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Episode 2: Josefin Johansson guests

Image of Josefin Johansson, the guest contestant on the episode.
Air date:
13/03/2020
Original title:
Josefin Johansson gästar

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must transfer some rice to the bottle, raise David's heart rate, make and converse with a ventriloquist's doll, pop a popcorn kernel, predict how many words they can list in a category, complete seven activities in a certain order, lower a balloon as far as possible, and beat on the drum after exactly 9.58 seconds.

Alternate Titles

  • On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Syke nousuun', which translates as 'Pulse-pounding'. This is a reference to the 'Raise David’s heart rate' task. [Translator credit: zador]

    Assistant Intro

    By my side, I have my very own Guran: David Sundin!

    Episode prize

    Image of the prize up for grabs in this episode: a bottle containing 24,330 grains of rice (the result of the winning attempt at the first task).

    The prize in this episode was a bottle containing 24,330 grains of rice (the result of the winning attempt at the first task). Attached to the bottle was a card tag with ‘a recipe for cooked rice’.

    Episode stats

    Official Points
    131
    Observed Points
    118
    Disquals
    5
    Assignment Type
    Solo
    8
    100%
    Team
    0
    0%
    Special
    0
    0%
    Split
    0
    0%
    Tie-Break
    0
    0%
    Task Format
    Prize
    0
    0%
    Filmed
    6
    75%
    Homework
    0
    0%
    Live
    2
    25%
    Judgment Type
    Objective
    7
    88%
    Subjective
    1
    13%
    Combination
    0
    0%
    Unjudged
    0
    0%
    No. of Task Briefs
    Single
    8
    100%
    Multiple
    0
    0%
    Task Originality
    Original
    3
    38%
    Adapted
    5
    63%

    Episode scores

    There are some discrepancies between the official total scores for this episode and the points seen to be awarded during the episode. Both sets of scores, and the discrepancies between them, are displayed below.

    Anders Johansson (aka Ankan)

    Official score:
    28
    Observed score:
    28
    Difference:
    0

    Carin da Silva

    Official score:
    23
    Observed score:
    20
    Difference:
    -3

    Josefin Johansson

    Official score:
    31
    Observed score:
    25
    Difference:
    -6

    Kristina Petrushina (aka Keyyo)

    Official score:
    22
    Observed score:
    20
    Difference:
    -2

    Kristoffer Appelquist

    Official score:
    27
    Observed score:
    25
    Difference:
    -2

    Notes on discrepancies

    • The point totals are already incorrect after the fourth task in the episode.
    • Unfortunately, these inconsistencies did change the winner of the episode, in addition to affecting the series scores.

    Guests

    Zillah Ustav

    Zillah (and her ventriloquist doll chimp, Totte) appeared as a guest judge for the ‘Make and converse with a ventriloquist doll’ task.

    Aired tasks

    Subtitles

    The following episode subtitle files are available for download.