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Well I wanted to see if editing has anything to do with the HK winner, so I just rewatched the first episode of the season.

Besides one mention of her name, and telling Lacey her ice cream looked like turds, Paula was completely invisible. She had no confessionals, very little contribution to dorm discussions and was not involved in any kitchen drama. She did, however, have a positive impression with her signature dish.

Danny on the other hand, had many confessionals, including the first one of the season. During the signature dish challenge, he got a segment highlighting his dish as one of the worst. And in the kitchen during service, he had a segment where Ramsay yelled at him, although Danny was not nominated for elimination. Overall, a really negative first episode.

The episode as a whole started positively with the first impressions and then became a disaster during service, and most people who performed well (Paula, Ji, LA..) were ignored by the editing during service. If editing has anything to do with the outcome, my guess would be that an invisible edit in an overly negative episode would be better than being highlighted as a poor performer in the first episode. So if you add in the most recent challenge of the season, I'd think Paula wins over Danny.