A hearty welcome to the season premiere of Bäst i Test. It's business as usual...
A squad of brave test pilots are about to tackle daunting tasks under pressure.
And after ten episodes, one of them will get to hoist my golden bust over their head!
And as for who will tackle this task...
Well, a new season means a new panel. And here they are!
The hectic humorist, Charlotta Björck!
The glamorous gourmand, Mauri Hermundsson!
The commended podcaster, Behrouz Badreh!
The acrobatic actress, Maria Lundqvist!
And last but far from least, the unruly Johan Petersson!
And tonight you'll get to see this, among other things:
Your eyes bug out a bit, which may get confusing.
- Towards the plunge of death! - You gotta catch it!
It just goes, and goes...
- Blood's already been spilled. - Let's go!
Yes, we're finally here in the studio. A very warm welcome to you, panel.
The five of you are going to be with us for the whole season, how nice.
Maria, with this competition, how do you think you hold up?
Like, I think my advances towards David, the attempts to get into...like, inside--
--that's where I think my best, most shocking behavior lies.
Behrouz, did you prepare for the season in any particular way?
No, I wouldn't say that. I tried to play it as smart as possible on the spot.
Johan, which type of tests did you think were the best suited to you?
- Well, elevation-based ones. - That's right.
And where the goal is to go balls to the wall. I think those'll work out the best for me.
Charlotta, how far are you prepared to go to win this?
I can go far. But I also try to preserve some sort of honor.
That's nice. And Mauri, did you reach any self-insights from doing the tests?
Mainly the enormous height difference between me and David Sundin.
There is. We've moved to a new channel, so we'd hoped for some upgrades...
But no, we're still at square one in that regard.
Because here we are, growing old together, David Sundin!
Wow! Thank you, thank you, Babben. Lovely words, as usual.
Yes, I'm stuck on you like a backpack.
- Wherever you go, I'm clambering along. Wherever-- - Sure, sure. It is what it is.
You've become my burden to carry through life, that's all.
- But let's forget about that and start a test. - Of course, of course.
The very first test of the year, in our new house.
Where we wanted to give our participants a musical welcome--
--and give them the opportunity to talk about themselves.
Oh no. Am I supposed to sing, or what?
"Write a personal text about yourself to the tune of Bäst i Test's intro."
- "The text may not be about Bäst i Test." - "Whoever fits in the most info about themselves wins."
"The band's going to play the song again in ten seconds."
"At that point, you will perform your personalized lyrics."
"Your time starts now." What, what, what?! What, I've got ten seconds?
But how?!
Yes, to get to know our new contestants slightly better--
--we let them compose some lyrics to our well-known theme tune.
The lyrics were to contain as much personal info as possible.
But nothing about "Bäst i test".
And since we don't have all the time in the world, they only had ten seconds.
- ...A bit stingy, I think. - Well, we're all dealing with cutbacks.
First, let's see how things went for Berra, AKA "The Rose".
...AKA Behrouz Badreh.
"Your time starts now."
- "Write a personal text..." - Five seconds left.
- Three, two, one, zero. - Huh, what? Was it ten seconds?
I'm good, I'd say! Here I am today!
I'm going to do a lot of tests and see how that works out.
I'll win the most, the others are toast.
I am the best. No protest.
- Wow, wow, wow. Awful start. - Good work.
- Starting from zero. - Like...oh my god!
- Right. How did you think this went, Behrouz? - I panicked so hard.
Counting it up, a total of five facts. Three of them were about Bäst i Test.
Namely "Here today", "going to do a lot of tests", and "going to win".
But we had two unrelated facts, namely: "Is good" and "Is the best".
And we've been very generous and interpreted them as general statements.
- Or did you mean they were...? - No, I mean what you're saying.
Big words from someone who only got two correct. Who's next?
I give you none less than the winner of the Golden Mask for best female musical artist--
Maria Lundqvist!
I am a woman, looking for love.
I've got four kids
And a husband who's a lot younger than myself, than myself!
But I'm yearning to be--
--a woman who just wants to be a man's true love!
- Yeah. - Be a man?
- You did well, didn't you? - Oh, this is like the Razzies!
Right, Maria. Did we see a touch of shame there?
Yes, I truly apologize.
- I'm--I'm ashamed. - That went great, though!
But how many facts did we get? That's the relevant question.
I made it out to be a total of five approved facts.
Maria mentions that she's a woman.
That she's looking for love. Four kids, a younger husband, and:
Yearning to be a woman who wants to be a man's true love.
Yeah, I think we've gotten to know you a bit better now. Who's our next master lyricist?
Welcome to the Bäst i Test-stage, the musically-inclined Mauri!
200 centimeters. 103 kilos.
Lives at Kammakargatan in Stockholm. Work with TV and stuff.
He's red-haired, and, as mentioned, tall.
He's from Järna, with...gall.
He's warge...he's got a green shirt!
- Good! - Mauri!
- Can I do a second take? That was... - Good work.
- That was great, Mauri! - Yeah, really.
A touch of walk of shame from you too.
- I was very, very sad. - Well, you shouldn't be.
You also got to see first-hand, "Bäst i test" has no second takes.
But you squeezed in height, weight, career, address, hair color, place of origin, and color of clothes.
That's impressive. Seven facts, that's more than I know about David.
Anything else to add, any facts we should know about...?
