Episode 8: The cow pushed me on to the ground

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must: walk the ‘lucky tour’; spectacularly destroy a watermelon; bring a cow to a paddling pool; make a drawing of Babben more terrifying, cuter, more powerful, and sexier; drink kombucha from the furthest distance; build a tower of cans in the lab; and spell out ‘Bäst i Test’ in silhouette.

Title context

Anders ‘Ankan’ Johansson claims that “The cow shoved me to the ground!” as his excuse for causing his team to fail so close to achieving their goal during the ‘Get the cow into the pool’ task.

Taskmaster Intro

Yes, we're back already with a new episode, filled to the brim with tests. Our end goal is to find out who's the best of the testers, and celebrate that person with incense, myrrh, and gold in the form of my bust. And we'll have non-stop fun on the way there. Let me present this year's adorable panel...

Contestant Intros

Boss of the bosses: Charlotta Bjorck!

King of the kings: Mauri Hermundsson!

Flashiest of the flashy: Behrouz Badreh!

Queen of the queens: Maria Lundqvist!

Player of the players: Johan Petersson!

Assistant Intro

No man is an island. Not even me, who originated on an island. And what you see on television every week wouldn’t be half as good, half as fun – or maybe even entertaining at all – if it weren’t for my fantastic assistant and sidekick, David Sundin.

Note: Babben is from Gotland, Sweden’s largest island.

Episode prize

The prize in this episode is the fibreglass cow from the ‘Bring the cow to the pool’ task (although David claims that it is an “exact replica”).

Taskmaster's Sign-off

What have we learned today? Don’t close your mouth while drinking kombucha. If the watermelon breaks, it’s not your fault. And next week, Kindness Week is over.

Note: Kindness Week (‘Vänliga Veckan’) is an annual February tradition in Sweden, established in 1946, wherein everyone makes extra efforts to show kindness to the world around them. During this episode, Babben was uncharacteristically complimentary towards David, in acknowledgement of the tradition.