Oh, yeah!
Come on!
"Forward-heavy tower"
Welcome to Kongen Befaler,
which makes you think about all the good that resides in man,
but also to contemplate all the self-destructive,
distant, and pedantic things that reside in Olli Wermskog.
Thank you for that. I'm doing the best I can.
That's what's unbelievable. Keep doing that.
We can't demand more from a man wearing two left shoes.
Did you make a mistake today? - No, it was intentional.
It looks very... There's no doubt.
But never take a tip from a guy wearing two watches.
We're halfway through this race about who can expand the household
with one bust in gold of me.
Those who fight and cherish this bust above their own lives
are Henrik Fladseth,
Ina Svenningdal,
Ole Henry Snildalsli,
Pernille Sørensen,
and Thomas Numme.
Yes.
Ole Henry, which other contestant would you like to see
with the same haircut as you?
Woah.
Pernille, you have it at the back. - Yes, I have a low bowl.
My hairdresser says that every cut has a bowl cut as the foundation.
And that's how your hairdresser has created a profession.
We can help you out and see who would look better with that haircut.
I think you would.
I'll take it!
But enough talk.
As you always say, winning isn't the most important. It's getting started.
As usual, let's start with the prize task.
What did you ask them to bring? - Something you're proud to have made.
Something you're proud to have made, plain and simple.
Could be a lot of things.
After all, I have an affinity for starting with you, Ina.
I like that you're starting. - Thank you.
I became a pandemic knitter as they call it.
And I never thought
that I'd be able to make my own clothes.
But I've never been prouder of anything than this.
And it's...
...a jumper that I knitted with my very own hands.
And I'm so happy with it. - It's knitted so nicely.
She's good.
Yeah. - And that's hard!
Speaking of knitting needles, which we talked about taking so long.
Needle three and two and a half.
Pernille, remember, it's a competition.
I didn't like it at all.
Can you see if there are any weaknesses with it?
Weaknesses are often on the inside. - I think...
I'll look at the neck. Perhaps it could have been slightly smoother.
Could have been slightly smoother. - It's a very sloppy neck.
Shall we see how you've fastened the threads in here.
Should the ribbing have been more ribbed, I wonder?
It's up there. - Yeah. I think so too.
A bunad in the shape of a jumper. - I know! [traditional Norwegian costume]
Alright. Give it up for the jumper.
Your turn, Thomas.
I've done a few TV shows, and I've got three lovely children.
But the thing I'm most proud of having made...
It's this one.
No! - What?
We're going to... - Have you made that?
We're going back to 1982. - We're going to Spain too?
I was 12 years old and I went to a porcelain painting class.
The same year, the World Cup was in Spain.
When you're 12, you have lots of time.
I was obsessed with the World Cup in Spain.
You didn't make the cup itself? - The painting.
In other words, it's made with a love that only a 12-year-old has.
And here you have nino... - Wow.
Nino Ito. That was the mascot of that year.
It was an orange with football boots and a ball.
Nice painting. - That's what I'm most proud of.
I give up.
Good. Thank you.
Pernille. - Yes.
I made my own pottery. - We're at pottery.
This is a nut bowl that I made.
I threw it with my own hands at a pottery class.
When you were 12? Or were you 11? - No, it was last year.
It was a pottery class that spanned an entire weekend.
It cost 3,000 kroner to participate. [£225 / US$300]
I had envisioned that I would throw and come home with a set of cups.
There'd be a man behind you.
I was supposed to come home with plates and cups and dishes.
This is what I managed to throw in two days.
On top of that, I stayed in a hotel because it was far away.
So the class itself, I think, cost me 5,700...
This one is 5,700 kroner. [£425 / US$565]
So, I could have bought it.
But it's very nice and smooth.
And I like that it's a little blunt.
It has something to do with me not being able to go any higher,
but as a nut bowl? There's room for nuts in this.
Did you think when it was done, "It might be nice for nuts"?
That's what I thought. It was originally meant to be a flower vase.
And you're proud of it? - I'm really proud of it.
And it works really well with nuts.
Ole Henry, what have you got? - I've been to a pottery class too.
Have you?
But I went with a different price strategy.
They said it was 150 kroner [£11 / US$15]. So I went to that pottery class.
But it was 150 kroner an hour. - That's expensive.
I started on a cup, and then I was done.
