Bianca uses her teeth

Bianca spots the balloon pump, and uses it to start inflating one of the balloons. However, it breaks after only a few pumps, and she immediately discards it, rather than attempting to put it back together.

While tying her first balloon, Bianca asks if size is a factor, or if she is allowed to blow up smaller balloons. Antoine agrees that the balloons can be whatever size she wants.

Bianca smartly makes sure to throw all of her balloons into the corner of the lab, where they are more likely to stay grouped together.

As she continues to blow up balloons, Bianca tells Antoine that she is well-practised in inflating and tying balloons, as she organises a lot of children’s parties (she has two children), and has perfected a technique to “undecorate”.

Bianca’s technique apparently involves just biting the balloons, as this is precisely what she does once she starts popping them. When she finishes, she asks Antoine whether people will think her swollen lips (from the balloons popping against them) are the result of Botox injections.

Bianca’s exact time is not given (other than the fact that it was under 10 minutes), but she pops 20 balloons, and earns third place. Despite the fact that she’d popped the same amount of balloons as Virginie, Antoine seems to imply that Virginie had popped her balloons more quickly, hence the difference in the two women’s scores.

(Written by Jenny R and proofread by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected by Jenny R and adjusted by David Fuller)