- No, that was it. - Ended at seven.
Which lyricist should we indulge in now?
We continue to employ the special elevated camera--
--that we had to procure for this season of towering giants.
Make way on stage for the song-and-dance man, Johan Petersson.
"The band will play the song in ten seconds. Your time starts now."
What? You're playing in ten seconds.
I am so tall. The car's too small.
I'm allergic to cats, and I enjoy pranks
I'm not young, but pretty heavy
I'm not calm
I'm going for it!
Let's go!
- Wow. - Incredible.
Bow, Johan.
Dammit, you're crushing me. You're crushing me.
Well, upon my word. You're really going for it, Johan.
You even managed to rhyme. You're in a good position for bonus points.
That he's going for it, is that really a fact?
If nothing else, it's true. You saw it yourselves.
It's very clear, so it's not a falsehood.
- Eyes bugging out, there. - He's going for it, and that's a fact.
Could you summarize Johan's facts, David?
Johan is tall, allergic to cats, enjoy pranks, not young.
Pretty heavy, not calm, and not to forget: He's going for it.
- Good! - Look at that. Yes.
Seven fascinating facts about you, Johan, which gives you a shared lead with Mauri.
But Charlotta's left. What does she need to do to bring this in?
Charlotta just needs to manage eight facts about herself--
--to win this first important test.
I'm excited to see what she highlights out of the thousands of facts at her disposal.
I share that excitement. Here she is, Charlotta Björck!
- So I've got ten seconds? - Five.
Do I sing into this?
Damn...damn, how nice! Here we are today!
And I've got a ton of gastrointestinal problems.
It just keeps going and going, and it goes and goes, and it goes and goes...
And then it pops out the back
Out the back!
No! No, upon my word!
- So funny! - So good.
Let's see. 'Here today', that's about Bäst i Test.
But the second thing, that you have enormous gastrointestinal problems...
It goes and goes! Yeah.
- It's personal, but the only thing we know about you. - Yeah, that's about it.
Why did you want to highlight this in particular?
- I don't know. Total brainfart. - Did you want to put a face to IBS?
Yeah, maybe get into the trenches and fight for IBS.
I can also lob another fact in, Charlotta works a lot with improv.
So, coming up with things quickly, on the spot.
Being witty and funny. And she does sing a lot, too.
Yeah, well, I thought that was clear. Absolutely.
Time to divide the points. One tiny, crappy point to you, Charlotta.
Two points for Behrouz. Three points for Maria.
And split across first place, five points for Johan and Mauri!
I'm logging all this into my protocol, as per usual--
--before moving right along to our next test---
--which brings us back to one of the first, grandest human innovations.
It's time to reinvent the wheel.
Wow!
"Reinvent the wheel."
"Place something on this mobility scooter which isn't a wheel."
"Then drive the mobility scooter over the finish line. Fastest to cross the finish line wins."
"You have thirty minutes. Your time starts now."
Right. God, that's so fun! There's a wheel missing. I get it.
Yes, Maria has the hang of it. We're in safe hands.
Here, the task was to reinvent a wheel.
Create something which isn't a wheel, but fills the function of the wheel.
- So as to drive across the finish line. - Right. Who's going to kick us off?
Well, we can start with the person who's definitely got the gist. Maria Lundqvist.
I've got it!
Alright. This is too big, isn't it? This is never going to work.
But this is too big... I don't--I have no faith in my own idea.
That's how it is sometimes.
- I don't believe in myself at all. - In that case, let me tell you...
No one else does! Ah, what the hell, I don't have time to measure. Let's just go.
- Did you know my dad teaches woodshop? - Nice, dropping that in.
This isn't going to work. This...
That's the right attitude, Maria. That's what crosses the finish line.
Ah, I can't see...this isn't going to work. I'll do it with tape, then.
This is making me creative, at least.
- Will you make it in 1.5 minutes? - No, there's no guarantee.
That's what's so exciting. I think that's why a lot of people like this show.
"She's screwed. I'm much better, me, at home on the couch."
Having worked it out, thinking "oh, what's she doing that for?"
I think a lot of people are thinking that. "Why's she doing that? Why's she so stupid?"
- "Why didn't she think of tape?" - The obvious, clever solution.
- One minute left. - Oh!
Four, three, two, one...
- Woohoo! - Zero.
Ugh!
Thanks.
Thank you. Thank you, thank you.
Right, Maria. What's old woodshop-teacher dad going to say now?
I called him and said "don't watch the first episode".
David, measuring every result down to the millimeter, how'd Maria do?
Right, let's see...from what I can see in my notes, Maria didn't get anywhere.
- Anywhere?! - Did the others do better, at least?
Is anyone even going to manage reaching the finish line?
We'll get the answer to that after this new concept which I've chosen to call "a well-deserved break".
Meanwhile, here's a test for those at home.
Everyone in the household: Guess what number I'm thinking of, from 1 to 100.
When the break is over, I'll reveal which number I was thinking of. God, how exciting.
The closest guess wins. Your time starts now!
Hello and welcome back! Right, let's see. Time for the revelation.
I was actually thinking of the number 23, out of all the 100 numbers.
- That's when I'm born. 23rd of May. A cool fact about me. - Yes, incredibly cool.
We're in the middle of a test that revolves around creating a wheel-adjacent object.
