Episode 5: For some, armpit hair is exotic

Episode synopsis

In this episode, the contestants must spill the water from a can of potatoes, make (and then eat) an exotic open-faced sandwich, become a member of the best club, find and complete the real task, and collect the most tennis balls on their helmet plate.

Title context

Tobias Dybvad muses that “For some, armpit hair is exotic” while considering what ingredients to order, during the ‘Make and then eat an exotic open-faced sandwich’ task.

Taskmaster Intro

Good evening. Welcome to Stormester. In the old days, you had to beat the world’s elite in chess to be able to adorn yourself with the title ‘Stormester’. That’s over. Now you can just assess how many turnips can fit in an urn. In your face, Magnus Carlsen!

Note: Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster (or ‘Stormester’, in Danish).

Assistant Intro

Well, Mark. Welcome to you, too.

Episode prize

The prize in this episode is Carsten Eskelund’s tennis umpire’s chair, which comes along with an obligation to umpire an upcoming tennis match.

Mathias also gets an unofficial bonus prize from Tobias Dybvad. In the previous episode, he had asked Tobias if the winner of the episode, who won permission to shave off his eyebrows, would also be allowed to draw new ones on for this episode, and Tobias had agreed to this. As Puk did not take Tobias up on this offer, he instead awards Mathias the honour of doing so, at the beginning of the episode.

Taskmaster's Sign-off

If you just turned on your TV, you've missed it all. But we will be back in a week. Thank you for tonight.