Contestants Who Understood The Assignment | Taskmaster

From Mel Giedroyc visiting a Baby Gap, to Rhod Gilbert tying up Little Alex Horne, we take a look at all the contestants who absolutely understood the assignment.

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In this Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA and Emmy Award-nominated entertainment show, Taskmaster tyrant Greg Davies (Man Down, Cuckoo), with the help of his loyal assistant Alex Horne (The Horne Section and the show’s creator), sets out to test the wiles, wit and wisdom of five hyper-competitive comedians.

Comedians that have risked life, limb, and dignity in the hope of making the Taskmaster proud so far include: Frank Skinner (The Frank Skinner Show), Mel Giedroyc (The Great British Bake Off), Romesh Ranganathan (Asian Provocateur), Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’ Diary), Rose Matafeo (Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2018), and Russell Howard (The Russell Howard Hour). Unaware of what awaits them in each wax-sealed envelope, only one competitor can become the victorious owner of His Royal Task-ness’ golden head and be crowned the next Taskmaster Champion.

[lauranickl]

"Do you want something for lunch"
"Yes please"
"What do you want?"
"Something sharp"
Kills me every time

[justinress]

Those contestants showed how to think outside the box. Sadly there was no box provided for Romesh.

[lottewinter]

Rhod Gilbert tying up Alex is the greatest solution to a task and perfectly sums up Rhod's approach to Taskmaster

[stevenicks]

We are lucky Rhod Gilbert decided to take a go at comedy and not world domination.

[sharkofjoy]

"would you like something for lunch"
"yes, something sharp"
fuxking dead every single time. One of the greatest tasks 🤣🤣🤣

[thelorewriter]

*Rhod tying Alex up*
Alex - Have you done this before
Rhod *casually* - Yes

[MrGreenDay]

By this point, Rhod was so convinced no one was on his side he immediately got ready to be called a cheater lmfao

[Furahri]

My favourite moment was a tie breaker.
When Joe Lycett went up to the task table, saw the pickle jar with vaseline on the lid, and said "If I just open this jar before I know what the task is, the clock never starts right?"
And thus finished the task in 0 seconds.

[TauxWau]

It was hilarious how Mark turned on the light but his rainbow was still bad.

[technetium]

What I love about rod's solution was that he didn't take off Alex's shoes or his shoes, he took off someone else's probably of the camera or sound people's shoes

[EdzoIV]

Rod poking his head out at the end to look back at Alex always kills me

[punyapratyushasethi]

shoutout to the commenter on the previous compilation who guessed the next video would be titled "contestants who understood the assignment"

[BurnEdOutOne]

"Ok. I'm coming to untie you..."
*vague wiggling*

[kellyg]

Again, any video showcasing Rhod and his lateral thinking skills is a masterclass in how to win at TM. If Rhod had taken more of the show seriously, he could have won the whole thing.

[MXCVR]

This show is just a huge case of "if it's stupid but it works, it ain't stupid"

[rexstetson]

The next compilation could be contestants who didn’t understand the task. You could have Paul Chowdhry hanging his clothes in the four corners of the TM property. Aisling Bea cutting bread, and herself in the camper. Mel Giedroyc camouflaging herself. James Acaster making circles, and almost every task competed in by David Baddiel.

[MylesCampbell]

Whatever you're paying this editor it isn't enough.

[jblen]

The rope task is honestly one of the greatest moments in the entire show. Everyone screws themselves over for the alarm task that interrupts it, while Phil was so bad he wasn't tied up when the alarm sounded, and then Rod did the main task so well that he never got untied.

[lndseymsp]

The task where they have to tie themselves up and that look of realization when the siren goes? Comedy gold

[una_bananas]

"I'll get you" is an underrated quote from the tie-yourself-up task