And we've found out that Charlotta Björck sometimes has stomach troubles.
It just goes and goes.
A person who didn't go was Maria. She didn't cross the finish line.
But we've got a whopping four contestants left. One of them should do better, right?
Shouldn't be too difficult. Here to attempt it are Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Behrouz and Mauri!
How am I supposed to manage that, then?
You need to, like...you need to understand how this works.
- Could this be something? - It could be.
Ta-dah! Right.
- It works! How is that possible? - No. No, that's so cheaty.
You've pulled the starting line with you.
And he's off! Seems to be en route for a great time, here.
Through the curve, onto the straight, across the lunge of death towards the finish line.
Was that from the bump? Yeah, that's where you feel it.
Was it the other side?
- Fixing it with some cardboard. - Come on! Why am I doing that?
Let's go! We've got something going. Ow! Agh!
That's the sack... Two minutes and fifteen seconds left!
- Time to sink or swim, here. - Sink or swim!
- And he's off. - No!
Dammit, now...
- There! That's where we want to be. - It's on pretty good, now.
There! And he's inbound for the lunge of death! He's coming! He's coming!
One minute and ten seconds. This is the moment of truth.
He's driving...
And he's across! He does it!
What an achievement! He's across. He's across.
Neither of us believed that, right?
- Good work. Really good work. - Call me if you need snow tires.
- Bravo! - Very good.
Which times did they reach, David?
Behrouz solved the task wonderfully, in 13 minutes and 23 seconds.
And Mauri crossed the finish line after 29 minutes and 23 seconds.
Meaning he only had 37 seconds to spare.
But it's not over until the fat lady sings.
- I'm sorry? - Well...
That's what they say. It's an expression. I think it might be from the opera, where...
- Shall we move on? - Let's move on, yes. In any case--
We still have Johan and Charlotta to go.
And the time to beat is 13 minutes and 23 seconds.
One moment. "Reinvent the wheel. Put something on the scooter which isn't a wheel."
I'm going to put myself on this. I'm not a wheel.
- You're not, Johan. No one can accuse you of that. - "Then drive the mobility scooter across"...what?
Look! Almost looks like a wheel. If it works it works, if it doesn't it doesn't.
- Can you move the finish line? - Yes.
What?!
As soon as we've got something stable, you can just...
Yeah. So really, if I just lock this... if I just stop that movement...
Oh my god.
- And I got to move the finish line? - That's fine.
Will you move it further away, to get some more time to drive?
Wow, that fit like...as if it wasn't made for anything else.
Alright, alright, alright. A wrench-solution, there.
Rather than tightening the nuts with the wrench, the wrench becomes the wheel.
That's where it fits. But if I lean a lot in the other direction...
- Is this working? - She conquers the curve!
Onto the straight! Towards the lunge of death! She hasn't even moved the finish line!
And he's off! He moves towards the curve.
Unexpected to have him take off at all. He's bouncing along.
But does he have enough speed to make it across?
- Across the lunge, and the finish line! - Woo!
That's the question--he digs his way along. He lets the wrench dig, onto the lunge...
He crosses it! He's across!
Damn.
- Thank you. - God, I'm good.
Yes! Yes! Yes, David! I did it!
And what a lovely track down the road.
- I did it! - Great to see.
Yes, Johan.
I'd like you to tell me about the engineering know-how behind this manner of wrench...
There was no thinking involved, but it accidentally worked.
With a limited-slip differential, torque and everything.
Charlotta, it's business as usual. You go and go and go!
- But why didn't you move the finish line? - Yeah, why didn't you?!
I have no idea. It's super weird. I'd guess it's because driving was very fun.
So I wanted to...get as much as I could out of it.
- I'd guess you were the quickest. Is that right, David? - It certainly is.
Charlotta crossed the finish line in five minutes and 30 seconds. Five firm points!
Bravo!
Behrouz' venture of 13,23 grants four points.
Johan gets three points.
Mauri, with a margin of a few seconds, gets two crucial brownie points.
And Maria, one point for participation and a lively spirit.
This is fun, as Charlotta had the worst start and now the best result. What's the total?
Maria currently has four points. Behrouz and Charlotta are both at six points.
Mauri's accumulated seven points, and in the lead is Johan with eight. What a rush!
What a rush!
You know, 'a rush' spontaneously gets me thinking of 'a ridge'.
Which gets me thinking about chips, which gets me thinking about Friday snacks.
Then we're in luck, because the next test revolves around snacks. Specifically, about popcorn.
- "Protect the popcorn"? - "In 10 minutes, David will..." [laughs]
"...attempt to eat the popcorn."
"The person who keeps the popcorn uneaten for the longest time wins."
"You may not personally attack or block David."
"You may not move the popcorn from the desk."
"Your time starts now." Protect the popcorn?
Right! This test revolved around keeping me from my Friday popcorn.
But you could not, at any point, physically attack or block me.
After ten minutes, I arrived with my cravings.
And I know how important your Friday popcorn is to you.
This can't have been a simple task. Which kernels are we popping first?
The dynamic duo, Johan and Charlotta.
- I'm going to make them as gross as possible. - Absolutely disgusting.
We've got cleaning alcohol, here!
Now David won't...
...eat these popcorn.
Popcorn seasoning.
- There. - Oh, damn--that's actually dangerous.
I'm contemplating pissing, too.
