"Sing along with the intro music with as much feeling as possible."
"Your time starts when the intro music starts."
- You're welcome. - This isn't how you climb a ladder...
Oh, right! Ugh.
- ...what? - What?
Yes, hello and welcome to this traditional bonus episode of Bäst i Test.
This is the episode where we show off the tests that were left over after the regular episodes had been edited together.
And as I'm sure you remember--after all, it was just a week ago--they were won by Olof Wretling!
Yes indeedy! And the guest of the finale was Nour El Refai--
--and since she's refused to leave the studio since, she also gets to be here at the start of the bonus episode.
Yes. And what we're going to look at are tests which either didn't fit, or which might've gotten too strange, one might say.
And as usual, we'll waste no time. I think we'll get going straight away with the first test.
- Hello! - Hi! Gosh, aren't you happy...today.
I'll open this, then.
"Erase the eraser." The rubber, right...
- "The one who erases the eraser fastest wins." - "You have 10 minutes. Your time starts now."
Right. So, the goal was to get a classic eraser to disappear as fast as possible.
And what that meant in practice, our dear panellists interpreted in slightly different ways, one might say.
Interesting. Then I'd like to start by watching...Nour and Olof.
Delighted to.
Look, look.
- "Eraser". Who the hell calls it that? - Yeah, it's...I think it's pretty common, actually.
Erase, erase... To erase, erase...
Ah, that's smart.
There has to be a better way.
I can burn it up! Look.
- That's not how you do it, right? - That's not how you do it. Don't try this at home, and so on.
- You've probably got one of those disclaimers... - That's right.
Look. Goodbye, rubber!
Half the time's passed, Olof. So half the eraser should be erased.
- No, look! It's catching. - It's a bit gooey, sort of. Like a halloumi.
- Got about a minute left. - Look! Look, it's gone!
- There's nothing left. Look! - We'll put some good dance music over this, later.
Yeah, like this. Now...no. No!
God dammit!
Five, four, three...
...two, one, zero.
Here you go. Here's your 'eraser'.
That and some scraps. Still, erased pretty well.
Good work.
Mhm. Fairly literalistic here, one might say.
Feverish work in progress until most of the eraser had disappeared.
We'll take a few more before we sum it up, I think.
Yeah, it's probably fairest that way. Here come the speed erasers, Johanna and Morgan.
To disappear? Entirely? It should just disappear entirely, just so you don't see it?
- So, I've just gotta make it disappear? - So that you'll never find it?
That it doesn't exist? We'll do this...
There.
Can you see anything? No? Then you can stand--stay there.
Yeah...it's gone.
He can't find this.
It's gone, now. You can stop the timer.
- Six minutes left, David! Can you find it? - I'm going to find it.
- Thanks. - Yeah, but...
Yeah, it's...it's gone. Erased.
- If I watch the footage... - ...No! You're not gonna do that.
- It's somewhere, after all. - But not now, for you.
- Is it that it's gone further than you'd think, then? - No, it probably bounced on the tree, I thought.
Then it went 200-300 meters that way. You finding anything?
- Twenty [~2$] in cash. - Twenty in cash...?
So who's the winner now?
- You know where it is, though. It hasn't disappeared for you. - I closed my eyes when I threw it, so I've got no idea.
- It's disappeared, then. - Exactly.
Five, four, three, two, one...
And time's up, there. Good work.
- ...Thanks. Thanks. - You can go now.
- Should we call it there? - Yeah.
- No... - No, what the hell...?
There it was, huh.
Yes, what should we say? I mean, the eraser did actually disappear. Or what do you say?
- Yeah. - Nah...
I perceived that it had to be erased--it had to disappear from the surface of the earth.
Like, that's how I perceive "erase".
Like when you say you're going to erase a memory.
Yeah, but you can do that physically--like, on a computer you can erase stuff, for example.
Yeah, but I'm just thinking like this--if a dog runs away, you don't say "it's erased".
- No. - It's disappeared.
- So I'd say that your erasers... - Yeah, but we asked David several times, "we're just gonna make it disappear, right?"
Yeah, disappear--but it's not erased from the surface of the earth.
- It's David's fault. - Yes.
- What do you say, David? - Well, this isn't my place to judge, of course, but...
The task did get completed, sort of...
And then I happened to find Johanna's rubber again, but the time was up by then. So it's a bit fuzzy.
Bit of a shame, that. But now we'll place all our hopes on Arantxa coming up with something really good.
No. No!
- Then let's see here... - Exciting.
- Then we'll grab that... - What's that app for, then?
You make stuff disappear. It's good for if you've got photos with some ex, and you're just like "ugh".
"That bastard!" There! I made it disappear.
- So, we've got it with... - ...and without. Magic!
- Eraser. No eraser. Erased. - Erased!
- No, it's not erased. It's still there. - Arantxa? Good work. Brilliant.
