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Episode 1: Jesper Rönndahl guests

Image of Jesper Rönndahl, the guest contestant on the episode.
Air date:
26/02/2021
Original title:
Jesper Rönndahl gästar

Episode synopsis

In this episode the contestants must catapult ducks into a paddling pool, create an impressive greeting, score as many goals as possible, unshackle themselves and eat a cupcake, choose what to do with three food items, make an accurate and inventive egg timer, and catch tomatoes in their chef's hat.

Alternate Titles

  • On Finland's MTV Katsomo streaming platform, this episode is titled 'Järkeä vai ei?', which translates as 'Does it make sense or not?'. It's unclear what this might be a reference to. [Translator credit: zador]

    Assistant Intro

    Most things are the same, for better or worse. I glance to the left, because here he sits, as usual, at the children's table: David Sundin!

    Episode prize

    Image of the prize up for grabs in this episode: some of the props and set decorations from some of the previous series.

    The prize in this episode was some of the props and set decorations from some of the previous series, include portraits of Babben, the display tree used for episode prizes, some hula hoops of various sizes, and the contestant sofas.

    Episode stats

    Official Points
    107
    Observed Points
    92
    Disquals
    1
    Assignment Type
    Solo
    7
    100%
    Team
    0
    0%
    Special
    0
    0%
    Split
    0
    0%
    Tie-Break
    0
    0%
    Task Format
    Prize
    0
    0%
    Filmed
    5
    71%
    Homework
    0
    0%
    Live
    2
    29%
    Judgment Type
    Objective
    6
    86%
    Subjective
    1
    14%
    Combination
    0
    0%
    Unjudged
    0
    0%
    No. of Task Briefs
    Single
    6
    86%
    Multiple
    1
    14%
    Task Originality
    Original
    3
    43%
    Adapted
    5
    71%

    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.

    Arantxa Alvarez

    Official score:
    18
    Observed score:
    15
    Difference:
    -3

    Jesper Rönndahl

    Official score:
    24
    Observed score:
    22
    Difference:
    -2

    Johanna Nordström

    Official score:
    28
    Observed score:
    24
    Difference:
    -4

    Morgan Alling

    Official score:
    15
    Observed score:
    14
    Difference:
    -1

    Olof Wretling

    Official score:
    22
    Observed score:
    17
    Difference:
    -5

    Notes on discrepancies

    • The point totals are incorrect after the sixth task in the episode, at which point David indicates that Johanna and Jesper are tied in the lead (when, according to the points awarded in the tasks shown, Jesper actually led by two points at that time).
    • It appears that there may therefore have been an extra, unaired task which took place after the fifth task.
    • Fortunately, these inconsistencies did not change the overall winner of the episode or series.

    Guests

    Kwesi Kawawa

    Kwesi appeared as the goalkeeper in the ‘Score as many goals as possible’ task.

    Aired tasks

    Unaired competition tasks shown in the bonus episode

    The following tasks were included in the studio session for this episode, and points awarded were counted towards the contestants's totals, but they did not make the broadcast edit of the episode. However, they were later shown in the bonus episode, at the end of the season.

    Subtitles

    The following episode subtitle files are available for download.