(Bell Media theme playing)
(applause)
- Welcome to the Grand Finale of Taskmaster!
Yes, tonight, someone will be crowned
the first champion in the history of Taskmaster!
Over the last few weeks, I've created a series of tasks
for five beloved comedians to complete.
Together, we'll see what they did
and how they did it. As the Taskmaster,
I'll give out top points to the most deserving contestants,
based on highly subjective and ambiguous criteria.
The winner of this season
will take home the greatest prize in the history of television:
a golden replica of my head!
(cheering)
[Episode title: "The Grand Finale"] - Wow! - Yes!
And which of these five comedians
will take this magnificent golden head home?
- Oh, that's you? - Honestly, I don't see it.
I'd say... It looks like a mix of
Guy Jodoin [Quebec comedian] and Bob Hartley [Canadian hockey coach].
It doesn't look like you at all.
- The little meanie who is talking is Matthieu Pepper!
- Hi, everyone!
Hello!
- Christine Morency!
Ève Côté!
- C’mon! (cheering)
- The elegant Jo Cormier.
(applause)
And Mehdi Bousaidan!
Wow!
- Oh yes!
- He has accompanied me all season.
He was there for all the tasks.
And tonight, I'm going to put him away in his little box.
- Aww! - Antoine Vézina!
- Yes! (cheering)
- Thank you!
Taskmaster, if I may...
- Go ahead, go ahead!
- I don't see any difference between the golden head and you,
because I know that you are a golden being. [Antoine tried to rhyme "tête" ("head") with "être" ("being")]
(mix of crowd "aww"ing and booing)
- Are you nervous?
- After that joke, no!
- Can't wait!
(laughing)
- This is really quite an honour. Do you have room in
your home to display this?
- No, but I'm not too worried about it.
Um!
I'm quite emotional, Louis!
- It's really been a great season.
I want to thank you for your creativity and your ingenuity.
And I want to remind you that we've been
tracking scores since the beginning.
- Yes indeed. - And it's very, very tight!
Anything can happen tonight. - Listen, it's quite tight.
Anyone can win, with one exception.
(laughing)
- We can even say that Ève is in the lead.
- Absolutely! (applause)
- My friend is in the lead!
- But nothing is decided yet.
- There's the overall prize for the winner of this season, but there's also the prize
for which they'll be playing tonight.
We asked our comedians to each bring in an item.
Louis, you'll score them
based on how well they've respected the theme.
We asked them to bring in the most brillant thing they owned.
- You win, Jo. - What?
- You're wearing it tonight? - Definitely!
- Louis, I have a few more surprises for you!
- Let's start with Jo! - Yes, here you go!
(laughing)
- A mirror?
- When you look at yourself? - No, Louis.
When the winner looks into their own eyes
while they're being crowned champion,
their eyes will sparkle. ["Brilliant" can also mean, "sparkly," or "shiny"]
Their eyes shine bright. - Very good!
- That's quite strong! - I like it!
- It's not that important, though, because...Who is winning tonight?
- "Everyone wins!"
(joyful cries)
- And everyone can win Mehdi's prize tonight, too!
- Yes! It's a sabre I received as a gift.
But a sabre for sabering; like for opening champagne bottles.
- Yes! - Oh!
- Yes, I tried it once
and discovered I have a passion for it.
My friends call me... They gave me a nickname.
I'm the "Bubble Baron."
- What? "Bubble Baron?" - Yeah! Well, at first,
it was the "Widow Hunter," but I had to change my ways, because it was...
(laughing) - Let's see
Matthieu's item.
(audience "aww"ing) - Yes, it's...
- Who's that?
- It's a picture of my grandfather who died
and is now shining bright in the firmament. Um...
(audience "aww"ing)
- You're tugging at our heartstrings tonight, Matthieu.
- I really miss my grandpa.
That's very moving, and what would bring him
the most joy, I think, is...
- For you to join him? - Excuse me?!
(laughing)
- It's a date!
(laughing)
- Let's cut to commercial. Let's go to break...
We all need a break.
- Thank you very much! - Thanks!
- Let's see Christine's item. - Ah, yes!
- Huh?!
That's me! - Because
the most brilliant thing here tonight is Antoine.
- Ah!
(applause) - Oh, wow!
