
Taskmaster Portugal
Where madness meets genius.
Five public figures are challenged by “Taskmaster” Vasco Palmeirim and his assistant Nuno Markl to overcome a series of fun tests with a small dose of madness.
Seasons

1. Single, but staffed
Air Date: 2022-03-19
In this first episode of the show, the contestants must bring in the most embarrassing thing, fell all the ducks, extract a ping-pong ball from a tube, name birds while chewing on gummy candies, retrace a blindfolded walk as accurately as possible, score a basket without using their hands, make a weighing scale read out a particular weight, and guess the five syllable words being enunciated by the Taskmaster.

2. Symmetry is fundamental
Air Date: 2022-03-26
In this episode the contestants must bring in the best thing they have taken from someone else's home, find out about a Chinese person, eat as much watermelon as possible, unravel a roll of tape, paint a horse while riding a horse, create an impressive fountain, spectacularly deliver a task brief, and roll a toilet roll across the stage. The guest contestant is António Zambujo.

3. I had so many dreams...
Air Date: 2022-04-02
In this episode the contestants must bring in the most boring thing, throw a teabag into a mug, score a goal from the greatest distance, draw their face on a visor, transport a coconut, fill a cup with tears, empty a bathtub, and throw some things (but not too far). The guest contestant is Rita Salema.

4. Life isn't all about strength
Air Date: 2022-04-09
In this episode the contestants must bring in the most spectacular battery-operated item, move water from one bucket to another, make a block of ice disappear, conceal grapes in their mouths or hands, try not to blink, make a body part abnormally long, reach a microwave in the fewest steps, and draw the second longest snake. The guest contestant is Pedro Torchas.

5. A kind of egg of Columbus
Air Date: 2022-04-16
In this episode the contestants must bring in the scariest thing, put 50 different things in a bin, make a portrait from their 50 items, slow the descent of a wooden spoon, get dressed while wearing handcuffs, do something impressive in reverse, pass the largest thing through a doughnut, choreograph a dance to a ringtone, and inflate the largest balloon while blindfolded. The guest contestant is Manuel Marques.

6. Simplify to the max
Air Date: 2022-04-23
In this episode the contestants must bring in the most surprising photo of themselves, give Markl a special treat, throw something over a wall and into a bin, communicate images by tracing them on their team-mates' backs, invent a new handshake, make the highest splash, perform a quick-change, and identify the shortest breadsticks in their competitors' aprons. The guest contestant is Carla Andrino.

7. Little golden hands
Air Date: 2022-04-30
In this episode the contestants must bring in the most satisfying item, catapult a shoe into a bathtub, travel as far as possible while making a constant noise, lift a bunch of items into the air with one hand, camouflage themselves, blow out a candle from a distance, create and eat an exotic sandwich, and stack plates and bowls on their heads. The guest contestant is Jorge Mourato.

8. And they lived happily ever after...
Air Date: 2022-05-07
In this season finale, the contestants must bring in something life-changing, work out what Markl is wearing, sneeze the fastest, get into two sleeping bags, make a mess and then clean it up, draw a portrait of the Taskmaster across a flipchart, record some incredible PoV footage, and then slide drinks to the Taskmaster. The guest contestant is Inês Castel-Branco.

1. Did you see the rainbow?
Air Date: 2023-03-18
In this episode, the contestants must bring in the thing they most want to get rid of, prevent Markl from scoring a goal, sort a collection of objects with their faces, have the longest telephone conversation, have an argument, strike an item the farthest, and blindly fill a glass with water. The guest contestant in this episode is Cândido Costa.

2. We are all passengers
Air Date: 2023-03-25
In this episode, the contestants must bring in the object they would most like to show to an alien, build a can tower while naming different countries, divert sand from one bucket to another, slide as far as possible, make a bed while holding hands, conceal a pineapple on their person, and play a game of ‘Sausage or finger?’. The guest contestant in this episode is Gabriela Barros.

