Tonight on The Brightest Light
you'll see how Olga Leyers throws a potato at a golf hole,
how Frieda Van Wijck celebrates her birthday,
and why Dimitri Leue cleans his eyes with toothpaste.
And all of that for this man's enjoyment.
Good evening! I'm Gert Verhulst and this is the Brightest Light.
A show where five famous Flemish people grovel for me.
And all of that, because I asked.
Nice right? Sometimes life can be just beautiful.
The contestants don't know how the others did yet.
and neither do I. The only thing we do know,
is that I am the only one that may pass judgement.
I decide who wins, and for one week they will be the brightest light.
Now I'd like to introduce the contestants
The first is a woman whose years of wisdom are so far along
that she thinks this is De Laatste Show [a talkshow]: Frieda Van Wijck
Next, a man who dreams of one day having a part in a Hollywood movie
After tonight he'll get to wave that dream goodbye:
Sven De Ridder!
Our group's baby, then. She's so young,
I had to ask her via Tinder to be here tonight:
Olga Leyers!
On chair 4, a man who loves doing impressions of me, but who absolutely sucks at it.
He's here to discover in person that the original is much better:
Guga Baùl!
Our rotating guest tonight is a 42 year old man
trapped in the body of a 12 year old gymnast.
The one and only: Dimitri Leue!
Oooh! -Wow!
Impressive! Yes, it's alright, Dimi. It's alright.
Jah!
Bravo!
And as every great leader does, I also have someone in my service that does all my dirty work.
She's very funny and she also happens to look very intelligent tonight,
But that probably has everything to do with the iPad she's holding.
Please welcome: Ruth Beeckmans!
Hello Ruth -Hello Gert
Welcome -Thank you
Are you happy to be here? -I am very happy to be here.
That's understandable.
Alright, shall we just start the show? -Yes.
Let's start with the prize round. -The prizes, yes,.
The prize task. Every week, the contestants have to bring in an object, a prize from home.
At the end of the episode, the winner will get to take those prizes home.
And every week that prize has to come from a certain category.
This week you've asked them to bring in their most important document.
Yes -A document that they attach a lot of importance to.
and really changed their lives.
I'm thinking something like a beautiful love letter. -Yes, for example.
Frieda, what did you bring in?
Well, the book from the National Work for Child Welfare.
Also called "child hail" in those days.
"Child hail"? Were you already a member of the Hitler Youth?
No, but I do think it's important, because you're in so many databases these days
and files and stuff. But this is the first document of my life.
What's in there, Frieda? -It says how much I weighed when I was born.
And that is? -3 kilo 395
Wow! -Good nice baby!
Yes -And two months later, when I could eat a fruit juice,
because that's also in here. -6 kilo?
No, 5.9. Almost 6 kilo. What?
I'd grown pretty well, and that for a post war baby.
*Yawns*
Sven, what did you bring?
It's actually a whole scrapbook. -A what?
A scrapbook. -A scrapbook.
But that's not a document? -Wait, wait, there's a whole story behind it.
[Guga: "crapbook"]
In '86 I went to America -Yeah we know.- for the very fist time.
And I won a car there, in Disneyland.
I was the 20,000th visitor that day.
And it was Disneyland's 30th or 35th birthday.
And every 20,000th visitor won a car, a Pontiac Firebird.
And these are the pictures of the car? -Yes
and of me as an 11 year old.
Wooow! -So I now owned this Pontiac Firebird.
He's still the same size.
Even moer important, I find the letters I received.
From whom? -From Disney.
It says: "Dear Mister De Ridder, it is our pleasure to"
"inform you that you are the recipient of a cash award form Disneyland's '86 Gift-Given contest"
And give him an applause, wow wow wow wow!
Olga, what did you bring?
I brought um... I brought a document that means a lot to me.
Show us -It's actually a piece of cardboard.
A scrap of paper, really -Wait, wait, wait
With an autograph from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist, Flea.
I'm a big Red Hot Chili Peppers fan, I think they're very good.
Wait, I can't imagine that bassist. Do we have a picture? What he loo-
Yes, oh there he is. Oh a beatiful man, a beautiful man.
But on the otherside is... -Anthony!
No, not Anthony. -Oooooh...
The thing is, no not Anthony... But...
that might not mean as much to you. Supercute guitarist: Josh!
WOOOOOOWWWW!!!!!!!