- It's still there! It's there! - But you weren't any better, were you? Don't point fingers at her.
But I can--I can even see...
In various forms of image editing software, they very clearly say 'erase'.
So, for example, you get a picture, and then you place it in layers, and then you just remove. Erase.
- But it was still there in front of you. - Yeah, but I erased it.
I think what's most important to remember is that:
It doesn't matter. This is a bonus episode. There's no points to win, even, so...
It matters a little, because mine disappeared the most.
- I thought it was snazzy, at least. - But, as mentioned, this is the bonus show, so there's no points.
But we'll move on to the next test.
No...!
- Hello there. - Good day.
- Let's go, now. - Let's go, now.
"Point north with this tennis racket."
- "Closest to north wins." - "You have five seconds. Your time starts now."
Right! So, the goal was to point northwards.
Probably the simplest test we've had in Bäst i Test's history.
- Really. - Incredibly simple. Point northwards.
Can we--can we...we don't need to look at mine, maybe. - Really. - Incredibly simple. Point northwards.
Can we--can we...we don't need to look at mine, maybe.
- Unfortunately, we probably have to look at everyone. - Yeah, we will. But we can start with everyone but you! We can do that.
"Your time starts now."
- Four... - Five seconds?!
- Three, two, one... - North? There--like that.
- You're thinking that you're pointing with... - It depends on how you look at it.
- Northern pine? - Yeah, that's the meadow there.
- Hold it--hold it... - Yeah.
- Norrland. - You're going on a feeling?
Oh, right! Ugh.
- ...what? - What?
I'll go check if it is north.
Exciting! I want to know.
Right, is it--do you get blocked when you get orders like this, and then just five seconds to do them?
I wouldn't have managed it if I got five hours, either.
- Wasn't I dead-on? - Yeah, it looked very good, at least.
- Of everyone who pointed, you were the closest. - Yeah, I'm not surprised.
No. But there's someone left, right?
- Well, we can also choose to erase that. - Yeah, but it'll still be there. Even if you erase it, it'll still be there.
We'll take a look at Nour El Refai when she's tasked with doing as simple as pointing in a direction.
"You have five seconds. Your time starts now." Ah, what the hell...
- Five, four, three, two, one, zero. - "Point north with this tennis racket."
What's forwards on the tennis racket, then? "Closest to north wins. You have five seconds. Your time starts now."
Yeah, they're over. The five seconds.
- What, it--it was five seconds? - Yeah, you said, twice.
Did I say that? What--but I'll do it again!
Ah, my condolences.
Like, I'd gotten taught how this show works. I was new, and David said:
"Think about thinking outside the box. And you know, if it doesn't say you can't do something, you can--"
So I--I got a bit stuck in: "What does the note not say?" Like, do you follow?
- And...yeah. - But that's a pretty good jumping-off point for moving on, maybe.
We shall. Hey, everyone! Now we're rolling with this bonus episode.
We'll take a small look at other guests and participants we've had from this past season, because here's another bonus test.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Hi! - Hello.
- Should I sit down? - That's fine.
"Get the thermometer to show as high and low a temperature as possible."
"Largest difference between highest and lowest temperature wins."
"The thermometer may not leave the greenhouse."
"If you break the thermometer, you're disqualified. You have five minutes. Your time starts now."
- Okay. Cold and hot? - Those are two temperatures that exist.
- The thermometer may not leave the greenhouse--but I can leave the greenhouse? - That's right. As long as your name's not "the thermometer".
Or was called that. Could be called that at school. A nickname, I'm thinking.
Right, so the goal was to get as large a disparity as possible.
So, largest difference between highest and lowest temperature.
But the thermometer could, under no circumstances, leave the greenhouse.
Mhm. A very simple test, in other words. And who will we see first?
Well, then...that'll be Arantxa, Morgan, Johanna and Olof.
Wonder if you should start low or high? It's easier to go from cold to high--
--than high to cold, I'm thinking. So we'll start with cold.
Hot...is there anything hot in here?
This is a bit far-fetched, but now I'm... I'm down to 18, now.
I was thinking I'd try... y'know, I'm an old scout.
That's right. Which means you always have your boot with you.
Pipes! Cold water.
Stones are pretty cold. Think I should just shove it into the ground? Cold, cold, cold...
As freezing water as possible.
...Could the stream be colder, maybe?
Should I suck this in, maybe? Oh, that'd be so gross.
This is just as good. Ah, that's better.
Shit!
Fuck! This is a pipe with no bottom! A pipe with no bottom!
Worst thing I could've chosen.
A microwave. Perfect.
- Am I stupid...? - The thermometer may not leave the greenhouse.
...I get to leave the greenhouse. No, please, my god-- I get to leave! No, god, so awful!
- You've got 1.5 minutes left, so... - I was going to make a fire first, but...
But instead, it's...
