A warm welcome to this extraordinary Christmas celebration-
-where we let five specifically chosen contenders-
-attempt what's considered the opposite of a peaceful Christmas:
"Bäst i Test". Here comes Santa's little helpers:
The show host's show host, Pär Lernström!
The most awesome one in Grotesco, Hanna Dorsin! [comedy group]
The one from "Leif & Billy", Klas Eriksson! [tv series]
Viktor's best buddy, Samir Badran! [music duo Samir & Viktor]
And Sune's mother, Sissela Benn! [children's book/movie character]
In tonight's Christmas special, we're gonna see...
-What the hell?! -Ugh!
What's his name? I can see him in front of me!
"Rotten" is not the word to use here.
-This is a living hell every spring! -Wait. Wait a little bit.
Ah, I'm so stupid! Stop everything!
Hello everybody, this unique panel for this night only.
Klas, why did you agree to do this?
Well, I guess my self loathing made me accept the invite.
Samir, which one of your qualities came to best use here?
Maybe that I went outside the box a bit more.
I think you are very impulsive. I know since we have worked a lot together.
Fast, I can imagine!
Sissela, how do you think you did compared to the so called competition?
I don’t think it went very well.
But also, I don’t know like how terrible you are.
-That remains to be seen. -Good!
Hanna, you are competitive. What do you want for a Christmas present this year?
Money...
-Is that why you agreed to this? -God yes.
-A Christmas tree that doesn't lose its needles. -You can't wish anymore now.
Pär, you usually host the shows. How do you feel just attending?
A lot of anxiety. Zero control.
-Show hosts don’t like that. -Certainly not.
Do I smell straw in here?
Oh yeah, the Christmas straw goat is here. Doesn’t he look like David Sundin?
Wow, wow, wow! Thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you, Babben.
I bow to those nice words.
Do that. Do you have a first test to put here underneath the Christmas tree?
I do! There's this one thing we always have to do before the celebrations can begin.
It's time to light the Christmas candle.
-Hi, David. -Hello!
-Oh! -Finally.
I did not see that one coming.
Should I sit down and read?
Okay. "Light the Christmas candle."
"The one who lights the candle in the most extravagant way wins."
"You have to wish the viewers a merry Christmas before lighting the Christmas candle".
"Your time starts now."
The most extravagant way? The most spectacular.
-Cool and memorable. -All of these are great synonyms.
-I’m gonna see if there's some matches. -Yes.
They were supposed to light the Christmas candle-
-and it had to be in the most extravagant way-
-and before the candle was lit they must of course wish you, the viewers, a merry Christmas.
Yes, as we Christmas hosts usually do. Who do we watch first?
The proud son of Linköping is Lars Winnerbäck. [singer]
And here is Samir Badran.
Do you need fire?
-Maybe light a fireplace. -Or a cigarette.
Call us!
-We are... -The firemen!
What background do you want?
-I don't know. How about a city. -Okay.
From all of us, to all of you, a really merry Christmas!
David, let's go.
We're coming!
What the hell!
Okay, we're coming!
Here we come!
There you have it, buddy.
So bad. Man, that sucked so bad.
-That's so bad. -Yes, but the idea was good.
Samir, that didn't go as planned. How were you picturing it inside of your head?
I was thinking: "This will be so freaking powerful and cool as hell."
But the candle didn't want to get lit. It was a real fail.
The bar is set. Or more like laying flat on the ground.
-It can only get better. -Maybe! We'll see.
Next up is Hanna Dorsin, Sissela Benn and Pär Lernström.
-What background do you want? -Wow, wow, wow!
One wants to go back to their own Christmas.
-It's Arne. -Big picture of Arne? [Arne Weise, famous Christmas TV host]
-I want space. -Space?
Can you be inside a Santa and look the Santa in his eye?
- And inside you just walk around and... -It’s more of a stationary environment, you know.
-What is going to happen? -Something with action.
It’s gonna be increadibly spectacular.
I'm going to pour gasoline everywhere. I think I’m gonna put the candle here.
Soon it's gonna burn!
Well yes, a warm welcome to this Christmas celebration-
-as we used to do it in the past.
Back in the days. You're welcome.
It's so beautiful.
-Oh, an alien! -What are you?!
Defending its candle.
Get away, you!
Now I’m gonna light the Christmas candle. I’m holding you back...
Merry Christmas, motherfuckers.
Merry Christmas...
...motherfuckers.
When the rocket is launching, that's when we know that we are celebrating Christmas.
It’s coming. It’s coming soon!
Merry Christmas, motherfuckers.
A small step for man, but a giant leap for mankind.
How tedious! There, there, there.
There. And this goes on top.
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas. There you go, yes. Look. Beautiful.
It just died. It’s because there's no oxygen inside there.
-Well done. -Thanks.
-Merry Christmas. -Merry Christmas. Hi.
It’s coming... What a blast!
What the hell happened?
And there's the candle. It’s on fire! Wow, wow, wow!
Now... Now it’s Christmas!
Merry Christmas, motherfuckers.
It looks like the candle is lit. Well done. Good to see.
I have to start with Hanna. What kind of fever dream was that?
Well, you saw it yourself. I met a real alien.
I was supposed to find the candle and light it. A real failure.
You're being too hard on yourself.
Pär, can you check the "Christmas host" box on your bucket list now?
