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Make the scales read exactly a given weight

Task types:

Solo

Filmed

Mental

Objective

Single brief

Adapted

Mastertasks:

Make the scales read exactly a given weight, Set the parameters for your own task

Locations:

Bäst i Test House (Season 8)

Task briefs

The task brief is presented to the contestants outside the shed. The briefs for the task are as follows:

To Behrouz:

Make the scales show exactly 10 kilos for at least 5 seconds.

You may only speak in a Gothenburg accent.

You must be dressed as a dog.

If the scale at any point shows more than 10, you must take all the objects from the scales and place them in the gazebo.

Nothing from the gazebo may be placed on the scales.

Fastest to place the correct weight on the scales wins.

You have 5 minutes.

Your time starts now.

To Charlotta:

Make the scales show exactly 67 kilos for at least 5 seconds.

You may only speak in a Småland accent.

You must be dressed as a cockatoo.

If the scale at any point shows more than 67, you must take all the objects from the scales and place them in the gazebo.

Nothing from the gazebo may be placed on the scales.

Fastest to place the correct weight on the scales wins.

You have 5 minutes.

Your time starts now.

To Johan:

Make the scales show exactly 7 kilos for at least 5 seconds.

You may only speak in a Gotland accent.

You must be dressed as a cow.

If the scale at any point shows more than 7, you must take all the objects from the scales and place them in the gazebo.

Nothing from the gazebo may be placed on the scales.

Fastest to place the correct weight on the scales wins.

You have 5 minutes.

Your time starts now.

To Maria:

Make the scales show exactly 007 kilos for at least 5 seconds.

You may only speak in a Göteborg accent.

You must be dressed as a cat.

If the scale at any point shows more than 007, you must take all the objects from the scales and place them in the gazebo.

Nothing from the gazebo may be placed on the scales.

Fastest to place the correct weight on the scales wins.

You have 5 minutes.

Your time starts now.

To Mauri:

Make the scales show exactly 17 kilos for at least 5 seconds.

You may only speak in a Gotland accent.

You must be dressed as a fuzzy little dog.

If the scale at any point shows more than 17, you must take all the objects from the scales and place them in the gazebo.

Nothing from the gazebo may be placed on the scales.

Fastest to place the correct weight on the scales wins.

You have 5 minutes.

Your time starts now.

Task notes

Prior to the presentation of the task brief, David engages each contestant in some small talk, in the study, asking them about their favourite number, favourite accent, and favourite animal.
Their answers to these questions are added to spaces in the task brief off-camera, dictating the final wording of their personalised challenges.
David swaps the presumably blank task envelope he has been holding for the customised version of the task brief as he heads out of the house.
In addition to being a hybrid of the ‘Set the parameters for your own task’ and ‘Make the scales read exactly a given weight’ tasks, the aspect of this task whereby the contestants must dispose of any items they have used, if they exceed their target weight, is reminiscent of the requirement that contestants dispose of their cocktails, when they exceed a certain volume during the cocktail-oriented versions of the ‘Make something as quietly as possible’ task.