Taskmaster Champion of Champions 2024

[Virgo76]

I enjoyed this generally.
What happened with the chase sequence at the start though?
I don't think the contestants were scored for it and it wasn't mentioned again after the titles. A few of them seemed to have put quite a lot of effort into it e.g. Sophie Duker having some sort of aerial dogfight with Alex and Mae Martin even making a cameo appearance in Kiell's one.
Presumably, it was originally intended to be a full-blown task, but they changed their minds after the results proved disappointing.

[Twilkes]

I don't think so - CoC2 also had a credits-only sequence, I think it adds a little pizazz to the occasion especially as they otherwise only have three location tasks to show off with.

[Stone Cold Steve Austin]

Kiell was robbed in the do something stupid task

[KennyMonster]

Its a bit of a moot point but did they stop the final task too early.

In the final round Sarah got 0 because she sad Georgina straight off.

But for Sophie to win she'd surely have had to do the next round and NOT fall at the first hurdle?

[Stone Cold Steve Austin]

Its a bit of a moot point but did they stop the final task too early.

In the final round Sarah got 0 because she sad Georgina straight off.

But for Sophie to win she'd surely have had to do the next round and NOT fall at the first hurdle?

No, you were out as soon as you said something on the card (or repeated or took too long) it wasn't about getting the most points, just lasting until someone else was eliminated. It was just unfortunate that the first thing Sarah said was on the card

[KennyMonster]

No, you were out as soon as you said something on the card (or repeated or took too long) it wasn't about getting the most points, just lasting until someone else was eliminated. It was just unfortunate that the first thing Sarah said was on the card

So the only way that Sophie lasted longer than Sarah was by the way that her name falls alphabetically.

[Norton Canes]

Would never have thought that watching elastic bands pop off the head of one of my least favourite comedians would provide one of the biggest TM laughs ever, so props to Dara. And pops.

[Stone Cold Steve Austin]

So the only way that Sophie lasted longer than Sarah was by the way that her name falls alphabetically.

that's how every other round worked, it's just that Sarah was the first person to do something to get eliminated with the first answer

[KennyMonster]

that's how every other round worked, it's just that Sarah was the first person to do something to get eliminated with the first answer

Didn't each remaining contestant give at least one 'correct/non-eliminating' answer after someone was eliminated apart from Sophie after Sarah though?

[Stone Cold Steve Austin]

Nope. Every round ended when the first person was eliminated and Greg hit the gong. In all of the other rounds everyone did give at least one answer, but again that's just because Sarah was the only person to give the answer on the card with the first answer

[Ja'moke]

Reposting from the S17 thread:

That Champion of Champions episode was the most classic feeling Taskmaster episode in ages. Not sure how to describe it; it just reminded me of the early years. Maybe because the tasks were mostly simple, like, 'do something really stupid.'

[Bad Ambassador]

Updated list of average scores:

Spoilered for length

Roisin Conaty      11.3
Lucy Beaumont      11.5
Katherine Parkinson   11.8
Victoria Coren Mitchell   12.1
Susan Wokoma      12.3
Charlotte Ritchie   12.5
Sue Perkins      12.6
David Baddiel      12.8
Ivo Graham      13.1
Paul Chowdhry      13.2
Phil Wang      13.3
Nish Kumar      13.4
Paul Sinha      13.6
Jamali Maddix      13.7
Julian Clary      13.8
Joe Wilkinson      13.8
Johnny Vegas      13.9
Judi Love      14.2
Sian Gibson      14.3
Fern Brady      14.4
John Kearns      14.4
Sarah Pascoe      14.4
Sam Campbell   14.5
Tim Key         14.7
Frankie Boyle      15
Joe Thomas      15
Munya Chawawa      15
Lee Mack      15.1
Mawaan Rizwan      15.1
Alice Levine      15.2
Jenny Eclair      15.2
Ardal O'Hanlon      15.3
Jo Brand      15.4
Mike Wozniak      15.4
Frank Skinner      15.5
Romesh Ranganathan   15.5
Doc Brown      15.6
Iain Sterling      15.6
Lolly Adefope      15.63
Bridget Christie   15.7
Sarah Kendall      15.72
Kiell Smith-Bynoe   15.72
Aisling Bea      15.75
Daisy May Cooper   15.8
Katy Wix      15.8
Asim Chaudhry      15.9
Rose Matafeo      15.9
Al Murray      16
Bob Mortimer      16
Lou Sanders      16
Alan Davies      16.1
Desiree Burch      16.1
Hugh Dennis      16.1
Ed Gamble      16.18
Dave Gorman      16.2
Richard Herring      16.27
Mark Watson      16.3
Sally Phillips      16.3
Josh Widdecombe      16.38
James Acaster      16.5
Guz Khan      16.7
Rhod Gilbert      16.7
Mel Giedroyc      16.8
Joe Lycett      16.9
Morgana Robinson   16.91
Chris Ramsey      17
Russell Howard      17
Richard Osman      17.2
Kerry Godliman      17.27
Mae Martin      17.4
Sarah Millican      17.4
Jessica Knappett   17.5
Tim Vine      17.5
Rob Beckett      17.57
Noel Fielding      17.6
Sophie Duker      17.64
Liza Tarbuck      17.7
Jon Richardson      18
Katherine Ryan      18.4
Dara Ó Briain      18.7