Oh, god!
Well, seems about time to empty the ol' bladder. Oh, damn...
- You peed on them? - You did?!
Relieved the pressure a bit.
Oh, yes?
- What've we got here? - There's some ethanol.
- ...A decent amount, huh? - A decent amount.
There's pee everywhere, in case you thought you could get away.
- You think it's all the way...? - Yeah, I think so.
- That's right. - Yeah. It's yellow everywhere.
- But that doesn't concern you? - No.
- Good work. - Yeah. You too, actually.
Fast as hell, that.
There's mustard, too. Rough, strong.
- You're not supposed to eat ethanol. - No, I don't think so, huh?
Not even...not even a bit. It looked so dry. Yeah, that wasn't right.
Yes, the two of you went along the same lines here.
Simply making the popcorn so disgusting that David would abstain.
It didn't work. He's got such a hankering. The piss-gravel only lasted for a moment.
He was surprisingly into it. I don't know what you usually season it with.
I just wanted to wrap it up.
And Charlotta, you went for ethanol, and now you know he eats basically anything.
- It worries me. Deeply worrying. - But the important thing is the results.
They were actually very, very close to each other.
Charlotta prevented me from the popcorn for one minute and 20 seconds.
And Johan for one minute and 23 seconds.
Which currently puts him in the lead.
- Not topping the ranks. - There's definitely room for improvement.
Let's see if the others can beat this, after a small but oh-so-satisfying break.
See you on the other side.
Welcome back! Before the break, we saw Charlotta and Johan make disgusting popcorn.
But they underestimated the bottomlessness of this little waste disposal unit.
This test revolves around keeping me from my Friday popcorn for as long as possible--
--but without physically stopping me.
Now, let's see how long Behrouz and Maria could keep me from my popcorn.
There. He can't get in here.
He'll be trying to untangle this all day.
Howdy-doo!
- How are you feeling? - I'm feeling great.
- Would you like some popcorn? - Yeah. Yeah, I could go for that.
- Got any? - I sure do.
- Behrouz...? - Uh, it's locked. Try the other way.
- Here? - Yeah.
What was that?!
Behrouz...?
I'll just take a look here, if there's any popcorn...
What the hell, there was a door there too?! No...
- You're creating an unpleasant work environment for me. - Oh god, it's this spray. It's so gross in the mouth.
- I'm just going to... - Yeah, that's cool. I'm just gonna chill, too.
- Now I'm going to... - What are you doing?!
Come on. Come on. Come on. I can help you.
- Are you attacking me? - Absolutely not. I can help you.
I'm not blocking, I'm just hanging around. No!
- Dammit! - The question is, are you helping or harming?
You were faster than I thought. Dammit!
- Oh, there's no handle, now. - Yeah. You can leave the same way you came in.
Oh yeah, that's right. This door works great. See you!
Yes, Behrouz, you'd missed another door. But it was hidden by a curtain, so...
- And, you know--you're disqualified. - I'm disqualified?!
For physical blocking of David.
- What about Maria? She sprayed hairspray. - On myself!
- I didn't spray David. - But it was very weird.
It may be the weirdest thing that's ever been on this show.
- Why'd you do that? - Because I didn't want to spray David.
- What'd the hairspray taste like? - Like hell.
But it may be worth it. How'd Maria do, timewise?
Maria kept the popcorn from me for slightly longer, namely 3 minutes and 46 seconds.
- Yeah, see? - Right, then!
In that case, we only have Mauri's popcorn-protection to go.
And he has to beat Maria's time of 3 minutes and 46 seconds.
- Can I move the desk? - No, you're so smart!
I'll lock this, then. See you in a moment.
Ow!
There. Closed and locked.
I think I nicked myself a bit earlier.
Okay. Still, this is a guy who's prepared--
--to cross boundaries to protect his popcorn.
Oh? It would transpire that you've moved the popcorn.
Blood's already been spilled this morning.
- I'm here to eat some popcorn. - Then where are they?
You may not move the popcorn off the desk.
Okay. We're off, then. That's right, that's right... and I don't have the key to go in here.
This is so fun, since David doesn't know one of the windows is open.
- You went out the window, is that what you mean? - What? ...No, uh...
- Then I don't need these. - Dammit!
Best popcorn I've ever had.
Good work. Here.
Well done, Mauri. You found an approved loophole.
You actually moved the entire desk. Smart. What time did he get?
Mauri kept me from the popcorn for a whopping 15 minutes and 5 seconds.
- He's the definite winner of this test. - Nice, Mauri!
To sum up, zero points for the disqualified Behrouz.
Two for Charlotta. Three for Johan. Four hair-sprayed points for Maria.
And five points for Mauri the muncher.
- What are we competing for tonight, David? - Well--
Tonight's winner gets a more or less infinite comfy night in--
--when he or she brings home 100 liters of gravel-free, urine-free--
--and ethanol-free popcorn. Wow!
And we've reached roughly the middle of the show, which is when we traditionally--
--let my co-host put his finger on the pulse of the contestants.
No exception today. Here he is. My very own misstep, David Sundin.
Wow! Thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you. Lovely words, Babben.
During this point of the show, I like to take the opportunity to--
--let you get to know one of our contestants slightly better.
We're scraping the surface, getting under the skin, plunging the depths and so on.
Tonight, I'd like to find out a bit more about...Mauri Hermundsson.
