Ian took that failure and owned it.

"Aside from the fact you're gonna get no points for this, I cannot fault that" "Some fuckwit's gonna disqualify himself" They all have such a way with words

I'm just here to see Ian's complete and utter brilliant failure. A classic.

You may not touch the sand. Done that. You may not move the buckets. Done that. You may not leave the room. Fuck it, let's do that as well. This has to be my favourite Iain moment.

I feel like they should have lowered the bucket for Sian. She basically pulled the stopper out just by being so short.

2:07 he had the perfect chance to get the most sand in the bucket. If the sand never starts flowing then you can just take your time transferring it by spoon.

Wow, the Taskmaster was very kind here, most of them (if not all) could have been disqualified...

I'm surprised to see that no one thought about untying themselves without breaking the tape seal

Iain is glorious in this task 😂

I appreciate Joe finding an optimal way to do it, but also recognizing that it's an entertainment show and that's not very fun to watch.

Iain panicking and then realising he didn’t break the rule at the start is brilliant

Ian is amazing in this task. All-time top 5 Taskmaster moment for me

I came into this series for Joe but I stayed for Iain, Ive never seen a more relatable contestant on the show.

Keep the bucket hole plugged for long enough to think of a good plan. E.g. Take some item of clothing off, line the colander with that. Or line it with tons of loo roll/the paper the task is written on. Fill it to the brim before emptying it a couple of times.

I always find a new favorite contestant each series, yet I watch old clips and then a new or old favorite emerges. The casting on this show is just amazing

4:14 Joe unintentionally flipping off Greg

Grab the plastic curtain that is on the walls of the room, and pull it across the stream of sand and aim it into the bucket

The broom handle is a hollow tube, they could've used that to let the sand fall through

I think either the broom or the crosse could have been used as pipes if the ends were removed.

You can line the inside of the colander with toilet roll, and then just use it like a bowl to transfer the sand. If you want to plug up the hole it might be possible to also use the toilet paper to stopper it while you build your transferring device.

"You may not leave the room....fuck it , might as well do that too" I admire the dedication to ones craft....

My plan: Immediately knock everything off the table, grab the table itself, and position it holding one end up and with the other on the ground so that the sand lands on it and slides down the incline, falling off into the bucket.

The task didn't say you couldn't disconnect the string.... :D Anyone could have detached the string, set up a sand delivery chute, then sent the sand through it! The stress of facing these tasks on camera seems to melt even the best of brains! :)

"You" may not move the buckets. "You" may not touch the sand. O hai Little Alex Horn.

To everyone that's coming here and saying they all touched the sand: I think that rule was more so along the ideas of you can't transport sand via your hands. As in you can't scoop handfuls of sand and put it into the bucket

there are so many solutions here. break the string so you dont have to take the tape off of the hole and then scoop the sand out of the top with the cups. allow the sand to poor out with one shoe in each of your hands, and dump one shoe while the other fills (don't wait until they're both full to dump). lay your jacket over the colander so it fills without those pesky holes. take off your pants and tie one of the pant legs closed to collect the sand. *pull the bottom of the plastic curtain hanging on the left wall towards the floor bucket so the sand travels across the curtain and into the bucket.* take off that jump suit that i think i saw one of the guys wearing and tie one of the legs off near the waist, and then let the sand funnel down the arm sleeve, through the remaining pant leg, and out into the bucket, using the broom/lacrosse stick for added rigidity if you find you can't hold it straight. sit in the corner and pray to god; if that doesn't work, pray to satan. tilt the table at a 45 degree angle and hold the wood against the table top firmly to form a funnel, filling any gaps resulting from uneven surfaces with toilet paper. roll the clue paper into a tube and join that with the toilet paper tube to see if that's long enough to get the sand falling in the right direction. or even unscrew the ends from either the broom, lacrosse stick, or table legs so it's just a tube and let the sand fall through the tube into the bucket. you literally could have beaten most methods that people tried in this video just by filling your safety goggles and letting sand dump on the floor whenever you emptied the goggles. easier said from behind a computer screen though i guess

Interesting that Joe had a decent system going to start that would've gotten most the sand in the bucket but he eventually just says fuck it and pulls the tape off

I would have shoved the task envelope into the colander and made a paper bowl

You could line the strainer with toilet paper.

