Yes indeed, you're watching Bäst i Test, the show that mixes monkey business and pleasure--
--by testing out the problem-solving ability of five volunteers--
--for your primetime delectation.
Those being put to the test once again are:
The inimitable Marie Agerhäll!
The inexhaustible Torbjörn Averås Skorup!
The irresistible Lotta Engberg!
The indefatigable Nour El Refai!
And the incomprehensible Eric Stern!
And tonight you will, among other things, get to see this...
Ah! What am I doing?!
Like, how do I put it, the tits are an obstacle to overcome.
No entering the shed, Lotta.
- You're lying. - No.
Hang on, that's...
Lovely, lovely, lovely.
And here's our congregation. Hello, everyone. How are you feeling?
Excellent. I'm super hyped. It's going to turn out so-so.
Nour, how comfortable are you in this situation?
Not sure about that. I'm feeling pretty calm right now.
Once you show the things we did before, some sort of stress will probably start building.
It's incredibly fun to...like, to see the others doing it.
And on some sparse occasion, you do actually think you've been a bit smart.
And little Jack Horner is, of course, joining us this week--
Eternally consigned to his corner. David Sundin.
Thank you, thank you, Babben.
Yes, being an old scout, I'm used to finding myself in nooks and crannies.
Ah, the stories I could tell. We were a madcap gang--no?
Well, instead, I can let you know that we're about to start the first test of the evening.
Which starts with an unusual amount of letters.
- Yeah, it's me. - Welcome.
- Hi, David! - Hello.
Whoa. You started the timer immediately.
- Yeah. Hi! What am I supposed to do? - Just gotta get going.
- That's what it is? - That's what it is.
"Do the test. This isn't the test."
"Fastest wins."
"Your time started when you entered the caravan."
Yes, none of the contestants were starting out with the correct letter.
So the goal was to find the real letter, containing the test.
But since the timer was already running, they had to start quick and continue quicker.
We'll see if luck is on their side. Which letter-lookers are we starting with?
A lean and hungry young man with his whole future ahead of him. Eric Stern.
"Your time started when you entered the caravan."
Right...let's see, now.
This has to be...
Same thing, but in French.
- Alright. Your French enunciation was lovely. - Thank you. Thank you.
Good work.
- What...? Huh? - Good work.
Fun.
- No. - That's anticlimactic.
I don't get this at all.
- Why are you shocked, Eric? - Well, I--I don't feel any wiser after this.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone who's so perplexed after a test.
- I don't know what I did. - You spoke French.
That had nothing to do with anything, though, did it?
David, you'll have to sort this out.
Your goal, plain and simple, was to say the words 'thank you'.
When you did, I stopped the timer and the test was done.
This information was located in the correct test-letter...
But thanks to Eric being brought up properly, he was so polite he said 'thank you' after only 52 seconds.
That's what I'm like. That's what I'm like. Thank you very much! Thank you, thank you.
Having said that, let's take a look at the rest of this gang. Roll the tape.
Is this the one? Is there any difference between them?
"Do the test. This isn't the test. Do the test. This isn't the test."
"Do the test. Do the test. Do the test!"
- Do you have a strategy in mind? - Yeah, opening as many as possible.
...This is Spanish.
Translate. "This isn't the test."
No!
"This isn't the test."
Whoa!
- This is in French. - You know French?
- I know "ce n'est pas", don't I? - Ce n'est pas?
That was in French, but it wasn't the right one.
- Lovely French enunciation. - No, that's wrong. Have to get them all.
- "Nimm den test." Ah, that's German. - You speak German?
Yeah, I speak some German, but not a lot.
- Lovely German pronounciation. - I was close. I was so close!
It really should be the one hanging there, of course.
"Do the test." Now!
Like, you're allowed to move out of the way. I didn't make the scenography.
It's this one. Of course it's this one. No!
"Do the test." I have to start thinking smarter.
- That's smart. - Yeah.
What if I succeed, like...ah!
No! No, actually, please, go on.
Makes it a lot more fun. "Do the test."
Now...duck? "This is the test. Say 'thank you'."
"This is the test. Say 'thank you' to David."
"Say 'thank you' to David." Thank you!
"This is the test. Say 'thank you' to David." Thank you!
"Say 'thank you' to David. Fastest wins." Thank you, thank you!
- Thank you. - Good work.
- That went well, huh? - Good work.
Like, I just have to--did you feel, before you translated, that it'd be bad news?
No, I really felt--it was the first one I found in another language.
"This is another language. How do I know? I know!" I was just so focused on solving it.
- You got compliments in the process, but no one... - What? I didn't get a compliment.
- You didn't say that to me. - No compliment?
- Look, there--you could've said 'thank you'. - Me? David's the one who should be thanking me.
How'd they do, in terms of time?
Torbjörn said thank you after 8 minutes and 49 seconds.
Lotta finished in 4 minutes and 21 seconds.
Nour said 'thank you' in 2 minutes and 7 seconds.
Marie, half a minute faster. 1 minute and 35 seconds.
And the very quickest: Eric the polite, with his 52 seconds.
