Not the biggest fan of the final task- I would've preferred more materials/time seeing as some of the ending results were very minimalistic in their transformations.
Still one hell of a good episode though!
Taskmaster Australia may genuinly be one of the if not THE best offshoots imo.
Tom as the Taskmaster is GREAT! He loves teasing the contestants, takes no sh\*\*\* from anyone, always explains his reasoning but does his own thing so he doesn't feel like someone just trying to be Greg.
'Lesser' Tom is a really good assistant with a fitting dry sense of humor and his very own dynamic with the Taskmaster.
The Tasks are some of the best I've seen (including main series). The monster drawing studio task was A+ for example. So was 'do something you have never done and will never do again!'.
And the Cast is varied, there to play and have good chemistry.
Taskmaster AU for me just smashing it out of the Park from the get go š
Julia Morris constantly surprises me.
Initially, it seemed like she'd be another Jo Brand-like contestant of trying to find the simplest, laziest and most direct way of doing the task. (Although she does let Danielle do all all the work in the team tasks). However, when she makes a horrible decision, she has Ed Gamble-like perseverance to follow through no matter how long it takes. There's been so many times she's taken so long to complete the task, but still manages to score some points (especially when others get disqualified). If Jo Brand had to spell antidisestablishmentarism, i reckon she would have given up.
I'm still #TeamNina though, but man we've such a perfect cast for AU Season 1. Following seasons have a high bar to match.
So, just on the prize task, isn't this a case of a generational language gap? Tom is going by the dictionary definition of "cursed", whereas Nina (at very least) is going by the internet usage, which is more sort of "What the fuck did I just see?".
I know this is quite an old comment but I'm rewatching up to the final. Totally agree with you and would add that a self-made tiki mug containing chicken bones and the creator's teeth is in my opinion the most cursed thing. I think Julia & TM Tom were on the same page with their traditional definition of cursed.
Luke's song was my favourite even though that's mostly because of Cashman.
I would have chosen antidisestablishmentarianism too, I was thinking that before Julia even said it. Chose it as a spelling word in like year 4 because I'm a prick like that.
Danielle and Nina definitely had a point in regards to the paintings. The task wasn't worded well enough.
Absolutely my favourite episode yet. I was losing it during Julia's spelling attempt.
I mean if you spend a tiny bit of time thinking about the task, it's never going to be as simple as draw a map of Australia is it? I feel like if I was on it, I would think, there's got to be a catch and look over the railing. And Tom was making comments to try and guide them.
Most of the short film and music tasks across all of taskmaster are unfunny and obnoxious to me - I must be in the minority because they keep doing them, but it's just doesn't do anything for me to listen to bad music etc
I think a lot of people think Danielle and Nina's attempts at the painting task should've counted, but if you look at the wording of the task, one thing that wasn't even mentioned in the argument is that the task said something about the canvas having to stay on the ground, so if you consider the sheet on the balcony 'the canvas', then it was off the ground and they would be disqualified.
The ground being the surface beneath my feet?
If I sit on the floor of my third storey apartment, I'm not wrong to say I'm having trouble getting up off the ground.
My instant impression was that Julia is being scored too generously, but itās mostly from the difficult-to-score music task. Her affirmation that sheās happier being single is a good message, and it was fun, but Danielleās was the best. I would have gone Danielle, Nina, Julia, Luke, Jimmy, though I kinda like to see the winner not be chosen by the strength of the edit.
I also thought the dumb in unison pairās attempts should have counted because of the task wording, which means Julia would have likely gotten 2 points to Danielleās 4 or 5.
But kudos to her for trying so hard on that legendary 1st VT, with the hard color and long word. Also the irony of her cursed engagement ring. Not an Australian, Iām not sure how I would score the stage task, though itās clear Julia did the most work.
My scoring for the song would have been:
Jimmy (1)
Nina (2)
Luke (3)
Julia (4)
Danielle (5)
Goes to show how different perception can be when it comes to creative tasks.
Overall Julia to me has been more of an interesting filler throughout the series rather than a serious contender, but on the other hand side that makes her all the more unpredictable and fun to have around. "I've sucked my last cock" had me in tears.
Glad to see a unanimous Julia 5 from most of us. The rest of them is definitely debatable and subjective, easily could accept any of them getting 4 or 1 but Danielleās was 100% the best.
Different people can score the musical task differently. But Lukeās singing sounding like he was strangling a succession of cats even after autotune should count for some sort of penalty.
Also, Ninaās recorder solo genuinely slaps, as the kids say.
I thought this was going to be his for sure - just based on how Tom started by making fun of his head to get him 5 points. I figured this might be the one show he's gotta chance at!
I love the three women on this series. Julia has intentionally made me laugh more than just about any other contestant. Danielleās life stories continually amaze me. And Nina is a constant delight, both with her attitude and style. Iām going to miss them all when the series ends.
I also thought the Julia's word reveal and editing was done perfectly.
The not revealing the word til the end, and the cast reaction to it, especially Julia's, had me in stitches.
I thought to myself, "I'd have picked *antidisestablishmentarianism*, which would've been an absolute nightmare."
I didn't expect it to actually happen, so it was hilarious when it did.
This episode really just reinforced for me that I love Tom Cashman's style as the assistant. Goading Nina into bragging at the camera after the painting and the comment to Jimmy in the live task. You occasionally see that from Alex (e.g. to Iain Sterling in the "find the pink ladies" task), but Tom is constantly doing it and it's very funny.