My first instinct would be to drag the table under bucket A, then use the items to scoop the sand towards bucket B. You could also wrap your hands in tp catch and transfer. But lining the colender woth tp would provably be the best method. It does say when the send stops, the task stops, which makes me wary of just putting tape back over the hole.

Rip down a section of the clear plastic sheeting Place sheet flat on floor release sand onto sheet, wait pickup and twist into a large ball > squash the whole bag into bucket OR stick a hole in it to drain like a piping bag > hold over bucket

Put the clue in the strainer to line it :)

I'm amazed that no one just lined the colander with tp so they could fill it all the way up

I would love to see how the Taskmaster would do some of the tasks. Or even how someone could do it "the best way".

Armchair solving: Release yourself from the string (task says nothing about that). Lou could use her tea mug she brought with her. Otherwise, take off your shoes or another piece of clothing and use that.

3:32 The black tube from the push brush is hallowed. Untwist the head and handle, boom! Its a sand tunnel

My first thought was: Step 1, get your hand out of the dang string loop. Then I would check to see if the plastic sheeting on the wall could be detached from the bottom and used as a sluice to divert the falling sand right into Bucket B.

I was thinking maybe line the colander with the toilet paper, that way you could at least fill it all the way up without losing hardly any sand- i.e. putting the toilet paper inside the colander. You'd have to be quick to do it, but the pay-off would be worth it.

At this point, I'm always waiting if there's a twist. In this case, something like the stick of the broom being hollow and the exact length between the buckets or something.

I take the ends of the broom off and now you have a tube to let the sand flow

The person who kept his hand tape to the bucket still and used the tea cup almost had the best idea, I would of took my goggles off and used them lol they can hold more sand and don’t have to move anywhere

I don't understand why no one used the table. I'd have gone for that first! Let it fall on the table and push it off into the bucket with the flip flop.

No one tried to use the table itself!

Grasp the bottom of the plastic sheeting forming the wall opposite the table with two hands and pull it under Bucket A, careful not to tear the top away from the ceiling. With one hand on either side of the stream of sand, a channel the flow into Bucket B.

What annoys me is that it looks like all the distances were the same for everyone, even though some of them (Sian) are not as tall as others, which makes it much more difficult and unfair from the beginning.

I'm surprised no one used the blatantly obvious solution. Reading the task again: YOU may not move the bucket. So....ask Alex to do it! Have him position it directly underneath and pull the tab. Pretty much guarantees you the win, unless Taskmaster Greg deems that cheating for some arbitrary reason.

Oooh that broom was the solution they're hollow if you take em apart

I'm looking at the broomstick thinking would I think in the moment to take the ends off and use it to funnel the sand to the next

from hong kong, here to see Ian he is so awesome

I would have grabbed the boom. The handle is hollow metal and it looked like the screw attaching it to the brush had been removed, so the top of it could have probably been taken off too, creating a direct pipe from one bucket to the other.

Tear some tarp off the wall and funnel the sand into bucket B...

Nowhere did it say you can't just take your hand out of the loop

Without seeing who did what I've already figured out how to easily beat this like incredibly easily and it didn't take more than maybe 20 seconds of actually thinking about it

Would have loved if they replayed the clip of Lou touching the sand in the scoring, just to see her reaction 😂 points well deserved though

No one realized un looping themselves from the bucket was fair game

before you unplug the bucket, remove your trousers and ball up one of the legs, then aim the other leg into the floor bucket and align the top of the trousers under the bucket hole. The sand travels down the trouser leg into the bucket, you should get near 100%

It always shocks me that no one used their shoes or articles of clothing

When lou put the tissue paper on the outside of the collider I almost cried. If she had just used the paper on the inside to block the holes!

Easy loophole - take your hand out of the adjustable knot that ties you to the tape in the first place since the rules never once said you have to leave it on. Second place some toilet paper inside the colander to block the holes and use that to get all the sand after yanking the tape off

line colander with toilet paper, fill colander with sand, dump into bucket when full

There was a plank of wood, they could've made a little sand bridge with that straight into the bucket, or just untied their wrist thingy before reading the task, there were no rules against that

release the sand plug, knock everything off the table and lift the table to make a ramp to deflect the sand into the other bucket.

The fact it did not ocurr to any of them to line the drainer bowl with toilet paper and then use that.

