It's spring and it's Friday, which means Bäst i Test with Babben Larsson.
If you're new to the show, I can inform you--
--that we let people without much heed for dignity perform various tests.
This year, the tests are performed by the following sweeties:
The sophisticated sponge cake, Linnéa Wikblad!
The crumbled cookie, Henrik Nyblom!
The cheery chiffon cake, Nikki Amini!
The Finnishing touch, Marko Lehtosalo!
And this week's guest is the P1-journalist raised on spettekaka: Johar Bendjelloul!
[P1: Nationwide radio channel. Spettekaka: A Scanian pastry. Johar has also been on "På Spåret"/"On The Rails", a train-themed geography quiz show.]
And sampling these treats tonight you will, among other things, find this:
We can be here all day.
Welcome, welcome, welcome. To you especially, Johar, as you're this week's guest.
Straight from "On The Rails" to this slightly more off-the-rails show.
- Still feels good. Surprisingly good, so far. - So far.
Linnéa, as this is a radio colleague... Friend or foe, what do you think?
I love him on a level that's not quite appropriate--
--as a journalist, human being, colleague...I've made a fool of myself, won't make eye contact tonight, but it's true.
- Good thing that you're in different couches, then. - At arm's length.
Of course, I could supervise every test myself, measuring and so on...
But I do actually have a life, you know. Fortunately, not everyone does--
--so kudos to my assistant who handles the dirty work: David Sundin!
Thank you, thank you. Yes, Babben, I'm always raring to go.
Am I too overqualified to time so-called "celebrities" throwing bananas into buckets?
Yeah, maybe, but I still do it, Babben. For your sake.
Lovely. If you're also qualified to start our first test, that'd be delightful.
Listen up. This test is all about being very, very careful.
- Hi. - (Hello.)
- (Is that some sort of decibel monitor?) - (Correct.)
(Feels better to be quiet, huh?)
("Eat the egg.")
- You can just read. - With my regular voice?
"Eat the egg. You must eat the whole egg."
"You may not eat any eggshells."
"The quietest person to perform the test wins."
"Give David a thumbs-up when you've eaten the whole egg."
"You have three minutes, and your time starts now."
Yes, the goal was to simply eat an egg as quietly as possible.
The one who eats their egg in three minutes, while also making the least possible noise, wins.
I think we should take a look at the whole crew.
Entirely correct thinking, Babby. Here they are, every one.
- What is this? - (The goal is to crack it as quietly as possible.)
[loud cracking]
[quiet cracking] [loud cracking]
(Bad shell-splitting.)
Nikki!
(What was the task?)
- (No shell.) - (Clear instructions regarding the shell.)
[crunching]
You can swallow it whole?
Like, oh my god...
What's going on?
[coughing]
Good work.
No! You're eating it now?
Oh, god!
(You've got some shell...)
One asks: Is this really Friday entertainment? Well, yes, surely it has to be.
- Johar, you slurped it like fresh lobster. - Yeah, it was super sloppy.
- I thought I was the worst one, but... - No, not when Henrik's competing.
What was your line of thinking when you swallowed the egg whole?
I thought I'd swallowed bigger things, but I think I hit the upper limit there.
How loud were they, David?
It seems that hacking Henrik was the loudest: 78,5 dB.
Nikki: 70,6 dB.
Johar: 58,2 dB. Linnéa: 56,8.
- But quietest of all, Marko: 46,6 dB. - Wow!
- The eggmaster! - Amazing. Mind-boggling to see him quiet, for once.
So, one point for Henrik, two for Nikki, three for Johar, four for Linnéa--
- --and tonight's first five goes to Marko. - Congratulations.
David, I'm always curious-- what are we competing for tonight?
You can win "Quiet eggs", fun for the whole family. Here's everything you need--
--to be able to play "Quiet eggs" at home with the family. Decibel monitors, eggs, egg cups.
- So you can play this game at home. Perfect. - Wow. Now what?
Well, the time has come for our contestants to use a lifeline and phone a friend.
- Hello. - Lovely to be here.
- Take a seat. - Thank you very much.
"Have the longest phone call, without the person you're talking to--"
"--suspecting that you're trying to have a long conversation."
"During your conversation, you may not mention anything about TV, tests or Bäst i Test."
- "Every time the lamp turns on, you must--" - Is that Braille?
What do you mean?
