Yeah!
Come on!
"Cactus, ow-ow-ow-ow!"
A warm welcome to Kongen Befaler, and this year's big climb
towards next week's final, where this bust in gold of me...
...is about to find a new owner.
One who will not find a new owner: the man who's never climbed
physically or socially, Olli Wermskog.
It's spot...
That's spot on, Atle.
Would you like this bust, Olli? - Well...
I'd have to be a contestant, but on those days, I'm mostly at work.
What is it that you do for a living? - This.
This? You call it work? - Yes.
That's a mockery to anyone who has a job.
Someone who actually works, a bit:
Henrik Fladseth.
Ina Svenningdal.
Ole Henry Snildalsli.
Pernille Sørensen.
And Thomas Numme.
Yes.
We're proud of this lot. Let's take a look at the totals. Ina.
Look at this! What a close race.
Ina is at the top of the throne. That's not the first time either.
I'll say. You're ahead. There are two shows left.
Do you have a chance?
You're imagining this could go all the way?
I'm back to being optimistic and pessimistic.
I'm thinking that I should be calm enough
that I could go backwards and stumble without it being embarrassing.
Henrik, do you feel that the label "popular comedian" is approaching
after appearing on this show? - Are you out of your mind?
I've peed in a glass and tripped and goofed around.
I don't think that lowly of my people.
Are you out of your mind?
You're taking the back way in now.
Thomas, you dropped from the top spot during the last show.
I imploded on the last show.
It's possible to get 25 points if you're really good.
You got 7. - Yes.
7 points.
5 might be the least you can get. You got an average of 1.4 points per task.
And you won the show before that. - It's very volatile.
But today's scores won't award themselves.
Time to get cracking.
The first points of the day will be awarded in the prize task.
What have you asked them to bring to the table today?
Today, I've asked you to bring a solution that's too easy.
It could be anything. - I'd like to start with Ina.
It's been a while. - Okay.
I've brought a solution that's too easy.
The easiest solution, I think, or...
...is often corruption, or appealing to the ego.
Or in this case, your ego.
So I've brought along a bust in gold of you.
Yes, it is quite similar.
When you're scoring now, you're not just scoring me.
You're also scoring yourself.
But do you already have one? - It might have been stolen.
Where did you get it?
It was stolen from... Kristoffer Olsen.
Lovely. Yes, Pernille.
A solution that's too easy.
- Yes.
I've brought...
I didn't bring all 100 of them,
but I've brought with me a bunch of little bottles of antibac.
Because I was cleaning out my bag collection.
I found a bag in the shed where I'd put quite a few bags,
from the pandemic, amongst other things.
There, I found nine million varieties of antibac,
which we were duped into thinking would save Norway from the pandemic,
as long as we rubbed and polished all the handles...
How many man hours went into cleaning your desk before leaving meetings?
Railings were meant to be polished with this.
And we couldn't stop the pandemic with antibac. It was a vaccine.
The vaccine turned everything around. Not hours of this.
So antibac was too easy a solution to a complicated pandemic
that deserved a vaccine.
Why were you licking while cleaning?
Because that's how you got sick in the end.
Did you do the antibac first and then lick?
Don't get hung up on that.
You were the one acting it out.
I had no control over my own body.
As usual.
Henrik, what did you bring?
This is it. This is it!
Don't mess this up, mate.
Are you talking to yourself?
I've never liked shopping,
but sometimes you have to go out to get some clothes.
I premiered my solo stand-up show a while back.
The same day, a few hours before, I had to get an outfit for the stage.
I was running around town, and I wanted some casual suit trousers
that looked nice, but were a bit stretchy. A bit loose.
I couldn't find a pair of stretchy, casual trousers until I got to one shop.
Now, time is of the essence. The premiere is getting real close.
Got the suit trousers, tried them on...
They fit perfectly in the waist, but they're too short.
They're just too short.
They're neither fish nor fowl.
I can't get these trousers. I walk downcast back to the fitting room.
Then the salesperson says, "But wait a minute."
"I've got some boots here."
"For 6,000 kroner." [c£450 / cUS$590]
"Are you trying to sell me 6,000 kroner shoes"
"so that my trousers will fit?"
"You huckster!"
"Are you out of your mind?!"
