Bäst i Test

Bäst i Test
Bäst i Test
Genre	competition, comedy
Created by	Alex Horne; Avalon Television
Based on	Taskmaster
Presented by	Babben Larsson
Starring	Season 1; Bianca Kronlöf, Kodjo Akolor, Claes Malmberg, Pia Johansson; Season 2; , , , Marika Carlsson; Season 3; Anders Jansson, Annika Andersson, Nassim al Fakir, Clara Henry; Season 4; Anders "Ankan" Johansson, Carin da Silva, Kristina "Keyyo" Petrushina, Kristoffer Appelquist
Judges	David Sundin
Theme music composer	The Horne Section
Country of origin	Sweden
Original language	Swedish
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	29
Production
Producer	Svante Kettner
Production locations	Filmhuset, ; Villa Frescati
Cinematography	Fredrik Askebris; Fredrik Nilsson
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Baluba AB
Release
Original network	SVT
Picture format	16:9
Audio format	96 kbp/s stereo
Original release	March 10, 2017 –; present
External links
	Website

Bäst i test (English: Best in Test) is a Swedish comedy programme based on the British show Taskmaster. It has been broadcast on SVT since spring 2017.^[1] The show features four fixed panelists per series, along with one guest per episode, who all compete in odd competitions, judged by Babben Larsson and assisted by David Sundin.

The show is based in the Filmhuset studio where the interview with the panelists takes place, together with the show's final. Most of the competitions, however, are done in and around Villa Frescati in Stockholm.^[2]

Seasons[]

The first season had four episodes. Regular panellists were Bianca Kronlöf, Kodjo Akolor, Claes Malmberg and Pia Johansson. Guests were Marko Lehtosalo, , and Eva Röse.

The second season with eight episodes was shown during the spring of 2018. The permanent contestants were , Marika Carlsson, and . Guests were Ann Westin, Al Pitcher, Nisse Hallberg, Claes Malmberg, Emma Knyckare, Moa Lundqvist, Clara Henry and Thomas Petersson.^[3]

The third season with seven episodes aired in 2019 with the permanent contestants Anders Jansson, Annika Andersson, Nassim al Fakir, and Clara Henry. The guest contestants were Kristina "Keyyo" Petrushina, Marika Carlsson, Måns Nathanaelson, Per Andersson, Fab Freddie, Emma Molin and Oscar Zia.^[4]

The fourth season began in March 2020 and contained ten episodes with permanent panellists Anders "Ankan" Johansson, Carin da Silva, Kristina "Keyyo" Petrushina and Kristoffer Appelquist.^[5]

The fifth season began in March 2021 with the panelists , Arantxa Alvarez, Morgan Alling and . Like every season, they have guest panelists. Guests for this season were Jesper Rönndahl, Christine Meltzer, Anis Don Demina, Kristina "Keyyo" Petrushina (Seasons 4 loser who made comeback for one episode), Fredrik Lindström, Niklas Andersson, Pernilla Wahlgren, David Batra and Nour El Refai. This season changed filming location.

Episodes[]

Season 1 (2017)[]

The permanent panelist of the season were Bianca Kronlöf, Kodjo Akolor, Claes Malmberg and Pia Johansson.

No.	Title (in english)	Winner	Original air date	Swedish viewers
1	"Kalle Zackari Wahlström visits"	Bianca Kronlöf	10 March 2017 (2017-03-10)	N/A
2	"Eva Röse visits"	Pia Johansson	17 March 2017 (2017-03-17)	N/A
3	"Parisa Amiri visits"	Bianca Kronlöf	24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)	N/A
4	"Marko "Markoolio" Lehtosalo visits"	Marko Lehtosalo	31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)	N/A

Season 2 (2018)[]

The permanent panelists of the season were , Marika Carlsson, and .