3. The fair of Carcavelos
Air Date: 2023-04-01
In this episode, the contestants must bring in the best thing they have invented themselves, make a coconut-flinging machine, spread their clothes as far and wide as possible, surprise Markl, work out the contents of five mystery bags of food, fell a coconut and move some drinks, and silently mouth a ten word fact to Vasco. The guest contestant in this episode is Rui Melo.

4. Linked forever
Air Date: 2023-04-08
In this episode, the contestants must bring in the best sheep-related item, pass items through a pipe and pass the pipe through the same items, feed watermelon to their team-mate(s), make something spin for the longest, find and put the most rings on a stick, make and be seduced by a ventriloquist dummy, and place the lowest unique number of doughnuts on a stick. The guest contestant in this episode is Marisa Liz.

5. This is pushing the limit a bit. Or not?
Air Date: 2023-04-15
In this episode, the contestants must bring in the best thing to hang on a wall that they would not normally hang on a wall, record the highest number on a pedometer, do the worst thing and make the best apology to Markl, score a goal with a plastic bag, take a menhir as far as possible, make a lipstick portrait of Vasco, and stack some buckets. The guest contestant in this episode is Salvador Martinha.

6. Why involve Pythagoras?
Air Date: 2023-04-23
In this episode, the contestants throw something into a pedal bin from the furthest distance, drink a pint of Groselha while keeping their mouths open, light a candle using a cupcake, convince three chickens to stand on a mat, get goosebumps, and draw a monster based on Vasco’s description. The guest contestant in this episode is Tânia Ribas de Oliveira.

7. Lynx eyes
Air Date: 2023-04-29
In this episode, the contestants must bring in the weirdest object to take home, completely erase an eraser, make some sauna stones steam, make a series of things happen at the same time, have the most fun before immediately recreating the fun as accurately as possible, hide three aubergines from Markl, and communicate things to Vasco using only sounds. The guest contestant in this episode is Diogo Valsassina.

8. With more genetics, this pi
Air Date: 2023-05-06
In this season finale, the contestants must bring in the strangest item they have in their homes, lie on the ground when a siren sounds, order a pizza without using certain words, lasso Markl, tie themselves up as securely as possible, fill a tray with items beginning with a chosen letter of the alphabet, and perform a series of short tasks before clapping as many times as they can. The guest contestant is Teresa Guilherme.

1. Tons of vehemence
Air Date: 2023-09-23
In this season opener, the contestants must bring in the best gift for a doctor, break something and put it back together, high-five a 55-year-old, transfer rice to a bottle, create an alarm clock to wake up Markl, balance Markl on a see-saw, and list words of a certain length without hesitating. The guest contestant in this episode is António Raminhos.

2. Think like a funnel
Air Date: 2023-09-30
In this episode, the contestants must bring in the thing that would feel the best if sat on while in a suitcase, get a ball into a basket in the most bounces, measure the perimeter of the caravan in beans, keep their tongue out for as long as possible, lead a group of ducklings to their lake, and catch as many socks as possible. The guest contestant in this episode is Gisela João.

3. A whole career looking for that
Air Date: 2023-10-07
In this episode, the contestants must bring in the least appropriate wedding accessory, sort some ducks and socks, make a popcorn necklace and do the right thing, knock down three rubber ducks, put five grapes in a bowl, do something that seems extraordinary when sped up or slowed down, and place stickers on the correct body parts. The guest contestant in this episode is Joaquim Nicolau.

4. Silence is scary
Air Date: 2023-10-14

5. These are
Air Date: 2023-10-21

6. They think it's easy to be Judas
Air Date: 2023-10-28

7. It was from here that they asked for a miracle
Air Date: 2023-11-04

8. Everything but pancakes
Air Date: 2023-11-11

1. Protect your ladybird
Air Date: 2024-03-16

2. Pillows everywhere
Air Date: 2024-03-23

3. For a drop you gain, for a drop you lose
Air Date: 2024-03-30

4. The elbows of the fingers
Air Date: 2024-04-06

5. The hump gave birth to a Toy
Air Date: 2024-04-13

6. A mix of psychologist and torture
Air Date: 2024-04-20

7. There are means that are justified by the ends
Air Date: 2024-04-27

8. There is life inside
Air Date: 2024-05-04

1. Isabela Valadeiro
Air Date: 2025-03-22
We begin the season with a bang with Isabela Valadeiro in a very weird, chaotic episode with a lot of water, paint, and water. Join us!

