Raise me up!
- Come on, Mark! - I got so far!
That's the pipe up my ass.
- Huba! - I'm very grateful.
I'd like to be alone.
Good evening. Welcome to Stormester. A brand new season.
Here sits five new contestants, quivering in anticipation.
One of these will be your favorite in seven weeks.
Could it be Puk Elgård?
Mathias Helt.
Natasha Brock.
Carsten Eskelund.
Or Tobias Dybvad.
By my side, my trusty assistant, Mark le Fêvre.
- Are you ready for a new season? - Of course.
I'm excited, and I thought I'd start with ...
Of course, I write many of the fun tasks for Stormester.
It'll be interesting to see whether they ever get used.
But I'd like to present one. I think it's cool.
It's also pretty simple: Guess what's inside the lump of ice.
My hands are telling me, that the fastest guess wins.
- You didn't consider gloves? - Fastest wins.
Is there more ice inside?
Absolutely right. A great guess.
We have a brand new season underway with five fresh contestants over here.
Are you excited? Are you nervous? Are you tense?
- Yes. - Yes, no, yes.
On behalf of the Danish population, Carsten Eskelund, who are you?
This show is getting deeper than I signed up for.
- Is the question too existential? - Yes. Who truly knows themselves?
Welcome to you all. Across the season, we'll battle for -
- this meaty face in the shape of a golden trophy. That's what's at stake.
Beyond that, every episode -
- there's a unique prize, donated by one of our contestants.
- Something that makes you think ... - Pressure.
- Who's pressured tonight? - Mathias Helt.
I've brought a prize that's very near and dear to my heart.
What I brought -
- is the late Prince Henrik's garlic press.
Ooh!
It's engraved with the royal monogram.
Below, there's a H for Henri, which is what they called him.
Today, one might instead call him HenRIP.
Well, I mean... Sending him thoughts and prayers.
- Mark, do you have a task? - Of course I do.
It's the start of the season. We can have a little schwung.
And this season is no exception.
- Good day. - Good day, Carsten Eskelund.
No. Is that a bubble machine?
I don't need to complete the task. We're just vibing.
- "Turn on ..." - "the bubble machine."
I'm so excited.
- "You must remain on the spot." - "It may not be moved."
"Fastest wins. Your time starts now."
No ... Not like that.
Oops.
Tell me I'm not the first one to do that.
Oh, damn it!
I thought it was a trick task.
On.
Oh, how funny. You forgot to plug it in, Mark.
The bubble machine must be turned on. It's not plugged in.
The task must be completed without leaving the mark.
Who will attempt the first task first?
Someone with clothes store experience. Who has worked in one?
- Nope. - Mathias, that's right.
- Do you need help, Puk? - Have I worked in a clothes store?
Yes, as you insisted. But we start with you and Mathias.
Turn it on.
- Ooh. - What is this?
I think it's a remote for something.
Ooh ...!
Yes, man! Come.
- Here's a remote-controlled car. - Here's a battery.
There's probably also batteries in here. Yes.
There it is.
Am I supposed to light up the markers?
I'm some kind of detective with a cactus.
The plug is worrying me.
- Are you looking for one? - I don't know.
Why is that hanging over there? I might need that.
So I wanna get that over here with my friend, the tape-measure.
I'll have to take a look.
- Is something wrong? - My friend is a little nervous.
The cactus, my friend.
Look here. Easy.
- I've worked in a clothes store. - I've worked in a clothes store.
What's this, now?
- Look at this, man. - That one goes in here.
But I need four batteries.
I need to find two more batteries. They're in here.
Wonder what's in here?
That's two of the good batteries.
Boom. Now it's on.
Ta-da.
Look at this. This is how we party.
Puk Elgård, write your memoirs while you still remember your life.
I was just as surprised as you all. All I can say is:
I have never worked at a clothes store.
Does this not remove all credibility from "Go' morgen Danmark"? [Morning talk show Puk Elgård hosts]
- I don't know where that came from. - Shall we get to the times?
Puk, you managed it in 12 minutes and 23 seconds.
Mathias, with a flashlight and a slightly shy measuring tape -
- you managed it in ten minutes and 17 seconds.
- Who's next? - We'll move on to Tobias and Carsten.
Of course this isn't a high-tech task -
- but it does involve technology.
And when you get into your forties like you, Carsten -
- and have a mental age of 70, then it can be fuzzy.
