The BEST episodes of Nailed It!
Every episode of Nailed It! ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Nailed It!!
Home bakers with a terrible track record take a crack at re-creating edible masterpieces for a $10,000 prize. It’s part reality contest, part hot mess.
#2 - I've Failed and I Can't Get Up!
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/2021
Candy-jeweled brooch cookies? Inviting cookie-jar cakes? These sugary sweets are just like the ones Grandma used to make — if Grandma couldn't bake.
#4 - Can't Believe It's Cake!
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/26/2021
From splashy cereal-bowl cakes to towering hamburgers with fries, these attempts at hyperrealistic treats are so bad, you won't believe your eyes.
#5 - C’est Jacques!
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/2021
Treats inspired by "Mr. Chocolate" Jacques Torres include lollipop portraits and a cake spiced with cocoa and cayenne. Mais oui laugh? But of course!
#6 - An Ungodly Mess
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2021
Stacked Greek god statue cupcakes and snake-headed Medusa makeover cakes take Herculean effort and skill — and these awkward results are epic.
#8 - Cake-O-Phobia
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/17/2019
What's scarier than a cook who can't read a recipe? A trio of creepy-crawly bug cookies and a terrifying clown cake that tastes like cotton candy.
#9 - The Burbank State Fair
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/26/2021
It's a Ferris wheel of fails as the teams make treats with a state-fair theme — from caramel corn knockdown-doll clowns to roller-coaster cakes.
#10 - The Big Bake Theory
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/1/2020
From self-frosting bubbling beakers to record-breaking rockets, these science-inspired sweets ask the impossible — and invite kids into the kitchen.
#11 - Tailgate, Failgate
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/29/2018
The cooks divide and conquer to fill sections of a savory snack stadium before building a cake that looks like a barbecue grill.
#12 - The Marvel Episode!
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/17/2019
The bakers summon their not-so-super powers to make Marvel-themed cupcakes with detailed cookie toppers and a daunting "Black Panther" cake.
#13 - Let’s Get Lit
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2020
Two bookish treats inspired by literature set the bakers up for epic fails: Shakespearean stained-glass window cookies and a pop-up "Moby Dick" cake.
#14 - Cobra Kai
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2022
Bake first. Bake hard. Have mercy! The hapless contestants dig deep to make colorful "Cobra Kai" soft pretzels and a Halloween dance fight cake.
#15 - Jungle Bungle
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/2020
Jam-filled animal pastries and a coffeecake shaped like a sloth push the contestants out of their comfort zones — and the results are wild.
#16 - Slime Time
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2022
The going gets gross — really gross — when the bakers tackle ooey, gooey carved pumpkins and an alien autopsy cake leaking edible slime.
#20 - Everyone Romaine Calm
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/2021
A gardening theme gives life to doughy gnomes atop miniature pies and a healthy-ish veggie-patch cake packed with carrots and zucchini.
#22 - Fantasyland
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/9/2018
The bakers do their best to make jelly-filled doughnuts fit for a pirate before tackling an edible tower with a princess on top.
#25 - Head Under Water
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/9/2018
Two daunting desserts -- a chocolate-filled hot tub and an open-mouthed shark cake -- have the hapless home cooks struggling to stay afloat.