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Blow up a balloon / Spot the difference

Task types:

Solo

Filmed

Mental

Social

Objective

Multiple brief

Adapted

Mastertasks:

Perform an irrelevant task / Spot the difference

Task briefs

Both task briefs are presented on a table, set up either in the grounds of the house, or in the main room of the house, depending on where it was filmed for each contestant. The second task brief is placed on the table while the contestants are blindfolded. The briefs for the task are as follows:

While wearing this blindfold over your eyes, inflate the balloon so that its circumference reaches the length of a standard cucumber.

You have one minute.

Your time starts when Antoine whistles.

Spot the differences.

Look at the scene in front of you, and explain exactly what has changed since you put on your blindfold.

Task notes

Also on the table, there is an uninflated red balloon, a blindfold, and a snowman decoration (in accordance with the holiday theme of the episode).
Some distance away from the table, a Christmasy scene has been set up, featuring shelves full of presents, a decorated tree, Christmas stockings, a sleigh, various decorations, and Antoine wearing a snazzy hat.
While the contestants are blindfolded and inflating their balloons, the following 10 changes are made to the scene:
- The large Christmas tree is removed
- The two presents in the sleigh are replaced with presents which have different wrapping paper (this counts as two changes)
- The small Christmas tree on the table in front of Antoine has decorations added to it
- The Christmas stocking is removed from the table
- The large nutcracker is replaced with a large candle
- An arrow is reversed to point right instead of left
- The glass bottle on the shelves is replaced with a different glass bottle
- Antoine is replaced with a different person, wearing a different hat (though this is counted as just one change)
- The beige backdrop curtain is replaced with a red one
Some contestants complete this task outside, while others complete it inside, presumably due to weather conditions on the day of filming.