Taskmaster fans say same thing as they fume over 'horrifying' challenge

Taskmaster fans said the same thing as they fumed over a "horrifying" challenge on Thursday (September 18).

The popular Channel 4 show kicked off its 20th series last week, featuring five new comedians tackling a range of absurd challenges set by Alex Horne and Greg Davies.

The current line-up includes Ania Magliano, Maisie Adam, Phil Ellis, Reece Shearsmith and Sanjeev Bhaskar.

Tonight's episode saw the five comics tasked with bringing in an object that was the most difficult to describe.

Maisie presented the concept of being in the womb, which left Greg baffled, earning her five points for the prize task, reports the Mirror.

Next, the contestants had to identify five items hidden behind a screen, with the highest number of correct guesses winning the most points.

However, the Taskmaster didn't make it easy. Each comedian could only use one sense to help them guess, with certain senses garnering more points than others.

Choosing hearing would earn them five points per correct item, while smell would get four points and taste three points. Touch was worth two points, and sight was only worth one point per item.

Both Maisie and Reece opted to use their taste, leading to some awkward moments as they licked various items through the screen, including a stapler, a frozen sock, yoghurt and wet teeth.

Viewers quickly took to social media to express their disgust at the challenge, with many criticising the "disgusting" nature of the task.

"Reece and Maisie licking wet human teeth in a bowl is one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen on #Taskmaster - and that's saying something!" one viewer posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Another chimed in: "Just watched someone lick a bowl of human teeth. Ah yes taskmaster the silly game show," while a third simply stated: "Gross."

A fourth fan echoed these sentiments, declaring: "I was going to take it back but no... this is STILL the round they should have deleted," with another adding: "Omg this is so difficult to watch!"

A fifth viewer exclaimed: "My god watching Maisie and Reece doing that task was horrifying," while another remarked: "That task was the most disturbing thing I've ever seen."

After racking up 22 points across all of the challenges, Reece emerged as the victor of tonight's episode.

Taskmaster is available to stream on Channel 4