- It's Antoine. So, I asked Jade Lachine [illustrator]
to draw a caricature of you. And you're holding a chess piece --
your passion -- with Louis on it!
- Oh, it's Louis! - He's the king of games! ["Maître du jeu" means "Master of Games"]
- Wow, thank you! - My pleasure, Antoine!
- Well, now; I'm having trouble moving on...
- So my grandfather had zero effect on you, eh? - Ah, yeah, Matthieu.
- Oh, you're still here?
(laughing)
In memory of Matthieu, let's see Ève's item.
(laughing)
(screams)
- Is that yours? - Once again,
I followed the rules. - It's brilliant!
- I was the only one. It's brilliant.
- So, it's a starter kit for, say,
a journey into the world of drag.
Maybe a starter kit for...
a naughty grandmother on New Year's Eve.
I don't know! - What is it?
- Have you ever used that? - Once!
- At the cottage? (laughing)
- When? - It was during...
the Ice Bucket Challenge.
- What? - Yes!
- We clearly didn't take part in the same Ice Bucket Challenge.
- I got quite a few views
because I was wearing a white t-shirt, and when it was wet...
It was awesome.
- Sorry, sorry: Are you saying that
there are people who thought
those wrinkly tits were yours?
(laughing)
- People are naïve, my dear, people are very naïve.
- Alright, OK! Let's give out some points.
For Christine's item, and especially for her
takedown of Matthieu, I'm giving her five points.
- Yes!
- For respecting the theme, four points to Ève.
- Thank you very much! You have to follow the rules!
- Well done!
- My grandfather is dead!
My grandfather... he was in excruciating pain!
- For the sabre, three points.
Jo, two points. And the Pity Point to Matthieu.
(applause)
- Back to where it all began.
- Using one's family to get points...
- That's disgusting. - That's low. Very, very low.
- Come on, that's what you've been doing with your wife for 30 years! [Louis' wife is arguably much more famous than he is]
(applause and shock from audience)
- He gets to decide, man!
He's the Taskmaster!
(imitates a tommy gun) - Respect him!
- I'm sorry. I did it again.
- For the first recorded task of this grand finale,
I'm offering you a deal:
Seven tasks for the price of one!
♪♪
- Antoine? - Hi!
- Hello! - Hello!
(laughs)
- "Complete these seven tasks."
- My god! "Once you touch an envelope,
"you must complete the task within it
before opening a new envelope."
- "Fastest wins. Your time starts now."
Fuck! - Here we go!
- Here we go, where? Where are you?
- It's right there! I'm telling you the time has started! - Oh, OK, they're there; they're there.
He's just chilling out there, relaxing!
(applause)
- OK, perfect. So, clearly, Ève understood the task. What about the others?
- I don't know, but I'll explain it again, anyway.
Seven tasks to complete,
but as soon as they touch an envelope,
they have to complete that particular task.
And they got to choose the order.
- Yes, they did. - Yes! So, obviously,
there were... more or less helpful orders.
And it was a race,
even if it didn't always look like one.
Let's see everyone but Ève!
(laughing)
- This one!
"Place one of your hands on one of your hips..."
- "And keep it there until you've completed all of the tasks."
Ah! - Uh-oh!
- Are they nuts?
I need both my hands!
- It's gonna be hard, eh?
- Fucking hell!
- "Build a tower of bricks on the rug." Argh!
- "Your tower must be at least 66 cm tall.
and remain standing until all of the tasks are completed."
(laughing)
- This is gonna fall.
- What's the centimeters?
- It's on the other side of the inches.
- I'll be surprised if we sit together
at the Christmas party, my friend! - Why not?
- I don't like the way you talk to me.
- OK!
- You know that you don't have your hand...? - Yeah!
- OK. - "While remaining behind the rope,
"roll the bowling ball
and knock over at least one pin."
- Do you wanna see something impressive?
- Oh! - What?
- "Taskmaster!"
- Come on! Yes!
- "Place 20 objets inside the wheelbarrow." Different ones.
- OK, little objects. Ah!
- Each flower is different.
- A little cake mold.
♪ - Jingle bells jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle all the way ♪
- 19!
- "Put the wheelbarrow inside the shack."
(frightened cry)
(angry cry)
- I get the impression that nobody gives a shit about me!
- What? - No, but seriously!
