Answer the following Q with stream of consciousness. Passage: Three and a half thousand people applied for the competition, and 12 were selected. Each episode was filmed over two 14-hour days. The competition was won by Joanne Wheatley.

Question: Based on this passage, who won the second series of the great british bake off?

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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This is the relevant information: The competition was won by Joanne Wheatley. Therefore, the final answer is Joanne Wheatley.