Ta-da!
Oh!
Nutsack!
Welcome along! This is Taskmaster.
My name is Jeremy Wells,
and for the duration of this television program,
I am the Taskmaster.
What does that mean?
It means that many months ago,
five comedians attempted a series of tasks set by me.
Tonight, we will watch them attempt these tasks
and delight in watching them struggle to do very simple things.
Our competitors tonight are
Angela Dravid,
Brynley Stent,
Guy Williams,
Leigh Hart,
and Madeleine Sami.
Tonight I will judge them on what they did and how they did it
before ruthlessly ranking them from best to worst.
Then we'll do it again for eight more weeks,
and ultimately crown a winner who takes home this
my head made of equal parts pure gold and pure polystyrene.
Assisting with the tasks as my trusted assistant,
the Robin to my Batman,
the Piglet to my Pooh,
the Newsboy to my Havoc,
Paul Williams.
- G'day, Paul. - How's it going?
- How are you? - Um, my business is folding.
That's terrible news your business is folding.
N-No, it's going really well.
My business is folding. It's origami.
I've started an origami business,
so if you need any origami,
send me an email paulanthonyallen@gmail.com
Maybe we can get that on the screen.
Yeah, it's going really well.
Yeah. My banker says I have some outstanding payments,
so I'm really stoked.
So pleased to have Paul assisting me.
He has an incredible passion for the administering of tasks,
and it was much cheaper to send him along to the filming
than it would be to send me.
Paul, would you like to introduce the first task?
As always, each contestant has been tasked
with donating something from their personal possessions
to our prize haul.
The person who has brought in the best prize gets five points,
and the person with the most points at the end of the show
gets to keep all five prizes.
Tonight, they were asked to bring in the best thing within a thing.
All right, let's start with you, Mads. What did you bring in?
I've brought in a little...
A It's a Mexican, uh, type of...
Ok. There is a concern... ...box.
You can't even explain what it is you've brought in.
I think they call it a Nichos box.
- This is a gift from a friend. - She is a stripper.
- Your friend or the...? - I don't know, actually.
She originally was standing, but at some point she's broken her leg.
Is it culturally insensitive
for me to say it's one of the worst things I've ever seen?
I think it's fucking ignorant, yeah, really ignorant.
Leigh, what did you bring in?
As you know, I'm a learned man.
I like to read, and I recently purchased a new bookshelf,
but I didn't really have that many books to put on it,
so I had to fill it with books and that was hard to do.
How many books do you have?
And so what I ended up doing is I filled a wine cask.
That's amazing.
Instead of a wine rack, I've got like a bookshelf full of wine now,
and I can tell what volume I'm drinking just from, you know.
You know you've had a big night if you've drank a whole lot of Tolstoy.
Or...
Or the Hobbit trilogy or something.
You've got a serious problem
if you're drinking The Hobbit in one night.
Angela, what did you bring in?
I brought in a chicken. Like,...
a roasted chicken.
And inside is an egg,
and it's all made from cake.
So, hold on,
that's a cake that looks like a chicken.
Yeah. Yep.
Wow.
What?!
And what's inside the cake that looks like a chicken?
What's inside it is an egg. Or what is...
Ok, I didn't realise this was going to be a hypothetical question.
So, it's a chicken that looks like a cake,
but with an egg an actual egg?
Yeah, so there's an egg inside that's also cake.
Like, the in-
So, is the egg one of the ingredients in the cake
or have you baked an egg into this cake?
No, no, so there is egg inside the cake, which is the egg,...
- Yes. - Ok.
and this is a chicken made from
- Made from eggs. - No. This is a...
It's pretty remarkable, you'd have to say.
I mean, we're spending 25 minutes talking about it.
So if you look inside it...
- The unfortunate thing is the Rice Krispies.. - I think we got the vibe.
Brynley, we have to move on. I wish we didn't, but we have to move on.
Brynley, what did you bring in?
