Taskmaster AU Season 01 Episode 10
We’re going all out in tonight’s finale. Christmas is ruined, aubergines are stabbed, cities are destroyed, and our first Aussie champion will be crowned. Who will win Tom Gleeson’s giant golden head?
We’re going all out in tonight’s finale. Christmas is ruined, aubergines are stabbed, cities are destroyed, and our first Aussie champion will be crowned. Who will win Tom Gleeson’s giant golden head?
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00:00This is the best day of my life.
00:30Yes, welcome, friends and foes alike, to the season finale of Taskmaster.
00:41I am Tom Gleeson, and you should have figured that out by now.
00:44In this show, I'm not the regular Tom Gleeson, you know, from countless other television appearances.
00:49I am a different, better version of me.
00:52I am the Taskmaster!
00:53For the last ten weeks, I have put five of Australia's most available comedians
01:00through a series of rigorous tasks, breaking their hearts and souls in the process.
01:05Why would they do it?
01:06Well, it's to win this, the most glamorous prize in Australian television history.
01:10My head painted gold, worth approximately 45 million Australian dollars.
01:16It's bloody gorgeous, isn't it?
01:18Let's make them feel welcome.
01:20One last time, it's our season one cast.
01:23Dania Walker, Jimmy Rees, Julia Morris, Luke McGregor and Nina Riyama.
01:34And of course, where would I be without my special boy?
01:38It's Tom Cashman.
01:42Alright, Tom, tell us about our final prize task of the season.
01:45Tonight, our contestants have been asked to bring in
01:47the best thing from the Taskmaster's year of birth,
01:50which I hope it's okay if I reveal, is 1974.
01:54The person who brings in the prize that the Taskmaster considers to be the best
01:57will take home five points.
01:59And at the end of the episode, whoever wins this episode will take home all five prizes.
02:03Okay.
02:04Julia, what did you bring in from the year of my birth?
02:07I did some interweb research and had a little sniff around.
02:10I got a copy of Nixon's letter of resignation.
02:14Oh, really?
02:15The actual resignation letter?
02:18Well, it's not the actual, it's a copy of the actual.
02:21Okay, so you've printed out a PDF that you found on the internet.
02:25Essentially, yes.
02:27But I think we all know when it comes to effort, that's not really my bag.
02:33Intriguing.
02:34Nina, what have you got?
02:35So I brought something that was actually printed in 1974, which is a coin.
02:39It's a 10-cent coin.
02:40Okay.
02:41From 1974.
02:42Amazing!
02:431974.
02:43Oh, wow.
02:44I realise now that I cannot win Taskmaster, and earlier I bet Tom Cashman $50 that I would
02:50win.
02:51So this is $49.90 in coins, which makes this 10-cent thing the best thing for Tom Cashman
02:59to get all the money from the bet.
03:00Right.
03:01But what if you don't win this episode, and the 10 cents goes to someone else?
03:06How do I get paid?
03:09I don't know.
03:10Find a way.
03:11I don't know if that's how bets work.
03:13You just give the person an opportunity to go find that amount of money from elsewhere.
03:19Okay, I feel like you might have walked past a great result into this result.
03:24Moving on.
03:25Luke, what did you bring in?
03:26A fun fact, and a thing.
03:30Okay.
03:31In 1974, this was invented.
03:36The Rubik's Cube.
03:39What's your fun fact about it?
03:41Well, that is the fun fact, that it was invented in 1974.
03:44Do you want me to tell you a fun fact?
03:46After Mr Rubik made the Rubik's Cube, he couldn't solve it himself.
03:49Oh, really?
03:50Yeah, that was a fun fact, wasn't it?
03:51Yeah, it was.
03:52I just wanted to highlight how unfun your fact was.
03:56Danielle, what did you bring in?
03:57I thought the best thing from the year of the Taskmaster's birth would be you, the Taskmaster.
04:02Oh.
04:02So I brought in something from your vast body of work to sort of represent you.
04:08It's your album with your band, the Fantastic Lesley.
04:12Oh, wow.
04:12I also, for the inside cover, because a lot of CDs I had growing up had posters inside,
04:18so I made this one of you.
04:21Oh.
04:23That's lovely, Danielle.
04:25I feel genuinely touched and ripped.
04:30Jimmy, what have you got for me from 1974?
04:32There was a famous fight in 1974, the Rumble in the Jungle, Muhammad Ali, George Foreman,
04:37and I brought in George Foreman!
04:43Grill.
04:44OK.
04:46You're saying that represents George Foreman and his big fight was from 1974?
04:51Yeah, yeah, massive fight.
04:53He lost.
04:53But he did go on to create one of the best grilling utensils in the world.
05:01Are you being paid by George Foreman Grills?
05:04Maybe.
05:06Thanks for that, Jimmy.
05:06I've got to give away some points.
05:08On one point, I'm going to have to say Julia, because she printed out a PDF from the internet.
05:13Luke with the Rubik's Cube.
05:15I'm going to give you two points, because your fact was just so unfun.
05:19I played myself.
05:20Jimmy's George Foreman grill.
05:23I prefer using an actual grill, so I'll give you three points.
05:26Nina, for being factually accurate, is getting four points for the 10 cent coin,
05:30but I was just so genuinely touched by Danielle,
05:32giving me all those beautiful memories of my heyday when I was in a band in inner city Sydney.
05:37So five points to Danielle!
05:42OK, let's give this X some stakes.
05:45How is the overall scoreboard looking thus far?
05:48So the series scoreboard is currently thus.