I'm trying to keep up with what I'm reading.
"Every time the lamp turns on--" That lamp over there.
"--you must take and perform a new mission from the Mission Board."
"If the person you're talking to says anything about the keywords in your mission..."
"...you have to hang up immediately."
"You must call someone within two minutes."
"And your time starts now."
Right. So, the goal was to call a friend or an enemy, completely up to you--
--and make the conversation continue for as long a time as humanly possible.
Intermittently, various missions popped up on the board, which you had to perform.
If the person you were talking to happened to say a forbidden word, marked in red on the board--
--you had to hang up right away.
Among these telephonies, who or whom will we be watching first?
At the head of the phone queue, we have Nikki and Marko.
- Okay, so someone available during the day... - I'll call mom.
- Hello! - Hi, how are you?
- I feel fine, how are you? - How are the dogs' tummies and such?
Their tummies are good. They haven't pooped anywhere.
- I fought all the way to the end. - Yeah. The married couple are off travelling, huh?
Yeah, they left yesterday.
[SOUND LIKE A MONSTER] Yeah, they left yesterday.
[deep voice] Why'd they go?
- What are you saying? - What? Did I yawn?
- What're you... - Did I sound like that?
Have you totally lost it? I thought "no, Nikki's lost it, now".
Can you hear me?
- You're stressed and so on, I think. - Yeah, but I have to.
[growling]
We've been cleaning all of your clothes...
- [growling] - And receipts for new things.
[RUN ON THE SPOT FOR ONE MINUTE] [PRETEND YOU'RE MUCH OLDER]
[SAY YOUR NAME VERY SLOWLY]
Okay... [SAY YOUR NAME VERY SLOWLY]
[slowly] Marko...
Desirée's coming, if you know her.
[ASK IF THE PERSON'S SEEN A RAINBOW]
- Like, did you see a rainbow today or yesterday? - No. [ASK IF THE PERSON'S SEEN A RAINBOW]
- Like, did you see a rainbow today or yesterday? - No.
No? I thought I saw one. You're sure you didn't see one?
- I haven't seen a rainbow. - You haven't?
- Good work. - I've barely been...
- What? - She said "rainbow", so the test's over.
[LAUGH AT EVERYTHING THEY SAY] It's the eighteenth of September. ...what do you mean?
- It's quick when it's cheap. - Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, it's great that you got a hold of those.
Yeah, they say it won't be many times...
Vuck you. What in helvetti are you doing?
- What the hell are you laughing... - Ah, it's hot, it's hot.
- Yeah, she said "laugh". - I got a few, at least.
- Did she say 'fuck you'? - With a V. Vuck you.
Like, now I have to call her back. Poor thing has to be so confused.
Gotta call my mom now, too, so she doesn't think I'm totally...
- You must've thought I was totally nuts! - ...Yeah.
And then I lost, 'cause you said "rainbow", you weren't allowed to say "rainbow".
How'd you feel when I sounded like a monster? Wasn't I a scary monster?
Exactly what I was going to ask you, Nikki. What monster were you thinking of?
- But, like...I'm not good at these things. - But it was true-to-life!
- I was a great monster. - And you got a 'vuck you' by your mom.
- Has she forgiven you? - Yeah, absolutely.
- That was like a normal call, actually. - Still, good. Well fought.
You were at it for a fair amount of time, actually. Who's up next?
We'll move on to a habitual chatterbox: Linnéa Wikblad.
Best to call a motormouth, huh. We'll try Hanna Hellquist.
I also think she can't hear if a call is, like, whoopsie-doodle.
She could just keep going, so it's perfect.
- Hi! What're you doing? - I've just woken up.
Lying in bed, smoking a bit, drinking some coffee, playing some Candy Crush.
Then I'm going to wash a carpet with the high-pressure washer and sort out the garden.
- But you're in Grums, right? - I am in Grums, but I'll be down Sunday.
[SAY YOU HAVE A TONGUE PROBLEM]
Yeah, I...I need help with something, too.
I know people get so grossed out about these things--
--but I thought you could maybe help me check it out.
I've got, like, a super gross sore on my tongue.
On your tongue?!
God dammit!
Good work.
- But she is a talker! - Mhm. Could've gone well.
Sadly, things went whoopsie-doodle right away.
Felt like a pretty safe bet otherwise, I think.