I’m done. I think everyone is pleased With that performance.
So far, I’m not super impressed, but we'll take a look at the last bloke as well.
It's Klas, right?
-Well. We'll see about that. -Is that so?
It’s great time to let this year's Christmas host-
-wish all of you at home a merry Christmas and then light the Christmas candle.
Please welcome this year's Christmas host: Pär Lernström.
Yes, here I am, feeling the Christmas spirit.
Another year has passed and I have sent invoices.
It's time to light this year's Christmas candle.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas, Pär.
-What have I ever done to you, Klas? -I'm sorry. I forgot about this.
The candle is burning.
-Shall we call it? -The candle is burning.
I can't see the candle anymore, but it did burn anyway.
Yep, yep! Have a nice day. Bye!
-What the hell? -Yes.
-Do you have something to say to Pär? -A Christmas host has to be lovable. It’s a sign that I like you.
You have to be lovable to get hated.
I’m gonna need your opinion and points, Babben, to add to the protocol.
They were supposed to wish Merry Christmas before they lit the candle.
Can I have another look at Hanna's tape again?
"You have to wish the viewers a Merry Christmas before lighting the Christmas candle".
And this goes on top.
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas.
"You have to wish the viewers a Merry Christmas before lighting the Christmas candle".
"Before lighting the Christmas candle". Merry Christmas.
"Before lighting the Christmas candle".
I'm sorry, Hanna. The greeting came after the lightning. You could see that.
It’s one point for you. Two points for Samir.
And Sissela, you get three points. You had to redo it several times.
In the end you had to just put the fire in the right place.
But it burnt more than the others. Four points to Pär.
The first five-pointer of the evening goes to Klas and his Robin Hood skills.
Great, great! I’ll write all of this down in my important documents.
Good, David. Do we have another task?
We do, Babben. But don’t get sour, Babben, in case the next task kills you. [sauerkraut/cabbage puns]
-Hi. -Hello!
-Hello, Klas. -Hi, David.
-No! -Oh!
"Eat..." Man, what the fuck.
-Oh, sauerkraut. Love sauerkraut. -You do? Then you're in the right place.
It runs in the family, and by that I mean Henrik's family. [her husband]
Actually, Henrik's uncle Faust... Yes, Faust.
He even ordered a plate of sauerkraut for dessert.
"Eat more portions sauerkraut than the average."
"Closest to the average wins."
"If you eat below the average, you get zero points."
"By average we mean the average number of portions of sauerkraut"-
-"that all five contenders are eating."
"You've got 20 minutes. Your time starts now."
No stress.
-Oh, my God. -Yep.
They were supposed to eat any number of sauerkraut portions as they wanted.
The goal is to eat just above the total average of all five of them.
As close as possible, and a little more.
You are forcing our contenders to eat sauerkraut?
Yeah, that’s one way to look at it. But speaking of eating tasty things.
We're gonna take a short break. The viewers at home are gonna get a task.
Guess how many marshmallow Santas I can get into my mouth.
The one who can guess the right answer or the closest wins. Your time starts now.
Welcome back to our Christmas special!
How many marshmallow Santas does David have in his mouth?
One, two, three...
...four, five.
Six, seven.
-Eight, nine. -I thought it was...
Ten!
Yes, it was ten. But tell me more about the sauerkraut task we began before the break.
Yes, the contestants are supposed to eat any number of sauerkraut portions.
I want to clarify that it’s completely voluntary. We're not forcing anyone to eat more than they want to.
But whoever eats closest above the average-
-number of portions wins.
If everyone else eats three portions each, you win if you eat four portions.
Okay, good! Which sour faces do we watch first?
Here comes Lernström, Badran & Benn.
But wait. Wait. Okay. Okay, Wait. Shall I... Wait.
-Closest to the average. -So you can't eat fewer than any one else..
You have to figure out how many the other ones ate.
And then just eat one more.
And the funny thing is that everyone is sitting here now, trying to figure out how everybody else thinks.
-We've got Samir Badran. -He doesn’t like sauerkraut.
-That's prejudiced. -But that's all I've got to go on.
-Do you like sauerkraut? -Absolutely not.
It gets sour because it has matured over time.
And I also suspect it’s been standing too long on this tray as well.
"Rotten" is not the word to use here.
That's one down.
How many do you think the others will eat? You know you don't have to eat them all.
-Do you get used to the taste? -No.
-It’s very sour. -Half sauer, half kraut.
-Is it dangerous to eat them all? -I’m gonna be honest with you, Samir. I don’t know.
-Well that's two down. -But we'll take a third as well.
-We're looking at it. -Wait. Closest to the average?
Oh yeah. Okay! Wait. Okay!
I’ll take another one.
-How did Pär Lernström react you think? You know Pär. -Pär is a competitive person.
If he was presented the opportunity of becoming a legend, would he take it?
-Or would he give away that opportunity to Samir? -Absolutely not. He won't give it away.
-With some sausage for lunch, it will balance things out. -When they meet in the stomach?
But maybe the stomach says it wants them together?
Yes. But I'll just tell it that’s just what we're doing today, stomach.
-Wait. -How much time do we got left?
-Ten minutes. -Oh, my God.
Now we are at a total number of four.
-Than you are hoping that the average is three. -I'll take another one.
-I want to make the citizens of Vimmerby proud. -Check this out.
