Sit on the Red Chair in the Secret Tower | Full Task | Taskmaster

From series 12, Sit on the red chair in the secret tower. You may only step on circles on your way. You may only stand on each circle once, unless it is black. You may stand on a black circle twice, but never twice in a row. Also you must put this task in the shredder within the first minute.
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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.

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Morgana nailing that tactic of only using two circles and then immediately forgetting the rest of the task after shredding it is what this show was made for

[@The_Totes_Adorbs]

You can sit your red chair on my secret tower.

[@tomitstube]

luckily for her, they slid.

[@anotheruserism]

Most amusing is that Alan slid one of the circles one time briefly before going back to using multiple circles. Wonder if he was kicking himself for not doing that soner

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

Reminds me of Alice shaking her head and knocking loose all her kitchen utensils before the end of the task. Pure gold.

[@georgielancaster1356]

LOOKS like real fur on her hat. If so, I hope Karma slams into her - in real life, not in this light entertainment.

[@juniperlightningbug]

I absolutely expected the sweet wrapper to say something like “if you eat this sweet, 30 minutes will be added to your final time.”

[@MrSkinnyWhale]

What's that in years if the average human lifespan was 1 year?

[@zakf2929]

Nah they got to build the trust back up before they smash it later.

[@David-qi1ys]

@mrskinnywhale Still 1/2 hour being that time doesn’t change just because human life expectancy dropped dramatically.

[@insaincaldo]

@@David-qi1ys Didn't you think MrSkinny. made his reference to the task you just watched clear enough?

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

Absolutely! Or "eat this and lose 10 points."

[@GeeScottJay]

Greg: "I'm going to allow your definition of a chair, and let's leave it there" Victoria: "Chair-itable"

[@FiXato]

as an armchair general I'd eventually have folded like a lawn chair, but not before keeping her on the edge of her seat.

[@SamuraiPanda201]

Taskmaster always asks the important questions: Is there a chair in the sweet? Am I the spider? How many sides does a banana have? Do we strike you?

[@echognomecal6742]

🤣

[@adubsdablab]

There is no spoon 🥄

[@luciadilazzaro2285]

And "how much does water weigh?"

[@ritasmith6239]

Where's "am I the spider" and "how many sides does a banana have" from?

[@nimsical7]

​@@ritasmith6239 "Am I the spider" is from Katherine Parkinson having to put 8 Wellies on a spider and not finding the spider (outside), and the banana was either Mike Wozniak or Lee Mack during the task where they had to sort items by number of sides and were only allowed to touch them with their faces

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

This is a psychological study disguised as a comedy show.

[@Carbon2861996]

Don't know what's more impressive. The Morgana slide or the fact that Desiré was a year faster

[@anotheruserism]

Morgana had to start over at least twice. That added to her time.

[@kynelius]

@@anotheruserism yeah! She literally sat there staring at the task for a solid minute the second time, necessitating another "attempt". She should have gotten it 45 seconds faster than she did, really.

[@fathm4623]

Aw god I was so happy to see Morgana walk with the two circles cause the whole time beforehand I was thinking about how that would work so incredibly well in my head and then she shredded the task

[@darkshadowsx5949]

and then she jumped off the circles and had to start over.

[@alexritchie4586]

I feel like 90% of Victoria's problems come from her NOT WEARING HER DAMN GLASSES 😆

[@moiramarriott4403]

Exactly ...

[@jonhohensee3258]

She also doesn't seem too bright.

[@rajnadar6555]

If someone knows they need glasses, why would they not wear it all the time...I wear mine all the time when I'm awake...this is on her entirely.

[@RiKSh4w]

@@jonhohensee3258 It's not about brightness. It's intellect vs wisdom.

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@RiKSh4w sure

[@reemasharma__23]

"Am I supposed to make a chair" have the same energy as " Am I the spider "

[@HoricHraje]

"Is there a duck on my face?"

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

Victoria's "it it's red and I sit on it, it's a chair" is SO like Catherine's "am I the spider? ...oh, the table has eight legs!"