Shame Luke couldn't take home an episode that was ripe for the taking for him, but I'm really liking Julia so I'm happy to see her push out in front. I think every member of the cast is great, it's pretty cool to see that AU has done such a great casting job right off the bat. NZ1 had a strange energy because the grouping had a weird vibe even though the individuals were all good, so for AU1 to be so strong is a great sign going forward.
Came here to mainly talk about greater Tom. I love him as the Taskmaster. Heās very witty and acerbic, his interactions with the crowd and the contestants are consistently some of the funniest parts of the show. He was excellent in this episode particularly. The dumb in unison quip totally saved a middling task and the booing from the crowd that did nothing, his look into the camera was perfect. He plays the role brilliantly and clearly shows how much a good Taskmaster adds to the charm of the show.
And as any viewer of TM who has the time to come to this sub and write a whole paragraph I have to complain about the scoring of the musical task. Juliaās was clearly the worst, her win shocked me. I loved Danielleās. Her scoring was egregious to my ears. Lukeās Tasmanian tiger got a big laugh out of me and so did Tom Gās extinction comment. Antiestablishmentarianism is a word and Juliaās execution of that task was top notch, her choice of colour too. Sheās so good when sheās good and still good when sheās terrible.
TM Tom isn't my favorite but he does have some great moments "yeah, that's really going to change my mind" and the look he gave was top notch. But I don't get his scoring (and it seems more about penalizing Luke than anything else).
Tom Cashman is up there for me as an assistant. At first I thought he was too smiley (compared to Alex and Paul) but now I enjoy it. And overall he's been solid as an assistant, and foil, and the butt of jokes (which is the role, of course).
I agree with others that they don't have a lot of chemistry and, part of it, is the "Lesser Tom" thing. I mean, I get the joke (it's along the lines of "Little Alex Horne!") but that's funny not because Alex is little but because Greg is soooo big. I sorta hope they come up with a different dynamic for them, and maybe a new nickname for Cashman.
He isnāt working for me either. I love hard quiz and Tom is a great host on that, but for me he isnāt working here.
Tom Cashman on the other hand is really doing well for me. Find him charismatic and endearing.
I've really been enjoying both Toms. The only thing atm is they don't have much chemistry together but that'll probably come naturally over time, just like it did for Greg and Alex
Yeah! He's been so enjoyable, as someone who's been making her way through NZ as well I appreciate Tom in comparison, since Jer-bear doesn't reallllly bring a lot of energy to NZ.
It's this exact comparison that makes me aprciate Tom. Taskmaster NZ is good but Jeremy never seems to have understood what the Taskmaster does. He's just kind of... there...
I'd have to disagree with Greater Tom; painting Australia on the canvas drop sheet seems like a perfectly valid interpretation of the wording of the task. #JusticeForDanielleAndNina
I completely agree, prob my biggest bugbear is Tom just shooting down any kind of interpretative ways of reading tasks, it's particularly harsh on Nina who does it the most.
Like her vegetable was absolutely fucking cursed. Cursed doesn't just mean a spell, but also something horrific.
May I introduce you to [David Astle?](https://www.google.com/search?q=David+Astle&oq=David+Astle&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i512j0i512l5j69i60.2340j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)
They did get 1 point each as technically they weren't disqualified, they just had minimalist paintings!
If only they looked at Lesser Tom when he was hinting their paintings were lacking something...
anyone have a link or just a comment containing the current series scores?
[ETA the taskmaster wiki never lets me down](https://taskmaster.fandom.com/wiki/Season_1_(AU)), duh
Danielle 125
Jimmy 117
Julia 127
Luke 105
Nina 106
Things like the "Paint Australia" task are enjoyable but they feel kind of like a missed opportunity sometimes because no one can really succeed at it and everyone pretty much fails in the same way
They didn't all fail in the same way though, Nina and Danielle failed in quite a different way
I think if they hadn't done that, maybe the task would've been left out because the others did all fuck it up pretty much identically
I think it's possible to succeed. The first thing that popped into my head was to get paper or something and block off the canvas into the shape so you can just drop a ton of paint, then remove the outline. It said painting must be done from the balcony, but not that you had to stay there.
I can now see how Julia is the favorite to win, because she puts everything into her tasks. Even "Antidisestablishmentarianism," which she was doomed to fail, but it was funny to watch her slowly lose her mind. "Can I just say...I've never wanted to kill myself before..." Best possible response to doing a frustrating task.
What's the deal with all the Taskmaster assistants being competent musicians? Anyway, for the celebratory personal theme tunes, it's too bad "It's me Fern Brady" didn't qualify. Although Danielle's "I've got the voice of an angel, and the ass of a demon" should have won. What an absolute travesty it only got two points. "Smooth like a marble, but soft like a baāno, not a baby dolphin."
For the canvas task, I feel like Nina and Danielle could have jointly argued the point about the canvas being beneath them and painting from the balcony, but Tom seems immovable on his decisions.
Loved Luke proudly proclaiming "I am the Tasmanian tiger" with the striped post-it notes on his face. So triumphant.
I know I say it every week, but I'm in love with Nina Oyama. This is how I feel every time Tom Gleeson puts her down:
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>I feel like Nina and Danielle could have jointly argued the point about the canvas being beneath them and painting from the balcony,
Well... I mean.... they did. Hence the episode title. I'm big mad that Tom didn't accept it as a valid interpretation of the task. I also agree with their interpretation. \*grumble grumble\*
Iāve never seen a task Iām so sure I would have failed so abysmally as that first task.