THE Josh!
Yes, well I could've gotten you an autograph from Josje. [member of K3, used to work for Gert]
Josh! -Bravo!
No, I'm very impressed.
Okay then. -Ow, you're already noting down all sorts of stuff.
It's a real cult-group, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and a beautiful experience this summer.
Come, give it away, give it away, give it away now.
Olga, cherish it, cherish it, and put it back into the frame.
Put it under the bridge.
Guga, you're gonna blow us away with your amazing document.
Well, I have a... -I'm convinced.
This one's already laughing.
I did bring a document, the jury report from the Kunstbende [an art competition] in 2005.
From the what? De Kunstbende? -Yes, it's a yearly competition for creative talent.
Yeah, I don't know what I was doing there either.
I was about to ask. -But I did compete.
It was 11 years ago, so when I was 19.
Yeah, the jury said: "Very good humoristic points,"
"good impressionist in terms of voice position, body language. Mostly impressions we didn't know."
"Impressionist with a great future."
Wooooow -Yes, applause! Yes, yes, beautiful.
So we can conclude, if we want to give the video an upgrade,
that it's something that turned your life around.
It did yeah. They actually gave me the motivation
to do what I do now
We're very impressed, Ruth. -Absolutely.
Yes, Dimitri. -I'm also impressed.
Can you do better? That's the question. -I don't know.
No, us either. -My document is a letter from the King.
Oh, that's a promising start. -Our king.
Which king? -It's actually Albert, the second.
The last one, yes the first would've been a long time ago.
A really long time ago. I did meet our current king there as well.
May I read what this says?
Yes, of course. -"Commissioned by their Majesty the King and the Queen"
"the Chief of Protocol of the Royal Court has the honour to invite Mister Dimtri Leue, actor, author" I didn't know that,
"and Misses Dimitri Leue" she's actually called Eva De Mul, but they didn't know that apparently,
"to a meeting with Representatives of Artistic Circles."
A meeting with the King, how does that work?
We were looking forward to it a lot, to the Representatives of Artistic Circles
And there were 4,000 people there -Oh
That was a bit disappointing. -Not that unique.
We thought we'd be at a table with 50, 60 people
And then: “I think we should make art this way…” with like Walter Van Beirendonck and others
But that wasn't the case. -Was there anyone there that you knew?
Or were you like "we don't know anyone here."
All our colleagues were there, you were the only one that wasn't.
You were the only one who wasn't -You were the only one who wasn't there.
I had to work that night.
No it was obvious. It was for artistic people, I believe.
Alright, Gert. -Yeah, let's score.
Let's see, 1 point
goes to: Frieda
Because I can’t imagine anyone would be interested in Freida Van Wijck’s birth weight
Hey, now... -Except for she herself.
1 point. -She's also not interested in what you have to say.
Hello! We're handing out points!
No problem, Sven, no problem.
Olga gets 2 points.
Yeah, you've brought in an unimportant scrap of paper.
Not at all! -Maybe not to you, but it is to the rest of the world.
Guga, you get three points.
It’s a document that changed your life And that touched me a little bit.
4 points to Dimitri. -What?
Because I think it's... -4,000 people? I have: "Love, Flea"
And he didn't give that to 4,000 people? -He only gave it to me.
"Sorry for the herpes"
No, that was me.
That means, you're already beaming, Sven, because you know what that means.
I already feel good. -A beautiful document, a beautiful story.
5 points to Sven De Ridder.
If it had been a letter from Plopsaland, you would've gotten 10 points.
Unfortunatly that's not the case.
Ruth, what's the first real task?
For the first real task, Gert, we'd installed a golf course
In your front yard. Knokke in your front yard.
Have a look. -Yes, I'm curious.
Hi Ruth. -Hello.
What would you like to happen here? -I don't know.
Have a look.
And the Oscar goes to... Sven De Ridder.
"Get this potato in the golf hole as fast as possible."
"You may not touch or move the white plastic."
Seriously?
It has to be this potato?
That would be impressive, right? If I did it first try.
You are impressive.
No, no, let's not.
I'm scared.
Start.
Ah. -So...
That didn't work.
If I understand correctly, you weren't allowed to touch the plastic?
No. -So the dumbest thing you could do would be to just throw the potato.
Of course, because you won't be able to reach it if you miss.
