A warm welcome to the new fall season of Bäst i Test--
We've brought in a new squadron of daring test pilots, deployed to tackle tricky tasks to the best of their ability.
Business as usual, in other words.
And after ten episodes, one of them will get the privilege of hoisting my golden bust above their head.
Our contestants this season are:
Scriptwriter and director, Marie Agerhäll!
The radio personality and comedian, Torbjörn Averås Skorup!
Performer and television host, Lotta Engberg!
Actress and stand-up comedian, Nour El Refai!
And the thespian bred from the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Eric Stern!
And tonight we'll kickstart the festivities with, among other things, this:
- I'm stroking it first. - Cow is all I can think of.
I'll do a Carola!
It's going too fast!
- I'm ashamed. - Some got on me.
Did it?! Whoa!
Welcome, everyone. The five of you are going to keep us company for ten weeks.
- How does it feel to finally be in the studio? - It's so incredibly fun.
It feels like we've won even though we haven't even started.
- Good feeling, huh. - Yeah.
- You two have been guests on here. Did that give you an advantage? - I don't think so, really.
I've gone through this before--
--but when you're standing there, you turn into your stupidest self.
- Nour's speaking for herself. - Yeah, maybe I am.
- Torbjörn, how do you feel? - Well, I got home from the tests and went like:
I don't know if I've been amazing or terrible. Terrible, probably.
Not the best feeling, that. But Eric, do you feel like you've handled your tasks well?
Well, I've performed the tasks. That I know.
Whether I've succeeded, that's another thing. Which is both fun and scary.
Marie, from what I've seen watching your tests you're very spontaneous. Do you remember anything you did?
No. No, well, you don't, 'cause it goes by so fast, I think.
You have to sort everything out so quickly. So you think while you're walking.
Why not. Well, welcome to the show, all of you, at any rate.
And I'm also going to answer the questions for those of you at home: Yes, he's still here.
The man who must've performed a worthy sacrifice to the television gods, sitting here every year: David Sundin.
Thank you, thank you, Babben. Thank you, thank you--lovely words, as usual.
Can you imagine? That I get to keep going with you for a ninth season? That's more or less--
- --unbelievable. Can you believe it, Babben? - No, as a matter of fact, I can't.
- So instead, please just start the season's first test. - With pleasure, with pleasure.
You've all heard the expression: "Look, but don't touch."
Tonight's first test revolves around touching, but not looking.
- Hi! - Hello.
- Hi, hi! - Hello.
David Sundin.
- Some weather we're having. - Yeah, it's good.
It's... I'm not great at small talk.
- "Pop the water balloon." - "The person who pops the water balloon from furthest away wins."
"You may not look at the balloon as it's popping."
"You must stand on the rug as the balloon's popping."
"You have 15 minutes. Your time starts now."
- I could just move this, though. - That's right.
Right. I'll do that, then. Yeah, exactly.
Yes, the goal was to pop the water balloon from as far away as possible.
But you were strictly forbidden from watching the balloon as it popped.
- Up until then, it's fine, though? - Up until then, viewing was permitted.
Let's see how they did. It's time to welcome Lotta Engberg and Eric Stern into the game.
I'll start from here, then, and see...
And it's being protected there. ...Like that.
Right...
Those sticks are probably equivalent.
The thing is, you can't put one of them into the other.
- That thing, that's what you'd like to... - It's a regular balloon, Lotta. There's not much to...
- How many minutes to go? - Twelve and a half.
As long as it's in the double-digits, I feel like I've got a tailwind.
- But as soon as it drops below ten? - At that point, I can't do this with the same passion.
- Is standing on the balcony allowed? - Of course.
- Have you taped a lot of sticks together before this? - No, actually, I haven't. This is my first time.
There's principles of physics that I feel I'm unequipped with, pertaining to this.
- I think it'll be fun that you'll get to learn this in real time. - Yeah!
- Right, let's see. Time to try this. - And this is the point where you get to learn...
No, that doesn't work.
- That doesn't work. - No, no. But...
I know, I know, I know! Stabilizer!
- Hello! - Hey!
- Yeah! Enough for tango! - And we're airborne, there.
- I'll see if you're watching the balloon or not. - No, I'm not.
- It popped. - Yeah!
- First try, too. Good work. - Thanks!
It's, like...debatable whether it's brilliant.
But it's going to be tasteful. Like, there'll be an elegance to this.
- Alright, five minutes to go. - I'm one of those--I don't like stressing out.
- If I just stroke it first--I'm stroking it first. - Yep. You're allowed to.
- Could you estimate the distance? - Yeah, around four meters, therabouts.
Right, Lotta. Got it in one. Luck or skill?
Skill. Please, Babben.
- We're going to get to see more of that, I hope? - Yeah, I hope so too!
Right. Eric, why was it so important to you to make this solution tasteful?
Well, because it's fun to always retain--
--the beautiful and aesthetic within the simplest tasks.
I'll buy that. How far away were they?
Well, Eric's at-a-glance measure wasn't the best. He was 5.25 meters away when it popped.
And we've analyzed these images meticulously-- Eric is glancing away at exactly the right moment.
- So it passes inspection, too. - Thank you.
Lotta was located on the balcony. She was slightly further away: 6.83 meters!
Right, then! Well...
That's what I call two serviceable debut efforts. And now?
Now, it's time for Torbjörn Averås Skorup, yes, that's his actual name, to do his thing.