Yeah. She also wouldn't ever be like "the hell are you doing? You're so weird", just "oh!"
She'd just roll with it. Wouldn't suspect a thing. But I messed up, there.
These things happen. The phone queue's starting to dwindle a bit, now.
Approaching the end, but first: Henrik Nyblom.
Let's call mom. Or, well, call home, dad might answer too.
- Yeah, howdy. - Howdy, it's Henke. What're you doing?
- Yeah, I can see. The phone says 'Henke'. Putting you on speaker. - Hi, hi, I'm on speaker too.
Dang, you're running the old double talk, huh?
[LAUGH AT EVERYTHING THEY SAY] Yeah, and an Aperol as an aperitif.
Damn, you're really partying it up.
I heard Petter's mom met Åsa down at the grocery store, too--
--and thought it was you. [they laugh]
- She thought it was me? - Yeah.
I'm trying to come up with some new stand-up material and all that...
[rough voice] Where you talk like this, but I don't know if it'll be funny.
But doing goofy voices is always funny, right?
[BE QUIET FOR 20 SECONDS] It's that simple. I'm going to bake some bread now, so we've got some for tomorrow's breakfast.
You know, when there's only four of you, cooking's simple.
- Hey, how's the book coming along? - Oh, it's coming along great.
I've bought new kicks, but they sort of don't fit...
- Did you try them before you bought them? - Try--ah, I ordered them online.
- That's no good. - No.
[MENTION CARROTS THREE TIMES] I'm making a stew now. There's, like, carrots in it...
I've never really bought carrots, but now I put carrots in everything.
- There's more than carrots in it, right? - Ah. Goodbye.
Dad gave up early. He went out for a bit--
--thinking "no, this doesn't seem to be about anything in particular".
Mom keeps going.
Yes, this was the Nyblom family's specialty: Speaking about nothing for a very long time.
Definitely. She's so nice, listens to anything. You can just keep on blabbing.
- And dad opted out pretty early. - Yeah. "Oh, it's Henke? I'm out, then."
Right, but--impressive. You almost got the whole board, there.
- Let's wrap this up, then. - We shall, with Johar Bendjelloul.
- Hello, Johar. - What's up?
- Doing well. You? - Doing fine. What's it like, in your solitude?
It's pretty nice.
But then you start feeling like "no, that's enough".
[YAWN LOUDLY FOR 10 SECONDS] - Klas was here. - Yeah, I heard. Has Klas been...
Did he stay the night, or...?
Ah, I'm so incredibly tired. We were working with the election, and you know, I got home by two.
We were broadcasting until 1:35.
[RUN ON THE SPOT FOR A MINUTE] You know I can't express any opinions about the state of politics and so on.
No, but that's...
We've got an incredible rainbow over here. Seen any rainbows lately?
There was one in England, too, when the queen died. This giant double--
--over Buckingham Palace.
Yeah.
But...[giggling]
[monster sound]
- You can really sound like a dinosaur! - Yeah, I've been practicing a lot with Karla.
- I was looking at our Wordfeud-match. - Yeah?
- We're approaching a hundred games now. - We are?
I don't want to think about that.
Yeah, but it's like when we're introducing ourselves for the broadcasts, like...
[slowly] Johar...Bendjelloul...
But you know what happened to me this morning?
I usually have milk in my coffee, and I drank a cup, and it was, like, scalding--
--so I've got some incredibly weird blister right in the middle of my tongue.
- You've got a burn blister on your tongue? - Yeah, I think I've got a burn blister on...
- He said "tongue". - Oh, that's a shame. I forgot about that.
- Thank you. Can I take this? He's calling back. - Go ahead. It'd be nice of you.
Yeah, I will. Hi!
- Incredible! - Very well fought, I have to say.
- How'd your father-in-law feel about this conversation? - Oh, he's a good sport, very polite...
I don't think he thought it was that strange. He probably wondered why I hung up, though.
- Nothing to do with the monster? - No, definitely not.
Timewise, how long did these conversations last for?
Linnéa had some bad luck with her tongue. 1:30.
Nikki: 3 minutes and 31 seconds. That's something, at least.
Marko was going for 5:30, before he got a "vuck you" from mother Irma.
Slightly longer afterwards, and also very even...
There's actually only a nine-second difference between Henrik and Johar.
