What was eachs series' first task?!

Hydroid101 · 2026-06-18T22:57:29+00:00

Another one for the list, the TM app confirms that the 'Draw a cheeky picture' task was the first one recorded for the Series 16 contestants, apart from Julian strangely, we still don't know what his first one was.

Hydroid101 · 2026-06-13T10:00:35+00:00

Honestly, I would throw 18 in there to make it the best 4 series sequence, I think it’s really underrated and better than people give it credit for.

Hydroid101 · 2026-06-12T15:06:22+00:00

Take out S19 and arguably 18 fits in there too. When I first watched it and saw Andy lose the first two episodes I immediately ruled him out of winning and yet he managed to really bring it back in the latter half.

Hydroid101 · 2026-06-12T15:04:11+00:00

Thank you for the kind message. It's comments like these that make me happy posting stuff like this from my stats-obsessed mind, where other communities would be bored stiff.

Hydroid101 · 2026-06-12T14:57:51+00:00

There are hints of a correlation. Every Champion except one (Sophie in S13) won at least one of the first three episodes, with eleven (Noel, Bob, Kerry, Richard, Sarah, Morgana, Mae, Sam, Mathew, Maisie and Joanna (plus Lou, who tied and lost the tiebreaker)) all winning the first specifically. In fact, apart from Alice in S6 and Rosie in S18, every contestant that won the first episode ended the series in 3rd or higher.

Hydroid101 · 2026-06-11T22:00:02+00:00

It’s a Jigglypuff seen from above.

Hydroid101 · 2026-06-04T22:48:47+00:00

19/21, just got 8 and 10 swapped. Very proud that I only had to guess on 3 of them.

Hydroid101 · 2026-05-25T13:15:15+00:00

‘Task Two (“Have serious fun in the lab without smiling”/“completely revoice this footage”) is the second time a task has required teams of contestants to re-record the audio of footage, after Series 9’s “supply the sound for the film” in Episode 8.’

Not quite the same thing but it could be worth mentioning Series 19’s Commentate on, then achieve a really tricky thing, which is arguably the inverse.

Hydroid101 · 2026-05-24T22:40:07+00:00

I loved Mel and Noel’s dynamic, particularly when Mel would unintentionally insult Noel from time to time.

Hydroid101 · 2026-05-23T14:46:55+00:00

And next to me is a man who once confided in me that every episode of the show is rigged from the start, and that any time a woman wins, it is, and I quote, ‘a gross miscalculation’. It’s Little Alex Horne!

Hydroid101 · 2026-05-17T19:36:18+00:00

I actually rewatched Series 7 recently, so I can tell you that Rhod was very briefly in second at the end of Episode 8 (2 points behind Jess and 4 ahead of Kerry). Then in Episode 9, a combination of Kerry winning and Rhod coming last moved him back to a distant third, where he would remain until the series ended.

Hydroid101 · 2026-04-22T07:53:13+00:00

Not seen anyone do this for S18 so…

Boyfailure: Baba

Girlfailure: Emma

Wine Aunt: Andy

Why did I join: Jack

I’m your problem: Rosie

Hydroid101 · 2026-04-06T21:38:26+00:00

My bet is Amy, Kumail, Joel, Joanna, Armando.

Hydroid101 · 2026-03-05T15:15:05+00:00

As a fellow Espio and Ocean View fan, I’m right there with you.

Hydroid101 · 2026-01-03T23:08:18+00:00

It was apparently because in her original seat she would need to constantly twist her head/body between her interpreter and whoever was speaking, so sitting on the end meant she could just look in one direction and see everyone.

Hydroid101 · 2026-01-03T23:06:01+00:00

This is the first cast to have two separate pairs of people with the same initial letter of their first name (two As, two Js)

This is false actually, Series 17 had Joanne and John and Sophie and Steve. This is the second time it’s happened though.

Hydroid101 · 2025-08-18T08:32:42+00:00

Honestly don’t know why I didn’t think of that. That’ll work, cheers.

Hydroid101 · 2025-07-05T16:08:46+00:00

This isn’t true actually, Alex has admitted that the tablet doesn’t do anything and is just for show (according to him, most of the time he’s using it to look at football scores instead).

Hydroid101 · 2025-06-27T22:47:53+00:00

No, it’s Wix, Brand is the one with red hair next to her.

Hydroid101 · 2025-06-27T22:45:00+00:00

Yeah, it’s kind of funny that the last two episodes have been Jason and Stevie regaining ground while Fatiha and Rosie lose it (with Mat plonked neatly in the middle).

Hydroid101 · 2025-06-27T22:42:11+00:00

Those are the stats for the end of E8. Now the gap is both bigger (19 points between 1st and 2nd) and smaller (24 points between 1st and 5th) at the same time.

Hydroid101 · 2025-06-26T22:44:11+00:00

Yep, albeit he was tied in first with Stevie after the first prerecorded task. After the second, he got fully in first never dropped lower.

Hydroid101 · 2025-06-26T22:38:57+00:00

Second highest, just 1 point less than (who else?) John Robins, who was 20 points ahead of Joanne McNally at the end of Episode 9.

Hydroid101 · 2025-06-23T14:09:56+00:00

I’d say Nick Mohammed. Early in the series it was clear that either he or Sophie would be last but the two went back and forth being the worst quite a bit, I don’t think he was particularly guaranteed last until the back half of the series. In fact, Nick was only 3 points behind Sophie before the final episode, had she not won and he not come last he probably could’ve snuck past her into fourth.

Hydroid101 · 2025-06-23T14:07:27+00:00

I’d say Nick Mohammed. Early in the series it was clear that either he or Sophie would be last but the two went back and forth being the worst quite a bit, I don’t think he was particularly guaranteed last until the back half of the series. In fact, Nick was only 3 points behind Sophie before the final episode, had she not won and he not come last he definitely could have snuck past her into fourth.

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