I just don’t want to sit in the studio later and you're disappointed in yourself.
When you're in the studio you're gonna be able to look yourself in the eyes and say:
"Sissela, why didn’t you eat another one?" You will be able to ask yourself that.
Sissela, why didn’t you eat another one?
-You can't say it now. -You're confusing me.
Later on, when you are in the studio, we'll watch this together.
You're beginning to experience resistance. That's normal. Is it the taste that’s the primary issue here?
-It’s really sour and a little... -Kraut.
-I’m stopping here. -Okay?
It’s one, two, three, four and five. Good job.
Now the citizens of Vimmerby are just sitting there like, "Samir! Samir! Samir!"
-"He would never stop on six." -Let's do one more.
-Let's go for it. -Lernström is dangerous approaching the finish line.
-He's close to the goal. -But wait a little bit.
If someone eats one, and someone eats seven...
-Or wait, wait. -Are we allowed to combine?
Season it? Make it a little Christmasy. It becomes sauerkraut à la Malta.
-Is that what it is? 45 seconds left. -Can't believe I didn’t do this straight away.
-We'll do one last. -And when you say "we", it's "you".
30 seconds. And now the question is...
-Are you gonna do two or three more perhaps? -Two more!? Are you sick!?
20 seconds. We have to do a WHOLE one. It’s a double mandarin on this one.
15 seconds. I want you to be all chewed out.
One, zero.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
-Are you done there? -I can’t do more.
No! No. Stop.
-Good job. -Kraut à la Malta.
Thank you, you can go now.
This makes me curious.
-Samir, who lives in Vimmerby? -My cousins.
-They love "Bäst i Test." -And sauerkraut?
No, I don’t think so. They’re Arabs. They don’t eat sauerkraut in Palestine.
You never know. Pär, is sauerkraut à la Malta mandatory on the Christmas dinner table?
No, it’s ruined now I'm afraid. I hatched the idea too late.
How many bowls did we get?
Sissela ate five. Samir ate seven. Pär landed on nine portions.
Together they ate 21 bowls of sauerkraut.
The average now is therefore seven bowls. That's the number to beat.
That puts Pär in a good position with his nine bowls.
He will still be in a good position if Hanna and Klas eats-
-between 14 and 23 bowls of sauerkraut together.
Now it will all get settled. Here's Klas & Hanna.
And the mountain they are climbing consists of sauerkraut.
I have to think how they think.
-No one's gonna eat five. -They're not?
-Pär Lernström, he's not gonna eat five. -Not five?
-No, he's too fancy. -Why do you hate me, Klas?!
Pär has a sensitive stomach. He can only eat one.
Well start by tasting it. I’m not so sure...
Wow. That face came early.
We can already see that this is not gonna be an issue for you.
-Fuck, this is nasty. -Is it the cabbage or the sour part?
-It's all of it. -That's two down.
-Is it gonna be more sour as we go along? -No, it’s just your tastebuds...
Boom! There’s number four. Number five, next up.
I think the others are getting a little shaky right about now.
Number three in the goal.
I can't see any visual signs that...
Now. There it began. The reality just hit.
-You don’t have a strategy. -No.
The only thing you don’t wanna do is go below average. That's zero points.
-True. But I won’t. -Five in the goal.
The thing is, the more I eat, the more my family will cheer me on.
You compete for them too.
-I might have a plan. -Maybe you do.
-But you are acting really good, as if you didn’t have a plan.
If you can just shut up for a second, maybe I could go through with my plan.
I don’t want to stress you.
You know I like you. I just want to help you out.
Right now it’s very sour and gross.
I have to think. This is an insane amount of sauerkraut.
I think most of them have eaten as many as me.
-Eleven? -Then I’m eating twelve.
-I can tell you, no one has eaten this many. -In that case you're way past the average by this point.
-So now it’s just plain hobby... -No. Fuck, man.
-Pär Lernström has not done this. -Is he weak? Is that what you're saying?
-He's a classy guy. -He doesn't want to embarrass himself?
That's one thing that you are missing. That filter that makes you look..
Three, two, one, zero. You don’t have to make a big deal.
You don't want me to..?
And zero. I’m stopping the time.
Cool to see. Two digits. Get out.
Well, Klas. David implied that you don’t mind embarrassing yourself.
I wasn’t gonna do a mathematical thing. I just went for it.
I've got nothing to lose here. And I felt it was a lot of focus on Pär as well.
-Very much. -I’m sorry about that. I didn’t mean to.
-You should probably talk to someone about that. -Maybe you should talk to each other.
-Yeah, we might have to. -Hanna, how will your family react when they see this?
They will be so proud. I’m carrying the sauerkraut-flag high.
It’s gonna be a nice Christmas.
Are your kids going back to school saying: "Did you see my mother eating sauerkraut?"
-She was just shoveling in... -"Damn what a mom you've got!"
-That’s really something. -It really is.
Can you untangle the sauerkraut average, David?
Pär succeeded at staying exactly at the average number.
Which is nine bowls. That gives us two people that end up below the average number.
Samir and Sissela, who are therefore disqualified.
Hanna and Klas ate above the average number.
Since both of them ate exactly twelve bowls, they both get five points each!
Then we got Pär, who's exactly on the average.
That's even harder, really. What are we doing with him, Babben?