Johar went on and on for a good 8 minutes, 51 seconds--
--and Henrik, well, nine minutes flat.
What?! Wow, wow, wow!
Mom!
One point for Linnéa, two for Nikki, three for Marko, four for Johar--
--and five blabbery points for Henrik and his mom. Moving on, then.
Got it. And it's time for some tense tension.
You've brought your personal ones, Nikki? You're renovating your home, right?
I live in a house, so this one's mine. Read it, I trust you.
I'll read and you'll understand, because I usually don't understand what I read.
"Stretch the rubber band between the two of you in an exciting way."
- "Longest stretched rubber band wins." - "If the rubber band breaks, you're disqualified."
- "The test is immediately ended if someone says 'stop'." - "Bonus points for tensest tension." [A pun on spänna: draw taut and spännande: exciting]
- "You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now." - Tensest tension...?
Right. So, the goal was to tense the rubber band between the two of you in a way that caused tension.
The team that stretches their rubber band the furthest wins.
If it breaks you're disqualified, and if anyone says 'stop', the test ends immediately.
And, not to be forgotten: There's also bonus points for the tensest tension.
That's right. And as usual, you as a guest can receive three points--
--if you can guess which of these teams will bring this tense tension furthest.
Do you believe in Marko and Linnéa or Nikki and Henrik?
Where will you gamble your three points?
I think that team Henrik and Nikki, with their high energy, will break the band.
- So I think Linnéa and Marko will win. - You're betting your three points on Linnéa and Marko.
- Stamping that, then. There it is. - Right. Which uncomfortable tension do we start with?
It's time for Marko and Linnéa to get tense. Or, well, get the band tense.
- Feel like this can be held without sliding. - But in a tense way, too. What's a tense way?
- 1:15 has passed. - You don't have to say that every minute.
Should we test it once and just get a sense for how far we can pull it?
- Oh god, this is so unnerving. - Fairly far. 10 meters? Maybe 15?
I'm not gonna let go. There! That's pretty good.
- It's getting hard to hold on, now. - Getting really tense, now.
- Aah! - Should probably stop, there.
Marko said "stop". The test's over. Good luck.
- We win this one. - Yeah, yeah.
It really is scary, that. What are you afraid of, standing at the other end and holding on?
Well, like, snapping it away and hurting someone...
The point was to try it out, but it got genuinely tense.
- Then I accidentally said "should probably stop"... - But it did get tense.
Yeah, it was super tense. I didn't know what I was gonna do.
Right. Now that we know what you think is tense, we'll move on to Henrik and Nikki.
- If you do a handstand...can you do that? - I can try, for your sake.
- But we have to do it in an extraordinary way. - You have to take that off.
If you'll wear this...
I'll go up like that, and you just run with all your might.
- I'll put it on your foot. - And then you stand back-to-back...
- ...and just run in opposite directions? - Yeah.
That'll work out great.
Ow!
Did you measure that in time?
The rubber band's still whole. 13 minutes left.
- If you bike down there... - Bike down...ow!
Start biking, and I'll run at the same time.
- No... - It got...
- No...the band broke. - What?! Are we disqualified, then?
- Uh, yes. Yes. - No!
And you made things so tense. And stretched it far, too.
- Was that a good jump? I didn't see. - It was a super good jump.
- A smart man's sitting next to me. - I knew these teams, apparently.
Without even having met them beforehand, you've read them both like books.
- David, can you sum this up? - As we saw, Nikki and Henrik's band broke--
And the letter was very clear on that point: A broken rubber band means disqualification.
So the three points automatically go to Marko and Linnéa, just as Johar said.
The energy was going to break it, and so on.
But there's still a bonus point to be awarded for the tensest tension--
Which, I think, should obviously go to Nikki and Henrik. My god.
Obviously.
Every show has a middle, including this, and in the middle of this show--
--we've got a segment during which you can get something from the kitchen or shovel the driveway.
Those of you who remain know what awaits: An "interview" with this week's guest--
--courtesy of David "Dabbe" Sundin.
Thank you, thank you, Babben. Well, Johar, it's nice to have you here.
- You are a journalist. - That's correct, yes.
- Educated as such, as we may presume. - Yeah. That's how it is.
I'll check that. Which revolves greatly around you asking questions and getting answers.
- Yeah, exactly like that. - Not entirely unlike what I do.
You and I are the same, one might say. Woven from the same cloth.
