Noel Fielding is an English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician, and television presenter. He is known for being part of The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside comedy partner Julian Barratt. He has also appeared as a team captain in Never Mind the Buzzcocks and since 2017, as the co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off. He is also a regular guest on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, often paired with Richard Ayoade.
In 2017, Fielding appeared in Series 4 of Taskmaster, winning the series with 144 points. He returned for Champion of Champions later in the year, finishing fourth with 32 points.
Performance[]
Series 4[]
Task | Description | Noel Fielding |
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Episode 1: A fat bald white man. (25 April 2017) | ||
1 | Prize: Most interesting autograph on the most interesting vegetable. | 5 |
2 | Destroy this cake. | 4 |
3 | Create the best caricature of the person on the other side of the curtain. You may not look at the person. The person may only say yes and no. | 5 |
Bonus: Find out the person's full name.. | 0 | |
4 | Fell all the rubber ducks. | 2 |
5 | Live: Make the most juice. You must pick one fruit and one tool. If you pick the same tool as someone else, you must juice blindfolded. If you pick the same fruit as someone else, you must juice one-handed. If you pick the same fruit and tool as someone else, you must juice blindfolded, one-handed and bouncing up and down. | 2 |
Total | 18 | |
Episode 2: Look at me. (2 May 2017) | ||
1 | Prize: Most boastful item. | 5 |
2 | Keep the basketball on the running machine for as long as possible. You may not touch the basketball or the running machine. | 1 |
3 | Paint the best picture of the Taskmaster. Only the paint, and brush may touch the mat, easel and canvas. | 5 |
4 | Team: Land the flour on the target. You may not leave the bandstand. | DQ |
5 | Without touching the egg or the eggcup, get the egg into the eggcup. You may only use the equipment currently on the table. If you touch a piece of equipment that another contestant touches, you will both receive a 1 minute penalty per piece of equipment touched. | 4 |
6 | Live: Looking at the Taskmaster at all times and with your arms always beneath your hairdressing smock, attach as many balloons together as possible. | 3 |
Total | 18 | |
Episode 3: Hollowing out a baguette. (9 May 2017) | ||
1 | Prize: Best membership/subscription. | 5 |
2 | Camouflage yourself. | 5 |
3 | Team: Make a trailer for Taskmaster The Movie. | 2 |
4 | Persuade three dogs to stand on the red mat. Exactly 12 legs must be stood on the red mat at the same time. | 4 |
5 | Without moving the fishbowls, transfer the water from fishbowl A to fishbowl B. You may only use the items on this table. Also, you must commentate on your attempt throughout the task, always referring to yourself in the third person. | 3 |
Bonus: If you eat any of the chocolate you will be docked five points. | 0 | |
6 | Live: Take it in turns to say a 5-letter word whenever the music stops. You may not say a word that has been previously said. If you fail to say a word before the music starts again, you're eliminated and the game continues with different length words. | 0 |
T | Decant the wine into another bottle from atop an umpire's chair. | ✘ |
Total | 19 | |
Episode 4: Friendship is truth. (16 May 2017) | ||
1 | Prize: Most surprising picture of themselves. | 2 |
2 | Make the highest splash. | 5 |
Bonus: Before your you commence the task you must say who you think will win the task. Those who correctly guess the winner will win an extra five points. | 0 | |
3 | Choreograph a dance for you and Alex to perform to any of the following ringtones. | 5 |
4 | Create a portrait of a celebrity using loo roll. There is a camera above your head. The mat beneath your feet is your canvas. | 5 |
5 | Do the most incredible thing with this pommel horse. | 3 |
6 | Live: Make the highest tower using these tubes. | 3 |
Total | 23 | |
Episode 5: Meat. (23 May 2017) | ||
1 | Prize: Cutest thing. | 3 |
2 | Slide the furthest. | 3 |