05:52In fifth place, Luke has 125 points.
05:55Then we've got Nina with 127.
05:57Then we have Jimmy with 140.
05:59Danielle with 144.
06:01And Julia is ahead by two points with 146 points.
06:06Ooh!
06:08All right!
06:10Next, we've assigned our contestants a pencil case.
06:14Hello, Thomas.
06:29Hi, Danielle.
06:30Hey, Nina.
06:31Hey, girl.
06:32This little eggplant.
06:34These are the very essence of a night out for me.
06:37A pencil and an eggplant?
06:38Yes, sir.
06:39Stick a pencil in this aubergine.
06:45From the furthest distance.
06:47Furthest distance wins.
06:48You have 15 minutes.
06:50Stick a pencil in this aubergine.
06:51What's that last line?
06:52Oh, my gosh, I'm so sorry.
06:53What is my block with your time starts now?
06:56I think potentially that it benefits you to omit that part.
06:59Oh, no, I'm not that bright, mate.
07:00All they have to do is stick a pencil into an aubergine.
07:07Where I come from, a pencil and an eggplant is also known as an Officeworks kebab.
07:12Who's first, Tom?
07:13It's the bloody boys, Luke and Jimmy.
07:16Stick it in there from the furthest distance.
07:19It doesn't say you get one attempt, so I'm just going to see how easy it goes in.
07:26That's pretty...
07:27I might not get better than that.
07:29If I put this on the end of this anchor and then drop the anchor on the aubergine from,
07:33say, the balcony, I don't think anyone's going to be able to beat that.
07:36I'm using gravity, Tom.
07:37I'm going to use gravity.
07:39That's pretty high, right?
07:40That's pretty high.
07:41That's as long as anyone can make a stick.
07:44Damn!
07:44Do you mind?
07:45That's it.
07:46Good one.
07:47So, this is going to sound a little dodgy.
07:49I need you to stand under the aubergine and just see if I'm lined up correctly.
07:53I won't drop it.
07:54Stand under the aubergine.
07:55I just need to see if I'm lined up properly if I hold it like this.
07:57Oh!
08:01Oh!
08:01Tom.
08:02That hit it.
08:03But it didn't stick in.
08:04Okay, please, please, please, Warwick.
08:13Tom, that was your fault.
08:15How's the pencil?
08:16The pencil not broken.
08:17Oh, it's not broken.
08:18It's just retracted.
08:19I wonder if I could use something else to weigh it.
08:22I'm just going in the kitchen for a second.
08:24Okay.
08:25Do you think seafarers from hundreds of years ago would ever have foreseen a use of an ankle
08:30like this?
08:32Not a HB.
08:34How long do I have?
08:36Eight minutes.
08:36Eight minutes?
08:37That's all right.
08:37Yeah, I'm cool with that.
08:38Okay, Tom, same deal.
08:39Potentially move a bit to your right.
08:41Damn it!
08:45Oh!
08:48Oh, that felt like it hit it.
08:52There's a pencil size hole in the aubergine.
08:53Look at the pencil.
08:54Look at this.
08:54Look at that.
08:56Just get it in the damn aubergine.
08:59Yes!
09:02Here!
09:02So, Jimmy, you went up to the balcony to get maximum distance and then left the eggplant
09:12on the plinth.
09:12Yeah, I know.
09:13I know.
09:14I saw it on the ground with Luke.
09:16I'm like, you idiot!
09:18Now, Luke, you've gone for a very loose definition of sticking something in.
09:23It didn't stay in.
09:24Now I'm worried that I played myself once again.
09:28I mean, I went in and then went out.
09:32The wording of the task did not specify anything about staying in.
09:35It says, stick a pencil in this aubergine from the furthest distance.
09:38Yeah, so it's stuck in there for a brief moment before being completely destroyed by
09:42the way heavier anchor.
09:44Okay.
09:44And in the end, it was the friends we made along the way.
09:50Okay, how did they do?
09:51So, Jimmy stuck the pencil in from a distance of 4.24 metres.
09:56Luke stuck the pencil in from 4.45 metres away.
10:00So, just 20 centimetres further.
10:04Alright, who's next?
10:06It's Danielle and Julia.
10:07Yay!
10:08I'm just going to test out a couple of ideas.
10:10Let's just see.
10:12I just kind of...
10:14No, that's...
10:16Oh, that's inappropriate.
10:17I'm so sorry.
10:18In the workplace, you shouldn't have to be under that sort of pressure.
10:22I'm just going to hollow out this aubergine.
10:24I'm going to make that wider.
10:26Be a target?
10:27No, that's gone right over the pencil.
10:30Are you good with knots?
10:31I know how to tie a bowline and a reef knot and a sheep shank and a clue hitch, but I
10:36haven't used fishing lining.
10:37I think this is very hard to tie because those knots don't freaking stay in place.
10:42Maybe I'll just get a little closer.
10:44No.
10:45I'm going to try this because I just need to get something again.
10:49I think that's stuck a bit.
10:57The furthest distance from where?
11:00Do you know what I mean?
11:03Ah!
11:07I'm just going to go and check my work.
11:09Yeah, that's...
11:10Yeah, that's stuck.
11:11Was it stuck before you touched it?
11:13Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:13You haven't stuck it from closer?
11:15No.
11:16So what's happened to you?
11:17You've...
11:18Yes, well, I've just stuck the pencil in and then I chucked it a long way.
11:22So how far would you argue you stuck the pencil into the aubergine?
