Details for Stjörmæster
Production Details
- Broadcasting Channel(s): Æ2
- Distributor(s)/Studios: Parvinnen Filmcentre, Keterig
- Executive Producer(s): Seaj Hendrik, Paul Veksen
- Producer(s): Bengst Olavssen
- Director(s): Seaj Hendrik
- Picture Format: 4K HD
- Camera setup: Multi-camera
Show Details
- Type of Programme: Comedy Panel Show
- Running time: ~40 minutes per episode
- Language(s): Aenglic
(English subtitles are also provided on ÆTV English, which is ÆTV's official English-language channel. They are also provided on official broadcasts by MCG2 in Malta Comino Gozo.)- [If a serial] Episodes: 10
- Release Date(s):
Season 1: September 8, 2022 - November 10, 2022
Other Information
- Main/Reccuring Cast: Ben Knus (Taskmaster), Seamus "Seaj" Hendrik (Taskmaster's Assistant)
- Other Cast:
Season 1: Anna Ronne, Björn Verkmann, Hilda Marie Kristjansdoter, Jason Olsand, Rik Marskal
Season 2: David Haraldssen, Esme Joltan, Hailey De Micoli, Lina Letlen and Syd Kvindon- Theme Tune/Opening Theme: Stjörmæster Theme Tune
- Summary of Show (up to 750 words) below;
Stjörmæster is the Aenglish adaptation of the British comedy panel show Taskmaster, created by Alex Horne. The show features five Aenglish comedians and television personalities trying their best to complete ten episodes worth of tasks, including prize tasks and live tasks every episode. It features Ben Knus as the Taskmaster, with Seaj Hendrik as the Taskmaster's Assistant. All five comedians are trying to win the most points to win a golden statue of Ben Knus's head.
Other Information
Countries Broadcasting the Show;
- Aenglide (ÆTV)
- Malta Comino Gozo (MCG2)
The official English translations of all episodes are provided.
Season 1 | 2022
The first season of Stjörmæster featured Anna Ronne, Björn Verkmann, Hilda Marie Kristjansdoter, Jason Olsand and Rik Marskal. The team of three consisted of Marskal, Ronne and Olsand, while the team of two consisted of Verkmann and Kristjansdoter. The series winner was Hilda Marie Kristjansdoter.
Episode 1: "A drenched house"
Written By: Seaj Hendrik, Paul Veksen
Release Date: September 8, 2022
Prize Task: Bring in the most haunted item. The most haunted item wins.
1st Individual Task: Make Seaj have the nicest bath. Nicest bath wins.
2nd Individual Task: Create a meal out of the most unsuspecting item. Best unsuspecting meal wins.
Team Task: Create the best advertisement that promotes a random item that your team chooses. Best advertisement wins.
Live Task: Make the Taskmaster a nice salad. Then, Sort the vegetables in order by their colour. Best sorting of vegetables wins.
Episode 2: "Catastrophic melon"
Written By: Seaj Hendrik, Paul Veksen
Release Date: September 15, 2022
Prize Task: Bring in the item that makes people you know ask the most questions about. Most question-raising item wins.
1st Individual Task: Eat the most watermelon in 20 seconds. Lightest weighed watermelon after eating it wins.
2nd Individual Task: Name the flavours of these different smoothies. Most flavours named wins.
3rd Individual Task: Create the best piece of art only using equipment found in the bathroom. Best piece of art wins.
Live Task: Throw a dart on the stage extension the farthest. The person that throws the dart closest to the line, or throws the dart off of the stage is eliminated. Last person in the game wins.
Episode 3: "Universally known design"
Written By: Seaj Hendrik, Paul Veksen
Release Date: September 22, 2022
Prize Task: Bring in the best item that improves a party. Best party improvement item wins.
1st Individual Task: Create a paper aeroplane. The paper aeroplane that is flown the furthest from the mat wins.
Team Task: Create the best play in slow-motion. The best play when sped up at 4x speed wins.
2nd Individual Task: Make the loudest noise while wearing noise-cancelling earmuffs. The noise with the highest number of decibels recorded wins.
Live Task: Create as many holes as possible in an A4 sheet of paper, with the selection of a spoon, a coathanger, and a cookie cutter.
Episode 4: "That challenge guy right there"
Written By: Seaj Hendrik, Paul Veksen
Release Date: September 29, 2022
Prize Task: Bring in the best item from a foreign country. Best foreign item wins.
1st Individual Task: Find the marble that Seaj is thinking of, out of 200 marbles, by asking questions. Least questions asked when finding the correct marble wins.
Team Task: Create the best original song about Seaj, without saying the words "Seaj", "Hendrik", "Taskmaster" or "Assistant". All team members must sing parts of the song. Best song wins.
2nd Individual Task: Get a pumpkin as far away from the mat as possible. Furthest pumpkin wins.
Live Task: Carry a suitcase along the stage, that either contains broccoli or pillows. The taskmaster must guess what is contained inside the suitcase. If the taskmaster guesses correctly, you are disqualified. Last person to fool the taskmaster wins.
