Hello and welcome to the show that's colloquially known as "Bäst i Test".
This is the show where fully-grown adults solve reasonable and unreasonable problems--
--to varying degrees of success.
And when all's said and done, one lucky winner will get an all-access pass to my golden bust!
Here are the guests:
Smoldering in the smoking rooms, Charlotta Björck!
Our cousin from the country. Mauri Hermundsson!
The flamboyantly festive Behrouz Badreh!
Queen of the dance floor, Maria Lundqvist!
And the boisterous boozehound, Johan Petersson!
And on tonight's menu we have, among other things, this:
Ow!
In 2012, I said: "If there's tape, there's hope."
- And she's off! - No, god!
Makes you paranoid.
Hello hello, panellists.
Have any of you started to consider the notion that you might not win?
The possibility may have struck.
I feel like a winner all the time.
- Oh, that's good. - Good answer.
But I've been around for a long time, and know that life has its ups and downs.
There's tall peaks and deep valleys.
And my own personal valley, or ravine, if you prefer--
--is here tonight, and goes by the name of David Sundin!
Thank you, thank you, Babben. Wow!
Lovely, lovely. Yes, here I am, wandering by your side through thick and thin.
- Which you know. - Yeah, I've noticed.
Let's wander to our first test of tonight, shall we?
Your wish is my command, and, well, it is Friday.
So let's slick our hair back, spritz on some lovely scent, and head to a night club.
You're not David.
"Get David into the club."
"If the bouncer sees David, you must restart from the beginning."
"Fastest wins."
"Your time is up when the club closes."
"Your time starts now."
- When do you close? - 20 minutes.
- In 20 minutes? And where's David? - Psst! Johan!
...I think I know where he is.
Yes, this revolved around smuggling me through the main entrance of the club--
--without the bouncer saw me, and all as fast as possible.
I was in a party mood, and down to shake that thang.
- Which party people should we start with? - We'll go for ladies' first.
Kick your feet up -- it's time for Maria and Charlotta.
- Good luck. - I'm sober. No, everything's cool.
We're going to dress you up.
- Can you get me into the club? - Yeah, I just have to think a bit.
Follow me. We're going to wrap you up a bit more.
- Say it's a lamp or something. - Yeah, yeah.
- Welcome. - I'm here to deliver the...
...person who's going to jump out of a large cake. Tiffany.
- Hi, hi! - Who's that?
- It's my horse. Can I bring that in, or what? - No. No, no, no.
Just let us in here, and we'll get going.
- There. Good, Tiffany. - Ah, ah. Those are David's shoes.
- What? No, I don't think so. - Try again.
Tiffany, one small step.
- I saw a shoe there. - No, you didn't see a shoe.
Nothing visible...
God, it stinks. This fabric, I mean.
Next foot, then. There.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
So, I'm going to just deliver some potatoes and some of this stuff for the kitchen. Okay?
It's Tiffany, now, in her pink sneakers. - Yeah. Yeah.
Okay, potatoes! Here it comes.
The party starts in a moment.
- That looks like David's suit. - No! It wasn't David's--give it up, already!
We're almost through the damn door!
- They're Tiffany's socks! - They look very similar to David's suit.
- They're a special variety of potato. - I understand.
Come on, my little potato bag.
- And we'll put that on... - As long as you can get me into the club.
There, yeah. There. Good!
Oh, oh, oh, oh--
Yeah, no problem. No problem. We'll sort this out.
- How long to go? - Four minutes.
- Good. Lovely. Thanks! - Thanks. Have a great time.
Hey! Howdy! Here we come, going to the club. We should just head inside, right? - Yeah.
- Welcome. - Thank you so much. Tiffs..Tiffany.
Jennifer, let's hurry up a little.
- Have a lovely night. - Thank you so much, have a good night!
Yes, both of you went for arts and crafts. Went for the same fabrics...
But both of you ran into trouble with the shoes.
But putting David in a sack was a good idea. He turned into a tiny potato.
But Charlotta, you almost yelled at the bouncer. You got really annoyed at him.
I've had experience with those bouncers. Let's face it.
David, was anyone left at the club when you got in? This took a while, didn't it?
Well, let's see. The times were the important thing.
Charlotta smuggled me in there in 16 minutes and 11 seconds.
Maria, slightly faster.
- 13 minutes and 25 seconds. - Ah, that's still pretty good.
Yes, it's decently effective. But someone has to be able to beat this, don't they?
Let's certainly hope so. Here come the club-kiddies, Behrouz and Johan.
Mhmm!
Wait here!
- Crowded, or what? - Jump into this.
Do you need to wear this?
It's just barely...
I've hosed it down. Jump into this.
Can you wear this? Over your head. Can you wear this over your head?
- I've hosed it down! David, jump in! - Alright--alright, alright.
- Are you holding it? - I'm holding it. You can trust me. Trust me.
Urgh!
- Yeah! - Oh, damn...
You doing alright? Doing alright?
- Welcome. - Ah, thank you very much.
Oh, be careful.
There's two steps left. Then we're there.
Hey, look at that!
- Lovely. - There!