And I came back. You have to paint it, so it'll be waterproof.
That's 150 kroner an hour too.
Then it needs to be heated in the oven. 150 kroner an hour.
It's not only heated, it's fired.
This cost 2,600. Hello. - Look at that. [£195 / US$260]
And then I went for...
Mine's a bit smoother. - But check this out.
I mean...
Isn't it really hard to throw a square?
Yes, it's incredibly challenging. - Then you need to squeeze more.
I tried a new design, so it's very... It's leaking.
It's leaking. That's the design?
So you don't drink too much. - It's a cup with a drain, basically.
It's as tight as a sieve.
What I didn't think of with the square design,
is that when you drink, this happens.
Yes, right. - It oozes out on the sides.
You have to drink from the corner. - Like this.
It looks classy too. Nice one. There's a lot of pottery.
It's a decent colour.
Now I'm intrigued to see Henrik's pottery bowl.
Do you have pottery as well? - Do you have a comment?
I give up, as I said. This is a beginner's pottery class.
Promise you didn't bring a bowl? - It's kind of a theme after all.
I just need to go out and get...
Out and get something. - Wow, is it that big?
That's...
Wow!
Well, well.
Hello.
Oh, my! - A little...
Yes.
Believe it or not. I made these socks.
I'll say.
But the child? - Stop nagging about the model now.
It's not your child? - A lot of nagging about the model.
In my younger days, I knitted these socks.
Socks, as you knitters know, that's hard.
So, very pleased. First and last time I've ever knitted anything.
Have you knitted those lice? - Yes.
You have? - Yes, I did it.
So it's really alright. - Not bad.
With those thin needles? - Sure.
They're slightly thicker needles than the ones I've used.
I'd love photographic evidence. - This was 25 years ago, at school.
But the boy? - Stop going on about the model.
It's absolutely... Yeah.
Lovely. I'm ready to score.
It's not easy to distinguish between all this crockery as it turned out.
Some are smoother than others. - They're very nice in their own ways.
They come so from the heart that all three of you get 3 points.
That's nice. - Thank you, thank you.
That's it. - Pottery!
It's a lovely jumper, but I'll give you 4 points for it.
I'm gonna give the socks a 5. That's the most amazing thing.
5 points!
Right.
You know when you're sitting at work, in your seat, in your swivel chair?
Absolutely. I can relate to that.
When you have a little break... Let's make it 90 seconds.
Have you thought about how far you can travel without standing up?
Yes, I have. And I suppose there are five answers to that question.
Swivel chair, letter, man in suit... Garden.
Shall I sit?
It's up to you. - Okay. I'm not doing that yet.
Should I read the letter? - Yes.
"Get as far as you can in 90 seconds"
"seated in this swivel chair."
"The task ends when you've sat in the chair for 90 seconds,"
"or when you're no longer seated."
People have embarrassed themselves here. Jumped in the chair.
I'm gonna sit down. - Yeah.
Okay.
"The task ends when you've sat in the chair for 90 seconds..."
I'm so not surprised. - I love sitting.
You didn't think it might have something to do with the task?
But Olli went like this. I fall for that right away.
"Please have a seat." Then I'll sit down. Polite boy.
You're polite, yes. - I did that to everyone.
I'm not a suspicious person.
They're supposed to move while sitting on that chair for 90 seconds.
Their time starts when they sit down.
For Thomas and Ole Henry, before they knew what the task was.
Let's get started. We'll see everybody, I guess.
But why don't we start with the ones that have already started?
Oh, here we go again. - Time started when you sat down.
Holy shit.
No!
I stopped the time. - No...
Holy shit. That's so low! - Time's up.
I got there. Not bad.
We're done.
Bye. - Bye.
Angry? - Yeah.
Because I can't think.
I think I want to use a car here.
I'm going to place it. Let's hope it fits.
That...
Look how well it fits!
Look how well it fits.
Now I've used a lot of good thigh muscles to get...
30 seconds left. - ...around the tree.
Then we'll measure the distance.
There. - There we go.
I've gambled on the fact that it's how many metres you've moved.
Because if it's about distance as the crow flies, I've only moved one and a half metres.
Not that far.
I can move it though.
Three, two, one, stop.
Right.
That was fun.
It'll have to be like this.
Norway, land of fools.
That's 60 seconds. - This is good.
