History Recap / TaskmasterChampionOfChampions

* '''Kiell Smith-Bynoe''' (when musing about what his handicap could be, he suggested having a handicap which was secretly actually an advantage. When Alex asked for an example, his response was "Spider in my pocket."

Series: [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesOne One]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesTwo Two]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesThree Three]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesFour Four]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesFive Five]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesSix Six]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesSeven Seven]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesEight Eight]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesNine Nine]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesTen Ten]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesEleven Eleven]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesTwelve Twelve]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesThirteen Thirteen]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesFourteen Fourteen]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesFifteen Fifteen]] | [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesSixteen Sixteen]]\\

** Sarah - 52 minutes 26 seconds[[labelnote:note]]despite wearing a watch, never realised that the egg timer ran for two minutes, and thus spent more time clapping than any other contestant took to complete ''the whole task''[/labelnote]] (3 points)

** '''Winner: Josh - a DVD recording of his "ill-judged" appearance on ''This Week''[[note]]A late-night political discussion show in the UK[[/note]] (5 points)'''

** Bob - a picture of "dog dirt" that his son had drawn and which was displayed in the school's student art exhibition[[note]]Bob admitted that it didn't genuinely embarrass him[[/note]] (2 points)

** Josh (1 point)[[note]]Josh was the only champion to complete the coconut variant.[[/note]]

* '''Live Task''': ''While On A Staircase, Write Down A Word Beginning With "T" Every Time The Taskmaster's Assistant Blows His Whistle. First To Reach The Floor Wins[[note]]The person who writes the longest word misses a turn, the person who writes the second longest word advances a step, and anyone who writes down one of the Taskmaster Assistant's "special words" advances an extra step. The task was also delayed due to the contestants accidentally being provided permanent markers to write on their whiteboards, which was not realised until after the first round.[[/note]]''

* '''Task 1''': ''Find Out What Is In A Locked Metal Briefcase''[[note]]There were various clues around the house pointing to the 3-digit code on the two locks (201), which included algebra equations on the chalkboard, a prompt asking for the number of grains of rice in a drawer, a tape ticker stuck to the edge of the lab table, and large numbers painted on the roof of the shed. The significance of that number is that it is the sum of the ages of the 5 champions at the time of the recording (in alphabetical order 58 + 34 + 34 + 44 + 31). The contents of the briefcase were frozen peas.[[/note]]
** '''Winner: Noel - 3 mins 19 seconds (5 points)'''[[note]]Used a hammer to break open the lock[[/note]]
** Josh - 5 mins 30 seconds (4 points)[[note]]Determined the lock combination from the maths equations on the chalkboard.[[/note]]
** Rob - 5 mins 45 seconds (3 points)[[note]]Determined the contents of the briefcase by guesswork.[[/note]]
** Bob - 7 mins 42 seconds (2 points)[[note]]Found a tape ticker with the lock combination on the opposite side of the table in the lab.[[/note]]
** Katherine - 14 mins 3 seconds (1 point)[[note]]Using a clue from the chalkboard, went to a drawer in the living room and counted the number of rice grains inside.[[/note]]

* '''Task 2''': ''Make The Most Delicious Edible and Wearable Mask''[[note]]This task is a StealthPun by way of SignificantAnagram: The Taskmaster's Assistant becomes the "Masktaster".[[/note]]

** '''Winner: Katherine (5 points)[[note]]whereas the other contestants made physical messes, Katherine decided to make an emotional mess and called up members of her family to stir up drama[[/note]]'''

** Bob (1 point)[[note]]didn't tidy the mess up[[/note]]

A preliminary, unrewarded[[note]]According to the podcast, at the time it was filmed the producers hadn't decided if it would be marked or if it would be solely for the purpose of the opening titles, but in the event they decided on the latter[[/note]] task was to "Look The Most Like A Champion In The ''Taskmaster'' Titles. You Must Do Five Different Heroic Things For Five Seconds. You Have Twenty Minutes". The subsequent efforts were used to form the opening credits montage.

** '''Winner: Lou - 15 min 45 seconds[[note]]Rigged up a pulley system to pull the duck into the pond[[/note]] (5 points)'''
** Kerry - 16 minutes 40 seconds[[note]]Put the duck in a cable spool and rolled it into the pond[[/note]] (4 points)
** Liza - 23 minutes 10 seconds[[note]]Attached the duck to Alex's van and pushed it down the driveway (with Alex steering)[[/note]] (3 points)
** Richard - 24 minutes 20 seconds[[note]]Discovered a key that unlocked the caravan, where he found the remote control for a rat, which he used to transport the duck to the pond[[/note]] (2 points)
** Ed - Did Not Complete[[note]]after spending 97 minutes and 7 seconds attempting and failing to construct a 'river' to the pond, eventually gave up in frustration, decapitated the duck and buried it in separate locations around the garden, asking "What duck?" as he walked away. Point awarded largely out of sympathy.[[/note]] (1 point)