Episode 5: "Not the best aircraft in the universe"
Written By: Seaj Hendrik, Paul Veksen
Release Date: October 6, 2022
Prize Task: Bring in the most ticklish item. Most ticklish item wins.
1st Individual Task: Pick a random letter of the (Aenglish) alphabet. Then, gather the most items starting with that letter and place them on a table. Most items wins.
2nd Individual Task: Create a flying object, and let it fly without touching the ground after being released. Longest time for an object to be in the air wins.
Team Task: Drive laps around a running track in a golf cart, but a new rule is added every lap completed, and every rule must be completed every lap. Most laps driven wins.
Live Task: Hit a ball with another ball on the stage platform as far as you can past the line without it falling off. If the ball is closest to the line or the ball falls off the platform, the person is disqualified. The last person standing wins.
Episode 6: "What a sh*t town!"
Written By: Seaj Hendrik, Paul Veksen
Release Date: October 13, 2022
Prize Task: Bring in the best type of wall. The best wall wins.
1st Individual Task: Create the best desert, out of dessert items. Best desert made out of desserts wins.
2nd Individual Task: Impress the mayor of Habenvik, Kéterig. The person that impresses the mayor the most wins.
3rd Individual Task: Reveal the most surprising and weird outfit under normal clothes to the studio recording of episode 6. Weirdest outfit wins.
Live Task: Dress the fastest back into your original clothes from the weird outfits inside individual changing tents. Fastest time wins.
Episode 7: "Malta Tomato Gozo"
Written By: Seaj Hendrik, Paul Veksen
Release Date: October 20, 2022
Prize Task: Bring in two items that are the most different from eachother. Most different two items wins.
1st Individual Task: Create the tastiest meal out of a country flag. Tastiest flag meal, as judged by Seaj, wins.
Team Task: Make a music video about the Taskmaster. It must also include lyrics about a piece of grass and a doorknob. Best song and music video wins.
2nd Individual Task: Write down a haiku, and then film a mini soap opera, using the haiku as the script. Best film wins.
Live Task: Take turns saying a four-letter word that starts withs the last letter of the previous word. If someone fails to say a word, they are disqualfied. Last person standing wins.
Episode 8: "1 Million kronar dirt mound"
Written By: Seaj Hendrik, Paul Veksen
Release Date: October 27, 2022
Prize Task: Bring in the best dark object. Best dark object wins.
1st Individual Task: Build the best tiny mansion. Best tiny mansion wins.
2nd Individual Task: Take Seaj down the most nostalgic memory lane. Most nostalgic experience for Seaj wins.
3rd Individual Task: Out of a cracker, a grape and a lollipop, consume one, throw one into a bucket 4 metres away, and break one in half. Shortest time to complete all three tasks wins.
Live Task: Write an animal, occupation and sport down on a whiteboard. Then, pose as the animal, that occupation and a player of that sport for the Taskmaster to guess. Most correct guesses from the Taskmaster wins.
Episode 9: "Reject structural integrity"
Written By: Seaj Hendrik, Paul Veksen
Release Date: November 3, 2022
Live Task: Bring an item that can stimulate all five senses. Best item wins.
1st Individual Task: Camouflage yourself in your surroundings. Best camouflage wins.
Team Task: Create a sport using a very bouncy rubber ball that all team members can play. Best sport wins.
2nd Individual Task: Create the best boat out of a given set of supplies, and then sit in the boat and test it in a pool. Longest time for a boat to float wins.
Live Task: Paint the best painting of a donkey, while playing donkey tag. Four players have donkey tails, one does not. The person without a donkey tail must run and steal a donkey tail from another person and place it on themselves. Best painting wins.
Episode 10: "Room temperature intelligence"
Written By: Seaj Hendrik, Paul Veksen
Release Date: November 10, 2022
Live Task: Bring in the brightest thing. Brightest thing wins.
1st Individual Task: Spin a wheel of 30 random items, and spin it 5 times for 5 random items. (Task is continued on the 2nd Individual Task).
Team Task: In a human chain, transport the most eggs from the house into a trolley outside. Most eggs transported wins.
(Secret Task for Rik Marskal: Sabotage your team and make them lose this team task. If they lose, you win 5 points. If they win, you get 0 points.)
2nd Individual Task: Make the best puppet out of the 5 random items from the 1st Individual Task. Best puppet wins.
Live Task: Make a noise for at least two seconds from three different categories, and try to fool the taskmaster. Least correctly guessed answers by the Taskmaster wins.
Season 1 Results
5th place: Björn Verkmann, 181 points
4th place: Anna Ronne, 195 points
3rd place: Rik Marskal, 209 points
2nd place: Jason Olsand, 213 points
1st place: Hilda Marie Kristjansdoter, 218 points
Season 2 | 2023
The second season of Stjörmæster featured David Haraldssen, Esme Joltan, Hailey De Micoli, Lina Letlen and Syd Kvindon. The team of three consisted of De Micoli, Haraldssen and Letlen, while the team of two consisted of Joltan and Kvindon.
Episode 1: "TBA"
Written By: Seaj Hendrik, Paul Veksen
Release Date: May 22, 2023