Four eggs."

You take a bowl, and I'll take a bowl.
And we'll each make one.

Two different size bowls.
What could go wrong?

-"Four..."
-[both laugh]

Jacques, how would you go about
making this hot-air balloon cake?

The balloon has a lot of detail, so it's
a lot of work even with two people.

First, one them should make
their blue velvet batter

and get the cake into the oven.

The other person
can make their buttercream,

create their isomalt flame,
and form their balloon basket.

Then together, they should stack the cake,
cover it with fondant

and add all the details to create
their stunning hot-air balloon cake.

Yeah, that looks easy. I could do it.

I could do it.

I could do it.

[laughs]

[Kenzie] Wow, that's gonna be
a really blue cake.

-Sir Mix-a-Lot working.
-[in singsong] Sir Mix-a-Lot.

-[record scratching]
-[laughs] Thank you.

Strategy for round two, dawg,
is to... [laughs]

We're just gonna wing it.

-We have no plan.
-No plan.

-[Hunter] This doesn't seem right.
-[Joey] Oh, that's so much!

It says two tablespoons!

That's perfect!

[both chuckle]

Do we, since it
has to start off smaller and get bigger,

make smaller and bigger ca...

No. That's stupid.

Joey, do you know
which pans you're gonna use?

-We're trying to figure that out.
-I'm so confused.

-[Bobby chuckles]
-[Hunter laughs]

[Kenzie] I'm ready
to put these into the pan.

[Phil] Perfect. Go to the next one.

While this one's expanding,
go to the next one.

[Jackie] Right.

Just spray the heck out of it.
I don't see parchment paper, so...

[Jackie] Going in.

[Diana] I might've over-sprayed
those pans.

This is looking very, very blue,
but let's go.

[Diana] Okay.
How long do you wanna cook these for?

[Jackie] Um, let's go with 18, 20?

[Hunter] Careful.

[Kenzie] Okay, lower.

Wow! You guys have less than an hour left!

[Diana] That's so much time.

[Jackie] You're the buttercream queen.
You start on that.

Teamwork makes the dream work.

-[Diana] Can you open this?
-[Jackie] Okay.

Oh yeah, give it
to the old arthritic lady.

[Diana] All right, let me try.

Diana and Jackie, how's it going?

[Jackie] We're still a work in progress.

[chuckles]

-[Jackie] It's sabotage!
-[Diana] Got it!

Got it! Got it!

Okay, three vanilla,
and we're gonna put one almond.

[Jackie] Yeah.

Being older than the other contestants
has both its advantages and disadvantages.

I have made a lot of meals
over 27 years of marriage.

And I just feel like that's got to give me
an edge over someone who's 25 years old.

[Diana] But young people
have a lot of energy.

[Jackie] So, there's that.

[both chuckling]

-But we still got 'em.
-Yeah.

You can smell that almond in here,
let me tell you.

Jacques, I really wanna travel.

And my next destination
is gonna be France.

-Ooh.
-And I need to learn some French.

So I brought my travel book.

-Could you help me pronounce some things?
-Of course, my pleasure.

"Blank manger."

Blancmange.

Oh, blancmange!
I've been saying it wrong for years!

"Fro-mayge blank."

-Fromage.
-Fromage.

-Blanc.
-Blanc.

-Fromage blanc.
-That means white cheese.

[Jacques] White cheese.

-What's black cheese?
-We don't do it.

You don't have black cheese? Wow, racism!

-[laughing] Joey!
-My thumb is stuck. [laughs]

-[laughs]
-I feel like we gotta cut the butter.

-"Heat the butter on..."
-Thank God I did.

[laughing] They would've eaten
some plastic wrap.

[Joey laughs]

Joey, Hunter.

No saffron, please.

[chuckles]

-We overdid it on the saffron.
-We definitely overdid it on the saffron.

[chuckles]

-It's amazing.
-It's amazing? Yes!

-You love to hear it.
-You love to hear it.

[Joey] You love to hear it.

"Add the sugar, milk, and vanilla mix."
Okay, eight cups of sugar.

I am in charge of all things cake.

Phil is awesome at mushing fondant
into shape like Play-Doh. [chuckles]

-It was a nostalgic experience.
-[laughing] Yeah.

-How's it going over there?
-[Phil] Working on the basket.

Giving it some braided texture.

-Hello, Phil!
-What's up, bro?

What are you working on, Phil?

-I'm trying to get this carriage together.
-Uh-huh.

-Check it out.
-Wow! That looks great.

Do you think they're wearing
a couple's outfit?

One is the tree,
and one is the banana from the tree?

[laughs]

[Nicole] Y'know what? Who wants love?
You can be an independent woman.

We don't need no man.

[Joey] How long do we have left
on the cake?

-[Hunter] Test it.
-It's a t... It's overbaked, honestly.