- "Hide the puzzle pieces in the forest."
Done!
- "Hide the puzzle pieces in the forest."
Very well hidden, there.
- "Hide the puzzle pieces in the forest."
- Bye!
- What does it say? - "Complete the puzzle"!
- Oh, of course! - "Complete the puzzle."
- What?
- Goddamnit!
"Complete the puzzle!"
(screams) I hate this task!
- Oh, it fell down! - Yes, ideally,
I don't think it should fall.
- Ah, it's Morissette's giant face, too.
Just what I needed!
- Is it missing some pieces? - No, no!
♪♪
- Here's the green bit!
- I've stopped the time!
- It adds something to it, too.
- To top it off, it's Louis Morissette's old face.
I'm not doing it.
- Excuse me. It's seven tasks.
(applause)
- With all due respect! - Yeah, yeah!
- I was so angry, and I had reached my cardio limit.
I became aggressive!
- Rule violation is one thing,
but the important thing here was speed. What were their times?
- Matthieu completed it in 8 min 50 s.
- That's pretty impressive, actually. - Christine quit
after 9 min 23 s. - I gave up! Really.
- Of course! - Mehdi, 11 min 10 s.
And Jo, an interminable 16 min 21 s.
- When we come back,
we'll see if our leader by a hair did better.
- Of course! Definitely! She's not saying anything!
- Do you know what the saddest thing is, Matthieu?
- Um, yeah, I think I might have an inkling, Louis.
- It's that I'm not even surprised. (laughing)
♪♪
(applause)
Welcome back to the Taskmaster Grand Finale.
Tonight, we'll find out which comedian
will go home with this majestic bust
valued at 17 million dollars.
Yes, yes! But remind us of the task, Antoine.
- Our comedians had to complete seven tasks in one.
We've seen everyone except Ève.
- OK, do I start with the most difficult one?
"While remaining behind the rope, roll the bowling ball
and knock over at least one pin."
Fuck!
The apple instead of the ball.
(effortful sigh) Yikes!
Ah, that one's good. That one's good! Yes!
"Place 20 different objets inside the wheelbarrow."
Five.
Six.
Seven.
- 18!
- A water bottle. I haven't put a water bottle in yet.
I haven't put any coffee mugs in! Look, there are 20.
"Build a tower of bricks on the rug.
"Your tower must be at least 66 cm tall
and remain standing until the end of the task."
66. OK!
So...
66, perfect!
"Put the wheelbarrow inside the shack."
This is heavy!
It's in the shack!
Louis Morissette.
I saw him earlier! Whoa!
"Hide the puzzle pieces in the forest."
Ugh, I broke a nail. Shit!
(laughing)
Done! "Place one of your hands
"on one of your hips
"and keep it there until all of the tasks
are complete." Good thing I didn't open this one first.
I'm done! - Yes! - Thank you. Who's going to pay
for the nail I just broke? - Sorry?
- Who's going to pay for the nail I just broke?
- Hmm, I'm not hearing anything.
(applause)
- Impressive, eh! - Where's the challenge?
- Her biggest inconvenience was that she broke a nail.
- Hey it was bad; it broke all the way into my skin!
- Imagine how quickly she would have done it with ten nails.
Here you go, Ève!
Here! (laughing) - Thank you, Taskmaster!
- Wow! - Are you gonna stop crying now?
It was very quick, because Ève,
started at the right spot
compared to the four others
who started with their hands on their hips.
- So, she did it in 4 min 27 s.
- Really good! (applause)
- So obviously, I have to give her five points.
- Five points! - We'll go in order of times.
- So, Matthieu in 8 min 50 s.
- Four for Matthieu! - Mehdi next!
- Three for Mehdi!
Two for Jo! - Jo, yes!
- The Pity Point for Christine!
- Christine, who didn't complete the task!
For now, Ève is leading on this final night.
- My friend!
- For now!
- I'm confident. I'm confident!
- There are three tasks left tonight.
- Yes! - Let's see the next one.
- A task that's not very ap-PEA-ling.
(laughing) - I'm less confident. I'm less confident.
♪♪
Alright, a screen, and an envelope?
Here we go!
- "Propel this pea as far as possible."
(laughs) - Cutie!
- "The pea must land and remain on the red carpet."
- "You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now."
- 30 minutes.
