You're watching a new episode of Bäst i Test.
The show with the highest hurled-melon-per-second ratio.
We do what we do for one very good reason:
Within one week, we'll be able to decide who is, after all is said and done, the best of the tests.
And this season is incredibly even. Competing are:
The not particularly shy wallflower, Charlotta Björck!
The verdant vine, Mauri Hermundsson!
The reddest rose, Behrouz Badreh!
The wonderful wormwood, Maria Lundqvist!
And the carnivorous plant, Johan Petersson!
And in tonight's show you will, among other things, get to see this:
- I can't see at all. - Ah!
- Stiff carpet. - Thank you, thank you.
- Whoa! - Easy there, little vole.
- You could cut it up. - Ah, come on!
Yes. Hello, panelists. Welcome back.
The finals are a week, and things are starting to come to a head.
How does it feel, Charlotta?
I've got no idea at all. You tend to get us feeling all mixed up.
- That's kind of strategy. - No clue what's going on.
- Mauri looks like he's got a bit of a clue. - I do?
- Does it seem like I've got a clue? - Not during the tests. But regarding the scoreboard!
Yeah. Well--this is all fun and games and stuff, but it'd be nice to win, too.
That's true, yeah. Berra's been a strong contender, and pretty cocky about that.
I've been cocky? I'm crazy humble.
- Maria, how do you think you're doing? - I think I'm doing pretty well.
It is very fun to understand--
--that the best contender is the one who's lost the most dignity.
It's the first time I'm on a show like that.
It's even. So exciting.
I think it's time for this evening's first test.
Hey! Hey? I'm here too.
- Ladies and gentlemen, David Sundin. - Ah! Wow.
Wow! Thank you, thank you, Babben. Lovely introduction, as always.
Things are definitely starting to come to a head, and I've done a little bit of counting--
--regarding the total scores from every show this season.
- And I can tell you this: We're setting an evenness record. - Really?
The contestants have never previously been this close to one another.
To get one lone winner, we'll need to perform every test.
And tonight's first test involves neither banana, kiwi, nor lemon.
- Howdy. What're you doing up there? - Chilling.
You're pretty high up, huh.
Power play.
- Whoa! A clock. - Points.
"Get the watermelon as far from David as possible." Ah!
"You may not touch the watermelon, the chair, or David."
"In 20 minutes, David will drop the melon onto the marked spot."
"You may not affect the melon's movement after David's dropped it."
"Whoever gets the melon furthest from David wins."
"Your time starts now."
Yes, the goal was to get a melon as far from me as possible.
After I dropped it, you may not affect it.
Instead, figure something out that will get the melon to move.
Who's up first to relocate this melon?
Let's take a look at the trio of Charlotta, Johan and Maria.
Yes!
- So, unless you do something now... - It'll end up there.
- Sploff! - Uh huh.
- Like, a slide. - That could be one solution.
- How's your thought process, Maria? - A melon's round and it rolls.
I'm thinking that I'll meet you, very softly, with the melon.
So that when you let it go, it rolls downhill away from you.
And we're off.
- It's only been 1.5 minutes. - Yeah, yeah.
- Doing well, David? - Doing great.
- It'll be somewhere around here. - Yeah, thank you.
- 20 minutes, David. - Just 15, soon.
Almost half of your time's passed.
Just the second half to go, then.
You can unfold it, of course.
- Starting to approach half-time. - Perfect.
So you've set it up a bit, and can apply the last piece of tape.
- Stiff carpet. - Thank you, thank you.
Yeah.
It's going to land here. It'll get one 'swoosh' away.
It might land here, though. That's not far away at all.
- Going for the turn? - Yeah.
- Let's change directions. - Alright, we'll go uphill.
- Oh, this is going to succeed. - There's no way this works.
It's not going to roll that much. I'm used to watermelon throwing.
It's going to roll down there, at most.
- Now we've got... - A bit more of a skate ramp.
1.15 to go.
What if it lands on something bouncy? I can't find any bounce.
60 seconds!
- Ready? - I'm ready.
Time's almost up, Johan.
30 seconds to go! Three, two, one, zero.
There. There, yeah. Go, melon!
Bit further! That's good.
Five, four, three, two, one, zero.
- Almost further than you thought. - Yeah, actually.
Not quite into the street.
If it wasn't for that bump, it'd have gone into the next county!
- Damn, that's good. - Good work.
Three, two, one, zero.
- But you get, like... - The basic idea? Yeah, that was good.
Might've gone a bit further without anything at all here. We don't know.
Hard to say. Good work.
How'd you planned the track?
I'd planned for it to end with this soft...
I'd taped a sleeping bag up there.
It was going to land on a trampoline, and get one hell of a swoosh.
- Johan, your ramp was good. - Absolutely fantastic.
I'm used to dealing with elevated falls. I get that every time I stumble.
I know from experience you need a soft landing.
How far did these melons go?
Charlotta's melon traveled 2.10 meters. From me and just straight down.