[Kenzie] Clean or wet?

-[Phil] This one's good.
-Yeah.

-Ooh, they might be overdone. Oops.
-[Jackie] Oh!

If it doesn't come out,
jump on it. [chuckles]

My bongo.

That's very bad advice.

Yes!

It didn't come out, Jacques. Oh God!

Y'know what, we'll make it work.
Oh, wow, this is really stuck.

[Jackie] I'm sorry. I thought
I really sprayed it hard.

Ah! Good enough. All right.
Get ready for the blast chiller.

Thirty-three minutes remain!

Literally, like, all the assembly
still needs to get done.

Oh, so stressed about time.

Phil and Kenzie,
their bottom cake is too big.

If it's too big, it's not going to hold
on the stand, and everything collapse.

-We need more.
-We're here making a mess. It's wonderful.

-What should we add as a surprise?
-Oh, I don't know. Um, go look.

We don't have a lot of time.

-We still gotta fondant the whole thing.
-Go, look. You'll make something up.

I really think we need
to wow the judges this time.

So, I think, why not add
special ingredient from the pantry?

[Hunter] Peanut butter?

I don't wanna have a bland cake. I want
something to stand out, wow them.

[Hunter] I'd like
a surprise peanut butter cup...

[Joey] Don't spend too long on that.

-We have so much to do.
-[Hunter] Okay.

Does this look right, Joey?
Why is there so much space?

Why are you putting another thing...
Okay, yeah, that's fine. I don't know.

There's a huge gap,
and I don't know what to do about it.

[Joey] I don't know,
but I'm getting tired.

[Hunter laughs]

Twenty-two minutes remain!

Should we try covering it up?
I mean, what the heck, right?

[Diana] Oh, this is breaking, Jackie.
It's too dry now. [groans]

What do we need to wet it?

[Diana] Oh, it's gonna fall! Shoot!

Our fondant's falling apart.

-And our balloon's falling over.
-I feel like the balloon's gonna fall.

Diana and Jackie cake's starting to lean.

-Oh no!
-Maybe the wind, it's pushing the balloon.

[wind whooshing]

[chuckles]

This looks more
like a head than a balloon.

[laughs]

Our heroes are looking
more like zeros right about now.

I don't freaking know. This is so bad.

[laughs]

Phil and Kenzie's cake
is not balloon-shaped.

-[Jacques] Maybe it's deflated.
-[balloon squeaking]

-Isn't it beautiful?
-[laughs]

-I'll get the cotton candy.
-You sure?

-You finish this.
-Oh shoot!

[in singsong] Our cake is falling apart.

There are two distinct layers
to our cake. [laughing]

-Joey, Hunter, how's it going?
-It's not going so well, Nicole.

Oh.

-But we're having a great time.
-[Hunter chuckles]

[laughing] Our man is so great.

[chuckling] He's so scared.

[screaming]

-[Jackie] There. He's got hair.
-[Diana] What else do we need?

We don't have time for the red.

[Jackie] All right, where's the other guy?
Oh shoot! The isomalt!

Does it stretch? It stretches, right?

[Diana] Yeah.
This is gonna be wild flames.

[Kenzie] Oh, beautiful. Nice.
It looks great. Okay. [chuckles]

Where's our fire?

One minute remains!

That was the quickest hour and a half.
Why can't cardio time go by that quickly?

[chuckles]

Now the pressure's on.

[Hunter] If acting doesn't work out
for us, we know where to go next.

-Let me just like, y'know...
-Yeah.

[laughs] This is...

This entire thing is falling.

Go, go, go. Hurry, hurry, hurry.
Put that up, put that up.

[Phil] I forgot the rope
that ties everything together. [chuckles]

Those guys are hanging on for dear life.

[judges] Five, four, three, two, one!

-You're done!
-[alarm blares]

All right. Diana and Jackie.

Please roll your cake on over to us.

This is the hot-air balloon cake
you were trying to make.

Let's see what you did!

[drumroll]

-[Diana and Jackie] Nailed it!
-[laughs]

You know!

-[Jacques] It's...
-[Jackie] We know. [chuckles]

[Nicole] Yeah, okay.
It is a little patchy.

It looks like we cut fondant pieces
and put it together

like a quilt, if you will.

I think it's amazing that you calculated
the wind was coming from the east.

You put those guys on the west.

And the balloon
is leaning on that direction.

Wait a second. Wait a second.
It's perfect.

[all laugh]

It looks... It's shaped like earwax.

Like, if I had earwax come out of my ear,
it'd be kinda like that. It's interesting.

-Thank you. Interesting is a good word.
-Well, I can't wait to taste it.

-[Bobby] Thank you.
-But we got other cakes to see.

Joey and Hunter. Let's see what you did!

[drumroll]

-[Joey and Hunter] Nailed it!
-Oh! Whoa!

