There is NO WAY Lp should have won! She did not deserve it! In an earlier episode she actually stated that she didn't "care" if she didn't win the challenge she would be good with being in the middle. She wasn't even fighting for this! How is that inspiring? Also in one challenge she was tasked with a BLACK and white drink - she put up a RED and white drink. She failed the challenge and should have went home right there! She skated through the competition and did the bare minimum compared to the complexity of some of the other's drinks. So many times things she tried didn't work out and she'd have to "pivot" resulting in a lesser drink.
Tao should have won! He was solid throughout the whole competition. In the bottom once?? Come on! He shouldn't have been there then either! He executed the challenges, was creative and put everything he is into each drink! It appears to me the judges predetermined the winner and tried to justify that decision throughout the challenges manipulating the outcome.
Not seeing the point in watching future seasons as the worthy don't have a chance.