- Yeah! - Wow. Congrats!
Mauri, you've got the odds against you.
And yet you pop up here and there. What's your secret?
- The odds against me as in...? - Yes, well...not only that, of course.
You've gotten a bit famous for liking food.
Eating food, too. Additionally.
What would you say is the most important meal of the day, Mauri?
- It's...lunch, maybe? - No, it may not be.
More when you...oh, around 15 o'clock.
- Afternoon snack? - Or just...
- Afternoon! - No.
- Not the meal afternoon. - Snacking!
Exactly! It is! It's snacking! And how fun, Mauri, that you bring up snacking--
--snacking being the most important meals of the day, since, well, it's barely a meal...
But it's time to play the slightly snacking-related game, "Dip 'N Lift"!
Yes, it's time to play Dip 'N Lift. How fun.
Mauri, you've received a letter behind you, which you can remove...
And read out loud for your co-contestants, Babben, and the folks at home.
"To the music, and on David's cue, dip 'n lift your biscuit into the coffee."
"Down and up, down and up, i.e. dip 'n lift."
"You may, whenever you like, end your attempt by placing the biscuit on the saucer."
"If your biscuit breaks, you're out."
"The last person to place their whole biscuit on the saucer is the winner."
Right. And to help us match the rhythm...
...we have our very own house band! Welcome.
Here are the biscuits. The person who's currently last gets first pick.
And when a type of biscuit is taken, that person has, so to speak, dibs.
After which you may not take that type of biscuit.
- Behrouz took a...? - Oat crumble with chocolate.
- Maria got a fudge biscuit. Charlotta? - I'll go for the raspberry cave.
- And we've got Johan, who takes...? - Gingerbread.
And for Mauri: We have a dream.
Place them on the saucer and I'll explain. On my signal, pick the biscuit up and hold it above.
I say dip, we dip, I say lift, we lift it.
And don't forget: Whenever you want, you can put it down and say "that's enough dipping for me".
Most dips and lifts get the highest score.
House band, be so kind as to start the music.
Dip.
Lift. Behrouz, dip more next time.
Dip.
- Lift. - No...dammit!
Dip. Johan's out.
Lift!
Dip.
Lift.
Dip.
Lift.
And dip.
- And lift. - Look at that.
- Shut up! - Dip...
- Lift! Behrouz is the last man standing! - Bravo!
And that's how we play "Dip 'N Lift"!
Right, time to summarize this.
Johan and Maria, your biscuits broke.
One point for each of you.
Maria got off in time and receives three points.
Charlotta gets four points.
But Behrouz, dipping and lifting to his heart's content--five points for Behrouz!
- Well dipped, Behrouz. - Same to you.
I think it's about time for us to move on to our next test.
Yes, and it's no less than the first team test of the season.
The co-combatants for the whole season are Charlotta, Mauri and Johan in team one...
And the second team consequently consists of Behrouz and Maria.
But to avoid making it unfair for Behrouz and Maria--there's just two of them!
We've organized it so that you get help from a previous contestant on Bäst i Test. Go ahead.
- Paint. - Why am I standing here?
That's how it turned out. What's that white stuff? Squeeze it.
I think it's, like... a painted aubergine.
- I know this! I know I'll do well at this! - So much for that haircut.
"Make these things have the same color as those things."
"People and paint bottles must be in the same location for the duration of the test."
Ah, my god. Why'd I stand over here?
"You may perform ten bottle-stomps and two bottle-squeezes."
Oh, you stomp on them!
- "Best color matching wins." - "You have ten minutes."
"Your time starts now." Come on, squirt on me, boys!
- You got Ankan. Was he helpful or harmful? - He wasn't too helpful.
He can be a bit confused. David, what did this test revolve around?
The goal was to paint the fruits to look like each other.
However, the paint was some distance away from the fruit.
To get the paint to the painter, you were allowed ten bottle-stomps--
--so, stomping on the bottle.
And two bottle-squeezes. So, squeezing the bottle.
- Which team is up first? - We'll start with Behrouz, Ankan and Maria.
- Like, you've got...one of those. - This?
Then that's...great. What colors do you want?
- I want purple for this aubergine. I want green. - Just two squeezes...
- One squeeze. - That's enough. Good. And I want green.
- What've you got? - I've got green. What've you got?
- I'll send this to you, then. - But I want white, too...
He wanted to throw that to me...
- I don't want this. - Ankan, I want--yeah, that's good. I want green.
But that's red! Oh, those bastards... 'Cause that's black--
Your two bottle-squeezes are over. Ten bottle-stomps to go.
- Do you need this, or what? - Stomp on it, to get the...there, perfect.
White, white, white. Here it comes!
I've got it! Nice.
- We can relax, now. - Do we have another bottle press left?
Squirt some pink to me, then. Yeah!
- So damn good. - Ah, it was nothing.
- Do some green. We've got stomps left. - One minute, 15 seconds.
Got green? Did I get... I got a bit!
- 30. - Yeah, that was good.
Oh no. Wait, wait, you have to save the potato.
- Three, two, one, zero. - I didn't ask for any paint!
Ah, it's incredible.
- But look at that. - No, this is incredible!
The mango's going from green. Transitioning into purple, just like the original.
The potato's a bit speckled, like it is.
The blue dots aren't quite like the original, so to speak, but...