- OK, it's a really tiny pea!
"This pea..."
(applause)
- Honestly... - Yes?
- I don't recall giving them 30 minutes.
- 30 minutes. - That's a long time to come up with a strategy.
- Propel the pea, that must remain on the carpet.
I measured it from the starting line.
And you told them, "You have time to think about this."
- Time to think... You know, so you don't take the pea
and whip the shit out of it
so it lands in the grass...
- Let's see Matthieu and Ève!
- Do we have more peas in case I lose this one?
Not sure?
Well, look. We'll see, eh?
I just wanna test this out.
I just need to make sure I don't lose sight of it.
Shit. I lost sight of it.
(laughing)
- Argh, I lost the pea!
So now... Can I get an alternate pea?
It went far, anyhow!
- This is so dumb.
I lost the pea!
- A pea in grass, it's certainly...
- A lot of clovers, here.
So each leaf looks like a pea.
The only thing that would make this
better is dog shit all over the place.
(laughing)
Is this goose shit? Ah!
That's it! - Good, good...
That was really fun.
Toodle-oo!
- OK, I'm stopping, but but not because I lost the pea.
I'm stopping because of all of the goose shit.
It's gross.
(applause)
- There you go.
- Because of the goose shit. - Indeed.
Do you know what the saddest thing is, Matthieu?
- Yeah, I think I have an inkling, Louis, but go ahead.
- It's that I'm not even surprised.
- If only it had been an endearingly bad attempt, but at that point
I threw it too... I don't know what happened.
- They gave up. So, zero distance?
- Zero. No peas.
- It was fair for each of us.
Those were the rules. There's no two peas, two measurements.
- Oh, well done!
(applause) - Very good.
- Others took some time to think.
Jo and Mehdi!
♪♪
- I'm going to try to control the descent.
♪♪
I think I've got this one in the bag.
(laughs)
- I feel like I'm in a [Jean] de La Fontaine fable. [classic French fable collection from the 17th century]
The one about the pea and the red carpet.
Oh no!
This isn't going well.
Hey, I don't know where you got this red carpet from, but...
It's not Oscar-worthy.
- It's taking a while. - What?
- Oh, no, never mind!
- Oh, you think I'm taking long, but wait;
I have a few more tricks up my sleeve.
I have to go a little beyond this.
This is a tough one.
♪♪
- Oof, I'm getting dizzy!
Woo!
- Do you have a knife? - Exacto!
- Thanks!
- Don't hurt yourself, OK? - Promise.
Look! - Yes?
OK.
(surprised cry) - Wow!
(applause)
- Well done!
- The pea had to be on the carpet.
So, if it's in the ball,
it's still on the carpet. Well played, Jo.
- Yeah, well done! Very good.
- I'm jealous. - Well done.
- Really, really good!
- Mehdi's pea travelled 19 meters.
And Jo's, 19.45 meters. - Woohoo!
- Mehdi pulled the carpet during his attempt.
I measured from the starting line.
So, even though he's at the end of the carpet, he's a little closer to the starting line.
- After the break, we'll see Christine's attempt.
I'm looking forward to seeing how she tried to cheat.
- No, no, no! (applause)
I didn't cheat.
- Christine, I'm going to disappoint you,
but you didn't even cheat.
♪♪
(applause)
Welcome back to the Grand Finale of Taskmaster!
Before the break, we saw Mehdi and Jo attempt to propel their peas
the furthest possible.
- Yes, we saw Ève and Matthieu, too.
- Yes, but I'm trying to forget about that. - Ah, OK.
(laughing) - We are, too!
- Just Christine remaining! - Yes, let's see Christine's attempt!
- Super!
What I can do... - Yes.
- ... is propel the box.
- Mmhmm.
- And wherever it lands,
I'll open it and propel the pea.
"Propel!"
(effortful cry)
(epic music playing)
Yes! (laughing)
- 19.17 meters!
- I'm going to walk with you, Antoine.
- Ah, you're strutting! We're pretty far away, eh?
- Oh yeah!
- That was simpler than the ball, eh?
- Yeah. - Eh?
- Was it just me or was that...
overly dramatic for a pea launch?
- Oh yes! But Christine asked for that. - Yes!
"Propel!" (effortful cry)
That was really straight.
Zoom in, OK.
Get ready.
