Tonight, 10 launches a new season of the much-loved Taskmaster Australia.
For the uninitiated, Taskmaster sees tough-love Tom Gleeson, along with his trusty sidekick Lesser Tom (Tom Cashman), set a group of well-known comedians a bunch of weird and whacky tasks, with Tom awarding points based on how well they complete the task.
Each episode finishes with a live task, and the winner of each episode takes home a collection of weird trophies, contributed by their fellow contestants. Points are also accumulated across the entire season, with one lucky comedian walking away with a golden trophy of Gleeson’s head and the glory of being Australia’s next Taskmaster champion.
Season Five brings together Anisa Nanduala, Rove McManus, Joel Creasey, Celia Pacquola, and Brett Blake, who put their comedic skills to the test as they battle it out for that golden trophy.
In the opening episode, the contestants must move a trolley of eggs down a driveway, without breaking or touching the eggs, and attempt to kick a ball up a ramp, but there’s a twist to really challenge them.
Who will earn the points to put them on the path to victory, and who will fail spectacularly while leaving the audience in fits of laughter?
As always, Gleeson has so much fun with this batch of comedians, giving you barrels of laughs as they try to complete the tasks, all with different, and sometimes unusual, methods and varying degrees of success.
Meanwhile Cashman continues to oversee all tasks, assisting (or hindering) contestants where possible. The dynamic of the duo has remained a constant for this series, and they are as delightful as ever.
Five seasons in and Taskmaster Australia continues to be fun, silly, and guaranteed to bring the laughs, and this season certainly does not disappoint.
5 Stars
Season 5 of Taskmaster Australia premieres at 7:30pm tonight on 10.
