Hot ones season 14 lineup10/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Not least the infectious mutual adoration between Daisy May Cooper and Johnny Vegas, the out-there genius of the ‘paint a picture of a howling wolf on a teapot while naming American states’ task and the return-with-a-twist of Series 1 classic: ‘ eat the most watermelon’. This was Taskmaster’s first series filmed during the pandemic, so the required social distancing and lack of a studio audience did change things (watch these outtakes without the added ‘live’ viewing audience laughs to see how), but it still worked and there was much fun among the strangeness. Would it look different? Would it feel different? Would the tasks be as good and the contestants as funny? The answers to those questions were: a bit (but only due to Covid), not really, yes and yes. The pressure was on for Series 10, as the first post-Dave run on Taskmaster’s new Channel 4 home. Series TwelveĪlan Davies, Desiree Burch, Guz Khan, Morgana Robinson, Victoria Coren Mitchellĭaisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan, Richard Herring All in all, good fun but not one of the best. ![]() Even a surprising unplanned cameo from Ben Fogle can’t help improve this series’ ranking. The rest of the line-up included the self-styled ‘trio of dickheads’, an absolutely hapless but nonetheless incredibly entertaining Paul Chowdhry, cheater Dave Gorham and Al Murray who tried to throw money at every problem. Sleep-deprived new father Rob Beckett was on the edge the whole series – either maniacally laughing or absolutely kicking off but gave us truly one of Taskmaster’s best moments in the ‘surprise Alex’ task.Įven though both she and Al Murray considered kidnapping Alex’s children, Beckett’s ‘Aryan twin’ teammate Sara Pascoe knew the assignment and mostly just got on with it. Series ThreeĪl Murray, Dave Gorman, Paul Chowdhry, Rob Beckett, Sara PascoeĪ mixed bag for Series 3 that swayed between completely hilarious to a bit meh. Or perhaps Iain Stirling’s ‘comedy’ rage was too uncomfortably convincing as just… rage. Catch the blue ball in something from the kitchen”, etc) more often than the freer creative category (“Make the best ventriloquist dummy and be chatted up by it”. Don’t let the green balls touch anything other than the grass. Perhaps the tasks fell into the ‘insane bureaucracy’ category (“Catch all the red balls in things from the shed. Perhaps it was a lack of bonding in the studio. There were real highlights too: Sanders in general, the apparent psychological unravelling of dry-humoured Joe Thomas who despite a long acting career appeared to be meeting himself for the first time on screen, the sight of five adults (one wearing a bin) attempting to sneak up on Alex Horne on a railway bridge… Overall though, 8 didn’t quite reach the heights of other series. The outfits – Lou Sanders’ correctly predicting winner jumpsuit, Paul Sinha’s Arthur Dent-style dressing gown – were top for this one. The show has been noted for its deep-probing questions, often digging up material from a celebrity's background not often discussed on other interview shows, with Hollywood Insider calling it "the hottest celebrity interview right now" in 2021.Iain Stirling, Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Paul Sinha, Sian Gibson In 2022, Hot Ones received a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment. The show has been nominated for several awards, winning two Streamy Awards and its host, Sean Evans, has been nominated for Daytime Emmy Award. Guests who do not complete the gauntlet of hot sauces are placed in the "Hall of Shame" or, beginning in Season 17, the "Wall-Most Made it." Since Season 2, "Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity" has occupied spot 8. Each season features a different line-up of hot sauces, though certain sauces remain from year-to-year, including three self-produced sauces, "Hot Ones – The Classic" in spot 1, "Hot Ones – Los Calientes" in either spot 4 or 5, and "Hot Ones – The Last Dab" as the final sauce. Most seasons produce between 10 and 16 episodes, though prior to 2018 there were longer seasons consisting of more episodes approximately 40 episodes air per year. As of May 2023, the show has produced twenty-one seasons (with three seasons per calendar year since 2018).
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