Not here! Hang on.
You, zoom into my hand.
OK, did you zoom?
Jesus.. Come on! Follow me.
Follow the little box.
And then...
We'll add a slo-mo here.
(sigh)
Yes!
- Great throw! - That wasn't easy!
But through the magic of editing...
They'll never know I cheated.
- She's good!
- Christine, I'm going to disappoint you,
But you didn't even cheat.
- No, that's right! - That's right!
- Because nowhere did it say
you had to stay behind the line.
You've become such well-trained students at the end
of the season that you stayed
behind the rope; aside from Mehdi.
But you could have gone right to the end of the carpet
and dropped the pea right there.
- I'll tell you something, Taskmaster; that was the moment in which
I felt like a hamster in a lab.
- In task task? - In that task,
when I understood that I could cross the line,
that's when I started rereading and rereading the tasks
and having nightmares about them. And now, I'm at the institute...
Anyway... (laughing)
- Well, you were already there, though.
- Keep it up, Jo! - The Rereading Institute.
- Let's go over the points and the distances.
So, Jo, five points with 19.45 m.
- Well done! - Good job, Jo!
- Christine, 19.17 m! Well done!
Followed by Mehdi at 19 m.
- 3 points. - And Ève and Matthieu...
- Zero! - Zero!
- Next task. - A task in which
precision, athleticism, and the culinary arts meet!
- Oh boy!
♪♪
(long sigh)
- Are you OK? (laughing)
- Yes! - OK, OK!
- I needed to get some air.
- Hi, Antoine! - Hello, are you doing OK?
- Yes, you? - I'm well, thanks!
- Who?
- This looks cool. It's a skill competition!
- Yes! We have to make bread!
- I don't like anything about this.
(laughing)
- Can we start, Antoine?
- Yes, yes, go ahead, please!
- You do the honour! - Here I go.
- Why am I stressed?
- "Get the flour onto the target."
- "You must stay behind the railing."
- OK.
- "The team who gets the most flour
onto the target wins. You have 10 minutes."
- I don't understand.
- There has to be flour on the target.
- Yes! - OK.
- Yada, yada, yada... the team with the most flour wins.
- OK! I think we have to crack this open.
- Yes, or fill up a balloon with flour.
- Like we said: each of us...
- OK, go ahead!
- Oh yes!
- So what's important here is how much flour...
- How much flour is on the table.
- And I'm guessing the key success
is working well as a team,
together, on their own,
supporting each other!
- Aye aye aye! We'll see how they did, after the break!
(laughing) - Did I pop the balloon?
- Of course! - No? Oh I did!
- Of course! Look, while I'm here...
- Try it!
(laughing)
♪♪
(applause)
- Welcome back to the provincial finale of Taskmaster.
Antoine, remind us of the task, please.
- Each team had to get as much
flour as possible onto the target.
- Yes, simple!
- Very simple.
- Not easy, but simple!
- No, definitely not easy. Let's see Matthieu and Ève!
(laughing)
- I think we have to crack this open.
- Yes, or fill up a balloon with flour
- Like we said: Each of us... - Go ahead!
Why would we need water for this?
- To make dough.
Making a kind of glue, flour and water, and whipping it onto there.
No? - I don't know.
- Huh, huh... (laughing)
Be safe, eh?
- Oh my god, the foundation!
- Oh yeah, that wasn't enough!
Oh, I feel like a big loser!
This is my first time opening a coconut!
- Really? How do you feel?
- Usually I just put a straw in it. - Well, I have a flour-filled balloon.
I'm thinking that I can blow it up,
throw it onto the target. And then I can pop it with a dart.
- What?
(laughing)
- How are you making glue, there?
- I believe in this idea!
Oh no!
Ah, that was stupid! Did you get hit?
- Yes! - Yes, but it's good for the skin!
- I've been filling the panda up this whole time.
- Yes, no worries, friend! You can use that to close it up.
- Ah, good idea.
- I didn't realize how sticky it would be.
(laughing)
I thought it would have been less so.
- Damnit! (sad cry)
- You know, those ones... - I had gone and thought,
"This is it! I've got it."
- Don't miss with your dough.
Go! - Well...
(laughing)
Crap. OK!
I don't know if you noticed.
You tend to overshoot the target often.
- Well, I've certainly given it a good dusting...