Pop the water balloon. We're doing ropes.
- I wasn't in the scouts. This might be a reef knot, I don't know. - Be a little bit careful, I'd like to add.
You're going to have a lot of fun later, getting to see someone with some stick and a nail on it, looking away.
- That's a great experience. - That's so--how dumb can you get?
- No, it's fascinating. - Half the time to go.
Farewell, David. This is going to be good.
- Stay still! David, you can't lift your foot! - I'm staying still.
- Ow! Ah! Are you still there? - Of course.
- I'm so far away now, David! - What?
Now for a very delicate operation, where you lag behind a little bit.
- Should I step off it? - Walk that way, just a bit.
No!
- Did I have to stand on...? - On the mat. Yeah, that was...one of the things you did wrong.
I'd like to be very clear about the fact that I was standing constantly until you said: "Step off". I stepped off the rope, then.
Remember when I said, earlier: "You may never leave it."
That's going to be tough.
- Well, Torbjörn, you were wearing a very nice T-shirt. - Ah, that's all for you.
Thank you, but flattery won't get you far when this is the extent of your achievements.
You did have a good strategy. What went wrong?
Well, it's kind of-- this is kind of what it's like for me.
- What distance did he get? - Well, Torbjörn was a fair way away...
But he wasn't positioned on the mat, on the whole it amounts to nothing.
Which means that our very own Lotta Engberg is still in the lead with almost seven meters!
But we haven't popped our last balloon yet. We've got two creative, inventive people to go.
None other than Nour El Refai and Marie Agerhäll. Go ahead.
Yell at someone far away who's going to pop it, maybe. If I walk away a bit.
- I don't need this? - No. It didn't say anything about that.
I have such a hard time with instructions. Are there even any people here?
Let's get ahold of someone.
Nobody's home, though.
- Why's nobody home? Does everyone have jobs? - Hi! Hi!
- Hi, hi. Oh, you--speak English? - Yeah.
- Can I ask a favor? - Yeah.
I've gotta stand on this rug, it's just that the water balloon's up there, so I just wonder if one of you could go up there and pop it.
Well, if I'm just gonna... we're looking for the boiler room.
- Oh! Oh, I'm sorry. It's not over there. - Yeah, well, we can sort this out quickly.
Awesome. I'll be waiting!
- How much time do I have left? - 4.5minutes.
Victoria, just stand here and I'm gonna call you. So wait for my signal!
This is the best idea of my life!
- Do you know...what's happening? - Not so much!
- God! - God, that's so far away...
Hi. My name's David, I'm here to pop some balloon.
- Oh? - Yeah.
There! Thank you very much.
- Good work. - Thank you, thank you.
- That's...well, that's actually what I usually say. - Is it popped?
- Really fun. - Thank you, thank you.
- Oh, here she comes. Hi! - How much time is left?
- One minute. Are you--are you very far away, or...? - Oh, stop, stop, stop--
You're hitchhiking, you bastard!
- Victoria, are you ready? - I'm ready.
40 seconds.
Okay, crush the balloon!
- Is it popped? - Yeah.
Yes! Alright. Can I get off?
- Good work. - Thank you!
I've been waiting for something like this. Something really smart.
Nour, you found a David who was actually possible to work with.
Ah, I felt pretty smart when I came up with it, but it was...
- But someone was a bit smarter. - I don't know if it was smart...
The thing was, no cars wanted to stop at first. Went a big route around me, like I was a crazy person.
- Where'd they get that impression? - But then a bus showed up.
I got to ride it a bit, which was good timing.
But then I saw that the bus was going back the same way I'd been running.
I got closer and closer to the house. So maybe you won, either way.
Yes, Nour was located 94 meters away when the balloon popped, far out of her field of view.
Marie ran...I'm going to illustrate to make this clearer.
If these books are the house, Marie ran really far.
But then, as we saw, she crossed the road...
...which is where the traffic's going in the other direction.
So Marie took the bus back to the house.
But also bit away from it, travelling 222 meters away.
Yes!
Well done, Marie. And Victoria, who's in the audience.
Right, then. Time to distribute the first points of the season.
- And Torbjörn, you may know already: One point for participation. - I still get one? That's so nice, though!
Yes. And two for Eric, three points for Lotta, four strong points for Nour...
But this evening's and season's first five-pointer goes to: Marie Agerhäll!
And Victoria.
Right then, David, consider yourself free to initiate the next test of the season.
Right. In that case, here's an uptempo one. Tick, tock, tick, tock.
- No! - Oh, no...
No, I've got a weak showing here.
It feels like there's going to be a splash zone here. With all this plastic, that's the feeling you get.
Oh, one of those! Ticky-tock.
Like, the original TikTok. The folks on TikTok, they're a bit funny sometimes.
"Say one word in between the beats of the metronome."
"Every word should begin with the last letter of the first word."
"You may not repeat words."
- "Longest sequence of words wins." - "You have 5 minutes."
- "Your time starts on the first beat." - Alright, so like, piss...sss...snatch.
Alright, so that maybe wasn't the smartest choice of words, but do I get the gist?
Right, the goal was to say as many words in a row as possible.
Every word had to start with the last letter of the previous word...
And the metronome could only tick once between each word.
I think it sounds pretty simple to me.
One would think so, but it certainly wasn't.
And we'll get to see exactly how hard it was after a short break.
And here's a small test for those of you at home. All of you, guess what I'm wearing on my lower body.