"The mark must not be moved."
There's something. It was so simple.
A flashlight that doesn't work, or a comedian -
- who's neither outdoorsy nor an electrician.
- Are you happy now? - I've been happy the whole time.
- Do you know how this thing works? - I have an idea.
Have you seen those nature shows where they throw people-stuff at apes?
That one's making that sound.
- Has that car been there the whole time? - Yes.
Do I have to download a PDF to see how this particular model functions?
Oh, it's like a remote-controlled car. Oh, it is one!
That's probably for something.
None of this is helpful for turning on the bubble machine.
- It's just there to mess with me. - Well.
There are batteries here, but there's no ... Damn it!
I can't mess this up ...
Oh, how annoying. No batteries here, of course.
Where's the mic? It's four small ones, says the sound guy.
Here you go.
Hello.
Now I've moved from the spot.
We'll cut that.
Well, if you will ...!
That's how simple it can be.
Is that the first time you've seen velcro?
I realize now, that I make a misstep or two.
And that was one of them.
I feel like we're both faster than the others.
I think you're faster.
I think I'll lose some points, because I, as the clip indicates ...
... and as I say myself ...
... move a little bit from the spot.
Oh right.
Physically. Mentally I am always on the spot.
Mentally I have worked in a clothes store.
Carsten Eskelund, for the first time this season, I'm gonna say:
- You're disqualified. - Am I disqualified?
- From the rest of the season. - From the first task.
Tobias Dybvad. How does he do, time-wise?
You took 16 minutes. Yes, that's the slowest.
- But I'm still qualified. - Yes, you're still on the board.
That leaves us the very positive Natasha Brock.
You need a cord to turn this thing on, right?
Okay, fastest wins.
I don't know how to turn it on.
I'm just gonna make a stick. Then we'll see if that helps.
- What now, Natasha? - There's a car there.
It says: "Look up".
Can you see if it ...?
Oh, I did it!
Hurray!
- Did you get some in the eyes? - Yes.
That was strong.
To think that your young, fresh eyes managed -
- to read what it says on that little label-maker license plate.
There's something about my eyes.
They're very good, I've been told.
But they're lazy. So I don't need glasses.
I just need to spend a very long time focusing.
So I see sharply, but slowly.
But you were quick, right?
I think the others have done great.
Mark, if I can pull you from your pursuits -
- I need to ask you for a time on Natasha's performance.
You need a little time, but then ...
And the exact time you need is ...
Two minutes and 20 seconds.
Fantastic.
- That's great. - "Look up".
Shall we look at another task?
(Speaking Finnish)
"Simpukkakeitto".
Clam chowder.
- Hi. - What's the flag for?
Finnish-Danish dictionary. And the Finnish flag.
- Have you been to Finland? - No. But I love booze and knives.
Do you speak Finnish?
(Speaking Finnish)
If the task is to say something in Finnish, then I'm already done.
"Have a pleasant conversation with the person in the lab."
- "The person only speaks Finnish." - Lucky. So do I, soon.
- "You have ten minutes to prepare." - "Most pleasant conversation wins."
"Your time starts now."
You don't need to speak the same language to have a pleasant conversation.
Tobias.
I don't need to prepare. I speak fluent Finnish.
You know when you're sitting on the toilet and read all the shampoo bottles?
... [in Finnish] dermatologically tested ...
(Speaking nonsense-Finnish)
... [in Finnish] dermatologically tested ...
There are two things Danes and Finns have in common:
Not very sociable.
- Plus alcohol. - Perfect.
You can just as well get a pleasant conversation by mocking the other party.
And Puk Elgård has worked in a Finnish clothes store.
I speak fluent Finnish.
Let's just start from the start. But with who?
Can you say: "Can you talk a little slower?" in Finnish?
- No. - Carsten Eskelund can.
Although that's the only thing he can say.
- Hi. - Hi.
[in Finnish] How's it going?
I feel great, man. How are you?
How are you doing?
Can you talk a little slower?
How are you?
Can you talk a little slower?
How are ...
... you?
[in Danish] I think he speaks really fast.
Mika Häkkinen. [Finnish Formula One driver]
- Formula? - Formula.
- [in Danish] Little boy. - [in Finnish] You are a little boy.
- [in Danish] Little in Finnish ... - [in Finnish] Little boy.
Little boy. Little boy.
[in Danish] Yes, they're good.