11:26Oh, but I reckon I probably would have been about 17 centimetres.
11:30How long's my arm?
11:31I think you could argue it would be impossible to stick the pencil into the aubergine from less
11:35far away.
11:36Are you stuck in the fishing wire?
11:38Yeah.
11:38Bye.
11:48So, Julia, what tasks were you completing?
11:51I mean, who would know looking at that?
11:53Do you know what I mean?
11:54Like, it would appear that I do lose interest halfway through tasks and whatever will be,
12:00will be.
12:02Danielle, you went to all that trouble with the ladder and then you just poked it in at the end.
12:06I was just checking it was definitely in.
12:09It was already in.
12:11It was in.
12:11And then you pushed it further in.
12:12Yeah, just to really feel the texture.
12:14Oh, so you were just after some sensory rush afterwards just to go, oh, that felt good.
12:19Yeah.
12:20How did they do?
12:21So, Daniel's distance is 2.2 metres and Julia's attempt is so bad, it makes you ask existential
12:31questions like, how far are you away from something that you are literally holding in
12:36your hand?
12:36So, I would argue for zero metres.
12:42OK, well, as much as I'd love to see some more long-distance pencils sticking, the pencil
12:46pushers at Network 10 have sold a bunch of advertising space.
12:50So, we'll be back with more Taskmaster after this.
12:53Welcome back to the Taskmaster Grand Final, the only show where comedians attack vegetables
13:10in an attempt to win a Rubik's Cube.
13:12Tom Cashman, get us up to speed.
13:14Our contestants are attempting to stick a pencil into an eggplant.
13:18The furthest wins, and so far, the distance to beat is Luke's at 4.45 metres.
13:24OK, who's next, Tom?
13:25It's Nina Oyama.
13:27Oh, nice hat.
13:28Oh, thank you.
13:29Do you want to ask what it's for?
13:30What's it for?
13:31Flare, babe.
13:32Look it up.
13:33OK.
13:34It says, a flare is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a bright light or intense heat
13:39without an explosion.
13:40Do you not think this hat does that?
13:42No.
13:45It's poking time.
13:48What?
13:49Do you have the pencil?
13:51I don't have the pencil.
13:52Have you lost the pencil?
13:56Yeah.
13:58Does anybody have a pencil?
14:00Oh, it's here.
14:02It was here the whole time.
14:04I'm pre-holing the aubergine.
14:06It will make it easier to get it in because it'll already have a hole in it.
14:11It's still...
14:12No!
14:16That's pretty good.
14:17That angle, I feel like, will be a good hole angle.
14:19I mean, the angle's great.
14:20Man, I'm all about angles.
14:23Gradients.
14:24Pythagoras.
14:25You know, the boys.
14:26The boys, gradient, and Pythagoras.
14:28You've got two minutes, ten seconds.
14:30Oh, shit.
14:30Okay.
14:35It's just got to be in the light.
14:36There we go.
14:36Okay.
14:41Yay!
14:42I have to say, that was really fun to watch.
14:50It was classic Nina.
14:52At first, you lost the pencil.
14:54You broke the eggplant.
14:56You wasted time getting a hat that you didn't need.
14:59But then, you completed the task.
15:03What is going on?
15:05I think it was the hat.
15:06I should have worn it in every task.
15:07Nina's length is 7.62 metres.
15:13Okay, then.
15:15So, Julia receives one point for zero metres.
15:18Danielle gets two.
15:19Jimmy gets three.
15:21Luke gets four.
15:21And the winner of the task is Nina with five points.
15:25And what are the scores so far for the episode?
15:28The winner so far is Nina with nine points.
15:30Ooh, okay.
15:33More tasks, thank you, Tom Cashman.
15:36Okay, but I'm sorry, because I've only got a little one.
15:39What?
15:39What?
15:52Oh, hello, Tom.
15:55Ooh.
15:56Okay.
15:57So, you've reached out to the shareholders for this envelope.
16:00This is very cute.
16:01You still look normal size, though, but this seems tinier.
16:05I'm just bigger.
16:09Do you know how to use one of these?
16:11I wouldn't have thought it was that complicated.
16:13It's actually...
16:15Make a miniature version of yourself.
16:19Best miniature wins.
16:20You have 25 minutes.
16:22Your time starts now.
16:24Oh.
16:26Beautiful.
16:27Okay, a miniature version of myself.
16:28I think I've got an idea.
16:30I think I know how to...
16:31I think I've found a loophole in this challenge.
16:32I'm going to take a hat for luck.
16:34I always feel like I do my best work in a hat.
16:40So, pretty simple stuff here.
16:43Our contestants just have to make a miniature version of themselves,
16:45and the best miniature wins.
16:47Okay.
16:48Who's first, then?
16:49It's an awesome foursome.
16:50It's Nina, Julia, Danielle, and Jimmy.
16:53I don't want to brag, but I've got a feeling I'm going to be good at this.
16:55I have this theory that if you, like, mush jelly things together,
16:59they will turn into Play-Doh.
17:02Do you have a lot of these kinds of theories?
17:04Yeah.
17:05What I'm going to do, actually, make a great big masking tape, Lady J.
17:09Okay.
17:09Do you reckon?
17:10Have you made a miniature before?
17:11I've made a miniature of my granddad's German shepherd, Shep.
17:16It's him riding a lawnmower.
17:18I'm really going to get the scale right.
17:20Two heads, three.
17:22My body's looking good, although I have lost a bit of weight,
17:25so let's bring it in there.
17:27I like how now you've developed a technique.
