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Prize tasks

Contestants bring in their best, most unusual or most impressive thing from home, judged by the Taskmaster at the start of each episode.

1. Series 7

   Worst present from a named relative

   Episode 5

2. Best key

   Episode 6

3. Most exciting thing beginning with G

   Episode 7

4. Creepiest thing

   Episode 8

5. Most surprisingly beautiful thing

   Episode 9

6. Most magnificent stationery

   Episode 10

7. Series 8

   Most powerful smell

   Episode 1

8. Best pair of things

   Episode 2

9. Best burstable item

   Episode 3

10. Best present for a doctor

    Episode 4

11. Best face

    Episode 5

12. Best see-through item

    Episode 6

13. Best slippery thing

    Episode 7

14. Nicest thing to hold

    Episode 8

15. Best form of protection

    Episode 9

16. Best thing that will actually change your life for the better the most

    Episode 10

17. Series 9

    Most stressful thing

    Episode 1

18. Best bag

    Episode 2

19. Weirdest wooden thing

    Episode 3

20. Best thing to celebrate with on a stage

    Episode 4

21. Best defunct thing

    Episode 5

22. The thing that, if you found it in a field, you'd be most pleased about

    Episode 6

23. Best thing they've taken from somebody else's house

    Episode 7

24. Best thing from a shed

    Episode 8

25. Most desirable smooth thing

    Episode 9

26. Best thing that is very long and thin

    Episode 10

27. Series 10

    Nicest thing to put in your mouth

    Episode 1

28. Best thing with loads of holes in it

    Episode 2

29. Best thing that probably has a spring in its mechanism

    Episode 3

30. Cheekiest food

    Episode 4

31. Best pointy thing

    Episode 5

32. Most narcissistic thing

    Episode 6

33. Best thing that is bigger at the top than the bottom

    Episode 7

34. Best thing with wings

    Episode 8

35. Best bedding

    Episode 9

36. Greatest collection

    Episode 10

37. NYT 2021

    Best thing to bring to a party

    Episode 1

38. Series 11

    Best thing you can carry, but only just

    Episode 1

39. Best drinking vessel

    Episode 2

40. Most shocking thing that is bigger than a cat but smaller than a pig

    Episode 3

41. Craziest thing

    Episode 4

42. Best thing you can operate with your hand

    Episode 5

43. Most annoying thing

    Episode 6

44. Best thing to hang on a wall that you wouldn't normally hang on a wall

    Episode 7

45. Most satisfying wobbly thing

    Episode 8

46. Nattiest knitwear

    Episode 9

47. The thing that makes you look the toughest

    Episode 10

48. Series 12

    The thing that, if you put it in a bag and sit on it, it would feel the nicest

    Episode 1