Bäst i Test is back, the show that manages to plant the whole family in front of the TV--
--to see show hosts and comedians throw rubber ducks into a bucket.
It's nonsense, but it's also dead serious, not least for our lovely panel:
And here they are! The mother of truths, Johanna Nordström!
Sune's dad, Morgan Alling! [T/N: One of Morgan's acting roles.]
Our sister in cyberspace, Arantxa Àlvarez!
And the son of Norrland, Olof Wretling!
And this week's guest: The song, dance, and rap-man Anis Don Demina!
And tonight, among other things, you'll get to see this.
- Eight, nine... - This feels good. This feels like it's my thing.
Ready, set, go!
What the hell is going on?!
I'm a genius.
- No! - ♪ I am fabulous!
Right, we're back. And as usual I've got Don Babina, my consigliere who whispers dubious advice in my ears--
David Sundin, ladies and gentlemen!
Thank you, thank you! Thank you, thank you. Pasta prima, thank you.
- Very nice, David. As for the panel, how are you feeling? - Two thumbs up.
And Anis, you've sure got a knack for rapping damn fast. Are you a fast thinker?
I want to believe I am, but it'll be very interesting to see.
- Was it fun, doing the tests? - Yeah, but so many times you'd think--"damn, I should've done that".
- I've been awake a lot of nights, now. - I think you've got that in common with the others.
I was thinking, David. Should we do something entirely crazy and just get going with the test?
We certainly may. I mean, you and I are a little bit wild and crazy.
So, let's start off with a clean sheet.
- Hello, David. Doing alright? - Yes.
"Place as many A4-sheets as possible in the toilet."
"Most A4-sheets in the toilet wins."
"You have to be on the balcony when you place your A4-sheets."
"You have ten minutes. Your time starts now."
So I have to be here.
Nice, Johanna. That's correct. The goal was to place as many A4-sheets as possible in the toilet.
Most A4-sheets in the toilet wins. You had ten minutes to do this...
And just like Johanna said, you had to be on the balcony when you placed your A4-sheets.
Mhm. A toilet paper jam, quite simply. Who do we start with?
- We're actually going to start with--lo and behold--Morgan Alling. - We're raising the bar, here!
- Well, this was a tough one. How... - The one who gets the most in wins.
There's no, there's no...that won't work there...
Here's something. Good. Sort of slidey... One of those slidey ropes.
I'll bring this, and we'll see...
- 4 minutes and 20 seconds left. - But I'm never going to manage this, David.
- Not with that attitude. - Well said. That's what I like about you.
There.
3 minutes left.
- 2.5 minutes left, Morgan. - David, you can't do this to me!
- But now we're in business. - We are. Can you hold the back of the rope?
- I'm holding it. 1 minute 40 left. - Know what I'll do? I'll do like this...
I love this test!
Oh, what the hell...
No, no, no, no...wait, it's coming, I've just gotta throw it over...
- 55! - No!
Five, four, three...two...
But god, that's the cutest thing I've ever seen!
But I'll say this: Beat that!
- But that you got it to empty out and such, that... - Twice.
- I was shocked myself. - But you picked a really good rope. Slidey.
Now, this might just be the best cable car we've had in Bäst i Test's history. Can we get a replay?
Please do.
- That's some focus. - Wow, that slide!
- It's sliding, it's sliding... - To think it doesn't fall off...
I love this test!
I think we're done here for today.
We've forgotten to tell them, what are we competing for tonight, David?
Right, I'll tell them. As a matter of fact, you can win the toilet seat signed by no less than Morgan Alling!
- Look! This is something we'd like to remember. - We're getting fancy, here!
My god. And while Morgan signs that, we'll take a look at Arantxa.
Hm, maybe not...is there something...?
Can I move the toilet? I have to be able to move the toilet.
- I'll move the toilet. - Uh huh.
You count them up after, all the sheets?
- Yep, that's a hit. - I know what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna get these wet.
Seriously, I'm a genius. And let's bullseye this one...yeah.
30 seconds left. Two, one, zero.
- This one...now, this one isn't in the toilet. - No, sto--David! No! David!
But this is in. All of this is in.
Almost all of them, actually. Very well done. Very well done.
- I like the music to that. - Yeah, it was good. And this idea about wettening the papers, tell us...
But that's what you do when you wipe your... between the cheeks, for example, or such...
- When you're in the bathroom. - You wetten the paper before you...?
- But do you get up and run, then? - No, but--you've got the sink right there!
- You--you go like this, and then like, go back... - No, but stop! No, now we're...no...
It doesn't look like that, it looks more like this. Jeez, no...
