Hit Bernard with an exercise ball
Task types:
Solo
Filmed
Physical
Objective
Single brief
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Task brief
The brief for the task is as follows:
Make an exercise ball touch Bernard.
Bernard can't move.
You may launch an exercise ball from behind the line, and may not touch any balls after each launch.
Most balls actively involved in a successful launch wins.
Your task ends when a ball touches Bernard, or 15 minutes have elapsed.
Your time starts now.
Task notes
- The task takes place in a sloped hallway within Gatwick Airport's South Terminal, at the top of which, a triangle of 15 exercise balls of varying sizes and colours has been laid out, each balanced in place on a small ring.
- The sloped hallway has a right angle turn in it and, at the bottom of the slope, Bernard Mannequin is sat on an office chair.
Official task video
Task stats
Points
14
Disquals
1
Attempts
Here's a brief description of the contestants' attempts. Someone's probably working on writing up some additional detail, though!
- Dara created a funnel of exercise balls down the two sections of ramp, so they would move towards Bernard. In total, eight balls were actively involved in his successful launch, so he earned second place.
- Fern didn't understand the task, so just kept launching exercise balls down the ramp, with no real plan. There were four balls actively involved in her successful launch, so she earned fourth place.
- Sarah bunched a lot of the balls together at the corner in the ramp, so that many of them would roll down the second part of the ramp towards Bernard. There were five balls actively involved in her successful launch, so she earned third place.
- John spent 14 minutes and 20 seconds setting up his trick shot, placing balls in lines along the walls of the ramp, in an effort to involve them all. His successful launch actively involved 12 of the balls, so he won the task.
- Munya used Alex as a 'human shield', laid down on the floor and angled toward Bernard, to guide balls towards the mannequin. He then lined up most of the balls between Alex and the top of the ramp, launching the last ball so it would hit the line of balls. Despite involving all 15 balls in his successful launch, it is revealed that Munya had actually kicked the launched ball to change its direction, after its launch. He was therefore disqualified from the task.
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