Tonight on The Brightest Light You'll see how Olga Leyers plays minigolf with eggs,
Why Sven de Ridder and Axel Daeseleire get between the sheets,
And how Frieda van Wijck builds a bridge across a river.
And all of that to please this man:
Welcome, I'm Gert Verhulst and this is The Brightest Light.
The show in which five famous Flemish fulfill foppish feats in my house.
By now we've done a couple of episodes, and strangely enough
All 5 of them showed up again today.
As always, I'll hand out points, and eventually decide who will be
allowed to name themselves The Brightest Light for one whole week.
I'd now like to introduce our contestants,
And I'll do it with a gaiety I've not felt ever since I was dumped by Karen Damen.
(Former K3 Member, Gert's ex-partner)
The first is a woman who just now asked me to not go on too long,
Because she's still got to do the ironing at home: The legendary Frieda van Wijck! (Presenter)
The second is a man who always tells such exciting stories
That they put him at the kids table at family gatherings:
The great Sven de Ridder! (Actor)
The third is a beautiful girl who is young enough that I could have been her father;
But in that case she wouldn't have just been beautiful, but smart and rich as well:
The ravishing Olga Leyers! (Actress/Presenter)
And the fourth is a highly competetive man...
Every year he covers his entire car with stickers from the Red Cross
Because he even wants to be the best at charity:
Guga Baúl! (Impressionist/actor/comic)
And finally our rotating guest this evening.
He's a celebrated actor, a cool DJ, a sensitive poet,
a renowned painter, and a chav from Antwerp:
Axel Daeseleire! (Celebrated actor, cool DJ, sensitive poet, renowned painter, chav)
The five of them have completed the most outlandish challenges
And unfortunately I couldn't be there to see. I tried, and tried...
But I just couldn't bring myself to care.
That's why I hired someone to oversee the entire process.
Put your hands together for my amazing assistant: Ruth Beeckmans!
Ruth, you're wearing an amazing outfit tonight.
Yes, that's what I always wear. I've been wearing this for weeks.
Okay, I hadn't noticed. But never mind.
By the way, Olga is also wearing a nice outfit, right Sven?
Really, it's incredible. It reminds me of that joke about the girl with those legs,
Who's just walking, and then the guy walking behind her says:
"Hey, where are those two beautiful legs off to?"
And the girl replies "If nothing gets in between, to the cinema."
Right. Did you come up...
Okay. Let's just get started on the first task.
I always make it to the cinema.
The first task. -Yes. The first task is the same as usual, Gert.
The prize task. -Our contestants each brought
a item from their homes, which will end up on our table of prizes soon.
The winner will take all the items home,
And the others will have lost them for ever. -How awful.
Every week the prizes have to fit certain criteria, what was the criterion this time?
This time they had to bring their most foreign item.
And by most foreign, do you mean whatever came from furthest away wins?
No, it had to have a certain je ne sais quoi,
Something they're connected to, something special, not just...
Something exotic. -Right, something exotic.
Okay, my curiosity is piqued. Frieda, blow us away.
Well, what do you think it is? -How could I know that?
I think it's a stamp. -Someone brought it as a souvenir.
Massage? -By a friend who visits a lot of those countries
that end in -stan. -And where did this one come from?
Dagestan. -Dagestan?
And according to her it's something bakers use over there to brand their bread.
And why would they do that? -To say "That's one of mine."
I think they just do- -You can also use it to hurt someone aesthetically.
That feels great, do it again. Yes, that's nice.
I think they just do it to inflate prizes, no? -How's that?
Well, an ordinary bread costs 2 euros, a bread with a Samson-stamp on it costs 4.
Right?
(Samson is Gert's puppet dog from Samson en Gert)
I think it's beautiful. -You do?
No idea what you could use it for, but- -No, that's why I figured I'd bring it as a prize.
It's exotic, at least. Sven! -Yes?
Don't tell me you brought something from America again.
Of course he did! -I did, I did!
And what is it? -I'm just slightly in love with that country.
This is a badge. To put on your clothes. -A badge?
As you know, I like living in the past, I have a nostalgic streak.
True. -And back in '96. In '96.
Bill Clinton and Al Gore ran for the presidency. President and Vice-president.