It's the dumbest thing you could do. -It's not the dumbest thing ever.
just look at my solution. -We'll see what you did
and whether it's worth watching. -We definitely will.
Let's watch Sven, Olga and Frieda.
I expected a lot from Sven. -Why?
Minigolf seems like his kind of thing.
I could of course rely on my throwing talents
but if I miss, I can't walk on the white thingy?
No
Ah. -So...
That didn't work.
I can do other things, right? I can go get a stick.
Or something with a hook to retrieve it.
Nothing? -I don't know, Frieda.
I think that sound was an idea...
What's the plan, Frieda? -I don't know.
I might put a rope around the apple.
That's a potato. -Yes.
Take it easy, Frieda.
Come on, really?
Can you hold this? -Yes.
I thought you were gonna put this somewhere as well.
Oh no...
I need another stick.
Are you making a handpuppet.
No, but I mean...
Tying a rope around a potato isn't easy, but
it gets easier when it's in a rubber glove.
That is... -Sharp thinking.
I'm surprising myself with my inventiveness.
Fuck.
Don't get stuck.
Come on.
Oh, dude.
Come on...
You still have piece in your mouth. -I wanted in two pieces.
Okay, and then...
Fine.
Sorry, that was my own fault. -Oh, that was your own fault.
I was standing on the rope.
Okay...
Different plan.
Now what?
Stop.
What are you doing? -Yeah, come on.
Was that just out of anger? -Yes.
It's like playing pool.
Goal. -Stop the clock.
So...
No, that was too far.
Done. -Bam.
Frieda... -Didn't even need it. Fantastic.
Can I just take this home?
You might be able to use it for... Yeah what would you use it for?
Make soup for a lot of people.
Sven, Sven, Sven, Sven, Sven... A new day, a new disappointment.
The anger... The anger got the upperhand.
The giving up, why does that happen? What's wrong with you?
That wasn't giving up. I was being so inventive.
Making things, a big pipe. And then the potato gets stuck in the pipe.
But the frustration towards the potato? Is there something we should know about, Sven?
No potato. Boom potato. No.
It could be a play by Het Echt Antwaarps Theater [a theater company]
It is.
I was angry. I was angry. -It happens.
Anyway, you understand we have to disqualify you?
I understand completely.
Frieda, took 8 minutes. -I actually didn't realise
there was a time limit.
But that's usually the case in the tasks, right? Frieda, that you don't realise.
Usually it's fastest wins, Frieda. -Ah, yes
Frieda took 8 minutes and 52 seconds.
and Olga only took 4 minutes and 18 seconds.
Oh, that's half -Yeah, and Sven doesn't count.
Sven was really fast but...
Hey, who are we watching now?
Well, uh, another minigolfer. Dimitri.
Wait, "Get this potato in the golf hole as fast as possible."
"You may not touch or move the white plastic." Okay.
Could you... Could you sit on your hands and knees?
Please?
Yeah, I get that question a lot.
Oh dear. So I'm doing something that someone else did.
Attack!
Walk, now? -Yes, please.
And now? -Backwards.
Backwards?
It's already done, but I'm enjoying it too much.
Three more rounds, please.
Stop, hey.
What do you think?
I think that was very good.
Bye. -Bye.
Wow!
Good job. We're impressed, Dimitri.
Unbelievable, how did you come up with the idea of having someone else do all the hard work?
How did you come up with it?
Yeah, how did I come up with it? She went down and I crawled on...
But I didn't really come up her.
It was professional, right?
There was no lasting damage? -No, not that I'm aware of.
They haven't finished the examinations yet.
Fantastic, a good time as well? -A very good time.
It was combining the useful and the enjoyable. -Absolutely.
Was that the case for you too?
Well, I have to say I've had men on my back before,
and that was the first time that I enjoyed it as well.
Fantastic.
It could've lasted longer. -It only took...
It only took 23 seconds so that was nice.
Congratulations, very well done.
Dimi takes the lead with only Guga's attempt left to watch.
But we'll see that later, after the break.
More of the same, but totally diferent. See you soon!
Hello, we were gone and now we're back.
This is the second part of the Brightest Light.
Where five famous Flemish people are competing for Frieda Van Wijck's birth certificate.
Hip hip hooray! Ruth, where were we?
We were... We were watch the golf task
Yes, the potato. -Exactly.
We still had to watch the fantastic unbelievable achievement by Guga Baùl.
