Munya Chawawa is a British-Zimbabwean comedian. He is best known for his short online videos.
In 2022, Chawawa appeared as a contestant on Series 14 of Taskmaster, finishing third with 150 points.
Performance[]
| Task | Description | Munya ChawaWa |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1: The chassis, the wings. (29 September 2022) | ||
| 1 | Prize: Most jaw-dropping item. | 2 |
| 2 | What 10 films are you in? | 5 |
| 3 | Land loo roll in the loo. You must stay on the spot at all times. | 2 |
| 4 | Team: Create the best picture of a bird on the black square. You may not step on or do anything to the black square. Alex will walk towards you every time you name a different bird. Alex will stop moving every time you name a different fish. | 5 |
| 5 | Live: Get the most weight on the seesaw without popping the balloon. Taking it in turns, you must place a single item of your additional clothing in the triangular basket. If you pop the balloon, you get zero points. | 0 |
| Total | 14 | |
| Episode 2: Enormous hugeness. (6 October 2022) | ||
| 1 | Prize: Best thing you nearly keep throwing away but can't quite bring yourself to. | 4 |
| 2 | Print, laminate and distribute the most signs. Each of your signs must be placed on a different seat and all your signs must have a different instruction. | 2 |
| Obey all your signs. | 5 | |
| 3 | Put five grapes in the little bowl. You must wear the flippers as gloves for the entire five minutes. | 4 |
| 4 | Sort the ducks and socks. Ducks go in the front bucket. Socks go in the back bucket. All ducks and socks must travel along both treadmills then fall directly into the correct bucket. If a duck or sock lands on the floor, you may not retrieve it. | 4 |
| Bonus: Most correctly paired socks. | 0 | |
| 5 | Team Live: Make the Taskmaster say your words. Each team will ask one question at a time and each question must be made up of exactly six words. Also, each team member must take it in turns to say two words of each question. | 2 |
| Total | 21 | |
| Episode 3: Dafty in the middle. (13 October 2022) | ||
| 1 | Prize: Thing that you most want on a Sunday morning. | 1 |
| 2 | Team: Place half your hands on half your hips and leave them there until the second part of the task is over. Also, the hands that are on hips must only touch those hips until the second part of the task is over. | 5 |
| With your hands on those hips at all times, put the most sand in the shopping trolley. You may only move the shopping trolley when there is one minute left on the clock. | ||
| Sabotage your team in the next task. If your team loses the task, you win five points. If your team wins the task, you win zero points. If your team accuses you of sabotaging the task, you win zero points. | - | |
| 3 | Identify the ice cream flavours. You must find every flavour delicious. | 1 |
| 4 | Catch something. | 1 |
| 5 | Live: Predict whether an item will create a higher or lower number of decibels than the previous item. If you are wrong, you are out. | 3 |
| Total | 11 | |
| Episode 4: Crumbs in my bralette. (20 October 2022) | ||
| 1 | Prize: Greatest addition to a garden. | 2 |
| 2 | Turn on the bubble machine. You may not step off or move the doormat. | 1 |
| 3 | Get this tarpaulin completely in one of the containers. You have a maximum of five minutes and you must select your container before you touch the tarpaulin. Also, you must tidy everything up within those five minutes. | 1 |
| 4 | Write down five wonderful words. | 2 |
| Write a classic song. You must write lyrics for a piece of classical music. Your lyrics must contain your five wonderful words. | ||
| 5 | Live: Throw your egg and your spoon the same distance. Both egg and spoon must cross the qualifying line. If either your egg or your spoon fall off the Knappett, you are disqualified. The most distanced egg and spoon each round are out. If your egg doesn't break, your distance is halved. | 3 |
| Total | 9 | |
| Episode 5: Chip Biffington. (27 October 2022) | ||
| 1 | Prize: Most useless thing that you've bought that costs over £20. | 3 |
| 2 | Get the most pleasure from all of these rubber chutes. | 4 |
| 3 | Team: Perform the best routine to this musical backing. | 4 |
| 4 | Place one luggage trolley a certain distance away from the line. Then, starting behind the line, strike that trolley with another luggage trolley. If you strike the first luggage trolley with another luggage trolley, you may move the first luggage trolley further away. You may not move any unsuccessful luggage trolleys. | 4 |
| 5 | Team Live: One member of your team must write down 10 animals in two minutes. | 5 |
| Team Live: Communicate the other team's animals to your team members by saying the letter that comes before it in the alphabet over and over whilst doing an impression of that animal. | ||
