Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for the finale of "Bäst i Test".
For nine weeks, our contestants have endured our customized trials to show what they're made of.
Tonight, we reach our goal.
Tonight, one of them will get to hoist my golden bust high above their head.
And the ones who've made it all this way are:
The dasher's dasher, Charlotta Björck!
The prince of the podium, Mauri Hermundsson!
The president of prizes, Behrouz Badreh!
The mother of medals, Maria Lundqvist!
And the jack-of-all-games, Johan Petersson!
And in tonight's finale you will, among other things, get to see this:
- Ugh! - Check this out, now.
- Ah! Okay. - No!
- Got anything here, or what? - Did I win, then?
Right. Alright, everyone. This is the moment of truth.
You've fought bravely, and soon, you'll know who wins.
- What's your self-esteem like today? - Think it's never been better.
Looking at the two of you, one starts to wonder "Are they going to the Nobel Banquet...?"
I called Johan and asked: "Are you going to the Bäst i Test-finale?"
"Yeah, and accepting some award afterwards. Seize the day!"
I've been introduced as 'the mother of medals', and--
--Guldbagge, but--this is actually a Guldmasken-original from an old show years ago.
- Just wanted to show that off. - Whoa!
- Thank you, thank you. - Well, that's good.
You're getting some glare in your face, since Charlotta's really gone all out for the finale.
Yeah, and I get sunburn in March. I need SPF 50 right about now.
But winning tonight--what would that mean to you? Behrouz?
I've had more separation anxiety today about this coming to an end.
Yeah...but we'll call, and come over to your house.
I want to keep hanging out. Babben, we can play paddle ball.
- Paddle ball? - No, you'll have to paddle yourself.
And as usual, by my side, a humanoid figure with a stopwatch in one hand and a progressively wrinklier suit...
The primitive primate, David Sundin.
Wow! Thank you, thank you, Babben. Thank you. Lovely words.
Can't believe we're here now. The finale! Huh, Babben?
We had a lot of doubters, but now we're here.
And the totals are record-breakingly even. We've got such an evening ahead of us!
Yes, we've undeniably got a spine-tingling finale before us. Shall we get started?
Gladly, Babben. Let's kick off the finale by blowing it off.
- Howdy-doo, David. - Hello there!
What're we doing?
There..."Blow out the candle."
"Whoever who blows out the candle from the furthest distance wins."
"You may not re-light the candle if it goes out."
- "You have as much time as the candle burns for." - "Your time starts now."
Why are you timing it? I don't get that.
- It's kind of become... - It's your thing? Ah, I see!
Yes, the goal was to blow out the candle from the furthest possible distance.
And if the light went out, you weren't allowed to light it again.
- Otherwise, you could keep going as long as the candle burned. - AKA: For hours.
- Which blowhards shall we deploy first? - Maria "Lunkan" Lundqvist...
...Charlotta "Björcken" Björck and Johan "Petta" Petersson.
- Just gonna try this. - Yeah, yeah.
Nothing!
- I'm trying to think strategically, now. - Alright! Might be...a bit late in the season, maybe.
- I'll go to the container. - The shed.
Shed? It's a container. A pig with makeup isn't a calf.
Uh...alright?
Hair dryer would be good.
No.
I found this in the container.
This thing has a blowing-capacity that my lungs don't.
Better than your lungs?
- This runs on machine. - It runs on machine?
The question is if you could just stand here, and wait long enough for the air to get there.
...No, I don't think so.
Could you go feel, if it's puffing over there?
Of course, Johan. I'm here for you and helping out.
You're acting out and helping out.
Such precision.
- Was that just at a glance? - If nothing else, David, I can measure at a glance.
- Should I hold this? - Yeah, we can go for it.
There, yeah. You with me?
Close!
- Whoa. Look at that. Wow! - Great.
I shall now start applying the air.
Charlotta, it's flickering.
Alright, David, I'm going to try.
This was easy as pie. I should've made it longer.
We're too far away. It's not getting enough force.
Could you come a bit closer? I'm sorry, I'm yelling.
There? Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! David!
Didn't see that coming, did you?
- Lungs don't have a better...? - No, it can't travel all the way.
- And it's not worth attempting? - No.
- A bit closer? - Yeah, I can try it without. Let's try it.
- Whoa! - And it's over. Good work.
- I'm super pleased. More of this, I think. - You should be. Good work.
Yes, Johan, a classic blowpipe. Could it have been longer?
Of course it could've been.
But there's a contentment to have solved the mission, with a little twist, with an air horn.
I'm still a tiny bit pleased, but not as pleased as I was then.
Maria, how are you feeling?
Well, compared to Johan I'm pretty damn dissatisfied, I'll tell you that.
But still, I thought--it was so delicate. Just a tiny little thing.
- Alright. Time to move on, I think. - Fresh winds blowing, it's Mauri and Behrouz.
- A piece of cloth with a hole in? - Yeah.
- I see what you're thinking. - No...no, this isn't going to work.
Blow out the candle from the furthest possible distance...?
- This is the best thing you could find? - Well, it's got a touch of Persian style.
No, this isn't going to work.
I've got insane amounts of time. I'm gonna go sit here, just pondering.
I'm thinking if you've got something close to the candle, falling down like that...
I've got an idea.