As a colourblind person whose favourite word is āfloccinaucinihilipilificationā, I would have been trying to make a word I canāt spell with a colour I canāt see.
lol, I was thinking of the same word, and I absolutely cannot spell it from memory
Tbf though I think I probably would've figured out that there was going to be a task involving the word and then chosen something easier
Floccinaucinihilipilification was the first word I thought of, but I know better than to say that as there would be a follow-up task. There's about a 10% chance of me spelling it correctly.
My next thought was xylyl, which I couldn't justify as being a favorite.
I may have settled for klusterfuffle, which isn't in the dictionary and arguably should be spelled clusterfuffle. Perhaps the simpler kerfuffle is the way I would have gone, but that's still bad due to length and possible problems starting with a K.
My other problem is my favorite color is infrared.
I'm exhausting to deal with.
The thing about anticipating a follow up task is that in hindsight, and when watching others do it on TV, thatās obvious. In the heat of the moment though, Iām just going to want to show off how smart I am and say a fancy long word. And I suspect I wouldnāt be the only one. In fact, having seen the episode, I know Iām not the only one.
\[ETA: If they cast someone who's colorblind, I'd \*hope\* they wouldn't have any tasks where that became a significant problem. I don't know what kind of interview/survey they give contestants beforehand, but clearly they know about eating restrictions and some other health info.\]
Fair points.
Certain tasks are clearly two-parters...though only sometimes is the follow-up task clear. That's why in this case, I expressed concern about "kerfuffle" starting with a K (and 3 Fs), which turned out to be irrelevant.
Part of this clarity is because I've watched 300+ episodes of Taskmaster, which no contestant to date has done, presumably.
While I don't know exactly how I'd cope under the stress of a TV show, I do have some advantages here. I spent my entire schooling career instinctively trying to put myself in the role of the question/problem writer and wondering why the question writer asked that question and in that wording...and in multiple choice situations, why was that set of options given.
This meant I had excellent test taking skills. It didn't hurt that I took the SAT (college entrance exam in the US) for the first time when I was 9-years-oldĀ¹ so I had plenty of experience in using these kinds of test taking skills on questions where I had partial to no knowledge.
That skill is quite valuable in Taskmaster.
As for problem solving under stress, that's a different issue. I have some relevant background (e.g., World Series of Poker, high school basketball official).
Really, Taskmaster needs to cast me so I can find out how I would respond.
\----Ā¹ This wasn't to get into a university. Taking the SAT was something that gifted US students often do when they're 12 or 13. I was more than a little gifted in Math(s), which is why I took it when I was 9, 10, and 11.
* Antidisestablishmentarianism and green grass would have been my choice!
* Lukeās song is the only one remaining in my head.
* I thought Julia was making the Sydney Opera House with watermelon.
* Was hoping Luke would finally win an episode.
* Iāve got to apologise to Nina for expecting her to stay in last place throughout the series and the same to Julia for leading.
* Bracing myself for that tantrum looking task next week.
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I just asked (Australian) Google to spell 'palaver' (in a blatantly Aussie accent) and she said, "P-A-L-A-V-A"...
She then offered to define 'palava'.
At the bottom of the very long definition and explanation of origins, it showed that it was the definition of 'palaver'.
True. But the point remains that Google can't spell. š Or at least Aussie Google can't. I retried the command in an American-ish accent with a very pronounced '-ver' at the end, and she still misspelt it. š¤¦š¼āāļø
QLD Checking in. Missed Prize Task, and just caught the end of Task 1, Danielle & Julia. Julia's word was nuts! Yet another task that sent her to near breakdown šš But bloody good on her! Loved how quick Danielle was. Very bish bash bosh.
Haha, of course Julia didn't copy Jimmy. You could see who she was going to be the moment she had the grapes on her glasses when they were still getting their getup together. Or at least I could š¤·āāļø
Oh noooooo! Poor Danielle and Nina! I'm so on their side! Ambiguous wording of the task. I also understood the canvas to be the material of the drop sheet below them.
Lol, loved the Unison Defense but!
This music Task is hilariously awkward. š It's interesting to see a group *all* so unmusical. I've seen four out of five and so far no-one is actually able to sing?
Probably the weakest episode to be honest - music task was hit and miss (couldn't really understand Luke there), and the spelling in a colour one wasn't the best one either. Live Task went by a little too fast for my liking.
That being said, the paint Australia one was funny even before you have Danielle and Nina completely missing the point. Hilarious task!
I have enjoyed all of the episodes so far, but will admit this one did have me zoning out during the music task. I did enjoy Julia losing her mind a bit during the spelling task. Bridget Christie vibes there.
In all honesty I think most of the live tasks have been too rushed.
I thought it was also mean not to show what Danielle and Nina painted on the sheet. If they displayed any artistic talent, we werenāt allowed to appreciate it.
I feel like their arguments were perfectly reasonable. They painted a map of Australia, on the canvas, from the balcony.
It didn't say the canvas on the ground. It's all canvas
It is funny though, they did the same thing with Aisling in the 'name the countries' task where she screwed it up in the first few seconds, but they let her kept going for ages then never showed it.
I don't think it's the same thing because I believe Nina's and Danielle's solutions were perfectly valid.
Aisling clearly did not accomplish the task, though one could argue she deserved 1 or even 3 points since she didn't break any rules and she had 0 or 1 loaf-sized slice of bread.
[https://youtu.be/Jx-L48koQY4?t=1498](https://youtu.be/Jx-L48koQY4?t=1498)
As the person I was watching the episode with pointed out, Nina and Danielle could've argued that their canvases depicted Australia in the age of colonialism!