So, one point to Torbjörn and all his apps.
Two for Lotta, three for Nour, four for Marie.
- And five points to Eric Stern! - Thank you, thank you.
Thanks, indeed. And we're off! It's time for the next test.
Aye aye, captain! We're off to the open seas. Anchors aweigh.
- Some weather we're having. - It's wonderful.
- Some weather we're having. - Yeah, what do we call this?
- Weather. - Yeah.
Here we are, then. Having a great time. Why are you nudging me over here?
I should head down here, you think? Huh?
You mean that...?
- You can... - What am I supposed to...? Do I...?
- Ah! Ah! - Yeah, there. Look!
Oh, fun.
- Oh! Right in the middle of... - The poop.
In the poop, yeah.
Ah, no! I stepped in poop. Ah, disgusting!
"Catch the great lake monster on camera."
"Most convincing monster wins."
- "You have 20 minutes." - "Your time starts now."
I've got one thing to tell you, then. You've got one photo in that camera.
- Make it count. - Yeah.
Yes, our contestants have received one camera each--
--and are supposed to take a picture of the great lake monster, or something of that ilk.
You only had one picture in the camera, and thus only one attempt.
Who's venturing out first on their cryptozoological expedition?
We're starting strong with the adventuring trio of Eric, Torbjörn and Marie.
- Perfect! - What're you thinking?
My thinking is that I'm going to use what nature's made available.
Like this, for example. It's a little bit out to sea, too.
- Do I have to take the picture? - I can take the picture.
Alright, 20 minutes. I've gotta dash up to the house.
- Bye! - Where's the house? Here.
Monster...monster.
Is this the great lake monster?
- No! - No...
Whoa! God, that's good.
When the beast emerges from the water...
- That's the beast? - That's the beast.
Don't tell Babben. That's when you snap the photo.
Some horns, and a nose.
- No, that's so amazing. - What won't I do?
- Ah, dang! - No!
- Tell me when I'm supposed to take it! - No, that's incredible!
That's tremendous. Yeah, exactly.
Towards freedom.
- Did you get it? - Yeah!
- Are you ready? - It's so good.
- Not there--there! - The ball's floating up. The ball's floating up...
- One, two...snap! - It's so good.
- Did you get the beast on camera? - I think so.
- We'll keep our fingers crossed. - Yeah!
- Good work. - Thanks.
- Thank you very much. - Good work.
Yes, some of you went for the gold and went swimming in the dodgy autumn weather.
Didn't look too hot, did it?
It was awful, and I got a cold mouthful of poop-water.
That was my vengeful spirit.
No, we might have to have a one-to-one about this. I mean--monster?
It's an animal that isn't an animal. It's powerful. You respect it.
You want to see this. There's only one of them.
It amuses me that you're trying to weasel your way out of the heresy--
--which you've shown me and my authority as the judge of this show.
You--you misinterpret me.
Marie, you had a real monster going.
Where'd you find your inspiration?
- In the shed, I guess. Where the stuff was. - Should we take a look at their pictures, then?
We don't exactly need to...
We're going to look at the rest of the contestants, and everyone's pictures...
But first, a refreshing break. And for those of you at home, a little test:
Text "I like turtles" to someone in your contacts list.
The person who first receives a reply wins.
We've seen Torbjörn, Marie and Eric in their attempts to photograph the great lake monster.
It'll be interesting to see their pictures.
Certainly will, but we'll save the pictures and points for last.
First, let's take a look at yet another photographical excursion -- starring Lotta Engberg.
- "Your time starts now." - You've got one photo in the camera.
- Just one photo? - And you've got to make it count.
That's one lone swan. See that? They usually stick together their whole lives.
- Swans? - Maybe it's a tragic figure.
Or it's really mean. Oh, god!
Watch out. Lotta, watch out. Whoa!
- It's got kids, yeah! - There, there--
'Course it was lonely. He was mean.
Let's see how it turned out, then. Good work.
Crazy, right? My test was over and done with in 40 seconds.
It was just like: "Is that Lotta Engberg? I've gotta get closer."
"I hate her music."
You're a bit afraid of swans.
Well, it's good to be a bit careful, isn't it? They can be really mean, after all.
Let's hope it was worth it. Now it's time for Nour's photo expedition.
Here she comes: The hunter of lake monsters, Nour El Refai.
- You've got one picture in the camera. - The great lake monster of Östersund?
- That'd be a toughie. - But that's the one we're talking about, right?
- The only limit is your imagination. - Could you get that?
- Let's see, then. - You've got one photo.
- One photo. - No!
That's pretty fun, getting tips about the actual camera.
...And what was that tip?
- That the only limit is your imagination. - And...?
- I can't remember. - You've got one photo.
- Yeah. Alright. So we're done? - You've got one photo in the camera.
That'll be fun to see.
If you're lucky, Nour, there may be some slight shifting in the shadows' waves--
--which might be reminiscent of a great lake monster.
You might want to consider your thinking a little bit.
- Well, I don't listen to you, David. - Yeah, yeah.
'Cause most of what you say is just unnecessary blathering.
