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| Dignity intact. • The leprechaun or the lesbian. • Phoenix. • Residue around the hoof. • A wind-dried puffin. • Spoony Neeson. • Boing boing. • Their water's so delicious. | ||||||
Series 5 was the fifth series of Taskmaster and first aired on Dave from 13 September to 1 November 2017. The series featured Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar and Sally Phillips as contestants and was won by Bob Mortimer.
Series breakdown[]
Spoilers!
This section contains spoilers.
| Task | Description | Aisling Bea | Bob Mortimer | Mark Watson | Nish Kumar | Sally Phillips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1: Dignity intact. (13 September 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Something that makes the most excellent noise. | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Give Alex a special cuddle. | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Get Alex onto dry land as elegantly as possible. Alex must remain dry. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Get the basketball through the hoop. You may not touch the basketball with your hands. You may not wear gloves or anything that could reasonably be construed to be gloves. | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | DQ |
| 5 | Live: Get one item of fruit into the fishbowl. You may not leave or move your chair. You may not throw your fruit. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 13 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | |
| Episode 2: The leprechaun or the lesbian. (20 September 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Hippest item of headwear. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Make the best coconut flinging machine. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Paint the best rainbow scene. You may not open the lab door until the task is complete. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | There is a loaf of bread in the lab. Slice the loaf as neatly as possible. You may use one tool only and that tool must be found in this caravan. | DQ | DQ | 4 | 5 | DQ |
| 5 | Team: Achieve the greatest splat. One teammate must be splatted for the splat to be valid. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Live: With your face placed firmly in your hole at all times, paint the most recognisable animal, vegetable or mineral. You must incorporate your face in the picture. | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 17 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 20 | |
| Episode 3: Phoenix. (27 September 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Thing they're actually proudest of. | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Remove the table tennis ball from the pipe. The pipe must not move. | DQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Make this coconut look like a businessman. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Items: Jelly, Weetabix, Twiglet Eat one item. |
2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Balance one item on top of the red pole. The item must stay balanced until the entire task is complete. You may not take the pole out of the ground. | ||||||
| Standing behind this rope, throw one item into the bucket. You may retrieve the item if it misses, but you must be stood behind the rope on every throw. You may not move the rope or the bucket. | ||||||
| 5 | Live: Play table tennis with words. When the ball is within striking distance, you must say a word while pretending to hit the ball with your bat. That word must begin with the last letter of the previous word. If you fail to say a word within the time it would take you to hit a ball, you are out. After saying a word, you must run to the back of the opposite queue. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 13 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 16 | |
| Episode 4: Residue around the hoof. (4 October 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most extraordinary souvenir. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Make Marmite. | 3 | 5 | 4 | DQ | 2 |
| 3 | Team: Do something remarkable synchronised. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Wearing this blindfold, blow up this balloon so that its circumference is the same as the length of a standard cucumber. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Spot the difference. Have a look at the scene in front of you and explain exactly what's changed since you put the blindfold on. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sneeze. | DQ | 5 | 4 | 0 | DQ |
| 6 | Live: Stand on one leg for the longest whilst playing a game of Greg says, Alex says. Your raised foot must remain above the balloon at all times and may not touch any other item. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| T | Back throw a Swede. | ✘ | – | ✔ | – | – |
| Total | 24 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 15 | |
| Episode 5: A wind-dried puffin. (11 October 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most high octane item. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Put the biggest thing inside this balloon. The balloon must then be successfully inflated, tied, and bigger than your head. | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Generate a watercooler moment involving this watercooler. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| S | Send the Taskmaster an anonymous cheeky text message every single day for the next 5 months. | – | – | DQ | – | – |
| 4 | Make the tallest tower of cans on this table. Also, whilst building your tower, you must shake Alex's hand and say you're from a different country once every 10 seconds. Alex will blow his whistle every 10 seconds. | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Live: Find the Finns. You may each ask one question to one person. You must then write down which number you think is a Finn. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Total | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | |
| Episode 6: Spoony Neeson. (18 October 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Best thing they've made themselves. | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Balance Alex. You may not use humans to balance Alex.. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | With this camera strapped to your head, record the most incredible footage. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| S | Have your photo taken with this golden pineapple in other esteemed company. | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Using this flame, light the candle in the caravan. | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Bonus: Also, please don't say any words containing any of the letters in the word Taskmaster. | – | – | 0 | – | – | |
| 5 | Live: Make yourself monotone. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| T | Get the most yoghurt near the middle of the target with one kick. | – | ✘ | – | – | ✔ |
| Total | 17 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 18 | |
| Episode 7: Boing boing. (25 October 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most surprisingly expensive item. | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Wearing that blindfold at all times, travel as far as possible in three minutes. Alex will be at your side at all times because he is a strong, independent, handsome man. On removing the blindfold, you will then have another three minutes to retrace your steps to your starting position. | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Muster the biggest coconut bobsleigh team. You may only use items from the caravan to secure your coconuts. You'll be disqualified if you use any item used by another contestant. | 5 | DQ | 3 | 4 | DQ |
| 4 | Vote for which contestant you think should receive five bonus points. The contestant who receives the most votes will receive five bonus points. You may vote for yourself. If, however, you vote for yourself and fail to receive the most votes, you will lose two points. | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | 5 |
| 5 | Make a funny little flick-book film. The mat beneath your feet is the paper. The camera above your head will take photos of your paper. | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Live: Send the most things to the Taskmaster. Items must travel via zipline and land on your segment of the Taskmaster's table. You may not move from your current position. | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 17 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 16 | |
| Episode 8: Their water's so delicious. (1 November 2017) | ||||||
| 1 | Prize: Most awkward item for somebody else to take home. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Get this coconut as far from here as possible. You may not touch the ground. You may not step on anything more than once. The coconut may not travel by car. | 3[1] | 4[1] | DQ | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Create the best graph. | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| S | Make the most fish puns. | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| 4 | Team: Write and perform a song about this woman. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Live: Throw the egg through the hoop and catch it as many times as possible. You may not touch the net or post. | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 10[1] | 16[1] | 11 | 14 | 17 | |
| Grand Total | 126 | 138 | 130 | 107 | 130 | |
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Although Aisling's coconut distance was said to be further than Bob's, Bob was awarded 4 points and Aisling awarded 3 points, although Aisling should have been awarded 4 points and Bob 3 points. The scores for the episode and total points for the series both reflect this unexplained change to the points said to be awarded for this task.
Trivia[]
- Many of the tasks in this series involved coconuts, similar to Series 2 featuring many tasks involving potatoes.
- This is the only series in which more than one contestant did not win any episodes.
Videos[]
Series 5 Complete Outtakes - Taskmaster
External links[]
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