- Ah, so bad! It doesn't want to... - You've got one minute left. But instead, it's...
- Ah, so bad! It doesn't want to... - You've got one minute left.
Okay, 17.9. Take that, then. Now I've just gotta warm this.
Can you sit down here? There.
- I'll--I'll have to do that. - Yeah.
- Maybe a bit warm. Then you've gotta sit like this. - It was at 18.2 at first. And now we've got 26.
A glass of cold water was smart, but what would've been really smart is if you had a glass of warm water, too.
I know. Dammit!
Sit like that the whole time, until I'm back. Okay.
- Sit and rock! - I'm rocking.
Canal water. 20...
Then we've got 22 there...74.6.
- No! - Three, two, one, zero.
I got up to 33.4. And before, you were down to...
- Were you rocking, then? - Yeah, I--wow, did I ever rock.
Three, two, one, zero. Up to 35.1, at least.
- 35.5. - Ah, so bad...
...two, one, zero.
- Got some canal water in your mouth, there. - I did!
- No, you drank the canal...? No... - Oh, ugh!
- That wasn't good, y'know... - Thanks.
Yes, Arantxa, the question we're all asking: How could it be a pipe with no bottom?
Morgan, you had the time to warm up in the microwave, but what were you thinking regarding the freezing-point, here?
Like, it's like this. After doing this--exactly this specific assignment, or--test, I had nightmares at night.
'Cause I thought of so many different--"why didn't I get some cold water from the tap?"
- "Is there ice cream nearby?" - Exactly. Exactly!
- And a hot dog? - Or some hot coffee in the kiosk nearby?
- I know. I had anxiety. - That's how it is sometimes. But it'd be nice with some results, now.
Right, then, it looks like this. Arantxa--I won't go into a lot of decimals and such, it just complicates things...
But Arantxa was hovering between 18 and 33 degrees-- a difference of about 15 degrees.
Johanna, between 17 and 35. A difference of 17 degrees -- so, a bit better. Larger difference.
Then we've got Morgan, who went from 22 to 74.
A difference of about 52 degrees.
Olof went from 18 to 35. A difference of about 17.
So not entirely, but still something.
And now we've just got one lad left to check, which is, aptly enough, Niklas Andersson.
- What've you done now? - Ah, something smart...
- You can write down 23 first. - We've got that.
- It can't leave, but I can leave, right? - That's fine.
Two minutes. Good, then I've got an eye on this, too.
Ah, it's bubbling, now. Not gonna get any hotter.
- 84 point... - 4. How long do I have left?
- One minute left. - One minute? Ah, then I've got the time to...
- 4.5. - 4.
I'll read up on Alvar Aalto, too. Born 1898, dead 1976.
So we've got from 4.4 up to 87 point something. 87.4.
- But, god. - Good work.
- Like, you--everything you do turns out good. - I can say that I slept like a baby that night.
But I can say this--you had your lucky pants on that day. Where'd you find a cold orange?
When I was by the microwave, there was, like, a bachelor fridge, there. One orange.
And how big of a difference was this?
Well, Niklas' thermometer went from 87.4 to 4.4, creating a temperature difference of a whole 80 degrees.
- Totally nuts. - Yeah, amazing job.
- Very good. - So fun that you're coming here to humiliate us.
- Five crystal clear points, I'd like to say. - Aah...
Yeah, I knew there was something!
There's a small clip here, Babben, that you should probably include in the equation. We'll take a look at that.
- How long do I have left? - One minute.
One minute? Ah, then I've got the time to...
- I don't have to be in here afterwards, right? - No, the thermometer!
The thermometer does have to be in here, but you...can run off.
- No...! - Ah, Niklas.
And you slept well, you said?
Yeah, I was thinking--"maybe this night"...
I'm sorry, but this is 0 points. I understand that it hurts.
Right. After this television gold, it's time to move over to sand.
- Are you standing here sunbathing? - What nice weather we've got.
Gotta think deeply, here.
"Get as much sand as possible from barrel A to barrel B."
"Most sand in barrel B wins."
"During the first minute, you may only touch the sand with things that start with the letter S."
"The second minute, you may only touch the sand with things that start with A."
Alpha male, artist colleagues...
"The third minute, you may only touch the sand with things starting with N."
"The fourth minute, you may only touch the sand with things starting with D." D-man!
"If you touch a barrel, you're disqualified."
"You have 4 minutes. Your time starts when someone suddenly yells "Let's go, now"."
You can take the lids off, but you can't touch the barrels.
- What are you aiming for for the first letter, S? - Something starting with S...
Let's go, now!
Right! So, the goal was to get as much sand as possible from barrel A to barrel B.
And the one with the most sand in barrel B when the test is over is the winner. But!
You were only allowed to move the sand with things starting with a certain letter.
In the first minute, minute 1: Only something that starts with S may touch the sand. Minute 2, only things starting with A.