- Dad in Finnish ... - [in Finnish] Dad.
Carsten ... Mika Häkkinen.
[in Finnish] When you were a little boy, you saw Mika Häkkinen?
You saw Formula 1? In what country?
In Denmark? Copenhagen? Helsinki?
No, Motorola.
Sponsor.
Well ...
[in Finnish] That was fun.
We subtitled it for you.
Was this the conversation you thought you held?
Come again?
I can say it a little slower.
Broad strokes, that was how I remember it.
In fact it went better than I remember it.
Because you don't speak Finnish?
My brain is organized so that I understand Finnish, but ...
... slowly.
Mark, we have to see some more Finnish conversations.
Puk has a massive advantage, since you speak fluent Finnish.
Will you say: "We have to see the next clip" in Finnish?
(Speaking nonsense-Finnish)
Thank you.
Flakkilakki.
- Kukkilakki. - Cheers.
Kipidipis.
Kummalalaleni gagahena haka?
Dadaki. Mitamaka.
[in Finnish] I don't understand.
(Speaking nonsense)
Kiks.
Kakka?
[in Finnish] There's no excrement in biscuits. Good biscuit.
- Ei lala voili. - What are you telling him, Puk?
We talked about how he got over here.
[in Finnish] That's not true.
Tulvas keki?
Flooding?
So there's flooding in the back?
- With shit. - A flood of shit.
Flood of shit.
Then you shouldn't have any more coffee.
What a pleasant conversation. I really like consonants.
And there are so many of them in the Finnish language.
So I just took the ones I remember.
But his face looked a little different from what I expected.
Are you disappointed, that a conversation ostensibly about how he got here -
- more closely resembles one about digestion troubles?
No, it's really a win, that I said something correctly.
Doesn't matter what it was.
I had fun. I think he did too.
Of course. We're still missing three contestants.
Next up is you, Tobias -
- who introduces our Finnish friend to a proud Danish tradition, which is:
If you've said no to a beer, then you've really said yes.
Buongiorno. Tobias.
Kustaa.
[in Finnish] Good.
Good.
- Good. - Good.
I don't think it's good.
No, no, no.
[in Danish] A bit reserved, if you ask me.
"Have a pleasant conversation in Finnish." Your first word is buongiorno.
Caveman sounds, beer cans, mixed drinks -
- and then swapping dirty socks.
When I'm having a good time, I take off my shoes.
At hotels, I like going to breakfast in socks.
Sometimes I get told to put on my shoes, so I don't step in glass shards.
I'm like: Stop throwing glass shards.
Do you remember this as a pleasant Finnish conversation?
- Yes. - That's enough for me.
But it's my ranking that counts. We still have two left.
We move on to you, Natasha -
- who actually can say a Finnish sentence. May I hear it?
(Speaking Finnish)
- You could use that, Puk. - Presumably, yes.
- Hi. - Hi.
[in Finnish] My name is Natasha.
Nice to meet you. My name is Kustaa.
- Nice to meet you. - Thanks, you too.
Thanks.
- Do you want a snack? - Yes please.
It's Mexican.
Okay.
- Good? - Yes, good. A little wacky.
Okay.
What is your favorite movie?
- "The Notebook". - [in Danish] No, mine too!
Do you cry a lot?
[in Finnish] Do you also cry?
Yes, I cry sometimes.
Once I cried so much that my eyelash fell off.
It can happen. It doesn't matter.
Do you like cheese?
I love cheese. Do you also love cheese?
[in Danish] Yes, but ...
Lactose intolerant.
[in Finnish] I would eat cheese, even if I was lactose intolerant.
- What is your favorite cheese? - Havarti.
[in Danish] Pleasant, I think. Oh wait.
- [in Finnish] Help, I need to use the toilet. - It's outside and to the left.
Thanks.
Well, I mean ...
The only thing we needed was some soap bubbles. Right, Natasha?
Yes, because there was plenty of chemistry.
Even before this task, you know the sentence you use -
- that in Danish would be: Help, I need to use the toilet.
- Why do you know that sentence? - I don't know.
I don't remember where it came from, but it was there.
See, I needed it some day.
Mark, the last one left is Mathias. What can we expect from his conversation?
It'll be really pleasant.
I'd like to put on a little song. Feel free to sing along.
For hvem laver løjer hver dag og hver nat? [The Moomins outro song, in Danish]
- Mathias ... - Oh, Mathias.