- You can't help yourself, can you? - No, well, it's...
When I saw your tests, I thought "He didn't tell me that".
But there is clear evidence that he said it multiple times.
I'm with you, Nour. I don't listen to David.
I mean, I've got to be around David in a few other contexts, too.
To be able to live close to David Sundin, you have to be able to turn off--
--the frequency that his voice is audible on to be able to stand it.
And with that, you sometimes lose valuable information.
- Sometimes. - Only sometimes.
Well, now that we've seen all the attempts, it's high time to see the results.
Let's take a look. We'll start with Eric's picture.
- Nice! - Wonderful backlight there.
A glimpse of what could be a great lake monster emerging from the reeds.
And let's take a look at Torbjörn's interpretation of the great lake monster.
- And there's some similarity to... - Like, not to be that guy, but it looks like...
- ...like a golden Babben, taking a bath. - In October.
- He's drowning Babben. - Yeah, there's hands there...
- Where are your hands? - On the bust.
Let's take a look at Marie's image.
- Yeah! - There's a cone-look to it.
- And we've got Lotta's image. - That's really beautiful.
I'm just thinking, if you claim to have seen the great lake monster and that's what you send in...
If you send that in to the newspaper, they might say: "You know what? This is a swan."
But let's take a look at Nour's picture, shall we? Since she's mouthing off over here...
- There we have it. - The finger! The finger's included!
Those are air bubbles.
A terrified person has taken this photo.
I can immediately tell.
It's better than a--than--a swan. I do think so. I'm sorry, Lotta.
You're also going to have a tough time sending this into the newspaper. "Here's the picture I was talking about."
"I was in Östersund. Here's the picture!"
Right, I see--I'm going to determine which one of these is the best picture of the great lake monster.
And Torbjörn? For the humiliation of a judge--
--dragging a bust into nature, drowning it beneath water...
No, no, no. One point for you.
- And so Nour, who had nothing... - No! Wait, what just happened?
- Thought you got that by now--don't mess with the Babben. - Two points.
Lotta, swans can be aggressive. Didn't see any monsters. Three points.
I had to get it.
Eric, you used what nature gave you and worked on the spot. Four points.
But Marie, plenty of effort for a grandiose result. Five points!
David, can you give us a little, shrivelled hand and bring us to the next test?
Excellent idea, Babbelito.
During the next test, our contestants will get to dress all on their own. They're big boys and girls now.
- Hi! It's me. - Hi, David.
- Hello! - Hello, hello.
- Hi! - Good morning. Good day.
God, that was a quiet one. Gotta add the sound effects afterwards.
"Put on as many T-shirts as you think you'll need for the next part."
"You have three minutes. Your time starts now."
It's as few or as many as possible.
- Or it might be exactly... - None at all. Or...?
You decide how many you want for the second part of the test.
Well, I don't exactly know what the second part of the test is.
- Whoa. Tight. - That was a really tiny one.
- Going for a third? - Ah, what the hell.
- This one's got a message. Should actually put it on top, but... - That's not how you'll do it.
- It's good to have a lot. - I don't think I need a lot.
What am I on now? I'm on five. This one was gorgeous.
I liked that one.
- Rather have too many than too few. - I think I'll need one.
- Well...two. - Two?
Two.
- I'll stop there, then. - I love 80s?
And there they are. That's a decent amount.
- Gave you a pretty funny figure. - What?
So now we've reached the second part of the test. Go ahead.
"Take off all the T-shirts in at least 30 seconds and at most 35 seconds."
"If you fail, you have to start over."
- "You may not leave the lab." - "The fewest amount of attempts wins."
- "You have 60 minutes." - "Your time starts on your first try."
First, you had to put on as many T-shirts as you thought you needed.
Marie took the lead there, putting on 18.
After that, you had to take off all of them within a five-second window:
No faster than 30 seconds, and no slower than 35 seconds.
At some point between 30 and 35 seconds, in as few attempts as possible.
Mhm, for those that loaded up on tees this might be a bit of a challenge.
Let's take a look at Marie and Nour--
--who, in total, are going to take off 28 T-shirts in 30 seconds.
- Sounds pretty...easy as hell. - Yeah? Ready...we'll say set...and go!
Oh, god!
No...one!
One, two, three, four.
Two...Mississippi.
- Stop! - That's one failed attempt.
You took off the shirts in 25 seconds. Bit fast.
Right, Marie, attempt number two. Here she comes.
Come on.
- Do you want to...? - Yeah, stop it again.
Ready, set, go.
You're keeping count a bit more.
Attempt number three. Your time starts now.
One Mississippi...
- Get going. Now! - Four Mississippi.
Five Mississippi, six Mississippi.
- Dammit! - No, backwards...
- Nice. - Approaching 40.
- No! - 44 seconds.
- That's pretty good. - Ten seconds too long.
- Something you could've done differently? - No.
Like, how do I put it, the tits are an obstacle to overcome. I don't know if you've noticed.
Attempt number four. Here it comes.
- Yeah, it's... - This shirt's so damn small!
