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Build a marshmallow tower

Task types:

Solo

Live

Mental

Physical

Objective

Single brief

Original

Locations:

NEP Studios

Task brief

The brief for the task is as follows:

Build a marshmallow tower using the remaining marshmallows in the jar you've had in your green room since the start of the studio record.

Tallest tower wins.

You have three minutes.

Your time starts on Tom's whistle.

Task notes

The contestants are lined up side-by-side on stage, facing away from the audience. When they turn around on Tom Cashman’s command, they see that there is a large glass jar on the table in front of them, which has been taken from their dressing room.
For most of the contestants, this jar contains the marshmallows they have not yet eaten. However, for Lloyd, the jar contains a variety of fresh fruit, because he had requested that the marshmallows be replaced with that.
Although not shown in the episode, Tom Gleeson reportedly stated in the studio on the day that the fruit counted as marshmallows, for the purposes of the task.
Also on the table, there are some wooden toothpicks to assist with the tower-building.