There.
Yes!
Right.
Henrik.
Lovely streamlined chair-shaping there.
Well done. You did everything right. - I'm happy with that.
You don't look pleased. - It's a beginning "cockiness".
I've started nicely now. - It's a very short distance
from dissatisfied to cocky. Always this far away.
Ina, this was fun. - Yes, it was fun.
Quite the theme park. - Oh, my god, I had a blast.
And a full safety kit. Good thing you were wearing a helmet.
Damn, that was fast. - You need to be careful.
Then there was Pernille, making her rounds. How to measure?
The letter says to get as far as you can.
If you were to wake a slumbering bear in the sun,
you wouldn't just go for a walk to get 1.5 metres from it's mouth.
You don't go for the pretzel... - You don't.
Then you go as far as you can. - Exactly.
That makes it 1.5 metres. - Damn it.
Shall I do the rest? - Yeah.
It's not bad... - There are lots of other bad ones.
We just don't talk about it because this was so clear.
Thomas: 30 centimetres. - Yes!
That was cool.
Ole Henry: 1 metre. - No. Yeah...
So in other words, Pernille: third place at 1.5 metres.
That's actually incredible. - Ina: 123 metres. Henrik: 268 metres.
Good job.
It's fascinating that Henrik, who drove a car,
didn't get more than twice as far as she does on a swivel chair.
I'm surprised how far I got.
A two-hour road trip takes just four hours on a swivel chair.
Here are the scores. - Let's have a look at the totals.
You're at the top, Henrik. This is going very well.
Otherwise, it's pretty close. Nothing's decided.
Let's take a little commercial break. We'll be right back.
Olli, can I get a little personal here?
Here? Now? - A little personal.
Yes, by all means.
At home, I'm often told I'm good at shrinking clothes
when I do laundry. A bit of braggadocio.
Thanks for sharing. That's brave.
I thought I'd give the contestants a very simple task.
Everyone should win. - Exciting. Shall we see, then?
Hello.
Jumper, right?
Don't you dare touch it? - Not until I've read this letter.
"Shrink this jumper."
"It must be presented within 20 minutes."
"The smallest jumper wins. Your time starts now."
What a task. This is very, very good. Okay...
The goal is to get it down to extra small.
Right. The task is simple.
You have 20 minutes to shrink the jumper as much as possible.
So, we should get our loupe and tweezers out.
I wouldn't stress too much about that.
But let's see what Henrik and Ina can do, for example.
Shrink a jumper. I could put it in a dishwasher.
Okay. 70 degrees, isn't that nice?
When I take it out, it'll fit a two-year-old.
70 degrees.
It doesn't say it has to be shrunk physically.
Here's your jumper.
Pretty big. - It's quite big.
But watch this.
Yes! Very good. I'm happy with that.
Okay.
That was 20 minutes.
Here we go.
Henrik... - Yes.
5 points again.
You really believe people are at home in their living rooms
thinking that we're those tiny little people that live in their TVs.
You've underestimated the audience more than I thought was possible.
Are you saying that you don't acknowledge an optical illusion here?
You're calling it an illusion?
Have you seen an illusionist just strolling away from the camera?
"Look how small it is. Magic!"
I agree that it's not getting out of a safe at the bottom of the ocean...
It's not Houdini. - But it's an optical illusion.
There are people at home and here... - Who still think that jumper...
"What's going on with that jumper? It keeps getting smaller."
Okay. Ina, were you given the same task as the others?
Yes. - You're absolutely sure?
It seems like you had the task of "Make the jumper a tiny bit wet."
That was perfectly accomplished.
I kind of laid it... You know where you put glasses.
It would've worked better... I've never looked inside a dishwasher.
I don't know how much water is in there.
Are you happy though? - No.
Don't tell me we started at the top. - Not at all.
Here's someone who's made a bit more of an effort.
"Shrink this jumper." Boiling it won't help, right?
Salt.
You added salt? - Salt water.
Are you gonna dye the jumper? - Green.
I think it'll shrink.
If I cut out a piece,
it's going to be this jumper, except it's shrunk.
I'm gonna make a teeny-weeny jumper.
This is going to be cosy to do, whether I win or lose on this.
There.
It might be that I'm the only one going for sewing a tiny jumper.
I don't think Thomas Numme would do that.
I don't think he's ever sewn anything in his life.
