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.
#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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#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."
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#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.
#23 - 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.
