Babátúndé Aléshé is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is known for appearing on Celebrity Gogglebox, and the 22nd series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. He also made an appearance on Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled and Richard Osman's House of Games, hosted by Alan Davies and Richard Osman respectively. In 2024 he hosted a mini-series on Channel 4 titled Where to Next?. Aléshé has featured in Law & Order: UK, New Tricks, Doctor Who, Pelican Blood, Waking the Dead, EastEnders and Frankie.
In 2024, he appeared as a contestant in Series 18, finishing 4th with 147 points. He was a guest on episode 172 of Taskmaster The Podcast, and was a contestant on the unaired pilot of Foodmaster.
Performance[]
| Task | Description | Babátúndé Aléshé |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1: The faceless facilitators. (12 September 2024) | ||
| 1 | Prize: Best thing that has been inside you. | 2 |
| 2 | Do not say any of this out loud. Carry out each instruction before reading the next. You must remain silent until you've completed all four instructions. Stare at camera number one for at least thirty seconds without smiling. Eat an imaginary fly that has just landed on you. Act like you don't like how it feels in your stomach at all. Look under the 6th, 33rd, 56th, and 91st letters of this task. | 1 |
| Say a word beginning with Q. | ||
| 3 | Knock over exactly 100 cans. You must throw all five balls and pull one rope nice and hard. You must stay on the spot at all times and you may not move the spot. | 2 |
| 4 | Do the most beautiful thing with bubbles. | 4 |
| 5 | Live: Drink the vinegar. On your turn, you can either drink from one straw or not drink at all and get a clue from Alex instead. You must stand on the spot when choosing your straw and you must never stray from the spot. Only the vinegar drinker wins. | 0 |
| Total | 9 | |
| Episode 2: ...and then a detective comes in. (19 September 2024) | ||
| 1 | Prize: The most serious object that looks quite silly. | 1 |
| S | Wear this outfit throughout one future task and your points will be doubled for that task. | 0 |
| 2a | Remember these 10 fine people. | 0 |
| 3 | Team: Become the best multi-headed creature. Your creature must prove they are the best by doing something impressive. Also, during that impressive thing, they must speak one word at a time and explain what it is they are doing and why it is impressive. | 2 |
| 4 | Capture the most remarkable footage on this doorbell camera. | 2 |
| 2b | Identify these 10 fine people. | 3 |
| 5 | Live: Spin the wheel the same number of times or more as the person before you. If you land on gold, you are automatically through to the next round and the next person has to spin it one more time than the previous person. Otherwise, you must land on the same colour each time or else you're eliminated. | 5 |
| Total | 13 | |
| Episode 3: The gangsters of the sea. (26 September 2024) | ||
| 1 | Prize: The object with the most soul. | 5 |
| 2 | Put a rocket in your pocket. | 3 |
| 3 | Recreate a famous 2D piece of art in 3D. | 5 |
| 4 | Team: Win the pub quiz by cheating. If the quizmaster notices you cheating, you will lose a point and you must use a different method of cheating. | 5 |
| 5 | Live: Rustle Russell, fill Phil, mark Mark, rob Rob and pat Pat. When Alex blows his whistle, you must all either immediately say one word to the person next to you or perform one action. The people may only say yes or no. If you perform the wrong action, you are disqualified. You will then meet a new person. | 5 |
| Total | 18 | |
| Episode 4: I'm a girl who likes a clean line. (3 October 2024) | ||
| 1 | Prize: The thing most likely to make Greg say "Oh, Christ, now that is badass!". | 2 |
| 2 | Push the envelope the furthest. | 2 |
| 3 | Take a bite out of Alex's carrot. Alex will ring his bell every 10 seconds. You must laugh constantly throughout. You must both only walk at gentle pace. | 10[1] |
| 4 | Pick the Taskmaster's locket from its pocket. Every time you pick an incorrect pocket, you must high-five Alex. If you touch, tamper or peek into a pocket you must pick it. | 3 |
| 5 | Team Live: Gather a herd of animals with exactly 22 legs. You may not harm any animals. You may only use animals on this side of the wall and you may not use each other. On Alex's whistle, you must hurl one of your herd over the wall. When your herd has 22 legs, only then may you don your tutus. | 5 |
| Total | 22 | |
| Episode 5: Big stupid things. (10 October 2024) | ||
| 1 | Prize: The thing that is best when you add liquid to it. | 1 |
| 2 | Direct the robot to its charging station and plug it in. You must give the robot an instruction every 10 seconds. The robot will ignore any instructions that contain the letter O or E. You may not touch the robot. | 4 |
| 3 | Make the strongest smell. You must seal your smell in this jar and the Taskmaster will open it in the studio. | 4 |
| You must smell your smell in the studio before the Taskmaster smells your smell. If you refuse to smell your smell, the Taskmaster will not smell your smell and you will receive zero points. | ||
