Balance items on the table

Hayley Sproull’s hands balancing a number of items on top of a wicker basket including a ukulele, and a badminton racket.

Task types:

Solo

Live

Physical

Objective

Single brief

Original

Mastertasks:

Balance items on the table

Mastertask notes:

In this version of the task, a smaller table is introduced to the game after the first couple of rounds.

Locations:

South Pacific Pictures

Task brief

The brief for the task is as follows:

One by one, place an item on the table.

On your turn, you will have 10 seconds to place an item.

Once you have touched an item, that is the item you must place.

If placing causes any item to fall, you will be eliminated.

Last person standing wins.

The contestants on the Taskmaster studio stage. in front of them are a number of objects on the stage floor including: an inflated balloon, a hula hoop, an inflatable shark, an exercise ball, a stuffed toy dog, a novelty cowboy hat, some plastic bananas, a tennis racket, a pool noodle, an umbrella, a bowling ball, a lettuce, a folding chair, a basketball, a wicker cat house, a small birdcage, a ukulele, a juggling club, a mannequin’s arm, a broom, a garden windmill, a child’s toy accordion, a violin, a mannequin head with a wig, a garden hose, a hand pump, a set of musical chimes, a skateboard, and a kayak paddle. Abby Howells is reading a task and Paul Williams is looking on.

Task notes

The contestants are stood side-by-side on the stage.
In the middle of the stage in front of them, there is a small, round table.
Scattered across the front of the stage, there are a wide variety of objects for them to balance on the table, including an inflated balloon, a hula hoop, an inflatable shark, an exercise ball, a stuffed toy dog, a novelty cowboy hat, some plastic bananas, a tennis racket, a pool noodle, an umbrella, a bowling ball, a lettuce, a folding chair, a basketball, a wicker cat house, a small birdcage, a ukulele, a juggling club, a mannequin’s arm, a broom, a garden windmill, a child’s toy accordion, a violin, a mannequin head with a wig, a garden hose, a hand pump, a set of musical chimes, a skateboard, and a kayak paddle.
As the contestants are eliminated, they take a seat on a bench at the right of the stage.
After two contestants have been eliminated, Paul knocks everything off the table, then replaces it with an even smaller one, and the game begins again.