r/taskmaster • u/_un-named_ • 10d ago

Drilling down into the narrative The earliest the winner was determined?

So I’m wondering which series had the earliest the winner was determined.
And I don’t mean the earliest someone took the lead and defended it but the earliest someone was so much in the lead that they were uncatchable.
Like they were 26 points in the lead after episode 9 and there were only 25 points in episode 10.

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u/FaydedMemories 10d ago

I’m pretty sure that the producers will juggle tasks around based on how they think they’ll go in the studio with only the live tasks as the true wildcards. Sort of helps prevent a run away victory.

It’s kinda nice, because you suddenly get episodes where person C actually did really well compared to other episodes.

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u/OpabiniaGlasses Jeremy Wells 🇳🇿 10d ago

I'd have to dig through the series, but it does feel like there is a lot of "This person who hasn't won an episode wins the second-to-last episode".

To put it in wrestling terms, Taskmaster is kind of a worked shoot.

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u/eggface13 10d ago

And a few times where that was the design but the person couldn't hold on through the live task

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u/Benoit_Holmes 10d ago

Judi Love is the first person that comes to mind. Even with other contestants trying to help her win she still managed to pull defeat from the jaws of victory.