Yeah, well...
- Have a lovely evening. - Same to you.
- Oh my god. - Wow.
Let's go into the club and pick up some trash.
- You're in the club now. - There's just one tiny detail left then, which is...
- Getting out, also. - Getting out? Yeah.
That's your task. I handled mine. We're having fun, right?
In the club.
- Good! - Yeah.
But what was with that tiny mewling we heard from inside the garbage can?
You had to be quiet, didn't you get that?
There was a ton of gunk--I didn't want to sit down, so I had to stand.
- There was some garbage juice left. - Yeah.
And for Berra, muscle power all the way. Impressive!
- Yeah, my god. - It really was!
He's going to--he's actually going to die. I slammed his head on the ground.
- Where is David in this...? - He hit the ground head-first!
And now he's pushing...
I send him in. Just like that. And then kick in his...there.
Right. The times for these two gentlemen?
Johan smuggled me in in six minutes and 26 seconds.
That's really good.
But Berra, on the other hand--full steam ahead. 4 minutes and 7 seconds!
Which means that, at present, these are the times to beat!
But to complete our guest list, we round out with the mighty Mauri.
And to win, he needs to handle this in four minutes and seven seconds.
If I get him focused on the wrong direction, and you sneak in...let's just try that.
- Welcome back. - Thank you. Have you ever tried a blindfold?
- Only with my wife. - You're a bit kinky!
- It's a bit of a personal thing. - That's right.
But you're kind of a free spirit.
- Aren't you? - My first and only love is the sea.
- Is the sea? - Yeah.
- How often are you at sea? - Every day.
Every day?! Do you have a boat, too?
No, I swim in the ocean.
- Oh, you like swimming. That's right. - That's why my phone has a SWIM-card.
- ...That was a pun. - Yeah.
Alright.
- Right. ...Can I go in, or what? - Certainly. We're happy to have you.
- You're so smart! - So damn good.
No, that...that...
I'll give you that. I'll give you that. I'll give you that, Mauri.
You used your superpower. Being able to talk to anyone.
How confident were you in your diversion?
I was conf--I thought, like, that the guard wanted to be nice to me.
- But he was like--afterwards, he was like "Have you started yet?" - He didn't notice.
He completely missed that you went in! Even when you were laughing at his pun in the background!
I'm sorry, but that's the worst bouncer in the world.
- Entirely! - Yes, he could be talked down.
This seems to have gone geschwint. What was the time?
Yes, the time to beat was Behrouz's 4 minutes and 7 seconds.
He distracted the guard and got me in in 3 minutes and 4 seconds!
That was really good. I'll give you that. Smart as hell, for sure.
I suspect the five goes to Mauri. After that, how's the point distribution?
One point for Charlotta. Two for Maria.
Three malodorous, but equally valuable points for Johan.
Four heavy points for Behrouz. The first five-pointer of the night goes to Mauri Hermundsson!
Then we're undeniably up and running. Let's move swiftly on to the next test.
Er, Babben...not quite yet.
The next test revolves around matching socks. Oh, exciting!
We'll get to that in just a moment.
Meanwhile, here's a little test for those at home.
Everyone in the household -- balance on one leg.
Keep one hand on your head and one hand on your hip.
The person who balances for the longest time wins. Your time starts now.
You're watching Bäst i Test, the show where nonsense is serious business.
Which is apparent at present, since we've seen David be rolled into the house in a garbage can...
- ...and be dropped on the ground in a sleeping bag. - Timed and everything.
Before the break, you promised me a new test.
And just when you think things can't get any better, it's time to match socks.
Coffee?
"Match the socks."
"Find and match socks and wear them with pride."
- "Most matched pairs of socks wins." - "You may not leave the lab. You have 10 minutes."
- "Your time started when you came in." - What do you mean, match the socks?
What...?
Yes, the goal was to find and match as many pairs of socks as possible.
And then wear them with pride. It might not sound like Friday entertainment, but it genuinely is.
- Seems tricky, since the room was empty. - Yes, at first glance it looked like that...
But the room was filled to bursting with socks.
Alright. If you say so. Which sock-hunters are we watching first?
Socking it to us, it's Mauri, Johan and Maria.
There must be... I'll open that.
What're your socks like?
There's some socks there. Would you excuse me?
Alright, matched.
Oh, they're on now.
Wait, what is this? It's just package after package, and it takes a ton of time...
Haha, fun! Oh, I'm so bamboozled.
So fun. Really fun.
There might be some instructions here. No socks. No instructions.
Is it closer to me when I think?
Am I warm? You know, looking like this-- oh, you're cold, you're warm...
- I guess you're tepid. - Tepid?
- They don't match, do they? - No, I know. But I'll keep looking, right?
And we've got a donut sock.
- Here's one, too. - And a sloth sock.
- And an ice cream sock. - That too.
And a dotted sock.
But this is...another sock! I'm going crazy. This is worse than home.
Got any sock in that?
You little creep!
Ugh, David! Ugh.
- No, Mauri! You found it! - David...
- You've been drinking this? - I felt it kick in, now. It tasted a bit...
