Taskmaster's Greatest Tiebreakers

What happens when contestants are level on points at the end of an episode? That's right, it's tiebreaker time!
Here's are some of the greatest tiebreakers in Taskmaster history.
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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.

[@hjt091]

Joe Lycett getting a score of 0 seconds in the mayonnaise task is lowkey one of the best moments in the show

[@MinekEzQM]

The paper plane with the blower was clever too. *Spoiler ahead* . . . . My favorite moment when Rhod Gilbert gets the task to tie himself up (7x10)

[@tiger4092]

less than 0

[@oldmountainhermit3347]

@@tiger4092 Why?

[@tiger4092]

@@oldmountainhermit3347 he did it before starting the task

[@theduckler5770]

@@tiger4092 did he ever technically ever start the task?👀

[@bascodelagamma]

I would love to see all the times Little Alex Horne got to say, "All the information is on the task"

[@monkeylasers231]

Most of them would probably be directed at Katherine Parkinson

[@goldenpony822]

@@monkeylasers231 only like half mate!!

[@craigstoner2632]

What a great idea. Itd help my insomnia!

[@dwaynengandi802]

F

[@klaythoring1326]

@@goldenpony822 the other half is Jess Knappett 😂

[@Silieol_Nails]

Kinda wish they’d shown the winners of the tasks.

[@niepowiemjaksienazywam1972]

Yeah, it makes it a bit annoying to watch after a while

[@BouncingTribbles]

Yeah, it might have actually seemed like a collection of "the best" rather than just "all" of the tiebreakers

[@Waikanaetanga]

Yes!! This was kind of frustrating.

[@misterc5783]

I suppose the results might be spoilers for people who haven’t watched all ten series yet. Whoever those folks are. Just a thought.

[@stone5against1]

@@misterc5783 why would you watch this video if you haven't watched them all before though? Sorta like watching those "the best of..." some contestant from a series you haven't finished

[@d3modawid]

Since all these tiebreakers are recorded ahead of time, without knowing whether they'll be needed or not, I'd love to see all the unused/unaired tiebreaker footage!

[@forest3823]

I specifically want to see what Nish did when kicking the yogurt

[@theyorkrose5274]

This is now the only thing I want to see on KZbin lol

[@asterix811]

I posted the same request last year. I had my hopes up when I saw the title for this video.

[@ToddyupaGames]

Somewhere on KZbin is the footage of Mark kicking the yoghurt and absolutely nailing it, getting almost all the yoghurt at the direct centre of the bullseye.

[@VanillaLibrarian]

Someone suggested Alex has said he'd prefer not to do that, so those tasks can be reused in future episodes. Makes sense, tbh.

[@PortsTM]

Joe opening the jar before opening the task lead to Alex prompting the contestants to read the whole task first, and him stating they need to say "time starts now" to avoid thinking time.

[@finmiles965]

Haha that’s the greatest compliment Joe could receive imo

[@qwertyTRiG]

I still think that doing some obvious prep work (like grabbing the gloves) makes sense. Or, in CoC, doing the maths on the board to work out 202 before opening the task.

[@magicalhikari5859]

To be fair, Joe specifically asked if he can attempt the task before knowing what it was on the card. He did just that and rather incredibly got it right

[@mountainboy88]

"It's really unfair I have to go first, can't he go first?" "Okay..." I laughed so hard.

[@Sirenhound]

"Receive a text message as fast as physically possible" You can text yourself guys!

[@peterclarke7240]

Or: "Alex, give me your phone. Thank you." Unless he's in the habit of deleting all his texts, you have just technically received all his text messages.

[@OMGSHEENA]

That's what I say Everytime I watch that part lol

[@PhilipWester]

I love it how Romesh was running around like a chicken without a head and Frank was just walking leisurely, yet it was Frank who won their tie-break.

[@guythat779]

Frank is just the best

[@TotallyAwesomeMcknz]

I love that the contestants don’t know which tasks are tasks and which are tie breakers so they just have to give it their best every time

[@josephbach1]

Or which are special tasks with no use

[@iliketrains3495]

Apparently Ed knew in advance that the lasso task was originally intended as a tiebreaker but got promoted to a main task because David did so badly, and was mad because that made it have more of an impact as he came second last

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

It would also be nice to see the tiebreak challenges which never made it to air.

[@stone5against1]

Don't think they'll show them, even if I'd really like to see them.. Main reason being, since they didn't show them at all, they can just reuse those tie breakers again in future series

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

@@stone5against1 Well even if that's the case, then they could at least share the ones whose task has been subsequently reused and shown in an episode.

[@stone5against1]

@@OntarioTrafficMan True

[@Professional_444]

@@OntarioTrafficMan heyuh?