Minute 3, only things that start with N. Minute 4, only things that start with D.
- Not too tricky, huh? - No. No, my god, not at all.
Good. We'll start by watching Arantxa, Olof, Christine and Johanna.
- Ah, everyone but Morgan. - Mhm. You could say that, too.
- Everyone but Morgan. - Could say that, too.
- Let's go, now! - S, S, S, S...
A. Something with...no, S!
- What the heck--give me something with S, then! - Så, so...S...
- Sizeable hat! - A shoe.
Ah, I found a so-cool bag! So-cool! A silvery bag!
This is a...shovel. Shovel.
Shovel, or some regular...stuff.
- I can touch the sand with my hand, right? - Does that start with S?
No. ...That starts with H.
- No...! - No, no...
Then you've got ten seconds left, Olof, on the minute S.
Five, four, three, two, one, zero.
- Then we've got... - Then it's A.
- But I need something to... - Arabian horse.
- To have something, to... - Asbestos.
- A, a, a... - Arantxa.
- A... - Andorra. Angelica.
Box! [ask]
- Appliance. - A duck! [anka]
Arm guard.
I know I can't touch it with my hand...
- Say "ten". - Ten.
- It's ten now? - No.
Tell me when there's ten seconds left.
- Five seconds left, now. - Uh huh.
Three, two, one, zero.
- S? - N! S-A-N.
- ...A-N? - N!
- Na, na, na, na...something with N. - N...
Narcissus. Norm-breaking shovel.
N, N...what's this?
- This is nothing-in-particular! - Eh, is it really?
- Nature. - Net!
- Oh. - Oh, that too...
Then it's three, two, one, zero.
- Then just things starting with the letter D. - Yeah, D, D, D, D, uh, D...
- Du...du... - Drapes. These are drapes.
- Ahaha! A tablecloth! [duk] - D-man?
- I'm here. - The D-man! Okay...
D as in David. Form a little scoop because you like me.
So little...oh, that's so little...
- You smell so good! - 17 seconds--it's not me.
- No particularly helpful grips out of you. - No.
- You're kind of in the way. - 30 seconds left.
- You're not at the bottom there, right? - No, I can't--then I'd be grabbing the barrel.
- I'm not stupid! - No, no.
- "I'm not stupid!" No... - Five, four, three, two, one, zero.
Thanks, D-man.
Just like that. Down with the kids.
- Good work. - Yeah! I'm inclined to agree.
Thanks a lot.
There you go. Are you pleased with your efforts so far, what you saw?
Yeah, like, in comparison it still feels good.
Either way, these aren't the folks I'll call the next time I need help with my sand transportation.
David, the result here?
Yes, we can take a look on our screen here and see everyone's accumulated sand.
And for those without as trained an eye as I have, I can tell you--
--that Arantxa gathered 3.6 kilos of sand.
Johanna: 4.9 kilos of sand. Slightly more.
Christine: a whole 7 kilos of sand.
And Olof, he got together an impressive 24.4 kilos of sand--
--but who cares? He's severely disqualified, that man.
- Yeah, okay. ...Yeah. - Yeah. You remember that. You remember that.
Yeah, yeah, now that you mention it.
Yes. These weren't any hugely impressive efforts here, so Morgan ought to have a good chance of beating them.
I think so, too. And you asked earlier how it felt--it feels pretty good.
I understand that, because you've got match point here.
He really only needs to bring over more than 7 kilos, and he'll beat Christine--
--and get 5 points in his sandbag.
I don't even think you need to show...ah, okay.
Sss...sweeper.
- This feels so-so. - Five, four, three, two, one, zero.
A...!
- I'll go for--I'll start with the letter N! - Three, two, one, zero.
Na...Na, ne...
- Nör...nabel...no! - 30 seconds left in this minute...
Don't laugh at me! This isn't funny!
Nå...nå?
Three, two, one, zero. So, you're now only allowed to touch the sand with things starting with D.
D, D, D...dalmations. Here we've got D...
- Dan... - Doner kebab. Dance band.
- Dill. - You! [du]
Could you imagine just grabbing a fist and getting it over there?
- You know what? Of course. - Yeah, thanks.
Five, four, three, two, one, zero. This was the result.
Not a lot of sand, that.
- Thanks. - Yeah. Thank you, too.
- No, I don't think you even need to applaud. - Morgan, Morgan, Morgan. I'm at a loss for words. What did we see, here?
We saw a total humiliation. I've got kids! I've got kids watching this!
- But was this really a humiliation? Wasn't it more of a meltdown? - Totally! It wasn't me.
- But Morgan, in your defense-- - Wait a minute--don't say anything.
Like, when you run into that shed, and you're that stressed, you don't see the forest for the trees.
- No, but you picked up a box! A box! - Yeah, but I used my hands. I did it wrong.
