Naw seeing Brad at 15th hurts my soul I know he didn’t do as well but he was likeable and out of like the first few boots he was my favourite so to see him get med evac just sucks
I’d put Sammi in 2nd, over Johnathan and Dahmere. Throughout the whole season, even though she was under edited, she never once had a bad service and her leadership, when shown, was always amazing. Johnathan could cook amazingly in challenges, but he wasn’t ever shown as a great leader and he never really stood out in service. Dahmere was a great leader, but his actual cooking rarely stood out and he had a shocking black jacket service and finale service. Ryan and Sammi, despite the overbearing Johnathan edit, stood out as my clear top 2 because of their amazing leadership alongside their amazing cooking throughout the season.
My HK S22 rankings: 18. Tad 17. Claudia 16. Mattias 15. Raneisha 14. Brad 13. Jermaine 12. Devon 11. Melissa 10. Sandra 9. Jason 8. Atoye 7. Donya 6. Leigh 5. Carmen 4. Sammi 3. Dahmere 2. Johnathan 1. Ryan I would’ve probably seen Melissa go home at CFYL if she had lasted longer, similar to people like Keanu from S20. Yeah, while Atoye’s edit wasn’t stronger than Jason, I feel her run was more consistent and she had more shines than he did. No offense, but after Donya’s downfall, I would NEVER put her above Carmen. That’s just CRAZY. If her prime had carried over after CFYL, she would’ve definitely been a shoe in for a black jacket. I would put Carmen above Leigh. Carmen was better in services while Leigh’s challenges were amazing. Carmen just needed to work on communication, and Leigh was a literal mute in the first half of the season to the point where I legit forgot she was on the season. We saw a glimpse of Carmen’s true leadership at the final 4 pass. Let’s be honest with ourselves, her pass performance was honestly very impressive. Now with Dahmere, I do put him at number 3 but by a VERY VERY small margin with Sammi. I feel like after the black jacket challenge, cooking-wise, he fell off hard. Even during the finale service, he was making many mistakes throughout. Overall though, he had a very solid run, and that begs the question of how well would he have actually done at the final 4 pass.
Adding on a little more, but I believe Brad had a better run than Raneisha. Brad I feel had more highs than Raneisha and despite some inconsistencies Brad did show signs of improvement. Just sad that his surgery had to take him out of the competition. If I’m being totally honest, I’m very conflicted on putting either Melissa or Sandra above each other.