- I'm with Arantxa, I think wet paper is the preferable option. - My ass is the cleanest in this studio. I'll tell you that, at least.
And that's at least something. Thank you, thank you.
It looked like a whole lot of papers. Did she beat even Morgan?
You know what? No, she didn't. Arantxa got 390 papers in,
But Morgan got a whole 413 papers in. He did it in bundles, so he's still ahead.
I'm not sure if anyone's going to beat him, actually. But they've got to get the chance to try. Which ones are next?
Let's press ahead with Olof and Johanna.
"You have ten minutes. Your time starts now."
- Can I move the toilet? - Yeah, why not?
- Can I...move the toilet? - It didn't say anything about that, right?
- Oof--back straight. - That was smart, right?
- Done? - They're in now.
1 minute and 15 seconds. Good work.
- There! Good work. - Thanks!
No!
- Now, I can tell you're thinking something... - "Get the toilet in there! Carrying time!"
What the he...what?
So you brought it up?! But the whole thing was that it was supposed to stand there, and you were supposed to...
- No, YOU were supposed to stand on the balcony. - No, I know I didn't stand there! And I know I didn't--why didn't I think of that smart solution?!
It's nuts--and now you understand how I--you-- you understand how I feel. I'm gonna be sleepless at night.
'Cause this, I thought "Wow, no one's going to beat this. No one." So, thanks for tonight.
But Johanna, you had some bad luck--you had one paper outside, so she should have one paper less than Olof.
Yeah, that's how it turned out. Olof mashed in all the 750 sheets in the bundle--
And Johanna, a bit ignominously, stays on 749, but both of them beat Morgan.
But don't we have Anis left to spice things up a bit?
That's very true, and here he is.
Good thing I've been working out lately. It's just me and a toilet.
- These are in. Can I get more? - If you find any.
I got some A4-papers here.
So, should I--do I have more time?
- Five minutes left. - Yep, no stress.
I mean, talk about...!
- Have I won? - I'd say so. Good work.
- Goodbye! - Goodbye.
Thanks! All credit to your cable car, but I was one step ahead.
- Well, I'm devastated. Thanks for tonight. - Keep sitting, keep sitting. You've got time to shine here.
But Anis, you're starting strong. It's a good sign.
- It looked like you even beat Morgan. - Everyone beat Morgan!
And I thought this was--I went home to my wife and said: "Today, I was really good. I did so well today."
"My kids are going to be proud of me." The only test I've been really proud about.
I have this gut feeling that this was the only thing I did well. I don't know, but it feels like that.
That's why this is being placed first, so I get some hubris before the rest go to hell.
You'll get the same trip as Morgan did in this test. "I've got this!"
Well, as it turns out, Anis beat everyone with 2112 A4-sheets--
And with bravado he mounts the porcelain throne of this test.
We'll see if you can make this last. So how are the points distributed?
Anis gets five points, Olof four, Johanna three, Morgan two, Arantxa one.
But: cleanest ass.
Everyone, you know what? Let's move on with an ordinary, traditional Friday night in.
Look, I've really prettied the place up.
Yes...
- A little letter to us! - You're tearing it up.
- I'm stressed. - Oh no, don't be. What does it say?
"Get eleven points. The team that gets eleven points the fastest wins."
"Your time starts now." So then we have to know what points are, here. Right, eleven points...
Get eleven points of what? How? "Get eleven points"?
Right, now this is a bit of a classic in Bäst i Test-contexts.
The point is to get eleven points as fast as possible.
The only complication is that the two teams don't have the slightest idea of how to get these points.
And Anis, you're not in any of these teams, which might come as a relief, but you can bet now--
--on which team you think will get this done the fastest. Who figures this out, the girls or the guys?
- And what do I win if I'm right? - Three points for you as well, then.
I feel like Johanna needs points...
So I'd really like it to be her.
- Right. But if you think logically, then... - I suppose that's true, now that you say it.
Damn...right, but I'll cast my vote for Johanna. Johanna and Arantxa.
You're betting on the girls? Right, let's book that...
And we'll begin by looking at the dynamic duo, Arantxa Àlvarez and Johanna Nordström.
We can make up our own contest. Let's eat nachos without blinking, and make eye contact--
--and we'll get a point if we manage it.
Let's just do stuff.
- Eleven points...eleven points... - It's something to do with the tacos.
Maybe we're supposed to give David a taco that's super good. Then guac...
A little bite. Good enough to hand out points.
- No...that's wrong, then. - Damn!
- Oh! - Jeez, I'm totally...
- What were you doing while he ate the taco? - I was looking at him.
- Should we just look at him, then? - ...No, we shouldn't. I don't get any of this.
