Taskmaster series 16 finally unveils the secret task
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Taskmaster spoilers follow.
Taskmaster series 16 has finally revealed what the secret task that's been teased for weeks is.
Greg Davies and Alex Horne have been hinting to the line-up — Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell, Sue Perkins and Susan Wokoma — about a secret task for multiple episodes, and tonight's (November 9) episode saw the task revealed, and carried out.
The first task of the episode saw them search for the task around the Taskmaster house in two groups (Sue and Susan, then Sam, Julian, and Lucy), with each celeb in one room at a time, changing every time Alex blew his horn.
In the end, it turned out to be in the living room under the TM beneath the art deco painting of Greg.
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Sue found the secret task's envelope first, and read it out: "If you found it fastest, choose one contestant to lose five points. If you found it second fastest, choose one contestant to lose one point. If you find it third fastest, choose one contestant to get a special hat.
"If you find it fourth fastest, choose one contestant to gain one point. If you are the slowest, choose one contestant to gain five points. You must not choose yourself."
While Sue and Susan might have known who was first out of the two them, they wouldn't know how much time the other three would have taken.
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But in a further twist, the three-person team only had the instruction to say the name of another contestant after 10 seconds, and didn't know about the points (and hat) situation.
Sue, Susan and Julian all said Sam, and Lucy and Sam both said Sue. But what did that mean, points wise?
Well... as Julian was the fastest, Sam lost five points, but gained five points from Susan being the slowest. Sue lost a point from Sam, but won a special hat from Lucy,
Finally, Sam gained one point Sue, so overall things didn't really change all that much.
When asked how he felt to be named three times, Sam said: "It's just nice to be talked about."
Taskmaster series 16 airs and streams on Thursday nights at 9pm on Channel 4, where you can also stream previous series.
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