- What's the plan? - I'm gonna put this here, set to maximum power.
And then I'm thinking I'll walk away with this...
No, no--oh, damn! Dammit, dammit, it was plugged into the outlet?! Shit!
Ah, my god. Oh my god.
Got all panicked...
- You've gotta keep a cool head here. - That's right. I'll keep an eye on the candle.
Now, it's time to take this string and rush off with it.
No, I turned it to zero. Dammit. But wait, I can't start it up now. Here.
Oh, shit! I've gotta be a lot more careful...
- Alright. - Alright!
Now, dammit...
Come on, now...
- Bravo! - The light's out. Good work.
David! Let's blow!
It went out when you tugged the book, so the candle fell on the ground.
- Did I win, then? - No.
Yes, Mauri. You looked lovely in this field of verdant green...
But you got blown off. What was the weak link in this chain of events?
I don't know. The force of the book was insufficient.
But couldn't you make an argument that the candle was blown out, right?
- It's hazy, that. - Very hazy.
And the results?
Mauri was standing at a distance of 13.6 meters when he knocked over the candle.
- And I would claim that he didn't blow. - No, he wasn't blowing.
But how--it didn't extinguish by falling, it extinguished from the air pressure that appears when it falls. Right?
I actually agree with Mauri. It did go out from the...
- Do you want to take this to a vote, Mauri? - Like...yeah.
- I'd like to try it! - To avoid bickering and all that--cover your eyes, Mauri.
Everyone who thinks Mauri succeeded in this mission, raise your hand now.
Everyone who thinks Mauri failed in this mission, raise your hand now.
Yeah, it's starting to...
- Yeah, you can look now. Zero points. - Ah, such a shame, Mauri.
- Ah, such a shame. - Wait, wait, what?!
Guldbagge! Guldbagge! [Maria's award for acting]
To sum up, then--he didn't blow out the candle. One point.
Maria settled for 3 m and 5 cm. 2 points.
Johan slightly further. 3 m and 95 cm. Three points.
Charlotta reached double digits. 12 m and 25 cm. Four points.
But one contestant blew everyone else away with their 19 m and 20 cm...
- Five points for Behrouz. - Berra, Berra!
- And we're off. What's next? - We've got no time to lose.
- Let's get going right away with the next test. - Finally, you get it.
Hey, br...bro.
Ah, this is one of those long, long... I'm going to get this mixed up.
"Complete the tasks."
"Each task must be performed faster than the preceding."
- "If you fail, you have to start over." - "Fastest wins."
- "You have 30 minutes." - I'll read the tasks, too.
"1. Build a marshmallow-tower that's taller than your previous ones."
"2. Roll two sixes in a row."
- Ah, that could take ages. - Sure could.
"3. Mix a smoothie and drink it."
"4. Examine David with single-use gloves--"
"--and make sure he's not carrying anything illegal."
Ah! Alright. I can do this.
- Such a fun setup. - Thanks.
- Warms the heart. - Does it?
Not a lot of people say that. Makes you happy, hearing it.
Your time starts now.
Yes, the goal was to perform all four tasks as fast as possible.
However, each individual task needed to be completed faster than the preceding.
If you didn't finish a task within that timeframe, you simply had to start over from the beginning.
This takes thorough strategic thinking. You don't want to complete the first task too fast.
But you also need to get slightly lucky.
Unfortunately, we've got some bad luck here. It's time for a short break.
But meanwhile, a little test for those at home.
Everyone in the household: Guess how long your vacuum cleaner cord is, exactly.
Closest guess wins. Your time starts now.
We're back, and before the break started, we kicked off a test--
--where our contestants have to perform four tasks as quickly as possible.
However, they also have to perform each individual task faster than the preceding.
Which esteemed time-estimators shall we start with?
A trio bringing both looks och brains. Johan, Charlotta and Mauri.
Have to start with a good foundation.
- That's what every tower needs. - Incredibly important.
- 1.40. - That's right. Done!
- 1.45. - Mm.
- Done! - Done.
So, roll two sixes in 1.35.
One six.
I can't roll a six now. I'm not going to be able to make a smoothie and drink it in five seconds.
- Six! - One six. Two sixes.
Six...six.
Need to beat 45 seconds with the smoothie.
And it's spinach, pineapple, both raspberries and a bit of banana, and some juice.
- 15 seconds left. - What're you doing?
Ten seconds left.
- Do you make smoothies at home? - Yeah, I like smoothies!
Done!
Five, four, three, two, one, zero!
20 seconds, then...
40 seconds!
During which you'll get to remove the hypothetical illegalities I'm carrying.
Are you carrying anything illegal?
- Yes, that's correct. - You do?
- You've got a bit of... - Yeah, I can feel it.
20 seconds to go.
Look at this...done!
- Whoa, that's sharp. - Three, two, one, zero.
- So you've failed this task. - No...
- Five, four, three, two, one, zero. - A gun.
Is this illegal? Got anything else?
Three, two, one, zero.
No...ah, I was so close.
- Which means everything reboots again. - Ah, what the hell...
A little bit fun. Build a marshmallow-tower that's taller than all the previous ones you've made today.
And you've made one. We're starting over.
Which means it's once again 1.45.
- Done! - 1.40, then.
- Done. - Alright. 2.15.
