Yeah!
Come on!
"Is this good enough?"
A warm welcome to Kongen Befaler, where brilliance and stupidity
live in symbiosis.
By my side, the love child of brilliance and stupidity,
Olli Wermskog.
Thank you for that, I think. - You're welcome.
And by my other side, the love child of noble beauty
and noble metal, a bust in gold of me.
Today, we have Henrik Fladseth, Ina Svenningdal,
Ole Henry Snildalsli, and Pernille Sørensen's love child,
Thomas Numme!
One thing I really don't like or tolerate is people who give up.
I can tolerate eggs, gluten, nuts, etc. better than I can people who give up. [Olli is famously allergic to all of these things]
Zyrtec doesn't work against people who give up. Too bad!
For today's prize task, I've asked them to bring
something they've given up on.
Could be all sorts of things. It could also be very personal.
Today's winner is also the lucky winner of everyone else's stuff,
so of course, someone could be left with five variants of unfinished crap.
I'd like to start with someone who's given impatience a face.
I'm looking at you, Ina.
Oh, right.
Okay. Yes... I'm impatient about several things in my life,
and this is a result of that.
Right.
It's three years old, and I still haven't been able to finish it,
get rid of it, throw it away... - Is it alive under there?
Could be. But it is...
An Icelander. [Icelandic sweater, or lopapeysa]
Which for knitters is a... - Nightmare.
It is a nightmare to knit.
First of all, it's the same all the way through. It drives you crazy.
Then I chose to knit it with ridiculously thin needles.
I think this took me about a year. It's, I don't know... Four years old.
So if somebody wants to finish it, if I get it back home...
What's the problem with Icelanders? Why is it so hard?
It's so boring. You've started and think it's fun, then you get here
and this is supposed to be 70cm before I put the sleeves on...
There's not even another pattern on the chest.
It's the same all the way up. - Just lice all the way up.
If it makes you feel better, I've come exactly as far as you.
I've given up because this row is slanted.
I realised it when I got there, so now I've got to unravel it.
So I really feel you. - Thank you.
That's more of a dress. - Now it's a skirt.
Now I wonder if I've come to the wrong show.
I almost gave up my life, having to hear about knitting
for more than seven seconds.
At least the task is accomplished. - Thank you.
Pernille. - I...
Don't tell me you have an Icelander under there. We can't take that.
I can tell you that... I'll show you first.
I've brought a hat, because...
I've always wanted to be someone who looks good in a hat.
A lot of times on holiday,
there's a lot of naughty ladies that walk around and are lovely.
You become very lovely if you wear a hat.
So when I'm in Tenerife, I might have spent some money...
This is just one of seven hats. - You haven't given up.
I've tried for a while to be someone who can pull off a hat.
Then you come in the hallway at home, and then you've got...
It's just not... - I mean, it looks good.
You've got to own it. I want to be able to go to a party and wear a hat,
and nobody thinks about it.
I think this looks a little bit like what's on the incinerator toilet.
The little bonnet that wraps around it to seal it up.
When that thought came to my mind... I once tried wearing it to a party.
I felt like, "Here I come in my hat."
It's so much, "I have this on my head."
To me, this has become an incinerator...
Can you give us a little walk and see if you can walk naturally in a hat?
It's the hat that comes with you.
It just looks like I have something on my head.
It was a bit floppy on the snout as well.
Very floppy and unpredictable in the brim.
I've just given up being someone who wears a hat.
Lovely. Thomas.
Right. What I've given up, which I've brought today,
is the summer body.
Wow! - Look at this.
What a handsome man.
This can't be many years ago. - No. And this is an athletic type.
Like 170 pounds of muscle. Very pleased with that.
But for the observant viewer, this is where decay begins.
You mean you have to look carefully. - Yes. This is where decay begins.
This is where I became very fond of white bread with Danish salami.
And if you continue to eat white bread with Danish salami,
and you stop exercising, and you add some beer and gravy,
it becomes impossible to keep your summer body.
That's understandable. I know that condition.
I'm sure a lot of people think that it's hard to imagine
when I still have clothes on...
Imagine the difference.
That's why I've taken an illustrative photo that makes it clear.
Sure, it's...
It's another human being. - Yes, it's more human being.
You need to look for the kid in there.
Lovely. Ole Henry. - Yes.
I've given up... Growing up, I went to Sunday school a lot.
Went to church a lot, and there you have a lot of collections.
It sounds like you went to Sunday school more than once a week.