I brought in some babushka dolls.
Oh, yeah, now we're talkin'.
And inside is a $50 Denny's voucher.
And all the babushka dolls are the people in Taskmaster.
Who's who?
Madeleine, then Guy, and then Ange and then Leigh and then me.
I'm the little one.
So classy.
I like that Guy looks like he's going to get cancelled.
And since that, I have changed my look, and I've made it worse.
Guy, what did you bring?
The best thing, we all know,
is like an iPhone or some money or something like that.
I couldn't be bothered spending money on that,
so what I did is I got the best thing before that,
which we all know is sliced bread. Wow!
There it goes. People, I can tell, are impressed.
Inside the sliced bridge, I put a Gillette razor
'The best a man can get.'
Women can't even get these.
I wish you used the razor.
Look, they're all pretty good, I gotta say.
Seriously, Angela and Brynley, both of you guys, I think, first equal.
I think five points each.
Huge amount of effort clearly.
- Guy, the least amount of effort. - Thank you.
- So you get one point. - Aw.
How'd I lose to the box?!
Well, she gets one and a half points.
Wow, a half.
For the amount of legs that her stripper has.
And, Leigh, you get two points.
Don't worry, there's plenty of time
for the rest of you guys to catch up.
Let's fire up our first task proper.
Paul, what have you prepared for me?
This task, like most, was recorded at our top Secret Taskmaster Ranch.
It was designed to test out contestants' ingenuity
and to test how long I could hold my arm out in front of me.
Doodle-ooh, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Doodle-loodle, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.
I did some music to save you guys money on play music.
Doodle-loodle, doo, doo, doo, doo.
- Hello, Leigh. - Hello, Paul. How are ya?
- Hello, Angela. - Hello.
It's like you're having a very lonely birthday party.
- Oh, no, no, that's mine. - Oh, right.
- No, not that. - Ok.
It-It's in my pocket.
Oh. I couldn't see it.
Feeling good about this one.
- You going to a party? - Nah.
Oh.
'Keep the balloon in the air the longest.'
'You may strike the balloon, but you cannot hold it.'
'Every strike must be with a unique object.'
'Your time starts when you say...
'Your time starts when you say release the balloon...'
'...which must be within 10 minutes from now.'
I might go get some unique objects, I think, Paul.
- Ok. - Coffee or anything or?
- Coffee would be nice. - I'll see what I can do, ok.
All right, well, I guess I leave you there for 10 minutes
and I'll go find some stuff.
Ok.
Good luck holding that balloon up.
Very simple task, this one.
Spend 10 minutes gathering items and then spend as long as you can
hitting a balloon with those items.
All right, who's up first?
Well, when I think balloon hitting,
I think lads, lads, lads.
Let's see how the lads did.
It's Guy and Leigh.
Obviously heading to the shed.
That's where I think my best options will be.
I really struggle to figure out what your role is on the show, eh.
Like, you could be replaced with Siri so easily.
Like, you don't need to hold that balloon.
They could've just taped it to a table.
It would have done the same job, if not better.
How we going for time?
You've got five minutes and 14 seconds.
14 seconds?
- And five minutes. - Oh, ok.
It's hard to know what to start with.
Ok.
This is gonna be good.
Paul,...
Paul!
...release the balloon.
Release the balloon!
Shit.
Oh, shit. Bad start.
In the sun.
Shit. That's better.
Oh, no!
Oh, fuck.
Done.
How'd we go?
I can't really say how you went, but how do you think it went?
Pretty damn good. Probably about 11 seconds.
I don't think anyone else would've done it quicker than that.
Quicker?
That was the idea, wasn't it?
It was longest in the air.
Oh, was it? Oh, shall I have another crack at it, then?
No, I'm sorry.
Very confident, masculine energy from you, Leigh.
Yeah, dead right.
Unless you've been to the Vietnam War, you don't know what it's like.