[@dgatos42]

oh god we're getting into the platonic forms

[@JackulaHD]

I was half expecting there to be an extra line in the back of the task saying if you eat the sweet you're disqualified 🤣

[@iliketrains3495]

The Lycett and Giedroyc kryptonite

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

@@iliketrains3495 the crow also ate the chocolate, right?

[@iliketrains3495]

@@forallthestupidshit3550 No, he and Hugh were the only ones that scored, although Hugh won

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

@@iliketrains3495 my bad. Man, was that ever a great cast!

[@UnitSe7en]

"I've just eaten two creme eggs and I'm not really up for this."

[@2mon249]

YES!! Morgana did exactly what I would have done with the circles. One for each foot.

[@sharkforce8147]

well... she *almost* had it =S

[@jonhohensee3258]

2 mon - You wouldn't have done that.

[@coyraig8332]

I would have lied flat and rolled around

[@jonhohensee3258]

@watchmejumpstart ?

[@jamesthomas4481]

@@jonhohensee3258 r/whoosh

[@richbuilds_com]

"Mother Father" was so heartfelt :D

[@ramwinter2622]

Merry Taskmas everyone!!

[@mannmctrash]

Terry Maskmas everyone!!

[@crptpyr]

Erry Maskmas Teveryone!

[@lolilo2759]

Merry taskmaster and a happy new taskyear!! :D

[@SquidLikesTalking]

Eemas Teryone Maskrryv!!

[@emmapadgett1181]

Merry Taskmas to you too

[@Dlovellpf]

Look at them all there, blissfully unaware of the Wow monster that is, eventually, to come in the series.

[@genericname2747]

"WOW" -The Wow Monster

[@juliannerohm1297]

I'll tell you what, they're all pretty stoked about that sweet.

[@NS-cs3wp]

Posting twice because this video made me realize that Victoria needs to be wearing glasses. :) It can't have helped her performance during tasks for her to be half blind the whole time. :)

[@MrBuch169169]

I think sitting on something makes it a SEAT, but not a chair.

[@capnandy462]

Good for Morgana for seeing the obvious solution

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

I was thinking about that strategy when they all read the task.

[@darkshadowsx5949]

she's also the only one that had to restart twice.

[@bigmac51290]

She saw the obvious solution but forgot the problem.

[@ImNotGam]

Yeah forgetting glasses can do that to someone.

[@barbeerian]

I think Victoria would have gotten at least 10 points more if she'd just worn her glasses.

[@SammiSin69]

I cannot get enough of this show, I've re-watched all of the series over and over!

[@jonhohensee3258]

No you haven't.

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

I have such a hard time even picking a favorite series! I can't even narrow it down to my top 10 favorite contestants.

[@eezablade]

@@jonhohensee3258 they probably have. I’ve seen them all at least twice

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@forallthestupidshit3550 Series 7 is the best. True story.

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@eezablade Not true.

[@ShadowDemon_4]

If I didn't have my glasses I wouldn't be able to read the sign or see the chair either honestly.

[@Necron00b]

Honestly, I love this series just for Victoria, I could watch several series with just her as the contestant. haha

[@jonhohensee3258]

She doesn't seem too bright.

[@SilentPsychopath]

I think Victoria's problem is actually being too intelligent...and that she wasn't wearing her glasses.

[@Inexpressable]

@@jonhohensee3258 neither do you

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@Inexpressable oh brother..... 🙄

[@ClarinoI]

I just love Victoria.

[@strawberrylemonadelioness]

"The Red Chair in the Secret Tower" Sounds like a book title

[@TorQueMoD]

Dezeray won because she's the only one that actually remembered the task. Morganna was a fucking genius with that slide trick though :)

[@darkshadowsx5949]

shuffling around was my first thought too, but she had to restart the task twice.

[@foxbat1766]

I was thinking like Alan, that the 'Secret Tower' was just a ruse and he was going to need the circles....