Because they were tall and were supposed to cover the gap?
They cost 6,000 kroner for my trousers to fit.
I'm having déjà vu.
That's exactly what you told me on show one.
Yes.
That was 5 points and awesome.
This is an easy solution. - It's an easy solution...
You got 5 points on the first show.
You're telling the same exact story.
It'll be... I see.
I get your point. It might be a bit too easy.
I mean, you've passed the brief.
For a moment there I went, "Is it me?"
"We've recorded that before." - It was the exact same reaction.
You haven't, I see. - Ina and I are on the same page.
Terrifyingly similar, actually. We've gone the same way.
I've also talked to Kristoffer Olsen.
That's the statue of Kristoffer Olsen.
[Kristoffer brought it in as a prize in season 6]
It may look like an unwieldy solution, but it's not.
One call to the Norwegian Opera, where it usually stands,
and it's been brought here and left here without me lifting a finger.
You have people for that.
It's a piece of cake, and it's a 4-pointer from...
He got a lot of points for it. - It's been incredibly...
I'm slightly embarrassed by how easy it's been.
You know you've brought something worth 5 points. Or 4.
I haven't even checked. That's how easily I've done it.
It's an easy solution. You've definitely answered.
Yes, thank you.
Ole Henry, we haven't seen you. - This is almost a little too easy.
Should I... Yes. It's one of these.
A wand.
It's way too easy.
No.
No, the lamp just dropped. I'd better put it back up then.
Up a bit...
Yes, yes, yes.
That's... - It's too easy.
It's magic!
Something tells me you don't respect magicians very much.
I do. Hallo. It's amazing.
It's magic he doesn't respect.
It's magic he doesn't get.
Wow!
It's too easy.
But we don't want to know how you did it.
Now I'm so blown away. I'm on the wrong side and I'm seeing everything.
You think it's too easy? - I think it's super magical.
It's too easy.
At least there's a lot of variation in the answers here.
Five things. What do you choose to score high?
I choose to score all five.
That's nice. - That was nice.
I'll give 1 point to the one who cries the easiest, Pernille.
It's good TV if you cry a little. - But I didn't get that upset.
Ole Henry, 2 points. - Okay.
You can magically make it go higher. - Also cries easily.
Three people left.
3 points for Kristoffer Olsen's great statue.
And I can't... But I can actually give 4 points
for my own bust because I fell for those shoes again!
It's even! It's a dead heat!
It's obviously...
It can't be easier than answering two tasks exactly the same.
It's almost brilliant. Well done, guys. I'm happy with you.
I'm sick of balloons, Olli.
Round, stupid, full of air.
Why the hell do we need balloons?
Ticks, leeches, and balloons.
No, you're saying something I haven't thought about before.
I think we should pop as many as possible.
And get it done with? Good plan.
Hello.
Okay. Balloons down there.
Letter here.
"Pop the most balloons in 20 minutes."
"You must be on the balcony when the balloons pop."
"But the balloons can't be on the balcony when they pop."
"Most popped balloons in 20 minutes wins."
"Your time starts now."
Yes. I like this.
You have to be on the balcony when the balloons pop,
but the balloons must not be on the balcony when they pop.
Very clever stuff. Almost impossible to understand.
But also very clear. That's a good summary.
It's really as simple as that.
I guess we can take a look at how this turned out.
I think we'll start with those who have made it easy for themselves.
They're now on the balcony, but this one's not on the balcony...
...I think.
Fun. Here we go.
They're suspended in the air.
The worst thing I know is balloons popping.
There's nothing that says that they have to be down there.
They could be right inside the door. Okay.
I actually worked as a balloon salesman in my youth.
It wasn't a fun job, but it's a nice memory.
Three minutes left.
The balloons are inside. I'm on the balcony.
Three, two, one... There.
Okay, are we ready for the grand final?
No.
Ouch!
Three, two, one...
You definitely made it easy on yourselves, but also so boring.
Terribly boring.
Ina, so boring.
Holy shit, that was boring stuff.
Thomas, what a fucking bore. - I couldn't think of anything better!
I know that those of you who have some professional pride
will gratefully accept my disqualification.
Right there, you'll think, "That serves me right."
That serves you right.
Who are you disqualifying? - I'm disqualifying Ina and Thomas.