I'm not comparing it with that, but until you've been,
until you know the pressure
you're under trying to keep that balloon up.
Hard to keep it up, eh, boys?
So, how long did they keep the balloon in the air for?
Guy kept it up for 16 seconds.
And Leigh thought he kept it up for 11 seconds,
he actually doubled that. 22 seconds.
Wow!
It's a lot like my sex life I've doubled that lately as well.
They still pop too early.
22 seconds is the time to beat
if you want to take a cask of wine in some books
and a very dangerous loaf of bread.
We'll be back soon to see if anyone can do it.
See you in a moment.
Welcome back to Taskmaster.
Paul, remind us what is going on.
Previously on Taskmaster
the contestants were trying to keep a balloon in the air
using heaps of unique objects.
Guy and Leigh gave it a crack,
now we're going to watch some more cracks.
Who have you got for me next?
You may know them from the TV show Taskmaster.
It's Brynley and Angela.
I might go get a twig,
and there's a boot.
I can strike it, I can also kick it.
A twig and a boot?
Yeah, I have to have an array of things, eh?
How much time?
- Six minutes, 14 seconds. - Ok.
How much time?
Four and a half minutes.
'You may strike the balloon, but you cannot hold it.
'Every strike must be with a unique object.'
Five seconds.
Release the balloon!
Oh, shit!
If I rubbed it on your head, it would stay on your head.
It would make it easier to hit.
You want to try that?
Oh, fuck.
Oh!
All right.
Thank you, Angela.
Oh my God.
Angela, are you crying? You had a little mishap there, didn't you?
I was doing so well after COVID.
Can I ask you what you were going for a bit of science with the static electricity
before a cruel gust of wind blew the balloon away.
And then it found a spiky piece of grass and it just...
It was one of the windiest days, I will say that.
But I also would say, even on a calm day, that idea was crazy.
How long did Brynley's balloon stay in the air for?
- Four seconds. - Aw.
She gathered 28 items and used two of them.
So, what was Angela's time in the end?
Zero seconds.
Yeah, it was a big gust of wind.
So I take it we've got one more entry.
We do.
And it's from our most considerate and thoughtful and kind contestant.
You'll soon see why. It's Madeleine Sami.
'Every strike must be with a unique object.'
Why don't you just rest your arm a little bit?
- Is that ok? - Yep.
It was getting really tired, thank you.
Fair enough, man.
Every strike must be with a unique object.
Why do I have to strike at it?
What do you want to do instead?
You got six and a half minutes.
What's that?
Release the balloon!
I mean...
- Thank you, Madeleine. - You're welcome.
Well. Well, well, well.
Truly heroic from you, Mads.
I did think about trying to leap over the fence there,
but it wasn't a very forgiving tuxedo.
It was only the fence that undid you in the end.
And the smell of petrol,
actually, was starting to make me feel a little bit faint.
Just about would have run out of petrol, actually, you used so much.
So, how long did Madeleine go for?
Madeleine kept the balloon up for three minutes and 21 seconds.
So, the scores Angela one, Brynley two,
Guy three, Leigh four, Madeleine five.
Whoo-hoo.
So, is it time to summon the magic of your iPad
and have a look at the total scores so far?
Currently it's very close.
Brynley out in front seven points.
However, Madeleine is only half a point behind,
and Angela and Leigh are only half a point in third.
And Guy's in last with four.
Yeah!
Anyone's game, though. Anyone's game.
Just like that, I have the sudden urge for another task.
Have we got one, Paul?
I think you'll find this task particularly smashing.
Hello, Angela.
Hello! Ho-ho-ho-ho!
Oh, ho-ho-ho, ok.
Hello, Leigh.
Ah, Paul. How's it?
Before you read the task, please put the safety goggles on.
Ok.
Already have glasses on, so it's going to be a bit...
Actually, it works great.
'Smash this vase...'
'...as fast and dramatically as you can,...'
'...and your time starts now.' No!