The 'New Yorkers for Clinton and Gore'. And I've always been a huge fan of Bill Clinton.
I liked his way with the ladies.
And with the saxophone. -And the ladies' way with his saxophone.
I think it's okay. And it came from far, New York. -Yes, bravo.
I brought barbie dolls with burqas and hijabs, from Jordan.
You brought your dolls so you could play with them during the breaks?
No, but I reckon they count as exotic. That's how they sell them.
And they were from? -Jordan.
So they're real barbie dolls? -Yes, this is how they sell them. I didn't dress them like this.
Can you undress them?
Boom!
Say, Olga, how did you acquire them? Did you buy them yourself?
No, I got them as souvenirs from my dad, when he visited there.
I think they're... -Cool right?
Yes, really. You've fulfilled your task. -It's nice.
Guga, what did you bring? -I chose to go slightly further, so that's Australia.
You brought seashells? -Authentic seashells from the Australian Pacific.
Wow, seashells. -I think they're beautiful,
but you're not allowed to import them.
No? Then how did you get them? -Why can't you?
It's technically not allowed. -You swallowed them and shit them out?
Then how did they get here, Guga? -Via a friend.
So you didn't bring them yourself? -I did, to here.
Yes, I would hope so. Thanks for these...
One point! One point! -1 point and an absolute new low, in fact.
But now it's time for the apotheosis of this task.
I'm not too sure. -I hope we are. Axel, what did you bring in your bag?
I brought something very exotic.. -It's in a bag and then wrapped in paper again?
Yes. This is what's called... -Fries?
A natural fossil. -Oh, you've brought a rock.
This is a petrified dinosaur poo. -Wow!
But I can't... -From an American dino!
Take it out of the wrap.
You can just hold it like this, no problem, it's petrified.
Don't smell that, buddy.
And Axel, how old is it?
This piece is reckoned to be about 200 million years old.
So you were already around when that happened, Frieda.
But...
Is it a gold nugget? -It's got the same spiky bits, yeah.
And how can we know for sure what it is?
Well, that's what the man who sold it told me.
I think you were scammed. -But how did you get it?
I hadn't heard that before. But it's from Madagascar.
Madagascar. -And that's where they find a lot of these.
And I think that if you put it under one of those scanners, then it shows...
But during one of your distant travels to Madagascar you bought this at a stand, or dug it up yourself.
No, no, I just bought at a shop around the corner, near my home.
You just thought "I'll go out." -Steen en Been. (Stone and Bone)
And buy a dinosaur poo. -Ah, Steen en Been! They're legit.
But hold up, that makes it way less adventurous and exotic.
Let's go to the scores immediately. I propose...
Yes, who will you be putting in last? -Guess who?
They're just seashells, probably from Ostend.
Where you live. -But that's not true.
I don't know. And even if not, they're just seashells.
1 point. 1 point.
2 points, sorry Axel, to you.
It was a great story, and I thought "We've got ourselves a winner."
Until I found out they just came from a shop in Antwerp. -It was real shit.
So I should have just lied. -You should have just lied, yes.
It's such a waste. -I'll do that, starting now.
Yes, okay. Third place goes to... Let me just check my notes.
You're not giving it to the badge, right? -To the badge! I will!
Thanks Axel, he was about to give me 4 points.
It's small, but Sven, you're living proof something small can still be valuable.
He just bought it at a flea market at the Vogelen-thingie.
It's something they don't make nowadays, because it's from so long ago.
They're not making the poos anymore either, you know.
4 points I'll give to Olga.
Are you happy with 4 points? -No, but I guess I better pretend.
Jordan sounds so distant, and exotic, and dangerous especially.
And I just think... Well, I've never seen barbies wearing burqas before. they're nice.
So Frieda's stabby thing gets 5 points, congratulations Frieda!
Tonight's winner will be able to bring Axel's dinosaur poo back home.
But there are still a lot of points still to be earned.
Time for our first real task. Ruth, what was it this time?
Well Gert, I know you occasionally enjoy a game of golf.
Not at all, I've never played golf in my life.
Okay, well, then you're bound to enjoy the next task.
Halfway done already. - So far, so good.
What do you think the task is? - I think playing minigolf.