It's either my regular pants, a tutu, or zebra tights.
Everyone who guesses correctly wins. Your time starts now.
Welcome back.
David, the viewers are probably curious to see what you're wearing on your lower body.
Oh, that's right! You were tasked with guessing what I was wearing on my lower body.
And believe it or not, Babben, but I'm wearing a pair of zebra tights behind the desk.
Which looks like this.
There are some things that, once seen, cannot be unseen. It is what it is.
But before the break, we kicked off a test that revolved around saying words to the beat of a metronome.
That's right. So, the goal is to create a long sequence of words between the beats of the metronome.
And every new word must start with the last letter of the previous word.
Mhm. Which wordsmiths are we starting with?
Here comes Marie, Eric, Lotta Engberg and Torbjörn Averås Skorup.
- Are you ready? - Yeah.
Your time starts now.
Lotta...
- Ah! Dammit, it's so hard! - So it's one word there, and one word there.
Fish, staircase...no. Okay, wait.
Pipe, cracker... I messed that up immediately. No!
Sun [sol], lamp [lampa], elm [alm], mash [mos], psalm...
...that starts with P.
Hat [hatt], luck [tur], straight [rak], knur...
Hi, I...grillest...?
- Slightly stressed. - Have to find the right pace.
Music!
Cow [ko], ox [oxe], elephant [elefant], terram...
Game [spel], lamb [lamm], men [män], hub [nav], warm [varm], who [vem]...
Sigil, Laban...
Time's ticking. Oh no.
Heel [häl], lamb [lamm], Magnus...
Dammit! It's so hard!
- Door frame [karm], corn [majs], sun... I said that. - That's right.
River [flod], dolma [dolme], Eslöv...
- Cow, ah--god, it's so hard. - Four minutes to go.
Lamp [lampa], ample [ampel], smooth [len], birch [näver], housetrained [rumsren].
- Nave... - Nave?
I'll take off my glasses.
- It's time to get more than two. - Hell yeah.
Wall [vägg], count [greve], Enoch...who's that?
Table, dak...what's that?
Fly, yyy...
Oak [ek], cow [ko]...I've said that.
Onion [lök], cabbage [kål], salmon [lax], xylophone [xylofon], nil...
Nil?
- Cow is the only thing I can think of. - Yeah, you've said that.
Ocean [hav], grow [växa], bed [säng]...
Lesbo [flata], all...
Saunter [traska], arcade [arkad], dräma...
- Dräma! - Three's fine.
- Got any four? - No, I don't think I do.
Dog [hund], pigeon [duva], pineapple [ananas]...
- Luck [tur]... - Did you say luck?
I'm an idiot!
Rule [regel], lute [luta], shoulder [axel], smooth [len], navel, lamb...
- No! How long is left? - 35 seconds.
- I'm gonna get it, now! - Here it comes.
Garage, mean [elak], kam [comb], mom [mamma].
Amsterdam! I don't know, David.
Fish [fisk], pinecone [kotte], acorn [ekollon], hazed [nollad], cow...
- 20 seconds. - Wall [vägg], forget [glömma], arka...no.
- Whip. No, not...! - You've got one word.
Tie [slips], sorrow [sorg], goose [gås], seek [söka], aspens [aspar]...
Shoes [skor], rhyme [rimma]...god dammit!
- Three, two, one, zero. - No! Comb.
- Two, one, zero. - Quiet! Quiet.
No, I'm ashamed.
- Thank you, thank you. Good work. Great. - Thanks. This was my best one.
Yes, it looks like this was really challenging. Was it?
All that stress on you. One more word, and that's when 'träk' shows up.
I don't know what it is, but it shows up.
- Eric, you said "Enoch, who's that?" - I don't know.
- A little bit of reflection amid it all. - That's necessary, sometimes.
That's true. So, what were the lengths of their assembled word-chains?
Eric, Marie and Torbjörn assembled a whopping five words each in your chain.
Lotta's longest chain consisted of four words.
- Which means we've just got one tongue-twister to go. - Ah, please...
She needs to beat five words in a row. Here she is -- the tactful Nour El Refai.
Poop [bajs], cooch [slida]...
- So, between these clicks. - Ah--oh.
One [ett], two [två], eel [ål], Linda...
- Too slow. Between the clicks. - That's insane, though.
Loose [lös], chug [sup], monkey [ap]...
- It's too hard! It's such a stressful noise. - Yeah, it is.
Menstrual pad...it's already passed, there. It's too fast!
The tick-ticking from that thing is stressful, and that one, too. If you'd just...
Hedgehog [igelkott]. Which ends with...
Panty [trosa]...no, it's too fast.
You have to at least say one more word after panty.
I've said ape and anus! I can't think of any more! I know that there's tons!
Nisse, e...
I don't have the time. I don't have the time to finish the words.
Sun [sol], light [ljus]...
- Are you talking to it? - Three, two, one, zero.
Hardest thing I've ever done.
Tall [pine], lampa [lamp], Arab, bra [good], apa [monkey]. Yeah, it's hard.
So that's just you taking something you've practiced yourself, you brought this from home, to be like "Look how good I am".
- Right. Well, great. - Bye-bye.
Like, I can't believe I didn't...get a pen and paper and write down some words!
- Yeah! - Yeah, it's so stupid.
That's how it is sometimes. And Nour's results were?
Nour pointed out that it's too hard, which is clearly visible in the results.