It was every Sunday.
We went to church a lot. And they pass around a collecting box.
So what I've given up, it's this collection box.
I've given an awful lot here, to the kingdom of heaven!
Oh, given up. - Given up there.
You've overthought the task, haven't you?
Something you've given up. - I've given up.
This task is solved in panic.
No, this one, I think, actually... It needs to be returned.
I could ask since you're here.
Have you been punished or did you get anything in return?
No, I haven't received anything yet. It's a bit like the lottery.
No, you never know.
That collection tends to go into other pockets before it gets up.
Right.
Can you make a desperate plea to get God to save you?
Maybe this is where you get paid back.
Yeah, now. He's given up!
I've given up! You get the joke, right?
Yeah, you got it. It's not that we didn't get it.
It's acceptable.
Maybe we can pass it around here.
Fine. It's been accomplished.
Right. - We're going to the last one, Henrik.
You won't believe it, but I have the same solution as Ole Henry.
No, I won't believe that. - I'm a neat freak, Atle.
I like systems. And a project I was about to embark on,
was to basically make an absolutely fantastic spice drawer,
Wow.
with sections where I was going to put herbs in one section,
leaves, cloves, bay leaves in another section...
Full system and order. - You've got it all, sort of.
I've bought loads of little jars.
Very small. - This is for fennel seeds.
And here I've actually written on it, "fenugreek powder".
Really?
Fenugreek powder, that must be the last spice in existence.
I cook a lot, but I've never had fenugreek powder.
Have you ever made a butter chicken? - No. That's where you need it?
Yeah, you can use it there. - You're not quite sure.
And then I find out, herbs expire. Lose their aroma and everything.
So this project, I've basically given up on.
My spice drawer now looks like this.
That's it. It looks like everybody else's.
That's what it looks like.
You haven't just given up, you've completely boycotted it.
You're so pissed off about it. "Serves you right!"
I think that one box actually... There's a red note, see that?
That's fenugreek powder. - And it's on the very top.
You use it a hell of a lot. "That's what I use the most."
That's a menu I'd like to see. Your weekly menu. Great!
Beautifully accomplished.
Scores to be scored. - Yes. Have you decided?
Yes. I'm not falling head over heels for your pun, Ole Henry.
That's gonna be 1 point. You were afraid of that.
I think we'll give 2 points to your saffron buns,
or the Icelander, as it's called.
3 points for the hat. - Thank you. Not too bad.
I think the spice rack gets four, and you get five!
Wow.
Five for sharing.
That was good.
Now it's time to let our contestants bask in glory.
A sense of accomplishment.
Take credit for hours of work with the least amount of effort.
Then it's fitting that we let the contestants clean up the last balls
and put them in the outhouse with the other balls.
Wait a minute! Wait a minute.
I promised myself, now you've got to take it easy.
"Clear the garden of balls..." - "...and put them in the outhouse."
"The task ends when all the balls are in the outhouse and the door is closed."
"Fastest wins." - "Your time starts now."
Oh, my goodness.
This is the calm before the storm. Henrik, you smell something fishy.
I've been watching your show a little bit.
What is it you're thinking isn't quite right?
Don't answer. We're preserving the suspense.
It can't be as simple as putting seven balls in the outhouse.
No, it can't be that simple.
Why don't we just leave these rhetorical questions for a while,
while we review the results? - Yes. Give me the whole bunch.
The whole bunch. You've got it.
"Clear all the balls."
There's a lot of balls in the outhouse, and I'm not taking any out.
Happy? - Super happy.
Holy crap.
Are you good at clearing up? - Yes.
No, no, no!
No! How did I miss that? There's a hole there.
I need to get a tool.
Is it that simple?
Oh, bloody hell. It wasn't that easy.
Oh, how lovely!
Is that a latch?
Oh, that's so me.
"Put the balls in the outhouse."
Inside, right?
Fuck, no!
Right. Here's a hole.
That's too big, I can tell. If I open it, they'll all come out.
There are lots of balls in here. Okay!
I'm so...
What's this? I was barely...
Oh! Okay...
I have to tip this over. Can I?
I should've tipped it the other way!
Then I just need a shovel.
Whoa!
Holy crap.
If that's not a gutter, I don't know what is.
Then just work it a little bit. The slope isn't the best.
I can see this is going about as slow as pushing them in the door.
What's the plan? - If I cut this open a little bit...
Oh boy, oh boy.
I just need to plug the bottom.
Ouch!
Tight as a sieve!