Oh, no. - Golfing with eggs, or what?
'Get the best - so that's lowest - golf score on this minigolf course.'
The best and lowest? I don't understand that.
As few strokes as possible. - Okay, yes.
That's how golf works. - I'm not too familiar with golf.
'Use eggs to do so.' -Are those raw eggs or boiled?
Who can say?
You're taking the big clubs? There are child-sized ones, you know.
Wouldn't that be better, Sven? - What?
One of the small ones? - I like this one.
I don't even know how to do this. Does it have to go in first try?
I've never played golf, am I holding the club right?
It'll have to go through here, I assume.
Okay. - Good job.
So, Frieda, you started right away. Nice.
Quick, wasn't I? -And you instantly understood how to hold the club.
Yes, I think this will become my new hobby.
Makes sense. You had some difficulties with the scoring as well...
But maybe there are others who didn't quite understand it.
So maybe we should explain the scoring formula.
When playing golf or minigolf, the lowest score is the best score.
But in our version it's not just the number of strokes, but also the duration and amount of eggs.
So your final score was simply:
Strokes times minutes times eggs used.
It's that simple. -I recommend we start with Axel and Sven.
These aren't hard-boiled eggs. - That would be boring.
But don't these just break when you hit them?
Darn. It can't be done. It can't be done.
Come on, man. really?
That's not possible.
Wow.
Hoppa.
Nice.
Five. I can get a new egg, right? - You can get a new egg.
No, no, that'll add up.
How do you like his golf course? - Fantastic.
I think he stole it from the Efteling. (Dutch theme park)
Might be a new idea for Plopsaland? (Gert's theme park)
Yeah, that's all ripped off from the Efteling there.
Let's see how far we get with a different playing style.
No, that's not great.
Not the best tactic, I think. - No. But it was worth a try.
There's got to be a trick to it? Are any of them hard-boiled?
No.
I should have boiled them first.
Damn. Well, too late now.
Let's go dude.
Are we already on the last one?
All right.
Bam.
Axel, that went rather quickly, right?
It went rather quickly, considering the circumstances.
Think you're in with a shot of winning?
Don't know, but I'm probably not last.
And Sven, you got mad at the eggs. Slightly frustrated.
What did the eggs do to you?
I was frustrated because I should have boiled them first to make it easier.
But then you'll lose 5 minutes. -Yeah, that's true.
Yes. Let's look at your scores?
Sven broke a lot of eggs. 10 of them.
But he did only take 8 minutes and 29 strokes.
Which gives him a score of 2320.
Axel did much better, 5 eggs times 21 strokes times 6 minutes.
Which is 630 points.
And he even broke an egg for a laugh.
That's a shame, his score could have been even lower.
So to be clear, Axel is in the lead currently. -Yes.
Okay, who was up next? -Now we'll look at Olga.
Are you taking the big clubs? There are child-sized ones, you know.
No, take that one.
Broken or not, it just has to go in.
What would happen if you just walloped it?
Yeah, that was dumb.
Come on, man. I'm getting a softer stick.
I don't think we can blame this on the stick, Olga.
But come on...
Wait. I've got a plan.
Now we're off.
Stupid plants.
Seriously?
Voilà.
Feeling proud? - I've got a thing with eggs.
I like breaking them.
I think it's cool to do.
Okay, look. I broke a lot of them, but I am superfast.
If the others are being way too careful and lose way too much time...
Way too careful, then I'll be slightly closer...
Super. Thanks. - See you next time.
Wow.
Yes, I heard you Olga, "But I am superfast."
We'll see- -And now you'll reveal I took like an hour.
Well, we'll see soon. You changed your tactic eventually.
Yes. -Yes.
What was up with that? -I thought I could just put the egg in front of my club and...
just push it forward... -Yes?
Then I figured "That'll count as one really big stroke."
But it wasn't. -No, I don't think so either, Olga.
Because what did it get her, in the end?
Olga did indeed have the fastest time.
which was 5 minutes. -Yes, she was superfast.
She did need 8 eggs... -That's not too bad, right?
And the highest amount of strokes. -A record!
At a certain hole you needed no fewer than 33 strokes.
And in total you needed 75. Which gives her the nice round number 3000.