Socks don't usually go under anything, but...
What am I supposed to do with a flashlight?
There's one.
I've found another pair, and there's two more pairs.
I have to feel.
- Does this have to do with the socks? - Yeah.
They're only visible in ultra...no!
Ultra-what?
Four minutes left.
Would you like to?
This vest...
Which you gave me. Makes you paranoid, you know?
It does.
- Two pairs for you. - Two pairs for me.
The ice cream and the dots.
30 seconds left.
I'm supposed to wear them with pride, too.
- Where?! - 30.
Five, four, three, two, one, zero.
Excellent. Good work, good work.
See how proud I got?
- Have a good time. - Thanks. Bye.
Well, does the test house make you paranoid? Starting to get some delusions?
But the way you go on, and this-- "Ha, ha, it's on your back."
- Yeah, you were looking there-- - I only looked under the table.
Maria and Johan managed to match two pairs of socks each.
Mauri managed to assemble three matching pairs of socks--
--which he, on the other hand, did not wear with pride.
He didn't wear them at all.
- No! - What? Wait, what?
Wearing with pride and just putting it down are, in my view, two separate things.
But intentions were good.
We have Charlotta and Behrouz left.
That's true, Babbesy. You're as sharp as you are beautiful.
Here they come, our plant-based participants-- The Birch [Björcken] and The Rose.
- No! Cut that out. - You've got something, here.
- We've got... - Of course.
You pig.
- Time to match them. - Okay.
- To make them the same as each other. - That's next-level stuff.
Here's one. Oh, it's so nice! Where've you bought these nice socks?
Oh, that's the ice cream sock!
- Alright, that matches that. - There's something behind here.
- Do I have to wear this? - No.
But if you hit your head now, then... Oh. How many do we have now?
One, two, three...
- Should I do something with this? - Mm.
Oh! Whoa!
Here's another one.
- Was that what you were supposed to do? - This is a flowery sock.
There it was, buddy. There's the dotted ones.
We only have 50 seconds.
And I need enough time to wear them with pride.
Wear them with pride, that's what we said.
- Dammit, coffee on my feet. - Not too common.
- 15 seconds. - Oh, look! I'm so proud.
One pair, two pairs, three pairs, four pairs.
Three, two, one, zero!
But we'll never know the location of this little buddy. That's a shame.
- Bye. - Bye!
- There it was, right on the back. - Are you standing on anything?
Five, four, three...
...two, one, zero.
Good work.
What was this for, then?
That was a bit funny, Behrouz. You put it down on the letter.
There was some information in there that you might've needed.
But Charlotta, you solved the UV-issue.
- Is there a touch of forensic about you? - Oh yeah! I love true crime.
- Give us all the facts. How'd things turn out? - Mauri found three pairs--
But he didn't wear them. He didn't wear them at all.
One point for him.
Johan and Maria stopped at two, but wore them with pride.
- So three points each for you. - Good, still.
But in the top we find the winners, Behrouz and Charlotta, who get five points each.
As good a time as any to move on to the next test, isn't it?
Wow! How'd you know that? The time has come for the next test--
And the recipe is simple. Lemons, lemons and more lemons.
- Ah, howdy. - Hello.
- What is this? Lemons. - That's right. Correct.
"When life gives you lemons, do whatever you want."
"The person who does the most visionary, eye-catching--"
"--or awe-inspiring lemon-thing wins."
"You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now."
- Here they are. The lemons. - Mm.
- Lemon-thing? That's very up to interpretation. - Yup.
So the goal was to do something, anything, with lemons.
After that, I'll judge what's visionary, eye-catching--
--and/or awe-inspiring.
Who's up first to tackle this sour task?
Let's start with a gang that chose the way of culture, or possibly just cult-like behavior.
Charlotta, Mauri and Maria.
Eating's good, I think. I mean, it's visionary.
- But it's not that visionary. - That's plainly visible, yes.
I think it's fun to play with the words. You get me?
Eye-catching. Falling right into the eye.
And visionary. There should be an eye, looking up.
It's visionary to see a lemon hit you in slow-motion. From a distance of, like, 40, 50 meters.
- Here I come! - Yeah.
- Some weather we've been having. - Yeah. Lemon-weather.
You've sliced lemons before.
That's right. And the eye is guaranteed.
You're a German salesman. You're in Sweden to do the product launch for currywurst.
- God, I'm so stressed, David. - With every right to. You're timed, after all.
- It's 1952. - The year the currywurst came to town.
It's also historically accurate, because the currywurst never truly took off.
- Does this feel good? - This is how they looked.
Back then. The currywurst-salesmen.
This is like the Wish knockoff version of the Ipren-man.
Here comes the art. You know that I'm an artist, don't you?
Actors are artists, after all.
- That's where you are? - I'll be standing here.
I'll be standing up there. A bombardment is imminent.
- See you soon. - And don't forget your character!
Ja, ja, ja! Currywurst!
Good. You've got it down, David!
The eye is visionary, and this is eye-catching.
The awe-inspiring thing is that I'm gonna nail it.
- And wearing...? - Take off your pants, shirt and suit.