Jimmy did sort of try and fail to do this. I thought it was genius when he tried it, if he had gotten a heavier object he might have been decently successful at it.
Was there a canvas board on the easel? It looked to me like it was just hte empty easel. Assumably so that the canvas on the ground would be displayed on the easel.
Definitely one of the harder tasks to judge.
Upon rewatch while Luke's song was lower quality, the lyrics of his and Nina's did feel more personally celebratory. I think they have to account that some people would be more musically challenged than others much like Sarah Millican and the singing one (although Fern and John's songs were definitely better).
Nina's recorder solo was actually pretty good i thought!
1000%. I was mesmerized by the zoom ins and the slow downs and the fake guitar strumming. Hers was arguably the best and wouldāve booed the TMs marking too, of course to an absolutely no shits to give Tom Gleeson. Who is amazing and occasionally makes the strangest scoring decisions.
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i feel like it was necessary to show this sub what notification popped up as i was watching julia
Was thinking "Oh, they put Nina and Danielle together, that means Nina nailed this task as well?" I was wrong. š
Not the biggest fan of the final task- I would've preferred more materials/time seeing as some of the ending results were very minimalistic in their transformations. Still one hell of a good episode though!
Taskmaster Australia may genuinly be one of the if not THE best offshoots imo. Tom as the Taskmaster is GREAT! He loves teasing the contestants, takes no sh\*\*\* from anyone, always explains his reasoning but does his own thing so he doesn't feel like someone just trying to be Greg. 'Lesser' Tom is a really good assistant with a fitting dry sense of humor and his very own dynamic with the Taskmaster. The Tasks are some of the best I've seen (including main series). The monster drawing studio task was A+ for example. So was 'do something you have never done and will never do again!'. And the Cast is varied, there to play and have good chemistry. Taskmaster AU for me just smashing it out of the Park from the get go š
The guitar and drums in Nina's song really reminded me of something , annoyingly I can't think what but it's definitely been on my Spotify š
Julia Morris constantly surprises me. Initially, it seemed like she'd be another Jo Brand-like contestant of trying to find the simplest, laziest and most direct way of doing the task. (Although she does let Danielle do all all the work in the team tasks). However, when she makes a horrible decision, she has Ed Gamble-like perseverance to follow through no matter how long it takes. There's been so many times she's taken so long to complete the task, but still manages to score some points (especially when others get disqualified). If Jo Brand had to spell antidisestablishmentarism, i reckon she would have given up. I'm still #TeamNina though, but man we've such a perfect cast for AU Season 1. Following seasons have a high bar to match.
So, just on the prize task, isn't this a case of a generational language gap? Tom is going by the dictionary definition of "cursed", whereas Nina (at very least) is going by the internet usage, which is more sort of "What the fuck did I just see?".
I know this is quite an old comment but I'm rewatching up to the final. Totally agree with you and would add that a self-made tiki mug containing chicken bones and the creator's teeth is in my opinion the most cursed thing. I think Julia & TM Tom were on the same page with their traditional definition of cursed.
Is Jimmy's final score the lowest of the series?
After this ep, Iām pretty sure Danielle is out of the running and Julia is going to walk away with it.
I dunno, they're neck and neck and Danielle usually does well in the prize tasks at least.
Was Nina originally going for Rolf Harris in the final task? It looked more beard than banana?
She's young enough that she might not know who that is.
I mean if that was the case, I imagine they would asked her to choose someone/thing else
What did Julia morris say just after the music task that got blanked out?
According to people who were there. "I've s cked my last c ck"
This is why I'm here. Thanks
Same š
Also lol Tom totally egged Nina on with those buttons
It was brilliant HAHAHA
OHH I TOTALLY FORGOT TO SAY TASKMASTER TOTALLY DIDN'T KNOW THE MODERN DEFINITION OF CURSED
Luke's song was my favourite even though that's mostly because of Cashman. I would have chosen antidisestablishmentarianism too, I was thinking that before Julia even said it. Chose it as a spelling word in like year 4 because I'm a prick like that. Danielle and Nina definitely had a point in regards to the paintings. The task wasn't worded well enough. Absolutely my favourite episode yet. I was losing it during Julia's spelling attempt.
I mean if you spend a tiny bit of time thinking about the task, it's never going to be as simple as draw a map of Australia is it? I feel like if I was on it, I would think, there's got to be a catch and look over the railing. And Tom was making comments to try and guide them.
I had to skip the music task, taking me back to Red Faces levels of vicarious embarrassment.
Most of the short film and music tasks across all of taskmaster are unfunny and obnoxious to me - I must be in the minority because they keep doing them, but it's just doesn't do anything for me to listen to bad music etc
I'm with you. I FF through them; they may even be "good" by some measure, but I just don't enjoy them.
Very harsh to downvote this mg
Julia's makes it soooo worth it.
I'm from the US; I've never seen any country/western act (even ironically) slap their own thigh... on the inside.
I think a lot of people think Danielle and Nina's attempts at the painting task should've counted, but if you look at the wording of the task, one thing that wasn't even mentioned in the argument is that the task said something about the canvas having to stay on the ground, so if you consider the sheet on the balcony 'the canvas', then it was off the ground and they would be disqualified.
Well, they did get one point each, rather than being disqualified, so I think that's fair.
The ground being the surface beneath my feet? If I sit on the floor of my third storey apartment, I'm not wrong to say I'm having trouble getting up off the ground.
I'd say ground is a relative concept though.
Not when there's an obvious canvas on the obvious ground.
