Season 1 was the first season of Taskmaster Australia and first aired on Channel 10 from 2 February to 6 April 2023. The season featured Danielle Walker, Jimmy Rees, Julia Morris, Luke McGregor and Nina Oyama as contestants and was won by Danielle Walker.
Season breakdown[]
| Task | Description | Danielle Walker | Jimmy Rees | Julia Morris | Luke McGregor | Nina Oyama |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1: Foot Juice. (2 February 2023) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most beautiful thing. | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Remove the balloon from inside the caravan. You may not touch or step into the caravan. | 4 | DQ | DQ | DQ | 5 |
| 3 | Create a minute-long montage of your life. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Fill the glass with orange juice. You may only touch oranges with the items on the bench. | DQ | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Live: While standing beside your table, throw a throw, boot a boot, bowl a bowl, flick a flick or propel a propeller the closest to the edge of the stage. If your item goes over the edge, you are eliminated. If no item falls, the contestant furthest from the edge of the stage is eliminated. Once you have selected your item, you must throw, boot, bowl, flick or propel on Tom's whistle. | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 17 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 12 | |
| Episode 2: Keep it clean and flowing. (9 February 2023) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most satisfying thing to touch. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Let the cat out of the bag. Once you touch a bag, you must open it. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Call an older family member and make them hang up on you. If they suspect you want them to hang up on you, you will be disqualified. | DQ | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Do the bravest thing with this ream of paper. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Live: Wearing your chopstick gloves, de-pineapple the pizzas and put the pineapple in your bowls. If you want a new pizza, you may request one from Tom C by asking him accurately and politely in Italian. | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| T | Clap as many times as possible. | – | ✘ | – | – | ✔ |
| Total | 15 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 17 | |
| Episode 3: Cricketmaster. (16 February 2023) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The thing they'd most like to be buried with. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Fly this thong the furthest. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Team: Transform into twins/triplets. | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Team: Also, you must choreograph a beautiful dance at the end of every team task. | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | |
| 4 | Perform the most passionate cricket appeal. Your appeal starts when the ball hits the pads. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Live: Convince the Taskmaster that you deserve five points. You must use a method from one of the paddles. When you are finished convincing, place your paddle in the paddling pool. The least convincing contestant in each round is eliminated. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Total | 16 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 9 | |
| Episode 4: BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. (23 February 2023) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Coolest thing they've found on a walk within 1km of their house. | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Sink the bowling ball. You cannot get wet. | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Snap something and crackle something and pop something. Your first snap, crackle and pop counts. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Thoroughly spread this generic yeast spread on the best thing. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Completely clean the generic yeast spread off your best thing. | ||||||
| 5 | Team Live: In your teams, recreate famous scenes from history for the Taskmaster. Once the Taskmaster has correctly guessed your famous scene, you may recreate another. You may only speak in four-letter words. | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| T | Honk a car horn the quietest. | - | ✔ | ✘ | - | - |
| Total | 18 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 12 | |
| Episode 5: Are you okay? (2 March 2023) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most pretentious thing. | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Protect the popcorn with an impenetrable fort. In 10 minutes, Tom will try to eat the popcorn. You may not move the popcorn. You may not personally attack Tom. | DQ | 2 | 5 | 5 | DQ |
| 3 | Pick up all 26 flowers and deliver them to Tom's vase. You may only advance to collect the next flower when you correctly guess that flower's password. You must deliver all 26 flowers to Tom's vase or you will be disqualified. | 2 | 4 | 3 | DQ | 5 |
| 4 | Team: Get the giraffe in the bath. If you touch grass or the giraffe touches grass or you touch the giraffe, you must start again. | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Team Live: As a team, use your own shadows to spell TASKMASTER. You must spell one letter at a time. A letter will be captured every 10 seconds. Every team member must contribute to every letter. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 12[1] | 14 | 17 | 9 | 12 | |
| Episode 6: Lucky with a sausage. (9 March 2023) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The thing someone else will miss the most. | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Team: Reinvent the wheel. Fit the car's axle with something that is not a wheel, then drive it to the finish line. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Age or de-age yourself. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Save the snag from the barbie. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Live: Make your monster meaner. The least mean monster will be eliminated. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Live: Make your monster cuter. The least cute monster will be eliminated. | ||||||
| Live: Make your monster more prestigious. The least prestigious monster will be eliminated. | ||||||
| Live: Make your monster sexier. Sexiest monster wins. | ||||||
| Total | 18 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| Episode 7: The energy of a sickly child. (16 March 2023) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most surprising thing to bring to a barbecue. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Team: Make a dream come true. | 3[2] | 5 | 3[2] | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Do the most incredible once-in-a-lifetime thing. You must never have done it before and you must never do it again. | 4 | DQ | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Deliver this pizza to Tom. | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Live: Pick a biscuit. | DQ | 5 | DQ | DQ | 4 |
| Live: In time with the music, dunk and undunk your biscuit in your tea when you hear the whistle. At any stage, you may surrender by placing your biscuit on the plate. If your biscuit breaks, you are disqualified. | ||||||
| Total | 15 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 18 | |
| Episode 8: Dumb in unison. (23 March 2023) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most cursed thing. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Correctly spell your fanciest word using items that are your favourite colour. | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Create and perform a celebratory personal theme tune. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | On the canvas below, paint an accurate map of Australia. The canvas cannot leave the ground. All painting must be done from the balcony. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Live: Open your suitcase and use the contents to transform your face into an Australian icon. The case must stay up until you are asked to reveal your face. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Total | 14 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 11 | |
| Episode 9: Sorry for your loss. (30 March 2023) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most desirable runny thing. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Make this doctor look like a fool. You may not touch the doctor. You may not hurt the doctor. You may ask any question of the doctor except about his personal life. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Throw a tantrum. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Collect one of something, two of something else, three of something else, four of something else, five of something else, six of something else, seven of something else, eight of something else, nine of something else, 10 of something else, 11 of something else, 12 of something else, 14 of something else, 15 of something else, 16 of something else, 17 of something else, 18 of something else, 19 of something else and 20 of something else. You must bring all of your things back to the desk. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Return all of your things to their original location. | ||||||
| 5 | Take a secret photo of the Taskmaster without them knowing. You must bring your secret photo to the record of episode nine. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Live: Bounce or don't bounce on your tramp or bounce or don't bounce on your step. If you trick the Taskmaster into thinking you are on a tramp instead of a step or on a step instead of a tramp, you will progress to the next round. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Bonus: Most joyous bouncing. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | |
| Episode 10: Don't ask me what a JC is. (6 April 2023) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Best thing from the Taskmaster's year of birth. | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Stick a pencil in this aubergine from the furthest distance. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Make a miniature version of yourself. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Team: Film the most phenomenal fight scene starring your miniatures. | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Open the golden present. You may only open one present at a time. Before opening each present, you must sing a different royalty-free Christmas carol. You may not leave the lab until the golden present is opened. | 5 | 4 | 2 | DQ | 3 |
| 6 | Live: From your spot, stick a pickle to the bullseye. If your pickle lands in the 1, you must read an apology from the apology jar before throwing again. If your pickle lands in the 2, you must eat a whole pickle before throwing again. If your pickle lands in the 3, you must wear oven mitts for your next throw. If you miss the board altogether, you must live with the shame of that. For a successful bullseye, more than half your pickle must be inside the bullseye for more than five seconds. | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 25 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 23 | |
| Grand Total | 164 | 156 | 160 | 138 | 146 | |
- ↑ Incorrectly shown as 11 in the final scoreboard for the episode
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The team of two were initially awarded 4 points each, but 1 point was deducted for forgetting to choreograph a dance.