Maria's ramp carried her melon 4.67 meters.
But Johan created the longest melon journey thus far, at 14.55 meters!
Respectable distance, but we've got two contestants to go.
Yeah, two to go.
We'll start by taking a look at what Berra and his melon got up to.
You may not touch me, the chair or the melon.
- I can't touch you? - We're getting close to half-time.
- This isn't gonna work. - No, it doesn't look like...
You need to drop it where the marking is?
- I'll drop it where the marking is. - Where that marking is?
- I can move that? Are you allowed to climb down? - I can climb down off the ladder.
- Ugh! - I'm just chilling a bit.
- How long am I allowed to run, then? - Why would you run far?
- You're dropping it where that is. - The melon needs to be far from me.
Alright. What if I put it on a downhill slope, then?
- 1.15 to go. - Dammit, no!
Five, four, three, two, one, zero!
That was great, huh.
- That's pretty good, yeah. - Good work.
Looks far.
Actually feels damn good. Aren't you going to go measure?
Berra, as usual, you start out by trying to pound nails into impossible materials.
All I did in woodshop was butterknives, so I don't know what the hell I was thinking.
But you did get a flash of inspiration.
- Yeah, you're so smart. - Thank you.
How far was it?
Behrouz's melon rolled an entire 25.83 meters.
Meaning that he's in the lead so far.
Well, look at that! But isn't Mauri going to get a chance to beat this?
Yes, he practically always does his best. Masterful Mauri. We'll take a look at that.
What have you done now?
- I can't affect it. - No.
Wait here. Wait.
- This is so... - Ah, come on!
Wait, there's someone with a bike coming down. Excuse me!
Could you help me with something? Grab your bike and follow me.
Come on! Whoo! Hey!
- This is Hakim and his family. - Hullo.
- That's David. - Hullo.
We're building a device on your...
- What do you call it? Letter-holder? - Package holder.
You can use it for letters too, but mostly packages.
Let's just put the bike like that...
And then go on a little family bike ride where I tag along.
That'll land there, and you zip away.
- It's going to push down, like this... - 12 minutes to go.
Or? Yeah, smart. Good!
Why aren't you on the show? Should we get ready to go?
If you'll aim your bikes that way...
- Time, David? - Five, four, three, two, one, zero.
Nice. Alright, gang! Let's go!
- Mauri! - You're too smart for this show.
We're at a safe distance from David Sundin now, you guys.
Watermelon!
- Think he's going to win? - Oh, that's so cute.
Yes, good on you, Mauri. Your thought process was totally different.
You could've had Hakim hanging around, waiting in the wings--
--at the boundary line of every test if you'd thought of that.
And it needs to be said that Hakim's the real hero.
We've got Hakim here in the audience. Round of applause! There he is.
There!
Now that we're at the end, I can tell from a glance.
Charlotta gets one point.
Maria gets two points. Johan gets three. Berra's second best, four points.
But Mauri, aided by Hakim, nabs tonight's first five-pointer!
David, move us along to the next test.
Yes indeed, I certainly will. It's time for disco inferno.
What's going on here, then?
- Hi...? - Hullo.
Does this have something to do with not moving off the round rug, or what?
- "Turn on the disco light." - "Your feet may not leave the rug."
- "You may not move the rug." - "Fastest wins."
"Your time starts now." What am I supposed to do, then?
Alright, it's got no batteries. Where's the batteries?
So, the goal was to turn the disco light on.
But it didn't have any batteries. Just have to put new ones in, right?
Which would be easy as pie, if you were allowed to leave the rug.
But first: A short break, and a little test for those at home.
Everyone needs to find a thing which starts with the letter B.
The person who finds and retrieves the biggest thing starting with the letter B wins.
We're back, and before the break we were in the middle of what's colloquially known as a 'test'.
Well then! There should be a way to solve this without losing patience or sanity.
- Who're we watching first? - Some of our loveliest stock.
- Maria, Charlotta and Mauri? Right, then. - No, but...no!
- What is this? - I don't know how to do this.
These need batteries.
There's a coat. Does that coat have anything to do with it?
Woohoo!
My God! Thanks.
There's something tiny in here. A flashlight. Just what I needed.
Oh, there's batteries in it.
Yeah, yeah!
There's batteries in it.
A damn battery fell out of this one.
- One battery. That's not enough, is it? - No, since I need three.
Two.
Like, I don't know.
It doesn't have anything to do with anything over there, does it?
Absolute bastards. You know that, right?
Ah! Come on!
There's a battery over there, yeah.
What...?
What?! What? Are you kidding? There's another battery?
Flashlight!
Could've gone for that, yeah.
- I've been looking everywhere. - Have you?
What is it? Have I missed anything?
The last battery.
- It was lying there the whole time? - The whole time.
This really was a disgusting test to go through.
I've never hated a disco light so much.
Good work! Mauri? Awesome.
- Good work! - Thanks!
