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Leave the room

Task types:
Solo
Filmed
Mental
Social
Objective
Single brief
Adapted
Mastertasks:

Task brief

The task brief is presented on top of a pile of leaves on the table in the lab. The brief for the task is as follows:

Leave the room as fast as possible.

Whoever leaves first wins.

Your time starts when David leaves the room.

Task notes

  • Before the task brief is read, David excuses himself and hastily leaves the lab, leaving the contestants waiting.

Official task video

Task stats

Points
15
Disquals
0

Attempts

Here's a description of the contestants' attempts. Someone's probably working on collecting some images to add later!

  • Sofia initially stares into the camera before cracking up. A few moments later, she asks the camera operator if this is part of the task, but gets no response. She convinces herself that it’s not part of the task, before hesitating and telling herself she should read the task brief just in case. She reads it out loud in its entirety, before calmly exiting the room, with a final time of 3 minutes and 23 seconds, earning 2 points.
  • Anis initially looks confused, asking where David went, before picking up the task brief to read it silently to himself. He then quickly walks out of the room after 29 seconds, which earns him 4 points.
  • Sussie talks to the camera and herself in a hushed and clueless tone, telling herself that David surely doesn’t need to be in the room for the task to begin. She struggles to retain her balance while getting up after reading the task brief, but manages to exit the room in 32 seconds, which earns her 3 points.
  • Marcus immediately reads the task brief, and is only halfway through reading the last sentence aloud before he clumsily flings himself out of his chair and rushes out of the room. He makes it out of the room after just 14.7 seconds, making him the fastest and earning him 5 points.
  • Johanna waits patiently, sitting in the chair by the table. After 3 minutes, she pulls her phone out of her pocket. After 12 minutes have passed, she looks up at the camera operator with a dumbfounded expression, laughs to herself, and asks when David will be back and whether they’re still recording. After receiving no response, she questions herself about whether or not it’s a trick. A short while later, she finally caves in and reads the task brief. She breaks down laughing while exiting the room, with a final time of 13 minutes and 16 seconds earning her just 1 point. The prize for the episode is subsequently announced as being a cheque for 796 SEK (£65), the same amount of seconds that Johanna had waited in this task.

(Source credit: Liv Lovisa)