Good work.
Good work. This was fun.
- The bottles were a bit tricky, right? - I think you got a bit into it.
No, I got excited, like 'wow, I hit it from here!' and it went all over the place.
You had one stomp to go.
Yes, one little bonus squirt which no one asked for.
But to distribute our points, we have to take a look at the other team.
That's very true, but a team saved is a team earned. We'll save it for after the break.
See you on the other side.
Welcome back.
Before the break we saw Behrouz, Maria and a borrowed Ankan paint fruits--
--so as to make them as similar as possible.
Now, let's take a look at the other team.
Right: The team composed of Charlotta, Mauri and Johan.
"Make these things have the same color as those things."
It's easier to make those totally white than to find matching colors for those.
- Making them white? - Yeah, yeah.
Why's this yellow?
- Oh, it's not the right color. - Check yours.
- Seven minutes. - My red's white.
You only have two of those.
I'm going to squeeze really hard, and really far. Sorry about yelling.
- Catch! You can't pull it back! - It's really unnerving when it comes at you.
- We have no time for feelings, Mauri! - Six minutes to go!
- Johan, you've got this! - No--good! That's good!
- Are you sure you don't have white? - No white here.
- I've got one stomp, I'd say. - You've only got one stomp left?
- Then we're out of paint. - No!
- I think we might need to change... - No. No way.
- Yeah, since now you've got a great foundation. - Alright--hurry up, then!
Oh, oh, oh!
- No! - Look at that.
No more stomps.
- But this is pink, now. - Then paint the other one pink, too!
- Do we paint them all pink? - Yeah, that's the color we're working with!
- All of them pink, quick as hell! - They all just have to be the same!
There, Mauri. There! And a dab there, and a dab there--
- There! - Good finish, still.
- Good finish. - Nice, Mauri. We got this.
- See how similar they are, David? - There they are.
- Which ones are which? - Hard to tell.
- Babben will have to tackle this. - I mean, just look at them.
- Yes, they're very similar. - Exact copies.
- Thank each other. - Good work, team.
Right, Charlotta. You had plans upon plans, here.
You were the brains of this team, one might say.
Painting everything white, for one. A good plan, actually. But what happened?
It went to hell, since there was no cover-all white paint. But we did well, boys!
You had the plan and we tried to execute it. We did our best, as the saying goes.
Time for me to judge this, and I do think that Maria's team had the best match.
I'm inclined to agree with you, Babben.
- Which is exactly what makes this so tragic. - Hm?
Well, they threw a paint bottle to each other and receive no points.
- No, stop. - Who threw that?
- We can take a look. - Probably Ankan. That damn Ankan.
- I want white, I want white! - Throw it!
- No, it was...no! - And there it is.
- Fairly clear. - It's really clear.
I don't think it's quite clear, but sure, I get it.
- What about the points, then? - They go to those still in the running--
Three points for Johan, Charlotta and Mauri! And zero for the rest.
You're keeping track of all the points nicely, I have to say. Got time for another test?
We certainly do, Babski. No problem. It's time for some fraternizing.
The next test invites some romance, in the form of a blind date.
- Oh, hello! - Hi! Mauri.
- Oh, how nice! Maria. - Merja.
- Hi! - Hi.
- Lovely to see you, Charlotta. - Same to you.
- Doing good? - Yes.
- Are you doing well? - Absolutely.
It's lovely, getting to see someone who isn't David.
Getting a bit tired of him.
Oh, hi, David! How nice.
- We don't know each other, right? - Depends on what happens afterwards.
- ...Was that a joke? - Right, let's see...
Look at this food!
I've seen some cartoon where this happens, too.
♫ Oh, this is the night! It's a beautiful night! ♫
Time to read, then. "Find something remarkable you have in common with your blind date."
"You must look your date in the eyes while your date is talking to you."
"You must carefully shake hands with your date under the table--"
"--every time you discover something you have in common."
"Most remarkable thing in common with your date wins."
"Bonus point for most things in common."
"The table is reserved for ten minutes. Your time starts when you greet your date."
Or started when you greeted your-- I've already said hi to you.
- We'll run that again. Maria. - Merja.
We've been introduced.
- Right... - Oh, how lovely.
- I've said hello, right? A long time ago. - Yeah, right as you walked in.
Are you on my side or David's side?
- I'm Merja. I'm just Merja. - That's right. You're on your side.
- What do you want to know about me, then? - Well...
Right. So, we'd set the contestants up on a blind date--
--where the goal was to find something remarkable you had in common.
The contestant with the most remarkable thing in common wins.
Plus, there's a small bonus point for the most things in common.
And the date in question was the entirely lovely Merja--
--well-known from the show "The Romance Hotel". Here she is! Huh?!
- Hello! Hello. - Right. Interesting.
Wonder what she might have in common with our panellists, here.
- Who's the first to look for love? - The born romantics, Johan and Charlotta.
Could you tell me a bit about yourself?
My name's Merja. I have seven kids. 14 grandkids.
I don't think we have that in common.
-I really enjoy being out in the woods. - Unfortunately, I don't.
But have you done any sports?
- Yeah, I'm really fast. - You're fast?
I really love birches. They're the tree I like best.
They're the tree I like best!
- There we have it. - We've got something, there. And there you are.
- Did you ever wear sockiplasts in your life? - Yes, I have.