No! I'm so uncomfortable! Help me!
No, no, we don't have this time and it's going to take too long. Stop right now.
- Go again. - Alright.
What you could do is take off everything fast, except for the last one.
That's what I've been trying to do.
Your time starts now.
That's right. Just one to go, now.
Jeez, I can't count...
That's where we want to be. Two at once. Could that be a winning strategy?
Oh, it's getting exciting now.
No!
31.5 seconds.
- Ah god, I'm going to cry. - No, what'd you get?
- I can't do this anymore! - You see, though, don't you?
- 30. - And a half.
So I'm done? Yes, yes, yes! Between 30 and 35! Oh, my god!
- You weren't listening. - No.
- I'm absolutely, 100% going to win. - That's right. Up here.
- Good work! - Thanks.
I do have to say--I got doll-shirts. It's clear here that I've received doll shirts.
All of it is super tight on me.
- Nour had shirts this big. - No, we all had the same ones.
- They were the same. You chose them yourself. - Yeah, but I--I didn't compare shirts beforehand. I wasn't instructed.
Still, you were unflinchingly positive despite many failed attempts.
A lot of T-shirts--cramped, pesky, hot, but you were happy.
- That's how it is. - Alright.
- How many attempts? - Nour needed six attempts.
Marie also needed six attempts, plus three more, so in essence nine.
Well fought, both of them. And we should be able to expect some better results from the others, right?
One might think so, but you never know.
We'll get our answer after a short but rejuvenating break.
Welcome back to the third act.
We're in the middle of a test that revolves around putting on T-shirts--
--then trying to take them off in between 30 to 35 seconds.
In as few attempts as possible. We've seen Marie and Nour.
So far, Nour is in the lead with six attempts.
Second up to remove T-shirts are Lotta, Torbjörn and Eric.
Ready, set, go.
One, two, three...
...four, five...
That T-shirt...I'd forgotten that you were wearing that one underneath, actually. That's pretty fun.
...nine, ten...
You can start calming down, here. You've only got one more T-shirt.
Turned out to be advantageous.
I shouldn't have gone for the small ones. Ah!
...18, 19...
- Ugh... - What is it, then?
29? Well, then I know that. Got one attempt now, at least.
...30, 31.
Yeah... that was 45.
- Which means everything needs to go back on. - Yup.
Let's go again, then. Attempt number two. Your time starts now.
Three Mississippi, four Mississippi, five Mississippi...
19 Mississippi, 20 Mississippi, 21 Mississippi, 22 Mississippi...
...29 Mississippi, 30 Mississippi, 31 Mississippi.
- 31.5. - That deserves a high-five, I think.
- The Mississippi-method...worked out. - Great!
- Dammit! - 26 seconds. A bit too fast.
I was halfway through before I realized I should be counting.
Attempt number three, then.
- Ready, set, go. - Come on.
In that case, the question is how long you'll need for the last one.
Can't be faster than 30, and no slower than 35.
- Yeah, look at that! By a hair. - Three attempts.
- Yes, that certainly was by a hair. - Yes indeed!
Yes, Lotta just about scraped by and was done after three attempts.
Eric and Torbjörn made it in two attempts.
Which is just one away from perfect.
- With all those T-shirts? Impressive. - Yeah, actually.
Which means one point for Marie, two for Nour, three for Lotta...
And a split first place: Eric and Torbjörn, five points each.
And you're all happy now, but it'll pass as we've reached the middle of the show.
A point of the show which no one, frankly, can see the point of.
I yield the word and center stage to mother's little Lord Fauntleroy.
Wow! Thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you. Wow!
Lovely words, Babben. Having this space to myself is a terrific boon.
Internally, I usually call it "David's corner".
In this stage of the show, I use my newshound techniques--
--to attempt to get my finger on the pulse of one of our competitors.
Today, we train the interrogation lamp on ...Nour El Refai.
- Wonderful. Exciting. - It'll be great.
Get to know you a bit better.
- You've got some opinions on all sorts of things. - Yeah, I have.
You can be like: "Oh, this is important to me."
That's something you might think. That's a slightly cool part of you.
Mhm! A bit like that. Ah! "I think, I think..."
And people do think different things sometimes.
And when you think different things, you can...
- Get along? Cooperate? - No, that wasn't what I was thinking.
- Fight? - No, not that either.
- Solve? - No, no, speak from your perspective.
- Standing up for what you think? - No.
- Debate? - That's right! Debate it.
How interesting, Nour, that you're so passionate--
--about debating, and that you find that so fun...
Because it's namely time to play "The Great Debate"!
Yes indeed, it's time to play The Great Debate.
Nour, you've received a letter which you can read aloud to your co-contestants--
--to Babben, to the audience and to those at home.
"Choose four debate techniques. You have 30 seconds to choose."
"Bring them to your seats. Your time starts on David's cue."
Four of them? 30 seconds.
- Four, right? - Four.
- Yeah, it's all just leftovers. - Good work, good work.
Now, Nour, kindly read the continuation to this test.
"Make your case to Babben why you in particular deserve five points."
