You're all thinking it.  I'm going to say it.  Nice body paint, Corey Gaubert. [1] With that out of the way, here's the run-down of the scores from the First Task.

HOGWARTS Joshua Harcroft - 68pts Sasha Schlagenweit - 77pts Erin Harper - 61pts TOTAL: 206

DURMSTRANG Yekaterina Alkaev - 66pts Vladlena Savitskaya - 94pts Magdalena Eisenberg 82pts TOTAL: 242

BEAUXBATONS Teodosio Medici - 19pts Corey Gaubert - 70pts Séraphin Olivier - 60pts TOTAL: 149

SALEM Vexillarius Anderson - 80pts Tracy Jones - 85pts Taryn Dickenson - 73pts TOTAL: 238

So good job, witches of Durmstrang for handily kicking everyone's butts! Remind me to avoid you.  Also remind me someone, how does scoring work in this thing?  Everyone but Teodosio got the box, but then, only Taryn spent time playing spider doctor. [2]  So when we find the conversion chart of being captured by spiders to Celcius, tell my editor. 

If you were in a Vanishing Cupboard yesterday, basically these twelve paragons of magical skill, cup-chosen to represent us all, were dropped into an Acromantula's backyard.  Our champions had to work their way through a maze, fight off spiders, and then steal a box from a giant queen Acromantula.  And if you are Vladlena from Durmstrang you have a chat with the giant one first, then get on with snagging the prize.[3] 

There was blood.  There was guts.  There was a berry-smeared, half-naked French kid.  Vote for me for Second Task. 

Figaro OUT.

1.	Corey smushed up berries and rubbed them on his bare tum-tum to disguise his scent.  link
2.	Taryn used precious time to stop and fix up a few injured spiders.  link
3.	Lena held off on her pursuit to try for a conversation with Mosag. link