But we've got to find something else, something remarkable.
I'd just like to inform you that you've got five minutes to go.
Have you ever dated anyone called...
- Anders? - Anders--I haven't done that.
- I like cooking. - You do. I don't.
- I like baking. - Baking--hey, I baked a sponge cake last week.
So we've got sponge cake in common.
- My grandma's called Anna. - Mine too!
- I just don't know what a dog is good for. - And you say that a lot? Well, well!
- Do you say that too? - Always! What's a dog good for?
- Do you cook salmon in the oven? - Yes.
- Do you put salt on it first, to extract the fluids? - Yes.
- How old are you? When are you born? - 1952.
- In November. - A child of November...
- You ever drunk medical alcohol? - No.
- I'm born in May. - Mm, I'm a Sagittarius. What's May?
Oh yeah! What kind of astigmatism do you have?
- It was really lovely meeting you. - Yes, so lovely, Charlotta. Thank you so much.
- I need this table for other guests, then. - Sure, sure. You invited me.
- Lovely! We'll have to do this again. - Yes, we should. Absolutely.
- Let's do another date without David. - Yes.
You know a date's going well when the conversation slides into astigmatism.
What was the answer you were hoping for?
Well, David's standing around, stressing me out. Notice she has glasses, go for that.
Okay. Did you add this up?
Right. So, we were looking for remarkable things in common.
Johan likes salting fish. So does Merja. That's pretty cool.
We also learned that both Johan and Merja have worn sockiplasts at some point. Cool.
- That, too. - That's huge.
Charlotta realized that Merja doesn't like dogs either and that they baked a sponge cake last week. Cool.
May I ask something? Didn't the letter say to maintain eye contact?
- Eye contact while the date is talking. - But Johan was looking down the whole time.
Do you want me to double-check the letter? Set this up meticulously?
- So no one makes any mistakes. - I'd like to hear it.
"You must look your date in the eyes while your date is talking to you."
- Or...? - Or else.
Are you disqualified? But I didn't think Johan did that.
- But we do have the letter here. That's good. - And I saw Johan.
- Shall we move on? - Yes, we absolutely shall.
It's time for more torrid trysts, after this little break.
Welcome back, one and all. The panellists are in the mood for love...
...because they're currently blind-dating the radiant Merja.
Yes, and the goal is to find one remarkable thing--
--which you have in common with your date, and shake hands under the table.
So far, Johan and Charlotta have gotten to know Merja.
But I know two lads craving a date, waiting with roses in their arms. Go ahead, Mauri and Behrouz!
- Cheers to you. - Cheers, Mauri.
Cheers.
- The best kind. - I thought so, too.
That's something in common. I think there'll be a lot more.
- What do you enjoy doing? - Oh, I enjoy so much.
- I enjoy sitting here. - Yeah? So do I.
It's lovely to meet you, Berra.
- There. - There.
- And I can't break eye contact. - No. I'm staring at you, too.
- Yes, you really do. - Yeah, I tend to stare at people.
- You too? - Me too.
Bianca Ingrosso's told me that I have a creepy gaze.
Yes, yes, but Bianca's not Merja.
- No. - I don't think you have a creepy gaze.
Your eyes do bug out a bit, which can get confusing.
- Enjoying your meal? - We had a great time up until 5-10 seconds ago.
In five minutes, we'll need this table for another party.
...And it's 'most remarkable'.
- Go ahead, Mauri. - Thanks, Merja.
Have you ever eaten pasta and shared the spaghetti?
- No, I haven't. - No. ...Me neither.
Ah! Are you gonna do it?!
- But... - And that's not something you'd like to do now?
I think if we do, it's pretty remarkable.
- There! We've done that, then! - Shake on it.
- Lovely. - Not everyone's done that.
- Have you seen Carl-Einar Häckner live? - No, and I wouldn't like to see him live.
- Do you like massages? - I've never had a massage.
- Fantastic. - It's great this way, too.
- Relax. - Yeah. Just watch the hair, please.
Can you also say "is there any hot food" in Finnish?
God, that was lovely. Should we shake on that too?
- Right. We need this table. - No...
- Thank you very much. - We'll have to keep going somewhere else.
Plenty of things rose to the surface, here.
Things heated up, Behrouz! Your tactic was slightly different--
--you made sure to create new things in common.
Something remarkable, so I thought "no one's done that on TV, right?".
But it was really nice in the moment. Time and space just disappeared.
Lovely. Let's get this blind-dating wrapped up, shall we?
Let's. Time to take a look at when Maria met Merja.
- Cheers, Merja. - So fun.
- Doesn't Merja mean Maria in Finnish? - Yes, it certainly does.
But there's Marja, too.
- That's closer. - Cheers, Merja.
- Do you usually drink alcohol? - Yes, champagne.
- But not a lot of red wine. - Me neither.
- Not too fond of beer, either. - No, me neither.
- I prefer the bubbles in the beverage. - Yes.
- That's what you're there for. - Right? That's what you're there for!
- I love gardening. - Me too.
You do? Like, Merja, I love you.
I love you! This is all happening so fast.
- Maria, did you read that properly? - No, I was too distracted by you.
"Find something remarkable--" Something remarkable?
- Strong. - I relate to that.
It's hard, talking around others, but I do feel strong.
Aging brings the strength.