17:28It's called the Oyama Technique.
17:31Why is it called that?
17:32Because it's full of holes and it doesn't work.
17:35Wait.
17:36As in, like, it's got flaws to the plan rather than, like, physical holes.
17:41It's not what it sounded like.
17:42No, yeah, I... yeah.
17:45Can I borrow you for a second time?
17:46Sure.
17:46So that's one, and then two, and then three.
17:50I think you're three J-H's wide.
17:52We're getting somewhere.
17:54Look, one arm is longer than the other.
17:56That is actually factual in my own life.
17:58Okay.
17:58Look at that.
17:59Right.
18:00And that's not just a trick with your shoulders?
18:02No.
18:03Okay.
18:03I should have told you about this task in advance, Tom.
18:05I've got to board all my craft supplies with me.
18:08I love them so.
18:09These are the proportions.
18:10So there's a head here.
18:12How long are your legs and your arms?
18:15Careful.
18:17One.
18:18Gee, the boobs are good.
18:19Shouldn't have made them red, though.
18:20I can barely see them.
18:20But it could mean, like, it looks like I'm in the nude.
18:24Six minutes.
18:24Oh, my gosh, Tom.
18:25This is very stressful.
18:27How would we work out how big my eyes are compared to a J-H?
18:31One.
18:33Two.
18:34Less than two minutes.
18:35Oh, shit.
18:36We're going straight into building, I think.
18:37Oh, my gosh, Tom.
18:38It's a battle against the clock.
18:40Now I'm panicking a little bit because I don't know if I have enough time for this.
18:45What do you want to?
18:47Perfect.
18:48This doesn't look as luxurious as I imagined.
18:50That is really not working out as I hoped.
18:55It looks like Piglet.
18:57This is like if Piglet was in, like, Blade Runner.
19:02That would have changed the movie Blade Runner quite substantially.
19:05God, the presh, babe, the presh.
19:07Oh, it looks like I'm in a bathing suit.
19:09It's not in proportion to the trolley.
19:12Okay.
19:13I'm saying I'm done.
19:13Thanks, Julie.
19:16Thanks, babes.
19:17It's doing this.
19:23Okay.
19:23Well, let's have a look at the finished products.
19:25There's all your fine work.
19:26Now, Jimmy, you're very preoccupied with proportion.
19:30Yeah.
19:30Can you talk us through the thinking process?
19:32You kept talking about a J-H.
19:33That's a Jimmy's head.
19:34Oh, okay.
19:35And it's completely in proportion.
19:38Okay.
19:39Don't ask me what a JC is.
19:43Nina, I'm not sure it looks much like you,
19:45but it does look like a tasty snack.
19:47And so do I.
19:50Yeah, it was all made out of lollies,
19:52and when I was cutting it, they gave me gloves
19:54because they didn't trust me with the knife.
19:57Danielle, craft, as we know, is your specialty.
20:00You must have been very happy about this challenge.
20:02It didn't feel like my specialty in this challenge.
20:04I really thought when I put that hair on,
20:06it was just going to fall luxuriously into a wig,
20:10but it just looks quite creepy.
20:14And why were you on a tractor?
20:16What was the thinking there?
20:17Oh, because I did a miniature of my grandad's dog,
20:19Shep, riding a lawnmower.
20:20I saw the tractor and was like, oh, a homage to my own.
20:25So you did an homage to your own artwork...
20:27Yeah.
20:28..that nobody's seen or heard of.
20:30No.
20:32Julia.
20:33How good is it?
20:34How good is it?
20:36It's amazing.
20:36Isn't it?
20:37I'll be honest with you,
20:38if I was cleaning up after a kid's birthday
20:40and that was on the floor,
20:41I don't think I would identify
20:43that it was something that someone had done on purpose.
20:45Oh.
20:47All right.
20:48Speaking of miniatures,
20:49advertisements are like miniature TV shows,
20:51so let's watch them now for a few minutes.
20:53We'll see you soon with World Taskmaster.
20:55Welcome back to Taskmaster.
21:07It's the grand finale,
21:09the night that winners and losers will be decided once and for all,
21:13etched into stone to be remembered for all of history.
21:16And how are we going about it, Tom?
21:17We're watching comedians do arts and crafts.
21:20Just like always.
21:22Only this time,
21:23they're trying to make mini versions of themselves.
21:26Anyone left?
21:27Sure is.
21:27It's Luke McGregor.
21:30Take a photo of me with the iPad.
21:32OK.
21:36OK.
21:37So, OK, screen to it now.
21:40Oh, you did it.
21:42Miniature me.
21:43You can't get something smaller than that.
21:46Are you happy with that?
21:48Less so now.
21:50OK.
21:51Take another screenshot.
21:53OK.
21:54Look how small it is.
21:56Try getting smaller than that.
21:57That's you.
21:58That's me.
21:59There's me there.
22:00Mm.
22:01That's me.
22:01So.
22:02OK.
22:03Yeah.
22:03No-one's going to do smaller than that.
22:07I'd love to see him try, especially if I do this.
22:10So there we go.
22:11So there we go.
22:12So I'm very happy with that.
22:14So that's you.
22:14That's me there.
22:16Yeah, you can see it.
22:17And you don't think anyone can do any smaller than that?
22:20I guess we only...
22:20How much time have we got left?
22:2114 minutes and 56 seconds, though.
22:23Let's treat ourselves to one more.
22:25OK, yep.
22:25Put it down.
22:28OK.
22:29So that's...
22:30That's the blue.