What's the most important part of your job? Or our job.
Being thoroughly prepared and interested in the person you're interviewing.
That wasn't what I had in mind. I was thinking that, when you ask a question, you want...
...there to be an answer. I'm sorry, I'm not really performing well here.
God, what a funny coincidence, Johar, that the most vital thing in your life--
--is getting answers, because it's namely time to play "Q & Aye"!
Q & Aye, Q & Aye
Q & Aye, aye, aye, aye
Ah, how exciting. It's time to play "Q & Aye".
Johar, you've got a letter under your cushion.
Pull that out and read it aloud to your co-contestants.
"Ask a question to the audience, and receive as few 'Yes'-es as possible."
"If you get zero 'Yes'-es from the audience, you're eliminated. Last one remaining wins."
So, the goal is to get as few 'Yes'-es as possible from the audience, but if it's zero, you're out.
Are you ready? We'll start with Marko, heading up to ask his question.
Who here have done military service? Boot camp?
- Good, Marko! - That's eleven. Thank you, Marko.
- Nikki. - Yes.
Is anyone here lactose intolerant?
- Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen. - That's good, that's good.
No pressure at all. Does anyone here speak Finnish?
Three, four, five.
Thank you very much. Lowest so far, worth noting.
- Time for Henrik to ask his question. - Does anyone here work as a sign language interpreter?
- We've got one...two. - Good!
Great, Henrik! Henrik may step down.
Only two. Henrik's very trained eye enabled him to get that.
"Let's guess a profession, just like that." So, Linnéa, you have to get below fifteen--
--otherwise, Nikki's out. If it's more than fifteen, you're out. Go ahead, Linnéa.
Who here identifies as sort of LGBTQ...I?
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Thank you very much, Linnéa.
Linnéa landed somewhere in the middle, thus bumping out Nikki--
--who had the most 'Yes'-es with 15. We'll move on to round two...
Given the event of sitting on a toilet, executing number two...
...who looks at the paper after the first wipe?
It's also problematic to ask questions one doesn't want to answer, but let's see.
- I got nineteen. - We have nineteen! Thank you, Marko.
How many people in this room have Johansson as their surname?
Let's see, now. Do we have a Johansson? This is risky business.
Is no one in this audience named Johansson? No. He zeroed out.
How is no one named Johansson?!
How many people have been to Italy and thought, on getting served bread...
"Isn't this bread kinda hard and bad?" 'Cause, like, it should be good.
How many have gotten that vibe?
- Twelve--thirteen. I make it out to be thirteen. - Feel like there was some peer pressure there.
Thirteen for Henrik. Thank you.
Linnéas turn.
How many people here are fine with eating surströmming?
Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen.
Fourteen. Which means that Marko's leaving this round--
--and also Johar, who was disqualified, meaning there's just Henrik and Linnéa left.
- Come on up, Henrik. - How many in this room are in a wheelchair?
Two for Henrik!
Which means Linnéa has to get one.
Which one of you has a zebra-print shirt?
Zebra-print...we've got someone inspecting their second layers, just in case...
No, no one. Which means Linnéa gets one...
...which means that Henrik leaves the last round--
--and Linnéa: Last woman standing!
And that's how we play "Q & Aye"!
That was thrilling, folks. Thrilling. And, for clarity's sake, I should mention--
--Johar, you're not disqualified for zero, but you do leave the round.
So Nikki gets one point, Johar two, Marko three, Henrik four--
--and a five for Linnéa.
What do you say, huh? Chase this with a test?
It's time for a very moving test, where the goal was to keep things moving.
Hi!
Hey.
- Howdy. - Welcome to your job.
Can already feel this getting tricky for me.
I'll start by reading. It'd be hard to know what I'm supposed to do, otherwise.
"Get all these things to do their thing at the same time."
"The teeth have to chew, the marble has to roll."
"The crib has to rock."
"The top has to whirl, the sand has to pour, the spinner has to spin--"
"The monsters have to sit down."
How long until it hops up? Ah, okay.
- "Blow the candle out when you think you're done." - "Fastest wins."
- How many attempts? - Infinite.
"Your time starts on David's signal."
Henrik "Heave-Ho" Nyblom, your time starts now.
Right. So, the goal here was to get all the things on the table to do their thing at once.
While this is happening you're supposed to blow out the candle, and then you're done.