-This is funny, people!
-[all laugh]

[Nicole] This is wild, and I like it.

The longer you look at it,
the more things you discover.

[all laugh]

I don't know why the cake
is split on the middle like that.

Little bit of buttercream

before putting the fondant,
that will resolve the problem.

But again, we have the balloon.
We have the two people.

-Yeah. It's not a balloon. Right?
-[Joey] No.

-But it is an interesting art form.
-[Joey chuckles]

It's open for interpretation.

Oh boy, Joey, Hunter, thank you.

[both] Thank you.

Phil and Kenzie.

Last but not least, it is your turn,
and let's see what you made!

[drumroll]

[Phil and Kenzie] Nailed it!

-I like it. Well, this is fun.
-[laughs]

-[Nicole] This is so fun!
-[Phil and Kenzie] Thank you.

[Nicole] It is not a balloon shape.

It's more like a big marshmallow
with stuff on it.

If somebody showed me a photo
of this and asked me what it is,

a hot-air balloon is not what I'd say.
I'd probably say, "Swedish flag,"

-or, "Bart Simpson's head."
-[laughs]

[Nicole] Oh boy.

The bottom cake was a little too big.
This is why you don't have the egg shape

of the balloon on the bottom.

-We were running out of time in the end.
-[Jacques] Yes.

And we just wanted to have a cake.

All three cakes
have truly put a smile on my face.

And now, our three teams will cut us

a nice, beautiful slice
of their hot-air balloon cake.

-And guess what we're gonna do, Bobby?
-Yeah. Eat it.

-Yeah, but first we're gonna sit.
-[Bobby] Oh.

I'm really hoping the judges
like our wild choices.

Between the peanut butter cups

and all of our candy,
we need this to work.

All right. Let's taste these cakes.

Diana and Jackie, you guys are up first.

-The cake is a little bit on the dry side.
-Oh.

The buttercream is good.
Do you have vanilla in it?

Almond and vanilla.

-I like the almond. It was a little dry.
-Yeah.

-But I like the way it tasted.
-Thank you.

I guess it tasted better than earwax.

[all laugh]

-I have delicious earwax, by the way.
-[laughs]

I like the way it tasted as well.

I think it's well-baked.
I tasted the almond.

-Ladies, you did a really nice job.
-[both] Thank you.

All right, Joey and Hunter.

The last thing you served us was scary.

-Yes.
-We're hoping that this is not as scary.

[chuckling] Fingers crossed.

[Jacques] I think it's
some type of candy in it.

What type on candy did you put?
Chocolate and...

-[both] Peanut butter cups.
-Oh, peanut butter cups.

Other than a little bit on the dry side,
I love the peanut butter. Thank you.

-I have PTSD from your last item.
-[laughs]

I thought it was a little dry, but it's
a far improvement from your last item.

[both] Thank you.

Maybe I don't know
what dry cake is anymore.

-I thought this was pretty moist.
-[all laugh]

I love peanut butter cups.
This was pretty good.

Thank you.

All right, Phil and Kenzie!

-Whoo!
-[both laughing]

[Jacques] The cake
is a little bit more moist.

But the buttercream's a little bit sweet.
It's not bad.

What Jacques said is right.
It's, like, it's okay,

but it just didn't really tickle my fancy.

I love you two as people though.

-Thank you.
-[Nicole] I liked it.

I think all three are equal moistures.
I don't think one is dryer than the other.

I liked your buttercream.
I thought it was nice and sweet.

All right, judges.

-Are we ready to announce the winner?
-Oh yeah.

Remember, whoever wins
this challenge gets $10,000

and the Nailed It! trophy.

Wes?

[triumphant music playing]

[unzipping]

[Nicole] Oh, travel-size.

[Joey chuckling]

Thank you, Wes.

[both laugh]

Bobby, do you have
the traveler's checks ready?

-[Bobby] Oh yeah, yeah.
-[Nicole] All right, Jacques?

You all make a hot-air balloon
that was standing.

So, we cannot judge on the look.

So, we did judge
on the taste and creativity.

So, the winner is

-Joey and Hunter.
-[gasps]

[all cheering, applauding]

[Hunter] Whoo!

-We won!
-How did that even happen?

We are so happy to be able to donate
this money to this amazing organization.

The UN Refugee Agency.

-[Joey exhales]
-Congratulations.

[both] Thank you.

I'm so proud of you.
I had so much fun today with you.

-Can't wait to bake when we get home.
-Let's go home.

-[all applauding]
-Well, I'm off! Got a flight to catch!

[chuckles]

Bye!

-[Jacques] Nicole! Nicole!
-[Joey] Bye, Nicole!

Goodbye.

Where are you going, Nicole?

You did not finish the show, Nicole!
We need you!

[contestants chuckling]

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