[close]

Dara is now the highest-scoring contestant of all time. Lucy Beaumont is the worst since Roisin Conarty in series 1. Had Mae been present in CoC3 and got the same score as Kiell, they'd be averaging 17.18 points per show.

[KennyMonster]

Updated list of average scores:

Spoilered for length

Roisin Conaty      11.3
Lucy Beaumont        11.5
Katherine Parkinson  11.8
Victoria Coren Mitchell  12.1
Susan Wokoma        12.3
Charlotte Ritchie  12.5
Sue Perkins        12.6
David Baddiel      12.8
Ivo Graham      13.1
Paul Chowdhry      13.2
Phil Wang      13.3
Nish Kumar      13.4
Paul Sinha      13.6
Jamali Maddix      13.7
Julian Clary        13.8
Joe Wilkinson      13.8
Johnny Vegas      13.9
Judi Love      14.2
Sian Gibson      14.3
Fern Brady      14.4
John Kearns      14.4
Sarah Pascoe      14.4
Sam Campbell    14.5
Tim Key        14.7
Frankie Boyle      15
Joe Thomas      15
Munya Chawawa      15
Lee Mack      15.1
Mawaan Rizwan      15.1
Alice Levine      15.2
Jenny Eclair      15.2
Ardal O'Hanlon      15.3
Jo Brand      15.4
Mike Wozniak      15.4
Frank Skinner      15.5
Romesh Ranganathan  15.5
Doc Brown      15.6
Iain Sterling      15.6
Lolly Adefope      15.63
Bridget Christie  15.7
Sarah Kendall      15.72
Kiell Smith-Bynoe  15.72
Aisling Bea      15.75
Daisy May Cooper  15.8
Katy Wix      15.8
Asim Chaudhry      15.9
Rose Matafeo      15.9
Al Murray      16
Bob Mortimer      16
Lou Sanders      16
Alan Davies      16.1
Desiree Burch      16.1
Hugh Dennis      16.1
Ed Gamble      16.18
Dave Gorman      16.2
Richard Herring      16.27
Mark Watson      16.3
Sally Phillips      16.3
Josh Widdecombe      16.38
James Acaster      16.5
Guz Khan      16.7
Rhod Gilbert      16.7
Mel Giedroyc      16.8
Joe Lycett      16.9
Morgana Robinson  16.91
Chris Ramsey      17
Russell Howard      17
Richard Osman      17.2
Kerry Godliman      17.27
Mae Martin      17.4
Sarah Millican      17.4
Jessica Knappett  17.5
Tim Vine      17.5
Rob Beckett      17.57
Noel Fielding      17.6
Sophie Duker      17.64
Liza Tarbuck      17.7
Jon Richardson      18
Katherine Ryan      18.4
Dara Ó Briain      18.7

[close]

Dara is now the highest-scoring contestant of all time. Lucy Beaumont is the worst since Roisin Conarty in series 1. Had Mae been present in CoC3 and got the same score as Kiell, they'd be averaging 17.18 points per show.

The strange thing to me there is Lucy scores so low despite winning 2 episodes.

