Taskmaster fans want underdog comedian to win despite ‘never hearing of them before’

Taskmaster kicked off its 22nd series this week, and fans already know who they want to walk away with Greg Davies’ head.

Chloe Petts, Isy Suttie, Matt Lucas, Nina Conti, and Richard Ayoade are the latest batch of comedians tasked by Alex Horne with impressing Davies, and things have got off to a hilariously bad start.

Richard’s already getting gloriously grumpy about the rules; Isy managed to score zero points for thinking coffee pods were a golden plate, Nina sang one of the worst songs ever written, and Matt claimed he’d never seen the show before.

Sounds like a vintage Taskmaster series.

Still, there’s one comedian who’s already impressing viewers and, as is often the way with Taskmaster, it’s the one people claim they’d never heard of before.

Chloe is already building up a rather dedicated fan base online.

‘Chloe is the only contestant I was not familiar with prior to tonight,’ wrote Threadheads on Reddit. ‘One episode in and they might be my favourite of the series.’

‘ Likewise,’ agreed TheAngryGoat. ‘Chloe was my sole unknown, but she’s doing great so far, a great taskmaster fit.’

‘I absolutely fell in love with Chloe this episode,’ added 10v31y. ‘This is gonna be a goated season series; I can already feel it.’

On X meanwhile, viewers were just as enthusiastic about Chloe’s performance.

‘Really fun opening to the series,’ wrote @slinehan1. ‘Chloe Petts is definitely my early favourite, I’ve seen her on a few things before so I had a feeling she’d be great, and she is.’

While @LilacAndLavendr chimed in: ‘Watching the new Taskmaster episode, Chloe Petts, I am in love with you.’

Some viewers, like mads_cc on Reddit, even went so far as to say they think Chloe is going to win the series.

‘At this point Chloe is my frontrunner as the series winner,’ they wrote.

Still, if Chloe wants to win, they’ll have their work cut out for them.

Greg has promised to be a strict taskmaster (pun unintended) this season after being criticised online.

‘People have been saying on the Internet that I’m getting softer, so I’m gonna toughen up,’ he said before declaring: ‘Daddy’s back!’

We wouldn’t want it any other way, Greg…

Taskmaster airs weekly on Channel 4 at 9pm on Thursdays.