Yup.
You have to pay attention, now. Whoo! Like, look at that!
- Alright! - Hallo, hallo.
- Currywurst haben Sie, bitte. - Go back to Bremen!
Haben...ow! Ow!
Go back to Bremen!
David! David! David! I'm sorry.
I'm sorry! I didn't mean to throw it that hard... David, I'm sorry...
Was this the sort of thing you imagined? Did we convey your...
I just want your idea to be conveyed as well as possible. For your concept to work.
Boom!
- Wow! - No, wow!
This is absolutely fantastic.
- Look. - Never seen anything like...
Yes, Maria, what a work of art.
A lemon bloom with two fallen angels flanking it. Got any title?
- "How we hovered". - How we hovered, that's what it's called?
So yellow...so yellow. Oh, yellow! Oh, how we hovered.
If we let Maria keep going, it's gonna be a very long title.
Mauri, is this the story behind the introduction of the currywurst?
That's what they say, right? I think.
But I'm starting to see an interesting pattern. You enjoy tormenting David.
- It gets pretty fun. - Yeah, it does. I agree.
Charlotta, you interpreted the task very literally.
It was an incredible interpretation of one word.
Catching in eye-- I see no problems with that.
- I didn't say there was. - You're already in defense mode.
- That indicates something. - Well, I see what I see...
We didn't get a painting delivered of Charlotta's stuff.
One undressed you and two threw lemons at you. But you're pleased?
It's just another day on the job for me. It is what it is.
- There's people doing worse out there. - So I've heard.
- Time to see what the others get up to. - And we'll find out, right after the b-b-break.
Welcome back to "Bäst i Test". We're currently lemon-centric.
Before the break, our participants were going to do something visionary--
--eye-catching or awe-inspiring with lemons.
- Can this get better, I wonder? - Well, it just might.
- It's time to look at Johan Petersson. - Before it gets better.
- What're you thinking? - I'm going to make lemonade.
...by knocking over the flagpole.
So, this is the world's largest lemon-squeezer.
The idea is that we'll be able to drink from the tarp afterwards.
Oh, you're insane.
Lemons, some sugar. I'll fill it up with some water to dilute it.
- So we'll be able to get refreshed, soon. - Wonderful days.
World's largest lemon squeezer.
- You're actually insane. - Oh, god!
- That's right. - Yeah.
- I think we can get some refreshments. - Cheers.
Yup...lemon juice.
- That's actually nice. - It actually was!
- Lemons... - Sugar, some water.
Not complicated at all. You can make this at all.
If you've got a flagpole, go for it.
Wow!
What a bang. What recipe did you use for that lemonade?
It's an old recipe.
It originated at the same time as the flagpole.
It was like: "Hey, could we do anything else with this?"
This may be a world recorder.
May very well be. World's largest lemon-squeezer.
- The flagpole's probably 10 meters. - World's longest, at least.
A shame we weren't judging a world record.
Let's move on and take a look at Behrouz.
It's actually going to show us an entirely new side of Berra.
Which is to say -- Behrouz, the fashion designer and model.
Alright, let's go.
Is that a lemon bikini?
Alright. Powerful stuff.
Good work!
There's nothing to say.
Words are superfluous.
You really entered the role as a model. You didn't say anything, just looked good.
We got to see a bit more of you. Possibly more than we wanted.
I was young, foolish and needed the money.
Time to judge this, then. Charlotta, you get one point.
Your play on words paled in comparison.
Two points for Mauri. I always reward hurting David a bit.
Behrouz, your scanty bikini gets three points.
Johan, absolutely awe-inspiring. Four points for this lemonade.
And Maria, for a fantastic and ambitious art project -- five points!
- Yeah! - That's fair.
Well, Babben. What're we doing now? What do we usually...?
I know what you're angling for.
The point of the show where I hand over to the little man with the moustache--
--who dreams of one day sitting on a normal-sized chair.
- And here he is, David Sundin! - Wow! Thank you, thank you, Babben.
Thank you, thank you, Babben. Lovely words, as usual.
Yes, it's time for us to crawl under our participants' skin.
Focusing on one in particular...
Get to know them with my amazing interviewer technique, which I've developed.
The envy of many. Or so the rumor goes.
And delving into specifics, tonight we're going to talk to Charlotta Björck!
Whoa!
Let's go, Charlotta. Going right ahead.
- So be prepared. - I'm ready.
How fun are scales, if judged on a a scale?
- Ten out of ten. - Ten out of ten?
Alright. More of this, then.
Like, for example...the scales of a lizard, on a scale.
- Well...nine out of ten. - That's still pretty high.
- It's fun. - In terms of scale.
Should mention Charlotta's an actor, too. That can be a frantic job.
- Barely have time to eat, don't you? - No, I'm starving all the time.
Maybe just grab something quick on the go.
- Between...? - Between meals.
Between meals? Alright! Funny that you should mention that, Charlotta--
That this is your most important meal. Your passion for meals between meals.
Because it's namely time to play "Mealy-mouthed"!
Yes, it's time to play 'Mealy-mouthed'.