- And we're off. - Six.
30 seconds left before we go back to the tower.
Oh! Four, four, four.
Four! Four!
Six, six...
- One six. Two sixes. - Yeah, that's the second one!
Three, two, one, zero.
Time for you to make a marshmallow-tower.
Actually mad!
So, you've got 1.40 to...
It's just banana and juice! What's the problem?
- So, 3.25 is the time to beat. - Yup.
- Below 3.25. One six. - Six!
Five. Ugh! Three.
- Done? - Yeah.
These are actually too small for me. Know what? Probably aren't for you.
- We've got a pistol, here. - Correct.
- A six. - Five.
- A six. - Six!
45 seconds for the smoothie, then.
- 30 seconds to go. - You've got a knife here.
- I've been everywhere, though. - Well...
- There's a bit left. Ten seconds to go. - Such a ton of smoothie...
Yeah! 40 seconds, then. Time's running.
- What've you got? Where've you got it? - Not in here--
Where do you have it, then? Huh?
- Where is it, then? - Three, two, one, zero.
Did I make it in time?
Vital!
- There, yeah. - That was all of it.
- Got anything beyond this? - No.
Sorry if I'm yelling.
- It's over there. - I'm never going to learn this door.
Yes, it's a statement of fact that on this day you needed no lunch at all.
- Johan, it's possible to make small smoothies, too. - Yeah. But...things turn out the way they do.
There's a lot to think about.
- And Mauri, how stressful was this? - It just gets worse and worse.
And Da--like, I don't understand how such a tiny body can hide so much.
Like, it's incredibly well-hidden. We really tried, so props for that one, David.
- What times did they get? - Well, a bit of a mixed bag...
Johan managed this in 15 minutes and 1 second.
Charlotta was substantially faster, 9 minutes and 46 seconds.
But fastest thus far: Mauri, with 9 minutes and 13 seconds.
If there only was a way to plan this task a little bit better.
Make slightly less smoothie or so on. Now, let's take a look at Maria and Berra.
Yeah, I have to wait a bit. To be able to finish everything.
Faster, and faster, and faster.
You're building a marshmallow-tower.
- For how long have I worked on the tower now? - Two minutes.
Tower.
- I'm done, there. - Tower's done?
Then the time to beat is 2.30.
The time to beat with the die roll is 2.54.
Whoa! A six.
Yeah. Good.
- How much time's passed? - 30 seconds.
I'll never be able to drink a smoothie in 30 seconds.
- Don't want to roll too well. - But you do need the first six.
I've got that one, though.
- In a row. - Oh, in a row! One.
- So it has to be a six, now. - Yeah, I see.
- Alright. - 2.15.
- Whoa! - Dammit.
- But, like-- - Ten seconds.
24 seconds to go.
- Done? Is that celery? - Yeah.
- 1.50. - Done.
Five, four, three, two.
Which means you have 2.52 left for the smoothie.
- Then I'm going to pat you down, David! - ...Your time starts now.
One minute and 50 seconds. Your time starts now.
- Yes... - No! No!
- You can feel... - Got anything here, or what?
David, do you see this smoothie? Want some?
Got anything illegal?
- 30 seconds have passed. - What? It's gone, though. ...I don't get it.
It's--you've got more?
- Done. - Two minutes for the next thing, then.
Your time starts now.
You don't need to...
- Arms out, David. - A minute and a half.
If you can't find the illegal material, we'll start over from the beginning.
- I don't get it. - 1.05 has passed.
One and--ah! Dammit, it's not like I'm--
David, shame on you! Shame! Shame!
Take off the other shoe.
Yeah! There.
Good work.
- Ah, my god. Traumatized? - I'm doing fine.
Ah, my god.
Yes, Berra, ripping the pants off of each other-- is that also a Persian custom?
- I don't know why I started by pulling his zipper down. First thing I did. - Well, you were checking for hidden weapons.
I was thinking 'he's bluffing. He's put everything around the underwear region'.
- 'Cause I was actually panicking, pulling the socks off. - That was palpable. It was...
But I was thinking, if I pull off every garment, I have to find it eventually.
Maria, you were really looking forward to patting David down.
Yes, it was wonderful. And I was very speedy, feeling everything from the outside.
I did it so gently, David.
- I didn't have to pull your pants down or anything. - You weren't even violent, Maria. You weren't.
We do already know that you're a woman looking for love and intimacy.
But what about the times?
Maria managed to perform everything in 10 minutes and 6 seconds...
But Berra was the fastest of them all. 8 minutes and 15 seconds.
Meaning the points inevitably fall thuswise:
One point for Johan, two for Maria, three sliding into Charlotta's checkbook--
--four for Mauri, and Behrouz strikes the jackpot a second time!
In that case, I'd like to know what the totals are like so far.
We've got Johan and Maria in a shared second place, with four points each.
Mauri's got five points. Charlotta's got seven points.
And in the lead we have Behrouz, with an incredible, maximal ten points!
Whoa! Damn, Berra!
Yes, it's impressive. But on to the next test.
And it's a team test, even. Here it comes. Bam! Biff! Pow!
- Whoa. TV? - Whoa, whoa, whoa...
- We're supposed to sit here. - Should I read it, or what?
- Oh! It's David. It's black and white - Look, he's dancing.