"Use a new technique per ten-second round."
"The least convincing case per round is eliminated."
"The last one remaining wins five points."
Standing up, you get 10 seconds each to debate.
Once we've gone through the whole round, Babben will say who's eliminated.
The greatest debater wins five points.
- Pretty rad, huh. - Cool.
- Alright. Eric, are you ready? - Yes.
Go ahead, then!
[As if you just thought of it] There's something really fun about the way I use charm and passion to make my case.
And then there's Nour.
[Threatening and angry] I know where you live! Give me five points!
- And we've got Lotta. - Babben, you're amazing.
[Ask politely] I really would like to have five points. Thank you so much.
We have Torbjörn...
[Like Ronny and/or Ragge, a sitcom duo] Yeah, well, hot damn--we've been through some real wild times in that Ford, haven't we?
- Incredible. - And then there's Marie.
[Without vowels]
Our first round is over.
Listening to your arguments, Torbjörn's the one who has to sit down.
- I understood none of what you said. - Oh, I'm glad you understood me.
- Moving on to round two, then. - I know nothing about contests.
But points are good, or--I don't know.
[Self-deprecating] I think they're good, I mean. I've heard of points.
And then there's Nour.
[Seductively]
Lotta.
[Calm and pragmatic in a Gotland accent] Yeah, well, you know, Babben. Yeah.
Could use 'em, couldn't I? You and me, we're sisters from Gotland.
- So five points. - And then there's Marie...
[Speak while inhaling] I think it's really nice that I get to be on the show.
If I could get some points from you, that'd be so lovely.
And with that, the round's over.
Interesting round. Think this one's between Lotta and Nour.
Shit, that's a tough one... both of you are eliminated.
That's what we'll do.
Time for the finale, then. Each of you pick one argumentation technique.
- You've only got one? - You've got two left.
Go ahead then, Eric.
[In a language that isn't Swedish or English] I think you're a very intelligent woman--
--who's capable of telling me the points. Five. Very good.
And go ahead to you, Marie.
[With a merry tune] Babben, you and I have been--
--together since 2007 with my first gig in television!
I was an intern, you were my boss, it was wonderful!
Thank you very much.
Yeah, coughing up that whole thing in Spanish was fairly impressive.
Thank you for the flattery.
But the five points go to Marie Agerhäll!
And that's how we play The Great Debate.
Yes, well argued. In that case, we distribute the points like so:
One point for Torbjörn, three points to Nour and Lotta.
A four for Eric, and five points for Marie.
Right, then! I'm a bit curious-- do we have total standings so far?
You know what? We do. In fifth place we have Torbjörn, with 8 points.
After that we have Nour with 10 and Lotta with 11.
We've got Marie with 15 points, and Eric at the top with 18.
He's getting away! He's getting away.
- And what are we competing for tonight? - That would be a gorgeous picture depicting a nature motif.
It's Nour El Refai's photograph of a lake. Look at that beauty!
The photographic arts at their very best.
A lot's on the line here, then. What's next on the agenda?
Yet another test, but not just any test.
Since this show started in 2017, a few things have remained constant.
One of those things is that every other season, an ever-lying figure makes his appearance.
It's time for the karate geezer.
Oh, I recognize you. God, this is fun!
Hi, David. You look good. You look different. Very in shape.
- Should I sit down? - My name's Eric.
- Let's see, then. - I'll read this.
"Look into the future."
"Find out who the karate geezer is bringing as a guest to the studio."
"You may only whisper in an accent which isn't your natural accent."
"The karate geezer will only answer yes or no."
"Fastest one to find out the karate geezer's guest wins."
"Time starts when the karate geezer hits the gong. And remember..."
"The karate geezer always lies."
Yes, this is one geezer who knows karate, but doesn't know how to tell the truth.
After the break, we'll find out if the contestants can crack his riddle.
See you on the other side.
We're back, and before the break we met our old friend, the karate geezer.
This time, they're going to guess who he's bringing as a guest to the studio.
They were only allowed to whisper in an accent different than their own.
And remember, the karate geezer always lies.
Let's start by seeing if Eric, Nour and Lotta can solve the riddle.
- Is it a man? - Yes.
- Is it a guy? - Yes.
- Is she alive? - No.
- Is it a famous person? - Yes.
- Is it Hanna Hellquist? - Yes.
- ...But you're lying. - No.
- Is it a singer? - No.
- Is it someone who works with television? - Yes.
Yes... ...so, no.
- Is it an actor? - Yes.
- Train driver? - Yes.
- Is this a person who everyone knows who it is? - Yes.
- Would I recognize her? - Yes.
But how the hell am I supposed to know who it is if it isn't a famous person?
- Is the person a human? - No.
...Whoa.
- Is it a thing? - Yes.
- Is it an animal? - Yes.
- Has she worked with Povel Ramel? - Yes.
And it was a woman, right?
- No. - Exactly.
- Is she a karate-woman? Your wife? - Yes.
- Markoolio's mom? - Yes.
- Is it an old person? - No.
- Is the person over 60 years old? - No.
- Is she more than 70 years old? - No.