- Do you think that a dusting will be enough? - Well...
- Ah, good idea!
- Boom!
That's the saddest thing I've ever seen in my life.
It's a little frustrating, eh?
It was the same mistake happening over and over! - It's extremely frustrating.
- What are you doing over there? - Nothing's working.
- It's definitely... (laughing)
- What is that? - I don't know...
Ah, fucking hell!
That's good! - Ah, you popped it, you popped it.
- I popped the balloon? - Yes!
- No! Oh yeah I did!
Well, look, while I'm here... - Try it!
(laughing)
- It's starting to mess with my head, but not too much.
Just enough to make me...
- I'm going to try it in the coconut. - Try a coconut!
I don't know what to do anymore.
- OK! Prepare your dart!
- What's the plan, here?
- Um, throw it toward table.
- Yeah, but it's...
- Just do it.
(laughing)
(applause and laughter)
- Oh! - Yes...
- There's a lot going on, there.
- Yeah, yeah, that was bad.
- What was your plan at the end, there?
The helium balloon; you thought you'd put flour in it,
it would float away, you'd pop it with the dart and
the flour would fall onto the table?
Pretty improbable.
- Yes, but imagine if we had done it.
- Imagine if we had! What a win, man.
- My aim was bad. It wasn't entirely your fault.
I was whipping it... - Yeah, she was whipping it...
- Did you really think that throw
was going to land on the target?
- I told myself that it was going to burst,
and empty out the flour on impact.
- I told her 75 times. "That's a little too hard, eh?"
"Yup." She goes again. She swings it a little harder.
I go, "That's silly. That's still too hard."
- But there were three people on the other team.
So I imagine they came up with more ideas?
There was more cohesion...
- Sometimes being a larger group isn't an advantage. Let's see how the trio did.
- But I think it's better if...
- Yeah, go ahead. Yeah. - OK.
♪ - [In Spanish: "I am the fire that..."] ♪
- You'll tell me if I can be useful, here?
- Ah, the family!
- There's flour in here.
Second. - The family pizzeria.
- Wait before throwing all of our resources.
- (singing) "The family...
was making a pizza, was making a pizza!"
- This doesn't look like... OK, yes!
- Get the flour in there.
- It's like milking a cow. - Yeah, go ahead.
- What is she doing? - Fuck!
I made a flour bomb!
- I've got the mother load!
- I almost got it. It was close.
I'm talking to myself. - It's like you're not even on the same team.
- Nobody was listening to me. - That's two teams, there!
- But I don't understand your technique.
- Well, I'm filling the bread up with flour.
- OK. - And then I'm throwing
the bread onto the table.
- But that doesn't work! - Why not?
- You're wastine a huge amount of flour! - No I'm not!
- We only have 10 minutes, though?
(sad cry) - A little bit!
- We're going to turn around and there'll be no flour left
Again with the bread? OK.
- No, the bread doesn't work, Christine!
- Why doesn't it work?
- There are three good reasons on the ground, there!
Three excellent reasons to think that it doesn't work.
- Honestly!
- Wait, I know! I know what the problem is.
- Yeah, what is it? - It's that...
- There's too much? - No, you have to put a little bit...
- Oh yes, Mehdi!
- It's going to deflate when you put it in.
- No, but we're going to make a... - Here, hold this for me!
- I know they don't believe in me.
But I have to prove my point.
- Yes!
Maybe we can open its ass?
- Finally, the bread. - The bread, yes!
- What are you doing? - What do you mean?
- Wait... - No, don't tell me that it was yours!
- Two seconds, check it out! You, do this...
With a... yes, there you go!
- A lasso? - And we'll attach them, now.
On the knot.
- Yes! - OK.
- Yes! Just attach it.
Christine has a good idea. - Indeed!
- We're already... - Mehdi, man!
Hey, it reminds me of when I had to clear customs in Mexico!
- Give me some slack. Give me some slack.
- Cast them off!
- It's alright! - OK, come back!
- Oh no! It's gonna be muddy, eh?
- Yes! Of course! Hello?
- I'd like to have just a little bit of that cord.
- OK, wait, wait; we're going to try one more throw and then we'll cut it.
(surprised cry)
- Level off the ass. Like this!
- Wait, check it out!
- Oh, it's staying... Don't pull it!