Charlotta, you've got a letter just behind you.
At the small of your back. There. Read it to your co-contestants.
"Using your alphabet crackers, write a word that describes Babben."
"When you're satisifed with your word, eat all the remaining crackers--"
"--and whisper a merry tune."
"Fastest whistle after eating all the letters wins."
"Bonus points for longest words. Your time starts on David's signal."
Your time starts now.
And we're off. Behrouz goes for a very short word.
Which leaves him with a lot of crackers to eat, which may make him eat his words.
We can see that others are going for long words, meaning they don't have to eat as much.
Johan initiates the eating. Mauri's started eating.
Charlotta's started eating. Maria's eating and writing at the same time.
She's looking at what letters she'll need. There's a bonus point for the longest word!
- Can I get some water? - No.
So far, I haven't heard a merry melody get whistled.
- Okay, we...yeah! - Lot of crumbs.
What the hell, there's just crumbs!
Have to hear something, now. Fellas, fellas!
A merry melody from Charlotta. And we keep going!
Who's the next whistler?
- Yes, that's approved. - Berra's whistling. Johan's whistling.
Just have to chew and swallow.
- No! - Didn't quite take tone.
There it is.
It's exciting, now, to see which words you used to describe my own good self.
Should we start with Johan? Let's look at what you've picked.
I started with mossiest. But I found an 'un'.
- That's good. - Lucky. That's a long one.
It's lovely, and it's a valid word.
Maria, go ahead.
[Sweetest] I tried to find a nicer one, but this is still fairly beautiful.
- This is a great word for you. - Thank you. And it's approved.
You were very quick and brief.
I wanted to take something that described what you've meant to me.
[Nice] Yes, nice. That's very sweet. Thank you, Behrouz.
Mauri, what do you have on yours? You've got a short but punchy word.
- I think you're good. - Well, thank you, Mauri.
- They're saying the A is upside down. - It's a V.
- That can't be valid, can it? - Could you align that letter correctly?
- Yeah, brv. - It's Czech.
Did he eat all the crackers for nothing, then?
He ate them all for nothing. Yes, he certainly has.
No!
In that case, it's time to ask Charlotta to showcase her word.
- It says 'favorite boss' here. - How about that, huh?
- And all the As are As. They're not Vs. - No, they're correct letters.
Time for you to count letters, David. Two words are very long.
The two longer words are both eleven letters long.
One point for Mauri. 'Brv' work, of course.
Two points for Maria, three points for Johan.
Four points for Behrouz, and Charlotta was the quickest!
Five points.
- Who gets the bonus point, then? - They both get the bonus point.
They're equally long, both of them get one bonus point each.
- Thank you! - You're noting that down?
I'm noting this down. What are we competing for tonight, then?
The winner of tonight's episode will walk home with Maria's incredible lemon painting.
Huh?! Wow!
A lovely price. Let's move on. But move on to what?
It's finally time for the annual and recently inaugurated Babben-race.
- Hi. - Hello!
Thank you, thank you!
"Run the Babben-race."
"You must be wearing a pair of shoes from the shoe rack."
"If you take the same shoes as anyone else, you're disqualified."
- "Fastest wins." - "Your time starts on David's cue."
You've got the shoes there. Five contestants and nine pairs of shoes.
We're five in total? I'm the fifth?
Yeah, we added you slightly last-minute. We were running out of ideas, actually.
Take a pair of shoes that no one else selected.
No one's going to go for the high heels.
I don't want to sound prejudiced, but the girls might...
- Was that a bit 'yikes'? - Yeah, it wasn't good.
The first thing I think of is high heels. Because that's the fastest way into the goal.
At the same time, I think that's what Charlotta is thinking.
Everyone's going to be thinking the way I'm thinking now.
"Oh, no one goes for the high heels!"
Because that way, you don't run fast.
- Where are they from? - Like...Kalmar or something.
No one wants to run in these two pairs.
People won't go for these, so I might be alone with them.
Either that or everyone's shared your exact thought process.
No one can get into these shoes. Johan won't be able to get these on.
- That, I would've liked to see. - That's why he's picked them.
No one's going to think that I'm smart, so I don't need to think in circles.
- I'll go for these. - First, best option.
- 38? - Yeah. And those fit you.
Not only in size, but also in terms of the look.
Here's some Waldorf-slippers, for the sweetest little man.
- How does it feel? - It hurts.
No one else is going to go for these.
I'll get these ones. I like red and lacquer.
I don't think too many have gone for these. I'll take these.
- Right. Okay. - Are you ready?
I'm ready.
Right. So, the goal was to put on a pair of shoes--
--and run the Babben-race as fast as possible.
But you weren't allowed to pick the same shoes as anyone else.
Seemed like no one did. Everyone's in the game so far.
Something else we need to know before firing the starting pistol?
Yes, an important detail which alters expectations dramatically...
As we haven't actually heard the whole letter. Listen up.
"Read this silently. You're the mole."
"You're the mole. If you place last in the Babben-race, you get five points."
"If you place last in the Babben-race, you get five points."
"You're the mole."
