Already decided...I think

Yes, even I think the same...

Yeah, looked like the chefs wanted him to be safe before he completely lost his nerve and lost the battle..
There is some major politics going on in the show and the look of the other contestants is proof of that. It was not jealousy but that look of accepted weariness that whatever we did would not have mattered

I agree that Ripu's dish actually looked weaker than Devyani's and Yasmeen's today.. Both of them thought completely out of the box, and Ripu chose more of the traditional way..

I wanted to taste what devyani had made. it looks soo yummy.

I thought Devyani would win. Her dish was innovative.

Plzzz...what if he got it he deserves it...judges are there to decide and they know how to judge...I agree that devyani and Yasmin tried something new but may be that doesn't suite the taste of golgappa in views of judges...Ripu tried his best and the results are here...he is totally deserving

Agree Devyani's a and Yasmeen's dish was out of the box.. But both had tried to give a sweet/fruity dish..

This week and todays challenge was to invent a new type of chatpata golgapa ..

Just my humble opinion..Golgapa being a traditional snack/starter kind of dish if u innovate a new sweet base dish on it then it has to be perfect in taste and way above any expectation to standout better than the traditional puchka or golgapa we taste..So i think today Ripu won also because the ladies made a innovative dish just missed that clinching touch in taste.

Regarding getting safe passage i don't think I would comment on that till i see who wins finale :)...because everyone pointed out Khokhu was getting safe passage and she went out sadly..

Someday's a contestant does not win because they were out of the world but because others did some mistake which proved a blessing in disguise like today Navneet's mistake ensured Ripu went through

Agree 100%.
I was telling my husband this right from the beginning, that they have decided Ripu is going to get it today and would do whatever it took to make sure he got it.
You can see that most of the others have noticed the special treatment Ripu is getting.

To convince us poor viewers, they sl*gged him off last week and with him getting the money and badge this week, his redemption arc is complete.

Originally posted by: BullsEye777

Yeah, looked like the chefs wanted him to be safe before he completely lost his nerve and lost the battle..
There is some major politics going on in the show and the look of the other contestants is proof of that. It was not jealousy but that look of accepted weariness that whatever we did would not have mattered

Just noticed your comment after my previous comment.
I also noticed the expressions on the other contestants face, a sort of we are never going to match up to the golden boy