Three connected words, and the words were: One, two, eel.
That's where it ended. Well fought by all of you. This was too hard, for you.
Now, you get one point for every word you managed to say, so three points for Nour...
Four points for Lotta and five points for Eric, Marie and Torbjörn.
Right, then. With two tests down, how do the totals look?
Right, we've created a total standing which looks like this:
Torbjörn's currently got six points.
We've got Nour, Eric and Lotta with seven notches apiece.
And at the top sits Marie, wielding the maximum ten points!
- Right. What's on the agenda now? - I thought you'd never ask.
It's time for a test where you were supposed to, in some way or another, remove--
--a well-rounded and prim gentleman in his blooming prime from a carpet.
- Hi, hi! - Hello.
- Well? - Well.
It feels like a helicopter's gonna land on you.
- A little box. - Yes, that's right.
Hah! For me.
- Did you already start the timer? - Sorry?
It feels like you already started the timer.
- I'm going to read the following. - "Get David off the carpet."
"You may not enter or move the ring."
"The fastest one to get David off the carpet wins."
"You have 20 minutes. Your time started when you opened the box."
How am I going to remove...? I'll have to...yeah.
Right! So, the goal was to use force and technique to get me off the rug.
But you were strictly forbidden from entering the ring, or moving the same.
- So I'm very unapproachable. - Mhm, I'll drink to that.
- Who's first up? - Torbjörn and Marie, no more or less. Here they come.
- Is it lasso-time? - Lasso-time!
Where's water?
This is going to be so rough for you, if I pull you off.
- If you just step off it, you won't have to get wet. Just get off. - There! I've made a lasso, right? Yeah, I have.
- Are you gonna move? - Well, I'd like to...stay on the carpet.
Can't you just get off, and we'll be spared this 20-minute-long humiliating situation?
I'm not in the mood.
- Not the cones. Not the cones, Marie. - Just get off. Just get off.
- Get off! - Move, you hear that?
This is kinda fun! Dang, you're great at this!
- You seem like one of those padel-guys. You've practiced this. - Same to you, buddy.
- I'll do a Carola! - How do you like this, then?
Go, David!
It's out, now. Dammit!
- Ten minutes to go! - Misery me, some of it got on me.
Some got on you?! Whoa!
This might be one of the worst tape jobs I've ever seen.
Do you want a shower? There's new clothes and a shower.
- What?! Isn't that cheating?! - Ooh. Oh, so close. Or...?
Did you...did you move the ring?
- No. ...Yeah, okay. - Which you weren't allowed to do.
It feels like I'm getting yelled at right now.
- Three, two, one, zero. Shame. - Yeah, I think so.
- It was very close. - Yeah. I did all I could.
- Right, then. - Bye. Bye, now.
Like, he's such a provocative little fella that you just want to...
- I know exactly how you feel. - Thank you, thank you.
Torbjörn, I got a bit worried that you'd get stuck on the rubber ducks.
- Was that a bad strategy, or...? - Yeah, it didn't do a whole lot.
I tried everything before I went for this drastic method, which is...like, it was close, right?
It was very--because it got very hard to breathe. If there was a bit more powder in that, I would've needed to step off.
Should've aimed right in the face.
I'd just like to remind you: Don't try this at home. It's dangerous, as a matter of fact.
But none of you successfully got David off the carpet, and Marie moved the ring, which wasn't allowed.
- Was this test too hard, or what? - Well, we'll have to see if someone manages it--
--right after what we jocularly like to call a well-needed break. See you in a bit.
Hello there. We're in the middle of a test where the goal is to remove David from a ring, which you yourself may not enter.
Marie's failed, Torbjörn's failed. The question is, how difficult is this? Well, we'll soon get to see--who's next?
We're happily skating along with two impactful individuals.
The new dynamic duo of TV4. Eric and Lotta!
That's you and me!
- Hang on. - Of course.
David! No.
If you leave, I'll stop. I promise.
David...
- You may see what this is. - No, god!
No.
You'll have to step off soon, because fire's on the loose!
Now!
I'm forcing you into the maw of the flame.
- Leave, then! Leave! Get off! - Of all the dirty...
- Whoa! No, god-- - You're starting to get a hang of this.
- Towards the fire. - Space is starting to get a bit limited, here.
Come on, then! Leave! Leave the carpet!
- Don't tell me you're going to hula hoop. - I'm going to hula hoop.
You with me? You're skilled. That's skilled.
Ah, so beautiful.
Thanks. It was cold.
Ah. Ah.
Fire and water. What're your immediate impressions, seeing this?
Well, one does know that fire's gotten all sorts of animals throughout history to flee.
Vermin, too.
Yeah, exactly. And to some degree, it works in the present, too.
But the hula hoop's what settles the matter, which is cool.
- What results did they get, then? - Right. These two did actually get me off the rug.
Eric managed after 19 minutes and 16 seconds...
But Lotta did it in 7 minutes and 47 seconds.
Great work from Eric and Lotta. But we're not done yet, are we?
No, one person can steal the win from right under Lotta's nose. Nour El Refai.
I'm so close, Nour. Whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm right on the edge, here.
I have to think. I'm thinking that--I could, like, entice you with money or something.
- Go on. - How much do you want?
I'll Swish you 1200. [$120]
- Yeah, I--I'll get out. - Really? 1200 smackers.
- There. That's your number. - "You've received a payment."