"If you place last in the Babben-race, you get five points."
Alright! Is it timed? How does this work?
I'll be timing it, yeah.
Oh, you tricky bastards.
The person in last place wins and the person in first place loses.
That's it exactly, which makes it a pretty spectacular watch.
And while the athletes do their warmups, we'll take a small, well-deserved break.
Here we are again, and we're on our marks.
Which means we're just about to start the exciting Babben-race--
--is that all the participants have been awarded the secret task of getting last place.
Which means that this is a race where five hucksters pretend to be as bad as possible.
I'm getting a bit tingly thinking of this. Who's up first?
We'll go for Charlotta, Johan, Maria and Mauri.
Everyone except Berra, simple as that. Last to cross the finish line wins.
Mauri, are you ready?
Upon your marks! Ready, set...
- Let's go! - Yeah.
- And she's off... - Oh, god!
Oh no! Dammit.
- Ugh! - Do I have to start over, then?
And he's off again!
- And she's off again! - No, I don't believe this...
You're so believable!
Alright, there it is. No, dammit. Dammit, wait. Okay. No, god!
Less believable.
Almost there.
- Was I across? - No.
Ugh, I'm so tired now. Hang on!
Ugh! Now.
There.
There. It's over.
In the words of Ranelid...
No one's ever run this race in the way that I'm doing right this moment.
These words have never been uttered in this way, in these shoes.
- When the shoes are across. - Are you kidding?
There, yeah.
He's on the last stretch. He's got two meters.
And the shoes are there.
Right. There.
- Good work. - Thanks.
- It hurts so much. - Right. Alright. Good work.
"It hurts so much"!
How do you feel about each other's undercover activities?
- Did anyone convince you? - I'll tell you this--the only person I believed in was myself.
You were out there, desperately needing direction for 40 minutes.
Mauri, while this was being shown you said: "God damn, she's a good actor."
I'm landing in the crossfire here.
Before this catfight goes off the rails, I'd like to find out how we're situated.
Despite wonderful acting from Maria--
--she was actually the fastest so far, which, well, the goal was not to be.
37.1 seconds for Maria.
We find Charlotta at 44.12 seconds. Slightly better.
Mauri defied the pain and crossed the finish line in 2 minutes and 48 seconds.
That's crazy!
Johan took the time to stop and do some impressions and so on.
His final time was three minutes and 24 seconds.
All Berra has to do to win--
--is to get across the finish line, as slowly as possible--
--in more than 3 minutes and 24 seconds.
Just to make sure I've got this right. The goal is to get last place? Right.
- Right. - Ready, set...
And he's off! It's actually going...pretty well!
- What's going on? - What're you doing?!
There. Pretty good, despite bad shoes. Good work.
Best mole.
- Couldn't even tell he was a mole. - No, so damn good.
I thought people were going to rush like their lives depended on it.
I thought I'll run a little, and get last place.
- How many seconds did that take? - Were you even trying to be slow?
- What was I supposed to do?! - Quote Ranelid.
I can't talk about Ranelid, hurl myself backwards...
It's almost impressive that he's that quick in those shoes.
How quick was this?
Berra sprinted into the goal in 12.24 seconds!
- We're all happy about that. - New record in the Babben-race.
It was believable.
"Just so I've got this right... I'm supposed to get last place."
Behrouz was the fastest, and consequently the worst--
--runner in the first edition of the Babben-race.
It was an admirable performance. You get one point, Behrouz.
Two points for Maria, who was fast. Charlotta gets three points.
Four to Mauri, with his clogs.
And five slow points to the sloth, Johan Petersson!
Right then, little man. Can you conjure up another test?
Yes indeed. In a flash and jiffy, because it's time for bangs and balloons.
Oh! Oh, so fun!
- Shooting time? - Yup.
"Create a chain reaction which gets the BB gun to pop the balloon."
"Most steps in the chain wins."
"Bonus points if you include the leaf blower."
"You have 30 minutes. Your time starts now."
To make it pop?
Yes, this test revolved around creating a chain reaction.
Or, in other words, doing something which causes something which causes something, and so on.
Don't forget the bonus points for the people who manage to include the leaf blower.
Who are we watching first?
A golden chain-link known as Charlotta, Johan and Maria.
This is the final event: Bang. And up until then, your imagination's the only limit.
Isn't the smartest choice to start from here, and work your way backwards?
It's the absolute smartest thing.
More than anything, I want a good string. Here it is.
- Here's some sort of... - That's right, a lever solution.
- Mm. - A wonderful start.
We just need to add more and more steps.
Bonus points for the leaf blower.
Tape. There's so much tape here. If there's tape, there's hope.
- I often say that. - I said it before you.
I was one of the first people to ever say it. For seven years I've been doing this, Johan.
In 2012, I said: "If there's tape, there's hope."
- How on earth are you going to count the steps? - Oof, if only there was some way to rewind and check.
- The leaf blower's included. - That's right.
Yes, as I usually say: If there's tape, there's hope.
This is way too advanced, but if it works it's going to be great.
- Are you going to add some music? - There's some music here, yeah.
