Season 5 is the fifth season of Taskmaster NZ and first aired on TVNZ 2 from 6 August to 4 September 2024. The season featured Abby Howells, Ben Hurley, Hayley Sproull, Tofiga Fepulea'i, and Tom Sainsbury as contestants and was won by Hayley Sproull.
Season breakdown[]
| Task | Description | Abby Howells | Ben Hurley | Hayley Sproull | Tofiga Fepulea'i | Tom Sainsbury |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1: A Long Denouement. (6 August 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Worst cup. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2[1] | 3 |
| 2 | Choose three of your five senses to lose for the next task and place them in the bin. | 4 | 5 | DQ | 3 | DQ |
| Attach your sense blockers then follow the instructions. | ||||||
| 3 | Celebrate a football goal. You may only take one kick. If you miss, you must celebrate regardless. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Complete all the tasks on the roof. You may only touch a task using these pool cues. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Live: Simultaneously toss both your shoes off the stage. Furtherest apart landed shoes each round will be eliminated. The first wound, you must throw the shoes with one in each hand. You cannot attach your shoes together in any way. | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1[1] | 2 |
| Total | 19 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10 | |
| Episode 2: Slightly sucked pasta. (7 August 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The secret to their success. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1[1] | 4 |
| 2 | Remove the blocks from the tower and place them back on top. You must follow the instructions written on every block you remove. Blocks must be removed one at a time. | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Relive the best moment of your life. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Be the most excited to meet your teammates. They can't know about this task. One person on the other team has received this task. If you are more excited than them, your team wins. | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Team: Make a leaning tower of dry pasta. If you break one of the three secret rules, you must step away from the tower and Paul will trigger a punishment. You cannot interfere with the punishment devices. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | Live: Fan out your flame. You cannot move from or move your mat. You may not throw items. If your candle falls, you are disqualified. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5[1] | 3 |
| Total | 21 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 17 | |
| Episode 3: The Lamp Left Me On Read. (13 August 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The best thing that you are confident that Jeremy has never owned in his life. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1[2] | 5 |
| 2 | Throw a marshmallow over the wall and catch it in your mouth. You must wear zoom goggles the whole time. | DQ | DQ | DQ | 5 | DQ |
| 3 | Turn on a lamp in the lab. You must be seated at the desk in the study when the lamp turns on. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Film a trailer for a movie about this trailer in the style of your given genre. | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Team Live: In your teams, take turns to each roll an office chair towards the edge of the stage. You must roll your chair from behind the line. The closest team chair to the edge of the stage wins one point. Any chairs that go over the edge will lose their team one point. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3[2] | 3 |
| Total | 7 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | |
| Episode 4: Having a flare-up. (14 August 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The best thing that makes you go "Hmmm, I don't know about that". | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2[2] | 1 |
| 2 | Space these objects out in the right order. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Team: Build the tallest skyscraper out of the boxes without leaving your designated areas. One person will build, the other (two) will supply boxes. The supplier(s) may request a box by asking Paul for it by number. That supplier must do an impression of the person written on the box. If the builder guesses the impression correctly, the supplier may supply it. The builder may not request a new box until the last impression has been guessed. If you cheat, Paul will knock over your skyscraper and you must start again. | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Teach Paul a lesson. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Live: Write down the name of an animal, vegetable or vehicle and hand it to Paul. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2[2] | 5 |
| Live: Using the canvas behind you, communicate to the Taskmaster what your animal, vegetable or vehicle is. You may not turn around while working on your canvas. You must not tamper with your backpack. When you are ready for the Taskmaster to guess, stand next to your canvas. If he guesses wrong, you may alter your canvas and try again. | ||||||
| Total | 13 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 16 | |
| Episode 5: A marvellous tool. (20 August 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The best thing that one person on the panel will really want. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5[3] | 2 |
| 2 | Move Paul. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| S | Live life to the fullest with this frisbee. | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 3 | Protect the egg. The egg will be launched from Paul's catapult in exactly 18 minutes. | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Ring in the New Year in style. Your New Year celebration must have a dance, a kiss, a drink and a resolution. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Happy New Year! Complete your New Year's resolution. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Live: Pinch, protect or plunder. If you choose to pinch, you may pinch one point from the person you choose. If you choose to plunder, you may plunder all the points of the person you choose. If you choose to protect, you cannot be plundered, but you cannot protect from a pinch. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1[3] | 3 |
| Total | 10 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 13 | |
| Episode 6: The one where Rachel dies in childbirth. (21 August 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The thing that's best from far away. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4[3] | 5 |