"Create audio for David's experimental short film."
"In 20 minutes, you have one attempt to record your sound effects."
"Best sound effects win. Your time starts now."
- It's dripping. - We need water.
- Are we writing this down? Will we remember all this? - And I've got a brush...
Either we can get a brush, and brush-- or we'll make the sounds.
I think it sounds more fun to do it like this, like--no!
We'll get a horn. Could you get water?
- We need, what's it called...a comb of some kind. - A toaster.
Yes, the goal was to closely scrutinize my artistic short film--
--which I unfortunately lost the audio for.
After that, you had one chance to assign your audio.
And we'll get to hear that audio assignment on the other side of the break.
When our ways last parted, we'd gotten to see David's "interesting" short film--
--which our teams will create the audio for.
After their 20-minute prep time, our teams had one attempt to audiate my art film.
We'll start with the team consisting of Charlotta, Mauri and Johan.
Which doesn't have to mean they're the worst!
No.
- Could we add music, too? - That's right!
Like, excitement...like a bit of Hans Zimmer.
- That's Hans Zimmer? - Yeah, that's Hans Zimmer.
- How much time do we have left? - Five, four, three, two, one, zero.
Now, it's time to add sound to my work, which I hope you all appreciated.
- It's the best short film I've ever seen. - Like kids' shows in the 70s.
Here comes the film, then.
Achoo!
What are you just standing there for?! Do something!
Why are you looking at me like that?
You don't love me anymore.
Yeah, I do, actually.
- What's that sound? - Click!
Click!
- What's that sound?! - That was pretty tight, right?
Yes, Mauri. Hans Zimmer's rolling in his grave, and he's not even dead!
We saw Johan in the role of the bird. How did you get into character?
I--I felt: "What's the void here that needs filling?"
To imbue the scene with life. I started somewhere around there. That's my process.
Now I'm wondering how team Bam handled their audio track.
Yes, they went for the option--
--of fetching things that were reminiscent to or sounded exactly like these sounds.
Whether that's good or not remains to be seen. Team Bam, which stands for Berra, Ankan and Maria.
- Oh, damn... - I'm writing down all the sounds, now.
Berra does the duck.
- That's good. - Wrong shoes. These shoes are too flat.
- Shoes too flat? - Here's some shoes.
- That's actually true. - Should we put a bit of score underneath?
- Should I sing some score under it? - Three, two, one, zero.
Whoa.
David, David, David...
Achoo!
Dammit, I've told you get started now. Go!
What the hell are you looking at, you damn bird-bastard?
Oh, okay. You mean it like that? Alright.
Ooh, that was a good one!
David, David's timing it.
Yeah!
- That was good. - Pretty good, actually.
- That was terrific! - We did this so well.
Good work.
- I already smell terrible. - No one in here can tell, though.
Yes, Maria, you utilized the style of radio theatre. Real objects that you use for the sounds, simple as that.
- Which score did you choose? - It was "David, David, David..."
- It was mostly just a David-score. - Alright!
Time to judge these audio tracks, then. And the tools certainly did the job.
Three points for team Bam!
Which means three points each for Maria and Behrouz.
We'll see how this affects the ultimate standings. Exciting.
We're moving on, though unfortunately, we've reached the middle of the show.
Where my little hand puppet will take matters into his own hands. David Sundin!
Wow.
Thank you, thank you, Babben. I'm so proud to get to be nobody's hand puppet but yours.
- May you never, never retract your hand. - No, I won't.
It's time to get my little jeweler's loop out, and get to know...
...Behrouz Badreh a bit better.
- How fun. How fun. Congrats! - Good luck.
- It's great to have you here. - And it's great to have you here.
You and I have gotten pretty close. I don't know if the rest of you knew that, but...
We've almost started to finish each other's...
- Sentences. - That's--you see what's happening?
You and me, if we had to pick a favorite food, it'd be...
- Capricciosa. -Pizza. Yeah.
- What?! We did say pizza! - Isn't that funny, huh?
How funny, Behrouz. That the same word comes out.
Capricciosa and pizza.
Because it's namely time to play 'Write the same word'!
Yes, lovely. We're going to get to play 'Write the same word'.
Behrouz, you've got a letter behind you you can take out and read--
--for your contestants, those at home, Babben, the audience, and me too.
"Write the same word as someone else. David will randomize a category."
"You have ten seconds to write a word in the category."
"Your goal is to write the same word as someone else."
"If you succeed, you move on."
"If no one else has written the same word, you're out."
"If you sneak peeks--" Mauri-- "--talk, or otherwise communicate with the others, you're disqualified."
"Your time starts on David's cue."
So, I'm going to spin this and obtain one of these categories.
After that, you're supposed to write something someone else has written.
One of the commonest things within the category, so to speak.
- Everyone got it? - Yup.
Now it's time to play 'Write the same word'!
And the category is: Performers.
You've got ten seconds to write down a performer.
And the goal is to write the same thing as someone else. Three, two, one, zero.
Oh, this is tough!
We'll start with Johan. He's written Carola.
- Maria? - Madonna.
- Behrouz? - Beyoncé.
- Mauri? Carola! - No!
Sit, sit, sit. By all means, sit down. Things are heating up, now.
- Go ahead. - Carola!
