Don the diving gear while maintaining eye contact and small talk
Task types:
Solo
Filmed
Physical
Social
Objective
Single brief
OriginalLocations:
Bonus points?
Yes
Task brief
The brief for the task is as follows:
Maintaining constant eye contact and making continuous small talk with this Swedish person, put on the wetsuit, flippers, face mask and snorkel.
Your head may not leave the Swedish person's frame at any point.
You may not move the laptop from its current position.
Fastest wins.
Your time starts when the Swedish person smiles at you.
Task notes
- There is a five second time penalty every time the contestants break eye contact.
- A bonus point is available to whoever puts on the wetsuit best.
Official task video
Task stats
Points
16
Disquals
1
Attempts
Here's a brief description of the contestants' attempts. Someone's probably working on writing up some additional detail, though!
- Hugh put on the diving gear in 3 minutes 45 seconds. After time penalties, his total time was 6 minutes 45 seconds seconds.
- Joe put on the diving gear in 4 minutes 22 seconds. After time penalties, his total time was 6 minutes 32 seconds. He also received 1 bonus point for putting on the wetsuit the best.
- Lolly put on the diving gear in 4 minutes 10 seconds. After time penalties, her total time was 5 minutes 45 seconds.
- Mel put on the diving gear in 6 minutes 4 seconds. After time penalties, her total time was 7 minutes 49 seconds.
- Noel decided to put the diving gear on his head, claiming he had put them on. Despite completing the task in 1 minute 10 seconds, he was disqualified from the task. He did receive 1 bonus point for having the best small talk.
(Source credit: Taskmaster Wiki contributors)
Points
Notes on task scores
- Although Noel technically got disqualified for not attempting to correctly wear any of the diving gear, he got a bonus point for the honesty of his small talk.
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