| 4 | Team: Present the most heart-warming final story for a local news programme. | 4 |
| 5 | Live: Land your skydiver closest to the seal. You must catapult your skydiver with the catapult. Furthest from the target each round is eliminated. | 2 |
| Total | 15 | |
| Episode 6: A dance as old as time itself. (17 October 2024) | ||
| 1 | Prize: The most fun thing to put in Alex's pocket without him knowing. | 4 |
| 2 | Put one fish in the frying pan. Your task ends when you put a fish in the frying pan. | 4 |
| 3 | Create, handle and voice the most charismatic new children's television puppet sidekick for Alex. | 5 |
| 4 | Defuse the robot. You must cut all the wires but one. If you cut the danger wire, the robot will spew and you will be disqualified. You must keep your goggles on at all times. | DQ |
| 5 | Live: Correctly guess this person's job. You must ask a yes or no question on your turn. If you take more than 10 seconds to ask your question, you miss a go. | 0 |
| Total | 13 | |
| Episode 7: Captain Jackie and the hotdog. (24 October 2024) | ||
| 1 | Prize: The object that is bigger than your head that you would most like to carry with you for the rest of your life if you had to carry an object with you for the rest of your life. | 2 |
| 2 | Ring the bell. You may not look up. | 3 |
| 3 | You must lie throughout the next task. Every time you tell the truth, everyone in your team will lose an actual Taskmaster point. | - |
| Team: Work out what is in the box. You must not look, feel or inspect the box in any way. Your teammate must not show you the contents of the box. They may only make silent facial expressions unless answering Alex's questions. Your teammate must not nod or shake their head. | 5 | |
| 4 | Eat and obey five fortune cookies. | 1 |
| 5 | Live: Throw a beanbag onto the island. If you knock over a can, you are disqualified. If you miss the island, you are disqualified. | 4 |
| Total | 15 | |
| Episode 8: The Nexus of Truth. (31 October 2024) | ||
| 1 | Prize: The thing that most makes Greg scratch his chin. | 3 |
| 2 | Put on the special glasses. | 2 |
| 3 | Be at the highest number barrel when Alex blows his whistle again. You may only move to the next barrel when you have completed the challenge at the previous barrel. If you fail a barrel challenge twice in a row, you must move back to the first barrel. If you are at an even-numbered barrel at the end of the barrel task, you are disqualified. | 3 |
| 4 | Label a part of your body, make a surprising noise and do something interesting with your legs. | 4 |
| Do these three things again and again and again in that same order. | ||
| 5 | Team Live: Say the same word at the same time. Alex will give you a category. Taking it in turns, team members must both say one word that fits the category at the same time. If both team members say the same word at the same time, they win the round. Also, you must not say word that has been said before. | 2 |
| Total | 14 | |
| Episode 9: The cockle children. (7 November 2024) | ||
| 1 | Prize: The best item for keeping things in that isn't just a regular item for keeping things in. | 1 |
| 2 | Walk exactly one furlong in exactly 10 minutes. You may not make use of technology except to make three five-second phone calls. Also, you may not remove the hat. | 5 |
| 3 | Clean the most profound picture of majestic nature on a dirty thing. | 4 |
| 4 | Team: Place all the balls in the gutter and the gutter on the cow. The gutter must not enter the dome. You must not use anything floppy during your attempt. For every ball you touch, one minute will be added to your time. For every ball that touches the floor, 10 minutes will be added to your time. The task is over when the full gutter of balls is balancing by itself on the cow. | 5 |
| 5 | Live: Predict whether each item will float or not float. | 3 |
| Total | 18 | |
| Episode 10: Le Goose. (14 November 2024) | ||
| 1 | Prize: The thing most likely to make your buttocks clench. | 2 |
| 2 | Say how many chairs are in this cinema. You may only give one answer. You must not say any numbers until you give your answer and you must say the name of every object that appears on the screen. If you miss an object, one minute will be added to your time. For every chair you get wrong, one minute will be added to your time. | 5 |
| 3 | Either throw five fives in a row or do 100 press-ups or eat a raw onion or find the needle in the haystack or sit silently for 10 minutes. You may only attempt two of these things. | 2 |
| 4 | Present "The Goose". | 1 |
| 5 | Live: When Greg says "eyes down", you must look down. When Greg says "eyes up", you must immediately look at another contestant. If the contestant is also looking at you, you are both eliminated. | 0 |
| Total | 10 | |
| Grand Total | 147 | |
- ↑ This contestant's points were doubled for this task as they decided to wear the hot dog outfit.
Trivia[]
- In the Series 18 reveal video, Babátúndé's name is misspelt as Babatúndé. His name is spelt with no accents at all in the X version of the video.
Video[]
Alex Horne Interviews BABATUNDE ALÉSHÉ - SERIES 18 - Taskmaster