Yes. Bravo, Olga. -That's okay, I expected worse.
Which means Axel remains in the lead for now.
And that this was part one of The Brightest Light.
We'll soon see how Frieda and Guga
Insult the chicken community by shamelessly smashing their eggs.
See you in a bit!
Welcome to part two of The Brightest Light.
Before the break we saw how Frieda was unable to hold a golf club properly.
So we can only go uphill in part two.
Ruth, where were we? -We were watching...
people play minigolf with eggs instead of balls. -Interesting.
Axel did best so far, but we still have to look at Frieda and Guga.
And we already saw how Frieda had some difficulties with holding the club properly.
But I did catch on quick, right? -That's true.
You did need a lot of strokes for your first egg, but then...
Frieda suddenly switched to a different tactic.
She saw the light? -Yes, she saw the light.
But that tactic showed similarities to the one used by Guga.
So let's have a look.
Are those real? - Those are real eggs.
Raw ones or boiled ones?
Okay, then I'll... I'll go heat them first.
I'm going to boil these eggs. If it doesn't take too long.
I'm taking the entire basket.
Do you know how long they have to boil? - I think it's about 8 minutes.
Eight? - I'll keep boiling some of them
And carry on playing with the others.
Let's try tape first.
So you'll be isolating the egg? -Yes.
That should help, right?
It might.
Have you really never played golf? - No. Why?
Can you tell from my swing? - No, just asking out of...
human interest.
Is this how you do it? It isn't, right?
You've already started timing it, but your water hasn't begun boiling yet.
That's a fact.
Where did it go?
Five.
This will never go in.
Six.
Seven. - Seven!
This is how you hold the stick, probably. -Probably.
That's what I think.
That's in. - That's in. And?
Did I finish them all? -Yes.
Such a boring game.
The flag is in the way.
Nice. voilà. I'll stop the time. - I'll put those towels back where I found them.
Put it back. - In Geert's drawers.
And those hard-boiled eggs, just divide them up among the crew.
Goes nicely with a beer, a hard-boiled egg in the evening.
Shouldn't you take that pan off the stove now?
I'll do that now. See you in a bit, maybe, if you want an egg.
That's possible.
Frieda, that seemed like a smart idea, wrapping the egg. -Yes.
I'm brilliant sometimes, Gert. -Yes, very sporadically.
And sometimes you forget my name, I was Geert suddenly. But it's fine.
You should show up on TV more often. -Yes, that's true.
I'm trying.
Guga... -Yes?
Boiling the eggs, did you think that was the solution?
Yeah, I thought it was a brilliant idea. -Let's see.
Ruth, deliver us from ignorance. -Frieda smashed 5 eggs,
in 44 strokes. -Smashed?
That's alright. -In 10 minutes, which gives her a score of 2200.
Which puts her in third place, above Olga and Sven.
Guga needed 3 eggs, 25 strokes and 18 minutes.
For a total score of 1350, way better than Frieda and the others.
But it wasn't enough to beat the highly efficient Axel.
Bravo, so Axel wins this task.
Good job, Axel. What does this mean for our standings?
The middle of the pack is in disarray- -A giant leap forward for Axel.
Absolutely. But Guga, you're in last place with 5 points.
And still in the lead with 8 points: Frieda van Wijck!
I think it's about time for the next task.
Indeed, and the next task was a team task, Gert.
And it also was quite sexy, actually. -Frivolous?
Yes, because they could get in bed together.
So, you formed some teams again. And who was in each team?
I put Frieda, Guga and Olga together, as I usually do.
Which gave Guga the opportunity to jump into bed with a youthful fawn and a...
Real woman. -A hot granny.
I think that first one was new to you, but you're very familiar with the second one.
And as for team two, that was Sven and Axel.
Let's just have a look. -Good idea.
(On the photos: Josje en Karen, Gert's former partners. Both from K3)
Hello.
Hi guys. - Hello.
A team task. - With a bed.
And in-team-ate as well. - With Karen and...
Joske. - You get to pick.
Who will be opening the letter? - You read, guests go first.
Thank you. - But you're the man of the team.
Make the bed, or what? - Just calm down. Relax.
It'll be something like that. - 'Make this bed.'