[@isabellaangeline2175]

Morgana definitely didn’t cackle. That sounded more like a laugh of glee that the task was going so well for her.

[@PEACEOUTPAT]

This seasons cast reminds me of the time a kid in my summer school class brought a plate of weed brownies and we all ate one before class... Half of them forgot the task, literally moments after reading it.

[@carriew5106]

Morgana did exactly what i would have done. Right down to being so happy at getting to the shredder that I would jump up and forget the rest of it. Admittedly I shuffle around the office and home because I am too lazy to pick my feet up.

[@darkshadowsx5949]

doesn't it take more effort to shuffle around than walk normally? i dont think your being lazy you're just not efficient.

[@lester44444]

Yeah my hubris and refusal to read would be my undoing 😂😂😭😭

[@weakw1ll]

I love whoever coordinates the scenes with the music

[@Kurgosh1]

I'd be quite concerned that something labeled "Secret Tower" couldn't possibly be a secret tower.

[@limki]

was expecting some fineprint about not eating the candy

[@lolawants2008]

Not me screaming at them from the beginning that it’s bloody easy to shuffle on the circles the whole way without even needing to use more than 2😂

[@megaflux7144]

thanks alex, the world owes you something huge for you sharing your creativity with us.

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

The home tasks cured my depression during the lockdowns. Seriously, give this man an OBE.

[@megaflux7144]

@@forallthestupidshit3550 i believe it, youtube has absolutely kept me hanging on during some of my darkest days. hope youre doing well now.

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

@@megaflux7144 that is very sweet of you (which is very unsurprising in the Taskmaster-fan community. We're a very loving bunch 💚) Doing better every day, aided by one funny video after another! I hope you are doing well also : )

[@ducttapeanddreams]

Also up there with "am I the animal in a hat?"

[@half_chub]

the first thing i thought of was to just slide around im so glad morgana did it

[@ella84502]

Day 2 of asking for an "every time Bridget Christie annoys Little Alex Horne" comp 😭

[@jocomfiresin6982]

Guz simply failed to complete the task as... He just stopped worrying about the circles the moment he got into the tower.

[@Englishham]

I think this was one of my fave tasks in this series

[@iamkartee4591]

That slidding part was genius!

[@chrisburn7178]

For a clever lady, Victoria is remarkably bad at observations, thinking laterally and quickly changing her paradigm to get stuff done, she mostly just stands there asking silly questions to herself.

[@genericname2747]

Hard to observe things when you can't see

[@chrisburn7178]

@@genericname2747 She uses the "forgot my glasses" pretty much every task, I think it's a smokescreen... 🤔

[@genericname2747]

@@chrisburn7178 Don't get me wrong, it's weird that someone can forget their glasses for an important thing like this, but she still can't see because of her forgetfulness

[@anotheruserism]

Intellect isn't the only thing to exist. People who are extremly academically gifted often have zero common sense.

[@blackdragoncyrus]

I liked the bonus sweet.

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

I swear, it's going to come back and screw them over in a future task. Something like "if you ate the sweet, you must perform the next task blindfolded."

[@Erlisch1337]

OOF....seemed so smart with the slide...then almost instantly NOPE :D "Can I have my balloons back please?"

[@buttonsfan]

Strap the circles to my feet, "I'm not standing on it, I'm stepping on it."

[@trustindean5164]

i mean yeah the two methods i thought would work best would be "slide around on the circles" or just have a decent system and take big steps so im happy to know that both of those were the fastest. Also hilarious how Morgana absolutely would've nailed it if she hadn't instantly forgotten what her actual goal was

[@DylanSargesson]

This might well be my favourite season. Every contestant is just iconic especially Guz and Victoria.

[@FirstNameLastName-gh9iw]

I for sure thought there’d be a secret task with the sweet

[@insaincaldo]

With Alex telling them they could have it, not so much. Though I did speculate there being a problem, when he asked for the flown away balloon back.

[@NeverlandSystemKaleb]

The sliding the spots was my first thought, too...

