Episode 1: For your Logie consideration

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must bring in the worst thing to wake up and find at the end of your bed, do the most epic wink, throw a frisbee into a caravan, make their horoscope come true, and remake a bed without leaving it. In a thrilling tie-breaker, two of the contestants must then attempt to place 100 hundreds and thousands into a glass.

Episode notes

• There’s a running joke in this episode in which Tom Cashman keeps inferring that Mel Buttle has been the subject of some serious allegations.

Title context

Rhys Nicholson suggests “For your Logie consideration” after their attempt at the ‘Do the most epic wink’ task is shown. The Logies is an annual television award ceremony in Australia.

Taskmaster Intro

Welcome, one and all, to the third season of Taskmaster Australia. The deities that run Channel 10 have blessed us with another opportunity to present a season of triumph and pratfalls to you, the humble viewer, watching with your family huddled around the television, or, more likely, on your phone, in the toilet at work. My name is Tom Gleeson and I believe no person should be defined by their job, unless that job is my job, and my job is being the Taskmaster. Over the next 10 episodes, five comedians will try to impress me by completing a series of highly intricate tasks. These tasks will test various life skills such as intelligence, hand-eye coordination, and not being a dipshit. At the end, one of them will win a prize, which will make them both the envy of their peers and a target for international art thieves. It's my big old head painted gold. Now let us savour this moment while we still think highly of them, and give a warm welcome to our season three contestants.

Assistant Intro

And finally, attached to my side like a skin tag that doctors refuse to remove because they're afraid of what it will smell like, it's my assistant, Tom Cashman. Welcome back, Lesser Tom, you smelly bastard.

Taskmaster's Sign-off

So what did we learn tonight? We learned what short-sheeting is, and is not. We learned Channel 10 have finally allowed us to air mass winking on national television. And we learned if you dare to listen to the stars that surround the earth, they're telling us something special: Some white people are slightly better at rapping than you'd think. But most importantly, we learned Aaron is the winner of episode one! See you all next week. Goodnight!