You see? - 'Do it as neatly as possible
and jump in bed together after.'
'You have to hold the hand of a different contestant
The whole time. Fastest team wins.'
You have to be holding hands. - That can't be done.
'Hold hands now. Time starts now.'
It can't be done. You can't make a bed while holding hands.
That's the challenge. Okay boys, hold hands now.
Just a finger or a whole hand? - Whole hand.
And go.
We have to make the bed like this? -So you're useless.
Guga, did you enjoy holding hands with Frieda and Olga?
Absolutely. Can strike that off my bucket list.
But just wait to see the results. -Can't wait. Who will we be looking at first?
Eh... Let's get started with our threesome.
Ours, now? -How could we? There's only two of us.
I was wondering who else would join. -Let's just look?
Yes, let's.
Let's start with the pillows.
Can we switch hands, or will we have to stick to the same?
I don't know. Everybody has to hold one hand, at least.
As neatly as possible. -I'm sorry, guys.
Taking the middle, such a great choice.
It's too large, you can't tighten it... -Of course we can tighten it, Frieda.
Maybe it's harder to keep everything tight at your age...
Remember to make it neatly. Guga, watch out for the ladies.
It's easiest to turn it inside out.
Good, Frieda. - I'll go in and guide your hands.
Okay, wait. -Isn't there a better way to do this?
We've found the corners. - Yes?
You didn't forget anything in the duvet, right?
Are you for real? Let's just keep going, come on.
Keep holding hands.
I think there should be an easier way.
There is, but...
If you just let go, that'd be easier.
What are you guys even doing? - Just hold it like this, and then we...
Hold it like this... That won't work, right?
Are we trying like this? - Now just pull.
Okay, then pull.
I've got a plan. I'll hold the two corners with your hands
And you two just pull with your remaining hand. Let's swap hands.
Or this way. Okay then.
Ik kan alleen maar geven... (I can only give you)
It has to be done w-
Voilà. - Make sure it looks flawless.
Up to a hotel standard. - Just leave us be, for once.
You've still got to fix that spot.
Could we at the very least just do the sirtaki while moving?
By Gert Verhulst.
It's fine like this. You can get in. Who will be in the middle?
I think Guga. - The man.
It could be. I can't even fit in here.
You can.
Is this what you dreamed of, Guga?
You smell nice.
Why thanks.
This was a fun task, actually. -It actually was.
Do we still have to hold hands?
Frieda, you ended up in bed with two young, attractive people, did you enjoy it?
It was great. We just laid there for a bit, mainly because it was so enjoyable.
Their time? -Their time? They took 7 minutes and 59 seconds.
That's quite fast. -That's quite fast.
It looked like it took way longer in the clip.
Now I'm wondering if Sven and Axel were faster.
Okay boys, hold hands. - Just a finger or a whole hand?
A whole hand. And go.
This one first.
The others have to do it with tri? - With three. It's three.
With three.
There.
Until there.
Hold on properly. Not just...
I feel like the woman, with the way you're holding me.
You're the smallest, so you're the woman.
This is the hardest one. - This is the hardest one.
My wife always asks my help for this one.
I am wearing a wedding ring, you know. - Sorry.
Then just take it off, come on.
Where's the hole?
Normally I don't do things like this with married men.
There's no hole in it.
Where's that hole?
Hold up. There's nothing this side. No way in.
No way in here either.
So that's the joke? - But maybe there's a way out?
That's the joke. Fix that one, then let's just spread it.
No, that's not the joke. - There's a way in?
Even Gert has better jokes than that.
Dude, wait, wait, wait. Give me that hand.
And let's just get in there.
And just put this one in. - If we each take a corner.
Are you really in there with the two of you?
And you're still holding hands? -Of course, come in too.
I'll come and hand a look. - Yes, here.
Here.
Once you've found the corner, just hand it to me, okay?
And this way now. -Wait. Yes.
Wait, make it properly first. To a nice hotel standard.
A decent hotel. - Hotel?
This is a bed and breakfast in Greenland.
And the same on the other side, right?
You can get in now. - I want Karen's side.
Don't talk nonsense, just go.
Can we switch hands? Or do we need to keep-
No, that's fine. You're allowed to switch.