[@spamanator666]

Ahhhh, Morgana. ❤😍 Had a brilliant plan, but just dawdled too long doing it, still lost to Desiree!

[@joshuaprietophoto]

What if Victoria intentionally continued to forget her glasses so they'd let her off on things? Anything is possible in Taskmaster.

[@StreakyBaconMan]

Anything is possible - except that, because they film all the tasks from the whole series first and then do these sit down in the studio bits all back to back afterwards so she'd have no way of knowing that they'd let her off on things because she wasn't wearing glasses.

[@colinheyl7245]

I was really expecting a disqualification for eating the sweet, or not, or losing the balloons or something.

[@NoReverse77]

Morgana did my very first thought. Brilliant.

[@DJSchreffler]

Weaponizing 'Place these exercise balls on the yoga mat on top of the hill'.

[@vnincnent]

0:18 alex said hi morgana so her time of the task was already started there

[@tigrecito48]

hey. have you guys ever thought of doing videos on the unseen footage of the show? for example you guys assumedly do various tie breaker tasks that at most 2 people are shown and the rest arent shown even though they did it.. and i also assume where there were no draws, that none of the tie breakers were shown, so you could do a whole set of tie breaker videos?

[@vincenttavani6380]

Victoria had a David believing Bob moment

[@srustielle1396]

I love how these videos turn from 1 hr ago to 9 mo ago. 💯

[@georgefeyen8759]

victoria should really wear her glasses

[@NS-cs3wp]

Happy Christmas, everyone! Good fellowship to you if you're not celebrating this particular festival. :)

[@Barboron]

My first thought is to take my shoe laces off and tie the circles to my feet so you never stop standing on it.

[@TheBehm08]

“I was meant to get to the red chair without stepping on these things. And now I’m here in this chair, and idk wtf is goin on” 😂

[@pwnmasteh]

My ass is crawling to the chair and crawling to the tower.

[@iamreverz6258]

5:47 i am SO MAD they missed Victoria's "Chairitable"

[@JohnDlugosz]

I thought she said "There can't be a chair in this _suite_ " as in, mocking the small room by calling it something grand. But here in the USA we would say "candy" not "sweet".

[@melteccraig]

This is like a specsaver ad

[@roPe_A]

@Taskmaster , is there any way to get a digital version of the "soudntracks" from all series? They are catchy. Thanks

[@regrettablemuffin9186]

Really hope that if they ever have another Morgana on the show they call her by a different name the whole time

[@dustone8542]

Tbf, she did asked if the sign said "secret tower" to Alex, so she must've been far sighted so she didn't notice the chair

[@eddyk3]

There's a old proverb I can't remember about if you want to find and fastest and easiest ways to do something get a lazy person to do it. As a lazy bastard myself I would have absolutely done what Morgana did and not even considered doing anything else.

[@willallen7757]

I always wondered how David landed Victoria, she's blind as a bat.

[@powerpc127]

Note to self, find a girlfriend who's attractive and only occasionally wears glasses.

[@davidshi451]

It was actually David Baddiel who introduced the two of them!

[@lisahenry20]

Well Victoria couldn't have landed David without her glasses if she couldn't even see him. It obviously had to be the other way around.

[@willallen7757]

@@lisahenry20 I've just woke and haven't had my coffee yet so I'm more confused than normal, David is indeed a catch but it's Victoria whos's been caught.

[@lisahenry20]

@@willallen7757 I'm making a joke about needing to see to catch something

[@phichay1000]

i thought they were saying "suite" for the longest time and had no idea what they were talking about

[@lazthegreat10]

Poor Victoria needs glasses, couldn't read the sign either

[@GoofballPaul]

Morgana's tactic of sliding the same two circles is what I would've gone with. Either that, or completely ignoring the circles and instead rolling on the ground or sliding, without using my feet, that way I'm technically not stepping on anything.

[@FreeTacozYT]

Funny thing, the Morgana Slide actually comes from LoL

[@lolprinses]

Morgana stepped on 2 red circles in a row lll

[@rovi1600]

Oh is that Victoria from Only Connect?!?