That's how it is. And we'll move swiftly on to the next test.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Hi... - Hi!
Already ticking.
"Create as attractive an appetizer as possible."
"Most attractive appetizer wins."
- Isn't it "happytizer"? - Appet-. Something for the appetite.
Okay...
- "You may only use the ingredients in the fridge..." - "...to create your appetizer."
"You have to use at least one can, but if you open a can, you have to use it for your appetizer."
"You have ten minutes. Your time starts when the egg timer rings."
There--oh, it's starting now! Oh, that surprised me. Let's see, then.
Right. So, the goal of this test was to create as attractive an appetizer as possible.
And the participants were forced to use at least one can, but if they opened a can--
- --they were forced to use the contents. - Yes indeed.
- And which TV-chef will we start by watching here? - We'll take a peek at...everyone but Morgan.
- Uh huh. That doesn't bode well. - That's never good.
- There. - Okay. Let's see, then.
Oh, the cans don't say anything, of course...
How am I supposed to know what's in them? This is some sort of soup, right?
I've never worked with one of these. Just gotta twist? In my family we didn't have this luxury, see.
- Alright! Some sweet, some peach. - Peaches.
- Is that canned mushrooms you're serving up? - It's canned mushrooms, I'm sure. No, it's--look, so beautiful...
- Asparagus...or something? - Isn't that the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?
Hmm...
Almost think we'll put that back. That wasn't...
- What was it? - Yeah, well, it was...it was a bit...like that. Yeah.
Ooh, it's risky business, now. This could be, like, cat food.
...Which it is, too!
- This smells like pineapple. - Pineapple and asparagus.
No, dammit!
- It doesn't look like...human food. We can agree on that. - No, we can agree on that.
This...is cat food, I think.
It does smell.
- Ugh, I'm gonna clode--close my eyes, here. - You're gonna clode.
It doesn't say who it has to be attractive for. It could be everyone, and no one.
- Some..."purjoe". What's it called in English? - Purjoe-leek, purjoe-onion...
My dad was abroad once, and he was gonna order garlic bread.
- And he said "white onion bread". - Ah.
No, he said...
Yeah, that's what he said.
- That was a bit wacky, you might think. - Incredible story.
- Ah, I get so mad that I said this... - The stand-up title.
It's gotta be nice, right. And I'm thinking, we'll take a little dippy-dip...dip the bread in.
So it looks--ooh, it looks so glaze. Glaze, here.
Dammit, the Nobel dinner made it look so easy, when they served dog food.
Then you do it with passion, like just--like that.
And that's an attractive appetizer in itself, but it's just becoming, like, a garnish for the original appetizer.
- There it is. Johanna's appetizer. - Yes!
It's called "Lunch rush - a sandwich on the go".
- We've got a cracker foundation. - We've got a cracker foundation, and we've got some red onions...
The satsuma, or whatever it is, the clementine, that gives...the exotic touch, so to speak, which you need.
- Asparagus? - Asparagus to call to mind Nordic cuisine.
Then we've got tomatoes, which reminds one of summer.
- And then there's...a core of the dog's food. - I wouldn't say core, more something that interrupts it.
It's complete, for both the human and its best friend.
- Something for everyone. - Something for everyone.
- Good work. - Thanks, thanks. You're not having any?
No, I'm fine. I had a lot for lunch.
Just a question, 'cause--did any of you open a can and then put it back in?
- But that wasn't a can. - It was a jar. A plastic jar.
- Ah, huh! - A jar of fish balls. Plastic jar of fish balls. Regular lid.
A can's a can, a plastic jar's a plastic jar. Let's move on, now.
We shall. And we'll see if we get to meet Johanna's opened jar of fish balls again, because...
Here comes Morgan's aromatic creation.
We've got some nice stuff, here. We've got cans, here...
- Tomato sauce? - It's tomato sauce, yeah. Yeah, it is!
- Here we've got mackerel in tomato sauce. - One would be enough, so...
- Here, you could say: "Tomato sauce, that's enough for me." - Exactly.
- But I'm not like that. I want to make one as attractive as possible. - With everything on.
And here we've got...
Fish balls. Eugh, that's been in there a while, I think.
I understand--I understand you exactly. Ugh.
- Cat food. - Yeah. It could be dog food, too. Don't know that.
Ah, god damn, so gross! You know what I'm going for now? I'm going for the mackerel--
--'cause there's a lot of fish here, I can say. Ah, I'll put that away.
- Should we put the lid on that, now that we're...? - We could do that.
- Look at this! - Three little appetizers.
Some...sourness in it, too. These drops.
The worst part is, it looks good!
And this might neutralize this... half-rotten fish-ball...
- I hope so. - Brilliant.
Ah...thanks.
- God, that's nice. - Yes, Morgan. How long had that jar been open for, do you think?
I don't know, 'cause when I opened it, you could feel that--that's been there one week or two.
