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Service bell helmet tag

Task types:

Solo

Live

Physical

Objective

Single brief

Original

Locations:

Drammen's Theatre

Task brief

The actual text of the task brief is not known. The text below is paraphrased based on information disclosed in the episode:

You will very soon, while blindfolded, play the popular and traditional game, 'service-bell-on-the-helmet-tag'.

As you can tell from the title, you will try to ring each other's bells without anyone ringing your bell.

If your bell is rung, I'll blow this whistle, and then you're out.

You can go sit down on the bench, and we'll continue with the ones that are left.

Anyone can take anyone at any point.

Task notes

The contestants are all stood within a square playing area on the stage, marked with velvet ropes and stanchions.
Each contestant is blindfolded and wears a hard hat, to the top of which a service bell has been fastened.
Hani and Leo are also wearing cameras strapped to their chests, to provide exciting in-game PoV footage.

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!

In the first round, Karin panics and flails her arms around rapidly before getting down on the floor and crawling around on all fours for a while. She then stands back up and is engaged in a short flail-off with Hani, before Hani locates and rings Karin's bell first. In the second round, Hani gets involved in a minor skirmish with Lars, but he uses his height advantage to evade her reach, and eliminates her from the game by ringing her bell. Lars takes full advantage of his height throughout the game, keeping his back straight and reaching out with his arms, waving them up and down in the hopes of finding someone's bell. At one point in the third round, Lars has gone so long without encountering anyone that he asks out loud whether the game has stopped. Leo is thus able to locate him from his voice, and reaches towards his face, but is ultimately blocked by Lars. Leo is fairly mobile during the game, wandering around and switching between defending his own bell with his hands, and reaching around to locate other people. Lars and Leo get into a couple of skirmishes during the third round, but Leo escapes both times. However, Lars then appears to sense that Leo is close by, and brings his arm directly down onto his bell, eliminating him from the game. Vidar's strategy throughout the game seems to be to assume strange postures and move erratically around the space. This ultimately works out for him, as he spends much of his time crouched down, slightly below the level of his opponents' roving hands. Vidar makes it to the fourth round, which he begins by standing on one leg and with his arms in the air, as if he is about to perform a crane kick (like in Karate Kid). After Lars eventually locates his position, there is a certain amount of flapping at one another before Vidar takes evasive action, squatting low and moving away to one side. However, Lars again moves towards him, flailing his arms, until the two collide. Lars is then able to locate Vidar's lowered head, and seizes hold of it, repeatedly ringing Vidar's bell in victory, while holding his head against his crotch. Lars thus wins the game.

(Source credit: Karl Craven)