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Pop up before the object, but only just was a studio task featured on Series 12 of Taskmaster, as the fifth task in A couple of Ethels. The task was won by Morgana Robinson.

Setup[]

Location Pinewood Studios
Equipment Toast, toaster, jack-in-the-box, giant balloon
Measurement Best popper

Summary[]

The contestants had to pop up before the object popped up, with the closest to the pop scoring 5 points, the second closest scoring 4 points etc. If they popped up after the object popped up, they score 0 points for that round. The first round was the toaster popping up toast, the second was a jack-in-the-box wound by Greg, and the third was a giant balloon being inflated until it popped.

Performance[]

Alan Davies: Alan popped up: fourth for the toaster (4 points), first for the jack-in-the-box (1 point), and second for the giant balloon (3 points). He score 8 points, receiving 3 points

Desiree Burch: Desiree popped up: third for the toaster (3 points), second for the jack-in-the-box (2 points), and did not pop up in time for the giant balloon (0 points). She scored 5 points, receiving 2 points.

Guz Khan: Guz popped up: second for the toaster (2 points), third for the jack-in-the-box (3 points) , and third for the giant balloon (4 points). He scored 9 points, receiving 4 points.

Morgana Robinson: Morgana popped up: closest to the toaster (5 points), fourth for the jack-in-the-box (4 points), and the closest to the giant balloon (5 points). She scored 14 points, receiving 5 points.

Victoria Coren Mitchell: Victoria popped up: first for the toaster (1 point), closest to the jack-in-the-box (5 points), and first for the giant balloon (2 points). She scored 8 points, receiving 3 points.

Other appearances[]

Taskmaster (NZ)[]

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A similar task was featured on Season 1 of Taskmaster NZ, as the fifth task in The problem is me.. The contestants had to pop up before the toast.

The task was won by Angella Dravid.

Kongen Befaler[]

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This task was featured on Season 3, Season 4 and Season 5 of Kongen Befaler.

Stormester[]

The task was featured on Season 6 of Stormester, where the contestants had to pop up before the toast, a jack-in-the-box and a balloon.

Suurmestari[]

This task was featured on Season 4 of Suurmestari, where the contestants had to pop up before a kettle boiled and before the toast.

Bäst i Test[]

A version of this task was featured in the Worst of Test special of Bäst i Test, where the contestants had to ring a bell before the toast popped up.

Le maître du jeu'[]

This task was featured on Season 3 of Le maître du jeu.