Those were all $43 vases, which means Taskmaster New Zealand season one
had a $215 vase budget.
Which is the largest vase budget in New Zealand television history.
Yeah, all right!
I can tell you that. Who shall we watch smash it first?
We've got three impressive smashes
from three of our most destructive competitors.
It's Guy, Brynley and Leigh.
'Smash this vase as fast as dramatically as you can.
Time starts now.'
Is everyone ok? Is everyone ok?
'Time starts now.'
Spade first. Here we go.
That was pretty dramatic.
I'm gonna do the rest for the camera.
No!
I can't stop hitting you, but I love you!
Wonderful.
Thank you.
Well, I guess I win. Winner.
All right.
It seems like some people missed a task there, potentially.
Was there something inside the vase?
I like that you still didn't see it.
We literally just finished with a slow zoom on the second task.
I didn't even get it until she got it and you pointed it out to her.
And now I'm feeling I missed something.
And Leigh seems to have still not got it.
Let's check in with Leigh.
I don't know what show I'm on.
Sadly, you guys are disqualified. It's just the rules are the rules.
- Disqualified?! - Yeah, the rules of the
- I'm sorry. - That's quite brutal.
No, it's fair enough, Jeremy, you've got a job to do. We should
Shut up, Leigh. You're full of shit!
Should we find out if Madeleine and Angela found the second task?
We should, Paul,
and we should do it after something nobody could possibly miss
a series of very loud advertisements blaring at you from your television.
We'll see you shortly.
*
Welcome back to Taskmaster,
the show where I ask comedians to do things
and then sometimes we ruthlessly disqualify them.
What is going on right now?
Well, Jeremy, you tasked our competitors with dramatically smashing a vase.
Three of them did that,
but failed to notice the second part of the task.
They're out of contention.
So we're now going to see Madeleine and Angela.
You know what would be dramatic? Not using any of these implements,
but that the drama comes from the fact that I just...
It sort of wasn't as dramatic as...
I was kind of hoping for smithereens.
Oh.
I just want to smash it now.
Ooh! ok.
Wait, is there another task inside of it?
Oh, no.
Oh, fuck.
You motherfuckers.
'Reassemble the vase to its original condition.
'Best reassembly wins'
'You've got 20 minutes. Your time starts now.'
Fuck's sake. Ok.
Wow.
Can I just A bit of behind the scenes
Leigh just said to me, 'I'm glad I didn't find that task.'
I was going to say you guys
probably wanted to be disqualified from that one, surely.
I think I would have pretended
not to see that task if I'd known what it was.
Ok, shall we see how they did, putting them back together?
Yes. Here is Madeleine Sami and
Angela Dravid reassembling some vases.
Ok, ok, this is ok.
I really screwed this up.
Am I allowed glue or even just like peanut butter or something?
I don't know what I'm doing.
Do you have a balloon?
What did you want the balloon for?
I don't know. To stop hyperventilating or something.
Oh, peanut butter. Here we go. Here we go.
Ok, I'm not good at puzzles. I'm not good at puzzles.
I feel like I'm not going to make it.
Let's just, um,... let's see.
My masterpiece.
It might hold.
Aw.
Oh, you little ball sack.
You're not a ball sack, Paul.
I was talking about the vase.
- Paul sack. - A Paul sack.
That's fine.
Something like that's good.
Oh, yeah, just build it up around there.
I'd say it's going pretty good. How do you think it's going?
Hard to say.
Done.
Um, it's abstract. I tried.
- Thank you, Madeleine. - See ya later.
Mmm, peanut butter.
Paul, you said our vase budget was $215,
but we could just return both of those vases
and probably get our money back.
Shall we do a side by side comparison.
I think that will help for scoring.
When you look at those, I feel like my pile of rubble on the ground
should be reinstated.
- I'm back in the game. - No, you're not back in the game.
Madeleine's kind of looks like something you'd smoke drugs out of.