Is it something--if you like--if you just talk about tacos, then? What do you usually have in your taco?
- I usually have shrimp salad, I think it's super good. Points for that...? - Sorry...?
- You put shrimp salad in tacos? - Try it out. You'll be like "oh! How have I been living my life?"
Tacos!
- No...no, I've got no idea now. - No, this is nuts.
Did you say something?
- Let's just...start touching stuff. - Juggle. Let's juggle.
There. Should we just yell once?
When he rang the bell we got points.
- No, it's got nothing to do with that. - What the hell did we do...
Now I've got no idea. What did you just do? I just went up. Like, I don't get this at all.
- Did you touch him earlier? - No, you can't touch Davi--well, sometimes.
What the hell is going on?! /PLING/
- You said "what the hell is going on". - Hell, hell, hell!
It's naughty-points, because of the curse wor--for swearing!
God damn! Hell! Hell!
- Dammit, dammit, hell! - Good work.
Totally nuts! I've got to go to therapy after this. I don't understand anything.
- We've just, like, eaten tahcos. - Tacos, Johanna.
Right, there was some total confusion there for a while.
Yeah, it was totally--but the most confusing thing was the shrimp salad. I'm sorry, but that's so nuts.
- Wet paper and shrimp salad... - Cleanest ass, tastiest tacos.
That's one way to look at it.
Either way, you realized after a while that it was when you swore that you got points.
And then a bunch of words started pouring out and all the points poured in.
Well done. In that case, let's see how the guys did, los hermanos. Go ahead.
We're supposed to think outside the box, but in the food.
- One point for each taco. - Yes.
No? Maybe there's points for wearing a funny hat.
- Right, okay. I've had some of everything plus water. - Right, exactly. But if you get up...
- I'll sit down. I'll do this. - Now finish that one, Morgan.
- I've finished it now. - But, damn...
- We got points now. We got points! - Was it because I swallowed?
- And that I could talk? - Now what we're gonna do? Let's finish this, now.
- I can talk now. - I can talk now.
- No, but what the hell... - Eleven points?
- Eleven points! Eleven points! Eleven points! - Tw-two points.
So it's probably something like, you're supposed to eat everything and say "eleven points".
God damn, that's gross.
"Gross"?
- This is really weird. - I don't get any of this!
Dammit, if it's this thing where...
Every time you say "gross", "god damn", "eleven points"...
Gross, damn... /PLING/
It's fine! Let's go! Go! Every time you say something, "gross", "damn"...
Damn! I said "damn"! I said it again-- damn, damn, damn!
- Damn. - One, two, three:
- Damn! - And the last one.
Damn!
Brilliant. Eleven points. Well done.
You certainly had a big appetite. It didn't look too gross.
No, it was very good.
It was like a joke to realize that when we'd eaten one and accidentally said "damn"--
--the inner logic was to eat everything. We've gotta eat everything, then.
- You probably didn't need any lunch that day. - No.
And then we've got the times. Those are exciting, now.
Yes, let's see here...Arantxa and Johanna got 11 points in 15 minutes and 21 seconds.
It felt like an eternity.
And Olof and Morgan got 11 points in 7 minutes and 46 seconds.
That's pretty good, I think!
So then you get three points each, and unfortunately no points go to Arantxa, Johanna or Anis.
- Right! Let's move on, and what's on the menu for the next test? - Now then, Babben! It's fashion time.
- Hello! - Hello, hello.
- Hi! - Hi.
- Should I read? - That's fine.
- A button? - Oh, I get it! Fun.
"Create a pair of fashionable pants for David." Yeah, I think you need some.
-"Create a fashionable jacket for David." -"Fashionable shoes for David."
- "Headdress." - "Gloves for David." Ooh, fashion! Okay.
"David has to be able to wear the pants. You may not use fabric."
"The most fashionable and functional garment wins."
"You have thirty minutes. Your time starts now."
- Fashionable gloves. Okay, are you extravagant? Would you say that? - Yes.
[T/N: The song playing is the sewing song from 'Cinderella', well-known to Swedes due to an annual Christmas special.]
The whole time.
And he needs to have a zipper, like...here.
- Damn, this feels good! This feels like my thing. - ...Definitely.
I've got to glue the actual glue onto something first, but, functional--they should be able to absorb spilled drinks.
- A pair of football shoes, huh? - Yeah. Badum-tish. But we've gotta fix them up a bit.
And we'll finish with some glitter. Y'see, this is a melodifestival-hat. [T/N: A Swedish song contest David co-hosted in 2020.]
Five, four--
--three, two, one, zero.
I present the:
If you got a dream gotta chase it, if it broke gotta fix it, if you don't have a dream gotta make it and stop those who'll break it,
- Shoes. - That's right.