Ah, god dammit!
In that case, Maria and Behrouz can put their boards down.
Johan, Mauri and Charlotta are left as we play 'Write the same word'!
Pizzas!
You'll write down the name of a pizza.
Three, two, one. Ah, I didn't blow it before. Why would I start now?
- Let's start with Johan, then. - Calzone.
- Calzone? An interesting choice. - Why'd you pick calzone?
Mauri picked capricciosa, which we talked about earlier.
I...I trust Charlotta.
In that case, we'll see if Charlotta is as smart as Mauri.
- Or...if she's a bit more like Johan. - Even smarter.
- Which pizza did you write? - Capricciosa!
Mauri and Charlotta are still in the game.
And so that you'll be able to write the same thing as someone else, Babben enters the game.
- You're going to write down the same thing as Babben. - Wow! Incredibly thrilling.
And Babben's ready? In that case, it's time to play 'Write the same word'!
Wow! Winter sports. A sport which may mainly be performed during the winter. Like what?
And something which Babben's also thinking. You have to think your way into Babben's head.
Three, two, one and zero. We'll start with Mauri.
Skis? Fairly general. Charlotta's written...
- Slalom! - Fairly specific, within skis.
And Babben's written...
Slalom!
Charlotta, Charlotta, Charlotta!
And that's how we play 'Write the same word'!
Yes, wasn't that exciting.
- That was thrilling. - Yeah, it was thrilling, fun, exciting, cool...
Let's take a look at the scores, then.
First, Behrouz and Maria were eliminated. They get two points each.
- Then we've got Johan. Three points. Calzone? - Put that in your calzone and smoke it.
Mauri gets four points, and Charlotta, five points!
And in a little moment--because it's not long to go before someone finally gets to hoist my bust above their head...
- But what do you get if you win tonight's episode? - Well, tell you what--
You'll win the loveliest thing there is. Honor and glory.
You'll be etched into history as the person who won the tenth episode of the season.
You're going to be in the spotlight for a tiny, brief moment, before we quickly move on to crowning the season's winner.
- So a tiny hooray, and then--sit next to. - Yeah. Can't say fairer than that.
- And what's up next? - Right. It's time for some gastronomy.
Or gas-throw-nomy, if you're so inclined.
- This is such a long runway. - We're getting great footage.
- You're going to include this whole thing of me walking? - Could speed it up, of course.
- I'll take that. - Ugh, this makes--gets me nauseous, for real.
- Everything does? - Yeah, I ha--this texture...
- Pudding? - Don't say pudding again.
"Throw a flavor into the trash can."
"You must be standing behind the rope."
"You may not move the trash can, the rope or the table."
"The person who throws the, in David's opinion, worst flavor into the trash can wins."
"Your first hit in the trash can is what counts."
"You have ten minutes. Your time starts now."
- I don't know what you like, though! - Good thing we've got this, then. Here's the flavors.
Wonderful to disgusting.
You like burgers and fries? That's right. You don't like mixed raw fish.
So first, it's about figuring out which is which...
So that you don't accidentally throw something delicious in there.
Right. So, the goal was to throw the least tasty taste into the trash can.
The foods were ranked from tastiest to least tasty, according to me.
And the ranking was available on this list, which you could follow along with.
To be able to make the right choice, you have to be able to identify the flavors...
And it's the first hit in the trash can which counts.
- Should we get going? - Yeah, well--not quite at this exact moment. But in a tiny, tiny bit...
First, it's time for a short break.
Hi again.
We're currently enmeshed in a test where our contestants need to throw the most disgusting flavor into a trash can.
Yes, that's how you know it's Friday. The first hit is the one that counts...
And the more disgusting the flavor that hits the trash can, the better.
- Which noses are we going to put to the test first? - Why not take a look at Behrouz, Charlotta and Johan?
How do I know which is which?
- Well, you've got your senses. - Oh, please!
Should I taste it, then?
If you really have to taste it to determine, it's good to take a little...
- Ugh! God damn, that's disgusting! - That was some cheese.
What could that be?
- This is pea soup. - Pea soup's the next best thing, so to speak.
- Pea soup. - Potentially pea soup. We don't know.
- Mixed raw fish. - It'd be nice to nail that one.
- How come I don't feel any strong fish taste? - This is mixed raw fish.
- There it is. Ah, god damn. - The bad boy.
If you make that, that'd certainly be something, huh.
Ah, a bit short.
- So close! - Overhand throw.
- That one went both far and wide. - Let's try the pea soup, too.
Throw number two.
- No! - Ugh!
- Gorgonzola! That's a cheese, right? - God dammit, that's a cheese.
There it is...ugh!
- That's it. - Gorgonzola-pizza.
Just have to get all the air out of it.
Excellent throw. Lovely to see.
That was gorgonzola. I could tell. The mold...
Cheese tray. What does a cheese tray smell like?
- Like shit. - Some mixed cheese and crackers, maybe.
- There it is. - Good work.
Behrouz Badreh.
- We have a result. Good work. - Thank you very much.
- Do I walk back? - Same distance on the way back, that's right.
- We'll film it all the way. - Don't speed this up, now, 'cause this is worth watching.
Mm, mm, mm! Nothing but good stuff left.