| 2 | Match accessories with Paul. Paul will emerge every minute with a new accessory until you match him. You may only don one accessory at a time and you may not don the same accessory twice in a row. No peeking. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Write down the 20 public figures you know the most about. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Create a short biopic based on the life of your twentieth public figure. You may not do any further research into your figure. | ||||||
| 4 | Cover one I and turn U into a pirate. Cross the 7 Cs and circle where X marks the spot. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Live: Listen for your note and move forward when you hear it. When you hear your note, you may move one spot forward. If you move forward on someone else's note, you must move two spots back. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5[3] | 3 |
| Total | 10 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 16 | |
| Episode 7: Sierra echo xylophone. (27 August 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The most delightful package from the sketchiest place. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2[4] | 4 |
| 2 | Do the most incredible thing 10 times. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Follow Paul's instructions. You may tell him to stop or ask him to start again. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Make soap. | 4 | 3 | DQ | DQ | 5 |
| 5 | Make a new musical instrument. It must be playable and smaller than a dog. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Live: On your original instrument, perform a solo with this jazz band. Your solo must last for 15 seconds. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5[4] | 4 | |
| Total | 16 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 20 | |
| Episode 8: A genie comes if you rub it. (28 August 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The thing they really wanted but now no longer want. | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2[4] | 1 |
| 2 | Say the magic phrase while rubbing the lamp. You may not leave the study. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Team: Create and run a corporate retreat. | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Star in a 30 second silent film. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Create the audio for your silent film. All sound must be recorded in this room. | ||||||
| 5 | Team Live: Pick a subject from Paul's board then have a cohesive conversation about it. Each conversation must last 30 seconds and all participating teammates must speak at least twice. You must be wearing your noise-cancelling headphones whilst conversing. | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4[4] | 4 |
| Total | 16 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 14 | |
| Episode 9: An absolute pedant. (3 September 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The thing that reminds them of themselves. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4[5] | 1 |
| 2 | Get a hole-in-one from the furthest distance. The ball can be any ball. The hole can be any hole. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Team: Bring a classic artwork to life. It must be alive for at least 30 seconds. | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Scare Paul at bedtime. | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | During the studio record, passionately promote a fictional product. No one can know it is a task. | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| During the studio record, give the contestant seated to your left the nickname Mustard Hands. You must refer to them by the nickname at least three times. No one can know it is a task. | - | 5 | - | - | - | |
| During the studio record, confidently mispronounce three different English words. No one can know it is a task. | - | - | 5 | - | - | |
| During the studio record, be extremely curious about Ben Hurley's skincare routine at least twice. No one can know it is a task. | - | - | - | 5[6] | - | |
| During the studio record, tell an anecdote that makes the audience go "awww". The anecdote cannot be true. No one can know it is a task. | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 6 | Live: For two minutes, simultaneously eat spaghetti, keep your balloon off the ground and participate in Paul's pub quiz all while being naturally photogenic. Your camera can go off at any point during the two minutes. | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1[5] | 3 |
| Bonus: Most correct quiz answers. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[5] | 2 | |
| Bonus: Most spaghetti eaten. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[5] | 0 | |
| Penalty: Balloon hits the ground | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1[5] | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 20 | |
| Episode 10: Oh baby it's elegance. (4 September 2024) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: The best thing that will still be here in a million years. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5[5] | 4 |
| 2 | Text the stranger and guess their age. You cannot use numbers in your questions and they cannot use numbers in their answers. You may not use the internet. You have one guess. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Invent a new country. You must create a detailed and informative tourism video promoting your country. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Pick a food group. | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Write and perform a rap advocating for why your food group is the best. | ||||||
| 5 | Live: One by one, place an item on the table. Once you have touched an item, that is the item you must place. If placing causes any item to fall, you will be eliminated. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3[5] | 5 |
| Total | 12 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 16 | |
| Grand Total | 147 | 160 | 166 | 156 | 157 | |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 These points were attributed to Tofiga but won by Madeleine Sami, who replaced him for the studio segments of this episode.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 These points were attributed to Tofiga but won by Matt Heath, who replaced him for the studio segments of this episode.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 These points were attributed to Tofiga but won by Josh Thomson, who replaced him for the studio segments of this episode.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 These points were attributed to Tofiga but won by Bubbah, who replaced him for the studio segments of this episode.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 These points were attributed to Tofiga but won by Chris Parker, who replaced him for the studio segments of this episode.
- ↑ These points were attributed to Tofiga but won by Josh Thomson and Bubbah, who replaced him for the studio segments of earlier episodes.