And... stop the clock. -And now recreate a romantic scene
From your favorite movie. - Did it say that?
Was that in the task? - I never read that.
Okay then.
Good job guys. - Good night, sweetie.
Room for one more? - Of course.
A sandwich.
Let's add Josje and Karen to the mix too.
I'm not a sharer.
You're not? Okay, let's go. - Boys.
It was a pleasure.
Do you guys always struggle with finding the hole, Sven?
Normally no, but I think it was still sticky from the previous team.
I did think you guys were behaving like an old couple that's been married for 50 years.
Yeah, but we've known each other for a long time. -50 years already?
No, not quite, but long nonetheless. -Yes, quite some time.
Let's look and or listen to the time you guys set.
So team 1 took 7 minutes and 59 seconds, Sven and Axel took 8 minutes and 4 seconds.
Which means the 5 points for this task go to-
Frieda, watch out! Frieda almost fell over.
Not surprising, since she won this task, so Frieda, Olga and Guga get 5 points.
But wait, wait, hold up, no.
Hold it, stop. What's wrong? -Gert, there's just one thing I've got left to show.
Oh boy oh boy. - Every time you lift that up,
It slips out over there.
No, Guga!
We never let go. -Never!
Not even under the sheet. -We can't verify that.
They were holding hands like this first, but ended like that.
Yes. -Yes, that's possible without letting go.
But that's not how they did it. -That's why Ruth was watching them.
So, should I disqualify them or just give them 3 points?
I'd go for the 3 points. -Okay.
I do think it's quite sad, because Frieda...
Didn't make any mistakes. -Neither did I, Guga was the one who let go.
Yes, but... -So us two deserve 5.
Your hands are the guilty ones. -It takes two to let go.
No! -I propose giving Frieda 5 points,
Sven and Axel 5 points, and Olga and Guga 3 points.
It's all your fault, Guga. All your fault.
Which means we can update our standings.
That's right, Gert. Here's how that looks:
How exciting. -Guga and Olga share last place, with 8 points.
Wait, I've got a ques- -Sven in the middle of the pack with 10, and Axel...
That's not right, is it? -Why not?
Didn't they get 3? -No, 5.
Aah....
Axel has 12, and Frieda is still in the lead with 13 points.
Okay. And with this act of charity we can finish part two of The Brightest Light.
After the break you'll see what some Playmobil-figures do to Sven's childlike brains.
See you in a bit!
There, welcome to part three of The Brightest Light.
Earlier we were witness to the first threesome of Frieda van Wijkck,
Or are we mistaken, Frieda?
I do have somewhat of a past, but...
Okay. I don't actually want to know, Frieda. Ruth?
I do want to know. -Never mind that. Where were we?
Okay. Frieda's in the lead, and we were just about to start a new task.
Then let us begin the next task.
Yes, it was a complicated one, involving a model river and a potato.
Let's have a look.
How nice. Have you been playing?
Good day.
Hello. - Welcome.
I'm loving it already. - Look, you've got mail.
Is the child inside resurfacing? -This is incredible.
I'm hoping this will take 45 minutes.
'Build a bridge across the river.' - 'Build a bridge across the river.'
'You're only allowed to use what's on the table. -So just anything that's on the table?
'The bridge has to be able to carry the potato on its own.'
'You're not allowed to touch Gert's home.' What does that mean?
That house over there.
'The tallest self-supporting bridge wins.' -'You've got 20 minutes.'
I really like this one. Give me a moment. -Of course, take your time.
20 minutes. - 20 minutes.
Sven, you were like a child walking into a candy store.
Was it because everything was scaled to your size?
Or what happened?
It's just lovely, I think it was lovely. As a child one dreams of such a model scene at home.
So, they had to build a bridge? -That's right.
And what counts as a self-supporting bridge?
A self-supporting bridge means that the potato should remain on the bridge without...
Them propping it up with their hands, or something similar.
They had loads of materials- -Such as? Can you list them?
Well, there was spaghetti, playing cards, chewing gum...
Matches. -Matches. They could even use the Playmobil-figures.
Straws, spaghetti. -All kinds of stuff.
A spaghetti bridge, that's every bridge builder's dream.