22:31So the yellow's around the blue?
22:33The yellow's...
22:34We might have gone too small.
22:36Lost you.
22:36That's too close to the sun there.
22:37We'll have to go back to one.
22:38So is that your entry, or...?
22:39That can't be.
22:40It's too small.
22:40But this one, this is still small, but you can still read it.
22:43So there's the blue.
22:44So that's the blue.
22:45There's the blue.
22:45And you're in the blue.
22:46I'm in the blue, so...
22:47We know that.
22:48Yeah, yeah.
22:48So that's the officially smallest we can go.
22:50Do you think anyone will get smaller?
22:52No.
22:53They can't.
22:53We've already proved it.
22:54That was the smallest you can get.
22:58OK.
22:59Luke, that was some great lateral thinking.
23:02You were very small.
23:03So that's a great job.
23:04What was the task again?
23:05Best miniature wins.
23:07Best miniature wins.
23:09May have played myself a third time.
23:12It would be good to compare it if we're going to try to find the best one.
23:16So can we just get all the miniatures back up there?
23:23Well, I do like what Luke was coming up with, but I'm going to have to give him one point.
23:27Two points to Julia, because like I said, it looks like a random assembly of things that
23:31you'd find on the floor and throw in the bin.
23:32And Jimmy's for three points.
23:34Nina's looks like a real tasty snack, so I'm giving her four points, but just because
23:39of the memories of Danielle's weird Queensland upbringing, I'm giving her five points for
23:44her frightened tiny miniature.
23:48All right, Tom, you got something different for me?
23:51No.
23:51I've got something extremely similar.
23:53Here's our final team task for the season.
24:02Hello.
24:08Hello.
24:09Hello.
24:11After you.
24:12Why is it so perfect?
24:14Oh.
24:15Who is this?
24:16Guess.
24:17Uh, blue, red pants.
24:20You, you.
24:20Is this you as Jimmy Giggle?
24:22Is that you?
24:22Yeah, that's my one.
24:23How good do you look?
24:24Yours is also, I love the lopsided tips.
24:27That is the very representation.
24:28That is me, that is me.
24:29That's you, you made that of you?
24:30I did take that a bit.
24:32All right, I'm in.
24:33Babes, here we go.
24:35Film the most phenomenal fight scene starring your miniatures.
24:40You have 60 minutes.
24:41Your time starts now.
24:43Where's the mini version of you?
24:46Oh.
24:47Oh.
24:48Yeah.
24:49Deranged, Luke.
24:51Should we make, like, a city and you can come in and destroy it or something?
24:55Yes.
24:55I think we do it flatly.
24:57You're a genius.
24:58What do we think about, like, these, like, we make some...
25:00Oh, I couldn't dig that more.
25:02Well, well, well, if it isn't blah, blah, blah, they're here, bring it on, and they walk
25:07towards each other, that's the first shot.
25:09How's that?
25:09Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
25:10What are they fighting about, you know?
25:12Maybe you didn't like Jimmy's latest TikTok?
25:16So do you want to be like a...
25:18Like a...
25:19I can't...
25:19Yeah, I feel Godzilla vibes.
25:21Yeah.
25:21It does join.
25:22Yes, look at that.
25:23What a way to save money on artists, just to cut your art in half.
25:26Yeah.
25:26I don't even know where I went to.
25:28Oh, you're on the back table.
25:29I don't want to say anything, but it was very easy to confuse your figurine with the junk
25:33that was on the table.
25:37Listen, you don't want this fight to be real.
25:39I know.
25:39Wow.
25:42OK.
25:43Well, a fight scene.
25:46A chance for Luke McGregor to redeem himself, perhaps, for his shithouse one last week.
25:52Would you like to see a fight scene?
25:53Oh, yes.
25:54I'm bang for blood.
25:55Here's Danielle versus Julia.
25:57Here's Danielle.
26:27I'll pop your teeth.
26:32Help us.
26:33I'll pop your teeth.
26:34Just...
26:34Just really...
26:36Just...
26:37Oh, they're good.
26:38They're strong.
26:40Take that, teeth.
26:42Let me light up the TNT with my gun.
26:45Don't you'll take the last of my hair.
26:47Five, four, three, two, one.
26:51Anything else?
27:00Miniatures.
27:01Oh, yes.
27:03Oh, yes.
27:03Oh, yes.
27:05Oh, yes.
27:06Oh, yes.
27:10It was great to see you do the dance one last time.
27:19Yes.
27:20Zero points.
27:22I must admit, when I saw all that stuff there on the table, I thought, this is going to be
27:25a disaster.
27:26But that actually turned out quite well.
27:27We were very good.
27:29Absolutely.
27:29What did you say right in the middle of the film?
27:32I've got to pop your teeth.
27:35I think.
27:37It's a hard tip to pop.
27:38It is a hard tip to pop.
27:42Bring on the other fight, Tom Cashman.
27:44All right.
27:45Here's a lolly woman versus a pile of hair versus a few pixels on an iPad.
27:49It's Nina, Jimmy and Luke.
27:50Oh, you found me.
27:56You flushed my goldfish down the toilet.
27:58It deserves it.
27:59Prepare to die.
28:01Oh, you're ready.
28:07Two, one, fight.
28:11Oh, I'm joking.
28:14Ow.
28:16Yeah.
28:18Ah.
28:20Oh, I've met my match.
28:27Die, Jimmy.
28:28Die.
28:31Well, well, well.
28:32Who are you?
28:33You're too small.
28:34Can you zoom in?