* '''Live Task''': ''Pack Either Five Bricks Or Five Balloons In Your Bag, One At A Time. You Must Then Walk Across The Stage And Place Your Bag On The Circle Near The Taskmaster, Who Will Guess If You Were Packing Bricks Or Balloons. If He Guesses Correctly You Are Eliminated. If You Deceive Him You Qualify For Another Round. Most Deceptions Wins. You Will Have 100 Seconds To Pack Your Bag. Last Person Standing Wins[[note]]Although not stated onscreen, had all five contestants been eliminated in the first round they would have restarted the task[[/note]]''
** '''Winner: Richard (5 points)[[note]]the only contestant to make it through the first round[[/note]]'''
** Ed, Kerry, Liza, Lou[[note]]the Taskmaster claimed that she was the only contestant he couldn't immediately guess, though he still guessed correctly[[/note]] (0 points)

* '''Champions:''' Creator/DaraOBriain, Kiell Smith-Bynoe,[[note]]sitting in for Mae Martin[[/note]] Morgana Robinson, Sarah Kendall, Sophie Duker

** Dara - hair, represented by a wig and a montage of him wearing said wig[[note]]created by the ''Taskmaster NZ'' team, as he was on tour there when he received the prize task and had no time to do anything back in England before the recording day[[/note]] (3 points)

* '''Task 1''': ''Be The Best Waiter. You Must Serve Alex All His Food, Drink, And Cutlery As It Is Currently Set. If You Drop Or Spill Any Items, You Must Clap For A Full Minute Or Else You Will Be Disqualified. No Running. Fastest Wins. Your Time Starts Now[[note]]Contestants were presented with near-overflowing plates of chickpeas and eggs (some rubber, some real), a near-overflowing chalice of some drink, and giant novelty cutlery. Several decoy Alexes, consisting of producer Andy Cartwright and several mannequins all wearing Fun Hats a la Season 16, were seated around the park in which the task took place; Alex was lying down next to the wall of a seating area with a table resting on top of him. Contestants were also provided with an egg timer, but it went for two minutes, not the one minute required. This task possibly took some inspiration from TMAU, which also had a task requiring contestants to deliver food to the Taskmaster's Assistant, with a decoy being present[[/note]]''
** '''Winner: Sophie - 18 minutes 20 seconds[[note]]skipped for some of the task, on the basis that skipping isn't running, and decided to bring Alex to his meal rather than the other way round. Deliberately "displaced" some of the food without clapping, which Greg allowed[[/note]] (5 points)'''
** Dara - 18 minutes 42 seconds[[note]]"pouched" some of the drink in his mouth, then spat it back into the chalice before delivering so as not to spill it[[/note]] (4 points)
** Sarah - 52 minutes 26 seconds[[note]]despite wearing a watch, never realised that the egg timer ran for two minutes, and thus spent more time clapping than any other contestant took to complete ''the whole task''[/note]] (3 points)
** Kiell[[labelnote:note]]served the food to a mannequin, on the basis that [[CallBack if a drawing of a pineapple could be a pineapple]], a mannequin serving as a decoy Alex could be Alex. Disqualified on the basis that he initially stated "that's not Alex", and only later decided that it in fact was[[/labelnote]] and Morgana[[labelnote:note]]greatly underestimated how long a minute was, spending only around 30 seconds clapping each time she spilled anything[[/labelnote]] (Disqualified)

*** Dara - Had one hand tied behind his back, and had the other hand clicking out a "jazzy rhythm"[[labelnote:note]]Greg noted that he wasn't clicking for much of the footage as he was using that hand to complete the task. Dara successfully argued that he specified a "jazzy" rhythm, and that the task simply took place between the notes[[/labelnote]]

*** Sophie - Told Alex to give her low self-esteem, accomplished with a bunch of negative signs outside the door, such as "Unlucky Series 13" and "Ramsey should have won", and Alex booing, insulting, questioning, and nitpicking her for the entire task

** '''Winner: Dara - over 17 metres with a pilot's cap[[labelnote:note]]balanced the cap on a toilet roll on top of the Taskmaster's head, then used a pulley system to pull the roll away[[/labelnote]] (5 points)'''
** Kiell - 5.4 metres with a baseball cap[[labelnote:note]]pulled the statue off its throne, then created a funnel system and threw the cap at the statue, leading to it barely touching the head[[/labelnote]] (4 points)
** Sophie - 3.6 metres with a propeller hat[[labelnote:note]]placed the hat on a block of ice on top of the head, with a hairdryer pointing at it, then ran away as soon as the hairdryer turned on. While she got much further in her second attempt, it ended with the hat overshooting the head, leading to her first, successful but much poorer attempt being counted[[/labelnote]] (3 points)
** Sarah - 2.5 metres with a soft crown[[labelnote:note]]used grabby claws[[/labelnote]] (2 points)
** Morgana - 1.8 metres with a top hat[[labelnote:note]]also used grabby claws, but her hands being behind her back severely limited her reach compared to Sarah[[/labelnote]] (1 point)

