Throw beanbags onto the island

Task notes

• The contestants are lined up along the left-hand side of the stage, and each of them has a cloth bag containing small beanbags at their feet.
• In the centre of the stage, a ‘throwing tower’ has been erected, from within which the contestants must throw their beanbags.
• The wall at the front of the tower starts out tall enough that each of the contestants can just see over it, but becomes taller with each round, as Alex slots in extra sections of the wall on top.
• There is a small slot low down on the front wall, through which the contestants may look, if they cannot see over the wall.
• On the ‘island’ area of the stage, where everyone usually sits, a large number of empty tin cans have been set up. Most are stacked in small pyramids, and some have been taped together in the shape of the letters ‘T’ and ‘M’.
• There are four chairs at the right-hand side of the stage for the contestants to sit on, as they are eliminated.
• In the first round, the contestants must throw one beanbag from the tower without missing the island or knocking over any cans. This increases to two beanbags in the second round, and would have increased to three in the third round, if anyone had made it (in fact, Andy played the third round by himself, just for fun, but this footage is not included in the episode).
• Despite what it says on the task brief, the contestants are not actually disqualified from the task if they knock over a can or miss the island, but they are eliminated from the game, and then earn points based on the round in which they were knocked out.