David, go ahead. - We'll call it "futurama".
I've made a pair of really fashionable and functional party gloves.
Here I come with a going-out hat.
A real boastful construction. But it's gotta look nice.
A bit loose in the elastic. You have to...
- Oh no! Did you spill a little? - I'll fix it.
Then you've also got a friend, if you turn around, so you never have to be lonely.
I'm pleased.
- Thanks. - No, thank you.
- Well done. - Thanks. Have a good one.
- Well done. - Thanks. I know.
- It's not something you jog in. - No. It's more of a stay-at-home hat.
What a guy!
Ah, this was fun to see. What did you think when you were making fashion for a model as special as this?
I wanted to capture--I think David's so iconic, and what's more iconic than football?
Everybody watches football. It brings people together, and so does David. But in the TV-sofa instead.
- So it represents his aura a bit. - I was more thinking catwalk.
Yes. It had a bit more "Project Runway" to it.
So, if we should maybe set some scores for these?
But I'd like to see the whole thing. All the garments together. Do we have any footage of that?
Well...yes, maybe there's...
There's a thing--there's a clip where I tried the clothes, but I don't know if it's...
No, that's great. That's perfect. Run the clip.
[♪ "FREE YOUR MIND" ♫]
- There, you see! - Go, David!
- Wow, wow, wow! What a guy! - We're talking Milan here.
In that case, I've taken it all in. You were all amazingly creative and good.
It's hard to judge, this. - Do you know what I'll tell them, David?
I'll say five points to everyone.
Okay, but...wait, in that case I did that for no reason, you might say. And so did they.
- What? They got five points, they're so happy! - Yeah! Look at how straight our backs are.
Okay. You're happy, very good.
After this visual meltdown we need a break.
Slightly lucky then that we've reached the the middle of the show. Well, very slightly...
In any case, it's time for my little fashion nut to interview today's guest. I apologize in advance.
- Go ahead, David. - Thank you, thank you...thank you, thank you.
- Now this is fun. Howdy. - Howdy.
Thank you... I've said that already. Checking that one off.
Anis Don Demina. Hats off to your cheerfulness. Sometimes you wear a hat--
--but sometimes you wear a cap, so today I'll be checking the cap box.
And you're a true little "homeboy". I'll check that, then.
And you like collecting things. You... you do have a sneaker or two.
What are you going to use all these shoes for?
Well, I'm going to wear them. To different events.
Whichever fits best. Still interesting that you're good at collecting and saving and such--
--because it's now time to play "Save the letter"!
This is actually a test that began a whole 100 days ago. Just look at this.
- David! - I'll take a seat.
Now we're up and running.
-"Take care of this letter." -"When prompted by Babben, show the letter for three points."
"One bonus point to the one whose letter contains the most autographs--"
"--from contestants in earlier seasons of Bäst i Test."
"You should be able to display picture proof of the autograph's authenticity."
"Your time starts now."
Good luck.
But... Hello?
- I'm sure as hell not getting disqualified. - So, I'll prompt you. Go ahead and your show your letters.
Olof? There's your letter. Arantxa? There's your letter, oh wow...
- Is that with autographs or pictures of them? - Both.
Selfies of the person: proof of authenticity for the autograph.
- It's exactly this letter. - No, it's this letter.
- You've each gotten one. - Yeah, so I got--this one's mine.
I'm really sorry, but I came here...undocumented, I was gonna say.
- What's your excuse? - Uh, I've moved, and...
Could it be a lack of commitment? A lack of interest for the competition as a whole?
Yeah, but I knew I'd clean house in the other contests, so I figured I could afford to waste it.
But it's three points to Olof, three to Arantxa so far and zero to Anis.
Whoa!
To put it this way, I've got twins at home, so there's no autographs on it.
But it's still...
It is the letter. So this introductory statement "take care of this letter"...
- I have done. In an...alternative way. - Right. Three points.
- And Johanna? - I am...tremendously ashamed.
- Confess to us, sister. Where's the letter? - I don't know where the letter is.
- What?! - Did you even bring it home?
- I've got a tear coming along here. - Slowly trickling down the cheek.
- You can tell how sad I am. - But you want to win, right? But not today.
- But that was--gosh, that was bad of me. - No, it wasn't. It happens.
You have a lot of tests to shine in, but it's zero here. We've got three and three and three there, and then...
There was also the matter of who'd gotten the most autographs from earlier contestants?
Yeah, but this is a lot of earlier contestants. Like Marika Carlsson, for example.
Farah Abadi, Oscar Zia, Ankan...
[Östergötland accent] Ankan talks like this, yeah.