3 | Maintaining constant eye contact and making continuous small talk with this Swedish person, put on the wetsuit, flippers, face mask and snorkel. Your head may not leave the Swedish person's frame at any point. You may not move the laptop from its current position. | DQ |
Bonus: Whoever puts the wetsuit on best. | 0 | |
Bonus: Best small talk. | 1 | |
4 | Team: Put as many different things in the bathtub as possible/Seal the top of this bathtub with cling film/Fill the bathtub with water. | 0 |
5 | Throw something into something. | 4 |
6 | Live: Make the longest continuous noise. | 1 |
Bonus: Best noise. | 0 | |
Total | 12 | |
Episode 6: Spatchcock it. (30 May 2017) | ||
1 | Prize: Best sheep-related item. | 3 |
2 | Get this camel through the smallest gap. | 1 |
3 | Score the best goal with this plastic bag. You may not handbag the bag. | 1 |
Bonus: Best goal. | 0 | |
4 | Work out what's in the sleeping bag. You may not look inside the sleeping bag. You may not take items out of the sleeping bag. | 5 |
5 | Live: Prepare these items for the second part of the task. | 5 |
Live: Hold all your items in one hand. Then put your other hand on your head. | ||
Total | 15 | |
Episode 7: No stars for naughty boys. (6 June 2017) | ||
1 | Prize: Best chair. | 4 |
2 | Stand on one leg then continue reading. Your raised foot must not touch the ground until the task is complete. Bring Alex his dinner. Every time your raised foot touches the ground, you must eat a slice of Alex's dinner. | 5 |
3 | Hide from Alex. Alex is in the caravan. | 1 |
4 | Team: Get this wheelie bin across the finish line. One of you must be in the bin at all times. The other person must be blindfolded at all times. The wheelie bin rider must direct the wheelie bin drivers to complete the course and the five challenges with. Also, no-one can speak English. | 3 |
5 | Unveil a new handshake. | 4 |
6 | Live: Make the best and biggest all-round banana out of these bananas. | 2 |
Total | 19 | |
Episode 8: Tony Three Pies. (13 June 2017) | ||
1 | Prize: Most cash. | 3 |
2 | Make the most exotic sandwich. | 5 |
Eat your exotic sandwich. | 1 | |
Bonus for eating Alex's beard | 1 | |
3 | Strike one of these objects the furthest distance with one of the other objects. You have three strikes with your chosen object. | 5 |
4 | Do something surprising with this rubber duck. | 4 |
5 | Live: Draw the median duck. The median duck alone wins. | 0 |
Bonus: Best duck picture. | 1 | |
Total | 20 | |
Grand Total | 144 |
Champion of Champions[]
Task | Description | Noel Fielding |
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Episode 1: Wiley giraffe blower. (13 December 2017) | ||
1 | Prize: Thing that genuinely causes them the most embarrassment. | 1 |
2 | Either throw an exercise ball into the bath or put all the coconuts in the shopping trolley. You must throw the exercise ball while under a roof and you may not move the bath. You must not touch any of the coconuts with your hands and you may not move the shopping trolley. | 5 |
3 | Blow something substantial off this table. | 1 |
4 | Perform a miracle. | 4 |
5 | Live: Write down a word beginning with T every time Alex blows his whistle. The person with the second longest word takes a step down. Whoever writes down the longest word misses a turn. If you write down one of Alex's special words, you advance an extra step. | 5 |
Total | 16 | |
Episode 2: I've sinned again. (20 December 2017) | ||
1 | Prize: Best thing. | 4 |
2 | What's in the case? | 5 |
3 | Make a mask that tastes delicious and looks great. Your mask but be entirely edible and entirely wearable. You must then wear your mask so Alex can taste it. | 2 |
4 | Make the biggest mess and completely clear it up. | 4 |
5 | Live: Record the highest total of steps on your pedometer. You may not touch your blindfold. | 1 |
Total | 16 | |
Grand Total | 32 |
Trivia[]
- Noel is one of three series champions to win just one episode of their series, the others being Katherine Ryan and Morgana Robinson.
- However, Katherine did win the first episode of Champion of Champions.
- Noel is the only contestant to receive bonus points in multiple tasks within the same episode, achieved in Tony Three Pies..