- Excuse me. - Three minutes!
- Keep it up. - By the neck, man!
- Now, give me some slack.
- Oh, I'm giving it to you!
(cries of encouragement) - OK, it's the... Already?
- Do you want me to throw? - I'm the best at throwing.
- So far, I've been pretty good! - Go ahead!
- You can try bringing the table closer to you.
- Fuck!
- Argh! Oh no, argh!
Ah! - That's a shame!
- Quickly! - OK, my turn!
(disappointed cries) - Shit!
- You, you land on the table!
Is that clear? We have one minute left!
- Throw it!
- I don't have time to waste with you, you big plushy bastard!
(joyful cries)
Yes, yes, yes!
Yes! - Ouch!
- 30 seconds.
- 30 seconds!
- OK, pass me the dart!
- Try to put the most flour in these objects,
but whatever you do, don't push the panda off!
- How much time do we have?
- 20 seconds! - Wait, wait!
What are you doing?
- There are 20 seconds left!
- You guys are the worst!
- Ten! - OK!
- What are they doing?
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- No!
(surprised cries) - OK!
(laughing)
- What did you do, Christine?
What did you do?
- My best, Jo!
My best! - This isn't a wrestling match!
(applause)
- Wow, wow, wow!
- The table throw at the end; magnificent.
- Ah, really nice. - The good old wrestling days.
- We had to... The time was elapsing, Louis. We had to...
- "Macho Man" [Randy] Savage [American professional wrestler]; that was perfect.
- How much flour?
- How much flour? The trio of
Christine, Mehdi, and Jo got 8.5 pounds of flour onto the target!
- Really good! - 8 pounds?
- A newborn's worth!
- The duo, Ève and Matthieu,
there wasn't enough flour to measure.
(laughing) - For the points!
Five to Christine!
Three to the guys! - Oh come on!
- And two for Ève and Matthieu.
- Two for Ève and Matthieu! - We'll take them!
- And at the moment, it's Christine's team in the lead!
(joyful cries)
(applause)
- It's time for another break.
When we return, we'll see the final task live
and we'll crown
the grand champion of Taskmaster.
(applause)
Matthieu? Do you have anything to say to your mom tonight?
- I am sorry, mommy dearest.
- It's in your hand.
(joyful cry)
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(applause)
Welcome back to the Grand Finale of Taskmaster.
It's the last task of the season.
The tension is at its peak.
Who will win the bust of my golden head?
- Wow! - One task remains.
Could anyone win at this point?
Well, I'll tell you. - Yes.
- Ève is still in the lead. (applause)
But her lead is very, very slim!
- It's tight! - And this task will
determine the winner of the season.
- An important task that will be read by Mehdi.
- "Dear Harry, you have been accepted to Hogwarts."
(laughing)
"When instructed, put your grape in either your mouth
or your hand while looking
"the Taskmaster in the eye.
"You must, then, answer the Taskmaster's question
"and fool the Taskmaster
"into thinking your grape is not where your grape is.
"You must not eat your grape.
"Your answer must contain at least five words.
"If the Taskmaster correctly guesses where your grape is,
you are eliminated." - Exactly!
So... - This is so babyish!
- You'll come to the front. You'll take a grape.
I'll give you an example. Hold this for me, Jo.
- Yes, yes, yes! - Take a grape.
And now, look.
Mm-hmm!
- How did you enjoy your experience on Taskmaster?
- I loved meeting you. It was an extraordinary experience.
- Well, it's clearly in your hand!
- No!
- He's really good!
- Mehdi!
- OK. - Well, no! It's not...
- Hey, it's not that simple! - You can't eat it.
You have to show it at the end. So...
Place your grape now.
- OK, Mehdi, can you remind us of your character's
catchphrase
where you had your little red hat on?
- Hasta la vista, baba ganoush.
Hasta la vista, baba ganoush.
- You're hamming it up too much. The grape is in your hand.
(joyful cry)
- Eliminated!
- Jo! - Oh, man!
My goodness! I thought he was good!
- OK, Jo, can you tell me. who are you wearing tonight?
- My mom, whom I love.
(laughing)
- OK. - Yes...
- The grape is in his mouth.
(joyful cry) - In his hand!
(surprised cry)
- Well done, my darling!
It's like you're 75 years old. - Oh yeah!