- Good, good. That's one bonus point for Arantxa, right? - I think so, absolutely.
This is one respectable collection of autographs on the original letter.
So one bonus point for you, Arantxa, in addition to your three for showing it.
Congratulations, four points.
That marks the end of our middle-of-the-show break, and we head back to serious business.
Yes. The gauntlet has been thrown, and it's time to settle the score one-on-one.
- Hello. - Howdy-doo.
Hi, David.
Now, I'm going to open that letter and I'm going to read some instructions.
- And then you're going to start the timer. Ready? - Alright, well, I should be able to fix that.
"Create a duel and duel David."
"The most even and most exciting duel wins."
"You have 20 minutes to prepare the duel."
- What's with the gloves? - People used to say "throwing down the gauntlet".
- And then that was a duel. - Great. Bye!
So, our contestants were supposed to, on their own, create a duel and duel against me.
So, it wasn't about winning or losing--
--but about turning the duel itself into a thrilling showdown.
- And which duelists will you be meeting first? - Me versus Anis, Johanna and Morgan.
Alright, go. What are we doing?
I'm gonna say a city, like "Ystad".
Ystad ends with a D. Then you have to say a city starting with D, maybe "Damascus".
- Ystad. - Damascus.
David, I've challenged you to a duel, because I know you've got a real knack for rolling balls.
- Correct and accurate. - And so am I.
And the goal will be to get closest to this flamingo.
- It's a best of 50. - 50?
Here's how you play. Three of the pingpong balls have to go in these lampshades.
Then you get the football and the American football into the hula hoop--
--but they don't need to stay there. The umbrella needs to be thrown past the hula hoops.
After that, it's the one who fastest gets a hold of Nisse Hallberg on the phone. He has to answer.
- Yes. 1-0 to me. - You're doing 50 throws?!
- That's mine, that's mine. - Ready, set, go!
- One. Two. - No!
- You've got none. - No.
- Örebro. - Orrefors. Is that a city?
- What are the rules? - The rules are, uh, that you can say it three times.
You've got three chances? Maybe that's what makes this duel so thrilling. When you think--"wrong answer, he's out!"
"No, he's got three tries." "He's back in it!"
- That's how it works. - In this duel.
I didn't think it sounded that exciting, but now that it's 2-2--
--I think this feels very thrilling and exciting, all of it.
- That one's touched the ring... - This didn't get exciting at all...
- 23-25. You're in the lead. - 23-25!
- That's yours, that's yours. - 23-24!
- Oklahoma. Is that a city? - It could be a state.
- Uh, yeah, but if it's not a city I've still got two chances. - Exactly. After all, those are the rules of this duel.
35-34.
- Does this have to be opened? - Do whatever you want.
- No! - 42-40.
You've taken a timeout. Because that's how it works in this duel.
- 41-42, huh? - Yes.
We're going to go over to countries, but you have twenty seconds.
- Belgien [Belgium]. - Nederländerna [the Netherlands].
- Angola. - 45-44.
Do you think it's getting more exciting, or has it been the same level of excitement for a pretty long time now?
I'm starting to think it's pretty boring, actually.
- Hello there, David. - Nisse Hallberg?
Thanks a lot. In that case, I've won a duel here against Johanna Nordström in Bäst i test.
- Oh, how nice. - Many thanks. Bye-bye.
- Australien [Australia]. - New Zealand.
- Denmark. - K...
...nineteen, twenty.
A lot of people probably thought you'd win since you decided the rules, but then I won--
--so that was a little thrilling.
- Oh, oh... - You've got the match riding on this.
- Huh. - Thanks.
Pretty thrilling, I'd say. But also very clear that I was the winner.
Anis, it did feel like you changed the rules a little after how it went for you.
Yeah, but it didn't say you couldn't. No one's prepared. It can go any possible way. Total thrilling craziness.
Morgan, it did get a bit tedious there heading towards 43-44.
Above all, it was 32 degrees when we were playing--
--and it was also very thrilling that I was the one running up and down here--
--so I was...totally drained.
- Was it exciting? - Well, I mean, it was...decently exciting.
- What? What's this, "decently" exciting? We were like... - Neck-to-neck, absolutely.
- It was also roughly 100 matches. - That's thrilling.
Whose dueling turn is it now?
Now it's time for Olof and the magical tree of tales.
[dramatic drumming]
Welcome to the last felling of the tree of tales.
There's a story about this tree. There were...
Two brothers who couldn't get along--
--about who was going to get to inherit the father and mother's inheritance--
--so the brothers sat down, each on one branch of this tree of tales.
But because of current circumstances--
--we won't be able to saw through the actual branchworks of the tree of tales, of course.