[in Finnish] This liquid soap ...
This liquid soup ...
... is dermatologically tested ...
[in Danish] Just give me your hand. Yes, that's nice.
[in Finnish] That's not how I do it.
[in Danish] Is it nice?
Just sit still.
There you go. Here.
- [in Finnish] Very clean hands. - [in Danish] It's nice with clean hands, isn't it?
I think it's nice that we can simply be around each other.
When two people are sitting at a restaurant and don't have a single word to say to each other -
- then I'm like: But that's the nice part.
Cheers.
One moment.
Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown ...
[in Finnish] I don't know it.
[singing the Moomins outro in Danish] Hvem kommer mon der i sin magiske hat ...
- Hey, Mumi. - Mumi.
Hvem finder på løjer hver dag og hver nat?
- Hey, Mumi. - Mumi.
Og faren og moren og Mumrik og My -
de tager dig med ud på en eventyrsky.
Hey, Mumi.
Karkeloi kansa ja kunnailla soi ...
Ba di da ba di da (nonsense Finnish)
Cheers.
You're fantastic!
It's like you miraculously turned the vibes upside down, Mathias Helt.
Turns out the fastest way between a Dane and a Finn isn't alcohol -
- but the title theme from an old cartoon.
Why do you remember the lyrics for the Moomins?
I knew I would need it some day.
And also, it's catchy as hell.
- It's what you call a banger. - A huge banger.
And that's why I throw it in. I'm hoping:
Will some banging happen at some point?
The criteria are: Most pleasant conversation with a Finnish person.
For a conversation that creates a really awkward vibe -
- bordering on uncomfortable: Tobias, one point.
I'm judging it by the Finn's reaction.
A surprisingly bearable chat about excrement gets Puk two points.
Then there's three points for Formula One berries.
But clearly the most pleasant conversation:
Five points for Natasha, four for Mathias.
That's it!
What task can you tempt us with now, Mark?
Can you perhaps guess what task I am thinking of now?
- Is it the one with my shoe collection? - Oh, come on. That was one guess!
- There's a lot of shoes. - Oh damn.
There's lots of shoes in here. I'm not big on shoes.
- Do you collect shoes? - No, I'm a grown-up.
"Present Mark with the shoe he's thinking about."
- "Ask only yes/no questions." - "And say: 'How crazy.'"
"And say: 'Well, well, that's what I thought.'"
- "And say: 'No way.'" - "And say: 'Just one more thing.'"
"And laugh with more and more enthusiasm after every answer."
- "Fewest asked questions wins." - "Your time starts now."
Oh, shut up.
Can I say: "Very well, just one more thing"?
There's room for interpretation.
Shouldn't you have gotten Jan Hellesøe [TV hypnotist]?
- Was that a question? - Well well, that's what I thought.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Is it a good day? - Yes.
Fuck! Stupid.
Mark is thinking about one specific shoe, no matter who the contestant is.
- Is there something else we should know? - There's a little catch.
Every contestant must say a sentence after I answer.
Except Mathias. You got an action.
We'll start with Carsten "Well well, that's what I thought" Eskelund -
- and Puk "How crazy" Elgård.
You're thinking of a shoe now? Well well, that's what I thought.
- Is it red? - No.
How crazy. Get those out of the way.
- Are you wearing the shoe? - No.
- Is it black? - No.
Are they white? How crazy.
Is the shoe within a three meter radius?
- No. - Well well, that's what I thought.
- These? This one? My shoes? - No.
Is the shoe within three and five meters?
- Yes. - This one's tough.
Do you have a tape measure? Well well, that's what I thought.
Turn your head a little to your left.
- Are you looking towards the shoe now? - Yes.
Let's play hot and cold. Am I warm here? Now?
Is it this shoe? Those sandals? Those boots?
- No. - Come on, Mark!
Is this getting warmer? How crazy.
Am I warmer now? How crazy.
Am I really hot now?
- Yes. - How crazy.
- Is it these shoes? - Are you looking for several, or just one?
- Is it this shoe, Mark? - No.
Are my hands hot? Is it this one?
Is it this shoe?
- Yes. - Well well, that's what I thought.
How many questions did I use? Who's counting?
Me.
Is this the shotgun approach, or is there a strategy to the questioning?
I worked out a strategy halfway in. Until then, it was pure panic.
I thought I had it, but then it was back to panic.