You're making us curious. -Let's watch.
When does the time start? -Now.
That one counts, I think. -Top.
No? Damn.
So good. -Yes.
Cool.
Goddamnit, hey. It's the sunglasses.
It's a Waes-effect. [Tom Waes is TV personality who's really cool, I guess] It's a Waes [haze] coming over me. [this joke doesn't translate, sorry!]
Damnit, hey.
Bravo! -Unbelievable!
Never happened before, a standing ovation for an amazing achievement.
You can all sit back down, now. It's alright.
On hands and knees? -But wait, I'd like to see that video...
He stood on the plastic. -He stood on it.
After it was in there. -He jumped from the side.
He didn't stand on it. It was an amazing achievement.
But only after the potato was in the hole. -And then the game was already over.
It was so nice that I'd love to see it again.
Absolutely. -We'll have another look, let's watch.
In slow-mo.
It's a great achievement.
That one counts, I think, right? That was in there first, no?
Doesn't he put his knees down first?
His hands are first.
They're happy.
Guga, that's not good is it, buddy.
And they're so happy because they don't want others to have it.
You're not even in the running, you gave up.
That's why, I know the feeling.
You understand, Guga, that we can't give you any points for that.
You're on the same level as Sven, in terms of points at least.
The video is clear, that means that the others do get points.
Yes, so that means for this round zero points for Sven and Guga
3 points to Frieda, 4 to Olga
And 5 points to our brave horseman: Dimitri.
Ruth, we have a new scoreboard -We have a new scoreboard, Gert, and it looks like this.
Guga is all the way at the bottom.
and then we have Frieda, Sven and Olga.
but at the top: our little gymnast.
Ruth, before we go to the next round, a question.
How many beans are there in a tin of beans?
In like, tomato sauce? -With tomatoes, yes.
I don't know. -I don't know.
You can easily get someone to count that, at least when you're in this chair. Have a look.
"Count the beans in this tin. Your time starts now."
That's it? -Yes.
Okay. I can go get stuff, right? -Of course.
One, two, three, four, five...
51, 52, 53... 60. 160.
180. One hundred and eighty.
I think 400. I think.
229, 230. This is so fun!
231, 232...
340.
360.
I might be right.
450, 51...
455. Yes. Stop. 455.
Ruth. Stop the clock.
Stop the clock. 455. I finished 2 minutes ago.
Okay. -Not okay. Right. Exactly.
Some are half beans, but I count those as whole.
And the ones that are attached by a film, are two separate beans to me.
We're not gonna make a fuss about that. 455.
There you go.
There's 455 beans in a tin of beans.
Thank you Sven, for doing that task.
Over to the next task.
Wait what? You guys didn't do that?
You've got to be kidding me.
Yeeeeeees! Yes, yes, yes, yes!
Aren't you happy you know how many are in there? -Absolutely. 455.
Yes, all of us.
Then next task, then. -Yes.
The next task is a real task, and it's a team task.
How did you divide them up? -I divided them like this:
Frieda, Olga and Guga: Team 1
and Sven and Dimitri: Team 2.
I'm curious about the... -Are we watching?
Hello.
She should be in here. -She's in here. She's here.
Hi, Guys. -Hi, Ruth.
Welcome. Have a seat cosy, all of us together.
Wait... -Yes, always so in sync.
So in sync. -Yeah, that's really okay.
This is the envelope. -Come on.
"Stage a realistic home video blooper."
"Gert will award the points to the best filmmakers."
"You have 1 hour. Your time starts now."
There you go. -A realistic home video blooper.
So something that seems real, but then goes wrong.
Videothingy... -That's what we mean.
Can we even film with this? -Olga's already started.
So something with getting hurt. -That always does the trick.
Kids falling off swings, that's always funny.
She says: something with a kid and a swing, but we don't have a kid and we don't have a swing.
Unless we make a baby right now... -I. Now, now...
You can do that, you know, with three people. -Make a baby?
The outside and the inside of an eggcell can come from two different people.
I'm happy you're part of our team, Olga.
Olga, that intimate threesome you were hinting at, did that end up happening?
No, no, no -At least not with us.
Frieda, kids falling off swings, you like that?
That can make me laugh sometimes.
Yes, is there more of this type of stuff that you enjoy?
Adults falling off swings.
I have to be honest, I like seeing people fall,
pianos falling on heads, that sort of dangerous stuff.
