How's Your Stress?

Occasionally my husband and I watch a show while we are eating dinner.  In fact, we have a repertoire of shows that we watch that help distract from the day's work, including shows like The Mandalorian, Somebody Feed Phil, and Enterprise.  However, we just finished an episode of the Greatest British Baking Show (Italian Week) and I am distracted AND completely stressed out!  How am I going to sleep after watching that?  Tonight there were injuries, high temperatures, and devastating outcomes.  

I'd love more details about how this show actually works.  Matt and I observed that the contestants are often wearing the same clothes, leaving us to hypothesize that they are working on multiple challenges over the course of the day, and they all seem very familiar, even comfortable as if they have spent an extended period of time together.  

The other interesting thing is that we have heard Judge Paul ask contestants if they practiced the type of baking as they are discussing what the plan is for their dish.  Practice?  I pretty much thought these guys walked in off the street to do the contest.  Having said that - there are a few of the contestants that seem very calm and collected (professional perhaps) while others are a total disaster.  

Tonight Yan got eliminated - her pastries didn't laminate the way they should have.  I can't believe it. I'm devastated for her. (I now know what laminating means, in baking at least, by the way).  

And yet, her concession was so lovely - "I loved every minute," she said to Judge Pru.  

How for real is this show? And, who is the retired 80's rocker who announces who is going home?