- Mauri, you didn't want to play disco. - No, I didn't have the disco vibes.
It's really annoying when you can't find what you're looking for.
- You were almost resigned. - Yeah, bad TV-energy.
- Alright! Three down, two to go. - That's right.
How long until Behrouz and Johan manage to locate the batteries?
Why are these here? I need batteries. Or...?
A cable?
What the hell...does it need batteries?
Yeah, it's got batteries on it. Ah, there's three of them.
I'm not going to leave the rug.
What's this? Hah!
Ah, what the hell? And it's...
Come on. Ow, ow, ow!
Just have to put it in.
And smoke!
- Good work! - Thank you.
- Great! - Thank you.
Right, Behrouz. How satisfied are you?
I want to put this on a college application.
I've never felt so damn smart.
And Johan, how quick was this?
- Slower than Behrouz. - You think so?
Johan lit the disco light after 7 minutes and 59 seconds.
Charlotta, a touch faster. 7 minutes and 27 seconds.
Maria clocked in at 6 minutes and 46 seconds.
Berra finished after just 1 minute and 16 seconds.
- I'm sorry, Mauri? - I was there too.
You were there. Sorry.
Mauri, you were in a league of your own. 22.5 minutes.
- 22 minutes?! - And definitely last place.
Behrouz brings home five points, Charlotta four, Maria gets three--
--Johan two, and one point for Mauri. No more for you.
Allow me to serve up another team test...
Which is themed around the interplay between man and animal.
- We're good at this. - This looks easy.
It's probably good to get the letter without touching the sand.
Yeah, something's up.
- Can we step on the sand? - That's fine.
And the timer's running. You touched the sand.
- "Perform a horse show." - "Perform a horse show."
"One's the rider. The other two are the horse."
"You have 10 minutes to prepare and 60 seconds to perform."
- "Most entertaining interplay wins." - "Bonus points for most believable horse."
"Your time starts when David fires his imaginary starter's pistol."
- Pretty much a given who's going to be the horse. - Bang!
Yes indeed! And Ankan's making a comeback to pad the ranks of team Bam yet again.
One team member's the rider, and the other two will be the horse.
- Lovely. I love horses. - Who doesn't?
But there's a lot to take in here.
Let's start off by watching the preparations.
- Me and Johan will be the horse. - Uh huh?
Feels easiest that way. We're equally tall. Or...?
- Would you like to be the rider? - You're so handsome. It'll be great.
What does a horse look like? How do we make a horse?
I'll be the front and you'll be the back. Then we'll build a hanging horse.
If we make the horse tall, and we'll make it so that...we'll get a, like, so we...we'll make it like...
...so that The Rose can be a long way up. Like, so that he's not visible.
I'm not sure I get it.
- Down, down. - Easy, honey.
I'm here. You're there.
- This'll be very intimate. - Yeah, a touch too intimate.
- Careful so that I don't hurt you. - Whoa!
And we'll get this head off. Look, look! It's gonna be great.
- What the hell. I'll take the butt, too. - You can cut it up, otherwise.
One section is stepping on the spot.
- That's actually pretty good. - Fantastic.
- Seven minutes to go. - Come on!
- I can't run in my costume. - And I'll walk with Charlotta.
It's going well so far.
I found a sheet, too. Here's a hat. When riding, you wear a top hat.
I need to get in under your body there.
Babben knows her horses.
We shouldn't underestimate the importance of the interplay between horse and rider.
One minute to go.
I'm sorry, team Bam, but that's the worst thing I've seen in a long time.
- Chopping off the horse's head... - Ankan did it.
- I told him. - But you chopped him too, afterwards.
- I did? - You stabbed his stomach.
I tried to stop both of you, but then I just thought "do your thing".
Yeah, but that was after the bastard horse was dead.
- Alright. What was your process like? - No animals were harmed.
- Who're we going to enjoy first? - That would be team Bam.
According to Ankan, they're good at this. Let's get going.
It's time for dressage.
Here comes Behrouz with the dapper Big Behlarouze 2.
A magnificent specimen.
- Here I am. - I'll hold onto you there, then.
- Good seating. He takes charge. - You can't sit down fully.
- As a dressage rider, it's important to listen to your horse and vice versa. - 60 seconds from now.
He starts with a careful walk, moving into an accelerated walk.
It's important to follow the horse's forward momentum.
Look at that! Beautiful. A front-part turn.
- Forward! Forward! - We have to do some sort of trick.
What's he trying to do now? Isn't that a lateral movement!
Oh! This kind of thing warms a horse's soul.
- Back up. - Backing's a nice trick.
He aligns himself and tries to... Oh, oh! Treat the horse gently!
Now, that's absolutely forbidden. But what a thoroughly professional horse.
Big Behlarouze 2 adjusts the bit, and does a classic hoof up!
Who could've seen it coming?
- Forward left. - Three, two, one, zero.
- Incredible interplay with the horse. - Training's started for the summer.
That wasn't any good!
- It was totally fine. - That wasn't any good!