- Kind of like bossa? - Yeah, a touch of bossa.
- A mood-raiser. - And then suddenly, it just stops.
- Brings you out of it a bit. - Yeah, back to reality again.
Which is a guy in a fisherman's hat tying a string on television.
- Could you be a step? - Of course.
In that case, you'll stand here. I'll blow a hat away.
Beneath it, there's something super scary, and then you accidentally hit it.
Alright, just have to attach this.
- Just need some tape, here. - And as I usually say...
The anchor's going to fall down here. The oil barrel's going to roll down the hill.
Hit a pin, which hits another pin--
--which pulls the string to make the pin fall over.
The trigger's pulled, and the balloon pops.
Should I load the gun? The weapon's loaded.
Oh, I forgot that. There was an anchor stuck to that.
Look over here, David.
- Can I keep going from here? - Yeah, yeah.
Exactly according to plan.
You rake the gravel, which pulls these pins--
--which tenses this string--
--thus pulling the trigger of the leaf blower--
--which blows the ball down, pulling this stick down with it.
A lever effect will be created, which will pop the balloon.
Here he is. One of the top two people to say: "If there's tape, there's hope."
No, the first person to ever say "If there's tape, there's hope" will start raking. Here we go.
Yeah! Yeah!
David! Yeah! As long as there's tape, there's hope!
Leaf blower blowing a pin down, which pulls a rope.
- I'd say three. - It was three.
- And it popped. That was the important bit. - What an exciting time we had.
As I've always said, and was one of the first people to ever say:
If there's tape, there's hope.
Food for thought.
Right, Maria. You had a lot of steps planned.
- But it faltered somewhere along the way. - When you bite off more than you can chew...
Charlotta, you had a brilliant strategy. I'll build backwards.
I'll build...and you go backwards.
- ...That was an answer. - Yeah, I heard.
Johan, you put most of your energy into bickering with David.
You got a decent chain-reaction...
- I wasn't bickering. He was bickering. - But who said it first?
- 2012. - David?
Well, I usually say that...
If there's tape, there's hope.
I often say that facing the camera that way.
- But it was so impressive. Incredible. - Yeah, there were a lot of steps.
Yes, and how many steps exactly?
Maria blew the leaf blower, knocking over a pin...
- Which, in turn, pulled the trigger. - Thank you, David.
- A total of three steps. - I'm satisfied.
Charlotta obtained twice as many, which is to say six steps.
Johan built a chain reaction with a whopping eight steps!
- Wow! - That's good.
Very impressive, but we haven't seen everyone yet.
No, we've got Behrouz's and Mauri's chain reactions to go.
And they're nothing to sneeze at. But first, a small break.
Welcome back. Each of our participants was tasked with creating a chain reaction.
Johan's leading so far with eight steps.
Time to see if Behrouz can beat that. Take a look at this.
Can you hold the string?
I'll run this leaf blower on the ball. It hits you. You fall forwards, pulling the string.
- That looked like backwards. - You can load it with live ammo.
You can get on your mark. I'll pull you with this.
It'll go dach, dach, dach, dach. And look at this, it's fairly taut, now.
When this falls over, that line will go taut.
- And then you'll automatically fall backwards. - But if it falls this way, the string'll be...
No, you're going to fall backwards. Yeah. It's predestined.
- Check this out, folks at home. - Are you ready?
Yes.
Come on, pull!
Pull!
Keep going!
- Yeah! - No.
It feels like you didn't account for the string's...
You just need to practice your falling.
Yeah, this one's on me.
- Good. We're in agreement. - Yeah. Good work.
Well then, Behrouz. A lot of people have a tough time telling their right from their left...
- You've got a tough time with forwards and backwards. - Yeah, I know. A bit topsy-turvy. But I was concentrating.
How many steps did his chain reaction have?
A bunch of stuff happened, but the chain shattered in the middle.
I fell over, and after that 5.2 seconds passed before anything else happened.
You told me to pull, I pulled, and the gun went off.
- No, come on! - There's three steps in that chain, Behrouz.
That's how it goes sometimes. The question is: Does Mauri match Berra in awfulness?
No, no. That's probably tough to pull off in this case.
Mauri called for backup from the younger generation.
Hey, everyone!
Hey, those of you playing basketball too... Come here! Yeah, yeah!
- God! - Oh, damn.
Sundin, Sundin, you're cruel and mean! Sundin, Sundin, you're cruel and mean!
- Sundin, Sundin, you're cruel and mean! - Wow, they just keep going.
- 18 minutes left. - We've got time for one more, then.
Sundin, Sundin, you're cruel and mean!
This is a reaction, so when someone squeezes, you'll squeeze the next person.
And we're going in that direction. Right?
There you go! Nice, nice, nice!
- Yeah! - No, I mean...
This is incredible!
That's incredible. Totally incredible.
He's got the entire YouTube-generation joining him there.
The funniest thing was like, when we walked away and David stayed there--
--one of these 7-year-olds, who maybe wanted to impress me, brought me aside and whispered:
"Yeah, he really is mean."
This has to be the winning entry.