- Over 80 years old? - Yes.
Is it Babben?
You're eliminated, now.
- Is it a woman? - No.
Right now, I feel like I should've asked that question much, much earlier.
It's a living person who's a woman, more than 60 years old.
And not a celebrity.
- Does David know this woman? - No.
- Is she related to someone on the show? - No.
- Is the person someone's mother? - No.
- Is the person David Sundin's mother? - No.
- Is this someone David knows? - No.
- Is it David's mom? - No.
Yes! That means yes. Got it right.
- Is it David's sister? - Yes.
- Babben's sister? - Yes.
Who is it, then? Awfully difficult.
It's a woman. She's more than 70 years old.
David and Babben have known her for a long time. She's got dark hair.
...Is it the queen?
- Is it David's mom? - No.
- Yeah! It was! - No.
- Is it David's mom? - No.
- It's David's mom. - No.
I'm done, then.
- I mean, I sorted this out. - No.
Exactly. Should I bang the gong or something?
- Yes. - Alright.
See you in the studio, then. Are you and David's mom, like...?
- Do you have anything going on? - No.
Ohoho!
Good for David's mom, huh. Nice meeting you. Bye.
It's slightly mind-twisting.
Eric, why did you want to know if she worked with Povel Ramel?
- That's the first question you ask. - That's how I define the world.
Well, if it was an old celebrity from "Knäpp upp", the revue circuit, I thought.
You might've been onto something there.
Now, we know that David's mom is the karate geezer's date in the studio.
And here they come, the karate geezer and David Sundin's mother!
It's actually funny--a lot of people think that I'm David's mother...
I hope that tonight, we'll permanently kill that rumor.
What times did Lotta, Nour and Eric get?
Lotta cracked the nut in 9 minutes and 50 seconds.
Eric managed 8 minutes and 2 seconds.
Nour solved this task in 8 minutes and 1 second.
One second faster than Eric, and with that the fastest thus far.
Thrilling! But two people still need to see through the karate geezer's tricks.
Yes indeed, let's see how Torbjörn and Marie did.
Right, in that case, I wonder...
Ah, then I wonder if it's a television personality?
- Yes. - It isn't.
- Is it a girl? - No.
- Is it Carola? - Yes.
- Is it Sarah Dawn Finer? - Yes.
- Is it a celebrity? - Yes.
- Not a celebrity. Is it a human being? - No.
- And a celebrity? - Yes.
- Does she have blonde hair? - Yes.
- Does she have brown hair? - No.
E-type...that's not a girl, but you might be liberal about that stuff.
- Yes. - So it's E-type?
- Yes. - No?
Wait a minute. I've forgotten everything you've said.
Yeah, exactly!
- Is it a fireman? - Yes.
- Is it a dentist? - Yes.
- Is the person called their real name? - No.
Who the hell is it, then?
- Not famous. Is it your mom? - Yes.
- Is it a burd? - Burd...?
We've gotta run through the alphabet, you and me.
- Does the person's name start with an A? - Yes.
- A B? - Yes.
- A C? - No.
- Is the person called Christina? - No.
- Is it Christina Schollin? - Yes.
It wasn't, huh.
Is it...? The one from Duvemåle isn't around anymore, you can't bring her.
- Is it you, yourself? - Yes.
- Does Christina's last name start with an A? - Yes.
- A B? - Yes.
C? D? E? F?
- Have they been on TV before? - No.
- You swapped accent! - What accent is that?
- Have they been on "Bäst i test"? - No.
-I? J? K? L? O? P? Q? - Ja.
- S? - No.
Christina S...? Schollin!
Is the second letter A?
- No! -An E? An I? A K? A Q?
- The whole thing?! - An U?
- No. - You're real determined about that.
What'd I say? Christina Su...?
- Is it David Sundin's mom? - No.
Is it David Sundin's wife?
- No! - Yes.
You said no before. Wait.
- Is it David Sundin's mom? - No.
It is!
- Is her name Christina Sundin? - No.
I'll go with Christina Sundin, then.
- No. - Yes! Who the hell is that?!
I have no idea, but she's who it is, at any rate.
Sorry.
- Man, I was fast. - Yes.
Yeah, I was!
Thank you so much.
Yes, Marie--what accent was that? You practically covered half of Sweden.
I went for a free-flowing approach. I drove past every county.
- Did they take a bit longer? - They may, in fact, have.
Marie figured it out in 19 minutes and 19 seconds.
And Torbjörn in 14 minutes and 55 seconds.
None of them beat Nour, Eric or Lotto. They just finished in last place.
So one point for Marie, who was the slowest...
Two for Torbjörn, three for Lotta, four for Eric...
And a strong five for Nour El Refai!
What? How about that, huh?
Our sincerest gratitude to the karate geezer and David's mother. Round of applause!
But we've got one last test before the finale, don't we?
Do we ever! It's about to get spine-tingling, and we'd like to extend an advance warning for shocking content.
Huh.
- Hi, David! - Hello.
- It's me, David. - I had an inkling.
- Looks great. - Thank you.