What about Henrik? - Henrik gets thumbs up.
He did the same thing, but on the other side of the balcony!
That's not true. You're standing on the balcony, holding the balloon,
while he's putting it in the house.
If you'd removed the balcony, the balloons would have been untouched.
Your balloons would have been long gone. That's the big difference.
That was quite boring as well, but you were both boring and rubbish.
I wasn't holding the balloons.
I thought you said you had professional pride, Thomas.
I'm competitive... - I can see you're competitive.
"I won't try to be creative. I'm just going to win!"
Moving on.
We're moving on.
Shall we take a look at the people who have made it hard?
Ole Henry and Pernille.
I'm happy. - I can't bear it.
It's a good idea to get them as close to the balcony as possible.
Oh, sorry. Sorry.
Will you help me? Olli, you have to help me with this.
Walk a little faster. The clock is ticking.
I have an idea.
Look at that. - I'll go under here.
I'll try the darts first.
Yeah, really bad.
No... No.
No!
Oh, no. - Now, the plan is to
fasten a line from the balcony to the lawnmower.
It'll be awesome if it works.
Let me try a cactus then.
That's two.
Cactus... Ow-ow-ow-ow! Fuck.
Ow-ow-ow-ow! - 12 seconds left.
You got it. - Here I go!
No, what's happening now?
Yeah, come on!
Come on! Yeah!
That worked perfectly.
Very happy.
Yes! Check it out.
Some people know how to play around and go the extra mile
to do something proper. Think creatively.
I was happy with that one. It drove on its own there too.
You saved the whole team here.
Very imaginative. Nicely done. - Thank you.
Pernille, always nice to see someone throwing a cactus at balloons and cheering.
I probably didn't need to spend that much time on that ladder.
But what a joy!
And most importantly, it wasn't boring.
Now I want numbers.
Ina, you popped 137 balloons. Thomas, 44.
But they're both disqualified.
They're worthless balloons, but we got rid of some.
Pernille, you popped 16.
Ole Henry, you popped 25.
Henrik popped 42.
Then it's a question of...
Henrik is supposed to get 5, and Ole Henry 4.
But I know that Henry's a guy who's all about profession pride.
He won't accept a 5 after seeing Ole Henry's performance.
I know Henrik, and when I say, "You get 3 points"...
...he'll say "Thank you very much..." - 4! 4!
"...That's more than enough." First place goes to Ole Henry.
Second place goes to Pernille, and third place to Henrik.
Yes. There's the totals.
Now I actually...
...I have to rest my vocal cords a little.
What do we do in the meantime? - Go to commercials. Be right back.
Yes. Olli, it's time to move on.
Moving on, Olli.
Moving on, Olli!
Fucking hell.
Things are never calm in here.
Sceptical? - Yes.
"Freeze in a pose of your choice."
"You must be frozen in 15 seconds."
Three, two, one...
You got it.
Yes, got it.
"Frozen in 15 seconds."
Is this... - Yes.
"Freeze in a pose of your choice. You must be frozen in 15 seconds."
I froze for...
Oh, you're going to...
There. Is that your pose? - Sure.
There.
And then...
No. - Oh, yes.
"Stay frozen in your pose for the second longest time."
"If you hold your pose for the longest, you get zero points."
"Your time starts in three, two, one..." Go.
Pernille. - I assumed it said,
"Freeze in your chosen pose," as in tremble with cold.
You haven't played that game before.
No... - Everyone else got it.
Lovely task. I think this would be my favourite task.
It's about being completely still, lying down.
Right. The contestants chose a pose to freeze themselves in,
and part two of the task was holding the chosen pose second longest.
Whoever holds it for the longest gets zero points.
Someone could have stayed seated or laid down for quite some time.
You might think that, but I was quite strict.
That was your fault? - If they twitched their eyebrows...
Don't worry. Strict is very good.
Here comes the whole frozen bunch.
"Your time starts..." Oh, right!
Okay, second longest. - "Your time starts in three, two, one."
"Your time starts in three, two, one."
"Your time starts in three, two, one." Go.
I've already...
You talked and blinked.
Shit.
"Three, two, one."
The eyebrows?
Yes. - You got it.
Yes! I dribbled. - I had to... Yeah.
