After a standout 20th season of Taskmaster, the neck-and-neck race has come to an end with one comedian crowned the winner.
The latest episodes saw five comics – Ania Magliano, Maisie Adam, Phil Ellis, Reece Shearsmith, and Sanjeev Bhaskar – pitted against each other to tackle increasingly absurd tasks.
All trustily judged by the titular Taskmaster Greg Davies and overseen by his plucky little sidekick… Little Alex Horne.
After rave reviews for the last season of the show earlier this year, viewers have been locked into the return of the popular Channel 4 series that has unearthed some truly classic moments.
From Sanjeev’s recurring urine to snakes and ladder purgatory to Ania confirming once and for all she is, in fact, Greg’s 100% biological daughter – this season has gone down in Taskmaster history.
After a final episode, dressed as pirates, the funny cohort had to make identical drinks with a gutting last twist, drinking apple juice without touching the mug, and some water-squirting.
Normally, at this point in the show, there’s a pretty clear idea who is gonna come out victorious, but heading into the finale as all five were in with a shot, making the outcome a truly nail-biting experience. So who won?
The show drew to a close with the narrowest final in 10 years, ending in a three-way tie between Phil, Maisie and Ania.Truly unprecedented scenes!
The tiebreak question asked the contestants how many letter Ts there are in the portrait of me and Greg in the living room.
In the end, Maisie just about swooped to victory with her guess of five Ts (it was four, for those wondering).
Following behind was Reece with 148 points, and last, but certainly not least, Sanjeev with 143 points.
Fans loved the finale and took to social media to say as much.
‘THIS WAS THE MOST EXCITING FINALE EVER OMG. A THREE WAY TIE????????? #taskmaster,’ said actuallymrjelly on X.
‘INSANE TASKMASTER FINAL,’ said arcticferns.
Taskmaster New Year Treat
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat will return over the festive season with a two-episode special for the first time.
The line-up includes TV Chef Big Zuu, football legend Jill Scott MBE, actress Rose Ayling-Ellis MBE, Eurovision star Sam Ryder and Countdown icon Susie Dent.
The exact release date is yet to be announced.
Maisie will also join previous winners for the fourth Champion of Champions season.
The series will also include: Andy Zaltzman, John Robins, Mathew Baynton, and Sam Campbell, the winners of Series 16 through 20.
Fans have thoroughly enjoyed this season of the show
‘Series 20 will go down as one of the all-time greats #taskmaster,’ said MrRockingGooner on X after the finale.
‘Absolute cinema,’ deefitzdee wrote about one scene on X.
‘They will have to pry this cast from my cold dead hands,’ Italian pat butcher raved.
‘There’s something about Season 20 that just feels so fresh. A big reason, I think, is how good the tasks have been this time.
‘It just feels like everyone’s having fun and the show’s energy is back where it belongs. Season 20 might be one of the best in years. Thank you little Alex Horne,’ thesecretacco wrote on Reddit.
‘This cast is one of those that strikes the perfect balance between the outrageously competitive ones and the less (outwardly) competitive ones who are there to have a good time and troll everyone else,’ anotherboxoftapes agreed.
‘It’s a good series and is doing incredibly well after such a stellar one last time out,’ JP198364839 shared.
‘This cast as a whole is the most bonkers and weird, but each in their lovel,y unique way,’ proper_storm1859 added.
All seasons of Taskmaster are available to stream on Channel 4.
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