Put it over like this. There.
It's possible that people at home... Hello to you,
sitting there with crisps, laughing at me.
What would you have done differently?
It's not like I have anything else to do. I've set aside the day.
They're starting to come out again. Now I'm getting pissed off.
If we do this, they're all in.
There. Now there's no more here.
If one ball isn't in, it's all for nothing.
I think about that every second. Every millisecond, I think about it.
See you later.
Goodbye. - Bye.
Ole Henry, did you notice there was one green ball left there?
No! There it is! No...
I like you to be very meticulous and do the job a hundred percent.
I'm terrified that I've left a ball behind.
You should be. But now let's do Ole Henry first.
What are you thinking, Olli? - In total, there was 8,467 balls.
Then there was the green ball you left behind. That makes 8,466 balls.
That means Ole Henry did 99.988% of the job.
That's not 100.
It's not 100%, so it's a disqualification.
No! - There's nothing I can do about it.
I stood there for hours stacking! - I'm more upset than you are.
But I'm going to have to fail you. The task is not accomplished.
You might as well have not done anything at all.
You were at it for over 40 minutes.
The rest of you, then.
There's not much more to say than, look at Ina.
That's how you do it. She's done everything right.
She still thinks she's forgotten a ball. You haven't.
Breathe a sigh of relief. Henrik. - Did you forget to put the hatch on?
Was the hatch on the door, for Ina?
The hatch on that door? - There was no hatch on the door.
You push in, not out.
Did it hurt to see Inas solution? - I was just looking behind the shed.
I looked behind the shed and the door opened.
It wasn't quality assured. - A little tap.
But what were you doing back there? - I tapped.
Were you just feeling the shed? - Thomas.
That was 20 minutes of panting, straining, and swearing.
Just another day at work. - Absolutely.
You sorted it out quite nicely in the end. I want times.
Ole Henry: A little over 40, but it didn't matter.
It was a disqualification.
Pernille: 56 minutes. - I was at it for a while.
Henrik: 37 minutes. - Thomas: 21 minutes.
Then it was 57 seconds for Ina.
Wow!
We have the scores here. - That's impressive.
There you go. - Oh, yeah.
That wasn't a flying start. Let's look at the totals so far.
It's Numme at the top! It's close and not so close.
You're the only one making it not close, Ole Henry.
Next task. - There are possibilities.
Time for a little commercial break. I'll take a teeny-tiny nap for now.
Now we're done burning the candle at both ends, Olli.
Should we slow down a bit? - On the contrary.
We need ambition. Both ends are for amateurs.
I want to burn the candle at as many ends as possible.
Perfect.
Whoa!
Hey there.
"Hey there."
Is it some kind of poetry or is it...
"Burn the candle at as many ends as possible. The most ends wins."
"The only way to ignite the ends is with this match."
There's one match.
"The match can only light the ends."
"You have eight minutes, but the time is doubled"
"if you read the letter again as slam poetry."
"Your time starts now."
This was very straightforward. "Light the candle at the most ends."
Here, all ends must be lit with the one match you've been given.
And we can hope to get some slam poetry.
Then they'll have twice the time available.
Where do you want to start?
Do we have someone who's too smart for their own good here?
We have someone who's possibly a little too forward thinking.
We'll take that person.
One match. There could be several possibilities.
If it's that I can't use my hands...
...it's advantageous to light it and then read the letter.
But there's only one match. That'd be awesome.
Should I gamble?
"Burn this candle at the most ends."
"The ends can only be lit with this match."
Can only...
I lost miserably.
This is a rubbish task.
It went so-so.
I gambled and lost.
The timing was perfect. The match went out just as...
Are you a gambler in real life?
Not really, but it was worth trying for once.
Imagine if I had succeeded. Then talent scouts would've come in.
Pulled me out and applauded. - But it was a nice moment.
We enjoyed every moment. - We have more good moments.
I have a lot of faith in Pernille, Ina, and Ole Henry,
so let's see Thomas.
You've got it. Let's see Thomas.
At the most ends.
There's one match. I don't know.
Is this good enough?
No!
That's the answer to your question. No! That's not good enough.
When you're told to light the candle at as many ends as possible,
you light it at both ends, which are the original ends of the candle.
And then you think you're off the scale of possibilities.
That's a definite no. - Okay.
We won't dwell on it. - I'm excited about the other ends.
Yeah, absolutely. We need a little outside the box.
It's good enough to be in the lead. That's what's amazing.
