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The first season ofBlown Awaydropped on Netflix in July of 2019.

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), there is major ASMR-adjacent action inBlown Away.

Contestants stretch it for several feet like its a huge, infinitely flexible piece of bubble gum.

They blow hence the nameblown glass into the punties to expand the bubbles and balloons on the other end.

Glassmaking can be soothing, but its also an athletic endeavor, pursued in an environment that is sweltering.

Sweat drops off the contestants noses and runs into their eyes.

Theres more perspiring inBlown Awaythan there sometimes is in the entire first half of an NBA game.

And in winter, you love to see that, especially when its below freezing outside.Blown Awaywarms the blood.

ButBlown Awayis fairly gentle in that regard.

The primary judge, artist and professor Katherine Gray, is demanding yet super-chill in her demeanor.

I believe shecouldraise her voice if she wanted to I am just not sure shes actually ever done it.

Will you gasp when this happens?

But it wont kill the vibe.

Certainly there are conflicts between some of the contestants, or at least the ginned up suggestion of conflicts.

But even those are pretty low-key.

But Chris later reveals some things about himself that show a more vulnerable side.

Even the most blatantly hateable person onBlown Awaycant really be hated.

Is this gallery lit?

I just hope it isnt a dumpster fire, adds guest judge Deborah Czeresko, season ones champion.

Dad jokes are celebrated on this show almost as much as glass artistry is.

Blown Awayis a Canadian production, and that explains a lot about its affable pleasantness.

Even when glass does break on this show, its usually okay.

A piece can usually be salvaged.

Someone else is going to clean it all up.