- Who are we watching first? - I've made an exciting selection, and decided:
Linnéa, Nikki, Henrik and Johar.
- Oh. Everyone but Marko? - Yeah, that's another way to put it.
Your time starts now.
- Let's see, then. Pressing those down. - Planning.
- Those go flying immediately. - They're pretty antsy.
Where'd you find these? They're super fun.
You're taking a pretty long...
- Oh, that's super long. Silly of me. - And this is timed, so fastest wins.
Yeah, and the time--the timer's running? Oh, it's such a shame that it's running.
Argh! No, my face! Help!
No! Why are you stopping so soon now?
What?!
This one's been somewhere weird earlier.
Should I light the candle while this is going on? Should I light it now, do you think?
- It's actually quite... - Cozy.
Advantageous. And cozy.
You know what, David? This is kind of an IQ test. One of those classic IQ tests.
- You do seem a bit stupid, then. - Yeah. These tests get out the worst in you.
This is stupid, since I've locked in my thumbs, which are useful. How about one, then?
Gained a lot, there.
The spinner's spinning. That's going. That's going. That's going.
But...
- How many attempts, did you say? - Infinite. We could be here all day.
- I think we will be! - That's going. That's going. There...
Then we'll do this...
- So, the question is... - Holding them down doesn't count?
No. They're my enemies, these two.
But...
- More than five minutes has passed. - What?! You're timing this?
I thought you only timed it when I made an attempt. An official attempt.
No! It's that.
You know what'd be more fashionable? This pleased...this satisfied...
Tone it down? Of course.
Jeez! That one...
Did Markoolio hold this?
- There's nothing wrong with the order, I think. - No. That's going. That's going.
That's going. That's going. That's going!
Good work.
There. Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy!
- It worked! - Good work.
Should we call it there?
Wow, wow!
- Johar, how do you feel? - Damned critters, jumping up!
Nikki, there was one official attempt.
He's kind of tricky. He doesn't mention how the whole timing-thing works.
- Because everyone's pretty aware of how time... - But you're always pushing that thing!
- This is what we'll do: We'll look at your times. - Right. Let's see, then.
Two of these were really, really close: Namely Johar and Nikki.
Johar did this in 7 minutes and 22 seconds, and Nikki in 7 minutes and 16 seconds.
So Nikki beat Johar by a mere six seconds. Very good, very good.
But there were a few who went at it for a bit longer. Linnéa, for example: 10 minutes and 43 seconds.
And a few who went at it for a bit shorter. Henrik: 4 minutes and 58 seconds.
What?! Huh?!
So Marko now has to be quicker than roughly five minutes to win this.
And there's only one way to find out if he is, which is by watching this.
Let's see, now. That goes for a long time, that goes for a long time...
This one also goes for a long time.
Okay, I think I've got this figured out!
Your time starts now.
I'll start the pendulum, that... that...no. Fuck.
Come on, then. There.
- The teeth weren't going. - No--calm down, now. Let me speak. Or think.
Goddammit--come on!
Dammit!
I should've gotten it, first try. I had a great feeling going there.
These are broken. This one's broken.
- There's nothing wrong with that great guy. - There. No, goddammit...
I should've nailed this a long time ago.
There! Everything was moving, there.
Was that it? We'll check in slow motion and all, so...
If it's this one, we'll stop the timer, but it's also fine to...
You have to help me. You have to tell me if it was all moving or not.
Could be an edge case. Could be milliseconds.
In that case, we don't know. We'll have to check later.
Might've all been going, might not. So the question is if you're satisfied, or...
- I heard the teeth...I got it. - And if so, it was really well done.
You were very meticulous in the beginning, checking the times, lining things up.
- Very good focus, I must say. - Thanks. But is it enough?
Marco was quick, he was. Really, really quick.
3 minutes and 43 seconds... provided that he, de facto, made it.
It hasn't been quite determined whether the guy was down when the candle was extinguished.
- Let's call for a replay, then. - That'd be apt, I think.
- Yeah! Yeah! - Wow, wow, wow!
God damn, that was close!
I determine that this suction cup was attached when the fire went out completely, so five points.
- Ah, ah, ah... - No!
Unfortunately, I think we're tunnel visioning on this little man--
--when we should actually be watching the teeth!
- Keep going! It might clack again! - No, it doesn't, unfortunately.