Oh, come on!
I'm thinking that if this is the body...
If I get some arms on, I think I'm quite good.
Now we have a smaller version of the same jumper.
A shrunken jumper.
It's green, alright.
Ouch, ouch, ouch!
It's gotten longer, Olli.
I just remembered why I don't sew.
This is a lot harder than I...
Oh, come on. Bloody hell.
Four, three, two, one...
Time. - There.
Watch this.
I'm actually happy with that.
Oh, it's tiny!
That was nice.
The shrinking of the jumper is a bit like wanting to sneeze.
It's a bit tricky when it really comes down to it.
Ole Henry, your jumper got bigger.
Could it have gone any worse?
And green. - You read the brief upside-down.
Yeah. I don't know why, but I thought that would have been...
It didn't do much good.
But I thought, you don't boil a woolly jumper.
No, and that's good thinking. But... - But then it got longer.
Now I see a glimmer of hope.
You shouldn't.
Pernille and Thomas, you went for the same solution.
Thomas, what did you think when you saw hers?
It's more elaborate, but it's a bit bigger.
It was narrower. - You give up quickly.
Tried to be critical. "That's true."
It's nicer executed, but I was really happy with the result.
You were? - Kind of the same as the cup.
Where did you set the bar when you thought,
"This is my first shrinkage, plus the first time I sew."
I thought, I don't have time for sewing. But...
Cutting's fine. You cut out a mini-jumper in 20 minutes.
Were you pressed for time?
Yeah.
Why don't we get some results? - Let's do that.
Ole Henry, it'll be last place.
Because it's biggest. - It's bigger!
You won't get minus points. Be happy about that.
Because it's 1 point? - Yes.
Nothing happened to your jumper, so you share a third place.
What? - That's well paid.
You score incredible points even when you screw up.
Then it's second place to Thomas. Pernille, the smallest jumper.
Very happy.
There's one thing I've grown very fond of in recent years, Olli.
What's that? - Swimming toys.
You like splashing around in the pool with swimming toys?
No, I like transporting swimming toys.
Carrying them over my head, putting them on the roof of my car...
The higher the better.
Not the toys per se, but how they're transported.
And how high. Let's have a look at some transported swimming toys.
Peekaboo.
I see an A. Right...
Bird, the letter A.
Okay, right.
There's a B down there.
"Transport this swimming toy on top of a tower from A to B."
"The tallest transported swimming toy tower wins."
"The swimming toy must be transported to B within 20 minutes."
Pretty straightforward. The toy must be transported on top of a tower.
The distance to transport the toy and the tower is from the super-sized A
to the super-sized B down in the garden.
You can't miss them. I'm looking forward to this.
Let's get started, then.
We'll start with Thomas, Ina, and Pernille.
I'll go with the most obvious, which is to build tall quickly.
It might be because I've been thinking that skis are good.
If I tape this together... I'm not going any taller than this.
My father was an engineer. I'm not sure he'd be proud.
It might be just as well that he's not with us anymore. Sorry.
Forward-heavy tower!
There. Here we go.
Maybe I can make a tower so tall that I can reach it from the balcony.
I'm going to attach that swimming toy and transport it from A here...
...to B here.
Then I'll transport it from here.
Oh, fuck!
Shit. I'm bloody stupid.
Come on, then! Fuck!
Damn it!
Hoi!
Now I'm at B. - Yeah.
It feels like May 17th's biggest banner. [Constitution Day in Norway]
I'm pretty happy.
Olli, it's time for... - Commercials, Atle. See you soon.
Thomas, would you say you're an observant type?
No, I'd say... I really noticed the A.
You read the letter and noted that there was a big A next to you.
You said it was impossible not to see that B. It was.
But you didn't notice the A either, even though you saw it.
I saw it and made a comment.
Is there anything we should've done to make their whereabouts clearer?
I'm thinking maybe I have a diagnosis.
Because you're doing your best and you can confirm it?
I'm thinking, "I can pick A to B", even though I've seen the big A.
But it's only when I'm on the balcony that I see that B.
But you promise that you're actually doing your best?
Can you say to the camera that you're doing your absolute best?
Say your name first. - Hello, my name is Thomas Numme.
This is a task that I have solved to the absolute best of my ability.
Yes.
We will also need to evaluate the height of your tower.