Because that was a smell that... Yeah, it wasn't a fun ordeal, you might say.
No, I could tell from your faces. A bit messy, this. But at the same time, I'm not sure how to judge this.
Yeah, well...you won't. You're off the hook. That was up to the dog Lill Östman, also known as Lillan.
We're going to take a look at how it looked when Lillan got its teeth into the participants' appetizers.
So, it's 5 points for the appetizer eaten first, and then descending order.
- Here come the results. - Come on, Lillan!
Go ahead.
And what would you like?
- That, maybe? Or... - What?! How could it...
- Ah, it's good, that! It's treats! - No, screw that one, screw that one!
5 points for Olof.
And go ahead.
4 points for Johanna.
Is that all? Or would you like any more?
It's gonna die if it goes for you, Morgan.
- 3 points for Arantxa. - It wants it all!
Ah, that's Jeppe. Then that's 2 points for Jesper.
And finally, 1 point for Morgan.
They were very old fish balls, so that's nothing strange, and you should actually...not eat that.
Bit late for that...now.
Good work!
Yeah, spontaneously I feel that you should get 5 points if the dog ate everything and didn't just...
- But Morgan, it ran from there. The dog ran out after eating... - Yeah, it licked up every "happytizer"!
- Yeah, but it ran from there in a panic. - Yeah, maybe because it had eaten...your food.
I thought it was nice of the dog to plan its meal. Like, first a little hors d'ouevre, the first thing...
...and then the appetizer, main course, and then mine became the dessert, there.
Then the order's like this, very clearly, and the points distribute as such: Olof gets 5 points, Johanna 4...
--Arantxa 3, Jesper 2, and Morgan's rotten fish balls gives 1 point.
- Yeah, but not bad! - Not at all.
- Then it's about time for the next test. - Highly true.
- Hi! - Hi.
Whoops.
"Place two objects in the space between the first rungs of the ladder."
"Then place twice as many objects in the space between the rungs above this."
"Then twice as many objects in the next space, and so on, until all the spaces are filled."
"Fastest wins. Each individual space has to contain totally different objects."
"If there's two of the same, or the wrong amount of objects, in any space, you're disqualified."
"When all the spaces are correctly filled, you will, in as believable a way as possible, climb the ladder--"
- "--as if it was standing against a wall..." - No, god...
"...and honk the horn."
"You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now."
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, you've gotta...
- Two things in that. - Yeah. Then two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve...
...No. Two, four, eight, sixteen...
- The timer's running. - That's right! It is.
Right. So, the goal was to place unique objects in every space in the ladder, then double the amount of objects in each square.
There's seven holes in this ladder, and you start with two objects, then four, and so on, ending at 128.
--which means that if you do this completely correctly, there'll be 256 objects in this ladder.
Have to think strategically here, sooner or ladder. How were the rest of you thinking, here?
Yeah, I absolutely don't remember this test, so I...no.
- Morgan? Fredrik? - Um...no, I...
Ah, that's right. It was actually just Johanna who performed this test. And did she ever!
- She didn't have an easy time. Go ahead and roll the tape. - What the hell...!
- Is this where we're starting? Two of these juggling... - Two exactly identical things?
Ah, "each individual--has to contain totally different objects", okay.
- One's done. - Yeah. Four there. We'll get paperclips, we'll get those...
- Four there, yeah. - So eight here...
Now it's gonna be....16. Shit, this was hard, huh.
...three, four, five, six...
- Ow... - Yeah, those are thumbtacks, aren't they.
...13, 14... What number was I on?
...15, 16.
Ah, shit! And now it's going to be, like, 32, David. Can you understand that?
1, 2, 3, 4--
--7, 12, 18, 22--
--24, 24, 24...
...25, 30, 31, 32.
64...
- But my god! And so many have to go in after that... - Twice as many.
One...
Like, this was so hard! 11, 16, 17, 18...
And 23, 29...oh, my god...
43...did I take one of these?
No, I don't dare risk it. 50, 51...
- 18 minutes left. - What'd I just say--45? 55?
- Did I say 55? David? - Are you uncertain?
56, 57, 60, 62.
Oh, my god. And now it's supposed to be a hundred...
...and four. Hello?
No, 124. 62 times 2. 62 times 2. We won't include this, we'll beep this whole thing.
- No, it's probably included, I think. - 124, I was right! Hello--I got an F in math.
- 124. Totally right. - Okay! 40, 41, 42...
- God, there's such a lot of stuff left! Do you understand that? - Like, I was standing there for so long...
Yes.
- Yes, as in one? - Or two. But now you've reached the refridgerated goods, at least.
- 51... - At least the playing cards are like, one queen of spades, one queen of diamonds...
- Are they different?! Ah, David! - I don't know--I'm asking you!
Where are they, then? 94, 95, 99, 100...