Slightly easier to see. The teeth had clamped shut for the very last time as the candle was extinguished.
Five points for Henrik, four for Nikki, three for Johar, two for Linnéa--
--and one point for Marko.
- Right. What's next? - Listen to this: A brand new test! Wow!
- Howdy, howdy. - Welcome to the meeting.
Any letter here?
"Make an ad for one of Babben's products."
Okay.
"Best ad wins."
"If you go for the same product as anyone else, you're disqualified."
"The ad has to be exactly 10 seconds long."
"You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now."
There's the products. We have a robotic vacuum.
Babben's shampoo. Babben's yoghurt.
Babben's deodorant. Babbenergy - rauk power drink.
And also a bicycle - Babb Bike.
And you have to not get the same one, so you have to think: "Which one did they grab?"
- But how am I supposed to know that? - You have to get into their heads, and...
- ...become them. - Ah.
So, the goal was to choose one of these quality products--
--and then make a short-but-sweet ad for the selected product.
If, by happenstance, multiple people chose the same product, they're simply disqualified.
Best ad wins. And we'll start by checking which products some contestants selected.
- Time to pick a product, then. - Exactly. But not the same as anyone else's.
Okay...
Shampoo.
"Wild garlic." I can't sell this.
- I think I know which one I'm getting. - Shampoo. Exciting choice.
- Babbenergy. - Rauk power drink.
- I do love yoghurt. - You're going for yoghurt?
We'll have to see if someone else has picked yoghurt, too. Hopefully not.
I think I'll grab...
...the Babb Bike.
Good luck, then. Look forward to seeing your creation.
Right. So, four out of five contestants have chosen their product.
So far, no one's picked the same thing, so no one's disqualified.
But it's time for us to cut to commercial. We'll be right back after these messages.
Do you sleep well at night, and maintain a healthy diet?
Who the hell do you think you are? Be like the rest of us. Drink Babbenergy.
Contains no natural additives.
Babben's exquisite lamb yoghurt, as silky-smooth and exotic as the Gotlandian landscapes.
Blessed by the Hoburg-man. [A rocky landmark]
Drink and enjoy.
Rust-free handlebars. Nine-inch hubcaps.
Quick pedals and a handbrake to die for. Babb Bike: So much more than a bicycle.
A beautiful life just waiting for you, get her hair with Babben's shampoo!
As addictive as snorting blow Works both high and low
May cause severe hair loss.
Wow, wow! Right, then.
Thank you all for your creations.
If we're going to sort this out, I think I have to watch them all again to process this.
I'd like to start with Linnéa.
Do you sleep well at night, and maintain a healthy diet?
Who the hell do you think you are? Be like the rest of us. Drink Babbenergy.
Contains no natural additives.
I thought this was very funny, but it didn't look like you enjoyed it very much.
Seemed to have a slightly bitter touch.
Nikki. Could I have her film, please?
Babben's exquisite lamb yoghurt, as silky-smooth and exotic as the Gotlandian landscapes.
Blessed by the Hoburg-man. Drink and enjoy.
Very nice. Lamb yoghurt's going to be Sweden's next global export.
Extra points for a genuine Gotland-lamb at the end, there. Well done, Nikki.
I'd like to see Marko's film, now.
Rust-free handlebars. Nine-inch hubcaps.
Quick pedals and a handbrake to die for. Babb Bike: So much more than a bicycle.
I think you sell this bike like a real pro. Very nice choice of music and so on.
Slightly less professional to go biking in the middle of a wheat field.
There was already a pathway through it, so I didn't break the wheat field.
As the actress said to the bishop. A freshly-washed Henrik Nyblom up next!
A beautiful life just waiting for you, get her hair with Babben's shampoo!
As addictive as snorting blow Works both high and low
May cause severe hair loss.
Well, Henrik, I'm at a loss for words. Do you have any words for this?
- No. - David, take us away. Oh, the humanity.
It's time for us to watch Johar. And so far, everyone's selected totally different products--
--but it's Johar's turn, now. So it's fairly exciting.
But I can let you in on this much: One of you will be disqualified.
So, it's important not to grab the same product as someone else.
My first thought is that the most boring product might be the yoghurt.
If people are going with their gut, they won't grab that one.
I'm thinking Henrik's probably going to take the bike, since he's an acrobatic figure.
