Jamali Maddix is an English stand-up comedian. He is best known for hosting documentary series Hate Thy Neighbor and his role in Channel 4 miniseries Outsiders. He has also appeared on The Last Leg, Frankie Boyle's New World Order, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled and 8 Out of 10 Cats.
In 2021, Maddix appeared as a contestant on Series 11 of Taskmaster, finishing fourth with 137 points. He was the guest on episodes 25 and 88 of Taskmaster The Podcast.
Performance[]
| Task | Description | Jamali Maddix | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1: It's not your fault. (18 March 2021) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Best thing you can carry, but only just. | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Do the most impressive thing under the table with one hand. You must be looking at the camera and waving with your other hand throughout your impressive thing. | 3[1] | ||||
| 3 | Catch the rat. You must be at least three meters from the rat when you catch it. The rat will run across the red green in 30 minutes. | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Deliver all the plates to Alex. When carrying the plates you must be traveling by scooter, or bicycle or hoverboard. For every plate fallen or broken you have 20 minutes added to your time. | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Live: Stack your buckets so that they are taller than you, then put one beanbag on top of the buckets. You may not leave your spot at any point. | 0 | ||||
| Total | 7 | |||||
| Episode 2: The Lure of the Treacle Puppies. (25 March 2021) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Best drinking vessel. | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Make the balloon hover untethered for 20 seconds. During the hovering the top of the balloon must not be higher than your chin and the bottom of the balloon must not be lower than your waist. Also you must sneer throughout the 20 seconds. | 5 | ||||
| 3 | Team: Have an argument. You must take it in turns to angrily make a point using nor more than 10 words, and you must always end your point with a different four-letter word. You must look at each other throughout the argument and the person speaking must angrily wag their finger during their speech. The argument is over when there is ten seconds of silence, or when one of you looks away. | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Make the house haunted. | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Live: Correctly guess your standing in the group. The Taskmaster will read out a category. Then you must hold the number that reflects your standing in the group. | 2 | ||||
| Total | 13 | |||||
| Episode 3: Run up a tree to the moon. (1 April 2021) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most shocking thing bigger than a cat but smaller than a pig. | 3 | ||||
| 2 | Make the sauna stones hiss. You must be standing behind the rope when the sauna stones hiss. You may not move the sauna stones or this rope. You may not use a hose. | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Create the best new way to remember how many days each of the months has. | 4 | ||||
| 4 | Get all of your luggage through security. You must stay inside the maze until your luggage has been through the x-ray machine. You may go under one rope, and release one rope. You may also disconnect one pole completely, but you must then pick up that pole and carry it for the rest of the task. If any of your luggage touches any of the barriers, the maze will restart and you must start again. | DQ | ||||
| 5 | Team Live: Act out a nursery rhyme for the Taskmaster to guess. You must remain silent and on your spots throughout. | 3 | ||||
| Total | 11 | |||||
| Episode 4: Premature conker. (8 April 2021) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Craziest thing. | 3 | ||||
| 2 | Get all of the banana in the bottle. You may not break the bottle. The bottle may not leave the lab. | 3 | ||||
| 3 | Team: Put the bag of salt on that table over there. No one may move whilst holding the bag of salt. If the bag of salt touches the ground at any point, you must return to your starting point. If any bell touches the ground at any point, you must return to your starting point. You may not touch the rope or your belts. | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Get this sheet of loo roll as far from here as possible. Only this sheet of loo roll may touch the ground. The loo roll must not break at any point and the loo roll inner tube must stay on the loo roll holder at all times. | 5 | ||||
| 5 | Live: Write down what five things are in the bowl under the table and how many of each thing there are. You must look at the Taskmaster throughout this task. One of your hands must be in the bowl and the other must be holding your pen throughout the task. | 5 | ||||
| Total | 21 | |||||
| Episode 5: Slap and tong. (15 April 2021) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Best thing you can operate with your hand. | 5 | ||||
| 2 | Cover your lower half in biodegradable clingfilm and gaffer tape so that no part of your lower half isn't covered in biodegradable cling film and gaffer tape. | 5 | ||||
| Put on the captain's hat. Your lower half must be completely covered in biodegradable cling film and gaffer tape when wearing the captain's hat. | ||||||
| 3 | Make the best uniform for this bee. You must wear your beekeeping outfit throughout the task. | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Arrange the seven objects in a line on the table in order of how many sides they have. Fewest side on the left, most sides on your right. You may only touch the objects with your face. If anything falls from the table, you are disqualified. You must put on your darkness goggles now. | DQ | ||||
