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Something uncomfortable for Atle to look at

Image of the pool of prize submissions submitted by the contestants in the 'Something uncomfortable for Atle to look at' task.
Task types:
Solo
Prize
Creative
Subjective
Single brief
Original

Task brief

The brief for the task is as follows:

Bring in something that's uncomfortable for Atle to look at.

Task stats

Points
15
Disquals
0

Attempts

Here's a description of the contestants' attempts. Someone's probably working on collecting some images to add later!

  • Before revealing his prize submission, Steinar explains that he has been in contact with Atle’s wife, and had managed to get her to reveal what Atle had eaten, the previous Sunday. Steinar shares that he had then recreated that menu himself, chewing all the food without swallowing it, and then spitting it into a mason jar. All in all, he had purportedly chewed and collected: two crispbreads with mackerel in tomato, a cup of coffee; a glass of milk; a double quarter pounder from McDonald’s, with fries and a Coke Zero (which Atle didn’t think his wife had known about); a double espresso; more soda; and popcorn. The contents of the jar look appropriately disgusting (though it seems very unlikely that they were anything but fresh, semi-blended versions of the foods on the menu), and the lid has been taped on. In a move that surely makes many in the studio gag, Steinar then opens the jar and takes a drink from it. He earns fourth place.
  • Ida reveals that she had been in contact with Atle’s sons, to find out what he dislikes. Based on the information they supplied, she brings in a photo of her unkempt garden, which is mounted at an uncomfortable angle within a frame, which hangs crookedly from a hook which has incorrectly been screwed through the top of it. To irritate Atle further, she also brings in a screw, which she says he can nail in to the wall with a wrench that she has brought in. She earns third place.
  • Amir brings in a hard drive with an animated GIF on it, featuring four frames taken from Einar’s film from the ‘Make an offensive movie’ task, in episode 4, in which his backside is front and centre. A fart noise is played along with last frame, which also features a small image of Atle’s head covering Einar’s butthole, and adorns Olli’s face with an anime-style blush. He earns second place, to his own amazement.
  • Einar brings in a video he took of himself, in which he initially ponders what might make Atle uncomfortable. He then proceeds to show his foot on camera, revealing that the nail on his little toe has all but fallen off. He then messes with the nail on-camera, peeling it off to reveal some blood. He notes that this was very painful. In studio, he then asks Atle to check his pockets, and Atle discovers a small box inside one of them, containing the removed toenail from the video. He earns last place.
  • Solveig shares that she has posted a photo of Atle on her Instagram account, captioned with the #metoo hashtag. She says that she will remove the post, as long as she receives 5 points. Atle gives in to her blackmail, and awards her first place.

(Source credit: Will G)