Over to the studio.
Nice. Really.
The horse collapsed at the end. Strong tobacco.
You did lateral movements, and a few various suggestions...
But how well do you feel you utilized the entire course?
We went for stand-still dressage in a small enclosure.
We ran with a bit of Scandinavian, minimalist style.
That hasn't quite reached my notice yet. Shall we take a look at the other team?
We'll see them dash off right after a small break. And here it comes.
Yes, we're back--and when we last parted ways, we were just about to see the second of two dressage performances.
Yes, that's correct. Two people constituted a horse...
And the third was to be the rider.
Before the break we got to see the performance of Berra, Ankan and Maria's horse.
May we now see the other team?
We'll be forced to, to make an accurate judgement.
Here comes our second equipage, starring the horse Little Raspberry.
Little Raspberry!
A very exciting start for Charlotta and the Lipizzaner stud, Lilla Hallon.
As you can see, a substantial amount of neck. A burly horse.
And look at that seating, the way she leans back towards the arched back.
One often talks about sitting right in the middle of the horse...
And that's exactly what she's doing.
The time has come for a 60-second show of dressage. Go ahead!
- She starts out with a delightful piaffe. - Focus!
Focus!
And this is meant to transition into a section featuring a back-part turn. Elegant!
- And cross-walking. - What's cross-walking?
A bit of disharmony.
You see this fifth leg, in the middle of the horse...
As you come around, preparing for the toughest section of the entire performance.
Oh, oh, oh! Not good. That's going to dock points.
It's time for the finale, where she follows through and...
What's happening now? Oh! A little bow? Why, thank you!
Both good and bad from Little Raspberry and Charlotta.
- Did it look good? - Over to the studio.
Lovely.
Mauri, I just need to double check. Did I hear the horse's ass say 'focus'?
What was your experience like as a rider, Charlotta?
It was hard to give commands. I haven't ridden that horse before.
It was such a special experience. It was exactly one minute.
I burrowed my face into... yeah, you can calculate where I was.
- Somewhere on Charlotta's body. - ...Well, it was yours--
- I thought it was his! - You might think so, huh.
- The penny dropped, now. - You were hovering around my backside.
Well, damn.
Right, well, it's time to assign points to the dressage performances.
Personally, I'm slightly leaning towards Little Raspberry.
But even though I love horses, I'm no expert.
That's why we're bringing in the incredibly knowledgeable commentator, Per Skoglund.
Welcome, Per. I'm getting curious.
Do you agree that Little Raspberry was a slight cut above Big Behlarouze?
- No! - Don't let her influence you.
Yes.
- No! - Per Skoglund.
Reasoning, though? Hey! Reasoning?
Right, the three points went to team Little Raspberry.
Charlotta, Mauri and Johan!
That's noted, and...yes.
Babben, what's happening now? What usually happens around now o'clock?
Yes, that's right. There's certain things you just have to do.
Go to the dentist, scrub out the garbage cans--
--and hand over the reins to Vulture Boy here at my side.
Without pleasure, I bring you David Sundin.
Wow! Imagine that, huh. Little old me?
The country boy. Thank you, thank you, Babben. Wow!
This time, we're going to get slightly better acquainted with...
Charlotta Björck!
- Congrats, Charlotta. - Feels incredible.
I think we'll do a simple round of 'plague or cholera'.
- Yup. - Are you ready?
- Plague or cholera? - Plague.
A thousand crowns in your fist, or a thousand fists in your crown?
- Yeah, a thousand crowns in my fist. - Thousand crowns in your fist?
Pineapple on pizza or no pineapple on pizza?
- No. - No pineapple on pizza?
- At all? Not even a scrap? - No.
My, my. How funny that you're not such a huge fan of pineapple on pizza.
Because it's namely time to play "De-Pineapple The Pizza"!
Yes, it's time to play De-Pineapple The Pizza.
Charlotta, you've got a letter you can take out and read.
I can--sorry. We'll fix that. It's no problem. There.
"De-pineapple your Hawaii-pizza and place the pineapple in the bowl."
"You may not remove your chopstick-mittens."
"To receive another pizza, ask David for it politely and in Italian."
"You have 100 seconds, after which the amount of pineapple juice will be measured."
"Most pineapple juice wins. Your time starts on David's cue."
On my cue, get going and de-pineapple the pizza.
As in, pick up pineapple and place it into your bowl. Fairly straightforward.
- Got it? - Yeah!
100 seconds start now. And we're off.
What?
Pizza, por favor! I want pizza.
- Davidio, pizza. Grazie mille. - Una pizza! Una pizza!
Someone order a Hawaii?
Davidio, pizza! I've been waiting in line, goddammit.
This was Maria's, this was Maria's. Stay in your seats.
- Una pizza, Davidio! - Ten, nine...
...eight, seven, six...
- Why can't I have a bloody pizza?! - Three, two, one!
And that's how we play De-Pineapple The Pizza.
