Desiree Burch's Great Moments | Taskmaster

[@Fabi924]

Gotta love her determination to not use the scissors for the balloon task lmao

[@nigeljames6017]

But the manic duck throwing was superb !

[@taylor3950]

She was so accurate with the slingshot too!

[@I.dont.know14]

It cost her the task, but she won the hearts of the fans

[@sharkofjoy]

6:55 her face when she says "an hour well spent sir" after she's already been throwing things at the balloon for at least ten minutes is exquisite.

[@LaneyStudios5]

I think easily the most confident person they've ever had the show, Desiree knows who she is and she loves herself for it win or lose

[@practicallyperfect2941]

I’d agree…until Judy Love arrived! I love both of them!

[@slashbat2375]

@@practicallyperfect2941 yes, Judi was an absolute gem. I also like to think Katherine was extremely confident too, she twerked in front of a mayor

[@bcaye]

I feel like Judi took the 'dumb' act too far.

[@zyaicob]

Most confident? I don't think so. Most bubbly and unrefined? Yes. It's a very American energy she brings

[@BOABModels]

I think Munya may have taken the most confident crown now! 😂

[@hjt091]

"That's the worst attempt we've seen at any tasks" cue Bridget Christie and a room full of shoes

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

hehe... I think Sophie Willan is topping the charts at this point. Less "crazy" funny and more just "flip-the-table-task-done" funny. xD

[@rjtotal5912]

Cue nick and steve with a watermelon

[@eka2894]

Or Bridget attempting to walk in general 😂😂😂😂

[@AlyJeann]

"That is not the game, that is not the show." She made it fun for US and we love her for it!

[@nimbusrex8404]

Desiree has such a heart of gold, this series was so wholesome 😭😭

[@mannmctrash]

Desiree can somehow make the sentence "I don't have a gag reflex" wholesome.

[@MACMoneU2]

This is the best set of contestants. They were great to watch and they really seemed to enjoy each other. My favorite to watch and rewatch.

[@winterlighthome]

I relished the sisterhood that formed among Victoria, Morgana, and Desiree - how they hyped each other.

[@mmessi72]

Agreed! That being said, I haven't seen the most recent series. The bond all of them had in this one was great, though.

[@faaa999]

Same here!

[@caterinadc5567]

Desiree just walking into a room and tasting sand was and remains my favourite and most memorable thing I've seen from her. That is the beauty of Taskmaster. It just breaks you. That clip really establishes the ambiance the contestants are experiencing in the house. She made the psychological experience visible. Fantastic stuff.

[@tjlancaster]

Desiree is one of the contestants I never tire of watching. Even when she's at her most frazzled, she's still joy in human form.

[@jennidoesherbest]

Alex holding his fist in front of his face laughing when the spikes didn't drop on the balloon is so subtle and so hysterical.

[@icturner23]

‘Snooker’ with a short ‘oo’ certainly is a word in any land, namely the land of Wales, as Rob Brydon has pointed out on ‘Would I Lie to You?’ And Désirée makes a good point that if a word isn’t used in American English she has to arbitrarily choose which British pronunciation to use.

[@scottyslearningcorner6080]

I've actually never heard this word pronounced out loud until this very youtube video and I was so surprised at how the British pronounce it. For whatever reason Snooker is pretty unheard of here. It seems like pool but different? But I think for US Americans who sometimes watch British TV I'm surprised to here it because I only ever read it occasionally on Wikipedia the featured article will be a Snooker player. But the funny thing is that even though I have only seen the word like on a list of sports and stuff there is a way that Desiree and I both pronounced it is what google says is the American pronunciation. And that's interesting to me. Because I think Americans say Snooker significantly less. But there are lots of interesting things that exist in the difference between British and American English. i can see either being surprising but I also feel like there is a rule involved somehow. Like how if there is a word from outside of English that comes into English, British people will say it in a specific way that is different than American people even though both would sound off to the people in the language that originated the word would say it. Like Cafe is said differently in British and American English and I think French people would find either pronunciation to be varying a bit from how they would say this word they made to describe a thing coming from Arabic I think. IDK

[@scottyslearningcorner6080]

although I'm sure that Desiree, having lived in the UK for a bunch of years probably has heard it to me it' just interesting because I am from the United States. I have never even seen a Snooker table in real life. I have only read the word in like the guiness world records sports section and on Wikipedia. But, having never heard this word said out loud, Desiree's original way of saying it is how I assumed it would be said. And that is supposedly the American pronunciation. But, I mean how even is there an American pronunciation if generally speaking Americans don't say Snooker. I am willing to bet that no one in my building who grew up in the United States has ever said snooker. But we'd all say it the same way probably for a lot of reasons like it looks like looker, booker, cooker etc. But it's more like Snoopy, Spook. kind of thing

[@michaelreid322]

On the other hand, she's been in Britain long enough to call the letter "z" "zed" rather than "zee", so you'd think she'd have heard the British pronunciation of "snooker" before.