Mauri's teamwork resulted in 17 whole steps.
More than twice as many as number two.
I'll give you that. That was incredible.
- How're the points? - Two points for Maria and Berra.
Three for Charlotta, four for Johan and five for Mauri!
- Yeah! - Important, important, important.
- We also had a bonus point in there. - That's right.
Thanks to getting the leaf blower into their chain reactions--
--there's one extra point each for Maria, Charlotta and Johan.
- Yes! - We'll take that.
Which makes things pretty exciting in the standings. Certainly shakes things up, I'll tell you that.
We find Maria with 17 points. We find Mauri with 18 points.
We find Behrouz with 19 points. Charlotta with 20 points.
- And Johan with 24 points! - What?!
- That's a ton! - Currently in the lead.
- Did I win?! - No, you haven't won.
And remember, everyone--
The person who wins tonight's show doesn't just win endless glory--
--but also this beautiful painting depicting Maria's lemon artwork.
That's the way it is. But now, anything can happen and everything can change...
Because it's time for the finale.
Yes, it's finally time for the finale.
This is a team finale. Slightly special.
You're distributed alongside your teams.
You're three people, and you're two people.
And so as to not make this unfair, you'll be aided--
--tonight as well by Anders "Ankan" Johansson!
Let's go! Let's go!
Let's see how your team's done, Ankan, before you get too excited.
Before we get going with this finale--
--I'd like to ask one of you from your respective teams to make your way to this board--
--and write down ten animals. Mauri and Maria!
You'll have 100 seconds to write 10 animals.
And your time starts now.
I'll check so that everything's in order. It is.
- Maria has... - I'm done!
- 20 seconds left. - Hmm...
Three, two, one, zero.
Mauri, could you read the test for us?
"Make your team understand which animal you're impersonating."
"While you're impersonating, you should constantly be repeating the letter of the alphabet located before--"
"--the starting letter of your animal."
"One person performs the task. The other two guess."
"The team with the most named animals after 100 seconds wins."
"Your time starts on David's cue."
You're going to sit down on the couch.
That team sends one person to your board--
--who's going to do charades, animal by animal, on the board.
The only sound you're allowed to make is the sound of the letter--
--which is the letter located before your animal's first letter.
That's insane, though. You've gotta be, like, a doctor to do this.
We'll start with team Bam sitting in the couch.
And we're going to see who will do the charades, Johan or Charlotta.
Charlotta Björck! Welcome up!
You'll stand here, then. And your time starts now!
- Rrrr! - That's S. Swan?
- Swan? - Struts! [Ostrich]
- Ööö! Ööö! - Is that a U or an Ö?
- Is it an Ö? - Then it's A.
Älg? [Moose] Is it a U or an Ö?
- Ööö! - It's an A, then...
- Antelope! - Yeah!
- Nice. - F?
- A, B, C, D, E, F...Eh? - 20 seconds left.
- Gemu? No. - G? Gnu?
- Nice! - Quick!
Elephant! Elephant! Quick!
- Letter! - Three, two, one, zero!
- Brilliant. What was the last one? - A seagull. [Mås]
Four animals. That's good.
All you need to do now is beat four animals within 100 seconds.
- Who are you going to send up? - Ankan.
- Since he is a trained doctor. - Yeah, I know. That's why we're picking him.
We believe in you! We believe in you.
- We're ready. - Then your 100 seconds start now.
- The letter? - Jjj!
Are you talking about J? A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I.
Hedgehog? [Igelkott] An i...i...lard sausage? [Isterband]
Intestine? Cow! Cow!
- Cow's correct! - It was supposed to be J, then!
- Jjj! - So it's I. Hedgehog?
- Cat? - Yeah!
But I's not before...? You're supposed to say the letters that come before!
L? Worm! [Mask] Worm! Mouse!
- Yeah! - Come on! Come on, Ankan!
- Seal! Seal! - The letter! The letter, Ankan!
- No, say the letter again! - Nnn!
- N? Snake! [Orm] - Yeah!
Come on! Come on, Ankan!
- Seal! Seal! Horse! Seal! - Dammit!
The letter!
In that case, you're welcome to sit down again and we can take a look at the scores here.
- Good work. - Congratulations.
Fantastic finale, then. Would you like to sum up the points?
Right, so, what happened is that both teams managed to pin down four animals.
Which means that both teams get three points each.
Which essentially means that we did this for no reason.
- But we got to bring Ankan in. - Yeah, that's always nice.
And now, when we sum up everyone's points--
--we can see that Maria made fifth place, with 20 points.
Mauri with 21 points.
Behrouz with 22 points.
Charlotta with 23 points.
And in first place we find Johan Petersson, 27 points!
27 points! Come on up. Come on up.
And accept...huh?
- Take a look at that, huh? - This is nice, isn't it.
So, what have we learned today?
The Babben-race won't leave you breathless. You can make juice with a flagpole.
And as David Sundin's always said: If there's tape, there's hope.
Thank you for watching.
Watch us next week again on TV4, or whenever you want on TV4 Play. See you!
Original text: Johanna Svensson, Iyuno Translation: DangBream