* '''Task 3''': ''Do Something Really Stupid. Most Really Stupid Thing Wins. You Must Not Hurt Yourself Or Anyone Else. You Have Twenty Minutes. Your Time Starts Now[[labelnote:note]]based on an untelevised TMNZ task, which didn't have the part about not hurting anyone and thus led to contestants doing actually dangerously stupid things[[/labelnote]]''

* '''Live Task''': ''Don't Say The Taskmaster's Favourite Thing. Alex Will Say A Category[[labelnote:note]]vegetables, animals bigger than a chair, parts of the body, names beginning with "G"[[/labelnote]]. One At A Time, You Must Shout A Thing That Falls Into That Category Within Two Seconds Of The Previous Person. If You Pause, Repeat, Make A Mistake, Or Say The Taskmaster's Favourite Thing[[labelnote:note]]spinach, rhino, perineum, Georgina[[/labelnote]], You Are Eliminated. Last Player Standing Wins''

## '''Winner: Dara Ó Briain (22 points)

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* '''Task 1''': ''Be The Best Waiter. You Must Serve Alex All His Food, Drink, And Cutlery As It Is Currently Set. If You Drop Or Spill Any Items, You Must Clap For A Full Minute Or Else You Will Be Disqualified. No Running. Fastest Wins. Your Time Starts Now[[note]]Contestants were presented with near-overflowing plates of chickpeas and eggs (some rubber, some real), a near-overflowing chalice of some drink, and giant novelty cutlery. Several decoy Alexes, consisting of producer Andy Cartwright and several mannequins all wearing Fun Hats a la Season 16, were seated around the park in which the task took place; Alex was lying down next to the wall of a seating area with a table resting on top of him. Contestants were also provided with an egg timer, but it went for two minutes, not the one minute required.[[/note]]''
** '''Winner: Sophie - 18 minutes 20 seconds[[note]]skipped with the cutlery, on the basis that skipping isn't running, and decided to bring Alex to his meal rather than the other way round. Deliberately "displaced" some of the food without clapping, which Greg allowed[[/note]] (5 points)'''

** Kiell[[note]]served the food to a mannequin, on the basis that [[CallBack if a drawing of a pineapple could be a pineapple]], a mannequin serving as a decoy Alex could be Alex. Disqualified on the basis that he initially stated "that's not Alex", and only later decided that it in fact was[[/note]] and Morgana[[note]]thoroughly underestimated how long a minute was, spending only around 30 seconds clapping each time she spilled anything[[/note]] (Disqualified)

*** Dara - Had one hand tied behind his back, and had the other hand clicking out a "jazzy rhythm"[[note]]Greg noted that he wasn't clicking for much of the footage as he was using that hand to complete the task. Dara argued that he specified a "jazzy" rhythm, and that the task simply took place between the notes[[/note]]

*** Sophie - Told Alex to give her low self-esteem[[note]]accomplished with a bunch of negative signs outside the door, such as "Unlucky Series 13" and "Ramsey should have won", and Alex booing, insulting, questioning, and nitpicking her for the entire task[[/note]]

** '''Winner: Dara - over 17 metres with a pilot's cap[[note]]balanced the cap on a toilet roll on top of the Taskmaster's head, then used a pulley system to pull the roll away[[/note]] (5 points)'''
** Kiell - 5.4 metres with a baseball cap[[note]]pulled the statue off its throne, then created a funnel system and threw the cap at the statue, leading to it barely touching the head[[/note]] (4 points)
** Sophie - 3.6 metres with a propeller hat[[note]]placed the hat on a block of ice on top of the head, with a hairdryer pointing at it, then ran away as soon as the hairdryer turned on. While she got much further in her second attempt, it ended with the hat overshooting the head, leading to her first, successful but much poorer attempt being counted[[/note]] (3 points)
** Sarah - 2.5 metres with a soft crown[[note]]used grabby claws[[/note]] (2 points)
** Morgana - 1.8 metres with a top hat[[note]]also used grabby claws, but her hands being behind her back severely limited her reach compared to Sara[[/note]] (1 point)

* '''Task 3''': ''Do Something Really Stupid. Most Really Stupid Thing Wins. You Must Not Hurt Yourself Or Anyone Else. You Have Twenty Minutes. Your Time Starts Now[[note]]based on an untelevised TMNZ task, which didn't have the part about not hurting anyone and thus led to contestants doing actually dangerously stupid things[[/note]]''

* '''Live Task''': ''Don't Say The Taskmaster's Favourite Thing. Alex Will Say A Category[[note]]vegetables, animals bigger than a chair, parts of the body, names beginning with "G"[[/note]]. One At A Time, You Must Shout A Thing That Falls Into That Category Within Two Seconds Of The Previous Person. If You Pause, Repeat, Make A Mistake, Or Say The Taskmaster's Favourite Thing[[note]]spinach, rhino, perineum, Georgina[[/note]], You Are Eliminated. Last Player Standing Wins''

## Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Sarah Kendall (15 points)