Side Project
Nailed It! Netflix Contestant Tracker
Unfinished database tracking every contestant from Netflix's Nailed It!
Jan 2023 – Jun 2023
Overview
A personal data project to catalog every contestant, episode, and result from Netflix's Nailed It! — the baking competition show where amateur bakers try (and gloriously fail) to recreate elaborate cakes. Never finished, but the data was fun to collect.
Highlights
- Tracked 11 contestants across 4 episodes in a structured database
- Recorded contestant demographics, round results, and episode metadata
- Never shipped — but remains a monument to ambitious side projects
Episodes
5 total
| Episode Name | Season | Ep # | Guest Judge | R1 Challenge | R2 Challenge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Your Face! | 1 | 6 | Jay Chandrasekhar | ||
| First Date to Life Mate | 1 | 1 | Sylvia | Cake Pops | Wedding Cake |
| Cobra Kai | 7 | 1 | Mary | Snake Pretzel | Halloween Dance Fight Cake |
| Fantasyland | 1 | 2 | Zac Young | ||
| Umbrella Academy | 7 | 3 | Emmy Raver-Lapan | Action Figure Donuts |
Contestants
12 total
| Name | Episode | Occupation | Gender | Race | R1 Winner | R2 Winner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Levonian | In Your Face! | UPS Supervisor | Male | White | |||
| Anabell Pica | In Your Face! | Fashion Designer | Female | Latinx | ✓ | ||
| Kymberli Talton | In Your Face! | Accessory Designer | Female | Black | |||
| Heather Creekmore | First Date to Life Mate | Blogger | Female | White | ✓ | ||
| Michael Marchesan | First Date to Life Mate | Math Tutor | Male | White | |||
| Elena Timman | First Date to Life Mate | Social Media Coordinator | Female | White | ✓ | ||
| LaJeanne | Cobra Kai | Computer Science Middle School Teacher | Female | Black | ✓ | Judges said it was first time they had actual cake in 6 years | |
| Gianni | Cobra Kai | Actor | Male | White | |||
| Candice | Cobra Kai | Animal Hoarder | Female | White | |||
| Erica | Umbrella Academy | Writer | Female | White | |||
| Tao | Umbrella Academy | Male | Asian | ||||
| Charles | Umbrella Academy | Male | White |
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