[Bad Ambassador]

She also scored single figures on three episodes. It was a very low-scoring series.

[g0m]

I don't think so - CoC2 also had a credits-only sequence, I think it adds a little pizazz to the occasion especially as they otherwise only have three location tasks to show off with.

technically so did CoC1 [josh singing along with the taskmaster theme]

[holyzombiejesus]

The strange thing to me there is Lucy scores so low despite winning 2 episodes.

Didn't Alex deny grouping tasks so most if not all contestants win an episode? He's lying, isn't he?

[SteveDave]

Legs

[Old Thrashbarg]

Didn't Alex deny grouping tasks so most if not all contestants win an episode? He's lying, isn't he?

Assuming they're being truthful about the scoring, even if he is deliberately grouping episodes it would only help so much, with Greg scoring the tasks "live". And the the prize and final tasks that are also "live".

I think if they are actively trying to have everyone win an episode it would need to be a combination of grouping tasks and the scores also being deliberately biased.

[Wayman C. McCreery]

Absolutely brilliant episode. Possibly one of the best ever. I barely stopped laughing from Dara's prize task reveal until the end.

Agree that it felt like classic Taskmaster. Using the bandstands from the early series gave it a bit of an old school feel too.

MORE TASKS LIKE THE ONES IN THIS EPISODE PLEASE ALEX

[Retinend]

Best episode in ages.

1. Morgana Robinson's dress - phwwoooooar!!!! right lads???!1

2. O'Brian's head looking like a literal bell end while popping elastic bands off the top of his bald dome - most I've laughed in ages. O'Brian is not funny for me on Mock the Week but I've loved him in all his Taskmaster episodes. He's a lovable man.

3. Alex going unreasonably hard on Sophie "Puker" Duker after she jokingly suggests "low self esteem" as a handicap for the following task.

4. Sarah rebelling against Gregg in the opening round - "I'm sick of trying to please you!"

5. The "pouch" running gag was classic Taskmaster - not that funny in isolation, but funnier with every callback

6. The "do something stupid" round showed how good the best contestants can be when allowed to get creative. Every one was joyfully stupid in its own unique way.

[Bobloblawslawbomb]

Pretty sure the 'do something stupid' task was from the NZ version. Don't mind it.

[C_Larence]

I'd like to echo the sentiment that this was a great episode because I too wanted to fuck one of the contestants. I hope one day they can have a series where the lineup is naked hot babes and the tasks are all just to touch each other's fannies and bums and show their boobs on the camera. That would be the best series EVER!

[DrGreggles]

Kiell was robbed in the do something stupid task

Definitely.
Doing something stupid should score higher than pretending to do something stupid.

[Twilkes]

Definitely.
Doing something stupid should score higher than pretending to do something stupid.

"And then I go and spoil it all by doing somethin' stupid unintennnn-tionally, ooooooooooh..."

[gilbertharding]

I'd like to echo the sentiment that this was a great episode because I too wanted to fuck one of the contestants. I hope one day they can have a series where the lineup is naked hot babes and the tasks are all just to touch each other's fannies and bums and show their boobs on the camera. That would be the best series EVER!

And we wonder why more women don't post here.

[Virgo76]

Exactly. Terrible.

[Wayman C. McCreery]

I'd like to echo the sentiment that this was a great episode because I too wanted to fuck one of the contestants. I hope one day they can have a series where the lineup is naked hot babes and the tasks are all just to touch each other's fannies and bums and show their boobs on the camera. That would be the best series EVER!

Christ.

[g0m]

Best episode in ages.

1. Morgana Robinson's dress - phwwoooooar!!!! right lads???!1

ehh

[Snrub]

Loved loved loved this episode - agreed it was such an old school TM vibe.

The running gag of Kiell not belonging there was great - he played up to it fantasticly. As much as I like Mae, and disliked the idea of them not being on it in terms of not being a true CoC - it actually really worked

Everyone had their own fun moment - Dara's elastic band, Kiell's accidental stupid, Morgana's paint dance (seriously can we please have more Morgana just being absolutely batshit on TV ), Sarah's house keys and endless relentless clapping, Sophie's Self Confidence. Actually I think most of those were the same task.

Comfortably the best CoC for me, Clive

[Retinend]

ehh

???? Mr high standards here!