One of the brothers was left-handed, and this time that's you.
And I got the right one.
Now, it was like this, when you worked in the forest--
--you were only allowed to saw ten strokes each.
You saw on the other person's branch? Right, you want to get the other one down.
And then you'll hit the dirt, and I'll fly up and win. "Hooray", I'm gonna say.
One...two...three...
...four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
But that's when one of the brothers asks the other brother:
Is it going to be that exciting, if one of them saws with their left hand?
Well, you can't...after all, he was left-handed. It'll be inaccurate if you...
Precisely. Yes.
[dramatic drumming] One and two and three and four, five, six, seven--
--and eight and nine...
- Wow...! - Welllll...
- I don't know... - It wasn't broken.
- The branch is supposed to break. - It's very exciting, at least.
And then the brother stood up...
And he got the inheritance.
- Yes. - There we are, then. The duel of the magic tree.
You barely know who won, it was that exciting. But it's leaning to...possibly it was you.
[dramatic drumming]
That's one of the most special duels I've seen in my life.
Is this some story that runs through the Wretling clan?
We had a--my dad told it to me, and now I've told all of Sweden.
Afterwards you can go home and play this game. But it does build on one being right-handed and the other left.
- That does make it more even. - Yes. Who's left?
We do have Arantxas duel left, for good or ill.
You got ill? I'd like to see it, then.
[drumroll] Are you ready?
- No. - This is a duel of fabulousness.
- Close your eyes and I'll give you some eyeshadow. - And that's necessary for the duel?
Well, it's part of the whole package of fabulousness.
Although I don't even know if this is for skin. We'll hope it is. You don't usually get, like...eczemas and stuff?
What color is it?
Then we'll get some...
I don't feel too fabulous yet.
Everything's about how you feel on the inside.
Oh!
- I used glitter glue, there! - You might don't need that much glitter glue.
I don't know. I think it's glue. You'll get to sniff this, now.
You can choose which wig you want, and then wear that.
- And the actual duel...? - It'll be a song duel.
You're going to say "I am fabulous", and I'm also going to say that in the same key--
--and then we raise keys until whoever manages the highest note...
- It's a duel of highest key. - Plus fabulous, of course. How could you forget?
Okay. You ready, then?
♫ - I am fabulous ♫ - I am fabulous
♫ - I am... - But you've gotta raise your key, the whole time.
♫ - I am fabulous ♫ - I am fabulous
[off-key]
You won the duel? But that was thrilling!
Since I think everyone thought you were going to win, and then I did.
- Sometimes things don't turn out the way you thought. - I'm so happy.
But do you know who the real winner here is? The one that doesn't have glue on their face.
As usual on this show, whenever you think it can't get stranger, it does.
- But was that real glue? - The thing is--I think it was in German.
So you couldn't clearly see , like it didn't say "this is glue".
But then when I looked closely, it was glitter glue. But that was afterwards.
And I'd already started on the first eyebrow, so I had to get the other and the moustache.
So, the goal was to create the most exciting and even duel.
Babben, which duels did you genuinely think were the most exciting?
The most even one, really, was Morgan's duel. That was uninterrupted excitement--
--all the way up to 95 rolls, so that's five points for that.
Then I have to say that I appreciated Olof's duel in fairytale framing.
You really didn't know how that one was going to turn out, so four points for that.
Johanna's duel was very uneven. One point for you.
Anis, you changed the rules as you went--
--when you ran into some trouble, so that's two points.
But the three goes to Arantxa for a fabulous duel versus David--
--in fabulousness and key-raising.
So how does this affect the total standings?
Well, trailing a bit behind we have Johanna with 10 points, then we have Arantxa with 13--
--we've got Morgan with 15, Anis with 16. Olof has charged ahead: 21 points!
No delay and no rest, let's move on to our next test.
Have you ever wondered how far how far a parsnip could fall?
Me neither, but either way, it's time to get one step closer to answering that question.
- Hi. - Aw, adorable.
"Pick a root vegetable and make it fall."
"The contestant whose root vegetable has the longest descent time wins."
"If you pick the same root vegetable as another contestant you'll be disqualified."
"You have 20 minutes and one attempt. Your time starts now."
Longest descent time... [David mimics falling noise]
I've got an idea.
Yes indeed, the goal was to get a root vegetable of your choice to fall for as long as possible.
But the stakes were high, because if two contestants pick the same root vegetable, they'll both be out.
Once again, a lovely Bäst i test-test.
This really opens up for the panel's creativity. And who are we watching first?
I'll tell you. As a matter of fact, it's Olof and Johanna.
Potato, yam, parsnip...