I can enjoy that which explains this excellent task.
and I'm curious, I'm curious. Which team are we watching first?
Let's watch Olga, Frieda and Guga's team first.
It's grandma's birthday and I made a beautiful whipped cream cake.
Look at that. -Especially for her.
Dearest Grandma, happy birthday. -Thank you.
Oh, you didn't have to do all this.
Congratulations, grandma. -Thank you.
That really wasn't necessary. -The first centenarian in the country.
Congratulations. -Come on, blow out the candles. Come.
Come on, what now?
Nice.
Frieda, you were a grandma, 100 years old, that wasn't a problem for you?
No, it fit me well, I thought.
You thought it was an honour, apparently, to play that part.
Well done. -Thank you.
One small bit of criticism: you hesitated a bit when Guga was pushing you into the cake.
Yeah, what would you do?
Yes, let's look in a bit more detail.
Look, there we go.
You're standing in front of the cake and we can see you're holding back.
And there wasn't a lot of cream on your face. Were you scared of the whipped cream?
I was a bit scared of getting whipped cream on my glasses.
I thought it was bit underwhelming.
What I did like was the double pay-off. You think: it happened, pie in the face. But then the camerawoman falls
in the water.
Did it take a lot of convincing for you to do that, Olga?
I didn't really fall into the water. -I knew it!
What happened, then?
I actually just, like that... and then this with the GoPro
and then I threw the GoPro into the water so it looked like I was falling along with it.
So you just threw a camera into a pond?
Thank you. That suddenly makes it a lot less interesting. Yes, the other video.
Yes, it's here. -I hope so.
It exists. Let's look at team 2. Team Oompa Loompa.
The best party of the century is going on in our own back yard.
And now we go straight to... -9-9. Ruth...
...the live finale... -9-9. I'm winning.
I'm winning. -...of the ping pong tournament...
10-9.
Matchbal. Come on guys, watch. -Is everyone else already out??
Okay. Svennie.
Dimi, you okay? -Ary you alright?
Did I get it? -Hey...
No, but seriously. -Did I get it?
Did I get it?
That's impossible.
Is your back okay? -Did I get it?
Yeah, dude, you won. -Yes!
Sven and Dimitri very good job. A bit of shame for my ping pong table.
Had you been drinking? -No.
Oh, You did look like it. -That was performed. That was...
acting. -That was acting.
Very very good acting. I suggest we score it.
Okay, who gets what points?
I have to be honest, I thought Sven and Dimitri's video
had everything that a good home video should have, a family reunion with a drunk aunt filming.
So they get 5 point. It was very good, yes.
A 100 year old that gets a cream pie to the face, I can also appreciate that.
So the other team still gets 3 points. -Alright.
We have a new scoreboard, Gert. And it looks like this.
Not a lot changes. We see Sven jump over Olga in the middle.
But still at the back, Guga, and in front, Dimi.
Ruth, what's the next task? -The next task is back at the house, Gert.
I can already reveal that there was blood, sweat and tears. Mostly that last one.
My little sun. -Hi, Frieda. You are the sun.
Hello. -Hi, Ruth.
What's this? -Looking forward to it?
Yes, of course. I'm always very curious.
What's this?
Do I open the letter? -Yes.
Or with the iPad? -No, use the letter.
It's old school.
Do I have to open it in an original way? Or does that not matter?
The best... Yeah, see, that's good.
"Fill this eggcup with as many tears as possible"
As many tears as possible? "You have 20 minutes. Your time starts now."
That's not true.
Come on, mister actor.
I just drove past a church. There was a funeral.
Okay, come on.
No, is that not allowed?
I don't know how much those people will like that.
They'll want me to win as well, right?
Sven, was that your cup of tea? -No, I thought it'd be really hard.
Because, yeah, the environment wasn't sad. -Wasn't Ruth there?
It was fun. The sun was shining, it was a nice day. -I thought this'd be perfect for actors.
Yeah, but that's, you can't... -You'd have to be really good.
No, because you're a character, then. You can imagine being that character.
What the character is going through. -Couldn't you do that here?
But I'm playing myself. -Yes.
I mean if there's one thing that's sad...
I guess not! -Ruth, how would you do it, as an actress?
As a real actress. -Just do it, right?
Just do it, easy as that. Let's watch.
We'll just try first.