Yeah, you were supposed to get higher than average. So really...
You should be disqualified. But I'll give you one point.
One point for Pär, who ate all the sauerkraut unnecessarily.
-Oh yeah. That point might change it all. -Time to move forward.
There's an expression that goes: "Strain gnats and swallow camels." [Biblical]
Now we're gonna strain gingerbread and swallow our pride.
-No, but oh my God. Hi! -Hello!
Always happy to see you.
-Oh, gingerbread cookies! -That's right.
I’ll take this one.
"Get as many gingerbread cookies through the strainer as possible."
-"You've got two minutes." Wait! -"You can only leave the lab once."
"Whoever gets the most gingerbread cookies through the strainer wins."
"Your time starts when you or anything else"-
-"touch or touched a gingerbread cookie."
Ah!
-So if I for example... -No, no. You can’t touch.
-It’s these cookies. -Oh, you. Knock it off. Stop it!
-I am supposed to fill this jar? -That would be cool to see.
You were supposed to get as much gingerbread as possible through the strainer.
The one who gets the most through the strainer wins.
They only had two minutes but the time only started when someone touched a cookie.
How it went for these Santas, we'll see after the break.
Welcome back. Time to strain some gingerbread.
Exactly. Most cookies through the strainer wins.
Here's the old talented duo, Samir and Pär.
-Okay, I get to go out of the room once. -You also get to come back once.
-That's right. I could chose to walk out... -Permanently.
Wait. Wait. Through the strainer?
I can bring as much as I want in here. The time only starts when I touch a cookie.
Should I run out and get something that I can use to smash these?
And than we'll sprinkle it through the strainer. Done. Okay. That's what I’ll do.
Wait. Yes! The time doesn’t start until I touch the cookies?!
Sweet. No stress.
-I’m getting out now. -Shit, I’m so stressed.
I brought you some stuff. It’s gonna get dusty.
You don’t want to breath it in.
-This is the asbestos of Christmas. -Looks good so far.
-There. -Now we're talking.
Okay, is it okay to break it? And then through the strainer? Okay. No!
Okay, I touched them. Let's go.
This is just a mood booster. Can you hear me?
-It's not covering my ears, Pär. -I don’t know why I am screaming.
-Okay. Two minutes? -Yes sir.
-Okay, let's go. -And we're off!
-There you go. -Crappy bag. It’s already got holes in it.
-This is a bad tactic! -1.30. 1.30 left.
There's where the berry picker comes to good use.
I thought it was a strainer. It’s some damn hole in it.
Look, this sucks!
-It’s going straight through! Look! -Yes, this is great.
A really nice dust.
I’m glad I have this mask so I don't get the dust into my lungs.
It’s so bad, stupid and wrong.
20 seconds.
I can see some passing through. It’s not a lot.
-Yeah it is! It's much as hell! -Five, four, three, two...
...one, zero!
Back away from the strainer! Is that what you say on your show? [he hosts a cooking competition show]
-Absolutely. Back away from the strainer. -Can you say "remove your mask" for me? [Masked Singer; he doesn't host it]
20.
-15. Watch out... -No! No!
-Ten. -No, Samir!
Three, two, one, zero.
-Let's see. -I’m sorry, David. It was... Sorry.
But you still got a whole lot of gingerbread through the strainer.
-Good job. -Thank you.
Okay. Am I done? Thanks.
That fucking sucked.
Samir, it went really well for you. Why did you break the glass jar?
I was so bad. Before I came here today, I was hoping I would be good at this.
But bloody hell, that sucked.
Take it easy. How much dust did he get?
The task wasn’t to get as much as possible into the glass jar.
-But through the strainer. -True.
Pär made 145 grams of cookie dust.
In Samir's case we were actually able to separate the fine dust from the rest of the crumbles.
We were able to gather it and weigh it, and it was a bit more. 152 grams.
-Well done, Samir. -Alright, alright!
Pretty stable strainers so far. I wanna see more gingerbread passers.
Here's two who aren't afraid of messing around. Hanna and Sissela.
You can’t touch. I have to think.
I am only allowed to leave lab once. I'm gonna find something that crushes cookies.
I think I’ll fill this with water. There!
-Hi! -Hi!
-I brought a few tools. -That’s the most important.
-Let's just fill this. -And you're just filling?
Exactly, just regular tap water. No big deal.
You have brought quite a lot of water.
I’m gonna wet the cookies to make a gooey paste.
-And then just press it through the strainer. -Yes. Let’s do it. Pfft!
-That's a good start. -And we're off. Just chuck it into the water.
-Are they just gonna lie there and soak? -No I’m gonna get in there with my hands soon.
-It doesn’t look very fresh. -But it smells good. It smells like Christmas.
You can do this at home as well to improve the Christmas spirit.
Sure you can. Look. Gingerbread goo.
And then... It’s just grinding.
It becomes a gingerbread juice almost.
Would you get stressed if I told you 40 seconds left?
Our would it help you to Distribute your time better?
-Nah, I’m just gonna go for it. -I can tell. That's right.
I’m gonna try another method. It’s tasty when you mix dry and wet.
It’s only 15 seconds left until I’m gonna tell-
-you to stop these shenanigans.
-Oh, it’s very fine mesh. -Thank you.
Five, four, three, two...
...one, zero!
Thank you for a good collaboration.
You don’t see that on Christmas very often.
