Persuade the security guard to look in your bag
Task types:
Solo
Filmed
Mental
Social
Subjective
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Task briefs
The briefs for the task are as follows:
Secretly put something that looks amazing in your bag.
You have 10 minutes.
Your time starts now.
Persuade the security guard to look in your bag.
You may describe what is in your bag, but you must not say what is in your bag.
You must stay on your spot at all times, and you must not reveal the contents of your bag at any point, starting with the tallest person.
The tallest person can start talking in thirty seconds from now.
Task notes
- This is sometimes referred to as a team task, as the contestants participated in their usual team groupings. However, since the contestants in the teams were in direct competition with one another, it is not categorised as such here.
Task stats
Points
10
Disquals
3
Attempts
Here's a brief description of the contestants' attempts. Someone's probably working on writing up some additional detail, though!
- Daisy tried to get the security guard to look in her bag by informing him that Richard's item was too rude, and that his wife would not be happy with him, before flirting with him as she left. She managed to persuade the security guard to look in her bag.
- Johnny tried to use reverse psychology against the security guard to get him to look in his bag. He managed to persuade the security guard to look in his bag.
- Katherine played heavily on her status as a woman in an attempt to get the security guard to look in her bag. She failed to persuade the security guard to look in her bag.
- Mawaan tried to get the security guard to look in his bag by claiming he needed validation from his parents. He failed to persuade the security guard to look in his bag.
- Richard tried to get the security guard to look in his bag by explaining that his item involved nakedness. He failed to persuade the security guard to look in his bag.
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