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Five celebrities named for Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
Five celebrities will compete in Taskmaster’s New Year Treat, a festive special of the Channel 4 challenge show.
The lineup is Alison Hammond, singer Chesney Hawkes, social media personality Francis Bourgeois, BBC newsreader Maryam Moshiri and TV personality Rob Rinder.
Greg Davies and Alex Horne will set the contestants challenges, with Davies awarding points.
The winner will receive the Treat Trophy, a prize shaped as Davies’s Golden Eyebrows.
The special’s broadcast date has not been confirmed, so viewers do not yet know when it will air.
Taskmaster has featured celebrity contestants completing challenges since it began in 2015, first on Dave and then on Channel 4 from 2020.
The special extends the show’s familiar format, while a separate live stage version is also planned for Manchester and Los Angeles next year.
Five celebrities have been named as contestants for Taskmaster’s New Year Treat.
Alison Hammond, Chesney Hawkes, Francis Bourgeois, Maryam Moshiri and Rob Rinder will take part in the special.
Greg Davies and Alex Horne will host the contestants through a series of challenges.
The winner will receive a trophy described as Greg Davies’s Golden Eyebrows.
The broadcast date has not been confirmed.
Digital Spy spells Francis Bourgeois’s surname as “Bourgois”.
- Who
- Alison Hammond, Chesney Hawkes, Francis Bourgeois, Maryam Moshiri and Rob Rinder will compete.
- What
- They will take part in Taskmaster’s New Year Treat and compete for the Treat Trophy.
- When
- The special’s broadcast date has not been confirmed.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- The contestants will compete to win the special’s trophy.
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- Contestants
- Alison Hammond, Chesney Hawkes, Francis Bourgeois, Maryam Moshiri and Rob Rinder
- Hosts
- Greg Davies and Alex Horne
- Prize
- Treat Trophy, described as Greg Davies’s Golden Eyebrows
- Broadcast date
- Not confirmed
- Surname spelling
- Independent: Bourgeois; Digital Spy: Bourgois