| Total | 20 | |
| Episode 6: Long-legged lobster. (3 November 2022) | ||
| 1 | Prize: Best thing you've ever received in the post. | 4 |
| 2 | Within 30 seconds of opening this task, you must pick up both milk bottles and hold them directly above the microwaves. The clock stops when a milk bottle, hand or arm touches a microwave or is no longer directly above a microwave. Lowest number on the clock wins, but if the clock reaches zero, you are disqualified. | 3 |
| 3 | Get to the end of the lanes in exactly the same amount of time. That time must be under one minute. Also, you must mirror yourself during your attempts. | 3 |
| Bonus: Most stylish mirroring. | 1 | |
| 4 | Strike the bullseye with your paint. You must only step on the stepping stones and you must step on all the stepping stones. Also, your hands must be below your waist at all times. | DQ |
| 5 | Live: Paint a picture of a unicorn using your head brush. You may not handle your head brush at any point. | 3 |
| Total | 14 | |
| Episode 7: The system of endless plates. (10 November 2022) | ||
| 1 | Prize: The thing you would most like to have with you on a car journey. | 1 |
| 2 | Choose a room and a weapon, then wait further instructions. | 0 |
| Pop 99 red balloons. You must use your weapon to pop your 99 red balloons. Shout "Stop it!" when you think you've popped precisely 99 red balloons. | ||
| 3 | Team: Get this feather into the bath. You must not touch the feather and the feather must not touch the ground. After the feather has left its cushion, it must not touch a single thing for more than five seconds in total. The cushion must not leave the lab. If you make any mistake at all, Alex will blow his whistle and you must start all over again. Finally, you must not say any words at any point from now on. | 2 |
| 4 | Make an exercise ball touch Bernard. Bernard can't move. You may launch an exercise ball from behind the line and may not touch any balls after each launch. | DQ |
| 5 | Live: Blow an item the furthest on the Knappett. If your item falls from the Knappett, you are disqualified. The person who blows something the least far each round is eliminated unless someone is disqualified. You must all select your blowers and items for each round before any blowing commences and you must not use the same blower or item twice. | 5 |
| Total | 8 | |
| Episode 8: The one that bats do. (17 November 2022) | ||
| 1 | Prize: Best fancy dress. | 3 |
| 2 | Team: Come up with a secret language that doesn't use words. | 5 |
| Secretly give this instruction to your teammate. You may not say or write any of the words in the instruction. | ||
| Feed three giraffes and an elephant to the clown. | ||
| 3 | Pin an alluring tail on the alluring animal while blindfolded. | 5 |
| 4 | Find the back of your hand. | 5 |
| 5 | Team Live: Guess the fully-extended length of the extendable item. | 3 |
| Total | 21 | |
| Episode 9: A new business end. (24 November 2022) | ||
| 1 | Prize: Most underestimated item. | 1 |
| 2 | Snort, then blow a raspberry, then whistle, then repeat that sequence for one minute. | 5 |
| 3 | Write a one-minute one-person play. | 1 |
| Stage and perform this one-minute one-person play. | 2 | |
| 4 | Choose one item from each plinth and bring them into the lab. | 3 |
| Paint a self-portrait using your brush or sausage on your other chosen object. You must use the business end of your brush or sausage and in your self-portrait, you must be wielding your brush or sausage. | ||
| 5 | Live: Tie your towel as tightly as possible around your body. | 4 |
| Live: Place your hands on your head and keep them there until the end of the task. Get your towel completely in your bucket. | ||
| Total | 16 | |
| Episode 10: Did I meet these potatoes before? (1 December 2022) | ||
| 1 | Prize: The thing of yours that the Taskmaster would most like to own. | 1 |
| 2a | Order three things for your final task. You may spend up to £50. | 0 |
| 3 | Eat the grape. You must not damage the caravan or climb out the window. | 2 |
| 4 | Team: Sculpt your team. Only one person may look at the clay and that person may not touch the clay. | 5 |
| 2b | Throw one of your objects over the caravan. Then completely cover one of your items with one of your other items. Then put the covered item on the wooden barrel without touching that item with your hands. | 4 |
| 5 | Live: Land a balloon nearest the Taskmaster. You must stay on your spot at all times. If you strike the Taskmaster with a balloon, you're disqualified. | 4 |
| Total | 16 | |
| Grand Total | 150 | |
Video[]
Alex Horne Interviews MUNYA CHAWAWA - Series 14 Interviews - Taskmaster
Munya Chawawa's Best Bits - Taskmaster