Right, right, right. We've now converted all this pineapple into pineapple juice.
And now it's time to convert the pineapple juice into points.
Charlotta, you can start by pouring your juice into the glass.
- Oh! - Some pineapple chunks.
We've found this to be 27 ml.
- Moving on to Mauri. - Mauri.
- Whoa! - Whoa.
- Mauri, 41 ml. - Good.
- And there's Berra. - Or...?
- 38 ml. - Bravo!
Maria, go ahead.
24 ml.
Which means Johan needs to beat 41 ml. Here comes Johan Petersson.
- This'll be quick. - 19 ml!
Which means one point for Johan, two for Maria, three for Charlotta--
--four for Berra and five for Mauri.
- Nice, Mauri. - Cheers!
No, please. No, no, no.
Mauri!
- Was it tasty, Mauri? - Well...but the sweet nectar of victory.
That's right. Right then, looking at the totals...
Maria eight points, Johan nine points and Charlotta has ten points.
Then we've got Behrouz with 13 and Mauri with 14 points!
Woo! Okay! I'm getting a bit curious. What are we competing for tonight?
That would be pineapple pizzas!
Plenty of pizzas with pineapple on. Huh? Hold onto this, everyone.
Yes, we certainly will. What's next?
Some of you at home have probably worked it out. There's been some rumors flying around social media.
But now, we're finally making it official. And it's great to be able to reveal it's--another test.
- Uh huh? - Uh huh, you.
- Hi, David. - Hullo!
- Kindly take your place. - Thank you. Oh...
- Numbers. - No, no, I'll read.
"Do the fruit-and-vegetable missions listed on the bulletin board."
"Once you've used a fruit or vegetable, you may not use it again."
"Fastest wins."
- "You have 20 minutes." - Your time starts now."
So, one fruit or vegetable per mission.
Once it's been used, we'll put it in the "Used fruits and vegetables".
So, the goal was to perform the seven fruit and vegetable missions.
You weren't allowed to use the same fruit or vegetable twice.
And the fastest person to finish all their fruit and vegetable missions is, quite logically, the victor.
Right. And who's the first to tackle the fruit and vegetable missions?
Why not start with Charlotta, Behrouz and Maria?
- Which would you like first? - I'll go for number four first.
"Get a fruit or a vegetable in its entirety through the little ring."
This is the ring.
Right, which should make it... Or can I peel it?
In that case, I'll grab this one.
- Something tougher might come along. - Super smart.
"Hide a fruit or vegetable on your body." There.
"Make a fruit or vegetable look like another."
- What're you doing? - I'm turning a melon into a pea!
- Are you pleased with that? - Yeah, this is incredibly well done.
All of it's through, now. On to the next.
"Identify a fruit or vegetable."
- Watermelon. - Behrouz...
Watermelon is... the correct answer!
It's used up, then.
- Whoa! Can I look at both at the same time? - Yeah.
"Hide a fruit or vegetable on your body."
- Close your eyes. - I'm closing them.
- There. This is just ordinary yellow onion. - It looks like yellow onion.
- There it is. Is it a strawberry? - Looks more like a peach.
"Blow a fruit or vegetable off the table."
Good thing I had this little dink to go.
- What is this? - A little ring for another thing.
"Eat a fruit or vegetable in its entirety."
- A pea. - Simplest choice. Saved you from having to eat a banana.
"Get a fruit or a vegetable in its entirety through the little ring."
- The one I mentioned earlier. - Ah, what the hell!
If it'd been the pea, then...
- That'll do. - Dropping--alright. ...In each life, choices are made.
"Identify a fruit or vegetable." That old pineapple.
Charlotta...that's correct.
Don't look, David. I'm hiding it.
- Getting exciting, now. - "Blow a fruit or vegetable off the table."
"Eat a fruit or vegetable." Good thing I saved the banana.
- There! Good work. - Thanks.
"Get a fruit or a vegetable in its entirety through the little ring."
12 minutes left. I've never seen this before.
Amazing that this airs on TV.
45 seconds to go.
- Do you need to sit down? - Yes.
Three, two, one, zero.
Yeah, there it is.
Ugh! Ah, my god.
- Good work. - Thanks.
Good show. Berra, wouldn't it have been better to save the pea for the ring?
David juked me out when he said it was for something else.
This was the worst part, though. I got a cerebral hemorrhage three times.
Let's take a look at Johan and Mauri too, shall we?
We certainly shall. Right after the break.
Hello there! We're in the middle of a test, and David, could we get a brief summary?
The goal was to perform seven fruit-and-vegetable missions in the fastest possible time frame.
So far we've looked at Berra, Charlotta and Maria.
Maria wasn't going to get worked up for nothing.
She used a stunning 19 minutes and 50 seconds.
But I also got an aubergine through the ring!
You did do that, and that's fantastic.
- It was a tremendous piece of work. - Yeah, an achievement.
Charlotta handled it in 12 minutes and 18 seconds.