-It’s so gross! -Yes it became.
It became really, really gross.
You'll clean up? Thanks.
-Bye! -Oh!
-Yes, impressive. -You could say that.
David, you're usually not that squeamish. What happened?
It doesn’t look good. Just with the bath tub... I don’t know.
It becomes something else. Hanna, what's the flaw in your strategy?
I guess it was too much water.
It was hard getting it all down.
But Sissela, the bath tub? What were you thinking?
I thought a lot of stuff would fit inside and I would get more done in a shorter period of time.
-Aha. Did it work? -No, I don’t think so.
Okay. This won’t be easy for you to measure.
-I can imagine you struggled a bit. -I had very clear instructions from you.
We have to get rid of the liquids to be able to measure.
So I have boiled, dried and blow dried.
And after a lot of ifs, ands, and buts, I came to the conclusion that-
-Sissela passed 136 grams of gingerbread through the strainer.
While Hanna got quite an astonishing 450 grams through!
-Nice. -Wow!
450 grams is the number to beat.
-Will Klas beat it? -I’m skeptic.
But we're gonna give him a chance. Here's Klas.
There... "Get as many gingerbread cookies THROUGH the strainer."
-If I make a hole in the strainer? -Then they will go through the strainer.
-Exactly. I can do that? -You can do whatever you want.
I didn’t touch a cookie?
If it falls to the ground, I will start the time.
-Why doesn’t it make a hole? -Well done, Klas.
-So fucking clever. -Now we're talking.
-How much time left? -One minute left.
-Just look. I’m incredible sometimes. -30 seconds left.
Three, two, one, zero.
-Nice. -Good job. Cool to see.
That's how it’s done, Klas!
-Are you satisfied? -I’m very proud of myself.
-Sometimes it just works. -Sometimes one figures things out.
-How many grams did Klas get? -Klas had 196 grams...
...more than Hanna, and he ends up with a total of 646 grams!
Good. Nice.
One point for Sissela, two to Pär, three to Samir and four to Hanna.
And Klas gets his third five-pointer. Hat-trick!
A good start, but nothing is final yet. What are we competing for this evening?
We're competing for something that's both innovative and a thirst quencher.
Tonights prize is Babben's liquid Christmas dinner.
This beverage contains everything you can find at a traditional Christmas dinner.
Jansson's Temptation, sausages, pickled herring, egg and anchovy salad, Christmas ham- [potato casserole]
-With broth, brussel sprouts, and a small shot of alcohol.
-Mm, mm, mm! -Oh, now I feel sick.
-Can you start the next task, please? -This makes me feel all tingly inside.
He's finally here. Santa Claus!
-Hello! -God, that’s unpleasant.
Merry Christmas and so on. Oh, hi!
Yes, look at that.
-I accidentally tore the letter. -God, I’m getting nervous.
-Have you never met Santa before? -Not this version.
"Guess who's hiding behind the Santa mask."
"Santa can only answer yes or no."
"You can’t touch Santa."
"You have to make a guess within 8 minutes."
"Whoever asks the least number of yes or no questions wins."
"Your time starts now."
The task was to guess who's behind the mask.
And at the same time use as few yes or now questions as possible.
Santa showed a sign for yes and another one for no.
20 questions on primetime. Are you running out of ideas?
Not at all. This is an exciting and high quality task. Believe me.
So exciting in fact that I’m gonna make you wait for a little bit.
You, and everybody watching at home, will just have to do like Samir and...
Wait. Wait, wait, wait. No, wait. Wait, wait. Just wait now!
Wait, wait, wait. But wait.
Wait! Oh yeah, wait.
Wait, wait. Wait, wait. Wait! No, wait. wait!
No, wait. Wait.
Good evening. David is excited like a child the day before Christmas.
Because in a few minutes we will find out the true identity of Santa Clause.
This is a guessing game about who's hiding behind the Santa mask.
-The fewest amount of yes or no questions win. -Let's go. Who's first?
When lacking something impressing, Here's four people Santa guessing.
Here's Sissela, Pär, Hanna and Samir.
-Can I ask you stuff? Is the Santa allowed to stand up? -No.
Have I seen you today? No? No.
Are you working in Swedish showbiz?
-No. -Have we met?
-Crappy question. -Are you a man?
-Are you over the age of 70? That’s two. -You asked me a question as well.
-But that doesn’t count? -Yes, that counts.
Are you a so-called celebrity? Yes.
Are you often on Swedish television?
Who is famous from TV who's also over... Oh!
Do you work on "Bäst i Test"? No. How the hell did you get here then?
When you appear on TV, is it on TV4? [Bäst i Test's network]
The time is ticking. I’m gonna ask if you...
Fuck, this was so hard. I thought I would show off, and everything's just going to hell.
Are you from Stockholm? Oh! I could ask a really good question, that’s really covering...
Have you been working in the news and community departments?
Are you a girl? No, this is... Wait! Are you Babben?
Have you been a foreign news reporter? Fuck!
Are you a show host? Are you Oldsberg? [Ingvar Oldsberg (1945-2022)]
-Three minutes left, Hanna. -Yes, I know. -How can you know?
-I can notice how the time's running. -Yes, that’s true.
-Pär Lernström. -Is that your guess? Pär Lernström?
-I failed this one so hard. -Six minutes left.