We're learning a lot here. Johan, you've got a slightly sensitive stomach.
- Yeah...you can tell when I don't like the food. - Absolutely!
- And Charlotta, you threw up a bit in your mouth. - I think it was the cheeses.
- I love cheese, but not this... - Not in liquid ounces?
- Not in that form. - Not in pudding form.
- How'd they do? - Well, Behrouz nailed the marmalade-sandwich throw.
Which is fairly high up on the list. It was a bit too tasty. A bit too tasty.
Johan thought he was hurling the gorgonzola-pizza.
But it was actually the cheese tray, which was situated in the 7 spot.
Charlotta found the gorgonzola-pizza. Ugh! Which was way down here.
Which means she's in the lead. The goal is to be as far down as possible.
- You promised we'd get to see the rest. - I'm a man of my word.
So let's tie it all together with some M&Ms: Mauri and Maria.
I'm thinking the tactic has to be identifying the flavors of 9 and 10.
- And practice-throw the tasty ones. - Great strategy.
Alright, let's see.
Mm, this smells good. This is spaghetti and tomato sauce.
Just get a feel for it.
That would've been a hit.
- Pea soup. - Pea soup is good.
- What's huevos rancheros? - It's good.
- Could I try it, too? - It won't make you sick.
Oh!
That was...is that raw...? That's...this feels like it is raw fish.
- This is mixed raw fish. - The top scorer.
- Don't come...I'm not going to...! - I just want to see if you like it.
The first one to hit the barrel is the one that counts.
Well, why should I chicken out? You mean...
- But I can try several of them? - Yeah, you can throw them all.
Alright, good. This is the one I'd like to hit with.
Have you calibrated your throwing enough? Need to do a couple more test throws?
Mixed raw fish.
Yeah, so you missed that one, for example.
I'll try to hit my own bag, then.
Fairly good targeting.
- Gorgonzola-pizza. You like that? - I'll check. No, not a lot.
That was close. That was close.
- Right, let's go for the pea soup. - If you get this one, it'll be great.
- Wow! - There it is.
Assuming that that was pea soup, we've got an excellent result.
The second best option.
- It was. I felt it. - Or the worst.
- I'm gonna get this one. - The ten-pointer.
- Here goes the ten-pointer. - Here it comes.
- No! You're a damn king! - Oh, Mauri!
- If that was it. - It was.
- God, that's good! - Fun.
- Thanks. - Yes.
It's so simple.
Mauri, you went for some test throws first. How certain are you regarding the raw fish?
Well...it does make you realize what an uncouth winner you are, when you start yelling and roaring right away.
I can tell now, from your smirks, that it potentially wasn't raw fish.
- David, I'll give you free rein to sum this up. - And I'll pounce on that possibility.
Maria identified the pea soup correctly, and got it in the bag.
Pea soup was second from the bottom, so Maria's in an excellent position...
Which means she passes Charlotta. And then Mauri...mixed raw fish.
- Fish, said you... - Fish, I threw?
Fish you threw.
You found the absolute most disgusting flavor and nailed it into the bin.
Mixed raw fish means magnificent Mauri seizes victory from the jaws of this test.
Yes, indeed. Which means five disgusting points, one might say, to Mauri--
Four for Maria. Three for Charlotta. Two for Johan.
And one piffling gourmet-point for Behrouz. That's how it goes.
But we've still got one test to go, as well as the traditional finale.
That we do. But first, it's time for the season's very last test within the house. Time flies when you're having fun, huh?
And the question of this test is if our contestants can resist a temptation.
Oh!
- Hello. - Hi!
- Exciting. - Mm.
- Sticky, or tasty, or just...distraction. - That's right.
- Do you like strawberry cake in the summer? - It's what summer is to me.
- It's what Swedish summer is to a great deal of us. - That's right.
"Resist the temptation to jam a cake right into David's face." No, this--yeah.
"If you do, you get three points."
"If you jam the cake into David's face, you're disqualified."
- "You have three minutes." - "Your time starts now."
Right. So, the goal was to -- with all your might -- attempt to resist the temptation...
...to jam a cake into my face.
If you manage that, and do not cake me, you get three points slammed into your fist. Like that.
If you fail, and do cake me, you get zero points.
Let me remind you that at this stage, it's incredibly even between the contestants.
These may be the three points that determine the entire season.
- Yes, talk about a dilemma. - Yes indeed. The very extremes of moral philosophy, one might say.
We'll start by seeing how Johan Petersson did in this delicious challenge.
This is the finale. Three points could be the decider.
What do you think I'm thinking?
You're probably thinking through what you've done this season.
- Whether you're floating around the top. Or maybe that doesn't matter much... - No, that's not what I'm thinking.
I'm thinking that I don't think I've ever jammed a cake into someone's face before.
I hear you, but...once again, we're here for the points.
Well, if I...
If someone asks me, like...why'd you accept the invitation to be on Bäst i Test...
...first, I'd say it's an honor to be asked.
- It made me really happy. - Of course.
It's the competition, of course. I am passionate about that.
- Competing's tough. - Three points. Three important points.
- Which it would earn you. - But...
Jamming a cake into David's face...
- Yeah...yeah, it was your choice. - Then I say screw the points!
- Yeah, it would've been... - I'm so happy you'd have me!