[@PianoKwanMan]

Mark watson's kick of the yoghurt pot is the best thing ever

[@oneofthe12sionmains70]

Can't believe Noel didn't win the wine challenge, his strategy was perfect

[@gnosisreynold3703]

Was it though ?

[@lewisb2959]

@@gnosisreynold3703 technically, he'd be peeing out wine ;)

[@PriffyViole]

He would've, if there wasn't a time limit.

[@cas5894]

To Everyone complaining the winner was cut off: (SPOILERS, STOP READING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW) 0:21 Frank Skinner won. 1:47 Josh Widdicombe was closest. 2:51 Joe Lycett won. 3:51 Hugh Dennis won. 4:51 Joe Lycett won. 6:10 Mark Watson won. 8:00 Sally Phillips won. 9:15 Alice Levine won. 10:31 Russell Howard won. 11:35 Kerry Godliman was the closest. 12:19 Rhod Gilbert won. 13:28 Iain Stirling was the fastest. 14:22 Sian Gibson was the fastest. 15:11 Ed Gamble won. 16:02 Katherine Parkinson won. 16:58 Johnny Vegas won. 18:04 Richard's guess was the closest.

[@mixibo]

Thanks!

[@gloriouscoffeeandcatlady7021]

You are a saint!

[@jayakpatel5006]

I don't know anyone's names, so it doesn't help me either way :)

[@721deco8]

Thanks. I'm less annoyed now.

[@Timooooooooooooooo]

You're a hero

[@DomenBremecXCVI]

I always love how Alex says things like "Pop up tie break" like it's something known at least all over the country if not the world.

[@meadow9220]

16:40 just watch Alex's face, he had so much hope 🤣

[@rc9006]

Yes !!! These two are just so cute, there is something there.

[@meadow9220]

R C honestly my favourite parts of the episodes where just watching them interact - out of every contestant Katherine made Alex crack and fall out of character the most 🤣

[@Aiko2-26-9]

The show needs to bring back that Swede. All the episodes with him were hysterical.

[@LaneyStudios5]

They addressed this in an episode of the taskmaster podcast, I think they said he's back in Sweden working as a painter

[@ninoska.noe.]

@@LaneyStudios5 wasn’t that his job before and during taskmaster too? I remember him saying he was a painter in one of the challenges

[@dig8634]

@@ninoska.noe. He wasn't necessarily doing anything actively when saying that. That is still his profession, even if he is taking a break. Probably a bit expensive to pay that specific Swede to go on basically a holiday everytime they want a Swede

[@agilemind6241]

@@dig8634 He was probably just a guy they hired to create the set / house and then asked if he'd be in a few episodes.

[@iliketrains3495]

Well you're gonna enjoy the latest series

[@LucasPreti]

17:52 demonstrate the best quick change outfit

[@PJSproductions97]

As an American, it feels so strange seeing tasks from series 9, 10, and 11 since they haven't been made public yet

[@violetskies14]

Oh that's shit I hate when it's the other way round. I wish we could just see each others TV programmes when they come out.

[@ninoska.noe.]

16:42 absolutely adore this moment between Alex and Katherine. Their chemistry was amazing throughout the season

[@wiktoriabaginska6880]

Her constantly starting sentences with "We...", and him correcting her "No, YOU..." was so funny

[@andrewallan1609]

I like how the title is “Greatest Tiebreakers” but the intro said “All Tiebreakers”. they’re all the best.

[@lucyinbar4077]

The Katherine Parkinson vs Richard Herring is one of the funniest clips. I love to see Alex and Katherine crack up!

[@SennaAugustus]

Katherine calling a dinosaur a lunatic, and Richard's dinosaur joining his friends on the chair.

[@stephenconnors2111]

9:03 I love this scene. Alex slips up as being the real one in charge!

[@freezemypath4]

Joe opening the Mayo jar had me crying

[@isabellaangeline2175]

I really, really wish they’d release all of the unaired tasks, tiebreakers, and any other footage we haven’t seen. It’s what the fans want!!

[@rycol]

I wonder how many tie breaker challenges we've never got to see

[@MisterTingles]

I coulda sworn that there were maybe... four or five tiebrakers... in all the series of taskmaster...? I mean, I've seen all of these, but I never woulda thought there were *that* many...

[@thisgirlfromderby]

I've seen Mark Watson's attempt at the yogurt kicking and it's probably the best he ever did on a task 🤣🎯 such a shame he wasn't in the tie-break!

[@iliketrains3495]

Mark Watson wasn't that bad at tasks, he was actually leading the series for a lot of it, it's just his fails and bad luck are way more memorable (cheeky texts, the bad rainbow, the dog eating his breadcrumbs etc)

[@kerrytaylor1795]

Don't worry about showing us the results of each Tiebreaker, that part isn't important..