This one is what you'd want. Could I just test it out here?
- One attempt. That was close. - Yeah, that was close.
Will someone else take it? That's the thing, too. Ugh.
You think "everyone's taking the carrot", and then nobody takes the carrot.
But because I've had that thought people will think just like me, since that's the first thought.
- And then we'll be left with five carrots. - Yeah. So we have to think bigger.
Y'know what, this felt goo. I'll take it. It's a parsnip, right?
Then I've got a question, David--does it have to be a root vegetable from the basket?
- Because I don't think it says that in the assignment here. - "Pick a root vegetable."
Ah! Oh, that's smart.
Alright, so now we've got part one here. I've got a root vegetable that's not from the box--
--so now it's time to fall.
If you want it to be really high, you've gotta go to, like, the Eiffel Tower.
Imagine how high that would've been.
I'm pretty darn sure that if I stand on that pillar, I'll get an elevated drop down to the water.
What've we got here, then? We've got at least six-eight meters already.
I think I could get it up pretty high just by myself. I'll throw it.
Damn, it's gotta go so far!
- Johanna, are you ready for your attempt? - Yes.
Go ahead.
Oh, damn!
- Still kinda good. - That did go pretty high.
If it had landed over there it would've been a longer fall, but good work.
Thanks.
Think my back burst.
- How did things turn out with your back? - Yeah, there was--I thought it creaked a bit there.
But wow, you really hurled that parsnip. You've done that before.
- Yeah, I do it daily. - "Farm gathering, everyone!"
- She's got an impressive throwing arm. We've seen it several times. - But how have you measured this, afterwards?
The time from its highest point to when it lands.
The descent time is what's judged. Johanna's root vegetable fell for 3.12 seconds.
Olof's root vegetable fell for 3.08 seconds, so Johanna's in the lead.
- Good! - Who do you want to see next, Babben?
Seems like it's almost time to unleash Arantxa in this match.
But like, how's it supposed to fall? From...
[mimics falling noise]
- How about this? Does it work? It says 'rocket'. - You'll have to test it out.
I mean, that's still fairly...
Do you think this is...aerodynamic?
Uh, I don't know. It was the smallest in the basket, at least.
Oops!
- How's the insurance here? - Oh, we've got that.
- Thereabouts somewhere? - Yeah. You ready?
Let's go, then.
Oh, that--wow, that--that makes me sad. I risked my life for this test.
I'd probably have been able to throw it up higher, I think.
- Good work. - Yeah.
Ah, Arantxa. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to notice how that fell flat.
I'm guessing maybe 1.5 seconds?
You know what? That's not bad at all. 1.60 seconds.
- I'm not sure which root vegetable you threw. - A radish.
- So which ones are spoken for now? - Parsnip, turnip and radish.
Let's move on towards the resolution with Morgan and Anis.
Here's what I think: we've got some root vegetables here. We've got a...uh, yes.
And "mmm" and a "ah".
What's this, celery? That feels more like a salad.
It's those two. Root vegetables and salads.
I think that maybe most of them are going to pick this little one. The slightly lighter type.
I think I'll go for...ah, hmm!
- This'll be my choice. - Sweet potato.
- The beetroot. - A classic.
Everyone's in.
- Can I put a string...? - Why'd I take the most tangled string of all of them?
- I don't think it was originally, but... - I've gotten myself into this situation?
- You seem to have a knack for... - ...tangling things up?
- What's your root vegetable called? - Janne.
- Could you tell me what you've done? - Now, I've--I've--I've got an umbrella.
I put an umbrella on it, so now it should drop in a bit more of a controlled way.
There's controlled drops, too. Like the ones you get at the pharmacy.
- Eleven minutes left. - Thanks!
Like a real pro.
Now, it's falling with a bit of help. But it is still falling, capsule or no.
- It's like spacefaring vehicles. - That's right. They're attached to strings, too.
- I'm feeling ready to fall now. - Okay.
Alright, so let's see here...
No!
- Good work. - Your cable cars, Morgan!
- ...How many attempts did I have? - It was one attempt.
♫ Yes, it was one soft June evening
♫ Dear old David stood there waiting ♫ 'til my tuber fell on down
♫ And it's falling very slowly
♫ 'cause that's how I planned to win
Morgan?
Oh! It's getting close, now. I'll run down and catch it.
- But it's not moving now, right? - Yes. You'll see--when it touches the ground, even.
Now it's got some...oh!
- That's the end of your descent time. - How long was I falling?
We'll have to check it in slow motion later to get the exact time.
Good work.
Anis, I must say that was good thinking and well executed.
There's actually a thing that I spotted with my eye.
Anis' tiny thing actually broke.