Let's look at- Who's up first?
Let's watch Guga, Sven and Frieda's attempts first.
Why did you pick such a big potato?
And why matches? Can we set something on fire?
Playing cards. We don't have anything sticky, do we?
Nothing sticky? - Chewing gum, to deal with the stress.
And for your breath. Never mind. - Yeah, it helps with your breath.
I'm not sure what to do. -Not feeling inspired?
Not really.
It happens, right?
Just a shame it had to happen right now.
I'm loving it, but I'm not sure how to start.
We could try using the spraws.
Spraws?
Straws.
What happens when you put that in the water?
Yes, it's so obvious. - It moves.
That's the potato.
What?
Never mind.
You're just giggling. - There's nothing happening.
There isn't. Cool, no?
Will this be able to support a potato?
What do you think?
No, not really.
Already 13 minutes.
It took less time to build the Bridge on the River Kwai.
Voilà. We're off. -It's a start.
Am I allowed to remove the children from the boat?
Of course.
Come on, you can do it. -I can, but I've got to...
By the way, what did you study? -Civil engineering.
Done.
Chic. Stop.
Yes. That should be it, a bridge with a potato on top.
What are you doing? -Breaking it up.
A trump card.
A six.
Playing bridge? - Yup.
Calm down. The water isn't that deep.
Seriously, Sven.
Stop.
Three, two, one... - Perfect.
See you next time. - I'd like that.
Bye, Frieda.
(Text: Look under the table)
I want to get out. Away from this place.
(Text: Look under the table)
I'll shoot a movie here.
Gert, there were...
I think some of them haven't realized yet, even after watching the footage.
But there were some hints in the room. -Huh?
None of our three architects noticed. -The text:
"Look under the table" was everywhere. -Where?
You were so close, Guga. Didn't spot it? -Yes, on the way out.
So you noticed? -No.
I still haven't seen it. -I can tell.
I don't know why you didn't see it, under the table is basically at your eye level, Sven.
I was just too fascinated by what was on top of the table.
That was obvious. Frieda, you didn't notice anything either?
No, no. But why should I look under the table? -It just said it twice, or more?
It was in at least 3 different places- You'll see.
You ought to have looked under the table. So you did it with the available materials.
We haven't see any really spectular bridges yet. -That's right.
Whose was highest? -Sven's bridge, measured from the bottom of the river
was 2.8 centimeters tall. -An entire 2 point 8 centimeters!
And Frieda's was 4 centimeters tall. -Wow!
But mine didn't collapse. -That's right. And Guga's...
Guga, your potato fell off, and technically speaking your bridge wasn't a bridge.
It went across the bottom of the river, so it was basically a dam.
Ah, dam!
So for now, Frieda is in the lead. -Yes. But, but...
I hope one of them managed to find the hints. -Isn't it exciting?
I almost can't contain myself. -Let's have a look?
Yes, gladly!
I can walk around it, right? -You can do whatever you want.
But I can't pull this off?
You weren't supposed to pull those off either, but...
That's fresh.
I've got a system. You wouldn't say so, but...
Let's see if this works.
There's potential here.
Careful. -So that won't work.
That'll never ever work.
I starting to feel rather stupid at the moment.
Because I have on occasion claimed to be good at this sort of thing.
And now I'm just clowning around here.
Right...
De...
bajo de la mesa.
Bajo is under. Arriba, abajo.
Debajo, underneath. De la mesa. The table.
Okay.
Hey, there's stuff down here.
As you can see... -Blowing your nose works.
I've got it. Wow, that's...
That's loose. - I've got it.
And done. But let me just make a back-up bridge as well.
In case Gert complains.
Well, that's higher already.
Ah, right.
A 35-legged support.
Okay, I'm wondering how strong this is.
That was the task, right? Anyway, I've still got time. I'll declare this one finished.
At 12'15".
But I'll just make the bridge more cozy for the potato.
I can see the plan.
Does this help the potato in any way?
This was what I had to do, right? - I'm tapping, okay?
There you go.
I'm really impressed. - Seriously?
Really.
Axel, now that's what I call a bridge. But don't get too full of yourself,
consider who you were competing against... -But I really didn't know.
With respect to what he's done, but I didn't know it was about height.
