Pop the champagne cork
Task types:
Solo
Filmed
Physical
Objective
Single brief
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Task brief
The task brief is found leant against a bottle of champagne on a workbench just outside of the shed. The brief for the task is as follows:
Launch the champagne cork from the bottle.
The person who launches the champagne cork the furthest wins.
You have 100 seconds to prepare and launch the champagne cork.
Your time starts when David says 'Cheers!'.
Task notes
- The time effectively starts immediately, as David says “Cheers!” as soon as the contestants have read the task brief.
Task stats
Points
15
Disquals
0
Attempts
Here's a description of the contestants' attempts. Images will be added later.
- Nikki looks in the shed, wondering if there’s anything there that can help her. She rhetorically asks David if the task is just a matter of popping the cork and hoping for the best. Nikki’s cork flies past the tree with the basketball hoop and further into the yard, travelling 13 metres and 40 centimetres, and she comes second.
- Linnéa starts to bang the bottom of the champagne bottle on the workbench. After a little while, she shakes the bottle while it’s upside down. She prepares to pop the cork in her final few seconds of time, but has difficulty moving it. While Linnéa does manage to pop the cork just before her time runs out, it falls directly to her feet. To soothe her disappointment, she takes a long swig from the champagne bottle, only to find that it is non-alcoholic. Linnéa’s cork travels just 52 centimetres, so she comes last.
- Henrik immediately starts vigorously shaking the champagne bottle. When his arms start to tire, he lowers the bottle while still shaking it, which looks very suggestive. Henrik’s cork ends up flying over close to the flagpole, travelling 12 metres and 3 centimetres, and he comes third.
- Marko begins shaking the bottle, but seems more interested in getting a good angle of trajectory for when he’s ready to uncork it. His cork ends up flying over near to the caravan, travelling 15 metres and 96 centimetres, and he wins the task.
- Anne shakes the champagne bottle slowly but deliberately, and asks David if ‘furthest’ means furthest from the bottle (as opposed to the starting location of the task, presumably). Unfortunately for Anne, her cork hits a nearby tree, which severely curtails its flight. Her cork travels 5 metres and 90 centimetres, and she comes fourth.
(Source credit: Jenny R)
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