And Angela's is a metaphor for 2020.
I want to go to the audience for this, actually.
I'm interested to know.
So who likes Angela's?
Who likes Madeleine's?
No, I think the audience are right the first time.
Madeleine, you're five, right? Angela, you're four.
And I actually think, Brynley, you should get some points as well,
because you had a particularly dramatic smashing.
Thank you. I thought so too.
You're one, Brynley, and you guys are zero.
- Zero?! - Fair judge, fair judge.
Ok, I'll tell you what I'm in the mood for.
I'm in the mood for a brand new task.
- Do you have any for me? - I sure do, Jeremy.
And this time we're going international.
Oh.
- Hello, Brynley. - Hello.
- Hello, Angela.
- Hey, Paul, how are ya? - Good, thanks.
I'm guessing I won't need that.
Ok. You've brought that.
This is interesting.
'Throw this dart at the map...'
'...and hit a country.'
Ooh! It's going to be tough. There's a lot of water.
You reckon I'm safe to stand here?
You're very safe. I'm a professional.
My first thought was I was going to throw it at you for a laugh.
I won't do that. It's dangerous.
- China. - Mm-hm.
That's what I was going for.
Aiming for... the Netherlands.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
I don't know anything about that country.
- China. - It's China.
Ooh.
Bangladesh.
Oh.
Libya.
Oh, no.
Ooh, double task!
A two-parter.
Figured this would happen.
'Write and perform a new national anthem for your country.'
'The most rousing national anthem wins.'
'You have one hour. Your time starts now.'
Let's get this, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This could be a political disaster.
Racially insensitive everything about this is wrong.
Luckily I am musical, so...
What were you guys worried about? You seem concerned.
We both got China, and at that time, I think, politically,
- it was as kind of a... - It was...
- ...a hotcake. - Yeah, it was.
It was very...
It felt all of a sudden very pressured to be on camera.
And we all know that they can't handle China.
Because of the vase.
- Oh, well done. Oh. - Sorry.
- Classy. - I sleep with a lot of dads.
So, they all had a full hour to research and write their anthem
before performing.
Here they are making the most of that hour.
What's your knowledge of China like?
Well, it's ok. It's as good as the next guy's.
But it's whether they would have approached me
to do a national anthem, I'm not so sure about that.
You ever been to Bangladesh?
No, but my dad is from India, which is next to it.
Oh, fish. They like fish.
I remember I was sitting next to a Bangladeshi man on a bus,
and he told me about fish curry.
What do you know about Bangladesh?
I know they like fish, but only because you told me.
11 facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo.
'Congolese armed groups and elements of the army
'have a long, brutal history of recruiting child soldiers.'
We'll skip that one. We'll skip that one.
All right.
Just worried about offending people
if I get the odd thing wrong in this.
Um, is that Mandarin?
- Pardon? - Is that Mandarin you've written?
Well, it's not. I wouldn't call it full Mandarin, no.
What else do you know about China?
They always have a finalist in just about everything in the Olympics.
There's always like, 'Holy shit,
'the Chinese are good at that too?'
Please don't damage the desk.
I'll try not to damage the desk, but I can't promise you anything.
We're gonna write something about mayo.
Apparently they like to eat mayo with everything.
- Who doesn't? - Yeah, who doesn't?
Bangladesh. How do you actually say it?
'How do you pronounce Bangladesh?'
'Bangladesh.'
I think he's the beat.
Met a guy from...
'Bangladesh.'
I'm so nervous.
Leigh, I'm worried that after two episodes,
Taskmaster is going to force a war
between the People's Republic of China and New Zealand, perhaps.
Yeah, that's my concern as well,
let alone the trade issues we could have.
A lot could go wrong from the show.
You seem nervous as well.
Listen, at that time in the news cycle,
there was a lot of negativity towards China and, you know,
taking this task seriously,
wanting to really go for the adjective there 'rousing, positive',
I was really trying to ignore the news cycle
and just focus on all the great things
that I know and love about China.