2. Fernando Daniel
Air Date: 2025-03-29
Fernando Daniel joins Taskmaster for another dose of madness! In this episode, the players have to knock down exactly 100 cans, keep a contact ball rolling for as long as possible, do something truly impressive with a rubber duck, keep Markl dry while he's under a shower, and finally, complete four tasks in a row, with the added challenge of completing each task faster than the last.

3. Mafalda Creative
Air Date: 2025-04-05
In this episode, we're going to challenge Mafalda Creative to solve Taskmaster's tasks! Our players need to exit the gate as a team, activating the siren the fewest number of times, eat a lemon in the shortest time possible, make time stop, throw a slice of bread into a toaster from the greatest distance possible, and choose a body part, a gardening item, and a kitchen utensil to then squeeze the largest amount of orange juice into a container using only the items they chose.

4. Lourenço Ortigão
Air Date: 2025-04-12
Our guest on this episode is Lourenço Ortigão. Players need to transfer as much water as possible from one aquarium to another using only the available items, maintain eye contact and chat with someone on a video call during which they need to equip themselves for diving, write the longest possible sentence with the number of letters provided, discover the item that produces the sound when a button is pressed, and finally, they also need to travel through time.

5. Ukra
Air Date: 2025-04-19
Ukra joins Taskmaster for another good dose of madness! Players are hired for a new role where they must be the third to quit, find and complete the true task out of 100 possible tasks, meet a person and discover as much as possible about that person, who will tell the truth, lie, and act tough in that order, but not necessarily starting with the truth. They also have to do the most unpredictable thing and, finally, put a tarp on the smallest of the available containers.

6. Inês Lopes Gonçalves
Air Date: 2025-04-26
This episode's guest is presenter Inês Lopes Gonçalves. The players must climb a mountain as a team in an exciting way, complete the alphabet with objects, hug a special friend they don't know, insert one vegetable completely inside another vegetable without another player making the same combination, and be the biggest weight carrier while waving with one hand and giving a thumbs-up with the other.

7. Hugo Van Der Ding
Air Date: 2025-05-03
This episode's guest is comedian Hugo Van Der Ding. Players must complete all tasks before the task envelope burns, make a glass overflow without stepping on the red carpet, ensure a fish has the best possible trip home, attach the heaviest object to a board with the provided items in such a way that the object stays in place for one minute without falling, and choose a word, then call someone and make that person say that word as many times as possible without the player ever being able to say it.

8. Sílvia Alberto
Air Date: 2025-05-10
In this episode, we welcome presenter Sílvia Alberto for a range of very fun tasks: creating the best one-minute bachelor party for Nuno Markl, moving an egg to its egg holder without touching it, completing 11 laps of a circuit with a new rule added each lap, creating a sandwich using fins or spatulas as hands, and finally, doing something truly stupid.

9. Eduardo Madeira
Air Date: 2025-05-24
In this episode, we welcome Eduardo Madeira for a range of very fun tasks: the players need to spill the minimum amount of baby while doing household chores, correctly park an electric mobility stroller while completing a circuit blindfolded, remove all the balls from a box, commit a crime without breaking the law, and finally, pop a balloon from the greatest distance possible.

10. Margarida Corceiro
Air Date: 2025-05-31
In the final episode of this season, we welcome guest Margarida Corceiro. We'll have many tasks, endless points, our best friends ducklings, spaghetti, and a lack of letters, all for an incredible dose of laughter! And we'll also find out who will be the big winner of the season!

