The funniest part for me is that Dave used to his leftover tea to cheat, but he never thought of just dumping it out before hand and using the cup to transport the water. Like he had a perfectly good cup the whole time
@@somebody700 The task didn't state that. That was kinda the point of why the task was funny, nothing stated they needed to use the items provided, they all just assumed that. They also all walked through a pavilion filled with buckets, and none of them thought of going back.
@@somebody700 They 100% were allowed to use the bucket. Alex literally says that they could have gone and gotten any items and didn't have to use the stuff provided.
I think Hugh using a reflection and the trio using someone else to shout should go in the "thinking outside the box", not the cheaters who, clearly, cheated.
The spaghetti as well, as the task was get as much into the grapefruit not make the pasta disappear. So he did try to cheat but didn't cheat to help the task.
@@Zeratultheking not even that. he didn't cheat in any sort of way, he just made an attempt at misguiding Alex on the measurements. the task itself was done perfectly legit. Same with the watermelon, he ate a certain amount of watermelon, task was done, the guy was still hungry, so he ate a bit more. it's not cheating, just because it made measurements more difficult for Alex...
Hugh could've been punished for only one thing: the sign on the mirror says "do not remove". Apart from that he was brilliant but has really bad art. :)
Really hoping they’re working on a compilation of all of those “There’s no way these intelligent people would just go and do x” moments from Alex and Greg followed by video evidence of them doing exactly that dumb thing
I’d just like to point out how well Ben Fogle shouted. The enunciation was perfect and 10/10 projection. If I were lost in the woods with someone, I’d hope it would be him.
@@happivaras Firstly, there's eco glitter. Secondly I have no idea why you think I insulted Ben. If that's what you meant. If not, I have no idea what you're comment means. I never mentioned anything about blowing him.
@@glitterbitesback ROFPMSL eco glitter. Yeah sure and eco deforestation, eco using resources faster every day and then there's eco pollution. But after all that disgusting disrespect there's eco extinction of humans. That's the best one.
@@danielguy3581 Suuuuuuure. "Make an object disappear. Biggest object disappear wins." He makes a tiny little cow disappear - and wins the task? He should have said in the studio, "Yes I was brilliant but I made the smallest object vanish. I don't deserve the 5 points." Staying in silence is cheating.
@@MinekEzQM But that doesn’t mean he’s breaking any rules. He didn’t do anything against the rules, and the points are always determined solely by the taskmaster’s discretion so arguing that he shouldn’t get them is meaningless. Do you really think the taskmaster didn’t have a full explanation ahead of time? Plus they showed the video in front of everyone so they knew the actual object size lol. He gave him the points for the creativity. If you get a perfect score in a dunk contest but thought someone else deserved the win, you would still win because it’s the judge’s opinion that matters not your own.
@@MinekEzQM one of the things they make pretty clear in the show is that points are awarded at the taskmaster's discretion. And, if you recall, in that task Greg decided that, quote, "it had to look like it disappeared", and it looked like he made the large cow disappear.
Mawaan didn't even come close to cheating. The rules made no mention of how Alex would quantify the amount of pasta in the grapefruit, making it a pretty impressive deduction that he figured it out.
Also, he did clearly say "going to play you at your own game", so there were some shenanigans afoot and the empty pasta bowl did look all the more spectacular. He was absolutely a sneaky pasta snake, and maybe the cheating intent was there, but he didn't actually break any rules!
And where is Noel not camouflaging himself... he basically asked the production team to do a visual trick. And clearly not within ten minutes from the "time starts now" but in post-production.
Completely agree, an image is not the actual person. Same could be said if he took a photo, he's looking at the photo of the person and not the person.
I like rule benders, but just outright cheating imo is boring. Oh noo, they did something not allowed by the rules, what's their defense gonna be? "nu-uh, didn't do it"? Oh how original. That's where rule bending becomes so fun to watch, because they have to actually explain why it's rule-bending or creative reading of the rules.
@@julietravelvlog I mean, I explained why rule-bending is way more fun than cheating. Cheater: "Nu-uh didn't do it" Greg: "yes, 0 points" - finished. Disrupts the flow of the show and leaves an annoying taste in the mouth cuz who knows how often they just lazily cheated. Rule-bender: Can give funny explanation on why it's good. Banter ensues. Greg makes up some reason to give funny points. Hilarity ensues, audience is interested in what that person will do next. Like, what's your proposed alternative?: Cheater cheats - gets caught - "yup I cheated" "k 0 points". If anything, there's even less potential for funny banter between Greg chastising them and stuff.
I'd expected to see the bit where Hugh dumped out all of the items in the sleeping bag and then claimed that they'd just come out on their own. Hugh did a lot of stuff that was right on the line between lateral thinking and outright cheating, but that one was indefensible.