(laughing)
- Did you put a grape in your mouth,
or did you just remove your dentures?
(laughing)
OK, Ève! If you win tonight, where will you put your trophy?
- I'll display the trophy at my father's hunting camp.
As a hunting trophy.
(laughing)
- The grape is in her hand.
(surprised cry)
(applause)
- Christine?
What do you really think about Antoine Vézina?
- Umm..
He's really someone I like a lot.
I think he's a great improvisor.
- Ah, thank you very much!
- The grape is in your left hand.
(surprised cry)
(applause)
OK, Matthieu?
Do you have anything to say to your mom tonight?
(laughing)
- I am sorry...
mommy.
- That's four words; you need one more.
- Dearest. (laughing)
I am sorry, mommy dearest.
- It's in your hand.
(surprised cry)
(applause)
- The wink, the attitude!
- This could be really, really long.
- Perfect.
- Hey, this is fun!
(laughing)
- Your best impression of Pierre Bruneau [Quebec journalist and news anchor].
- So, good evening, everyone!
You are listening to the TVA news [TVA is a French Canadian TV network.]
- That's excellent! - It's very good.
- Listen, if it's in your mouth,
you deserve to go on to the next round. It's in your hand.
(joyful cry)
- He's so good!
(laughing)
- You turned into a grandmother...
- Oh my god, what's happening?
- It's tough. Look, I have all these nails.
(laughing)
- Again; blaming it on the nails.
The return of the little old lady.
Tell Christine off!
- Got for it! - Tell her how
she never lets you speak!
- ... You never let me speak.
- In your hands! - Fuck!
- Oh no!
- OK.
While looking the Taskmaster in the eye.
- Declare your love for me, please.
- Ah, easy. - That's too hard.
- Louis, I love you so much.
I love you so.
- Your hands!
(surprised cry)
- Boom!
- Sit down! (angry cry)
- C’mon, that was some good cheating, Louis!
- That was gluttonous!
I'm hungry!
(applause)
- What are your plans for the weekend?
- Hmm?
- What are your plans for the weekend?
- Well, that's unfair. He doesn't have any.
(laughing)
- Scooter!
Fucking.
- And, and, and? - Fast food.
(laughing) - It's in your mouth.
We have a winner!
(applause)
The millionnaire, Jo Cormier!
(joyful cry)
- "Everyone wins," or what?
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(applause)
- The trophy is ready.
But before crowning the winner
of the first season of Taskmaster,
let's look at tonight's scores.
- Yes! - Tonight's episode.
- The grape game? - The grape game...
For the points, obviously,
I'm giving five points to Jo Cormier.
- Well done, my darling!
- And in descending order, next
is four points to Matthieu! - Perfect!
- Three to Christine, two to Ève and the Pity Point to Mehdi.
- Well done, well done!
(applause)
- So who won tonight's episode?
- Tonight, Christine has won!
(joyful cry)
- No way!
(applause) I won the big ol' boobies!
- And all of the points from each episode were tallied up.
Every point from every episode was counted.
- Oh boy! - And there will be...
one participant
who will go home with this magnificent trophy.
You'll have to send me photos of it at home!
Rumour has it that it's my face!
- Taskmaster. - I leave to you to announce the
winner.
- I've recalculated a few times
because it was very tight.
The winner
of the first season
of Taskmaster is..
Ève!
(joyful cry)
- Yes! - Well done!
(laughing) - Did you feel that?! Did you feel that?!
- You French kissed me!
(applause)
- Bravo, my friend!
- Congratulations! Bask in the applause. - Thank you, gang!
Thank you for supporting me. This will be the first and
last time I'm going to do this, Louis.
I'd like to say that Céline [Dion] lied. It's not true that the last ones
will become the first ones... [in reference to her song, "Les derniers seront les premiers" ("The Last Shall Be First")]
The first ones
are those who follow the rules!
(applause)
- Everyone wins! - Well done!
Dear friends, thank you so much for your generosity
and your intelligence. - Thank you both!
- Antoine, thank you for a wonderful season.
- Thank you, Taskmaster.
- Thank you all at home!
We'll see you very soon!
- Good job!
- Go collect your prizes!
- Everyone wins!
(joyful cry)
- (Ève singing) "C’mon, shake your body baby do the conga..."
(applause)
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