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Greatest?

"It is clearly the greatest tv show ever" strikes me as the sort of comment that Wikipedia would normally stomp down on, but as it is so self-evidently true I think we should let it stand. -- richiau —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.194.32.52 (talk) 10:16, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It does seem a little one sided but I think it should stand as it is after all the greatest programme ever made. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.52.5.10 (talk) 14:38, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously no Wikipedia article should say anything is the greatest, as it is not neutral. Jim Michael (talk) 15:37, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

8 million viewers

"The fourth series is due to begin in Spring 2008, and is currently in production. It will be moved from its regular daytime slot, to a primetime slot of 8pm due to poor viewers of the second part of Series 3 (with only 3 episodes) reached a high of 1.3 million viewers, where the first part of Series 3 (with 9 episodes) reached a high of 8 million viewers^{[citation needed]}."

This claim is clearly not true as the programme averaged between 1.6 and 1.9 million viewers in both 2006 and 2007, with a peak of 3.4 million on January 3, 2007 during week 9. -- Smeknamn (talk) 17:39, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Show rules

Does anyone know what the rules are for the show? I've seen contestants prepare the dessert in advance, but nothing else, so is there a limit on what can be done before the day? Given the chance I'd expect most people to do as much as possible before the day, but it would make sense that the producer would want most of the cooking to take place when the cameras are there. In one episode, the "cook" had all the food delivered from a nearby restaurant, and succesfully passed it off as her own, so there's no problem with that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Standoor (talk • contribs) 22:08, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There are no 'rules' other than they host a dinner party each and have to vote but they are given £125 per person to buy food (or not!) and can win £1,000. This may have been less previously. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.254.146.52 (talk) 19:24, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In another episode a contestant left before dessert and in order to remain in the competition the dessert was driven to her house and she was required to taste it before she could continue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.15.218 (talk) 21:29, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is this article up to date?

I'm not sure this article is up to date is it?

I've just watched a Sunday Omnibus on More 4 and the five people were from Kent, and it was a tie between a Sri Lanakan woman named Tanya/Tania and this guy I can't remember the name of. I can't spot them on the list and I have a feeling this needs updating a fair bit. 84.70.149.142 (talk) 16:41, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, I met someone at the weekend who was on it in 2008 but has yet to air. There have also been some 'celebrity' programmes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.254.146.52 (talk) 19:22, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article does need updating, or something is wrong anyway. Currently they are showing what is listed as Series 4 on Channel 4, yet the guests and locations are different to what is on the article Neuphin (talk) 18:17, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think we should reformat the article according to what the official site says.. but it puts some ones out of order. For example, Bristol is included in Series 3 in this article, but as Series 2 on the website... »—Mikay—talk—contribs→ 18:46, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not very good at editing but could someone using http://www.channel4.com/food/on-tv/come-dine-with-me/ update accordingly

Thanks - Aurelius83 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.63.26.124 (talk) 21:11, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to the website, we are currently on Series 9 - however, the latest episode is listed in Series 7. Is there a reason for this? I have no knowledge of the article, so I don't want mess it up. User:Bilky_asko ☞ Talk Pagé 17:57, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maximum scores

IIRC, there are a couple of people who have achieved the maximum possible score. I can't find their names anywhere (though I believe Ian Cook was one of them), but it would be good if we could add that info. DaveChild (talk) 18:30, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I chain watch the series on 4OD, I'm watching it right now. I think the highest score I can remember was 39 / 40. You can't take the scores too seriously though, especially across the entire series. They change drastically depending on what all the personalities of that weeks contestants are like (in and out of hosting), if they're after the money and playing a game or if they get drunk and have an argument (a common occurrence). So it can have little relevance to the cooking or hosting.

I too wondered what the highest and lowest scores were and feel that this should, for the sake of trivia if nothing else, be included in this page. The highest socre I've seen yet is 39/40 which went to Ian Cook (series 3-episode 34-Merseyside and series 5-episode 2-Merseyside). The lowest scores I've seen are 13/40 obtained by Vera Liburd and Stuart Moss (series 1- episode 11 &12- Leeds). If nobody knows of any better/worse scores or has any objections, I'd like to add this to the main page. IManOM (talk) 00:28, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To be clear those are the scores for 5 contestants total. I understand that Lee Pritchett from series 6 and 8 only got 4/30 for a 4 contestant show. This would be put in as well. I thinking that maybe the best way to do this would be to create a section called 'Scoring' which has a quick mention of the scoring process and then contains the info about best/worst scores. IManOM (talk) 00:36, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Title music

The title music has been changed, I really prefer the old music. Any info for why it was changed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.233.179 (talk) 17:21, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]