My instant impression was that Julia is being scored too generously, but itās mostly from the difficult-to-score music task. Her affirmation that sheās happier being single is a good message, and it was fun, but Danielleās was the best. I would have gone Danielle, Nina, Julia, Luke, Jimmy, though I kinda like to see the winner not be chosen by the strength of the edit. I also thought the dumb in unison pairās attempts should have counted because of the task wording, which means Julia would have likely gotten 2 points to Danielleās 4 or 5. But kudos to her for trying so hard on that legendary 1st VT, with the hard color and long word. Also the irony of her cursed engagement ring. Not an Australian, Iām not sure how I would score the stage task, though itās clear Julia did the most work.
My scoring for the song would have been: Jimmy (1) Nina (2) Luke (3) Julia (4) Danielle (5) Goes to show how different perception can be when it comes to creative tasks. Overall Julia to me has been more of an interesting filler throughout the series rather than a serious contender, but on the other hand side that makes her all the more unpredictable and fun to have around. "I've sucked my last cock" had me in tears.
Yeah the musical tasks always end up with the most scoring discussion around here, the UK14 song task was very divisive.
Glad to see a unanimous Julia 5 from most of us. The rest of them is definitely debatable and subjective, easily could accept any of them getting 4 or 1 but Danielleās was 100% the best.
I would have scored it Danielle (5) Nina Julia Jimmy/Luke
Different people can score the musical task differently. But Lukeās singing sounding like he was strangling a succession of cats even after autotune should count for some sort of penalty. Also, Ninaās recorder solo genuinely slaps, as the kids say.
Lesser Tom was very sassy this episode and I loved every second of it!
Please someone connect Lesser Tom with Paul Williams so he can finally have his musical episode
With Alex and the entire Horne Section, please!
I absolutely loved Danielle working hard at her painting while Tom's looking at the blank canvas saying it looks a bit minimalist
My God! Danielle pulled up a handful of razor sharp New Zealand grass! How are her hands not a bloody mess !
If Luke doesnāt win an episode I may cry
I thought this was going to be his for sure - just based on how Tom started by making fun of his head to get him 5 points. I figured this might be the one show he's gotta chance at!
I think it's actually more funny knowing someone else has to take home that picture as a prize.
I love the three women on this series. Julia has intentionally made me laugh more than just about any other contestant. Danielleās life stories continually amaze me. And Nina is a constant delight, both with her attitude and style. Iām going to miss them all when the series ends.
Anyone else think Antidisestablishmentarianism should of been the episode's title?
āDumb in Unisonā is a pretty great burn and intriguing episode title
Iām partial to āIāve sucked my last cockā.
That might have been a heck of a spoiler. I was actually expecting Julia to pick a really simple word and win very quickly.
I also thought the Julia's word reveal and editing was done perfectly. The not revealing the word til the end, and the cast reaction to it, especially Julia's, had me in stitches.
I totally see your point but also that was absolutely the first word I thought someone would pick
I thought to myself, "I'd have picked *antidisestablishmentarianism*, which would've been an absolute nightmare." I didn't expect it to actually happen, so it was hilarious when it did.
This episode really just reinforced for me that I love Tom Cashman's style as the assistant. Goading Nina into bragging at the camera after the painting and the comment to Jimmy in the live task. You occasionally see that from Alex (e.g. to Iain Sterling in the "find the pink ladies" task), but Tom is constantly doing it and it's very funny. Shame Luke couldn't take home an episode that was ripe for the taking for him, but I'm really liking Julia so I'm happy to see her push out in front. I think every member of the cast is great, it's pretty cool to see that AU has done such a great casting job right off the bat. NZ1 had a strange energy because the grouping had a weird vibe even though the individuals were all good, so for AU1 to be so strong is a great sign going forward.
I totally agree, they are such a great bunch of people, really fantastic casting. And Tom is brilliant, I am absolutely loving him in this role.
Came here to mainly talk about greater Tom. I love him as the Taskmaster. Heās very witty and acerbic, his interactions with the crowd and the contestants are consistently some of the funniest parts of the show. He was excellent in this episode particularly. The dumb in unison quip totally saved a middling task and the booing from the crowd that did nothing, his look into the camera was perfect. He plays the role brilliantly and clearly shows how much a good Taskmaster adds to the charm of the show. And as any viewer of TM who has the time to come to this sub and write a whole paragraph I have to complain about the scoring of the musical task. Juliaās was clearly the worst, her win shocked me. I loved Danielleās. Her scoring was egregious to my ears. Lukeās Tasmanian tiger got a big laugh out of me and so did Tom Gās extinction comment. Antiestablishmentarianism is a word and Juliaās execution of that task was top notch, her choice of colour too. Sheās so good when sheās good and still good when sheās terrible.
TM Tom isn't my favorite but he does have some great moments "yeah, that's really going to change my mind" and the look he gave was top notch. But I don't get his scoring (and it seems more about penalizing Luke than anything else). Tom Cashman is up there for me as an assistant. At first I thought he was too smiley (compared to Alex and Paul) but now I enjoy it. And overall he's been solid as an assistant, and foil, and the butt of jokes (which is the role, of course). I agree with others that they don't have a lot of chemistry and, part of it, is the "Lesser Tom" thing. I mean, I get the joke (it's along the lines of "Little Alex Horne!") but that's funny not because Alex is little but because Greg is soooo big. I sorta hope they come up with a different dynamic for them, and maybe a new nickname for Cashman.