Your head was filled with boogers that day. -Probably. But I didn't read it, I didn't know.
Axel, did you stumble onto it by accident? -I just decided to use all the tools...
So I thought "I'll have to use that boat." So I grabbed it and thought:
"That name's there for a reason." -So you speak Spanish?
I wouldn't go that far. Holiday-Spanish. Pig Spanish. -Just enough to...
Pig Spanish... "Hello-os, you alrightos?"
"Sandwichos with chocolatos", yes. -No, you were fantastic. Amazing bridge.
I think that's... probably the highest bridge.
I think so too.
Here's what's up. Olga found the extra materials too...
And ended up making a bridge 1.3 centimeters higher than Frieda's.
Your bridge was 5.3 centimeters -good, good, good.
And Axel's bridge was no less than 85 centimeters tall.
Which makes Axel the winner of this task, convincingly.
Let's move over to the standings. -Yes.
The only change is in the front, where Axel passes Frieda.
And he's now in the lead with 17 points.
Thanks for the scores, Ruth. Let's go to the final task.
Which will take place here, live in the studio.
We'll finally find out who will take Frieda's Dagestani breadstabber back home.
Prepare yourselves.
Voilà, everyone's ready. Ruth, who will read the task today?
Let's do Axel, since he's closest.
Makes sense.
"Build the highest tower possible within 100 seconds, using only these potato-based foodstuffs.
Your tower should support its own weight, be built on the table, and can't fall over when time is up.
The tower will be measured from the table surface, to its highest point.
Tallest tower wins." -It's another building task, so I'm already worried.
They're not allowed to touch each other's tables or potatoes.
Nor are you allowed to eat the potato tower. -No.
And Olga... The tallest... tallest tower wins.
The tallest tower. Okay, Ruth? -Everybody ready?
Let's go. -Three, two, one...
Look at that, Guga's preparing a nice mash.
He lives near the sea, you can tell.
A frycastle.
100 seconds, Olga. -Oh, that's not much time!
Frieda, the height of your bowl doesn't count. Your tower should be potatoes only.
That's a bummer. -I prefer telling you now.
And the sack- the sack doesn't count either, Frieda.
Guga, you're doing great for once. And completely within the rules.
Just 1 more minute! -Wow.
That's quite nice. -It's beautiful, it's almost art.
It's more than art, it's incredible. It's incredible.
This looks like something from a restaurant.
It's very avant-garde. -No, I'm talking about this.
Just half a minute remaining!
Frieda, that looks like a truck of potatoes has fallen over.
Lovely. -Yeah, that's gonna be gridlock at the ring of Antwerp.
It probably will.
10... 9... 8... 7...
6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
Hands off the potatoes!
How did that happen?
Okay, calm down, calm down.
Relax. Relax.
Get away from your tables! Begone! Begone!
Calm down! Sven, move away. Calm down.
Frieda might win!
Stop, stop, stop. Don't touch anything. I can't wait for the results.
Ruth, Ruth. Tell us. Who built the tallest potato tower?
Let's begin with the shortest tower. -Yes...
That was Axel, since his tower collapsed.
So he receives 1 point for a tower of 7.5 centimeters.
That's a tiny tower. -Yes. Sven's tower collapsed as well.
8 centimeters, giving him 2 points.
Frieda 18 centimeters, worth 3 points.
Olga had a 20 centimeter tall mountain of potatoes, which nets her 4 points.
And Guga wins convincingly with a tower of 26 centimeters!
He built the tallest potato tower, which earns him 5 points!
Dear people, that means we'll soon know the final standings for this episode.
What's happening?
Frieda! Frieda van Wijck beats the others!
Ladies and gentlemen, our grand winner is Frieda. She'll be allowed to take all these prizes home.
But first I'll have to thank the others:
Sven de Ridder, Olga Leyers, Guga Baúl, and Axel Daeseleire!
Thank you all!
Thanks as well to my amazing assistant, Ruth Beeckmans!
Which concludes this episode of The Brightest Light. Thank you for watching, and remember:
A boat named "Under the Table" is always suspicious.
Good night!
English subtitles by /u/Sulimonstrum
Series unearthed by /u/taskmastermaster
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