- But that wasn't my... - Sure, but--one attempt!
- Let's roll the footage back and look. - Yeah, I think we should!
- Look at that! - It's going up.
What's that thing falling?
- What is that thing falling? - It's part of the sweet potato.
And then I wonder: What defines the sweet potato most of all?
This is my ruling, then. If I was going to make sweet potato fries, which I do sometimes on cozy Fridays--
--I'd choose the larger part to make fries from, since the other was a trivial...
Now, dammit, you've gotta back me up on this!
[general furore]
This is exactly why Babben sits where she sits, and we sit where we sit!
- Surely we have to have some order? - Some slight order...!
May I ask--did it go up? No. Did it go down? Yes, I saw it going down.
- But it was lowered down. - That's right. It was thrown, then went down.
- But you threw yours up in the air, then down in the air! - Yeah, that was the assignment!
- She didn't throw it down in the air. - And then you went up with it again!
- No, it didn't go up! I was just holding it! - Alright, let's take care of our guests. Okay, Anis.
El Babino has, in her infinite wisdom, listened to your arguments, and I'm now changing my ruling.
I'm failing Anis, partially because it broke--
--partially because it was thrown, then lowered down. So we'll give you one point.
Who was next, Morgan or Arantxa?
- Morgan. - Two points.
- Arantxa. - Three points.
- Olof. - Four points.
Johanna - five, for the sharp eyes and for bickering down a good friend.
That's the sort of thing that's allowed in Bäst i test.
But anything can happen and everything can change, because now it's time for the finale.
Are you ready? Olof, do us the honor--
--of reading the instructions for your co-competitors, Babben, and the rest.
"Go up to your tube, stomp on it..."
"...and make the contents get as far out on the catwalk as possible."
"Then return to your place. You must constantly..."
"...look straight into camera 6."
"If you avert your eyes from camera 6, you're out."
"The test starts when David signals."
So: You go down, keeping constant eye contact with camera 6, and walk up here.
You perform your stomp, and then back away, still maintaining eye contact with camera 6--
--and walk back onto your piedestal again. Did all of you get that?
Olof's tube of paint is in place. Go ahead.
He's going down. He's not breaking eye contact. Blinking is fine, of course.
He moves forward, he's preparing to stomp...
He's still got eye contact. He feels his way around...
Olof is back up! He can release his gaze.
Olof's gotten as far out as possible, so...
If everyone does that we'll have a shared first place. Now it's time for Arantxa's turn...
And she's going. She's down.
She walks up and readies herself.
There is paint on the catwalk, but above all you broke eye contact, so you're out.
And you almost hit me, so that's a bit unfortunate.
Anis has eye contact with camera 6.
He's going down. He's walking up and feeling around.
I'd like to hit it from the side.
- Should I just go for it? - Go.
- Nice! - Anis is backing off.
You'll be back up soon. Careful, careful, don't stumble.
So, Morgan's turn. Morgan, do you have eye contact with camera 6?
Yes.
Morgan has maintained eye contact. He moves towards the tube.
He gets ready.
- Oh! - No!
He's backing up. He maintains eye contact. He feels around.
And he's back. He's got green paint on his forehead!
It's all over your pants, too.
But I can also tell you that not only Olof, but Anis and Arantxa--
--have broken eye contact with the camera.
That means that the one you're now competing against is Morgan. Johanna, let's go.
- She maintains her gaze constantly. - Look in the camera, look in the camera...
Look in the camera, look in the camera, look in the camera!
Yes!
I'm checking the camera, every day I'm looking in the camera.
Did you think, Johanna Nordström, that you didn't turn away?
- Can I...? - You're done now.
As you can see we've got green spots here, here and here, but not quite all the way out.
While the cerise goes all the way onto the line. Which means that Johanna takes this one!
Incredible! Thank you, thank you...
Wait a minute. Now...we're double-checking the gazes. Let's see...
- Johanna too. - What?! N--bu--I was looking into the camera!
We can put a still image on the LED, to make this the end of discussion.
- No! - Ow!
No, but--look at one of my eyes! That one's still there! Look!
There! Look, I'm cross-eyed! I am!
- No! - Yes!
Which means that it's Morgan who stands alone as the winner! Wow!
- But I haven't won anything! - And that's how we play "Stomp the paint".
What a thrilling finale. And colorful, too.
Very much so. If we look at the total standings we had before--
--and we give Morgan five points, he reaches second place and it's not quite enough!
Olof brings it home with 21 points!
And he's the one who takes home the Morgan-signed...
So, what have we learned today? Sometimes you'll get points for swearing--
--and more paper can fit in a toilet than one might think.
I'll see you next week.
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