A bit of a pickle. is the ninth episode of Season 3 of Taskmaster Australia and was first broadcast on Channel 10 on 19 November 2024. The episode was won by Mel Buttle.
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| Task | Description | Aaron Chen | Concetta Caristo | Mel Buttle | Peter Helliar | Rhys Nicholson |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prize: The object that, if they got Pompeii'ed whilst holding, future civilisations would question. | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Make the most obnoxiously loud racket with this racquet. | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Find and record someone with the most heavenly speaking voice. You must introduce your heavenly-speaking-voiced person by using your own annoying voice. Your heavenly-speaking-voiced person recording must include the sentence "How now, brown cow?". | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Team: Make a disinformation video that smears the reputation of the other team. | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Hide from Tom inside one of these five items. Tom will emerge from the shed in exactly two minutes and make an accusation from the mat. If he is correct, you have been found and must reveal yourself. If incorrect, Tom will return to the shed and admonish himself for 20 seconds returning to make another accusation. The process will repeat until you are found. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Team Live: In teams, whilst wearing your VR headsets, communicate to the Taskmaster the scene you're seeing. One team member may only mime actions relating to their scene. One team member may only make sound effects with their mouth relating to their scene. And for the team of three, their oldest member may only say "Wow!" over and over again. Each team will get one round of five scenes to communicate about. | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Total | 22 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 22 | |