| 5 | Team Live: Grab the marshmallow with your tongs. When the Taskmaster says "play", you have 10 seconds to grab the marshmallow. Once your tongs are over the table, you must attempt to grab the marshmallow. If you successfully grab the marshmallow, you win. | 4 | ||||
| Bat away the marshmallow. When the Taskmaster says "play", you have 10 seconds to bat away the marshmallow. Your hand may not be over the table until the other player's tongs are over the table. If you bat away the marshmallow, you win. | ||||||
| Total | 15 | |||||
| Episode 6: Absolute casserole. (22 April 2021) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most annoying thing. | 5 | ||||
| 2 | Make the best portrait of the Taskmaster on this door using only your feet. | 5 | ||||
| 3 | Team: Vandalise this wall. | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Identify the contents of the battered items in this fish and chips order. You may: lick and sniff all of the items, bite into two, squeeze one between your elbows, really stamp on one, look at one through a magnifying glass, and put one in a glass of water. | 5 | ||||
| 5 | Live: Tie the very ends of the string to the arms of the glasses, then put the glasses on. | 1 | ||||
| T | Fire as many rubber bands as possible into Alex's bum bag. | ✔ | ||||
| Total | 17 | |||||
| Episode 7: You've got no chutzpah. (29 April 2021) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Best thing to hang on a wall that you wouldn't normally hang on a wall. | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Complete these tasks. You may not step beyond this line. You had ten minutes from when the fire was lit. | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Make the best babushka meal. Each course must be presented inside the previous course. | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Team: Get out of the front gate setting off the alarm the fewest times. Every time the alarm goes off, you must start again. You must only step on your stepping stones. | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Live: Make your rubber gloves and wellies as heavy as possible whilst wearing your rubber gloves and wellies. You must only put things in your rubber gloves for the first minute. | 1 | ||||
| Total | 12 | |||||
| Episode 8: An orderly species. (6 May 2021) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most satisfying wobbly thing. | 3 | ||||
| 2 | Say the word "metronome" between every tick of this metronome. You may not touch or stop the metronome. Also, you must blow up and tie a balloon so it's bigger than your head, neatly gift wrap the balloon, and eat three whole poppadoms. | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Team: Draw the best picture of a British animal. Each person must fill in one section at a time and may not look at any other section during that time. Every section must be used, and you may not communicate with each other in any way during the task. | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Record the greatest aircraft safety announcement then perform the greatest aircraft safety demonstration. Your announcement must be in an accident or language other than your own, and your demonstration must be unforgettable. | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Live: Stand on either one leg or both legs. You must do so, one at a time, behind this curtain, with your hands on your head. The Taskmaster will then guess if your standing on either one leg or both legs. If he guesses correctly, you are eliminated. | 3 | ||||
| Total | 16 | |||||
| Episode 9: Mr Octopus and Pottyhands. (13 May 2021) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Nattiest knitwear. | 3 | ||||
| 2 | Make the most impressive and realistic weather for Taskmaster island. Your weather must last for no more than a minute. | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Build a tower, then topple your tower so that yoghurt lands in a numbered square. You have one yoghurt and one toppling attempt. | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Look the most different in four different photos taken by the camera. The camera will spin round three times and take a picture every time it faces the frame. You must not hinder the camera or the spinning mechanism in any way. You must be in all four photos. | 2 | ||||
| 5 | Live: Shove your fish onto the target using your mop. You must shove your fish within 10 seconds of Alex laying down your fish. Furthest from the target ten seconds after each round is eliminated. | 3 | ||||
| Total | 13 | |||||
| Episode 10: Activate Jamali. (20 May 2021) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Thing that makes you look the toughest. | 4 | ||||
| 2 | Make the best picture of a big scary dinosaur using this photocopier. You may not leave the garage. | 3 | ||||
| 3 | Scientifically work out how much Alex's feet and head weigh. You may not use the internet. | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Team: Direct your teammate into the red circle. You must stay on your chair at all times. You may only issue one instruction of three words every 30 seconds. | 2 | ||||
| 5 | Live: Keeping your head still at all times, correctly don your special outfit. For every second your head is out of the frame, 10 seconds will be added to your time. Put your hands in the air when you are correctly dressed. | 2 | ||||
| Total | 12 | |||||
| Grand Total | 137 | |||||
Notes
- ↑ Originally, only two points were awarded for this attempt, but a third point was added after task 4 when Greg discovered that spinning a cushion was more difficult than he originally thought.
Video[]
Jamali Maddix- "I'm Never Going To Get Acting Work With That" - Taskmaster - Series 11
Jamal Maddix’s HILARIOUS Taskmaster Moments - Taskmaster