"Build a tall tower on the mark."
- The mark? - Yeah, that would be over there.
That's it? Alright.
"Highest tower wins. If you make a mistake, you'll get zapped."
- This one, then? - Yeah. And I'll zap you.
- What's a mistake, then? - You'll see.
- Would you like a test-zap, just in case? - Mhm. ...Ah! What the hell?!
Uncomfortable as hell.
- And how much time did you have? - Ten minutes.
This'll be over soon.
- Are you ready? - Yes.
Your time starts now. And we're off.
Yes, this test revolved around building--
--as tall a tower as possible on your allotted mark.
If you didn't stick to the rules, you were administered a small shock.
You weren't enacting revenge for everything you've had to put up with, were you?
No, God, no. It wasn't like that.
This is a completely regular test. I wasn't enjoying it any more than usual.
We'll start with my friends Nour, Eric and Marie.
- You can't look me in the eyes. - What?
You can't be quiet for more than ten seconds.
- Alright. That won't be a problem. - No, it won't.
- What was I doing? - Don't be quiet for more than ten seconds.
- Ow! What am I doing?! - Don't look me in the eyes.
Ah! David!
- You can't enter the shed. - What the hell am I supposed to do, then?!
- Building towers is so much fun. - You can use those ones, right?
- What'd you say? - Those were great, weren't they?
- Yeah--argh! - I interpreted that as you looking me right in the eyes.
- Ah! Dammit, David! - You can't enter the caravan.
- How long? How long did that take? - You can't repeat yourself, Marie.
- Eight minutes left. - Time flies when you're having fun.
- That doesn't matter. - Why are you removing things?
I'm removing things because I want to be able to build something solid.
Could use this as, like, a hat.
This'll make it really tall. There. What do we think of that?
Let's see, then. I'm going to keep talking. I'm terrified of the silence.
I kind of don't dare to move. It's super unnerving that you're...
- No! What did I do now? - Don't say anything derogatory about me.
That's not a word.
- That'll do just fine, Nour. - Yeah? Great.
This isn't working.
Look! This is super tall, huh.
One might think it's a bit low.
I don't know if you've got any opinions. Argh! What'd I do?!
You can't walk backwards. It's plainly visible in the rules.
- Some people who do that stuff are psychopaths. - But not this guy.
Who's got two thumbs and is a nice fella? Yeah, this guy.
Doubled up there, yeah.
- I can go far, then. No! - You were running there, Marie.
- You can't run, you know. - That thing makes me need to pee.
And with those words, that'll have to do. I'm taking my bow.
You'd think the talking's over and done, but no, it isn't.
They're going under there. No, no!
You can't repeat yourself, Marie.
- A minute and a half to go. - I can look for more stuff.
Just 'cause it's fun and I've got the time.
Alright, get the tower up.
- Ten seconds. - Yeah, yeah, yeah!
There's the tower in all its glory.
Five, four, three, two, one, zero.
- Ah! - Sorry, that was my bad.
No!
I was supposed to push that. I pushed that one.
- Well, it happens. - Easy mistake to make.
- Good work. - Nice tower, that. Oh, god.
- Remember this test? - Yeah, it was so much fun.
Incredibly uncomfortable. This loss of control.
And losing your control to David, of all people.
Deeply uncomfortable.
That terrified person, that really is the worst.
You can tell from the body language that you're a sliver of your past self.
- How much did it hurt, at all? - Not much at all. Gave you a kick.
Fun rules.
I think we have different definitions of fun, David. I have fun in other ways.
I absolutely think that David got some extra enjoyment out of shocking me.
He was making up rules as he went.
- Speaking of, what were the rules? - I'll do a quick run-through.
Were there rules?
You could absolutely not be quiet for ten seconds.
You weren't allowed to repeat yourself, run, walk backwards.
You weren't allowed to enter the shed, the house, the caravan, or leave the yard.
You weren't allowed to use the judge's chair.
You absolutely could not look me in the eyes.
Plus, you couldn't say anything negative about me...
And you weren't allowed to question the test. Of course.
- Fairly reasonable rules, those. - Yes.
And how tall were the towers? That's the important bit.
Eric's tower came in at 163 centimeters. Only a touch smaller than he is.
Marie went one step beyond and ended up at 192 centimeters.
But tallest of these three was Nour, with 229 centimeters.
- And least effort put in. - Yeah, exactly.
- Are we showing the rest of the gang? - Are we ever! And there'll be zaps aplenty--
That is, after the break. See you super-duper-mega-soon.
Our contestants are currently attempting to build as tall a tower as possible.
--but David's applied a bracelet administering electric shocks--
--which he activates unless they play by his rules.
And I'm absolutely not enjoying this test more than any other.
Now, let's take a look at Lotta and Torbjörn building their towers.
- It's going to be terrific. - You don't say?
Torbjörn, your time starts now.
- You can't look me in the eyes. - I feel cowed.
Sorry. You can't enter the shed.
- Ow! - No entering the shed, Lotta.
This is a fun one.
I've gotten some curtain rods. I'm not looking you in the eyes.
