The Crystal Maze returned to our screens on Channel 4 tonight (June 8) with a special celebrity edition.
Alongside the returning host Richard Ayoade – and his golden hand, of course – Friday night's celebrity special featured a team of YouTuber Alfie Deyes, Grime MC Big Narstie, ex-Hollyoaks star Jorgie Porter and Olympians Greg Rutherford and Dame Kelly Holmes as they worked their way through the various zones of the Maze.
It was an eclectic mix of characters, but one team member was possibly the best or worst Crystal Maze contestant ever, depending on your point of view.
Yes there's never been anyone quite like Big Narstie on The Crystal Maze – and he even brought snacks!
It's fair to say that the Grime MC was feeling a little overwhelmed to be in the actual Crystal Maze – so much so that he seemed to be struggling to stay awake most of the time.
But, somewhat amazingly, team captain Dame Kelly Holmes decided Narstie was her man for a mental challenge, which suitably involved him having to release some coloured smoke from big pipes.
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And he nearly destroyed the set in the process! What would Mumsie say?
After failing at the mental challenge, next for Narstie was a mystery game, where he came face to face with Jarhead (Adam Buxton) and lost his mind, causing a lot of work for the guy on the swear button.
Narsite had to solve two of Jarhead's three riddles to win a crystal, and after messing up the first one he redeemed himself on the second.
But then came a riddle about frogs, which he nearly got wrong despite Buxton mouthing 'frog' at him and doing a frog impression.
Viewers were both amused and in despair.
By the time the team made it inside the famous Dome, Narstie still couldn't believe he was on the actual Crystal Maze.
In the end the team won £10,000 for Stand Up To Cancer, but Richard wasn't going to let Narstie leave without making him empty his pockets.
Turns out Narstie had one snack left (a Daim bar), but he'd also made off with a piece from the set, or as he called it 'memorabilia'.
And the team couldn't leave without giving a hug to Richard, even if that's totally against the rules.
The Crystal Maze is back on Channel 4 next Friday (June 15) at 9pm.
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