Or he won't take the bike at all, because he thinks "Marko's going to go for that".
I still think that I...
Ah, I'll go for the yoghurt.
Let's make a movie, then.
Test eleven, take two.
Dear Swedes, at home and abroad.
My name's Johar Bendjelloul, and I have a wide range of experience of dairy products.
In this difficult time, I'd like to bring hope.
We have the most superb dairy product on the planet right here in Sweden.
Babben's yoghurt. I recommend Babben's yoghurt.
Yeah. That was 20 seconds, so we need fewer words.
Fewer words? So about half as many. 10 seconds, that's an incredibly short time...
...when I have to convey a message of this importance. Feels stingy.
- And go ahead. - Dear Swedes, at home and abroad.
My name's Johar Bendjelloul. In this difficult time, I'd like to bring hope.
We have the most superb dairy product on the planet right here in Sweden.
Babben's yoghurt. I recommend Babben's yoghurt.
It's...incredibly tart.
A sort of spritz, spreading its way up the cranium.
Again...a bit too long, actually. Slightly longer, in fact.
It's because I was trying some things out. And you're not supposed to do that.
- It's supposed to shrink and get... - We might cut this "Bringing hope" thing...
Dear Swedes, at home and abroad.
My name's Johar Bendjelloul and I bring good tidings.
Babben's yoghurt is the most superb dairy product on the planet.
I recommend Babben's yoghurt.
That was...15-16 seconds. So we'll have to peel back a bit more.
Dear Swedes at home and abroad. Babben's yoghurt is the best yoghurt on the planet.
- Take it from me, Johar Bendjelloul. - Perfect. That one was perfect.
- It was so important! - Very, very statesmanlike.
But how did you have so much trouble with the time? It's all you ever talk about.
Being punctual is my job. You talk, and then there's the news, and not going over.
It's almost incomprehensible. But I think this product got me in the zone.
It was just such a good yoghurt. Right, I'll try to score this.
Unfortunately, both Johar and Nikki are disqualified since you grabbed the same product.
Then we've got Marko, Henrik and Linnéa to go. And Linnéa, the film was very funny--
--but the product didn't look enjoyable at all.
So...but thanks to the disqualifications, you still get three points.
And Henrik...well, go ahead, have five points.
And Marko pedals his way to four points.
- Yeah! Yeah! - Yes.
But you know what I usually say:
Anything can happen and everything can change, because it's time for the finale.
Right! The time has come for the finale.
If everyone can peek out of their holes-- hello there--we'll ask Johar to read the instructions.
I have to--I'm old enough to need it a bit further away.
"Look up from your hole the most."
"If Babben whacks you on the head, you're eliminated."
"The one who looks up from their hole the most wins. Time starts on David's signal."
You have to emerge past the tip of your nose...
And to distinguish you, it'd be great if you all made an animal noise.
- Henrik, can we hear yours? - Boing.
- Linnéa? - Meow.
- Marko? - Woof.
- Nikki? - Hoot hoot!
- And Johar...? - Quack!
Incredible. Time starts...!
[scattered animal noises]
Henrik's out!
Marko's out!
The little kittycat...
Johar's out! Nice feint, Babben! It's down to Nikki and Linnéa.
Nikki's out! Linnéa wins!
Right. Let's return to the couches and sort out the scores.
Let's see. Well fought, everyone. Well fought.
Henrik managed to peek out four times and receives one point for that.
After that we had 11 peek-outs from Nikki, which meant two points.
We had 15 peek-outs from Marko, three points.
Johar, 27 quacks. Four points.
And Linnéa, 29 meows and five points.
And if we sum up the points from earlier to see who wins, and gets to bring home...
...this new, cool game called "Quiet eggs", we'll just have to...
Nikki gets 12 points, in total.
Johar, 19 points.
Then we've got a split second place. Both of them ended up with 22 points...
Henrik and Marko, but by one point Linnéa rushes past Henrik, since he just got one and she got five--
--so Linnéa wins tonight's show!
And what have we learned tonight? Well, ask a question, get an answer. Don't eat eggs whole...
...and a mother doesn't hang up, no matter how weird the conversation gets.
Thank you for watching. We'll see you in a week, or whenever you want to on Play.
Come on, let's congratulate Linnéa.
Swedish text: Linda Eriksson, Iyuno for SVT Translation: DangBream for r/panelshow, April 2023