Do you have hair? What kind of question is that?!
-It’s the worst question anyone has ever asked! -It’s a person with hair.
What other show hosts are there? No!
-Do you do wine? He's not sure... -I bet he drinks a lot of wine.
Are your name Bosse? No. What else is a name?
-Was that a question? -No!
Rolf Porseryd. [TV4 political reporter]
Five, four...
-...three, two... -Wait.. Adaktusson!
-Lars Adaktusson? -It's not Robert Gustafsson. [politician / comedian]
-...one, zero. Thanks! -No, I wanted to know.
-Thank you so much. Good job. -No.
-But you have a guess. -It’s such a bad effort.
I’m so embarrassed.
It’s gonna get awkward once again, later on in the studio when we are watching this back.
And once again of course when you're watching this with on television with your kids.
You’re gonna feel ashamed quite a lot. Thank you.
That’s sad. No Christmas presents for me.
Well, Samir. I couldn’t help noticing you asking if it was a girl.
And when he said no you said: "Is it Babben?"
No, I just thought... I didn’t have time to process his answer.
I just thought, "of course that's Babben!"
Because we can’t know who it is.
You didn’t even notice Santa's answer? Okay, I’m buying that.
It’s still very uncertain whether-
-anyone out of these four has even completed this task.
Let's send all of our hope to Klas. Will he be able to unveil the Santa?
Klas? You mean the guy who made a hole in the strainer? The guy who ate twelve bowls of sauerkraut?
-Yes, that Klas. -That’s good because it’s his time now.
Are you an artist?
Are you an actor?
Are you a show host? Ah! Here's something.
Are you a news anchor?
-Wait. Oh, God! -Remember, it’s the least amount of questions that wins.
I know that, but I have to make progress forward.
Steffo Törnquist is not a news anchor. [TV4 morning show presenter]
-Is that your guess? -No.
Are you Steffo Törnquist? I’m asking anyway.
Smart strategy to double check when it’s the least amount of questions.
Does your name start with A?
Does it start with B?
B? Is your name Bertil?
Is your name Bernt? Is it Bo?
-Are you named Benjamin? -What news anchor is named Benjamin?
Börje? Is your name Bengt?
Is it Bengt?
Is your name Bengt? You've got a last name. Does the last name start with A?
B? What’s his name? Bengt!
The news anchor on TV4. Bengt.
Yes, what's his name?! I know it! I can see him right before my eyes!
Oh! Quiet! You have to be quiet now. I’ve got a few seconds left. Bengt?
I know who this is. You're an old legend.
Does your last name start with a C? Does it start with a D?
Does your last name start with a J? K? Does your last name start with a K?
M? Does your last name start with M?
Bengt Magnusson! Is your name Bengt Magnusson?
Oh yes! Fucking hell!
-You're guessing Bengt Magnusson? -Yeah, he told me that.
If it’s not him, I’m gonna make a threat towards the guy sitting there.
Let’s remove the mask.
-YES! Nice. -It was him.
-Thanks, Bengan. -Good job.
-Shit, I’m so stupid. -Good job.
-Yes, Klas. -You were the only one who found out.
-How did it feel to crack the code? -I’m proud.
You should be. That’s five points, right?
-One could think that. -No, what do you mean?
If we just read the letter. And I’m quoting:
"The one who asks the least number of yes or no questions wins."
"Your time starts now."
So it didn’t matter if the guess was right?
As long as you made guessed something. The guess didn’t have to be correct.
So the one asking the least amount of yes or no questions will win.
As long as you guessed something.
Whoopsie Daisy! Klas asked very many unnecessary questions.
I did.
Three of those were: Is your name Bengt?
But how many questions did each and everyone ask?
Klas went through almost the entire alphabet a couple of times-
-and in the end asked 61 yes or no questions.
That’s a lot. That’s good.
Then we have a pretty huge leap down. There we find Hanna on 32 questions.
Sissela asked quite a lot of questions, but only 23 of them were yes or no questions.
Pär was way more careful with the questions. He first thought before asking.
Asked 17 yes or no questions.
Then we got to see that impatience actually can be something positive.
Because Samir quit halfway through the task.
Guessed Pär Lernström, and left after only 13 questions.
Boom!
Yes!
This means that the only one who guessed correctly gets one point.
We have two points for Hanna, three to Sissela, four to Pär.
And the five pointer goes to no one less than Samir Badran!
What consequences did this have for the total score?
Sissela has seven points. Samir has ten points.
Pär has eleven. Hanna has twelve.
And in the lead right now, we got Klas with 16 points.
Great. I think it’s time to move on to the next task.
We will, Babbis.
And I MUST say that it's a rather good one. [Jul-Must is a Christmas soda in Sweden]
-You know, "must say." -I can hear you. I get it.
-Hello, hello! -Oh. You've got it nice in here.
-This is your Christmas lunch. -That's right.
It’s a Christmas plate like the ones they serve at the nursing home.
"Serve David julmust."
"The one who serves julmust in David's glass from the furthest distance wins."
"You can’t leave the site." ["Tomten" means both Santa & ground/site]
-"You can’t leave the site." -"You can’t leave the... Santa." ["Tomten" means both Santa & ground/site]
"You’ve got 60 minutes."
"Your time starts now."
I think we should go outside.
-You can’t leave the Santa. -The site?