[@jazmindodds]

Well we say zed in Canada. It is far better known than... pool vs snooker lol

[@JohnSmith-dh8zx]

@@scottyslearningcorner6080Yeah as an American, I always read it with the short O. That’s because most words with -ooker are pronounced that way (looker, booker, cooker) but I can’t think of any with a long O.

[@JLF201]

I love watching her throw forks at the balloon. I also love that she threw the bucket after then.

[@Lizzo13]

I'm so glad that the first American they got for Taskmaster was one who didn't make us look bad. She was my second favourite in series 12 after Guz (who, to be fair, is my favourite contestant ever, next to James Acaster).

[@SleepingDragon1]

You spell favourite with a u in it but you're American? 🤔

[@cosmicreciever]

Americans with that positive energy like Desiree are some of my favourite people to meet

[@zapandabear]

she was annoying like most of the non british

[@LessDevoid]

@@SleepingDragon1 If you live close enough to the populated regions of Canada a lot of their spelling creeps over. Defence, offence, cancelled, travelled and catalogue are all examples of spelling that I had to 'unlearn' when I moved away from the border.

[@TurtleMyrtle12]

​@@SleepingDragon1Or, people use the grammar of the home country of the show.

[@sinther1]

She was tons of fun! Perfect personality for the show.

[@LevelUpLeo]

I'm glad they included the "Drink with your mouth open" task, cause I was in the same boat as her. Drinking with my mouth open is easy,. It loses context without the others just STRUGGLING and then her doing it in 7 seconds is great.

[@bofflethewaffle]

It really nicely coincides with her proposal to Alex as proof that she really has no gag reflex.

[@jocomfiresin6982]

The pop the balloon thing should be a defining moment in her career.

[@KitagumaIgen]

should be -> is!

[@jocomfiresin6982]

@@KitagumaIgen This is one of the few reply corrections I fully support.

[@LC-le9ew]

This has got to be my favorite taskmaster cast ever! ❤

[@DokkaChapman]

"WE ALMOST HAD IT ALL, DAVE!"

[@dharmashark108]

You guys might want to double check how her name is spelled...

[@Becausing]

Des was an absolute riot! I'm glad she was able to stand out on what I felt was a really strong cast.

[@zyaicob]

It's hilarious watching back and realising how close Des was to actually using the scissors really early on. But then she reconsidered- possibly the costliest mistake in all of Taskmaster history.

[@Dhor16]

My favourite thing abozt her was that she was so damn polite throughout the tasks. Even during the most aggravating ones!

[@beth12svist]

"That's never going away" Yeah, I think Desirée eating sand on television probably isn't ever going away. :D

[@MorningDusk7734]

I don't know why, but my instinct with that first task would have been to grab the Greg portrait from inside the house, and build my shelf to the height the portrait's eyes would be at when resting the frame on the ground.

[@AbrahamLamontagne]

Typo in the title!! Everybody quick, get them!

[@cannibalbananas]

"You suck on that and think about things." 😂😂😂😂😂

[@dogquixote]

Not to sound patriotic or anything, but we couldn’t have asked for a better representative as the first American on Taskmaster

[@marcoboscarol2420]

patriotic is alright, is the jingoism that you should avoid

[@barbiincognito13]

@@marcoboscarol2420 fantastic insight and way to bring the comments down, kudos!

[@marcoboscarol2420]

@@barbiincognito13 you are welcome

[@phi7534]

my favorite thing about the balloon task is that desiree has surprisingly good aim with the slingshot and it didn't do her any good

[@Ryansdove]

"Brother, this is not sensible." Guz is my spirit animal.

[@mmessi72]

Desire is easily my most favorite contestant from any series. She had such a fun energy and was ready to roll with the punches of the show. She treated her fellow contestants with such warmth and good humor. She's the best.

[@patpat8727]

Loved her in this series! Clever at times, chaos at others.

[@theboi5617]

I love her so friggin much, I really wanna see her in more content

[@sharkofjoy]

Anyone else lose it when they saw Desiree in Sandman? 😆

[@ayehtunohn]

I love Desiree.. She's one the best contestants on the show.

[@_Sixthstep]

Is it unusual to be able to drink with your mouth open? I tried it myself when I saw the original episode and again after watching this because I can never believe how much people struggled with it and sure enough it was no problem.

[@Imagination-In-A-Box]

Feel like Desiree shows if they had pick better contestants for the abysmal US version it could of worked I say this as an American that loves Taskmaster and cried at how horrible the States version was.

[@themug406]

Saying "could of" when English is your first language is pretty sad

[@blackdragoncyrus]

Could have.

[@zyaicob]

I don't think so, Taskmaster is a pretty British invention, and a pretty quintessentially British concept. You can't straight up replicate it in the cultural context of America, some real adaptation seems necessary to me.

[@raditz9676]

Desiree Burch you mean. Desiree Lea Burch. (You wrote "Birch" both in the title and description)

[@raditz9676]

The description is still "Birch". You had one job... :D

[@Jordan-el5yz]

Burch.