The time doesn't matter. The important part is:
Who can find the shoe with the fewest questions asked?
Carsten quickly narrows down the area and ends up asking 29 questions.
And if someone's out there thinking -
- that sounds like a lot of questions -
- that's only because I haven't told you that Puk needs 58.
- Who's finding shoes now? - We move on to Natasha.
Maybe you think: No way! But it's true.
Is it a woman's shoe? No way.
Is it with heels? No way.
Is it over here? No way.
Is it a flip-flop? No way, Mark.
Does it say on it that it's the one you're thinking about? No way.
Is it this one? No, it wasn't a flip-flop!
- No. - No way!
- Is it this? - No.
- Is it this one? - No.
- What happened? - A shoe fell over.
There's a bit of a creepy vibe in here.
Is it this? No, I asked about that one already. No way!
But there's no more shoes.
- Is it hidden? - No. Far from it, even.
- Is it this one? - No.
It's not a flip-flop, there's no heel, it's not with heels, not a rain boot.
I don't understand what's happening.
Is it this one?
- Yes. - Hurray! No way.
It's my eyes. I did see them ...
This won't come up again this season ...
Do you start your day with a tarot spread to see -
- what the cosmos is trying to tell Natasha?
I don't know where you got that from.
May I say something?
Before we came in here, Natasha said: "Should I do someone's tarot?"
So I ...
She knows she's so far ahead, that she's giving us a chance.
She knows where this is going.
I had a very religious upbringing.
And when you stop that ...
... you need somewhere else to disavow your responsibility.
And that ended up being the spiritual.
Isn't it unfair, that one contestant can see the future?
Should we look into that going forward?
I offered to read your cards. You said no.
Eskelund, do you think it's been an advantage for Natasha in this task?
To see the future?
Yes, if you can change it.
It's not as nice to just look into the future and think: Ah, fuck.
If I can't do anything.
Can you see the future, when Mark answers -
- when I ask him how many questions you took?
Can you guess that, huh?
You witch!
Witch!
Sorry.
I left the mark on the ground. It's still getting to me.
And you can see the future.
Did she consent to you touching her thigh?
She knew I was gonna do it, so she ...
How many questions did Natasha end up at?
I wanna say 128.
If you had asked the first time you grabbed the right shoe -
- you'd have done it in 12 questions, and won the task by far.
But you didn't. What was your guess?
87 or 128.
You're looking into the past, now.
The good news is, it was only 46 questions.
Impressive, but you stick to a single area -
- where there's only 15 pairs of shoes to ask about.
There. Now we're back in the game.
To think it can be so hard to find a measly shoe.
- Who's next? - We're getting to you, Tobias.
You asked whether you can change up the sentence you got.
You got: "Just one more thing."
It could be a massive advantage to get to change it.
It could easily have been an advantage, unless you're you.
- Is it a shoe you'd wear? - No.
- Not even to a party? - No.
- Not even if no one saw it? - Yes.
Just one more question. Is it these? Great.
Just one more question. Is it these? These?
- Is it these? - Still not, no.
May I ask one more question?
- Have I asked about these? - No.
- Is it these? - No.
- Just one more question. Is it these? - No.
Is it these?
Can I ask one more question? Is it these? Any of these?
The net tightens, Mark le Fêvre.
- Can I ask you something? - Yes.
- Is it any of these? - Yes.
- Can I ask about something? - Yes.
- Is it the left shoe? - No.
Can I ask about something? The right one?
- Yes. - Yes!
Well now.
That went pretty well.
Maybe.
You change your sentence to: "Can I ask another question?"
Which is a question itself, which means ...?
Yes, I'm counting those.
How does it feel to rewatch this? Do you notice, now that I'm saying it?
How do I feel, rewatching this?
Am I proud of myself right now?
You had to have known, that you were throwing in an extra question.
"Have I asked about this before?" is a weird question to add.
That was a dumb way to turn it into more questions.
It's not the dumbest thing I've ever done. Absolutely not.
It's semi.
How many questions did he need?
You ask 34 shoe-related questions.
You reformulate, and ask a lot more questions, that we'll add on top.
"Can I ask another question?" you ask 29 times.
We end up at 63 in total, with 29 of them completely useless.
We're missing Mathias. What can we expect?
Oh, it's a good one.
Instead of a sentence, you have to laugh more and more enthusiastically.