28:35You got it.
28:37Well done, Nina.
28:38I'm the final boss.
28:40You'll never defeat me.
28:44Yay, I won.
28:47Victorious.
28:48All right, guys.
28:49Very good.
28:49Well done.
28:50Well done.
28:50I never thought I'd say this in this series, but the bad improv group was entertaining.
29:03Oh, my God.
29:04That was actually impressive.
29:07And very creative.
29:09How did we arrive at getting you in there?
29:10We wrote a script.
29:12What?
29:12That had a script?
29:13Yeah, we had a script.
29:14Yeah.
29:14I didn't need to say it was that good.
29:18I should give some scores.
29:20Okay, well, it's pretty easy.
29:21They were both very impressive, but I feel like the bad improv group...
29:24Oh, sorry.
29:24We didn't have a...
29:25We had a storyboard.
29:26I wrote a storyboard.
29:27Yes.
29:27Yeah.
29:28I think he was going to give us some points to win.
29:31Just shut up.
29:32Yeah.
29:33It was all improvised and there was no storyboard or no script.
29:36Stop improvising!
29:37Oh, God.
29:41The bad improv group are hell-bent on self-destruction.
29:45They were both very impressive, but I think that the bad improv group was just slightly ahead,
29:50so I'm going to give you 555, Danielle and Julia 44.
29:53Oh, lovely, lovely.
29:56Lovely.
29:58Okay, not long to go now before our champion is crowned.
30:02Don't move a muscle.
30:03More Taskmaster coming your way.
30:05Welcome back to Taskmaster.
30:17We are so close to awarding our first ever Taskmaster Australia champion.
30:22Tom Cashman, what's next?
30:23It's our last proper task of the season.
30:25I thought we'd wrap things up with a Taskmaster Christmas party.
30:28Oh.
30:35Hello.
30:49Merry Christmas.
30:50Merry Christmas.
30:51Thank you, baby boy.
30:52I just saw my name written all over that paper.
30:55I thought how lovely.
30:56Oh.
30:56It's Tom the Christmas Elf.
30:59You've done something with your ears.
31:02Let's open this bad boy up.
31:04Okay.
31:05Open the golden present.
31:08But it's hard to tell.
31:09They're all wrapped up.
31:10You may only open one present at a time.
31:12Before opening each present, you must sing a different royalty...
31:15You must sing a different royalty-free Christmas carol.
31:20You may not leave the lab until the golden present is opened.
31:25Fastest to open the golden present wins.
31:27Your time starts.
31:31Okay.
31:31Open the golden present.
31:32So I can't see what the golden present is yet.
31:34Oh, my gosh.
31:36It's like a weird thing for me, isn't it?
31:38Your time starts now.
31:40Joy to the world.
31:42Joy to the world.
31:45What are Christmas carols?
31:46Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way...
31:50Just to be safe, I'm going to make up my own Christmas carols.
31:52Okay.
31:53Oh, it's Christmas time in the December month of the year.
32:02That'll do.
32:06Oh, I love surprises!
32:10That is not the golden present!
32:13Jimmy is 100% correct.
32:15That wasn't the golden present.
32:16That was a bowl of soup.
32:17Yes, and before opening a present, they have to sing a song, correct?
32:21That's right, a royalty-free song.
32:23So the ones about God are in.
32:24The ones by Mariah Carey are out.
32:26Okay.
32:27Who's first, then?
32:29They've all been very good this year,
32:30as in to say they still could win Taskmaster.
32:33It's Julia, Jimmy and Danielle.
32:34CHEERING
32:35We wish you a Merry Christmas.
32:43We wish you a Merry Christmas.
32:45Dashing through the snow.
32:46I don't want us up and sleigh.
32:47All the fields go lapping all the way.
32:49Oh, no.
32:51This one's got a lock on it.
32:53There's a combination lock.
32:54Oh, there's sand.
32:57Oh!
32:58What could you use that for?
32:59I'm not going to strain this shit through it, am I?
33:01Ugh.
33:03Saw some letters in it.
33:05Oh.
33:06Letters, babes.
33:07What letters?
33:08A-N-S...
33:11Satan!
33:12Oh!
33:13The devil!
33:15Do you think this might be S-A-T-A-N?
33:17What do you vibe on this?
33:18S-A-T-A-N.
33:19What do you think the code is?
33:21Santa.
33:21Santa.
33:21It's not Satan, is it?
33:27It's Santa.
33:28What's the Da Vinci code literally last night, so...
33:31Uh-oh.
33:32It's just hay in a manger?
33:34Hay, hay.
33:35Hey!
33:37OK.
33:38Holy moly, what's that now?
33:40What's in there?
33:41Jelly.
33:41Is that golden?
33:43I think it's silver present.
33:46That's an iPhone.
33:47There's even a SIM card there, babes.
33:48Oh, so now I'm looking for a thing to poke in the thing?
33:51So what are you looking for?
33:52You know, in the hole in the side of this, so I can open that up.
33:55Oh, like a little needle.
33:56Yeah, the little needly thing.
33:57Oh, I'm looking for a needle in the freaking haystack.
34:00Look, I'm not good in piecing mysteries together,
34:02so if everybody wants to start filling in their overtime sheets...
34:07Oh, God.
34:09Such a pun of shade.
34:10Is there something else I'm not seeing?
34:14Found one.
34:15Mm-hmm.
34:16Ah, ah, ah.
34:17Oh, oh.
34:18Ah, ah, ah.
34:19Ah!
34:20All right, got it.
34:22Call this number.