- So doing it faster is possible. - With a banana, yeah.
And in the lead we currently find Behrouz, with 9 minutes and 4 seconds.
- The pineapple dragged me down. - And we'll go for the rest.
Brace yourself for almost four meters of TV-clown. Johan and Mauri.
- Can I look at all of them first? - Yeah.
- Can I look at all of them? - No!
That little ring's going to get that.
"Identify a fruit or vegetable."
- Pineapple? - Good identifying.
Which means the pea's consumed, as is this test.
- Watermelon. - Identifying that? Correct.
"Blow a fruit or vegetable off the table."
"Hide a fruit or vegetable on your body."
- Gone. - Whoa!
Now I'm going to make this look like something else.
It's going to look like a banana!
- The banana's growing from here. - Wow, that's a wide banana.
- Did I say I was done, though? - No.
- Was this timed, too? No, I've got 20 minutes. - Yeah. 11 minutes to go, now.
- Yeah. So it's not fastest wins? - ...How else would you win, do you think?
Well...loveliest bananesque aubergine.
- Right, let's see. - Would you like an orange?
- I'd love one. - It's this.
Oh, it wasn't one? Okay.
- Are you going to eat these, now? - No, it's ten pieces.
And then what'll be left? Eating a banana, right.
- Do they have to be the exact same size? - No, the little bits count, too.
- What? - I'm going to check if it's ten pieces.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine...
...ten, eleven.
I get what you mean. No, I'm going to eat the melon.
- Three, four. - Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Exactly ten pieces. That's used up, then.
Can I take a peek?
There! Good work.
We've just got one task to go, Johan. "Eat a fruit or vegetable."
That's funny, huh. You had all the cards on the table, so to speak.
You were free to choose on your own.
- My eating sounds terrible. - I don't think anyone's noticing that.
- Want some? - No, I'm good.
- Three minutes to go. - Whoa.
- This'll be down to the wire. - Fun. Exciting!
- Whoa. - But otherwise, Johan...
If you don't make it in time, it'll all be in vain. That'd be a dang shame.
The less you talk, the easier this'll be for me.
- Urgh... - I'm going pale.
Maybe a little bit from there. There, Johan.
- 15 seconds to go. - Yeah. Well, what do we think?
Down there in the corner. You can eat that as it is.
And you can put them in the used-up, great. Oh, Johan--quick, quick, take that, before it--there, yeah.
Three, two, one and zero. Wonderful work.
Wow! Lovely to see. Yeah!
Yeah, yeah. See you tomorrow. Up and at 'em once again.
Yeah, we felt a little bit bad for you there. You were so close.
Yeah, well, it's like... when you break new ground...
Janne Boklöv, for example, who pioneered the V-style.
- You'd like to compare this to him? - Yeah, I'd like to. Nobody remembers him.
Nobody's going to remember this either, but I broke new ground. But it went off-track a few times.
If I could've done it again, I would've sliced that damn melon into ten equal pieces.
- How full does an entire melon make you? - Very full. And we were...
I was discussing a touch with people around me here, who weren't David--
- Is this going to be a problem? Is it laxative, or... - It's mostly water.
- It was an incredible feat. - Yes, it was.
How fast did these two do?
Johan suffered a major setback when he was forced to eat the watermelon.
He used almost all of the time, and ended up with 19.57.
A piffling seven seconds worse than Maria, but still very close to the boundary.
Mauri managed every mission within 8 minutes and 45 seconds.
- And with that, he was the quickest of the bunch. - Good, Mauri!
Meaning the points fall thuswise: Johan, one point. Hope you enjoyed the meal.
Maria two points, Charlotta three and Behrouz four.
And for Mauri, five meaty points.
- Do we have time for another test? - No doubt about that, Babbidook.
But before the next test, I'd like a small chat with our contestants.
- Hello! - Good day.
- Take a seat. Doing well? - Doing fine. You?
Doing great.
- Do you like small talk? - It's pleasant.
- It's going great. - Alright.
Lovely to be here. Wonderful atmosphere.
It's hard to get under the surface with you, but I discover other things.
Got any favorite number?
- What is this? - It's small talk, right?
- Yeah. Good.
- Got any favorite number? - No, not really.
- Seven. - 007.
- Like...? - The agent.
- Like...67. - 67?
- It's 17. - Let's make it 10, then.
I'm usually at ease talking to people.
- But it's like it locks up. - No, you're doing fine.
- With you. - No, it's going great.
Favorite accent?
Depends on where you're from in Småland.
But where I grew up, you probably sound like this.
- A Göteborg accent's lovely. - Huh-hey, right?
- Or a Gotland accent. Lovely. - It's probably a Gotland one.
- Got any favorite animal? - Cat.
- I'm fond of small, fuzzy dogs. - Dogs are pretty cute.
- Favorite animal? - Dog.
Cockatoo.
- How about you? - Can't go wrong with a fox.
- Let's head out to the shed, then. - Yeah.
What was all that about? What were we doing?