We don't make the news, cycle, Jeremy.
I can see you two are actually genuinely concerned.
I didn't realise you were so passionate about China. Just saying-
I don't think they are.
They're just worried about what's going to play on the video very shortly.
I'm passionate about the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Well, anthems will be revealed
right after we stand for the national anthem of capitalism
advertisements.
We'll see you very shortly.
Welcome back to Taskmaster.
Paul, what is going on?
Our competitors have been writing rousing anthems,
and we are about to hear
five new anthems for five beautiful countries
Libya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Bangladesh, China and China.
I'd like to hear the Bangladesh one first, please.
One Bangladeshi national anthem coming right up.
This is the national anthem for Bangladesh.
It's just me and ma...
next to my pa.
He's from India,
which is next to Bangladesh.
And I'm in the middle...
like Malcolm.
I met a guy from...
'Bangladesh.'
I said, 'Say that again.'
'Bangladesh.'
And when he left, he went to...
'Bangladesh.'
And I never saw him again
'Pronouncenames.com'
- That was so good. - That was so good!
Your voice is gorgeous.
I knew you were a musician, and I knew you could sing, Angela,
but I wasn't expecting any collaboration that good, that tight.
And sometimes you just get into the studio and magic happens.
I have to say, I feel like I asked you to help me with the music
and you said, 'No.'
Magic wasn't there.
All right. Who's next, Paul?
It's the first of our Chinese masterpieces. Leigh Hart.
Here we go. It's called China
We Are Great.
China, we are great.
In spite of all the copyright laws you break,
China, we are great.
We are one, we are many.
We've got streams and mountains
home of the Yeti.
We've got the Great Wall of China,
and amazing Chinese diners.
It's where I want to live my life.
Get a number 43 with rice,
here in China.
Right here in China.
Gorgeous.
Great guitaring, Leigh, and great lyrics as well.
Do you want to elaborate
on the great meals that you want to eat in China?
What was it? A number 45?
43 with rice, I think it was.
I'm not sure what that is, but it sounds good.
I was disappointed there wasn't a Mandarin in it.
Can I be honest?
She did a full Mandarin or Cantonese version originally,
but we decided it would be culturally insensitive
seeing as I didn't speak the language whatsoever, so...
Where are we going to go next on our Tiki tour, Paul?
We're taking a trip with Brynley Stent
our destination, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
And this is my national anthem
to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Here we go.
Oh, I'm so proud
to live in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
We have a national park.
It's full of boulders.
But please don't talk about the wars
or the child soldiers.
Break it down!
Yo, yo, yo, we DRC.
We border nine other countries.
First in Angola,
Burundi too. We have enough wildlife for a million zoos.
Next up, don't forget Central African Republic.
And we ain't afraid to eat mayo out in public.
South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda,
and lastly, we border Zambia.
Thank you.
Stop.
Hope I did them proud.
Is there really a national park full of boulders
or did you just need something to rhyme with child soldiers?
I just needed something that rhymed with child soldiers.
You said you weren't going to put child soldiers in there!
I said, in the lyrics,
'We won't talk about the wars or the child soldiers.'
But you did.
My original version was about two minutes long,
so they've actually cut out a lot of other stuff.
Your favourite lyrics?
There was about another 90 seconds on the child soldiers.
And can you tell us about
the child soldier uniform you're wearing?
It did seem a bit rough
because you are dressed as a member of the Hitler Youth.
No, I'm a scout!
Why didn't none of the production tell me I look Hitler Youth
when I came to the show.
Who's next?
We're heading back to China with Madeleine Sami.
Will she mention their famous diners?
Let's find out.
This is my anthem for China.
Be aroused.
Fuck the Western World, we're China.
China.
We're in the Olympic finals
for just about every sport.
We manufacture all your things,
from Apple Watches to swimming rings.