1. Diogo Piçarra
Air Date: 2025-09-27

2. Benedita Pereira
Air Date: 2025-10-04

3. Chef Kiko
Air Date: 2025-10-11

4. Ana Bacalhau
Air Date: 2025-10-18

5. Diogo Morgado
Air Date: 2025-10-25

6. Raquel Tillo
Air Date: 2025-11-01

7. Zé Pedro Vasconcelos
Air Date: 2025-11-08

8. Tânia Graça
Air Date: 2025-11-15

9. João Jesus
Air Date: 2025-11-22

10. Victória Guerra
Air Date: 2025-11-29

1. Carolina Carvalho
Air Date: 2026-03-14
Carolina Carvalho joins our cast of four magnificents in the first episode of this season. In this episode, players must stick a pencil into an aubergine from as far away as possible...

2. Fernando Alvim
Air Date: 2026-03-21
Fernando Alvim joins the magnificent four. From interrogating ducks to find out which one is secretly a goose, creating and committing the eighth deadly sin, dressing water and carrying as much as possible to a bathtub, filling the yellow box with sand (and carrying every box they touch) and even completing several tasks in sequence, these are this week’s challenges. On Taskmaster, anything can happen.

3. Sónia Tavares
Air Date: 2026-03-28
In this episode, the players must do a comical live reporting, collect as many green balls as possible (and no red ones), place an egg on an egg tray in the most risky way, count all the ducks they find and make a correct guess after 10 minutes, and also guide a teammate to the red carpet. The guest on this episode is the singer Sónia Tavares.

4. Filipa Areosa
Air Date: 2026-04-04
Filipa Areosa joins our cast of four magnificent. The five of them will have to propel a pea across a red carpet and achieve the greatest distance, write a 10-word story with a beginning, middle, and end without ever stopping running, make a song for and about a person, feed the farm animals, and also avoid being photographed by paparazzo Nuno Markl.

5. Mickael Carreira
Air Date: 2026-04-11
Singer Mickael Carreira joins Diogo Valsassina, Gilmário Vemba, Isabela Valadeiro, and Jéssica Athayde for another series of challenges. They'll have to jump without lifting their feet off the ground, form a triangle as a team, crack a coconut while laughing ["partir o coco a rir" = laugh your head off], collect 197 things (and put everything back in its proper place), and even fiddle with light switches.

6. Anabela Moreira
Air Date: 2026-04-18
Actor Anabela Moreira joins our cast of four magnificent. In this episode, the players must place the bottles in the correct position, shoot a ball within the time they previously stated they would need to score, hide from Markl in one of five items, transport water from "This" bathtub to "That" bathtub, and also make a plastic bag as heavy as possible.

7. Guilherme Geirinhas
Air Date: 2026-04-25
Guilherme Geirinhas joins Diogo Valsassina, Gilmário Vemba, Isabela Valadeiro, and Jéssica Athayde for another series of challenges. The players need to put a ball in a hole, hide traffic cones from Markl, make some things exactly the same color as other things, retrieve a ping-pong ball from a bathtub, and keep a basketball on the treadmill for as long as possible without touching the ball.

8. Soraia Chaves
Air Date: 2026-05-02
Actor Soraia Chaves joins our cast of four magnificent. Players must toss lemons from one trash can to another, say a word starting with K, recreate a classic computer game, transfer balls from one jar to another, and win as many medals as possible in the "Pealympiad".

9. Susana Blazer
Air Date: 2026-05-09
Actor Susana Blazer joins our cast of four magnificent. In this episode, the players must put one thing inside another thing inside another thing inside another thing and so on, tell Markl why the light bulb lights up, do something that people will talk about the next day, build a lemon tower, and make a ball bounce off three different objects as many times as possible.

10. Miguel Vital
Air Date: 2026-05-23
Miguel Vital joins Diogo Valsassina, Gilmário Vemba, Isabela Valadeiro and Jéssica Athayde for another series of challenges. Players have to write the best essay with a word starting with each letter of the alphabet, find out what the secret task is and do the task or alternatively do all the other tasks, score as many goals as possible, pair the emojis as quickly as possible and also have the mission "Not being able to do that".
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Rating
8.6/10
Release Date
2022-03-19
Episodes
62 (7 seasons)
Status
Returning Series