-You can't leave the Santa. -No, but this isn't a site. This is a caravan.
I though you meant the site. Okay.
-I can’t leave... -You can't leave the Santa.
-Very clear instructions. -Come.
-Okay? -Yeah, you've got the glass.
Yes, they were supposed to serve me julmust from the furthest distance possible.
The one who serves me julmust from the furthest distance wins. I can’t make it more clear than that.
It takes a lot to misunderstand the instructions.
The first ones out among our long distance waiters are Hanna, Pär and Samir.
-I can’t leave the Santa? -No.
-In that case I’ll bring it. There. -I’ll put it here.
I’m thinking of making a sort of... What’s the name of the thing when it’s raining?
Chimney spout. What the hell is the name?
This is a living hell every single spring when you are untangling this thing.
Satan's pork. One moment!
Let’s see here. I will raise the pipe like this. Fuck.
We're gonna make a siphon.
We'll pour in one end and attach the other end to your glass.
Neither one of us can bear to do this for an hour.
We'll just do it quick and smooth. You only need one drop. This is your protection.
Okay. I’ll stand up there. You can go stand by the lamp post.
-Are you blowing? -I’m sucking!
What?
-I’m sucking out the air! -Okay?
In order for this to be able to get sucked up and traveling to you.
-Damn! I’ll have to go up to the balcony. -Okay.
-Like this? -Yes, that’s perfect.
-Tell me if I should move. -Yes, wait.
You're gonna receive this end of the hose later.
-Of course. The suck end. -You will get the suck end.
-Pär, it’s overflowing! -It's a part of the process.
-I’m gonna start pouring now! -Yep!
Okay, wait.
Okay. Go forward. Forward, forward.
Yes! Wait. Oh.
-Nothing in the glass yet. -It’s gonna come!
Back up! Back up, back up. There!
-Perhaps you should've sucked the hose a little bit first. -But what the hell!
-What? -You told me not to!
Just some air.
Oh! I’m so stupid. Stop everything!
Okay, just sit down here. Don’t touch this just yet.
Wait. Touch nothing. Don’t drink just yet! Wait!
No, go left, left.
Straight ahead. There you go.
Oh! Sorry, sorry, sorry. No, no. David? David!
Now! Must is coming!
-It’s bubbling! -Great!
You are welcome to drink, David! You have been served!
-Woohoohoo! -Thank you, thank you.
You're welcome!
"The one who serves must in David's glass from the furthest distance wins"
You got some in the glass. We'll have to see what Babben says.
-Shall we check with her? -In the studio, I mean.
We're not gonna call her now. Good job.
Good job to you, too. Thank you.
-Thank you very much! -You're welcome!
-Okay. -It got a little tight there at the end.
-Good job. -Thank you.
There's 30 minutes left. There was absolutely no reason for you to run.
But one should not sleep on a good idea.
Something to drink now would be nice. Oh, yes, thank you.
Whose Santa was that?
I just want to say that I moved the Santa from it’s original place...
So I carried it in my soul and heart.
First I got a bad idea, and then I got an even worse one, and then I forgot about the Santa.
And Samir, you still keep on destroying everything that’s made out of glass.
No, that’s okay. The must was served when the glass broke.
-So you are qualified. -I am? Oh, good! Nice.
Hanna, how did your siphon work? I don’t understand anything.
-No, me neither. -Did you try to suck all of the air out of the hose?
No, I was just trying to vision gasoline thieves.
-Yes? -Yeah... No. No.
In the end the must traveled through the hose, and that’s good.
-Shall we see the rest? -After a short and refreshing break.
Welcome back to the final part of the Bäst i Test Christmas special.
We're in the middle of a task where they are supposed to serve David julmust.
At the same time, you have to bring a Santa with you at all times.
Pär got to learn that rule the hard way. Isn't that right?
We've got two contenders left. Shall we finish with them?
We will. Here's musty Sissela and musty Klas.
-We're gonna work with height. -Yes.
Spontaneous thought. Flag pole. It’s really tall.
The question is if it’s easier to just send you up the flag pole.
-Or this one. -Pouring down?
But, let’s take a look in the shed first.
If I could place it like this. Do I look like an idiot now?
No, no, no. But... Yes, a little.
I can’t leave this? Then it'll have to go here.
-Does this look stupid? You were watching strangely. -In combination, it looks weird.
I’ve now got two plans.
A and B. Let’s start with a water balloon.
-You fill it up. -Yes.
Then I’m taping a needle or a nail to a glass.
Will this work? No!
-Okay, it works. -Yes.
Ah!
Hell! Fuck, I got scared.
It’s not Christmas until you’ve had the first glass of julmust.
It’s close now.
-Look. -It looks a little dangerous, but also really cool.
Wait. What's happening now? It’s so much. Yes, but...
15 meters. Let’s try it.
Rig-Left! Do I need to call YOUR right?
It has to be from my perspective!
There. Let’s see if anything's coming out. Yes.
-Okay. -Left!
A tad more enthusiasm.
Okay, back up a little. There, yes. A little bit more. Move the glass to the left.
-Ri...Left, left! -Come forward. There's a lot over there.
Now you've got a julmust rain.
It has to be clear who's serving and who's getting served here.
-You don’t raise the glass for the waiter at the restaurant? -The waiter doesn’t yell "rig-left!"
Shut up. I'm going now.