You're in the lead, but you haven't had fierce competition yet.
Shall we see the ones I had faith in?
Let's see Ina, Pernille, and Ole Henry.
It's easy to think that a candle only has two ends. Here, we can make more.
Then I'll unravel this so that it becomes more than just one.
I'll do the same at the other end.
And if, contrary to expectations, I need more time,
then we'll have slam as our last resort.
That should be a rule of life, having slam as the last resort.
Burn this candle at more ends.
The most burning ends...
...at the same time wins.
Who won?
Your time starts now.
One end.
Ouch!
Ouch, ouch, ouch.
There you go. One more?
One, two, three, four, five.
So five ends, I'm pretty happy with.
How long is that string?
Oh!
I'll take that, then.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three, four, five.
Nine ends.
Bloody hell, I could've cut it in half!
Okay. I'll go with slam then.
Burn this candle.
Most burning ends at the same time wins, or not.
If we win, you and I win.
You have eight minutes. The clock is ticking. Ticking now.
The clock is ticking, ticking.
Clock, clock.
You had 20 seconds left. - My time starts now.
But then I've doubled my time. - Eight minutes.
But now, I don't have a match. - No.
Fuck! I slammed without needing to. - That was your last resort.
That was my last resort!
You're very generous. You give an awful lot with nothing in return.
I started out by saying your last resort in life is slam.
Then I do it. - Then you wanted to after all.
But it turned out beautifully. Nine ends are good anyway, though.
You can get an extra point now
if you want to repeat the slam poetry in Drammen's Theatre.
But the beauty of slam is it's created right then and there.
I don't mind if you do a new one. - Do I get extra points for that?
You get an extra point. - Wow!
I'm making a new slam. Slam that's new, newer than old.
Older than new. New... - I'm even more embarrassed than you.
I can't do this anymore.
I should never have asked for this.
That's the beauty of slam, there are no rules.
So there's no telling if it's good or bad.
But you still feel if you hit it, and it hit me deep in the stomach.
It hurt me just as much. - I hope so.
Ina, your solution reminds me of a maths problem I got in third grade.
Ina has five candles. She lights every candle at one end.
How many more ends could Ina have lit,
putting herself ahead of Pernille, who lit nine ends?
It's a maths problem. - We don't do maths.
Ole Henry, you got twice the time for slamming.
16 minutes. And you still managed to end up behind Thomas.
I had an idea, but it went out. - The ideas came a little late.
Do I get a point if I do a slam?
No, you don't. - Don't do that.
You're completely lost. We've seen them all.
Right. We'll give them some points. Henrik, you're last.
Slam poetry? - No.
With zero ends, but 1 point. Ole Henry, only one end.
Thomas: Two. 3 points. - That's a good payday.
Ina: Five. If you'd done the other side, you'd have had 10.
Pernille, you win and you even get 6 points.
Wow!
Congratulations.
6 points!
Let's take a commercial break. We also hope you do it with us.
Time to get excited, because we have the very first team task.
That's always nice.
I want to see the girls versus the boys this time.
Yes. Then I'll give you the girls versus the boys in a collaboration
that's so good and tight that it seems like a dance.
My, oh, my! That's great.
Oh, it's a party. - Party.
Is it your birthday, Olli?
No. - Okay.
Jesus Christ! - I can't do this.
This looks nice. - A feast.
Hi, Olli. - Hi.
Welcome. - Thank you.
Okay. - You read.
"It's set for a party."
"It's about to rain. The party needs to be moved under a roof."
"Remake this table in the marquee."
Up there, right. Awesome.
"Most moved elements in seven minutes wins."
"Remember, it's party time, so all transportation must take place"
"with you in a line in the jenka's graceful pattern and rhythm." Lovely! [party dance similar to a conga line]
"Your time starts now." We have to move as we dance.
Can't one hold here, one there, and one in the back?
"La, la, la." Isn't that jenka?
No. One...
Yes, right!
You can't. - You have to show us.
Forward, back, one, two, three. One, two...
Do we have to do the leg stuff? - Yes.
Ole Henry, you seem like an experienced jenka dancer.
Have you had any training?
No, but we did it for my entire... - Childhood?
Yeah. - Who takes jenka classes?
It's very Trøndelag [county in central Norway]. But at least you know how to.
You, Henrik, haven't done any dancing.
I didn't have jenka on Wednesdays.
The contestants will walk over the lawn, up a staircase,
and recreate the table.
And all movements are in the rhythm and pattern of the jenka.