- 1200. - In which case, I have an ethical dilemma.
- No, you don't. You said you would. That you'd step out. - Yeah. Yes, I did say that. I do remember.
But I say so many things.
This--what do you call this sh--behavior? You're stealing my money, now.
- Yeah, indirectly that's true. In a court of law, it'd sound like that. - Yeah. I mean, like, we've filmed it, David.
- No, Nour. A promise is a promise. - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah! Yeah!
- Wow, wow, wow! - Thank you greatly.
Would've done it for a grand. 1 200 is great, too.
- Great. Feels good. - Yeah. Thanks! Good work.
Nour, I think you know David from before, because you went for his moneygrubbing side immediately.
I know David very well, and I know that he can always be bought for money.
But what sum? And I knew he wouldn't do it for under a thousand.
1 200, that's when I know he'll get out.
It's forming a beautiful tapestry of the history of man.
Moving from fire and water to the modern, with money--it's very beautiful to see.
Nour was the fastest, that was fairly clear, but let's distribute the points.
One point for Torbjörn and Marie. Three points for firey Eric.
Four points for the cunning Lotta. And five points to the bribery-prone Nour El Refai!
Thank you for the money, Nour. I've noted the points down in my important papers, here.
Which brings us to the next point on the agenda, Babben.
Yes, and before that I'd like to say that I've been in long meetings with leadership--
--asking to renew certain segments, so that we can maintain the same standard of quality.
No one's listened to me, though. So here he is again: David Sundin.
Thanks. Whoa! Wow. Lovely words, Babben, thank you.
We're fighting, side by side, you and me, to make this show as good as possible.
We're like this! And, in keeping with tradition, we've reached the middle of the show.
Which means it's time for yours truly to get to know our contestants a bit better.
Tonight, I'll be focusing on...Eric Stern!
Eric, why don't you tell us a bit about yourself?
Well, uh...I'm a guy. Who's 42.
- Yup, yup, yup. - Actor in various places.
- Anything else? - No, not...
- We're having fun, huh? - A lot of fun, Eric.
It's really fun that you opened up like this, and told us so much about yourself.
And it's a bit funny that you're so passionate about that...
Because it's namely time to play: "Tell Us About Yourself"!
Yes, it's time to play a round of Tell Us About Yourself.
Eric, you've received a letter. Read it to your co-contestants.
"Tell us a stunning story you experienced yourself."
"Ring the bell when you're done. The person who finishes their story--"
"--closest to the time of 13 seconds and 37 centiseconds wins."
"Your time starts on David's signal."
So, you're going to stand there, look straight ahead, and tell your story. Starting with Eric. Go ahead.
- Stunning and self-experienced? - So, on David's signal.
Eric, are you ready? Then here we go.
Well, I was shopping and it was one of those self-scanning registers.
And I was...they ran a check on it, but I'd done everything right, so that was fun.
Right, thank you. Right.
Noting 11 seconds and 98 centiseconds for you, Eric.
- Good start. Absolutely. - We'll let Nour up.
Then, it's time to...
Yeah, once I was four years old. Lived in Eslöv, went to daycare. Let's play a game, said my friend.
Come here and I'll tie up your fingers in a chain, he said.
I broke all ten fingers, and it hurt like hell.
- Very good! - 13.07.
Only 30 centiseconds away. Let's welcome Lotta Engberg to the stage.
Right, I was having surgery and right before I got put to sleep, I asked "shouldn't I count down?".
"Yeah," said the staff. So I said "Niklas, 45. Four. Five."
The last thing I heard was the staff roaring with laughter.
[Lotta is well-known as a nationally-broadcast bingo host.]
12.81. Then it's time for Torbjörn Averås Skorup to tell his tale.
- Right, Torbjörn. - Yeah.
When I was little, I was doing carpentry with my brother. I said "could you get my plushie?", I had two favorites.
He got the one I wanted. The one I said I wanted.
But I got really mad at him, so I hit him with the hammer--the sharp side--on the head.
And then he got smart as hell. Grandma was furious with me. Ah, no!
- That was great! - Was he an idiot before then?
- Uh, yeah. - Yeah?
Torbjörn went on a bit too long. 15.04.
But a fascinating and dreadful story.
Come on up, Marie Agerhäll!
- Got to have some strategy for this. - You ready?
Once, I was on the Mississippi. There, I went down the Mississippi twice.
After that, I ate toothpaste 'cause it was three Mississippi, making thirteen.
No, that's such a cheat!
And that's how we play "Tell Us About Yourself"!
Lovely to get to know you better. David, how were the points distributed?
Well, here it is: Marie was far too brief.
9.70. A difference of 3.67, and subsequently one point.
Torbjörn got a bit closer, and was the only one to surpass the allotted time.
Which went on with that hammer history. A difference of 1.67, leading to two points.
Eric. It's starting to tighten back up. 1.39.
Which gives you three points. Really tight, here.
Lotta was 0.56 off. Four points.
But Nour -- 13.07. A difference of 0.30, which means five points for Nour!
- And what're we competing for tonight? - You know what? I'll show you.
It's a T-shirt. Unique and custom-made for this very occasion.
Which says, clearly: "I won this episode of Bäst i Test."
Which episode, you may ask? This episode. The one you're watching, this one.
- Are you throwing in the zebra tights, too? - The zebra tights are coming along.
Well, well! Some more tests to go, though.
You want tests? You'll get tests, and you'll get tests, and you'll...
