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Pop the balloons that match the colour of your vest

Task types:

Solo

Live

Physical

Objective

Single brief

Original

Task brief

The brief for the task is as follows:

One at a time, you must throw your six darts from the spot and pop the balloons that match the colour of your vest.

Each popped balloon of your colour will give you one point.

If you pop someone else's balloon, they will receive that point, and you will incur a penalty.

If you hit the black balloon, you are eliminated.

The person with the most popped balloons of their assigned colour wins.

Task notes

The contestants are lined up side-by-side on stage, each wearing a hi-vis vest in a different colour.
At one side of the stage, a large number of inflated balloons of various colours corresponding to the colours of their vests have been attached to a large circular target, with one larger, black balloon rightv at its centre.
On the other side of the stage, an area has been cordoned off with red velvet ropes and stanchions, where the other contestants must remain while darts are being thrown.
Between these two props, a circular red 'TM' marker has been placed on the stage, from where they must throw their darts.
The penalties incurred by contestants for each successive popping of another contestant's balloon are: wearing an eye patch; standing on one leg; throwing with their other hand; throwing underarm; and wearing a second eye patch.