120, 121, 122, 123, 124.
- How--are you done? - Yeah. 124.
And then, the only thing you've got left is to, in as believable a way as possible...
--climb up the ladder and honk the horn. This'll be a bit fun to see.
Okay. So, I'm like, going to...
Ah, it's totally insane--
--if I...do like this.
But this isn't how you climb up a ladder...
- Don't look down, Johanna. - But what am I going to...hello? Okay...
Good--good work.
This was...terr--ah. Terrible.
This--like, this was among the worst tests I've...like...
- Fantastic. - So impressive.
Like, it must've taken at least half an hour when I ran, and...there were cucumbers, and...
- Yes. Wasn't this a nice way to spend a morning? - Yeah, it was really nice.
It should maybe be mentioned--we did intend for this to be something everyone would do, but after doing it once, we felt...
"No. This can't be done."
"We can't put people through this. We'll stop there."
- Right. Then we'll move on to the next test. - Yes indeed, and here it comes.
- Kidding! Hi. - Hello.
- Good day to you! - Good day, good day. Right. Going in here, then?
Argh! What the hell!?
"Net the heaviest object and get it into the goal as fast as possible."
- "Heaviest and fastest wins. You have five minutes." - "Your time starts now."
- The timer... - It's running?
- It's running. - Okay.
...It almost always is.
Right. So, the goal was to net something heavy using this Christmas-tree-netting-contraption--
--and then bring it into the goal of our track as fast as possible. Heaviest and fastest wins.
You had five minutes, and the time, well, it started right away.
I'd like to start by watching Johanna and Olof.
Now, this is real damn heavy.
But it...doesn't fit.
- No? Well, that's a shame. - What can I fit, then?!
- 30 seconds, Olof! - God dammit!
But is this gonna fit? That's what we have to know.
Something as heavy as possible, as fast as possible, and the timer, well, that's running.
- Olof! - What?
You're throwing it in here! It's gotta get netted. My god.
Wow, wow, wow...there!
Good work.
Heavy? Good. Took a lot of time, though.
- Good work. - Thanks...
Yeah, but...this looked pretty quick and pretty heavy. Are you pleased with your performances here?
Well, both yes and no, sort of. It's...I'm not totally sure how you're calculating this.
You had five minutes to do this. And if you used this much time, we'll take the time that's left here...
- --and multiply that times the weight, quite simply. - Aah. Okay. Good, thanks.
- Then we know that. But now I'd like to see Fredrik net something. - Of course. Here he comes.
The question is, can I find anything heavier than this...? Ah, I think this is fine.
Right...but this...
Ah, but it can't have to go through, there. You can't be that fussy.
Because if you've got something really heavy, you don't need to be in that much of a hurry.
No, definitely not.
This'll be nice as hell, you know.
The question does become where the boundaries are for something being netted.
It's a question of definition, but I think this definitely is getting netted. Almost...
- I almost think I'm overdoing it, now. - Netting it a bit much?
But you're going for a bit extra, just to--to prove a point.
Now, I think it can't get any more netted than this, and now I've got to get it into goal, too.
And he's off. And he moves with swift steps towards the goal line, and...there, he's reached the goal.
- There. - That was...grandpa's old bench.
But it's netted, so it'll hold up fine.
- That's why you net things. Good work. - Thanks.
Well, what do the rest of you say? Is it netted?
No, I wouldn't classify that as being totally netted.
It's got some net on it, some around, but not...
What sort of definition of 'netted' would you like to have, for its meaning?
From what I understand, 'netted' means, unless it means scoring a goal in football--
--it means that you've clad something in net.
I'd say that was more bandaged.
But if you had a table standing there, and next to it you've got that table, and you say...
- "Point to the netted table." - Then there's no hesitation.
- It looked like Halloween decorations. - Yeah, exact--some cobwebs on. Bit of a spooky table.
But like, I--I'd like to make a fuss, here. I'd like to say this, that there was one of these net machines here...
--which you net Christmas trees through. Then you run through that.
It's not like everything else that gets netted needs to go through a Christmas-tree-netting-machine.
You're buying a tree, they ask, "do you want it netted?" "Yes", you say, and then you do that.
But then you're presuming a Christmas tree. I'd say that in the Swedish Academy's dictionary, in the article about the term 'to net'--
--they have a special clause about Christmas trees.
"Other netting does not need to go through a so-called netting trough."
You're getting stuck on this Christmas-tree thing, as if Christmas trees are the only thing that can get netted.
- Don't you net anything else at home? - Let's say you purchase a pair of walking sticks...
- But you don't want those netted, right? For gods' sakes. - The task was to net it.
If the task had been "net like a Christmas tree"...
Now I've heard everyone's argument, here. We'll solve it this way, then.
Fredrik, can I ask you to leave the studio for a moment and we'll have a secret vote.
Yeah, that'll make things right.