Went around a bit, there.
Which is slightly funny because it's time to go around, around, around in a team test.
This season, one team consists of Nour, Lotta and Torbjörn.
The other team consists of Eric and Marie.
But to avoid making it unfair--
--the team with two people will get reinforcements in the form of a previous contestant.
And now, we'll get to see who that is.
- Hi, David! - Hello!
- Oh, a car! - Damn, that's so fun.
- I want to drive. - I want to drive, too...
"Drive exactly eleven laps around the track."
"You may never leave or step off the golf cart."
"Every lap, one new rule is added."
"Rule 1: The golf cart must constantly be in motion, travelling at a speed of below 8 kilometers per hour."
- Dibs on driving. - No, I've already called dibs on driving. You see that, right?
"Every time a rule is broken, 100 seconds get added to your total time."
- "Fastest wins." - "Your time starts when David drops the flag."
- Let's...go, then. - Right! Let's go, then! Up to eight.
Where's drive? Foward. That's back.
So the winner of season 5, Olof Wretling, is evening the teams out.
This test in particular demands the highest degree of cooperation.
- Every error comes with a hefty added time. - That's correct.
And these wacky races will take place right after the break. See you then.
Welcome back.
The two teams are going to get a golf cart around, around, around a track.
For each lap, a new rule will be introduced which must be followed during every lap.
- Who's off to the races first? - Well, Babbadabbadoo...
Nour, Lotta and Torbjörn will be slamming the pedal to the metal.
Show us what you're made of, Lotta. Whoa, whoa--below eight! Below eight!
Yeah, yeah, yeah. God, this is so slow!
- Good, good, good. I'll take that. - You got it?
"Everyone in the car swaps at least one shoe during every lap."
- Left shoes, left shoes! - Yeah, I got the left one.
- You ready? - Yeah!
"Rule 3: You must wear sunglasses during odd laps..."
"But not during even laps."
- Alright, so this is the third lap. - We're swapping shoes again, then?
- And swap shoes. - Let's swap, then.
And let's take off the sunglasses.
"Rule 4: Find a bellpepper before you reach the goal." Nour, find a bellpepper.
There...spit it out! Spit it out!
- We'll go for the next one. - Ah, what the hell!
Here's some milk. Have some.
"Transport the milk without spilling it."
"Yell 'this is fun' exactly once a minute during each remaining lap."
This is fun!
Want to taste? I think this is bellpepper. Taste that.
Again!
- Are you really going to take that? - Keep going. Sunglasses back on, folks.
- I'll get the milk again. - This is fun!
- Was that bellpepper? Wasn't it? - No, chili pepper.
"Rule 9: Make David a decadent sandwich during each remaining lap."
- What do we do with the milk, though? - You don't need it. You can put it back down.
Just put it down. Bye.
Oh. Oh, damn.
There.
- Hey, guys... - This is fun!
I found a bellpepper.
Ah! Cheese.
"Reach the finish line, and celebrate vigorously if you think you won."
- The best team! - Chalalala!
The best team! Chalalala!
- Olé, olé, olé, olé! - This is fun!
Why aren't you going, then?
- Jeez, though...poor Nour. - Yeah, poor Nour.
You were incredibly quick to delegate the chili to her.
"Here! Eat these." Then just-- "I found the bellpepper, eat this too!"
- Do you remember this as you see it, or...? - Yeah.
I remember feeling a strong hatred and contempt for Torbjörn.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - That's readily apparent.
- But Lotta, you must've liked the celebration. That was great. - Sure, yeah. Absolutely.
- You had that feeling, "we got this"? - Absolutely.
That's when the love came back. The feeling that I live and die for the team.
Right. To find out how this went, we have to see how the other team handled this dizzying test.
That's correct. Next up is what we could call team Emo: Eric, Marie and Olof.
- Whoa! Let's go, then. Up to eight. - "Everyone swaps at least one shoe."
- Start swapping shoes. - Swapping shoes.
"Everyone needs to wear sunglasses during odd laps."
- This is the third one. - Yeah, so we have to wear sunglasses!
Yeah! There. Sunglasses off!
"Find a bellpepper before you reach the finish line."
Ha, ha! No.
Wait, what...? This is-- it's all chili. You'll have to taste it, ugh.
- This is bellpepper. - That's bellpepper.
Take it, Olof. Olof. Olof! Olof!
- Where is it? - No, Olof, you missed it!
- No! Back up, back up! - I can't back up!
No, I'm not tasting it!
Alright, sunglasses off! Swap shoes!
"Transport the milk without spilling it." That's no problem.
And we're getting another.
"Yell 'this is fun' exactly once a minute for each remaining..."
You'll have to sort this out.
- I'm drinking some milk, here. - Don't spill it, whatever you do.
- I spilled it! - What'd you say? What'd you say?
You ready, Olof? New notes incoming!
- Sunglasses on. - On or off? Whoa.
- It feels like a road trip. - Certainly does. In hell!
"Make David a decadent sandwich for each remaining lap."
Here's the bellpepper!
Alright. This is fun!
- That's bellpepper. - Olof, you ready now?
Take off your sunglasses.
Where's my sandwich?
- What? - Where's my sandwich?
Well, it's... it's inbound!
"The person driving the golf truck must have a mouthful of milk for the majority of the lap."
Here! Here's David's sandwich.
Here's the sandwich. There's a bit too much cheese.