- Yes, and it's within you. - It's within you.
- Aging brings the strength. - Yes, it does.
And time's up, there.
- Come on, let's go. - Yeah, let's go.
Hope you enjoyed the basil.
Right, that sort of thing happens to all of us.
I get that you want to torment me. You could've just said I was disqualified.
- Do you want to...? - I didn't see that it was under the table.
- I don't like under-table dealings. - And I don't need to read it again?
- No, you don't have to. - It's just, it was so important earlier.
I just wanted to win some points from maintaining contact--Johan looked down constantly.
- Astigmatism. - Astigmatism!
- Right. What does this entail, then? - Well, Maria's last. That's how it is.
And Merja reminded her, too. "Maria, did you read the letter properly?"
Merja, you could've been clearer, couldn't you?! Say it out loud!
- I'm sorry, Maria. Only one point. - I'll take it. I still love Merja.
This is what I think: Two points to Charlotta, for the same favorite tree.
That's a bit remarkable.
Three points for Mauri for being able to ask for hot food in Finnish.
Four points for Johan. Your grandmothers share a name.
And Behrouz, you did have in common a Lady and the Tramp-kiss on primetime TV.
Five stellar points for Behrouz!
There was also a bonus point for most things in common.
That also goes to Behrouz, who scores six points from one test!
But anything can happen and everything can change--it's time for the finale.
Right. We're ready for the finale.
Incredibly exciting. Charlotta, please read the letter for your co-contestants.
"Get a bull's eye with a slice of pickle."
"If your slice of pickle hits the first ring, you must read an apology from the apology jar--"
"--to the viewers before you can attempt another throw."
"If your slice of pickle hits the second ring, you must eat an entire pickle before another attempt."
"If your slice of pickle hits the third ring, you must perform your next attempt wearing oven mitts--"
"If your slice of pickle misses the entire board, you must live with that shame for your entire life."
"First to hit the bull's eye with their slice of pickle--"
"--and have it stay there for five seconds wins. Your time starts on David's cue."
We start in three, two, one... and we're off.
Mauri, three. Charlotta, three. Oven mitts for you.
Maria läser en ursäkt.
"I'm sorry I sang a terrible song about being a woman..."
- "...looking for love. Embarassing." - Apology note for Mauri and Charlotta!
"Want to see a loser? Look at me. Sorry!"
- "I'm really a worthless loser..." - "Wish there was a hole in the ground to fall into. Sorry!"
That's hit the one! Apology from Maria!
- Oh, oh! David, David, David! - Mauri's the first, then Charlotta.
- Three left in the running. - "This has been the worst day of my life."
"That's why I'm cold. I'm calling out for them. I need someone."
- "Well, it's obvious now. I'm an idiot. A fool." - Eat a pickle, Behrouz!
"I'm the worst at everything. I've never been good at anything."
I'm not confident about that. Maria, read another apology.
- No hit from Johan! - "Can you forgive me, Babben? Can you? Can you?"
"I'm the worst contestant in every season of Bäst i Test!"
That one hit the audience!
- "I should return my fee!" - Johan, that's the second!
Eat a pickle. Maria, bull's eye!
Three, two, one, zero. Maria, cross your arms!
Just Johan and Berra to go. They're throwing! Berra's up again...
Two! Both eat! Johan eats, Berra eats!
- He hasn't even finished chewing the last one! - I need a break!
This is incredible. Both of them have to eat an entire second pickle.
I hate pickles. They're the worst.
But Johan enjoys them more than Berra, you can tell!
This is the sort of outcome I could only have dreamed of.
- Johan... - Another pickle!
Johan digs into his next pickle!
It's time, Berra! Go for the bull's eye! Behrouz!
Another pickle! Another pickle for Berra!
- No! What is this?! - It's eating, Johan.
It's ring number two. I made that very clear, Johan.
- There it is. - David, my stomach hurts.
Yeah, that's a consequence of that. They're so salty, too.
Now let's see which one of you will...
Johan's got the aim down, but will he...
Five, four, three, two, one, zero!
Everyone got it! Johan was the first, followed by Berra.
Come on down, and we'll find out who wins this evening's show.
Welcome back from the finale. Very exciting, that.
- Behrouz, how many pickles did you eat? - Too many. I'm scarred for life.
- David, how'd things go in the finale? - Oh, they went great.
Behrouz, you kept at it for the longest. You did get it, though, that was good.
So that's two points for Johan, three points for Maria...
Four for Charlotta, in second place...
But Mauri got the very first bull's eye, and five points.
This means that when we add up all the totals...
- ...we find Maria in last place tonight. - Yeah!
- Someone has to be there. - Someone has to be there. Tonight, it was you.
With 18 points, we have Behrouz Badreh.
Things get exciting after that, since we have a shared second place...
Both of them got 21 points in total. Charlotta and Johan.
But with 26 points we find this evening's winner, Mauri!
Come on up, come on up! Look at that! Popcorn!
Congratulations, Mauri. And what have we learned tonight?
Well, we've learned that Johan's drunk medical alcohol, that Charlotta has stomach problems...
...and that it takes a great deal to keep David from his popcorn.
And we're off! We'll see you next time, and we're going, and going, and going...
See you in a week. But up until then, you can watch us over and over on TV4 Play.
Original subtitles: Johanna Svensson, Iyuno Translation: DangBream