How strict have you been on being out of step and stuff?
I've adjusted the requirements to the competitors' competence.
I've been a bit like one of those kids' referees.
I've guided more than I've judged.
I think that's a really good idea. - Let's have a look.
Why don't we move the whole table? - Isn't that good?
Ready? Forward...
No!
Take the easiest one to jump with first.
It's just in a line? How is it?
Okay.
We can go a little faster. Yes, good.
Remember to be in step. You can continue.
You're not quite there.
There.
Right, right, left, left.
One minute left. - Okay.
Which leg do you start with? - You just choose.
Come on, then!
I'll put them in my bra.
Mine's too small.
Like this. - Perfect.
That's good.
This was there.
Wow! - Was that there?
Oh, my god!
Great. - Alright.
I'm pretty happy with this. - 20 seconds left.
Fuck.
Do it properly.
10 seconds left. - No!
Fuck.
No.
You broke it. - Well, well.
Who gave that order?
It was the jenka master himself. They were in great shape.
They could've won if they hadn't gone berserk.
That great table. "10 seconds left!"
We suddenly thought quantity over quality.
That's what we thought.
You were on your way to maybe a comfortable win.
Things looked promising until then.
We got an awful lot of what was on the other table
for the other table.
That may well be the case. - It should be as close as possible.
I think you girls really impressed. Not with the dance. Not at all.
You pulled some fast ones.
But since the others were as hopeless, you got away with it.
But isn't the main thing in the jenka the shoulder-holding?
Isn't it, though? - We were very particular about it.
They used one arm. - It was a modern interpretation.
I think it was worth a try, but the answer is no.
So the girls came out on top? - The girls obviously came out on top.
Can I make a suggestion? That we give first place and fourth place.
I don't think throwing the food deserves a third place.
So that's 5 points for the girls and 2 points for the boys.
All in all, so far today, where are we at? Exciting.
Look at this! - Wow.
Here are some girls that have bounced back. Yeah.
Two ladies in the lead.
Thomas chases after, while the rest are hopelessly doomed.
This is interesting.
We're not done yet.
We're about to start the very last task of the episode.
Get on the stage.
We're doing a good old-fashioned,
but not that good old-fashioned, game of kick the can.
Atle will cover his eyes and count to 30.
Then it's your time to run around and hide.
When he's done, he'll try to find you.
When he gives up, as he's not a good hunter, you'll hear this sound.
It's loud for me too.
Then part two of the competition. First one to reach the bell.
The first one to hit the bell gets 5 points, and so on.
Those who are found will be the lowest scorers.
So let's get started when Atle starts counting.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
10, 11, 12, 13...
15!
20!
25!
And 30! Whoever hasn't hidden now must stand.
Then I'll start looking.
I'm certainly bad at searching...
Olli? - Yes?
There you are.
Henrik, you've been caught.
That was a good try.
Overeager cameraman.
I'll get Ole Henry on that.
No...
I can't be bothered to look anymore. - Why don't you go and have a seat?
You found Ole Henry and Henrik.
I did. - Did you see that?
No. - Wow!
Whoa!
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
It was so close, they ruined the bell.
We may have to take a look in slow motion,
but we'll do the points in our seats anyway.
My, oh, my.
Were you behind here? - I sat there.
You're going to have to sum this up for us, Olli.
You found Henrik first. - It was quite easy to see.
Tried to be me. - I had an idea about a shirt too.
We didn't have time. - It would've made a huge difference.
Then there was Ole Henry, who was a cameraman.
There was something about the movements. He got very eager.
I was supposed to wear a shirt too. - I wouldn't have seen you then.
1 for Henrik, 2 for Ole Henry. Top three, let's take a look at them.
Photo finish, right?
There you were. And there he was.
Woah. - And there goes the bell.
3 for Ina, 4 for Pernille, and 5 for Thomas.
And now for the most exciting part, the final scores of the day.
Who will be victorious? - It's going to be close.
Pernille! - Pernille Sørensen.
She wins today's show and can take home five items
the others have given up on, and you can finish them.
Here you go.
So far this season, the scores look like this.
To you kids at home,
if you're going to take one thing from this show, it's:
When it comes to filling the loo, slow and steady wins the race.
We'll be back next time.
If you enjoyed this show, then you're going to love the next one.
See you.
Original English subtitles: Tommy Lund (LinQ Media Group)
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Proofreading and adjustments: u/taskmastermaster
Holy crap. I'll bring that too.