34:23OK.
34:24Welcome to Santa's workshop.
34:27Santa's not available right now.
34:29If you're calling about a golden present,
34:31simply tell Santa's number one elf, aka me,
34:35three ways that you've been good this year.
34:37Good luck.
34:38Um, I let my sister stay with me for a week.
34:41I have kept my cool when talking to stupid people.
34:46What if the stupid people are trying their hardest?
34:48They are trying their hardest, but they're so f***ing stupid, Tom.
34:51I celebrated all of my children's birthdays,
34:55and they were elated.
34:57Bit bare minimum, but OK.
34:59I'll give you the golden present.
35:01Where's the golden present?
35:03Oh, for God's sake.
35:07Silent night, holy night.
35:11Tom, it wasn't in your hat the whole time.
35:14I knew I should have punched you.
35:16Sleep in heavenly peace.
35:24Ah.
35:24Sleep in heavenly peace.
35:30I thought you needed it.
35:34Oh, this is a stress ball.
35:36But I'm not stressed, Tom.
35:40APPLAUSE
35:41Seemed like a pretty easy task.
35:48It was very straightforward.
35:50All you had to do was use the sieve to find the letters S-A-N-T-A
35:53in the soup, which was the code to the box with the haystack inside.
35:56Then the only thing on top of that was to finish the jigsaw puzzle,
35:59which would lead you to the magnet under the table,
36:00which helped you find the needle in the haystack,
36:02to open the SIM card slot in the phone.
36:04That was in the jelly.
36:05And then you called the number and told me how you'd been good this year.
36:09So were you tempted to punch Tom at the top?
36:12I mean, who knows what I was tempted to do at that point.
36:14I think I'd been in there for about 15 hours doing that.
36:18I feel like you like these little riddles, Danielle.
36:20How do you think you went?
36:21I really struggled with this a lot,
36:23because I actually realised I didn't know Christmas carols.
36:29So how did they do?
36:31Danielle took 18 minutes and 41 seconds.
36:34Jimmy took 23 minutes and 53 seconds.
36:38Julia took 51 minutes and 45 seconds.
36:42Well, we wish you a merry break, one and all.
36:44See you soon for our thrilling conclusion!
36:53Look, I know you're watching it now,
36:57but how about watching more later?
36:58Catch every moment of triumph and utter humiliation
37:01of Taskmaster Australia with full episodes
37:03at 10play.com.au or the 10play app.
37:12Welcome back to Taskmaster.
37:14We are so close to knowing who will walk away with my golden head,
37:18the respect of a nation and no money.
37:21But first, we must finish our final task.
37:23from the top-secret Taskmaster retreat.
37:26Tom Cashman, what's the deal?
37:28Our contestants are trying to find the golden present
37:30by solving a small number of riddles.
37:33So far, Danielle is the one to beat.
37:35Who's left?
37:35It's beginning to look a lot like Luke and Nina.
37:38It's Luke and Nina.
37:40Randall Rudolph's cousin reindeer had a very average nose.
37:47Oh, I find it is so righty,
37:48the one-held surf and sleigh.
37:50Hey, OK, oh, yuck.
37:52I've seen worse.
37:53Oh, have I?
37:54I think that's an ice pack.
37:55I think I've got my hands covered in jelly for nothing.
38:01Oh, OK.
38:04So what I think I have to do is do the puzzle,
38:07but what I want to do is smash the box.
38:09This is the difference between me and the animals.
38:11I'm going to do the puzzle.
38:16I don't give up, and I'm not going to give up.
38:18I'm going to do the puzzle for, like, five more minutes,
38:20and if I can't get anywhere,
38:22then I'm going to go and smash the box.
38:26There's nothing in the box.
38:27Oh, this is a clue.
38:29What do you want for Christmas this year, Tom?
38:31Usually a few good shirts.
38:32It's pretty boring.
38:34Right.
38:35Look under.
38:37Oh, my God.
38:38Oh, under the table, maybe?
38:41What is it?
38:42Oh, here, a magnet.
38:43There's a magnet.
38:44Oh.
38:46OK.
38:47All right.
38:48OK.
38:48So this way...
38:50Where is that guy pointing?
38:52Hello.
38:53It's just a bunch of straws.
38:55It's a haystack.
38:56It's a haystack.
38:58Oh, needle.
38:58I'm looking for a needle.
39:02OK, it wasn't look under the tree.
39:04That was me pre-empting.
39:07Even if I find a needle, what is the needle doing?
39:10Look under the...
39:12Look under the box.
39:15Is it under you?
39:16Is that a weird...
39:17Is it, like, on your shoe or something?
39:19Oh, my God.
39:20Oh, my God.
39:21Is there anything under your hat?
39:23Can you lift your hat up?
39:24Because this is my...
39:25As well as I'll be lifting it with these hands up.
39:26May I take off your hat?
39:28I'd rather you do it.
39:29Well, I'm...
39:31gonna do it.
39:39Oh!
39:40Ha, ha, ha, ha!
39:42I didn't have to sing the song, right?
39:47Oh, OK, wait.
39:49Hang on.
39:53Merry Christmas, Tom.
39:56Merry Christmas, everyone.
39:58And have a good year.
40:01Friend time.
40:04Oh!
40:04Do you think there was anything more to any of this?
40:08No.
40:19Did you both find the golden present without solving anything?
40:25Yeah, I think that either makes us really dumb or really smart.
40:28I thought the ice pack was to keep the jelly cold so it stayed solid.
40:33And I think that was one of many errors.