Do you want to start the clip with a little enthusiastic laugh?
Are you thinking of a shoe with laces?
- Yes. - Good.
They have laces.
Are the shoes you're thinking of black?
No.
Were there laces? No.
You have to stay focused. Shoes without laces, that aren't black.
Laces. Not these ones.
I can keep going. Why are there more shoes over here? Damn it.
- Didn't you have a system? - I forgot.
Did I mess this up for myself?
From the start. Are the shoes you're thinking of a little feminine?
- Yes. - A little feminine.
In a world full of shoes, there's only one pair that Mark is thinking of.
Is it these?
No.
No. No.
Was it this pile or the pile over here?
No.
- Is it one of these three shoes? - There are six, but yes.
These ones aren't feminine. Get them away. Sorry.
- Are you thinking of these shoes, Mark? - No.
Are you thinking of this shoe? Are you thinking of this shoe?
- No. - I'm going crazy.
Now you go over there, Mathias. And you ask Mark:
"Is this the shoe you're thinking of?"
Mark, is this the shoe you're thinking of?
No.
Oh, there are those ones, too.
- Is it one of these three shoes? - Yes.
Is this the shoe you've been thinking of all along?
No.
Is this the shoe you're thinking of?
- Yes. - Yes!
- Bye, Mark. - Bye bye, Mathias.
Terrible.
You start off with a good system. When does it fall apart?
From the beginning. Absolutely.
I use the same strategy when I pick shoes in the morning.
We were laughing at Natasha, who had the shoe in her hand once.
Mathias, you had it in your hand five times.
You stayed in that room for quite a while.
Mathias, you spent one hour and 16 minutes.
Wow.
But it's not about the time.
It's about how many questions ... or how few.
You end up at 81.
Yes!
- Let's get some points. - One point for you, Mathias.
Fantastic.
Then there's two points for you, Tobias.
Three points for Puk, four points for Natasha -
- and five points for Carsten Eskelund.
- Carsten! Woohoo. - Congratulations.
We've had some good times already. Can we throw in a task -
- that our contestants have solved in my house?
Sure we can.
What kind of show is Stormester? What's it about?
What material would be great to express this in? Yes, it's felt.
Oh no.
Oh, how nice.
Hello. Oh wow!
It says ... yes.
I'll just memorize all the letters.
Tsevattis ... It doesn't say anything. But it will.
There.
"Make a description of Stormester."
- That's the show we're on, right? - Yes.
"You can only use the letters on the string ..."
- "For your description." - "Most fitting description wins."
- "You have 15 minutes." - "Your time starts now."
Oh no. Oh no!
Okay.
It looks like I have to make some words.
The task is about describing Stormester most fittingly.
But I'll be impressed enough by just forming long phrases.
- Mark, where do we start? - We need four descriptions.
It'll be Tobias, Mathias -
- Puk and Natasha.
What is Stormester about?
"N, U, F".
- There's no pattern in it. - "Stor ..."
The hell kind of letters are these?
I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing.
- "Tasks". - Panic.
- I've just written "Stor". - There aren't three Xs.
Stor ...
"Fun and easy".
You have to turn up the heat before I come in here.
"Formidable..." Exclamation mark!
- "Fun and easy". - We've almost used all the letters.
- "The Danish Taskmaster". - It's a pretty dry solution.
When you're working with felt, it gets dry quickly.
"Fun and easy". It's terrible.
"Formidably farcical fun" ... exclamation mark.
Formidably solved.
"Participants solve ...
... the Taskmaster's tasks ...
- with a real smile".
A real smile?
That's four different solutions. Let's start with "Fun and easy".
It's pretty exact, right?
It strikes me, that it was there already.
You just had to remove something, and then the whole solution was there already, right?
Why do you ask me? It's a fun and easy show.
Natasha, you use the same word.
You add formidable, farcical, and an exclamation mark.
You're ahead right now.
Can those three words net you another five points?
No, I don't even need to see the future. They can't.
Mathias has made a whole TV guide summary.
We're still missing Carsten.
Why are we watching him separately from the other four?
Stormester is a fun, easy and formidable show -
- where the tasks are solved with a real smile in the Danish version of Taskmaster.
But it's also -
- because sometimes you can complete the tasks a little more easily -
- if you spot the shortcut.
- Are you good at crosswords? - I like starting them.
But a quarter in, I lose interest completely.
"The table".