"Last lap: Cross the finish line, and celebrate vigorously if you think you won this test."
Let's celebrate, then. Yeah, we're celebrating! Hooray!
Here's the bellpepper.
- Whoa! This is fun. - Right, then. Good work.
Good lord, what a gaggle of geese. Did you make many mistakes, do you think?
- No. We were great. - And I remember it being so much fun, too.
There was, like--fluids coming out of every bodily orifice.
Certainly did. That's how fun it was.
- Right. Shall we sum this up? - Yes. First, let's take a look at the teams without their added time.
Eric, Marie and Olof clocked in at 12 minutes and 22 seconds.
Nour, Lotta and Torbjörn clocked in at 15 minutes and 6 seconds.
After that, there were 100 seconds of added time for making a mistake or breaking some rule.
Some of the misdemeanors we saw were both teams spilling milk. Missing sunglasses and shoes, a fairly long list...
With these penalties, Eric, Marie and Olof end up having almost tripled their time.
- 35 minutes and 22 seconds. - No!
And Nour, Lotta and Torbjörn wound up with a total of 26 minutes and 46 seconds.
The best team!
Which means three points each for Nour, Lotta and Torbjörn.
And means that, fortunately, the first team test of the season is over and done with.
- We've got some test to go, though, don't we? - Yes, and it's a scary one.
We're going to pretend it's Halloween, and go for a round of trick-or-treating.
No...
No! No!
Hi, David.
"Give David a trick..." Quiet!
- "Give David a trick or a treat." - "Best trick or treat wins."
- "You have 30 minutes." - "Your time starts now."
Alright, alright, alright. Where's David, then? Is he here, or what?
Enter at your own risk.
Yes?
Oh. This isn't the real trick. I just wanted to check if you were home, so I, like...knew.
I'll be back.
Right. The goal here was to give me a trick or a treat.
Best trick or treat won.
- Did anyone give you a treat? - Yeah, some of each. Both sweet and sour, one might say.
Let's start with the pranksters Marie and Torbjörn.
Hi, hi! It'll be a trick.
- May I come in? - Yes.
I'm going to build a slingshot, and when he opens...
...something's going to, like, smash into him.
Going to do a prank call, I think.
Oh, damn!
Yeah, you have to... Yeah, but it's...
Yeah, you're going to get a room! I'm calling now--sorry.
- Hi, am I through? - Yes, you're through. How can I help you?
Hi. My name's Magnus Toresson.
I'm David Sundin's publicity manager.
David would like a room to relax... Yeah, I'm calling them! I'm sorry.
- To relax in after the season's over. - Okay...
- What've you got? - Let's see, then.
Yeah, I--yeah, I'm going to ask. It's fine.
I'm sorry. Could you just avoid yelling into the phone?
Yeah, I'm sorry.
14 minutes to go.
Do you have any phone number we could add to the booking?
- David, I don't know your number. - It'll have to be your phone number.
Two minutes to go.
Yeah, I'll ask. Is it possible to get champagne delivered to the room?
Yeah, we can order that.
Yes, hello?
We'll need to guarantee this booking with a debit card.
But I don't have my wallet with me. Have you got your wallet? No, god...
I did everything I could!
Trick!
- Were you ready for that? - No, I didn't see that coming.
Some got on my hand, and also here, in my forehead.
Right. Where to start? Marie, this is your first episode.
You seem to go with your first idea. Is the first idea usually the best one?
- There's a lot of thoughts at the same time. - Which type of thoughts?
Something to do with food. There's caviar and cream...
And I thought it'd be good to have some sort of effect. I didn't have terrain-appropriate shoes.
No, you can tell.
So you have to try out multiple techniques.
Torbjörn, David is basically never ashamed, not even when he should be.
- But this was a weak point. - It was hard--for me too, I should say.
I'm pretty keen to see where this is going, now.
Justifiably so. And we're going to see the rest, after this diverting break.
At long last, it's time to enjoy seeing David be put in the firing line of tricks--or treats.
Yes, in this test the contestants had their choice of exposing me to tricks or treats.
Best trick or treat won-- but not everyone picked trick.
Here come the benevolent samaritans, Nour and Lotta.
- What'd you prefer? Trick or treat? - Treat, please.
Well, like...I think I know what to do.
There.
- Hi! Here I am, bringing some candy. - How nice.
I thought everyone's going to play tricks on you, so I've got a nice little platter here.
Whoa! Wow. Thanks.
It's a bit spicy.
- Lovely. - Have a relaxing time, now. Bye. Bye.
- No! - Oh, shit.
Nour...?
Had a bit of a kick. It did.
- But it's, like...green. - A pistachio bun.
No, you--you don't have to eat any more. You can wash it down, instead.
- That's soothing. - Well, what--oh...
That was...
- You can rinse it down a bit. - Almost even more of a kick to that one, huh?
- And here we are. - Thanks!
- Thank you very much! - ...for coming to see me.
Ay, caramba! Brilliant. You transformed the tricks into treats.
Nour, weren't you worried he was going to hurt himself?
Yeah, I...I did feel a bit bad. I didn't go too fast, but all this braking...
And pulling the handbrake while hitting the gas.
Just one to go, then. Right now, it's 2-2 between tricks and treats.
- We'll have to see where it goes. - Yes, indeed! It's time to get to see Eric.
And at this early stage in the season, it's hard to say exactly where to place Eric.
We can expect more or less anything from him as we move on. Let's see.