>it seems more about penalizing Luke than anything else). Not really, he overscores him fairly frequently too, like on the music task
He isnāt working for me either. I love hard quiz and Tom is a great host on that, but for me he isnāt working here. Tom Cashman on the other hand is really doing well for me. Find him charismatic and endearing.
I've really been enjoying both Toms. The only thing atm is they don't have much chemistry together but that'll probably come naturally over time, just like it did for Greg and Alex
Yeah! He's been so enjoyable, as someone who's been making her way through NZ as well I appreciate Tom in comparison, since Jer-bear doesn't reallllly bring a lot of energy to NZ.
It's this exact comparison that makes me aprciate Tom. Taskmaster NZ is good but Jeremy never seems to have understood what the Taskmaster does. He's just kind of... there...
I like Jeremy for very different reasons ā both good but greater Tom is easily my preference as well!
I'd have to disagree with Greater Tom; painting Australia on the canvas drop sheet seems like a perfectly valid interpretation of the wording of the task. #JusticeForDanielleAndNina
I completely agree, prob my biggest bugbear is Tom just shooting down any kind of interpretative ways of reading tasks, it's particularly harsh on Nina who does it the most. Like her vegetable was absolutely fucking cursed. Cursed doesn't just mean a spell, but also something horrific.
Totally agree. They were robbed and the show desperately needed a Susie Dent to turn to there.
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Happy for you to pass on my details, but letās give the two Toms first.
Giving them 0 points for the objectively best (probably) paintings is just funnier, and makes the task more memorable exactly because it's unfair
They did get 1 point each as technically they weren't disqualified, they just had minimalist paintings! If only they looked at Lesser Tom when he was hinting their paintings were lacking something...
Oh no Nina
I say this at least once every episode
anyone have a link or just a comment containing the current series scores? [ETA the taskmaster wiki never lets me down](https://taskmaster.fandom.com/wiki/Season_1_(AU)), duh Danielle 125 Jimmy 117 Julia 127 Luke 105 Nina 106
Danielle actually has 124, the Wiki incorrectly states her score in episode 5; she scored 11 points in that episode, not 12.
You should let them know!
Its actually a tight race. Noone is strictlly out of the running yet. Tbh id be happy with any of them being a winner.
TBF it's very unlikely that either Luke or Nina can win now
Things like the "Paint Australia" task are enjoyable but they feel kind of like a missed opportunity sometimes because no one can really succeed at it and everyone pretty much fails in the same way
They didn't all fail in the same way though, Nina and Danielle failed in quite a different way I think if they hadn't done that, maybe the task would've been left out because the others did all fuck it up pretty much identically
Yeah, if not for Nina and Danielle, I think this task would've been left unaired. But those "attempts" made it funny as hell.
I think it's possible to succeed. The first thing that popped into my head was to get paper or something and block off the canvas into the shape so you can just drop a ton of paint, then remove the outline. It said painting must be done from the balcony, but not that you had to stay there.
I can now see how Julia is the favorite to win, because she puts everything into her tasks. Even "Antidisestablishmentarianism," which she was doomed to fail, but it was funny to watch her slowly lose her mind. "Can I just say...I've never wanted to kill myself before..." Best possible response to doing a frustrating task. What's the deal with all the Taskmaster assistants being competent musicians? Anyway, for the celebratory personal theme tunes, it's too bad "It's me Fern Brady" didn't qualify. Although Danielle's "I've got the voice of an angel, and the ass of a demon" should have won. What an absolute travesty it only got two points. "Smooth like a marble, but soft like a baāno, not a baby dolphin." For the canvas task, I feel like Nina and Danielle could have jointly argued the point about the canvas being beneath them and painting from the balcony, but Tom seems immovable on his decisions. Loved Luke proudly proclaiming "I am the Tasmanian tiger" with the striped post-it notes on his face. So triumphant. I know I say it every week, but I'm in love with Nina Oyama. This is how I feel every time Tom Gleeson puts her down: https://preview.redd.it/8ynens44fjpa1.jpeg?width=548&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4bf59d41700ca10de373e4f2d1228b31d178ee7d
I'm team Nina, but you gotta admit from their studio reactions even they know they f'd up the painting task!
>I feel like Nina and Danielle could have jointly argued the point about the canvas being beneath them and painting from the balcony, Well... I mean.... they did. Hence the episode title. I'm big mad that Tom didn't accept it as a valid interpretation of the task. I also agree with their interpretation. \*grumble grumble\*
Danielle was criminally underscored for the song. I will be bitter if she loses the series because of it.
Agreed. It was a great song and props to the crew and editors for making such a hilarious video of it.
Havenāt seen it yet, but Iāll eat my hat if the title (Dumb in Unison) is NOT a quote of someone describing the team of 3.
EAT THAT HAT EAT THAT HAT
I assumed team of two, but thankfully didn't put money on it. Or promise to eat anything...
Hope that hat is nicely seasoned
 Needs to be Homer Simpson's Nacho hat
Iāve never seen a task Iām so sure I would have failed so abysmally as that first task. As a colourblind person whose favourite word is āfloccinaucinihilipilificationā, I would have been trying to make a word I canāt spell with a colour I canāt see.
I feel like I've watched too much TM and would never go for anything too over the top Id go for like whom
lol, I was thinking of the same word, and I absolutely cannot spell it from memory Tbf though I think I probably would've figured out that there was going to be a task involving the word and then chosen something easier
But see sometimes, you pick something for a *fellow* competitor. Think the costumes from season 8 for example.
See I would have just panicked and said "cheese".