No.	Title (in english)	Winner	Original air date	Swedish viewers
1	TBA	Erik Ekstrand	TBA	TBD
2	TBA	Clara Henry	TBA	TBD
3	TBA	Erik Ekstrand	TBA	TBD
4	TBA	Ellen Bergström	TBA	TBD
5	TBA	Ellen Bergström	TBA	TBD
6	TBA	Erik Ekstrand	TBA	TBD
7	TBA	Moa Lundqvist	TBA	TBD
8	TBA	Ola Forssmed	TBA	TBD

Season 3 (2019)[]

The permanent panelists of the season were Anders Jansson, Annika Andersson, Nassim al Fakir, and Clara Henry.

No.	Title (in english)	Winner	Original air date	Swedish viewers
1	TBA	Clara Henry	TBA	TBD
2	TBA	Kristina Petrushina	TBA	TBD
3	TBA	Annika Andersson	TBA	TBD
4	TBA	Måns Nathanaelson	TBA	TBD
5	TBA	Clara Henry	TBA	TBD
6	TBA	Clara Henry	TBA	TBD
7	TBA	Clara Henry	TBA	TBD

Season 4 (2020)[]

The permanent panelists of the season were Anders Johansson, Carin da Silva, Kristoffer Appelquist and Kristina Petrushina.

No.	Title (in english)	Winner	Original air date	Swedish viewers
1	TBA	Carin da Silva	TBA	TBD
2	TBA	Josefin Johansson	TBA	TBD
3	TBA	Peter Apelgren	TBA	TBD
4	TBA	Carin de Silva	TBA	TBD
5	TBA	Farah Abadi	TBA	TBD
6	TBA	Kristoffer Appelquist	TBA	TBD
7	TBA	Carin de Silva	TBA	TBD
8	TBA	Özz Nûjen	TBA	TBD
9	TBA	Anders Johansson, Carin de Silva and Kristoffer Appelquist	TBA	TBD

Season 5 (2021)[]

The permanent panelists of the season were Johanna Nordström, Olof Wretling, Morgan Alling and Arantxa Alvarez

No.	Title (in english)	Winner	Original air date	Swedish viewers
1	TBA	Johanna Nordström	TBA	TBD
2	TBA	Olof Wretling	TBA	TBD
3	TBA	Olof Wretling	TBA	TBD
4	TBA	Arantxa Alvarez	TBA	TBD
5	TBA	Olof Wretling	TBA	TBD
6	TBA	Morgan Alling	TBA	TBD
7	TBA	Morgan Alling	TBA	TBD
8	TBA	Morgan Alling	TBA	TBD
9	TBA	Morgan Alling	TBA	TBD

Reviews and awards[]

The show has received a negative review by Sylvia Balac from Aftonbladet, calling the show "nonsense" and ending with "Come on, SVT! You should be able to do better than this."^[6] Karolina Fjellborg, also from Aftonbladet, gave a slightly more positive review saying that she has "seen worse", but still criticising that it is "another show based on nonsense and air only".^[7] Malin Slotte from Hufvudstadsbladet gave also a negative review saying that "SVT have unbuttoned their pants, laid down on the couch, and greatly lowered their ambition".^[8]

Awards and nominations for *Bäst i Test*
Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Result
Kristallen 2018^[9]	August 31, 2018	Best Entertainment Show	Nominated
Kristallen 2019^[10]	30 August 2019	Best Entertainment Show	Nominated
		Best Show	Won
		Best male host, David Sundin	Nominated
Childhood Cancer Gala - the Swedish humour price 2019^[11]	30 September 2019	Best Humour Show	Nominated
Kristallen 2020^[12]^[13]	27 August 2020	Best Show	Nominated
		Best Entertainment Show	Won
		Best female host, Babben Larsson	Nominated
		Best male host, David Sundin	Nominated
Childhood Cancer Gala - the Swedish humour price 2020^[14]^[15]	28 September 2020	Best Humour Show	Nominated
	28 September 2020	Children's Award	Won

References[]