- We had a nice time, didn't we? - What was the point of this?
Rest easy, Babben. There was, of course, a plan.
These cozy little moments of chitchat led into the next step of the test.
- What's this? Scales? - Appearances would suggest scales.
This is super weird.
"Make the scales show exactly 7 kilos."
"Make the scales show exactly 67 kilos."
"Make the scales show exactly 10 kilos for at least five seconds."
- "You may only speak in a Gotland accent." - "You may only speak in a Småland accent."
- "You may only speak in a Gothenburg accent." - So damn fun!
"You must be dressed as a cow."
"You must be dressed as a cockatoo."
"You must be dressed as a fuzzy little dog."
"If the scale at any point shows more than 007, you must take all the objects placed on 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 five minutes." Oh my god!
"Your time starts now."
- 67 kg on the scales. - And I need to look like a cockatoo.
- And in a Gotland accent. - I've gotta look for somethin' fuzzy.
Yes, it's actually kind of cool that every test was tailor-made for our contestants.
Exactly! There was a plan.
The contestants have unknowingly determined the tenets of their own tests.
Favorite number, favorite accent, and favorite animal.
The goal was to get the scales to show your favorite number.
But if the scales showed more than that, all the stuff had to go to the gazebo.
Alright. Crystal clear. Who're we starting with?
It's time for Björck, Badreh and Petersson incorporated.
- But I have to be dressed as a cow. - You're dressed as a cow, yes.
- Cockatoo. They've got a yellow crest. - Yeah.
Oh my god! How the hell am I going to stick this into place?
You have to help me here, David. I've got no idea.
Fastest wins. Four minutes to go.
- 6.6. - How do we feel about this?
Probably weighs 20. No, that's 12.
So it needs to show 10, and stay like that for five seconds.
- 10.1. Bring everything to the gazebo. - No! Damn, that's what it was like?
11 kg. Into the gazebo. Ah, so close!
I can't see at all.
- That's a lot. What do you weigh? - Maybe 60-70 kilos.
That's right. Can I try you? No, if I do you're out.
- That was close to the toes. - That was close.
- What're we at now? - 35.
6.2...you need 0.8.
- 9.9. - 9.9? You've gotta be kidding me.
6.8. You need 0.2.
6.9!
- And it has to be? - Seven exactly.
- Rolled over to 7.3, there. - Yeah, yeah. Close an' all.
- Huh, huh, huh? - Huh?
- 9.9. - My god!
- Time? - 45 seconds to go.
- 10.1. - No!
You have to be kidding me.
It's not like you've got time to dress up as a dog now, either.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - 20 seconds to go.
Alright, I'll put some of myself on here.
Four, three, two, one, zero.
- There's no mistaking the cockatoo. - No, there isn't.
I didn't see anything. Had to look out of this thing's nose.
Johan, you forgot some Gotland accent. You were a horse instead of a cow, and...
- Well, it was a bit of a disaster, overall. - Yeah, a truly sad display.
- What was hard about it? - It's when you're that close.
I should've tried another duck instead of fumbling around with my finger.
- It's a heavy finger. - Just one more duck.
Charlotta, you had your work cut out for you assembling 67 kilos.
What the hell kind of favorite number is that?
- You've changed it since? - Yeah, it's no longer my favorite number.
I can see why. Alright. Who's next?
Sadly, I can't reveal that until we return from a truly majestic break. See you then!
Yes, we're back and it's time to tie this together.
Our contestants are going to assemble their favorite number on a scale--
--while speaking their favorite accent, dressed as their favorite animal.
The results so far have been lackluster.
Hopefully our last two contestants do a little bit better.
Yes, hope's the last thing that leaves you. Taking the stage, it's Mauri and Maria!
- Is this a good enough cat, David? - That's a cat for you.
Am I fuzzy now, David? A little critter from Gotland.
Sorry, I wasn't speaking any dang Gothenburgian there, huh?
How much does this weigh...? How the hell do you speak...how...
- 1 kg. - Time?
- Three minutes left. - Three minoots!
How much does a bowling ball weigh? Maybe one kilo, or what?
- 2.6. - This one's big!
A big an' heavy bag.
5.8. 6.0.
- 15.3. - 15.3?
1.6 plus 15.3 is 16.6.
I should be able to afford an extra bowling pin.
6.6... 6.7.
Hold your horses! I'm almost done.
I'll try it! I'll try it!
- 16.8. - Oh!
6.7. It's very cautious work, now.
- One minute and 15 seconds to go. - Easy there, you little vole.
- 6.9. - What the hell!
- Are you happy, David? - 1 minute and 15 seconds to go.
Come on, come on! It's done now!
- 7.0! - Nice.
- 6.9. - 6.9. 6.9.
- 7.0! No, 6.9. - You crazy or what?
One minute to go. You need to be 7 kg for five seconds.
Come on now!
It's 7.0 now.
- One, two, three, four...6.9. - No!
Oh, it's so close!