Ina and Pernille, well solved. Skis are a tower builder's favourite.
You have some numbers here, perhaps. - Pernille's tower: 3m and 86cm.
Just fine. - You've just seen Thomas.
Ina: 5m and 13cm. - That's very good.
What about Thomas's tower? - He ran with the toy on the ground.
Pretty close to the ground. 12 centimetres?
Let's say 20 centimetres. - Absolutely.
But it was quite a wide tower. - Very wide.
The question is, is there anyone who can beat Ina's 5 metres?
Let's see.
Like this. Then I wonder,
does it have to be intact, the damn bird?
I'm not that handy, but I've seen people do this.
Oh, my god!
This is bloody tall, isn't it?
I don't think I dare go any taller. Do I dare go taller?
You've got that story of Icarus,
who got overeager and flew too close to the sun,
and burned up, the little creep.
Feathers and beak and all.
Come on!
Come on, then.
That's just tall enough. It couldn't be any taller.
Okay. Done!
It couldn't be taller because it was so hard to control.
This could easily be the winner.
There. Time's up. - No!
Bad foundation, or foun...
Right.
Then it wasn't you flying too close to the sun, Henrik.
That was you, Ole Henry.
I thought I could just push that pipe up, but it...
You got presumptuous there.
If you'd been at it for another 20 hours,
it would've still been there.
I don't think there was anything left.
Now I want heights. - I'll give you heights.
Ole Henry's tower, let's see...
I guess it's nothing. - It's nothing, no.
He couldn't bring it down.
It's nothing. The task isn't accomplished.
It's simply failure. - Have I got any points today?
No, but you can. It's zero.
Next, it's Henriks tower. It was 6 metres and 14 centimetres.
Ole Henry, you're on zero. - But he had the widest tower.
Take that with you. - When it was on the ground, yeah.
Super wide tower.
Zero to you, Ole Henry. Thomas, you get 2 points.
Pernille 3, Ina 4, and Henrik gets 5 points.
Let's take a look at the totals so far today.
Oh, yeah! It's not a done deal, but it's a good lead for Henrik.
Now it's time to settle this in the studio as usual. Get up.
Right. Now it's time go scrumping for money in Atle's garden.
You're wearing hats. You're quite visible.
There are coins lying around and you have a piggy bank in your hand.
When I play this melodica, you can move around freely.
Whoever has the most coins at the end wins.
But when I stop playing, then this happens.
Yes. Then Atle will come and check.
The first person he sees has to go and sit in the loser's chair.
And of course, the one with the most coins at the end wins,
so it's advantageous to persevere for a long time. Here we go.
Oh, damn.
Pernille behind the giraffe.
Are we absolutely sure it's me you see?
I see a blue hat.
Such a rotten thing to do. - You can go and sit down.
Henrik behind what used to be a bush.
Okay. Then you go sit down.
It's impossible.
I don't see anyone.
I don't see anybody.
Purple hat behind the bike. It's Ole Henry.
Correct.
Ole Henry.
Put the coin down. Put it down.
I don't see anybody. - Nobody.
Numme behind the giraffe. - Correct.
Which means we have a winner.
Depends how many coins they got. We'll count that in our seats.
Very well. Things got rough at times. No injuries?
No. - Fantastic.
Shall we do a recap? - I've done the count.
But you can now empty them onto the floor in front of you.
In one, two, three.
Oh, blimey, that's incredibly little.
Look how little I've got. - You were more concerned with hiding.
I felt so clever back there.
It's very close in the top three. Close in the bottom two as well.
But at the bottom... Pernille: Five. - That's fine.
Henrik: Seven. Only three coins separated the top three places.
Wow. - It's 31, 33, and 34.
Ina, 31. - No!
Thomas, 33.
Ole Henry, 34. - Yes!
Wow. - Nice.
Very good.
Impressive. We're gonna take a look at the winner of today's show,
who will be taking home five items someone is proud to have made.
Let's take a look at the totals after today's show.
The winner is Henrik Fladseth.
It's Henrik. Come up and receive this with pride.
So far this season, these are the scores. Thank you for watching.
Remember, towers work best at heights. We'll be back next time.
If you enjoyed this show, you're going to love the next one.
See you.
Original English subtitles: Tommy Lund (LinQ Media Group)
Proofreading and adjustments: u/taskmastermaster
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