Should I wipe? - Yes.
Bye, Olli. - Bye.
I thought you all looked good.
Ole Henry, you'd have stayed longer if you hadn't started drooling.
Betrayed by your drool.
Pernille and Henrik, what didn't you understand?
It looked like so much fun.
Are you trying to laugh off that you're a failure?
What didn't you understand here?
You're not frozen when you start yapping, Henrik.
Occupational hazard. - I talked out the corner of my mouth.
If you've ever seen golden men... - Looking like statues, on the street.
In Bragernes Square. [public space in Drammen]
They're smoking under their masks and stuff.
They look frozen, but they have some movement.
Amongst us professionals, it's normal to move around a bit.
You're defending this. Alright.
Let's take a look at some points. - Ina, you took the shortest time.
The eyebrows went... It was 3 seconds.
It was that long? - It was close with someone talking.
Henrik opened his mouth one second before Pernille.
7 seconds and 8 seconds.
Then the last two, Thomas and Ole Henry.
One was frozen for 31 seconds,
the other for 1 minute and 3 seconds.
The person who did the second longest is the winner of this task.
That's you, Thomas!
That's a zero for Ole Henry.
Yeah. - No!
Now, I want to see a task where it pays to prepare a little.
Not just impetuously ringing the doorbell of people or animals.
Are you sneaking up on me?
Wow!
"Here lives the badger." - Ding dong.
"Catch the whole family in something and give them to Olli."
"Fastest wins. Your time starts when you press the doorbell."
I'm assuming they're not alive, because they really bite.
It's all about preparation. When the badger family leaves the house,
it's not easy to tell where they'll go.
You have to catch them in something, so they can be handed over to moi.
Just regular badger harvesting.
Let's have a look at Pernille, Ina, Ole Henry, and Henrik.
But the time hasn't started yet, so I can...
I'm paranoid.
Catch in something...
Oh, fu... Shit.
"Your time starts... when you press the doorbell."
Awesome!
Where did the last one go? Huh?
Caught.
Thank you. Oh. They should've been in something.
In something? - Yeah.
Just gonna set up a little bit.
Different catching and shovelling tools here.
I feel quite eccentric.
Do you see it? - Now I see it.
There you go, little man.
There you go. - I need them in something.
You have them in me, my arms. - No, I need them in something.
Thank you.
Here you go. - Thank you.
There they are. - Yeah.
Are you ready? It's gonna be a hell of a ride.
This thing just restrains me.
Badgers go for your throat.
Wait... Yeah.
There you go.
I'll ring the bell then.
Okay.
Yeah.
Happy? - Yes.
Yeah. It's beautiful to watch.
Let's take a commercial break. Be right back.
That was very well solved, Ina.
A bit of luck involved, too, perhaps.
You didn't know they were launching.
No!
But you could imagine, with the contraption there...
That something was fishy.
And no reaction either, when it went off.
I had a small one, but it was fine.
In Ina's defence...
You knew they were going to escape.
She had the net ready around the house.
You had a good, fat rig. You were ready for most things, Henrik.
I was ready for anything, yes.
Pernille. Bad luck.
One of them ran right up the tree.
Since that didn't happen to the others, I think it was a bit unfair.
Unfair, right. - That's not fair.
You think it was intentional? The production team made sure of that?
I think the badger was acting out on purpose.
Right. What are we thinking?
I'm not sure how decisive it was, but a factor here was also
that you shuffled around like an unmotivated teenager.
Me? Yes.
I gave up before I even started.
I was even more demotivated
when I realised I had to find something to put them in...
Because that part was so difficult.
I'll admit that I wasn't looking as if I were searching for my child.
Then you would've made a bigger effort.
But we have one more to go.
For now, Ina is in the lead.
We can look at Thomas. See if you managed to beat Ina.
What are you gonna do? - Try to find them somewhere else.
I'm not sure they're there.
Have a look around, then. I'm sceptical, as usual.
I brought different contraptions. You can welcome them home.
Thank you. - Okay.
There you go.
Woah!
There they are.
Yeah.
I think you should get credit when you deserve it, Thomas.
This was masterfully solved. - Thank you.
Maybe poorly planned, but you made up for it with effort and dedication.