- 7.0. One, two, three, four, five. - Done!
I did it! David, I love you.
Good work.
It needs to be at 17 for five seconds.
Ten, nine, eight, seven...
- 17. - Five, four, three, two, one, zero.
Yeah!
That was a truly spine-tinglin' finale.
- Finalay. - Finalay.
- Good, Mauri! Thrilling, thrilling. - Incredible.
- Two high-pointers down to the last. - Right, Maria...
These balloons were tricky, weren't they?
They didn't quite want to. They were cautious about having the guts to be weighed.
- They were fluctuating. - They were.
Mauri, your Gotland accent was better than the impersonator Johan Petersson!
I have to give you that. It was really good.
- You just need to practice the way. - Weigh?
- Way. Way. - It weys? No...
I think you're mispronouncing it slightly.
Look at that. The confidence of the younger generation is boundless.
Right, one point each for Behrouz, Charlotta and Johan.
Four points for Mauri and five points for Maria Lundqvist!
Like...it's been so long!
- Good work. - Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Cling onto this feeling in the finale.
You can win a whole stack of pineapple pizzas!
And as we know, anything can happen and everything can change, as it's time for the finale.
Yes, the time has come for our finale.
How exciting. Johan, read the letter.
"Defeat the other team in a game of sole a satsuma."
"Your satsumas should be fired from your side of the field over the wall--"
"--with the goal of hitting the other team."
"The bodies of the opposing team should be lying stock-still in the other half of the field."
"A team member who has been hit must shout: 'I've been satsumad!'"
"The team that eliminates the other team with the least amount of satsumas wins."
"Your time starts on David's cue."
One team will be standing here. The other team will be lying down here.
They're going to be throwing satsumas over here without seeing.
When the entire team is eliminated, we switch. Understood?
We need another competitor, though. We've only got a two-man team over there.
Yeah, that'd be good. Who do we pick?
- How about Hakim? Let's do Hakim. - Yeah, let's.
Whoa! Wonderful.
Hakim from the melon test will hop into Maria and Berra's...
- Hakim. Damn, that's good. - Mauri's thanking him.
- It's weird that you're going to that team. - No, it's totally natural.
So, this team makes their way to the throwing area.
- We need to talk strategy. - You stand over here.
You've got your satsumas here. You'll throw one at a time. Right?
Make sure you're completely within the square.
This team's ready and positioned. I'll leave it to you, throwers. Go ahead.
Let's go, then.
- That sounded close. - Yeah.
- What does that mean? - Not a hit.
- What do you mean?! - It's close.
Charlotta.
- I've been satsumad. - No!
Berra's been satsumad. He stands up and takes a seat.
Dammit.
I've been satsumad!
Maria's been satsumad. One to go.
- I've been satsumad. - Yeah!
Hakim got satsumad.
Hakim, the shadow.
In that case, I'd like to ask you to get into position.
You're over there? Or, are you...
- Where are you going to be? - Lie down, Mauri.
- Ow. Ugh, I've got a... - Lovely, everyone. Lovely.
22 is the number to beat.
- Behrouz starts. - Here it comes.
- Did that hit anything, or...? - If it did, you say "I've been satsumad".
And you go sit down.
- I've been satsumad. - Yeah!
- Right into Johan's conjunction, who'll go take a seat. - Right in the back of the net.
Here we go. Here it comes. Mauri, I've got my eye on you, here it comes.
Whoa.
I've been satsumad!
Yeah! Charlotta, that was me!
Satsuma number 9, then. Incredibly exciting at this juncture.
- Yeah, try it. - Here comes number 9!
There, yeah.
That was number 9.
- You got him. - You got it?
Let's hear it, Mauri! Say it!
- Say it, Mauri! Say it! - I've been satsumad!
He's satsumad! He's satsumad!
Welcome back, everyone, and we'll count this up.
Yes, the finale's over. A very special thank you to Hakim.
We do have to figure this out, though. I'm sure you've been counting, David.
One team made 22 throws.
The other made 10 throws, of which one was exceedingly accurate.
Let's take a look at that, shall we?
- It's wonderful, it's wonderful. - Right in there.
So, it's three points for Behrouz, for Maria and for Hakim, of course. Round of applause.
As we sum this all up, it's obvious that:
Johan gets 11 points. Charlotta gets 14 points.
Maria 18 points. Behrouz 21 points.
But Mauri earned two points more: 23 points!
- Congratulations, Mauri! - Bravo!
Come on up, come on up.
- The team test settled it. - Are those pizzas?
Go ahead. Go ahead.
And what have we learned today? In lieu of batteries, use a cord.
Good neighbors will handle your melon transportation.
And with the right attitude, you can blow a pineapple off a table!
We'll see you again in the grand finale 20:00 next Friday here on TV4...
...and Bäst i Test is available around the clock on TV4 Play.
Thank you, everyone. Let's go congratulate Mauri.
Original text: Johanna Svensson, Iyuno Translation: DangBream