- I don't know if I said that. It was worth it. - Three important points. We'll see...
...how the final standings turn out, in the end. Good work.
Johan, you neither could or wanted to resist the temptation. How'd it feel?
Oh, beyond all belief.
Very satisfying. And just-- absorbing the moment. Enjoying it.
I understand how athletes feel--
--during big get-togethers like Olympic finales.
That was this feeling. I think I shared that. Thanks for having me.
There's both some psychology and strategy, it has to be said.
Can anyone resist this temptation--
--considering how you've dragged them this entire season!
It depends on how competitive you are now that three points are on the line.
We'll see if the rest caked, or did not cake, me in a brief moment. See you on the other side.
Right before the break, David jammed a cake right into David's face--
--without much pause for thought, thus losing three points.
Four contestants, and the same dilemma, remains. What are we waiting for?
Nothing, really. Let's take a look at Behrouz, Charlotta and Maria.
I'd just like to say one thing. This is the very last part of the season.
Right before the finale in the studio.
It's fairly even between the contestants.
You've got the chance to be the winner.
You hoist Babben's bust over your head, and we pop confetti cannons.
"The winner of this year's season: Behrouz Badreh!"
Three points might be the deciding factor.
- What're you thinking? - Wait, wait, wait. If I jam this into your face, I get three points.
- No. - No?
- If you walk away. - If I walk away, I get three points?
I'm just thinking no one's going to throw it in your face if it disqualifies you, right?
There's some sort of mindfuck going on here. Is there a fiver lying in here?
This is the simplest thing we have. It's...
If you jam it in my face, you do not get five points.
- No, I'm not going to cake you. - No, why would you?
- What're you thinking? - I feel...you've put me through a great deal of fun.
- I'd actually like to thank you. - You know what? You're welcome, I say.
- But I also feel you've hesitated sometimes. - With...?
- With getting really close to each other. - Well, I don't know about that.
- I'd rather give you a hug. - Thank you. Thank you for the time we've spent together.
- I'm not gonna jam this in your face. - In that case, thank you for your time and good luck.
Could I possibly get to...
...cake you in the face?
- You're incredibly welcome to cake me in the face. - What?! What's going on?
Ten seconds to go.
- I feel like I haven't exactly known--are you afraid of me, David? Honestly. - I wouldn't say that.
Three, two, one.
Thank you for this, David. You're a role model.
- I love you. You're lovely. - Thanks.
- No show without you. - That's right.
- So one might say that you didn't jam the cake... - Absolutely not.
- Maria Lundqvist! - Indirectly, though. That's good.
I have to ask Charlotta. How in the world did you get caked?
I've never been caked. It was incredible.
Look, it was wonderful. Look at this.
If you haven't had it happen to you, you should try it out.
But Behrouz, you're going for the gold. You didn't even seem to think this was a dilemma.
Like, I was keeping his hair in mind. It was out of respect for his hair.
- Nothing to do with the points? - No.
And I also didn't have Charlotta's self-harm behavior...
Or Maria's erotic one, where she dipped her own face in first.
I don't know. I was just fine with it.
But Maria, that's how we play "Bäst i Test". You got the job done, but you also get three points.
Oh! God, that's good.
But we're not quite across the finish line yet.
Mauri's champing at the bit in the wings, and he hasn't missed one opportunity to hunt down David.
He's viciously hurled a lemon at your back.
He's also hit you in the face and egged your well-combed hair.
These are all lovely memories. It's time to see if we'll make some new ones.
It's time for Mauri to resist the temptation.
And allow me to remind you that Mauri's done excellently in terms of points for the whole season.
He's won multiple shows, and he may now secure the gold with three unbelievably easy points.
The only thing he needs to do is to leave the room without caking me.
I'd like to say a few things first. Mauri, can I say a few things?
- Good work. Good work. - It didn't work!
Good work.
Mauri, no hesitation at all. This test was made for you.
Yeah. But now, in the stark pallor of hindsight, one does have a few regrets.
I don't regret it. It was incredibly satisfying.
And that's almost a world record.
- How many seconds did it take? - No room for negotiation. Just--bang.
Which means it's three points for Behrouz, Charlotta and Maria. Zero for Johan and Mauri.
But they do still exit this test as winners, in some odd way or another.
And there's only a few precarious minutes left before one of you gets to lift my golden bust...
But before we enter the finale...David, you had something you'd like to share.
That's right. That is true. We did feel, Babben, that there'd be a little bit of a long wait...
...until we meet the viewers again. That's why we decided...
...that we'll be back on your screens as early as the merry month of May--
- --with one heck of a special episode. Huh? - That's how it is!
And I can reveal that we've invited five losers from earlier seasons...
Meaning the people who've scored the absolute least in Bäst i Test-history!
They're finally going to determine who's the "Worst in test" of all time.
We can show you a small teaser. Go ahead.
Boom!
- Nej! - Nej!
- It's throat sausage. - No!
- I don't know where to go. - Three, two, one!
- What the hell are you doing? - No, nothing.
King of the forest. Babben.
- I'm so damn stupid! - Thanks.
Didn't I get to touch it? What could I touch?
I have to do something that doesn't require too much brain.
- Good work. - Yeah, it...was.