I'll have to take of my glasses, then. And all of my make-up ruined.
Maybe laughing could do it, I think.
I could also...
Are you really gonna scrape out the fluids?
I can't just start crying.
Can you see them?
There's nothing to see, Sven. -Come on, man.
Yes, then...
Would they have onions here? That usually works.
Nothing's coming.
Ridiculous.
Is this what you lived this long for?
Yes, indeed.
I have diplomas and everything. It's not that.
There's just nothing...
I can't cry.
Isn't there something...
Something very sad. Tell me a sad story.
Don't laugh.
I have... E.T. You need the whole backstory, otherwise...
Wait, there's another one. I have some time right?
No, this doesn't work. I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
This doesn't work. You have to watch a full movie...
You can't just watch a fragment. Because then you don't get the whole storyline.
Not E.T., not The Champ.
What about Mega Mindy and the Dolphin Theft? [a kids movie]
Frieda and Sven, I almost need to cry myself, at how bad you guys did.
Sven, at one point you went like this -Yes, to try and get something out.
But nothing happened. -No, nothing was coming.
But but you did have some water in your eyes, I thought. -Yes, but they weren't coming out.
Not enough to produce a single tear? -No, no.
I expected more of you as an actor. -Yeah, but I mean, there are tricks, like Vicks sticks
But you have it with you? -No, it was on the set of Familie [a soap]
No tears for now, Were there tears with any of the others?
Let's start with Guga's attempt. He also tried onions first.
Do you remember, Guga? Is it coming back? -No, it's not, actually.
But after that you'd found a better idea on Google, have a look.
"How to get tears out of eyes." There you go.
With tabasco. Maybe they have it here.
Tabasco...
Wow, really? Are you going to do that? I'm not joining you, then.
No? -In your eyes?
Not in my eyes.
Underneath. You don't put the onion in your eye, do you?
Ouch...
Yes, that's my eye.
Wow. -I don't know...
Does it hurt? Or is it sadness? -Yes.
It stings.
Who puts tabasco near their eyes?
Jesus.
Yes, but.
Yes, yes, that was a fat tear.
I'm not gonna... -Yes. Oh, damn...
Three on the ground. There's three tears on the ground.
Jesus.
Damn.
Burns.
I can't handle this.
It says it on here. Burns.
Wow, Guga! Tough.
I can feel it again.
Like a real man would do it. Was there any lasting damage?
No, I don't think so. It did that day, my eyes were on fire.
Nothing more? -Just pour water over it, and bread, and milk.
Congratulations, there were some tears and there's some more coming now. How many exactly?
Yes, Guga, some of them didn't make it into the eggcup, but he ended up getting around 7.
But it could have been more? -There were a lot more, but only 7 tears made it into the eggcup.
Guga, it may sound disappointing, but you're in the lead for now, congratulations!
Ruth, Ruth, Ruth, so many emotions. Let's have a short break to calm down.
Ruth, before the break I'd like to ask a question.
I've been wondering, how many grains of rice are there in a bag of pressure cooking rice?
I wouldn't know, I also don't think there's a way to figure it out.
There is, at least when you're in this chair. Have a look.
I'm already going mad, from before.
Read it? -Well, yeah.
It might be something totally different. -Let's hope.
Come on.
This doesn't work. I'm going crazy.
That's not fun.
Do you want help? -No, because then...
You have a lot of trust in me. -Yeah but, yeah...
Do you want me to go get scissors? -No.
Sven, you don't need to get mad at me. -Yes...
What kind of stupid task is this? -I didn't come up with it, did I?
There you go. See this. This is the game.
No, it's all on the table. -Done. Fucked.
Come on, let's count together. -I'm covered in rice.
Wait.
That doesn't work, Ruth.
But how many are in there? -Well, you calculate it.
If 100 grains is 1 gram... -Yes...
And 100...
Wait...
This is gonna take longer than just counting. -No, shut up. Wait.
130. 130 is in here.
Without that it's 129.
So a 100 grains is 1 gram. -The bag also has a weight.
Yeah, yeah, the bag weighs nothing. 100... Let me calculate.
100 grains is 1 gram.
Quiet. Quiet. Quiet.
I can't think.
100 grains is 1 gram. -2 gram...
Is 200 grains.
100 gram... -Is 1 gram.
No...
100 grams are 1,000 grains. -Yes...
