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Henrik tortures a teddy bear

Here's a description of the contestant's attempt. Someone's probably working on collecting some images to illustrate it.

After reading the task, Henrik immediately declares that he has an idea, and goes to the shed. He grabs a roll of gaffer tape and uses the tape to cover the ribbon tied to the balloons. He reasons that the presence of the tape will keep a flame alive longer, before it finally burns the ribbon. For his semi-flammable wick, Henrik gaffer tapes a teddy bear to the brick. While taping, Henrik berates the bear for not paying its bills on time, and for not replying to text messages. Since the bear refuses to apologise, it will be sacrificed as a timed fuse. When David sets the bear on fire, it burns much more quickly than he or David anticipated. The gaffer tape does protect the ribbon, but this just allows the heat from the flames to pop two of the balloons, while the third is released into the air. In the studio, David points out that the task stated that ‘balloons’ (plural) needed to be released, and not just a singular balloon. As such, Henrik earns joint last place.

(Written by Jenny R and proofread by Karl Craven)

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