Yes, it's time for the legendary klutzes Johanna Nordström, Marcus Berggren--
--Marika Carlsson, Nassim Al Fakir and Kristina Petrushina--
--who're going to settle the loser's bracket once and for all.
But now it's time to settle this season. Anything can happen and everything can change...
...because it's time for the season finale.
Right. We've reached the finale of the finale.
Johan, you've got a letter in the inner pocket of your lovely tuxedo.
- Why, Johan! How exciting. - If you could read it to us...
"Stand up after 100 seconds. Closest to 100 seconds wins."
"Your time starts on David's cue."
- Could this determine the totals? - God, I'm so nervous.
Of course it can. And I think that makes it a bit more thrilling, doesn't it? Great.
Alright, gang! Let's go. Your time starts now.
And they're off.
You're probably thinking back on everything that's happened. All those lovely memories...
99 balloons to pop.
The hammock, which had to be 30 cms over the ground. Cool.
We had an Icelandic fireman coming to visit.
He painted 20 pigs on a painting. 20 pigs! (Tuttugu svín). Cool.
Mauri smuggled me into the club. Did he do it in 20 seconds? No.
But maybe 1-5 minutes.
Berra, you nailed this great hockey shot. You've played hockey.
Was it 30-45 meters? Could be something like that.
Johan, we made a bet regarding the table. You said 35. I said 34.
It's shorter. The table's shorter. And I won. That was kind of cool.
Maria drank kombucha from a distance of 37 m. Just siphoned it up.
You emptied a whole tank of kombucha.
Charlotta and Maria have stood up. Exciting.
But according to the guys, 100 seconds could be as long as anything.
Johan stands up.
And they've chosen to not consider anyone else in this position at all.
Otherwise you could be strategic and decide where you want to position yourself.
The rest of you have either been very fast, or something's going on here...
He's entered a hypnotized state. Behrouz is the only one still sitting.
And if it's this...are you feeling well? Behrouz, nod if--yeah, he's feeling well.
He's with us, but you're the fifth to stand up!
- Wow! - I was starting to faint.
Come back down and we'll count all this up.
Right, everyone. Let's see how everything went.
And Behrouz, yes, we don't know what happened either. But you must've fallen asleep for a bit.
Behrouz, you were supposed to stand up after 100 seconds.
And you stood up after 160 seconds.
- Wow! - So, a full minute too long.
- I have to presume that that's a record. - Might be a record, yes.
Right. 160 seconds gives you one point. Closest to you was Mauri...
He stood up after 124 seconds.
- No, that's so bad! - Also long and bad, as you mention, Mauri.
As such, he gets two points. Johan?
You stood up after 115 seconds. Three points.
So as it turns out, the guys aren't great at this. But the girls? They're excellent.
As we start to get closer to the 100-line, we can tell that, for example, Charlotta...
- She stood up...after 99 seconds. - Wow!
And if you get up on the 99th out of 100, you might think--that's impossible to beat.
But I was standing from an angle where I could tell...
...that Charlotta got up slightly, slightly before Maria.
As slightly as a mere second.
Maria Lundqvist got up after 100 seconds.
- She gets five points! - Yes!
But that was only in the finale. Still, congratulations.
Let's go through the night as it's been, then. How'd the episode go?
Well, let's see. Johan slipped fairly far behind.
- You get 12 points in total. - Thanks.
Just after that, it's Mauri. It's this whole cake thing.
- You dragged yourself down, Mauri. - That's right, the cake thing.
You get 16 points. Behrouz stops at 20 points.
Which means we've got Maria and Charlotta in the top here as well.
Charlotta received, in total, 22 points.
Maria got...twenty...
...one points. Just one below!
Which means the winner of tonight's show is Charlotta Björck!
She gets honor! She gets glory!
But then she gets to sit down.
Congratulations, Charlotta, but it's finally time. Who winds up winning this season?
- Could we hang on a second? I have to breathe. - Something slightly cool...
There's actually only an 11-point difference between the person in last and the person in first.
We'll start from the bottom, quite simply. I'd say it's custom.
- We've got Charlotta there. - What?! I lost it all?
Since--since it's so even.
Yes. To answer your question, yes, you did.
So, in total, you received 187 points. Johan received 188.
So, only one point more than you did in the total standings.
- And Maria...also received 188 points. - Yeah! Wonderful, Johan!
So 187, 188 and 188. That's very even.
And now, boys, it seems like...
- Can't we just share first place? - I'm so nervous.
- Mauri, hold me. - That's what I'm doing.
Behrouz Badreh, you're the one who won the most episodes this season.
Bravo! That's worth a round of applause!
You received, in total, 192 points.
And you should be glad to hear that you've succeeded that much, won that much.
Because at 198 points/cm we find Mauri Hermundsson!
He wins this season and is the Best Of Tests!
Mauri gets to go up! He gets to hoist Babben's bust over his head!
Now? Now?!
Yeah!
Whoa, whoa, whoa! What a brilliant and thrilling season.
And what have we learned tonight? Well, it's easy to make a smoothie too big.
Caking David leads to both joy and misery.
And Mauri Hermundsson is Bäst i Test!
We'll see you in May, with a special episode.
Until then, you can look at us whenever you want on TV4 Play.
Thank you for watching!
Original text: Johanna Svensson, Iyuno Translation: DangBream