40:38So you just thought the whole thing was, like, all these red herrings...
40:41Yeah.
40:41And you just get the present from underneath.
40:43Yep.
40:45Now, you're supposed to sing Christmas carols, aren't you, before you open each present?
40:49Hmm.
40:49Yeah.
40:50So right at the end there, I feel like Nina did that.
40:52Yeah.
40:52And I don't think Luke did that.
40:54No.
40:55I can sing one now to make up for it.
40:56I can...
40:56I can...
40:57I can...
40:58You're going to do it now, are you?
41:01OK.
41:02Call my bluff.
41:06Once a year...
41:08A special day comes round...
41:12It's Christmas...
41:14Jesus was born...
41:16Jesus was born...
41:18Didn't die till quite later...
41:22Please stop clapping.
41:24Please, please.
41:25OK.
41:25But it was stated in the task was before opening the present, not after.
41:30So...
41:31That really makes no difference, Luke.
41:36Can I say, Luke would have come second in this task.
41:41So Luke had a time of 22 minutes and 47 seconds.
41:45Nita had a time of 38 minutes and 17 seconds.
41:48So, the final scores for this task...
41:51Luke, with zero points, having been disqualified.
41:53Julia gets two.
41:54Nina, three.
41:55Jimmy, four.
41:55And the winner of the task is Danielle, with five points.
42:00Would you like to hear the current scores before the live task?
42:03Oh, yes, please.
42:04Tied for the current lead, it's Danielle and Nina, both on 21 points.
42:08All right, everyone knows what they have to do.
42:12Let's take the stage to go live!
42:19OK, we're going out with some good old-fashioned darts, are we, Tom?
42:23Almost.
42:23Nina, could you please read the final task?
42:26From your spot, stick a pickle to the bullseye.
42:29If your pickle lands in the one, you must read an apology from the apology jar before throwing
42:35again.
42:36If your pickle lands in the two, you must eat a whole pickle before throwing again.
42:40If your pickle lands in the three, you must wear oven mitts for your next throw.
42:46If you miss the board altogether, you must live with the shame of that.
42:51For a successful bullseye, more than half your pickle must be inside the bullseye for
42:56more than five seconds.
42:58First to stick a pickle to the bullseye wins.
43:01Ready, set...
43:03I'm sorry, I should have known better, I should have known that something like this was coming
43:11and I will have to pray in the past!
43:13I apologise for being such a stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid...
43:16It's entirely to blame.
43:18Oh!
43:18Oh!
43:19Oh!
43:20Oh!
43:20Julia, you've won.
43:24No, that's 50% in the one.
43:25No!
43:25Please forgive me for being such a big pile of shit.
43:30Only the biggest pile of shit in the world could screw up a throw this bad, and that's
43:35me, that's who I am.
43:36Stupid, stupid, stupid, I'm so stupid.
43:37I can't believe I would do this to my social television.
43:39I can't believe I would do this to my social television.
43:41Oh!
43:48I'm a big old pile of shit.
43:52Is it good, Luke?
43:55I think that was quite a good pickle.
43:57Stupid, stupid...
43:58I can't believe I would do this to myself on national television.
44:01I can't believe I would do this to myself on national television.
44:02Wow!
44:05Yes!
44:06No!
44:09I am sorry for Chris and the bullseye.
44:11Did not take it again.
44:12Five, four, three, two, one.
44:12Nina's a start.
44:13Five, four, three, two, one.
44:17Nina's hit the bullseye.
44:21I think you're definitely last, Jimmy.
44:23Yeah.
44:24Please read your apology.
44:25Taskmaster, I apologise for being such a stupid dipshit.
44:32It's my fault that I missed the bullseye and no-one else's.
44:40OK, that's it. It's over.
44:43The winner is foretold.
44:44We will find out who is going to win Taskmaster Australia Season 1
44:48right after this.
44:54Welcome back to Taskmaster.
45:02In just a moment, our inaugural Taskmaster Australia champion
45:05will be crowned, and with it, they will receive untold glory
45:08and a lifetime of adoration.
45:11But first, we've got to do the winner for this episode
45:13and give them a Rubik's Cube.
45:16What are the scores?
45:18So, our scores for the live task.
45:20Jimmy came last and got one point.
45:22Nina got two points.
45:23Luke was on three.
45:24Danielle got four.
45:25And Julia was the winner with five points.
45:29So, what's that mean for today's scoreboard?
45:31The winner of today's episode is Danielle with 25 points.
45:36OK.
45:39Congratulations, Danielle.
45:41You're our Episode 10 winner.
45:43Head on up and enjoy your retro bounty.
45:50Yes.
45:54So, there we have it.
46:05Our first season is over.
46:08Our contestants have endured 10 weeks of immense hardship.
46:11They've conquered their fears, battled their demons,
46:14and defied the odds, all while being judged by me.
46:17Tom Cashman, will you please tell us
46:20who the winner of Taskmaster Australia's Season 1 is?
46:24In fifth place, we have Luke with 138 points.
46:29In fourth place, it's Nina with 146 points.
46:34Jimmy in third place with 156 points.
46:37That means the winner of Series 1 of Taskmaster Australia is Danielle Walker with 164 points.
46:50Congratulations, Danielle.
46:56That's it from me.
46:59See you next season on Taskmaster Australia.
47:02Good night.
47:05Enjoy my noggin.
47:06Congratulations.
47:07Congratulations.
47:09Come on.
47:10Come on.
47:10Let's do it.
47:11Come on.
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