- And I'm placing them... - That's certainly a tower.
Right?
You can't be quiet for longer than ten seconds.
I'm going to tell you a bit about my apartment. In my apartment, there's a door.
There's shoes and a staircase and some other stuff.
Were you ever this mean before?
You can't say anything derogatory about me.
Ow!
- I got the curtain rod up my nose! - No eye contact with me, Lotta.
I usually brush my teeth when I'm at home, too. Ow!
No entering the caravan. And Torbjörn...
- Ow! - No eye contact.
- And let's apply the king himself. - Oh, that's so nice!
I'm pretty pleased with this. And I'll keep talking.
You know who created Mulle Meck? Ow!
- You looked me in the eyes. - Who created Mulle Meck?
- Jerka Johansson's dad! - That's right. What a twist.
Two minutes to go.
- Whoa. - Amazing!
- Ow! - You looked at me, didn't you? Yeah.
I'm not sure how to reach any further, now.
Is it over soon? Is it over soon?
- Ow! - Can't repeat yourself, Lotta.
Three, two, one, zero.
It's the sado-man in you.
- Look at that, David. - Cool tower. Very slick.
- You got a touch irate at David, didn't you? - Yeah.
But I'm interested, Torbjörn-- you did this every time.
What do you mean? I had one here...no, I'm kidding.
Might've also been the need to pee.
Might've been! I wasn't thinking.
- Was shocking Lotta the hardest part? - Me?
Because you're so nice, even when you're mean!
I'll never forget one image. It's when you're sitting down at the end.
- Yeah, look at that. - Powerful stuff.
- He's laughing. - He's having a lovely time.
No, to answer your question, Nour: Not a shred of guilt. It went great.
These two looked tall, though.
Your vision's as sharp as your visage is beautiful--
Lotta's tower reached 283 centimeters.
Torbjörn assembled a tower measuring in at a whopping 386 centimeters. Tallest of them all.
Right, then. In that case, I'd like to make a simple announcement:
Eric's puny tower yields one point.
Two for Marie, three for Nour, four for Lotta--
- --and five tall points for Torbjörn! - Yes, indeed.
And remember, anything can happen and everything can change. It's time for the finale.
Yes indeed! The finale's upon us.
Eric Stern, go ahead and read this letter to your co-contestants--
--the audience, Babben and those at home.
"Make Babben think you're someone else by masking your silhouette."
"Pass behind the screen from the left to the right for at least three seconds."
"Only one contestant may walk at a time."
"The contestant who successfully tricked Babben the most times wins."
I wish you all the best of luck.
It's time to let the first person pass.
That's right...that's right.
- I think that was Nour. - You think that was Nour? Then I'll ask you to raise your blindfold.
And that person can go around and stand at the back of the line.
Sending up the next person.
That's right.
There we have...
- I think that's Marie. - Marie?
Right, then, they're free to come out and stand at the back of the line.
And the next person to pass by using a silhouette...whoa.
That's right.
- Lotta. - Lotta?
And time for Babben to look as the next person walks on by.
That's right.
- Bit tricky, that one. Torbjörn. - That's right.
Going well, there.
Babben may look.
That's right...
Oh, oh, oh.
- I think that was Eric. - Was it Eric? Babben's covering...
Let's send out the person it actually was.
Whether it was right or wrong, history has not divulged.
First round done, and with that, we enter the last one.
Everyone, it's time to pull out your peak performance.
Here comes the first. Whoa.
Yes, that person might've forgotten some trifling detail.
Babben, I need a guess.
Well, god...who do I pick?
I'll go for Eric.
You'll have to cover, so you don't know.
And we say nothing, we just...
Babben may look at the next person.
- Whoa! Whoops. - Marie.
That's right, that's right. And the next person.
I think Nour.
Let's send out the next one.
Yes, the rolling stone.
Not a lot of details to work with here.
- I'll guess Marie again. - We'll have to see about that.
Letting the next person pass...
That's right...a very tall one.
- Who do you think that was? - Lotta.
Kindly come on up.
Alright, get back to the couches and we'll see how this went.
Well, I'm certainly curious to see how I fared.
Everyone managed to fool you once, Babben.
But only one person managed to fool you twice.
- Which was Torbjörn. - Congratulations!
Which means everyone gets three points, and Torbjörn gets five points.
But despite Torbjörn getting five points, he ends up in third place.
After that, a shared second place--
--where Marie, Lotta and Nour-- they all came in second tonight.
Silver across the board!
But when Eric adds three points, he gets 26 points in total...
And he wins tonight's show! Eric Stern!
- And what did you say I'd get? - That one.
- This painting, that is. Look! - Well, I'll be--it's so beautiful.
So what have we learned?
If you look David in the eyes, you might wind up stunned.
Don't wear too many T-shirts.
And always say 'thank you'. It could be worth five points.
And with that, thank you for tonight. We'll join you again next Friday at 20:00 on TV4--
--or, until then, around the clock on TV4 Play. Thanks for tonight!
Come on, let's congratulate Eric.
Text: Johanna Svensson, Iyuno Translation: DangBream