Let's face it, you don't make a thing.
We control the world's economy.
Fuck the Western world, we're China.
China.
Our population's booming despite our one-child policy.
We're the biggest and the best,
we work harder than the rest,
to Donald Trump we'll never pander,
we've also got pandas.
China.
China, oh-oh. We are the best.
China. We're the best.
China, oh-oh.
Oh, Chi-i-i-i-i-
na-a-a whoa, oh, oh, oh. Yeah.
Wow, those Celine Dion vocal gymnastics at the end,
the Chinese would have been proud of those.
For me it's like what you'd sing in a Chinese diner,
but a Chinese pub, maybe.
Well, maybe a Chinese stadium now.
Fuck the Western World I can see the saying it.
I reckon your vocals and guitar were great,
but I reckon Paul was weighing you down.
He was flat. I'm going to come out and say it.
Watch it, because you're up next.
- Ooh, here we go. - So you're about to be judged.
I've never felt more anxiety about anything in my life,
and I can vaguely remember what I did, and it's not good.
Here he is one of the top two Williams brothers,
it's Guy Williams.
My name is Guy Williams, and this is my national anthem for Libya.
It's a song to unite the people with the spirit of the country of Libya.
It's called...
Unite the People With the Spirit of the Country of Libya.
Are you ready for some fun
and a song
about Libya?
Paul solo!
Are you ready
for a song
and a song
about Libya?
It's a country in our hearts,
and our soul. Long live Libya.
I like the people, with the
- Time's up. - It's not time up.
It's time up.
Can I at least finish the song?
Like, I just was getting to the big conclusion of the song.
What was the conclusion gonna be?
Was it going to be the same lyrics again?
A little bit, yeah. Some of the same lyrics,
but, like, with more intensity.
Well, I guess that's your free time now,
so you can sing it, if you like.
All right. A bit more music from you.
- I'm off the clock. - Ok alright
Are you ready for some fun?
And a song about Libya?
Are you ready for some fun
and a song about Libya?
Are you ready for a song
- and the... - Don't break the desk.
Don't damage the desk.
That was pretty rousing, though, eh?
No, I need you to leave now.
Are you ready for some fun...
I need you to leave now.
...and a song about Libya?
Leave now.
You're standing on my jandal. I can't leave.
Are you ready for a song
and some love about Libya?
Are you ready for a song
and a song about Libya?
Everybody!
Are you ready for a song
and a song about Libya?
Whoo!
It was definitely the least musical of all of the anthems.
It was fucking hardcore!
I smashed two guitars!
I would've smashed three if they had three.
It was quite a bit longer. We did cut it down a bit.
The full version was five minutes and 37 seconds, which is...
Get on Spotify after this. It's on Spotify after this.
It is 17 seconds shy of Bohemian Rhapsody.
- So, you come last. - What?!
And, Brynley, because of the child soldiers,
you're going to have to come second to last, so
one point for Guy, two points for Brynley.
That's fair.
I think three points for Angela.
I thought it was a good song, actually.
Four for Leigh.
He managed to somehow just skirt round the outside of racism,
which is quite impressive.
And then I think Mads for those vocal gymnastics at the end.
Thank you. Thank you.
Let's take a break and return for a less musical,
but equally riveting, final part of the show.
We'll see you shortly.
Welcome back to Taskmaster.
We are just one task away from finding out
who of the five comedians
is the best thing since sliced bread with a razor blade inside.
Shall we take a quick peek at our scoreboard, Paul?
Madeleine is out in front with 16.5 points.
Angela in second with 13,
Brynley and Leigh in third-equal,
both with 10.
Guy's in last with five.
I was gonna say, it's still anyone's game, apart from Guy.
So then let's head over to the live task zone for the live task!
Now, if I'm not mistaken, Paul,
this is the great moment where one lucky audience member
gets to pose naked for us.
Very mistaken. Yeah, you are extremely mistaken.
We're going to do a live task.