[@meganjudd1669]

I think they did that so people would actually go watch the episodes! Adds to the mystery and intrigue which means more views :)

[@Yeah_Whocares]

Dare to be slightly different: Man, I wish you would've shown the losers of the tiebreaks...

[@tychoderkommentator2989]

@talesofthelostones 2020 no he is making a joke out of everyone asking to see the winner of the tiebreaker, while still wanting to see who actually won the tiebreaker

[@mannmctrash]

it's not funny though

[@benglaser1345]

Somehow I completely forgot that getting that math question wrong cost Romesh his wedding ring

[@Kalwei]

When you really think about it, Mark getting his glasses of really worked out for him.

[@magicalhikari5859]

Joe somehow completing a task without even reading it, thus completing it in 0 seconds by default, is just impressive lol. He just knew what he had to do and rolled with it

[@AbrahamLamontagne]

Would love to see other contestant's unaired goes at these some time.

[@stone5against1]

And not showed tie breakers too.. But I imagine they won't show these cause they can reuse them in future series if they weren't shown before

[@seancallaghan54]

I love tiebreakers where the first person utterly fails (like the dinosaur going an inch), then the second person DQs themselves hahah

[@beansontoast9000]

Just want the unseen ones

[@smurfette_blues7922]

That tie break with the dinosaur toys was so hilariously perfect

[@skully7763]

I want to know who Alex thinks were: - 1. the most reckless contestant? 2. the contestant that most enjoyed humiliating Alex? 3. the most serious contestant? 4. the most inventive contestant? 5. the most entertaining contestant?

[@kingikiller]

Kathrine and Alex are so connects they share the exact same reaction at the exact same time with her dino toy win.

[@Natehasmusic]

2:15 is so genuinely hilarious

[@irishpieceoftrash]

I would gladly watch a whole hour length show of unused/unaired footage and bloopers. In fact, make that a whole series.

[@quitterieh.v.4174]

Now I really want to see how all the others did on the same tie breakers...

[@auntlynnie]

6:27 I was so proud of myself when I remembered that a “Swede” is what we’d call a “rutabaga” in the US… and then they used a photo of a Swedish man. 😂

[@justincronkright5025]

12:10 - that DOT/POINT was in the middle (vertically speaking) so that was actually more in line with a multiplication than it was 'referencing' a dot or period or point to decimalise it. But alas, Romesh wasn't in that series was he!

[@studentgamer1232]

Last time I was this early Alex still had an arm for his iPad

[@reubensimon4318]

Did anyone else find the transition at 17:51 incredibly satisfying?

[@justgrigorthings]

really would like winners + discussion shown!

[@annmorgana2848]

theres a podcast!

[@evanpeters9282]

@@annmorgana2848 I think he meant of the tiebreaker tasks. If that’s the case, I agree. The tiebreaks, in general, were ambiguously cut.

[@TheVegetarianBaker]

I'd love to see all of the unaired ones for episodes without ties.

[@Wipeout325]

I really want the music from that first tie breaker task. It sounds like an extended or at least alternate version of the taskmaster theme and it’s great.

[@CricketEngland]

Loving the real time split screen effect in the first one..., wish you had done the same for the rest like that

[@hareecionelson5875]

For Frank's age, I'm guessing over 2 billion 100 million, given that 1 billion seconds gets you to 33 years

[@michaelcolbourn6719]

150,000 might be the worst guess for anything ever.

[@mountainboy88]

Cut him some slack, he was only off by a billion seconds haha.

[@ericzubyk2329]

I can definitely do the peas one, the banana peeling one, & the mayo one.

[@MikeDCWeld]

Greg should have given Aisling a bonus point for her celebration.

[@cloudsRniceC0M3]

Lou got turned on opening a banana with her feet me: same

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

Thanks... One of my favorite new shows of 2020!

[@goldenpony822]

In just a few more months I'll be able to start watching this anew as if I had never seen them!!!!

[@cannibalbananas]

Love these 🥰👍 Would love to see clips of the other contestants results since those were never aired

[@6012reasol]

i love aisling’s victory dances

[@yerwol]

Alex's reaction at 16:42 is brilliant.

[@bananarama3624]

And she also won because of that!

[@raebae2069]

Pretty bummed they didn't show most of the winners of the tasks. Who ate more peas!?

[@Jennyfisch]

Never mind that, how many sheets are in a loo roll???

[@somehorse]

Richard and Katherine's tiebreaker will always make me laugh a stupid amount.