Ri... Ah!
But what the hell. There! There it is! You’ve got a lot on you.
You want something. Right now you’ve got zero.
Here I think. Here's good.
-Again it feels like mostly on me. -Yes, but you've got some. Look.
-Yeah, yeah. True. Are we calling it? -Yes, we are.
-Watch out, down there. -Exactly. Just take it in one go.
-Yes, there it is. Cheers. -Now it’s Christmas.
-You've got a little there. -Yes. Thank you.
-Plan car. -What's that?
The car will crash into this. I’m moving as far away as I can.
And the serving is happening from there?
Exactly.
Oh. I had time to break. That was cool!
-Are you holding the glass where I told you? -Exactly there!
Okay. New plan. Let’s go. This is for the victory.
I’m serving you now, David.
-You’re serving me. -Okay.
-Wow, wow, wow. -Wham, bam!
-Damn, that’s sweet! -That’s really good!
I’m looking forward to take a zip.
-Good job. -Thank you. And the Santa?
-You don’t leave it. -Never. Good, David.
Well, Sissela. You went for height. That was pretty efficient actually.
-Klas, what did you go for? -Feeling, maybe.
What score did they get?
In the end, Pär forgot to bring the Santa.
Therefore he gets one point.
Two points for Samir and his chimney-chute that worked but were too close.
Sisselas must was served on a distance measuring 10 meters and 50 centimeters.
Three points. Then there's the question.
Who was further away: Klas or Hanna?
Klas was serving me must after many ifs, ands, and buts-
-from 18 meters and 10 centimeters.
And Hanna? She doubled the distance with her 43.8 meters.
Four points to Klas and five points to Hanna!
The winner tonight gets to go home with Babben's liquid Christmas dinner.
With stockfish, sauerkraut, red cabbage, mustard, cured salmon and some ris à la Malta.
Everything in this practical bag-in-box. Yummy yummy!
I’m quoting my stomach right now. Everything can happen, and everything can turn.
Because now, it’s time for the final.
It time for the final here in our Christmas special.
Hanna, would you be so kind and read-
-the letter for your fellow competitors, Babben, and the viewers at home?
"Come out of your Christmas present by standing up with stretched arms"-
-"yelling 'Merry Christmas!' as loud as you can."
"The one who comes out second to last wins."
"The one who comes out last will end up in last place".
-"The time starts on David's signal." -Is everything clear?
Headphones on. Welcome inside your presents.
We'll wait for you all to get into place...
Your time starts now.
-And all we can do now is just wait. -Absolutely.
-They have to come second to last. -A nice Christmas present is always worth waiting for.
But haven’t they waited longer than you would think?
Yes, one think they should be popping up like popcorn soon.
That’s not fair.
-Merry Christmas! -Merry Christmas!
No! Fuck! Wait. Or wait.
-You got it. -Did you win now?
Did I win?
Come back down, and we'll see who won this.
Well, jeez this was really exciting.
Now we have to get the score.
Last one out of the box was Hanna who therefore ended up with one point.
And the first one out was Sissela who gets two points.
Then we got Pär who gets three points.
Right in the middle we have Samir. I mean, four points. That’s good.
But the winner was the one who came out second to last.
-And that was Klas, and he gets five points! -Very good, Klas!
But before we find out who won the entire episode...
-...we have a small announcement to make. -That’s right, Babben.
Long time fans of the show won’t be surprised when we say-
-that "Bäst i Test" is coming back in January with a completely new season!
It will be a whole new cast and a smorgasbord of tasks.
For example, you will get to see this...
Here they are!
-Olle Sarri. -No! Stupid.
-Christine Meltzer. -Yes, but I’m embarrassed.
-Gina Dirawi. -My name isn’t that hard to learn!
-Jan Rippe. -Super-Rippe will save the world!
-Alfred Svensson. -The shame is my biggest enemy.
-What? Are we on the clock? -I’m so stupid.
I can’t lose all my stuff.
-It’s fun but also really... -No! Everyone disappeared.
-Do you have bad vision? -I can’t see that well.
-It’s not keeping its shape that well. -No.
Stop the clock. I’m out of here.
Don't tell me I’ve ruined it for myself again!
-Wow, wow, wow! -Yes.
It’s an incredible season with an incredibly crazy cast.
But then is then, and now is now.
David, who of these will be the Christmas best in tester 2024?
Sissela got with her last two points...
-...a total of 12 points. -Good job.
Then we have Pär on 15 points.
Which gives him fourth place.
On third place and with a total of 16 points we have Samir.
-Well done, Samir! -Thank you.
And before the Christmas present task there was only three points separating you.
It would've been so easy for you Hanna to turn everything around-
-and by that win the show.
But you get 18 points. Klas gets a total of 25 points!
He is the winner of the Christmas show! And he's getting up.
He takes a good look. And look at that! It’s snowing!
-It’s a Christmas miracle! -Thanks, thank you.
-Look. Mm, mm, mm! -It’s so nice. Thanks.
What have we learned tonight? Well, keep track of the suck side.
Don’t ask more questions than you have to. And never abandon your Santa.
We'll see you again next year. Until then, you’ve got previous episodes on TV4 Play.
Merry Christmas! Come, let’s go congratulate Klas.
Text: Johanna Svensson Iyuno English Translation: Fenderman (Instagram)