While I personally think that the mirror thing is still cheating, it was way, way more defensible than the sleeping bag one. Honestly glad that latter contestants go way more into the area of lateral thinking and creative reading than just being like "nu'uh didn't cheat" and just disregard the rules (or at least don't contest it as much when caught).@theobreitenbach91
Hugh absolutely did not cheat, as far as I'm concerned. He wasn't looking at her, he wasn't even looking in her direction. Perfectly valid interpretation of the rules that Greg was going to allow, he just happened to draw an awful portrait. He wasn't even disqualified, so in the end, Greg did allow it. Same for Dave getting Ben Fogle to shout across the river.
But it was cheating. Mirrors are reflections of light. You’re seeing her as clearly as you would if you looked at her, because you are looking at her. By his logic if I put some glass between us or get far enough away so she’s blurry, I’m not looking at her
@@DeathnoteBB mirrors only reflect light. People are more than just light. A reflection of a person may look the same, but it's hardly a cloning machine. As Hugh says, the image of a person is not a person.
But Hugh didn't cheat, he wasn't looking at the person he was looking at the reflection of the person. His example of "it's the same as a film" was absolutely correct, in fact it might have been a lot simpler to just ask the person to take a selfie and send it to him.
@@froyocrew Nah. It’s just not. You can’t make that argument when you have a Magritte parody painting as part of the Taskmaster set. In the immortal words of that Belgian artist “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”. An image of something is not the real object.
Mawaan did not break any rule hence he did not cheat. In the end he had the most spaghetti in the grapefruit and he stayed on his spot all the time. He followed all the rules and won.
@@rizkyanandita8227 if i recall correctly, the phrase is actually "ceci n'est pas une pipe" which translates to "this is not a pipe". it's paired with a picture of a pipe, and means that it isn't a pipe because it's just the image of one
@@Angelina-bp8cs Yes, that's it exactly, "the Treachery of Images" by René Magritte... as interpreted by Hugh Dennis. (And I should certainly have looked it up, instead of trusting my shoddy memory of a language I do not speak. Fixed. Thank you!)
i think another good comparison is medusa. like you can’t look at her, you’ll turn to stone, but in like every adaptation it’s perfectly safe to look at her reflection because it’s not her in the flesh.
Hugh didn't cheat. He was spot on! He wasn't looking at the person, he was looking at her reflection. That was brilliant! Tim, on the other hand, well, Tim, "I'm going ask you a question, and I want you to answer honestly..."
I love hugh's attempt at a philosophical argument about an image vs a real person. Because scientifically, both instances involve light bouncing off the person and ultimately getting in your eyeballs
This is easily the most entertaining television I've ever seen. Really, honestly. Because it's about people. Explicitly. And it knows that fully and plays into it with glee. I'm a big fan of whoever brought this together. Very smart cookie.
Mawaan did not cheat. Mawaan inadvertently found a loophole. The rules were grapefruit can’t leave the room and the last 8 minutes feet must stay in the mark. Most spaghetti in the grapefruit wins. He got the most in the grapefruit. Fair win.
I think Hugh's mirror usage is perfectly brilliant. Ceci n'est pas une pipe logic... and if you're looking at someone in a mirror behind you, you are undeniably looking away from them, and not looking AT them. If his drawing hadn't been so terrible he could have really made something of that workaround 😂
5:28 technically, being allergic to watermelon should be an automatic win, since the task is: Eat as much watermelon AS POSSIBLE. For him it is not possible to eat watermelon, so technically he would be the only one to actually eat as much as possible ^^
Dave Gorman is one of my most fav contestant on this show. And one of my most fav comedians. And probably one of my most fav human being. Absolute legend.
I dotnt think mawaan cheated. There was no rule against stealing any pasta, and if they decide to measure it by amount left, that's their fault. Other more open loopholes in the rules are always allowed and this should too
I was wondering aswell: If you cheat in a task, then get awarded the points etc. Etc. And then, AFTER the next task you reveal that you cheated... Is it gonna be penalized? IMO you should get a bonus point if you manage to cheat without getting caught by anyone, especially since there's so many cameras
I don’t think Tim really cheated on the watermelon task unless they specifically told him not to eat any afterwards so they could weigh it. From his POV the task was over and he just had a lil snack.
I saw Hugh just a few feet away from Barbican station, I recognised him and we locked eyes for a sec, and he gave me a nod . That made my day, was such cool moment.
I’m interested to know why Hugh’s moment is in there when Alex Horne said on the Taskmaster Podcast that it is an example of a “Perfect Solution” to a task.
Probably because it goes against the spirit of the task? It's not cheating, technically (which could be a whole other video), but it feels like it, at least when you didn't think it
@Tuck-Shop oh I agree, but part of taskmaster's format is that the rulings are often arbitrary and based on Greg's feelings. or maybe they just wanted to pad out the video a bit more so they stuck his moment in anyway