Maybe the red pennants spell out something else.
"Look under". Oh, shut up ...!
There's an iPad.
This is the tale of five knights of fortune -
- and their quest to satisfy the infallible king, Lasse Rimmer.
Great. My answer is:
It's the tale of five knights of fortune and their quest to satisfy -
- the infallible king, Lasse Rimmer.
What are you gonna do with that?
Damn it, I can't just say it. Ugh, Mark!
D, R ...
- E. - Tak. Knights. K, N, I ...
"This is" ... "quest" ...
Come on, Mark. I need an F.
An F as in fucking hell!
R, E, T, I ...
"Rimmer".
You made it.
"This is the tale of five knights of fortune, and their -
- quest to satisfy the infallible king, Lasse Rimmer."
- I want to go home now. - I need a shower.
That was absurdly strenuous.
Good thing, crosswords aren't like that. If you find one on the subway -
- and have to run around and find an F at Husum Station.
That was nice. I'm going home now. Whew ...!
- Feel better, Carsten. - Thanks.
Carsten Eskelund, I feel like a grandparent -
- greeting their grandchild with the words: "Oh, you've grown so big."
What the hell's happened to you?
I really don't know. I mean this genuinely:
What you just said made me so proud.
- You can be. - Has it been a quest?
It has been a quest from ...
How many minutes into the show are we now?
From minute one to minute 28. I'm a different person.
And I think I would like to stop now.
Go out on a high note.
So far, this is the season's best solution, Carsten.
I'll quickly distribute some points. "Fun and easy": Come on, Puk.
One point. To points for "Formidable farcical fun".
"The Danish Taskmaster": fitting, but dry. Three points for Tobias.
Four points for Mathias, but five crystal-clear points for Carsten Eskelund.
Ahead right now.
Nothing is settled before the final task, that'll play out on the stage right here.
It's time to settle the score in the very first episode.
Mark, who will be reading the task aloud?
I imagined Carsten Eskelund would.
Here you go.
"Say a thing within a category."
"You may not say the Taskmaster's favorite thing."
"You have to say one thing within two seconds of the last contestant."
"You may not say a thing, that has already been said."
"If you make a mistake, you're out. Last one standing wins."
One after another, you have to say something -
- within the category, Mark is giving you.
You get punished for hesitating, for repeating yourself -
- or for saying something that doesn't fit the category.
And you may absolutely not say my favorite thing in that category.
If you break one of the rules, you're eliminated with this gesture!
We start with you, Puk. The category is vegetables.
- Cucumber. - Broccoli.
- Fuck! - Mathias Helt, you devil.
- But he didn't say ... - He loves broccoli.
He didn't say it was broccoli. You didn't tell us it was your favorite.
- You don't get to know that. - I thought we did.
We're up to you, Natasha. And the next category is:
Animals larger than a small chair.
Natasha, you're first.
- Manatee. - Cheetah.
- Hippo. - Boar.
- Horse. - Hyena.
- Anteater. - Wolf.
- Goat. - Boar.
Oh, don't you dare.
There was no hesitation, you didn't repeat yourself, boar fits the category.
You can't say something that's already been said.
- Puk, what animal did you say? - Boar.
When?
- It's not very long ago. - Oh, that's dumb.
Tobias, we've gotten to you.
The category is now: favorite body part.
Body part. There's something to consider. And we start now.
Knee.
That's the favorite.
There's two left to battle for maximum points in the finale task.
Puk and Natasha, good luck. What's the category?
The category is: names starting with G.
Puk Elgård, go.
- Gudmund. - Gitta.
- Ginga. - Gustav.
- Gustav? - No, Ginga.
The only thing more cruel than naming your child Ginga -
- is naming your child Ginga twice.
I'll distribute the points based on how quickly you got eliminated.
One point for Mathias, two for Carsten, three for Tobias -
- four for Puk "Ginga" Elgård, and five for Natasha Brock.
Mark le Fêvre, who has won this season's very first episode?
Someone's already celebrating, and it's justified.
The winner of the season's first episode, and Henri's garlic press -
- is you, Natasha Brock.
Fantastic.
Bring it down.
With a sizable victory, Natasha Brock has made sure -
- the four other contestants are under more pressure than garlic at Amalienborg.
If you just tuned in, you've missed everything.
But watch along next week. Thank you and good night.
Translation for r/panelshow, June 2024 Original Danish text: Karl Wagner