Right? If 1 gram... -Is 100 grains...
So a 1,000 grams... -More grains.
No...
So 1,000 grains is a kilogram. -No, I already have paper. Here.
100... Wait, hey. 100 grains is 1 'gr'.
Gram. -Yes.
But 100 grams... Add two zeros.
Ha... That's 10,000 grains.
10,000 grains.
10,000, and it was 130.
So another 30 grams.
Wait, hey. 100 and 30, so another 3,000.
13,000 grains.
Stop the clock.
You're taking over this whole show. -That's me. 13,000 grains.
Welcome back and thank you, Sven.
I do have to say, there's actually 6,500 grains in there.
So I think there's a small calculating error somewhere. -A calculating error, calculating error.
But thanks anyway. Now we know that as well. Thanks, Sven.
Ruth, where did we leave off the serious business?
We were watching famous people crying.
And Guga was ahead with 7 tears.
7 tears. Who do we still have to watch?
We'll watch Dimi, en Dimitri really digs deep inside to his darkest emotions.
How do you get them in here?
There's methods, right? Don't you know any tricks?
There are tears. There are tears already.
Come on, they have to... -Yes, but they're not rolling.
No. Yes, onions and...
I find that sad too.
I think that's so sad.
Cry.
Cry, Bumba.
Cry!
Bumba.
I'm going to the bathroom, are you coming? We're looking for Vicks.
Are you just gonna smear that in your eyes? Come on, Dimi...
Dimi... Yeah that stings, shampoo in your eyes.
Yes, if that... No nothing. Toothpaste maybe.
Yes, that's, I think, a good idea. -Yes, toothpaste is good.
How much time left?
13 more minutes.
13 lovely minutes. -13 more minutes.
Very fun.
Oh, shit. -It's starting?
I can't open my eye. The toothepaste is sealing my eyes shut.
Ruth, are you still there?
Isn't it the shampoo that's starting... -Fuck it.
It hurts.
Fuck, man, that's impossible?
I'm gonna do one cup of boogers...
Here. -Come on.
These are beautiful images.
Hello there.
Can I put this under you eyes as well?
Yes, right? -No.
Yes. -I do have my own opinions.
I'll go find someone. -Okay.
Are you good criers?
We'll see.
Makes you wonder why these pretty women are working behind the scenes.
Oh, Joyce... -There's one coming.
Here. Somewhere here. -Perfect. Yes, we got it.
We got that one.
Where's yours?
Oh, a good one.
That hurts.
Don't cry too quickly.
Yeah, that's in there as well. -And you're not doing anything yourself?
No. Come on, I'm being productive. -Definitely.
Stop the clock. -Thank you.
Thanks. -Bye.
Don't run into anything.
They were good ones, huh?
Very good.. -I chose the right ones.
But you didn't thank them. -Of course not. This is their job.
Yeah, if everyone needs thanking for doing their job.
Congrats Dimitri; you used all the tricks in the book I wonder how many ended up in the egg cup.
They all missed the cup.
No, no, no, no, no. Dimi collected in total
9 tears in his cup.
Did you count boogers? -I absolutely did not count boogers.
There were 9 real tears. -Real tears.
Only one cryface to go. -Let's watch Olga.
And what's the... What's the game plan?
Put on sad music.
Okay, you alright? -Yes.
I know how to get it going.
Wait... -That dries, you know.
Yes, but...
No, but if you get something heavy... Wait.
I can't really get to my crying zone when everyone's watching.
I'm just gonna close my eyes. -Of course, go ahead.
I'm going to listen to Hallelujah. The Jeff Buckley version.
There's an ad.
It's a hard time, puberty.
It's over.
Wow.
Time's up.
I'm sorry but...
Are you really sad now, Olga?
Of course, you can't cry otherwise.
I can't cry without sadness? -Poor thing. What are we doing to her?
How else do you cry?
Yes, Olga. Very impressive. -Very impressive.
How did you do that? -You can see who is the real actress here.
What were you thinking of? What were you thinking of?
I actually had a tip, but it's quite dark to say on this show.
Ella [her sister] went to an acting school, and her tip was to imagine a graveyard
and then on the gravestones there's the names of your dad, or your sister, or...
It's very dark. I went deep. -The ambiance is going down.
Yes, that's really gruesome, but it worked.
Just her dad. -Oh, Okay. That doesn't matter then.
