Series 17 was defined by tasks that played with the contestants’ perception of space and time. From the very first episode, it was clear that the production team had upped the ante on the "lure" tasks—those that seem simple but contain a hidden trap.
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This was the opening task of Episode 1, and it set the tone. Contestants had five minutes to construct something and then knock it over. While most built domino chains or stacked cans, Joanne McNally tried to psychologically break Alex Horne, while Nick Mohammed attempted to use a slow-motion camera to film a leaf falling (which Greg Davies ruled was "spiritually impressive but physically pathetic"). Series 17 was defined by tasks that played
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The live studio task in Episode 4 was an all-timer. Each contestant had to write a one-minute pop song about a specific vegetable (carrot, leek, parsnip, cabbage, and Brussels sprout). Nick Mohammed’s emotional ballad about a lonely carrot ("No Eyes to Cry With") scored surprisingly high, but Steve Pemberton’s dark cabaret number about a cannibalistic cabbage won the night.