Guy, please read the task.
Thank you.
'Draw a map of New Zealand using yeast spread.
'The most accurate map wins. 'You have 100 seconds.'
So, obviously we've called it yeast spread for legal reasons.
To associate it with yeast infections?
There's two types of yeast, though, yeah.
This is the not that type that you're thinking
I know what you're thinking.
But if you had it, how would you get rid of it?
- Is everyone ready? - Yeah.
You've got 70 seconds left.
What artist are you channelling there, Bryn?
- I don't know any artists. - Ok, fair enough.
That artist I'm channelling is Brynley. I'm just looking at her one.
Oh, fuck off, Guy.
20 seconds.
You should be putting the finishing touches on it now.
Six seconds.
Knives down.
Ok, my yeasty cartographers,
would you like to turn around your maps, please?
We'll start here. Angela.
Ok.
I mean the North Island, she's not Te-Ika-a-Maui, is she?
It's also a cross.
But that's not what you were asked to do, unfortunately, Angela.
You were asked to draw a map of New Zealand
- as accurately as you could. - I thought it was pretty good.
Ok, let's move on to Brynley.
So, my one, um, I struggled a little bit with, um, spatial awareness.
It's kind of like that kid who writes their name
and then they run out of room on the page and it goes down a bit, so
I made the- the North Island, um, quite, quite large,
and then I ran out of room for, uh, Stewart Island, so
- You're from Christchurch, so you... - I am from Christchurch.
I thought you'd do the South Island a bit better than that.
Yeah, yeah.
I've only been to the South Island once and it was last year.
That's good.
- What have you got, Guy? - I give you New Zealand.
Aotearoa.
Oh man. Ok
Also put on here the Pitcairn Island,
whatever the hell that weird one is.
- Pitcairn Island. - Part of New Zealand.
What is that one?
Pitcairn Island is over by South America. That is miles away.
No one cares! They're weird people!
We pretend they're not part of our country.
Ok, Leigh, what have you got?
This is all of New Zealand for you,
and it's got a bit of stuff there.
Actually, if anyone's on a road trip or something
and they want to borrow this,
they could stick it on your dashboard,
you can go to where you want with this.
I began to wrote 'Aotearoa' up here at the end,
but I didn't get a chance to finish that.
Madeleine, looking forward to this.
Ok, I'm just going to turn this around.
I sort of also did suffer from the special awareness thing,
the same way that Brynley did,
but I did what I've seen in a couple of maps,
and these create a little square here
just to do the bottom of the South Island
that I couldn't get, cos I just wanted to focus in on there.
Ok, everyone, take their seats, and I'll announce
who's drawn the map that leads directly to my heart.
Welcome back. There's some wonderful yeasty maps there.
I'm going to score you guys worst to best.
I think the worst was Guy.
So one point for Guy.
And you know that, Guy. I think that's fair.
Your North Island was terrible.
You've been harsh, but you've been fair, Jeremy. Thank you.
Thanks very much.
Madeleine, you're going to get two points.
You're going to come second to last. Ok.
- Brynley, you get three points. - I'm happy with the bronze.
Angela, you get four.
And that means that the winner of that task is Leigh Hart.
Meaning the winner of tonight with 18 and a half points is Madeleine Sami.
Congratulations, Madeleine.
The things within things can now be things within your house.
It has been a night of learning.
We've learnt that peanut butter can fix anything,
a leaf blower is a balloon's worst enemy.
And we've learnt that our episode two winner is none other than Madeleine Sami.
Please go and celebrate accordingly, Madeleine.
All right.
We'll see you next week on Taskmaster.
Oh.
I am contractually obligated to play this video.
I'm very, very sorry.
Money, baby.
Thank you, Paul, you sexy thing.
Ooh.
That's beautiful.
Paul, I don't want to ask you for too much help,
but can you help peel my underwear off while I hold my genitals?
- Shall we move on from this? - Yep.