Yes, but you're the youngest of us all, and being able to bring up those emotions...
I think they had a lot of good times in the Leyers' family.
I was imagining a sepia montage of all our holidays,
and one day it'll be over, and one day they'll die.
Putting on the music was also brilliant, when I want to cry I always put on music by Soulsister. [her dad's band]
Ruth, you also looked quite touched. -Yes, I was also very impressed,
to just cry from nothing. I can only do that when I'm looking in the mirror.
That's true. -I understand.
But did it produce any tears? It looked spectacular, but how many tears actually fell in the eggcup?
A lot of tears landed in the eggcup a whopping 13.
and it was pure emotion and that's why Olga wins this task!
The scores. -So Olga gets 5 points.
Sven and Frieda didn't actually cry so you have to decide what to give them.
Give them both one point for the effort.
One point each. So you get 1 point.
Guga gets 3 points
Dimi 4 points for 9 tears.
and that gives the following scoreboard:
A lot changes.
Yes, a lot changes. But still at the top with 18 points is Dimi!
Of course, we don't know tonight's winner yet.
We have one task to go and that one takes place live in the studio.
There you go.
Everyone's chained up and ready, and it looks like they're enjoying themselves.
Ruth, tell us. Who gets to read the task?
Today, that is Olga. -No.
Yes. -I'm not that good at reading yet.
Are you stuck?? -Yes, yes, yes, yes...
Come on, keep your legs closed.
"Crack the code, free yourself and sprint 1 metre to cross the line."
"Fastest wins." -Crack the code. The code will be given to you in small increments by Ruth.
It's a combination lock so the code has something to with maths, Sven.
Ruth -Ready? 3,2,1
You need to open the lock, that's the goal.
Are there hints coming? -I'm surprised, Frieda, that you can handle the handcuffs that well.
Mine at home are plush.
A small hint, Ruth?
A small hint. The first number,
the number of tears Olga produced minus Dimi's number of tears.
Frieda, you didn't pay enough attention did you?
Sven do you know? Oh Sven knows. Sven is very sure of what he has.
I already turned it, but I'm keeping my thumb on there so they can't cheat.
Oh, that's smart.
Another one? -Yes
The middle number... -The middle one, ah, okay.
The middle number is the first digit of Gert Verhulst's weight. [in kgs]
We agree on that...
What could that be...
A 1 right? -Yeah, what else could it be?
It's not a 7.
The third, the third, the third.
The last number is the square root of the...
Are you not gonna win?
The last number is the square root of the first number plus the second number
Good, Guga.
Come join me.
Yeah, what are we doing in the meantime?
Sven, well done!
Come.
Are you this happy because you got second, or because you got that square root?
Because I got second! -Oh, yes.
Because I just guessed for the last one.
Until I got it right, but that means I got the first two right.
Congratulations, Sven -Congratulations, dude
Dear Ruth, I think this might be a lost cause.
Let's end it there, give us the solution, Ruth.
13 - 9 = 4
The middle number is the first number of Gert Verhult's weight:
A small 1. -Only a small one, right?
A small 1.
The last number is the square root of the first number plus the second number.
Really? You weigh more than 100 kilo? -Yes.
I'm glad that surprises you. This means we only have two winners: Sven and Guga.
That also means we know enough, Ruth, to calculate the scores.
Come have a seat while Ruth does the maths. Have a seat.
The points? -Yes, it's actually very simple.
There's three people on the bench that never escaped, so they get no points.
Sven was second so he gets 4 points.
and Guga gets the full 5 points
That means we have our scores and we know the winner. -We do indeed, Gert.
Let's have a look. -It looks like this:
Look at that. -All the way at the bottom Frieda,
then we have Guga, Olga, Sven,
but our winner tonight is the amazing Dimitri!
Ladies and gentlemen, this week's brightest light is Dimitri Leue, congratulations!
You will receive the important documents and can take them home
Of course, I'd like to thank the other panelists tonight:
Frieda Van wijck, thank you, Sven de Ridder.
Olga Leyers and Guga Baùl!
And of course, my fantastic assistant: Ruth Beeckmans!
That was this episode of the Brightest Light, Dimi is the brightest light,
I thank you for watching, and remember this: if life isn't going your way, just think of a crying celebrity.
Subtitles by u/JummyInMyTummy.
With minor edits by u/TaskmasterMaster.