[@TheRubySpider]

I would’ve just got down on my stomach and crawled. Don’t have to worry about what you can and can’t stand on if you don’t stand at all.

[@tylerbendicion787]

How would you bring the chair to the secret room and get enough height to sit on it?

[@TheRubySpider]

@@tylerbendicion787 Kneeling also isn't standing. Kneel, slide the chair as far as you can, crawl to chair, repeat. Place chair in the tower, get on one knee (still kneeling), slide the chair under your raised leg. That last part depends on the length of your legs and the height of the chair, though.

[@Staenhus]

@@TheRubySpider I can almost guarantee you that would be slower than just doing the task as intended, even if it would be allowed.

[@anotheruserism]

@@TheRubySpider didn't say you had to change the chair from the folded position. Just sit on it.

[@Whatever_man]

1. Place two circles down. 2. Stand with one foot on each circle. 3. Start skating on the circles. 4. ??? 5. Profit.

[@miranda.cooper]

Yup lol the slide with the dots thing is what I would've done xD

[@Skeppsvrak]

I would have just crawled on my stomach/knees without using any steps/circles at all.

[@markchang2964]

desiree just going for it!

[@brinsonopinion]

Merry Christmas Taskmaster!!! 🎄🎅🎈💗

[@ximbabwe0228]

5:47 chairitable lmao 🤣

[@hannahbarnes9669]

My immediate thought was: If I crawl on my hands and knees, would that count as steps?

[@jasperdevries1726]

I think the rolling retcher in series 3 answered that one.

[@EziosBladez]

Do I have to make a chair? xD

[@SECONDQUEST]

IT'S THE ONLY CONNECT LADY!

[@nrellis666]

If Victoria had broken the sweet into thirds she could have claimed it was now a three piece sweet and sat on part of it

[@Shmiguelly]

Not a fan of tasks where there's so many rules to remember. I end up forgetting half of them at home and it usually ends in disqualification for someone.

[@trueslna]

I see two black circles in a row at 3:34 when Desiré reached the tower.

[@RickeGnool]

This is one of several times during this season where I thought: ”What the h*ll where you thinking Victoria?” A chair stuck inside of piece of candy, REALLY!?

[@kurotsuki5015]

What the hell were you thinking mixing up where and were?

[@RickeGnool]

@@kurotsuki5015 Well I am Swedish, sue me.

[@StreakyBaconMan]

And surprisingly it's still not the dumbest idea anybody has had on the show. I clearly remember Mawaan attempting to fill an egg with helium to see if it would float.

[@RickeGnool]

@@StreakyBaconMan And one of the things I love about this show is that Greg is never afraid to call them out or even question their intelligence every time they do something insane.

[@insaincaldo]

I can see the logic leap, she was sure something was fishy. I mean it could be a like a little party popper toy. That said, I doubt even this show would mold it into a piece of hard candy, instead of being inside something easily broken open, if it had been the case.

[@rajabuta]

Oh Victoria

[@alvinip9128]

I'll probably just shovel my feet on two circles without lifting my feet off the ground

[@lakrids-pibe]

Mother FATHER!

[@DutchLabrat]

What I don't get why didn't anybody put the task in the shredder bin without putting it **THROUGH** the shredder.... they could have taken it out after that.

[@HayLynnrose]

Am I the only one who immediately thinks to ask for Alex's jacket for cushion as I roll and crawl whilst scooting the chair to the tower? 😅

[@richardd3367]

Nice!

[@moskvitchokArt]

Am I the spider?

[@kasaitenma5546]

Technically Alex never said "my name" therefore the task was never officially started

[@SmilingKratosTheGodOfWar]

0:14 dude is a savage leaving the door open like that.

[@basildraws]

Maybe it’s not obvious, but my 1st instinct would have been to drop 2 red circles, stand with a foot on each one, and slide across the course like that the whole way.

[@basildraws]

Dang it!. I paused and wrote that RIGHT before Morgana!