[@wemestros]

this adorable womannn i love herrr

[@philippatill9727]

I need her to call me once a month to tell me to get my shit together. I think that would be helpful lol

[@AndromedaD]

Oh my god, she is Mayor Pamela Winchell

[@generaldecker9971]

Balloon delay... priceless.

[@jikkuthomas00]

Desiree with, "Pop the balloon" task aka ma vie

[@MusicalJackknife]

Um, a bit unlike the official Taskmaster channel to misspell a contestant's name...Hope you can change it to "Burch" soon!

[@Hamfrags]

You forgot to change the typo in the description. It still says 'Birch' even after you fixed the title and thumbnail.

[@nijasty]

I'm surprised this video isn't 2 hours long

[@skw_x]

ok i love whoever runs this channel, but for gods sake spell the girls name right!!!

[@rylands4289]

I love her so much

[@DeAnne1233]

Fully expected someone to buy the darts and the slingshot then use the darts in place of the pebbles as armor piercing bullets.

[@BlueManIan]

I hope that would work!

[@timowagner1329]

I would like to see Asims best moments please :) I really really started to like him as his season continued

[@iliketrains3495]

Amazing how in the last three series there's been a contestant who forgets Greg Davies' name in some way. Let's see when John Kearns is going to do the same...

[@pigboypunk]

i can't believe the balloon popped when she looked away...

[@nektekket852]

I love Des'ree, and if I were twenty years younger....she still wouldn't go out with me! 😂

[@MrsAjergirl]

Easily my favourite contestant, such a goddamn joy to watch 😍

[@Dim4323]

Dessiree Ballon pop shop must've been a all time low

[@maxwelldavenport2589]

She's so fun!

[@LeornianCyng]

Anything Desiree is on is worth watching. Powerful, funny, intelligent, interesting, articulate and kind.

[@barbiincognito13]

Desiree is such a delight! 💓🎉

[@johncameron4194]

She was great 🤣😂🤣

[@ElectariumTunic]

21:38 - I know it's a lollipop ring... but what flavour is it? It looked beige and opaque

[@icturner23]

The balloon one always drives me mad because so long as the rope is in front of you you’re behind it. There isn’t a fixed side of it that makes it in front of or behind you - it’s only defined relative to you. So you just have to face it from the shop/balloon side and then walk backwards till you’re at the balloon.

[@JBG-AjaxzeMedia]

or use a fork to break the string, or just untie it.

[@jaymanx4life]

I wanted her to win. 🙏Well, I wanted everyone to win, but mostly her.

[@csurname]

You misspelled her name.

[@csurname]

It's now fixed in the title and thumbnail; just the description to go.

[@kurimallow]

😆 love her

[@mscbijles1256]

Wait.. where is her crab stick song?!? 😲😲

[@lovescent46]

My favorite lady!! 😍😍😍

[@sovietpenguin6871]

Real

[@felineflair]

Desiree Burch innit?

[@MGB_2024]

Isn't her name spelled "Burch"?

[@stevemoisan]

Her last name is spelled BURCH. Come on, folks.

[@gracex592]

I’ve just realised that all they needed to do in the balloon task was undo the knot in the string .. where is Hugh Dennis when you need him?! Certain he would’ve done it 😅

[@DaniZam41]

Unless they were using the scissors they were not allowed to touch the rope

[@gracex592]

@@DaniZam41 I thought that too but I think the ‘rope’ refers to the red divider and the other thing would just be considered string?.. idk I’d risk it and hope Greg agreed 😅

[@40SnWfan]

My goodness Aishy Tyler sounds just like Desiree.

[@ryeencoke]

Bad Dong

[@Bulldog1878]

I absolutely love Desirée, what a lovely lovely soul

[@Battlefox64_RL]

I've never been first !!!!

[@zoel4891]

my inclination would have been to untie the rope without using any of the stuff from alex's shop

[@gandalfthegreyonline]

You weren’t allowed to touch it tho, until you’d bought the scissors

[@andrewzielinski8845]

Anyone else have a thoughtful moment, when she downed that drink so easily? No, just depraved old me then

[@bryantrammell1831]

Easily one of the least entertaining contestants from Taskmaster, which is one of the most entertaining shows.

[@BlueManIan]

Who else is at the bottom of your list?

[@bryantrammell1831]

@@BlueManIan all the other people of color, obviously.

[@bootsiemon]

such a good season!! not loving the current one .. 🥴

[@odd_shoes]

I feel Victoria isn't right for this show.

[@rs8751]

Just because someone is not good at Taskmaster, it doesn't mean they're not right for Taskmaster.

[@feuilletoniste]

I think she’s perfect, because she’s so clever but so stymied by the silliness of the endeavour that hilarity inevitably ensues!

[@americafirst5737]

Never disrespect me looking like Aunt Jemima ate Rosie Perez,

[@TirdFerguson]

A black, no thanks.