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Leave the room / Spot the difference

Task types:
Solo
Filmed
Mental
Objective
Multiple brief
Adapted

Task briefs

The contestants find the first task brief on the desk in the study, alongside a magnifying glass. Upon re-entering the study, the contestants also find the second task brief on the desk. The briefs for the task are as follows:

Leave the room and come back in exactly 11 minutes.

Your time starts when you leave the room.

Spot the 12 changes to this room.

Most correct wins.

You have three minutes.

Your time starts now.

Task notes

  • Before they leave the room, Paul asks the contestants to leave behind their watches and phones, so they do not have any way to monitor the time.
  • Once they leave the room, the production team quickly makes a series of 12 changes to its furnishings, including:
    1. Adding a fake moustache to Paul's face.
    2. Swapping the portrait of Jeremy out for a version where he is wearing a different tie, and is not wearing glasses.
    3. Turning off the standing lamp.
    4. Positioning a body-painted David Correos against the wall, behind the standing lamp.
    5. Swapping out the empty cage hanging from the ceiling for one containing a stuffed toy rat.
    6. Removing the rug in front of the desk.
    7. Changing several of the items on the storage shelves to the right of the standing lamp (the item on the top shelf is switched from an 'On Air' sign to an 'Exit' sign, and the giant pencils are swapped for ones of different colours, but its unclear what the third item change was).
    8. Placing a banana in front of one of the three monkey figurines on the shelf below the Taskmaster's portrait.
    9. Changing one of the six pictures of monkeys on the wall above the sofa.

Task stats

Points
15
Disquals
0

Attempts

Here's a brief description of the contestants' attempts. Someone's probably working on writing up some additional detail, though!

  • Chris guessed random objects after immediately spotting David. He managed to spot 9 changes, receiving 4 points.
  • Josh immediately spotted David, screaming as he did, before guessing random objects. He managed to spot 6 changed, receiving 2 points.
  • Justine immediately spotted David. She managed to spot 4 changes, receiving 1 point.
  • Despite taking 55 seconds to notice David, Kura spotted 10 changes, receiving 5 points.
  • Paul took 1 minute and 25 seconds to spot David. He managed to spot 7 changes, receiving 3 points.

(Source credit: Taskmaster Wiki contributors)