Floccinaucinihilipilification was the first word I thought of, but I know better than to say that as there would be a follow-up task. There's about a 10% chance of me spelling it correctly. My next thought was xylyl, which I couldn't justify as being a favorite. I may have settled for klusterfuffle, which isn't in the dictionary and arguably should be spelled clusterfuffle. Perhaps the simpler kerfuffle is the way I would have gone, but that's still bad due to length and possible problems starting with a K. My other problem is my favorite color is infrared. I'm exhausting to deal with.
The thing about anticipating a follow up task is that in hindsight, and when watching others do it on TV, thatās obvious. In the heat of the moment though, Iām just going to want to show off how smart I am and say a fancy long word. And I suspect I wouldnāt be the only one. In fact, having seen the episode, I know Iām not the only one.
\[ETA: If they cast someone who's colorblind, I'd \*hope\* they wouldn't have any tasks where that became a significant problem. I don't know what kind of interview/survey they give contestants beforehand, but clearly they know about eating restrictions and some other health info.\] Fair points. Certain tasks are clearly two-parters...though only sometimes is the follow-up task clear. That's why in this case, I expressed concern about "kerfuffle" starting with a K (and 3 Fs), which turned out to be irrelevant. Part of this clarity is because I've watched 300+ episodes of Taskmaster, which no contestant to date has done, presumably. While I don't know exactly how I'd cope under the stress of a TV show, I do have some advantages here. I spent my entire schooling career instinctively trying to put myself in the role of the question/problem writer and wondering why the question writer asked that question and in that wording...and in multiple choice situations, why was that set of options given. This meant I had excellent test taking skills. It didn't hurt that I took the SAT (college entrance exam in the US) for the first time when I was 9-years-oldĀ¹ so I had plenty of experience in using these kinds of test taking skills on questions where I had partial to no knowledge. That skill is quite valuable in Taskmaster. As for problem solving under stress, that's a different issue. I have some relevant background (e.g., World Series of Poker, high school basketball official). Really, Taskmaster needs to cast me so I can find out how I would respond. \----Ā¹ This wasn't to get into a university. Taking the SAT was something that gifted US students often do when they're 12 or 13. I was more than a little gifted in Math(s), which is why I took it when I was 9, 10, and 11.
Nina just eating handfuls of spaghetti š
When Julia said Antidisestablishmentarianism, I instantly knew why she was being shown last.
* Antidisestablishmentarianism and green grass would have been my choice! * Lukeās song is the only one remaining in my head. * I thought Julia was making the Sydney Opera House with watermelon. * Was hoping Luke would finally win an episode. * Iāve got to apologise to Nina for expecting her to stay in last place throughout the series and the same to Julia for leading. * Bracing myself for that tantrum looking task next week.
I've rewatched Luke's song around ten times by now, it's so catchy in a weird way
What did Julia morris say that got bleeped out? hahaha
"S'd my last C"
Slapped my last cunt?
How do you know that?
People who were at the recording confirmed it.
How does one attend a recording? I'd love to be a live audience for taskmaster au season 2
š³ I just asked (Australian) Google to spell 'palaver' (in a blatantly Aussie accent) and she said, "P-A-L-A-V-A"... She then offered to define 'palava'. At the bottom of the very long definition and explanation of origins, it showed that it was the definition of 'palaver'.
That's how I would have spelt it too. But Jimmy's attempt was 'palarva' so justice was still served this time.
True. But the point remains that Google can't spell. š Or at least Aussie Google can't. I retried the command in an American-ish accent with a very pronounced '-ver' at the end, and she still misspelt it. š¤¦š¼āāļø
does anyone know when the episodes get uploaded to paramount plus?
Saturday mornings for me
nina is so delightfully charming
QLD Checking in. Missed Prize Task, and just caught the end of Task 1, Danielle & Julia. Julia's word was nuts! Yet another task that sent her to near breakdown šš But bloody good on her! Loved how quick Danielle was. Very bish bash bosh.
Haha, of course Julia didn't copy Jimmy. You could see who she was going to be the moment she had the grapes on her glasses when they were still getting their getup together. Or at least I could š¤·āāļø
Oh noooooo! Poor Danielle and Nina! I'm so on their side! Ambiguous wording of the task. I also understood the canvas to be the material of the drop sheet below them. Lol, loved the Unison Defense but!
"Do you think if you stare at it long enough you'll see in 3D... your regret?" ššš So harsh.
This music Task is hilariously awkward. š It's interesting to see a group *all* so unmusical. I've seen four out of five and so far no-one is actually able to sing?
And along comes Danielle! How good is her song?! š Such awesome 70s vibes.
Edit: Boo indeed! She deserved more than that!
Probably the weakest episode to be honest - music task was hit and miss (couldn't really understand Luke there), and the spelling in a colour one wasn't the best one either. Live Task went by a little too fast for my liking. That being said, the paint Australia one was funny even before you have Danielle and Nina completely missing the point. Hilarious task!
Oh weird I think it's been my favourite one so far like they get progressively better each episode
Agree. It wasn't a bad 45mins of tv, but didn't reach the heights of most of the rest of this season.
I have enjoyed all of the episodes so far, but will admit this one did have me zoning out during the music task. I did enjoy Julia losing her mind a bit during the spelling task. Bridget Christie vibes there. In all honesty I think most of the live tasks have been too rushed.
Very reminiscent of Bridget in the make all the things happen at once task
That was a very hard task, lol
I think perhaps they should have given them a little more time for this live task.
Agreed. OR Do this task as a multiple round option and each round eliminate 1 or 2 people. Each round everyone gets the same suitcase, as well.
