Prior to the filming of the studio shows for the first series, a 'warm-up episode' was shot with no studio audience - internally called "Episode Zero" - that allowed Wells and Williams to practice their roles, featuring some tasks that were going to be cut from the series proper. No.įunding from NZ On Air for the first series was announced in September 2019.
The series premiered on 6 July 2022 in the run-up to the series, series 1 and 2 were repeated on TVNZ Duke across the two weekends before its launch. The contestants for the series were announced in June 2022, and comprise of Chris Parker, Josh Thomson, Justine Smith, Kura Forrester and Paul Ego. Filming for the studio shows took place in the last week of May. MP Chlöe Swarbrick also appears during the first episode as part of the prize tasks.įunding from NZ On Air for a ten-episode third series was announced in April 2022, having been received months earlier. Series 1 contestant Angella Dravid cameoed in the tenth and final episode, as part of a task. The tenth and final episode, alone, received 187,700 viewers. Unlike the first series, ratings were reported in four-week averages rather than individually - and in consolidated ratings as opposed to overnights - but the series' audience generally improved throughout, from an average of 113,800 for the first four episodes, to an average of 165,800 for the last four episodes.
Daniel was the overall winner of the series, with Montgomery as the runner-up, while Correos placed third, Heath placed fourth, and Carlson finished last. On, the contestants for series 2 were named as David Correos, Guy Montgomery, Laura Daniel, Matt Heath, and Urzila Carlson. Host of the original, British version of Taskmaster, Greg Davies, appears as part of the prize tasks in the seventh episode. Stent, in third, Hart in fourth and Williams in last place completed the standings.
Dravid was the overall winner of the series, with Sami in second. The contestants were Angella Dravid, Brynley Stent, Guy Williams, Leigh Hart and Madeleine Sami. The filming of the tasks was completed in March 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic caused a nationwide lockdown.