- There's no way. I've just got the one arm... - Yeah, exactly. Just got the one arm.
Those of you who consider it to not be netted, put your hands up.
- One, two, three, four. - Stamp that.
Then we can ask Fredrik to come back in.
Welcome, Fredrik. We've had a secret vote, and it was incredibly even.
I understand that. I'd like to say in advance I'm very grateful that it's very kind, and I feel a warmth from you--
--that this vote went in my favor, and I'd like to take the opportunity to thank you for...
And not just for your understanding, but also for your strong awareness of how the Swedish language--
- --with its rich, flexible verb conjugation works. - We've--we've taken that on board.
Good thing you thanked in advance, because unfortunately, the result turned against you.
It was perceived that--very evenly, but it was perceived that this...workbench, wasn't it?
Was not netted in a correct way, and therefore you're unfortunately disqualified from this particular discipline.
I'll refer to a coming licentiate thesis about...the nuances of meaning--
- --regarding the verb 'to net'. - Do that. Do that.
But we should also say we were, of course, on your side, but we handed it over to...your co-contestants--
...to the mob. I understand. Say no more, say no more.
- We were all on your side. - Yeah, exactly.
- Shall we sort out the last ones? - We shall. Here they come...
It's Arantxa and Morgan.
- Crawl in here. - Ah, that's...
- That's where your line is? - You're better suited for that, I think.
Ah, what the hell--I'll have to take myself, then!
- Dammit. Well... - No, we had the same thought, Morgan!
And we're off.
Ah! Ah! Oh!
And...you reached the goal, there!
- Damn, what an experience! - Was it cool?
- Yeah. - Good work. 1 minute, 22 seconds.
- Pretty good, huh? - Yeah, damn good.
- Good work. - Thanks.
- I'll be your Christmas ham this year. - Nice.
- What did you want, Olof? - I'd like Morgan and Arantxa to leave the area.
- Never. - No, but that--that wasn't netted.
Yeah, if--if we just look back a bit, I think the workbench was netted.
- You...thought of that now. - Yeah, but I just thought harder for a bit...
May I just spread some salt in the wounds and say this?
You've been completely basing your thinking on this core concept here: "What does the Christmas tree merchant do?"
May I then point out that all four have dragged roughly thirty meters of net tail--
--like a damn snake through the finish line. You, who've used this example to put me against the wall--
How would I accept, if I bought a Christmas tree-- would you accept having to go home with this tree--
- --and this being stuck at the merchant? Hundreds of meters! - Four blocks!
- No! - Yes, I would've accepted that!
I think that's reasonable!
- I'm paying for the net, after all. - This is turning into one of the great scandals of entertainment media.
But Morgan and Arantxa, you were earlier very clear about what netting is and what it isn't.
- Everything I've seen here has been netted. - We got nets over us! We were netted!
- You were wearing a goddamn net tank top. - A net tank top?
Net chainmail and bare torso, running around.
It was like this. You pulled the entire net over yourselves. Then it broke when you moved forwards--
--which wasn't too easy to predict, but that's what happened.
But I judge this as approved. And what're the total scores, then?
Right. We let the super computer calculate all these points with the different variables--
--and this is how it turned out: Johanna got the number 150 in the end.
She gets two points for that. Olof got 270 points... not points, but a number, and gets three points for that.
Fredrik, you could've gotten points. The number you would've gotten was 880, but no points.
And then there's Arantxa, you reached 2190. And Morgan, 3560...
So it's 4 points for Arantxa and 5 for Morgan. And you needed that, I can tell you.
- I, on the other hand, wouldn't have needed them. - You could've needed...
I wouldn't have needed them. I build my self-esteem on other things than points in silly game shows.
I'd like to be very clear about that.
Right. Unfortunately, this is how it went, and this was also the last test for the season--
--but before we shut down entirely, and wrap everything up in tarps for a year...
Is there anything you'd like to look back on from this past season?
Well, we could do a little bit of a look-through of the season, because Olof did have a bad habit...
...which was really getting under my skin, actually.
Good day.
- Hello! - Good day.
Right. I'll open this, then.
Ah, exciting!
Now then, Morgan!
- You're tearing it up! - No, it's--I'm stressed.
I'm a bit excited. Sugar rush. Then--whoops.
Whoops.
- Yeah, it's easy to tell how cranky you get, every time. - Yeah, like--how hard can it be, really? Just opening a letter! Huh?
Right. But this is what I think: Let's look ahead, now, because in the next season I'm sure there'll be something new to bug you--
--or someone to bug you, so I think you should look forward to that instead, because I certainly will.
Listen, Babben...you know what? That's what I'll do. I'll just think positive instead, quite simply.
Hey, everyone! Thanks and bye, and...
We'll see you next year!
Original timestamps and text: Linda Eriksson, Iyuno Media Group for SVT Translation: DangBream