The WORST episodes of Nailed It!

Every episode of Nailed It! ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.

Last Updated: 2/22/2025Network: NetflixStatus: Ended

6.75

91 votes

#1 - High Society

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/29/2018

The contestants raise the bar with two half-baked "high society" challenges: late-night munchie-inspired pancakes and a gravity-defying tea cake.

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6.91

116 votes

#2 - In Your Face!

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/2018

Dogged contestants are seeing double when they're asked to paint their portraits on a cookie before building an edible bust of Donald Trump.

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6.92

212 votes

#3 - First Date to Life Mate

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/9/2018

Under the watchful eyes of an iconic cake designer, contestants decorate complicated cake pops and a bespectacled, three-tiered wedding cake.

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7.10

115 votes

#4 - Weird Science

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/9/2018

Contestants loosen up a food scientist with a cupcake-cocktail pairing before serving him questionable slices of a bubbling volcano cake.

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7.12

113 votes

#5 - Big in Japan

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/9/2018

A YouTube star known for her fondant work watches the bakers try to copy two of her most popular Japanese-themed cakes.

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7.14

36 votes

#6 - History in the Baking

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/2021

From cupcakes celebrating famous Black women to a towering Tuskegee Airmen cake, this episode honoring Black history aims high — and achieves hilarity.

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7.20

75 votes

#7 - Bonus: 3, 2, 1... Ya Not Done!

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/29/2018

Five fabulous “Nailed It” fans visited the test kitchen for a challenge so extra, we had to make it a bonus episode.

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7.22

36 votes

#8 - Paranormal Pastries

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/2021

The bakers make candy apple aliens and a sculpted Loch Ness monster cake based on mysterious creatures from outer space... and the freshwater depths.

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7.23

48 votes

#9 - Indiana Fails and the Temple of Slop

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/1/2020

Terror awaits the contestants as they take on two technically demanding desserts: chocolate eggs and a layered sphinx cake, both full of surprises.

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7.23

74 votes

#10 - Holi-daze

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/29/2018

'Tis the season to be scary when the bakers try their hands at holiday cookies before constructing an elaborate gingerbread house.

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7.27

71 votes

#11 - Zoo You Bake?

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/29/2018

The contestants face their fears (with very sharp knives) when they carve an animal out of a watermelon and bend cake into the shape of a snake.

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7.29

56 votes

#12 - Oui Can't Bake!

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/17/2019

The pressure's on to make perfectly puffed éclairs and a layered bust of Napoleon Bonaparte for not one but two esteemed French chefs.

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7.29

34 votes

#13 - The Witcher

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2022

Frosted creature faces and a cake conjured from the world of "The Witcher" beget wicked fails — just as the prophecy foretold.

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7.31

29 votes

#14 - Umbrella Academy

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2022

Delightfully offbeat treats scream "Umbrella Academy," from a trio of Griddy's Doughnuts action figures to a towering Hazel and Cha-Cha cake.

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7.33

64 votes

#15 - Prehistoric Bakes

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/17/2019

The contestants turn back time -- and mangle time management -- with inside-out Neanderthal cupcakes and a tropical-flavored T. rex cake.

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7.34

116 votes

#16 - 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.

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7.35

62 votes

#17 - Masterpiece or Disasterpiece?

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/17/2019

The amateur bakers attempt to imitate the masters with gingerbread self-portraits and a sculpted cake replica of Michelangelo's "David."

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7.36

36 votes

#18 - We're Gonna Need a Bigger Cake

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/26/2021

Baking duos go off the deep end with desserts inspired by the wonders of the ocean, including marine animal mini cakes and enormous edible octopuses.

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7.37

35 votes

#19 - There's a Party in My Mouth!

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/15/2021

Terrible bakers take on a trio of festive holiday-hat mini cakes before tackling a pop-up Groundhog Day cake that's full of surprises.

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7.38

73 votes

#20 - Out of This World

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/29/2018

Space-themed challenges throw the hapless bakers for a loop when they're asked to make cosmic cupcakes and a supersized solar system cake.

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7.40

153 votes

#21 - 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.

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7.40

40 votes

#22 - I Do … Hope I Don’t Fail

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/1/2020

The bakers commit to re-creating wedding day desserts, including wedding band mini-cakes and a Vegas-themed masterpiece with moving parts.

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7.43

54 votes

#23 - The One with the ‘90s Theme

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/2020

Edible ice cream boom boxes made with liquid nitrogen and a fresh and fly fondant-covered cake? Oh, snap — that sounds like a '90s challenge.

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7.45

33 votes

#24 - 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.

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7.46

57 votes

#25 - Ready to Wear, Ready to Eat

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/17/2019

Two high-fashion challenges put the bakers' hopeless skills to the test: fondant-covered doll cakes and an edible headdress heaped with fruit.

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