[@tapiopuranen88]

I know it's just comedy but there being many tie break tasks that have been done beforehand, the producers can just choose the one that gives the winner they want.

[@zelamorre1126]

I wonder if anyone just tried logging into an account to get a security code for the 'fastest to receive a text' tie breaker.

[@GNVS300]

Trying to sign into Google in 2022 would be an instant win

[@DragOnDani01]

I would just message myself. It would just answer with the exact same message.

[@JoeQing]

I get why they'd leave who won out, but god they really should've left the Bob/Sally tiebreak result in, it's gold

[@qwertyTRiG]

Which episode was it, do you know?

[@JoeQing]

@@qwertyTRiG season 5, episode 6

[@ClairCarter]

You could probably make a whole yt episode out of all the tiebreaker tasks, that were never aired😂

[@mountainboy88]

There's a bit more to the bit where the audience gets to decide who won between Bob and Sally which is hilarious and really should have made it into this clip.

[@chickensays]

Would love to see a never seen tiebreak as i know they had tiebreaks ready for ever show.

[@luciahoneybee]

"He's a MATH TEACHER!!" ... And yet... 😅😂🤣

[@Jayk-kz7sh]

It occurred to me that had Jess not made her 1666 fire of london guess on that tiebreak, she would have won series 7. Bosh?

[@Cepheus_Rex]

You don’t get a point for winning a tiebreak, so actually no?

[@josephchambers2000]

This video is working to get me out of a Panic attack. Thank you.

[@iliketrains3495]

I find it interesting that although series 6 had a lot of sport-based tasks which favoured Russell and unfavoured Alice, she beat him in a tiebreaker about football

[@AnthonyTristramMoore]

Good lord, you release the challenges but not the scores?! I won't be able to sleep for days....

[@TheWizardofLimes]

The winners + the discussion afterwards is pretty much the best part of the show, why cut it out?

[@shmookins]

Title: Greatest Video: Every Me: Ain't even mad

[@nevergonnaupload]

Well its all the British ones. one has started up in new zealand but its nowhere near as good you can watch it on tvnz on demand.

[@xii_stylar8935]

Noel face was so good he already knew he had lost the challenge when they said decante wine

[@mireya6763]

If love to see a compilation of all gifts to the taskmaster tasks

[@MurcuryEntertainment]

Noel just dropping the wine bottle was such a boss move.

[@comedyfish]

lol @ the disconcerting cut to fake tan alex and the guys in tuxedos

[@wholelottalight]

I am glad they figured out having people write down their answers rather than say them out loud. It is much more fair.

[@allieandfluff]

For the text one, I would have just found one of those automated text chains from businesses that say like “text STOP to opt out” because they always send a confirmation text back immediately

[@John-Doe-Yo]

Or send a text to an invalid number and get that text back saying you texted an invalid number lol

[@TheConsistentoDDity]

It's quite annoying that they don't show the winners. Some were obvious, but others, not so much.

[@kitastoi8268]

Anyone else notice 15:15 Alex and the task master become oompa loompas? :O

[@davidstorrs]

With the "guess how many sheets are on the loo roll" task, my solution would have been to rip all of the paper off the tube and then say "Zero!"

[@equious8413]

Bob should always wear that bowler.

[@caderidley2309]

I blinked at the exact same time as the transition at 17:52 and was really confused

[@HogwartsBasement]

15:01 - did they have someone new in doing makeup 😂 both the judges got orange foreheads

[@BD-yl5mh]

Straight after Aisling got her Swede in the bin I got an IKEA ad

[@savo6070]

The best tiebreaker to me will always be whipping the bottle

[@SonRob01]

Too easy

[@combcomclrlsr]

The text message challenge was simple. Just send one to yourself! Use that method to make quick notes to myself.

[@sonofmanarkjazz8965]

I'm afraid I need some back story behind Greg and Alex's horrible spray tanned faces.

[@jameslaverick2150]

33638400 minutes would be 64 years of age. I think boredom has gotten the better of me.

[@smrriles5668]

Nice

[@hojjat5000]

Jeez. Just add two more seconds to see the winner!!

[@bassett_green]

10:31 easiest would be to just text yourself lol

[@mayamelie20]

Ok but the text one you can literally text yourself 😂

[@jamesvaldez502]

For the "receive a text" challenge, I would have text one of those "do not reply" messages. It would have automatically sent a automated reply

[@allclay1993]

For the texting one, I would've simply texted myself.

[@deverja99]

16:40 is so freaking funny! Lol

[@Ripen3]

Showing who wins could have been a good idea

[@noahmiller91]

Not knowing who wins some of these is incredibly frustrating. I watch the task then don't know the outcome!

[@postedbyneal]

Do you have unaired tiebreaker tasks? Can we get those