Let the sand fall. Use the paper as a dust pan. You have a broom.

5:30 is Iain's funniest moment in the series. Very relatable.

Tissues on top of the colander.. let the sand flow

Carefully remove the hand from the loop without the sand starting to fall (coz it doesnt say you cant). Should have told Alex to go and get a piece of 3" pipe about 8ft long or a piece of cardboard/carpet of same length. Failing that, take off trousers or top, tie a knot in the legs/arms and let the sand pour in (coz it doesnt say you have to only use the things on the table). Transfer sand to bucket B.

Well the best method i can think of, assuming you have fantastic balance, is to line the collander with strips of toilet paper to block the holes, then catch the sand

Just take the table and redirect the sand with it so it slides into the other bucket

I'm so surprised no one tried using the wood on the table as a ramp for the sand to go down! That would had been my idea

I'm wondering if that broom handle is hollow. Take the brush part off, uncap the handle, boom, simple metal chute.

I should imagine the clue card itself, bent and angled correctly, held under bucket A , would have diverted practically all of the sand into bucket B. They were not all that far apart.

Grab the mango, smash it. Grab the toilet paper, wipe the mango mash to get it mushy. The gooey paper will now gum up the holes in the collander/strainer. Add sand - the bottom layer will solidify to the papermash and form a solid bowl. Win.

use the tp to line the colander and use that to catch the sand.

I can’t believe no one used the goggles!

5:26 my attitude towards any sort of work

I love trying to solve the puzzles - anyone else? I think I would have tried to unscrew the top and the base of the broom and use it as a chute, with taskmaster paper as a funnel. Failing that, knock everything off the table and use the table itself as a slope to send the sand in the right direction. Failing that, cry.

so at 1 min, during the reading of the task I'm wondering " is someone going to untie their hand from the bucket since its legal", stay tune for an update to see if anyone did

Take the broom or lacrosse stick, they are hollow, break off the head and use the tube to guide the sand from the holder to the bucket

Guys your overthinking it. Throw items off table. Use table and tilt it to funnel sand.

The actual loophole is that theres nothing in the task saying you cant take the string off your wrist. ;)

I’m bummed none of them noticed the task didn’t say they had to leave their hand attached to the bucket.

"You may not touch the sand" ... Lou has it spill all over her hands and then sticks her hand over the hole blocking the sand from falling by.... touching it. ... And the winner is Lou Sanders! Greg really is slipping with his job as Taskmaster, Iain is the only one who admitted to touching the sand even though they all did it

use the table. slant it so that it guides the sand from bucket 1 to bucket 2.

I saw the answer on the table, the broom handle is a hollow aluminum tube.

Let 90 percent of the sand hit the floor and plug the hole just before it runs out and start moving the sand from the floor to the bucket at your leisure as the time only stopped when the sand stopped out of the bucket

No rule against using the plastic sheeting. or untying yourself either. i would have done both or used something i was wearing to transfer personally. loved the triple threat moment for sure though

Did the task say anything about removing the the string from the wrist if so what about removing the string from the tap or plug and then think of a plan like using the handle of the broom and if it’s plastic or metal it’s probably hollow or line the colander with toilet paper

toilet paper + colander, wrap tp around colander, big bowl.

"You may not touch the sand" It is your hands that is touching the sand to keep it in the colander. They should have been DQ'd.

Just rip the plastic wrap off the wall and use it to collect all the sand and pour it in the bucket, or use the broom, take the head off the broom and use the hollow tube as a funnel from one bucket to the other, both methods would get you 90% plus

If only they laced the inside of the collinder with the toilet paper.

First, wrap toilet paper around the bucket, so the sand keeps inside (hopefully). The put layers of toilet paper in the colander, put it below the bucket with sand and fill it up, then pour sand in other bucket.

Probably just use the paper to angle the sand like a waterfall into the bucket.

I kept waiting for someone to use their own sneaker or shirt to catch the sand.

The height didn't do others much favor, Sian

take your shoes off. Instant container.

They should have put some of the toilet paper in the colinder and done it that way xx

The bucket already had tape on it could’ve just taped it back up and if not than I would’ve just stuffed the hole the sand was coming out of with the toilet paper, wrap the bowl with holes with toilet paper and move it that way

The task says _"you_ may not move the buckets". Well, just ask Alex to move the bucket B then