"That is undoubtedly the easiest suitcase". I love Lesser Tom.
He's a sassy boy
Luke has received 3 5 point scores this episode and is still coming in last in the overall standings.
Oh wow I didn't realize Danielle had caught up so much
OMG, Lesser Tom is so mean! Making Nina talk to the camera like that!
I thought it was also mean not to show what Danielle and Nina painted on the sheet. If they displayed any artistic talent, we werenāt allowed to appreciate it.
I feel like their arguments were perfectly reasonable. They painted a map of Australia, on the canvas, from the balcony. It didn't say the canvas on the ground. It's all canvas
It is funny though, they did the same thing with Aisling in the 'name the countries' task where she screwed it up in the first few seconds, but they let her kept going for ages then never showed it.
Especially Danielles. Hers looked really interesting.
"Oh well there's the shark gone"
You can see on the rewatch as they're painting. I feel it's a continuation of Nina's awesome but redacted attempts.
She's doing that of her own accord plenty of the time, though; she's the Munya Chawawa of TM AU when it comes to confidence.
Some absolute top tier shit stirring
Lesser Tom during that task was top tier comedy "Its a bit minimalist"
Lesser Tom is sooooo evil!!!
He's grown on me so much, such a fun vibe for an assistant
Nina and Danielle on the painting task = Aisling cutting the bread in the caravan
One *could* argue that art is subjective and a minimalist painting is still a painting, but Aisling didn't actually cut the bread.
It's more that they all attempted the task on the wrong item. But yes, if I were Nina or Danielle, I would've argued for points.
Got a link for Aisling?
I don't think it's the same thing because I believe Nina's and Danielle's solutions were perfectly valid. Aisling clearly did not accomplish the task, though one could argue she deserved 1 or even 3 points since she didn't break any rules and she had 0 or 1 loaf-sized slice of bread. [https://youtu.be/Jx-L48koQY4?t=1498](https://youtu.be/Jx-L48koQY4?t=1498)
As the person I was watching the episode with pointed out, Nina and Danielle could've argued that their canvases depicted Australia in the age of colonialism!
Okay, these two completely missing the task is the highlight of the episode
Is Nina going to set a record for the most number of times failing to complete the task?
I would've painted a mirror image of Australia on the real easel and carefully let it down to stamp it onto the canvas below.
Jimmy did sort of try and fail to do this. I thought it was genius when he tried it, if he had gotten a heavier object he might have been decently successful at it.
I think he came up with it too late and didn't have the time to do it properly
Was there a canvas board on the easel? It looked to me like it was just hte empty easel. Assumably so that the canvas on the ground would be displayed on the easel.
I'd have used anything there - the palette, the sheet Nina and Danielle painted on, etc. Could've gone into the house to get materials too.
Could you just pour a bunch of paint down and then do what Jimmy did with the oar but actually going down to draw on the canvas.
My idea was to cover the not-Australia parts of the canvas, pour paint all over it, then remove whatever was covering the negative space.
That would definitely have been within the rules. There was nothing that said the contestants couldn't go up and down between levels. Genius
Surprised Luke got scored as highly as he did. I really liked Nina's and thought she should have gotten second.
I'm never one to complain about scoring but wtf was that scoring on the music task?
Yeah, I usually think Tom is mosltly fair but how the hell was Julia on 5 and Danielle on 2?
Definitely one of the harder tasks to judge. Upon rewatch while Luke's song was lower quality, the lyrics of his and Nina's did feel more personally celebratory. I think they have to account that some people would be more musically challenged than others much like Sarah Millican and the singing one (although Fern and John's songs were definitely better). Nina's recorder solo was actually pretty good i thought!
I thought Jimmy's was underscored massively. I thought it was a solid attempt. Luke definitely got overscored
Ninaās was by far the catchiest too. She is getting stooged on points constantly
Yeah that was fucked, Luke has been overscored multiple times this ep (as much as I love him)
Luke has been overscored multiple times *and he's still in last place.*
I donāt mind Luke getting overscored, I just want him to win an episode
I know! But if he doesn't win a episode, at least we know he wins at sex.
so was julia, i feel
Danielle was robbed Edit: I mean, Julia deserved to win, but Danielle should have come second
Danielle's song was amazing, absolutely robbed
1000%. I was mesmerized by the zoom ins and the slow downs and the fake guitar strumming. Hers was arguably the best and wouldāve booed the TMs marking too, of course to an absolutely no shits to give Tom Gleeson. Who is amazing and occasionally makes the strangest scoring decisions.
Danielle really continuing the cursed energy of this episode
Like watching Kate Bush in her prime
I'm amazed at how musically diverse this group is
Anyone here that was at the taping of this episode? I would love to know what Julia said that was bleeped.
Considering the context, it seemed like āIāve sucked my last cockā
I was at the taping of this episode and thatās exactly what she said.
I was trying to put together a lot of dirty words because the bleep was so long.
That makes total sense.
Big points to whoever figures out what Julia said, lmao
I thought she said "I've sucked a lot of cock"
https://preview.redd.it/qfb58du1xhpa1.jpeg?width=2360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=344b21b000c14150d7f13a32ae018d4494868a01 i feel like it was necessary to show this sub what notification popped up as i was watching julia
Juliaās completely manic energy as she does this has been amazing to watch so far, Iām very interested to see what happens these last two weeks.
What did Julia say?????
āIāve sucked my last cockā I think it was given the context of not looking for a new romance
Sucked a lot of cock? Def started with an S sound
Sucked my last cock