That's horror film music...
- Are you sitting down? - Yes.
- Oh, god damn! - Here comes eye candy.
Hi! Hi, hi.
- That's right. - That's me.
So now, you've had mouth candy. You've had eye candy.
- What's left, then, David? - Ear candy.
- Eye candy again. - Mixing it up!
- Touch-candy. - Touch-candy.
David...
- Is that nice? - Yeah. What's the fifth one, then?
Umami!
- Thanks. - Thank you very much for your candy.
And I mean all your candy.
Right...I'll be going, then. Thank you, thank you.
Eric, despite David's warning ahead of time, none of us were prepared for this.
Could you explain this a little?
Yeah, I...well, it started with: "How can I trigger all the senses?"
Hearing, sight, touch, taste and everything. And then some free association with music.
- I'm slightly ashamed. - Why?
But it's important, too, to get to cut loose.
Could you tell us some more about the umami sense?
Well, umami's what remains when all the other flavors are already assigned.
That's where I wanted to be. Making David taste the unknown.
Right. Time for me to judge this, then.
It's clear who were the best and respectively the worst.
Which is Marie and Nour. One point for Marie. Five for Nour.
And the others cut such an even keel that I'm awarding them three points each.
That's how it goes. And there'll be every reason to fight until your back's pressed against the wall...
- We're competing for this T-shirt! - That's right, that's right.
And remember, anything can happen and everything can change -- it's time for the finale.
Yes, it's time for the finale.
Lotta, can you come up and read the letter to your co-contestants?
To the audience, to Babben, and to those at home.
"Carry as many boxes as you can through the obstacle course."
"You may not break or move the boxes."
"All the obstacles must be passed in the correct order. Dropped boxes may not be picked up."
"You have one attempt and one minute."
"Most boxes in the goal zone wins. Your time starts on David's signal."
- Do you understand? - Yeah.
Alright. Blindfold on. Nour, your minute starts...
Nour makes it through the slalom.
A slightly difficult step there, which she handles. And reaches the golden stair!
Where you have to get past two dangling balls.
Not her first time clearing that type of obstacle.
She passes the banana. She turns sharply to the left. Hi!
There she comes. She passes the fence...
Eight, seven, six,five...
...four, three, two, one.
- Nour managed two boxes. - Whoa! Good.
It's Lotta's turn, now. And your time starts...
And we're off.
- First, the slalom route. - No!
Lotta may have dropped a box.
She adeptly dodges the big balls.
She heads down. Moment of truth! She slides past the banana peel with no trouble.
- She gets past the master goalie himself. - Ugh!
- Ugh! I'm too afraid! - There!
There, yes. She makes it through the curtain...
And she, too, places two boxes on the marked spot.
Eric's turn, then. Wait for my cue.
And here it comes.
He selects boxes. An amount.
He passes the slalom route. Swishes by like a border collie.
He moves towards the balls, but it's starting to look a little...
Presses through--a moment of truth. And I've forgotten myself!
He makes it to the seesaw. Hi, hi!
He gets through the curtain, and he places them!
Eric raised the bar, placing three boxes on the marked spot.
Torbjörn's up next. Stand by the boxes.
On my signal, choose as many boxes as you'd like to bring.
- Come on, Torbjörn. - And we're off.
- Whoa! - Nice.
That sounded like seven boxes.
- Can he keep this up all the way? - Whoa! Whoa...
His tall...moment of truth! He handles the banana peel!
Will he handle this?
- Good! - He snuck past.
- Incredible. - But now...he walks in back-first.
Might be a good choice. And he places them!
Torbjörn placed six boxes on the marked spot.
Marie, that's what you have to beat for five points.
- Here we are. - Hi!
And head on up to the boxes. Are you ready?
- Alright, you'll have to cheer for me a bit now. - Yeah, come on!
- Work with width, now! - Remember to get going.
- That's good. Great. - Yeah, smart!
- There... - No!
Come on! You can make it! Take two! Take three!
We're trying to beat six.
And she's off. She's brought two boxes.
She's flying through the balls. Moment of truth! She manages.
But...! She could avoid it.
- Good! Careful now, with the heels-- - She's going for the seesaw.
She makes her way to the marking. She brings the curtain!
But that's two boxes on the marked spot. It is.
Right, then. Come on down, we'll tot it all up and see how it went.
This was a pretty thrilling finale. Got any results for us?
Yes indeed! Nour, Marie and Lotta carried the same amount of boxes. That amount was two.
They get three points each.
After that, we had Eric with four points.
And Torbjörn, the most boxes! A ton. Five points for Torbjörn.
Once we combine this with all the points we've worked our way towards today--
--we've got a fourth spot where we find Marie with 16 points.
After that, a shared third place. Eric and Torbjörn, with 20 points each.
And after that... what's going on at the top?
Right now, Lotta has 24 points. She got three more points there.
But if you add Nour's three points which she just received--
--to the 25 she had earlier, it's 28 points!
Nour wins tonight's show! I told you you'd get these.
These ones. Look! They're a part of the outfit.
- They feel great. Feel them. - And what have we learned tonight?
Well, the fifth sense is called umami. Watch out for buns with green filling.
And David Sundin will do anything for a grand.
See you again next Friday on TV4, and whenever you want on TV4 Play.
Thank you for watching! Come on, let's congratulate Nour.
Translation: DangBream Text: Johanna Svensson, Iyuno