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Nicola Methven & Katie Fitzpatrick

Who has left Great British Bake Off tonight? Drama as second contestant leaves show

There was high emotion and drama in the Bake Off tent as the second contestant left the 12th series of the Channel Four show.

Maggie burst into tears and Amanda suffered a second collapsed showstopper of the series.

However it was Jairzeno who bowed out of The Great British Bake Off in biscuit week.

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The 51-year-old finance manager, who started baking a decade ago, ran out of time with his 'messy' brandy snaps in the first challenge.

Judge Prue Leith said the flavours were “too strong" and she added “I couldn't eat a whole one.”

Jairzeno was the second contestant to leave (Mark Bourdillon/Love Productions)

Paul Hollywood agreed, telling him his concoction was "not well executed."

He then produced some deepy dodgy "hard" and "thin" jammy dodgers in the technical task, finishing near the bottom in ninth place.

But it was his ship showstopper, with a broken mast and missing sail, that showed him the exit.

"It's more of a shipwreck than a ship," he confessed, before showing it to the judges, who branded it "rough and ready."

Last week viewers were amazed that he made it through to week two after serving up a "pink blob" as his unfinished showstopper, which did not fulfil the 'gravity-defying' brief.

But Jairzeno said he knew it was his time to leave.

He sighed: “In the first challenge I really did run out of time and I was rushing around, although I finished, it didn’t have my usual presentation. In the technical I overbeat the mixture and that didn’t go in my favour.

“Then the mast on my boat fell down in the showstopper, and I lost a sail, so it didn’t look as great at the end as all the other bakers.

"I kind of knew there and then it was time to go. In the future I will make biscuits that don’t involve engineering.”

Met Police detective Amanda, 56, thought it might be her turn to go, saying: “Mine's the only one that collapsed so I think my chances of staying are slim.”

But gracious Jairzeno told her: “It was so pretty Amanda - compared to my ship.”

And tearful ex-nurse Maggie, 70, whose brandy snaps were "pale and chewy" and whose beach-hut showstopper was "too basic" wept: "I'd give anything to have another week. But everybody is so much more skilful."

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