And it wasn't boring! - Like a circus clown in the making.
I think I know now why I walked around so slowly.
I wondered a little bit if they were real badgers.
When I realised they were just stuffed toys,
"Then it's not dangerous."
When you do that, time goes by. - Time goes by really fast.
Is it a Numme tradition to put badgers right in the pot?
We love badgers. It goes way back.
When the food tastes like badger, you think, "Yummy, how lucky!"
We need times, Olé. - Olli can give you times, Atle.
Pernille. It's an unfair competition, but that's how it is.
But it was only fair that I don't win this one.
Then it's okay.
Pernille, you took 5 minutes and 13 seconds.
Ole Henry, 47 seconds.
Henrik, 31 seconds.
Ina, 23 seconds.
And Thomas, 15 seconds.
Wow. - 5 points.
4 points to Ina. 3 to Henrik.
That's 5 points for Thomas. Bring up the scoreboard.
Now, it's exciting to see where we are overall,
before the final task.
Look at this. It's a close race, but Henrik is still at the top.
It's time for the final task.
It's time to take to the stage.
The final task is about to begin. It's time for you to jump hurdles
without hitting those flatbreads right above your heads.
If you break your flatbread, you're out.
If you can't jump what's coming, you're out too.
If you go off the track, you're out too.
So this is a low but high jump.
Okay.
Are you ready? - Wait.
Just relax. - What are we jumping over?
In the first round...
Why don't we load the mouse in the machine?
Yes. We've loaded a mouse.
Woah. - Here it comes.
Huh?
No.
No!
No...
Yes, Pernille.
It's too low.
You can go and have a seat.
Take that flatbread with you.
Try it. - What an annoying competition.
Was it? After all, it's based on things that happen at home.
It's the sort of thing everyone can relate to.
Load the machine with a rat.
Rat?
It's the rat. - Rat.
On your marks, get set...
It's approved. That was...
That was close.
Does it hurt to jump low, but high? - Very low.
I'll change my shoes.
It's the halfway point shoe change.
Then you'll be really short.
It doesn't say anything about that.
Okay. Let's load the machine, this time with a cat.
Ready, set...
No!
Load the machine with a dog.
Ready, set...
No!
Move on.
Ole Henry. - Yes.
No!
They're so slow. - I know.
Can only one go out each time?
Henrik obviously landed on the dog.
I trampled it to death.
You lifted your foot afterwards. - Move on.
Now, I'm gonna press a funny button. "Random."
Load it with a random animal. - Woah.
We don't know what it'll be. - Exciting.
Ready, set...
It's a dog, alright. - No!
It came, and then it stopped.
I didn't do anything. - He stepped on it first!
Ina, stay put.
Thomas, go sit down.
Is it allowed to break it? - Do whatever you want.
Unbreakable.
This far from the tail. Damn it.
Very good. Get back, Henrik.
It was because you stepped on it, Thomas.
I touched the tip of the tail.
That brings us to the final. Lower the flatbreads.
Woah.
I wouldn't recommend doing this with a bad back.
I'm loading with a dog again. - Fun.
Was that fun? - Yes.
On your marks, get set...
Wow, a little volt.
That's really impressive.
Let's lower the flatbreads.
Load the machine... - With halibut!
With a rat. - Woah.
Ready, set...
No!
Sorry, Ina. You broke the flatbread and the rat.
Henrik gets 5 points. We'll take the points in our places.
We all witnessed how this turned out,
but, Olli, can you do a quick recap of the order?
It's starting to get competitive.
Especially with one. Henrik?
Who's laughing now, BSK Friidrett? [athletics club in Oslo]
At the bottom, Pernille. Then Ole Henry.
Thomas with 3 points, Ina with 4, and Henrik with 5 points.
Shall we take a look at the scores?
Who snatches victory in the penultimate show?
Let's take a look.
It's Henrik Fladseth who wins today's show.
You can bring home all sorts of easy solutions.
Congratulations on a simpler life.
So far, the scores look like this for the grand final next time.
We've learnt today that five badgers fit in a big pot.
We'll be back next time. If you enjoyed this show,
you're going to love the last one. See you.
Original English subtitles: Tommy Lund (LinQ Media Group)
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Proofreading and adjustments: u/taskmastermaster
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