^ "Babben Larsson programleder ny fredagsunderhållning" (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
^ "Bäst i Test - Humor". Studiopublik (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 October 2018. Bäst i Test spelas in i Filmhuset
^ "Bäst i Test - Underhållning med Babben Larsson och David Sundin". Archived from the original on 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
^ "Bäst i Test! - Humor" (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 October 2018. I den fasta panelen ser vi Clara Henry, Anders Jansson, Annika Andersson och Nassim Al Fakir. 21 10 2018 17:00- Gäst: Keyyo 22 10 2018 13:00- Gäst: Marika Carlsson 22 10 2018 17:00- Gäst: Måns Nathanaelson 26 10 2018 13:00- Gäst: Per Andersson 26 10 2018 17:00- Gäst: Fab Freddie 27 10 2018 13:00- Gäst: Emma Molin 27 10 2018 17:00- Gäst: Oscar Zia
^ "Bäst i test | SVT Play" (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ "Balac: Kom igen, SVT – ni kan bättre än så här". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). March 10, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
^ Fjellborg, Karolina (2017-03-10). "'Bäst i test' är inte bra – men i alla fall inte ännu ett totalt helgunderhållningshaveri". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ Slotte, Malin (2017-03-10). "Babben Larsson tar över fredagsunderhållningen efter På spåret". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Helsinki. Archived from the original on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 5 April 2018. SVT har sugit åt sig tittarna under hela vintern, nu får TV4 ta över varvid SVT knäpper upp byxknappen, lägger sig på sofflocket och sänker ambitionerna rejält med den nya fredagsunderhållningen Bäst i test som knappast är avsedd att bli någon större publiksuccé.
^ Meijer, Jakob (16 August 2018). "Här är alla nominerade till Kristallen 2018" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
^ Hempel, Carl; Allen, Axel (30 August 2019). "SVT kammade hem sex priser på årets Kristallengala". SVT Nyheter. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ Lolk, Nils (30 September 2019). "De tog hem priserna på "Barncancergalan - det svenska humorpriset"" [They took home the awards for the "Children's Cancer Gala - the Swedish humor prize"]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ Bergqvist, Mattias (13 August 2020). "De är nominerade till Kristallen 2020". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 August 2020.
^ Nilsson, Madeleine (28 August 2020). "Här är vinnarna i Kristallen". www.dagensmedia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 August 2020.
^ "Barncancergalan – det svenska humorpriset". Barncancerfonden (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ Demirian, Natalie (28 September 2018). "Pernilla Wahlgren vinner årets scenshow på Barncancergalan". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 October 2020.

External links[]

Bäst i Test on SVT Play (in Swedish)
Bäst i Test at IMDb

[:0-1] "Babben Larsson programleder ny fredagsunderhållning" (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2017-12-17.

[2] "Bäst i Test - Humor". Studiopublik (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 October 2018. Bäst i Test spelas in i Filmhuset

[3] "Bäst i Test - Underhållning med Babben Larsson och David Sundin". Archived from the original on 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2018-04-02.

[4] "Bäst i Test! - Humor" (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 October 2018. I den fasta panelen ser vi Clara Henry, Anders Jansson, Annika Andersson och Nassim Al Fakir. 21 10 2018 17:00- Gäst: Keyyo 22 10 2018 13:00- Gäst: Marika Carlsson 22 10 2018 17:00- Gäst: Måns Nathanaelson 26 10 2018 13:00- Gäst: Per Andersson 26 10 2018 17:00- Gäst: Fab Freddie 27 10 2018 13:00- Gäst: Emma Molin 27 10 2018 17:00- Gäst: Oscar Zia

[5] "Bäst i test | SVT Play" (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[6] "Balac: Kom igen, SVT – ni kan bättre än så här". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). March 10, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

[7] Fjellborg, Karolina (2017-03-10). "'Bäst i test' är inte bra – men i alla fall inte ännu ett totalt helgunderhållningshaveri". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

[8] Slotte, Malin (2017-03-10). "Babben Larsson tar över fredagsunderhållningen efter På spåret". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Helsinki. Archived from the original on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 5 April 2018. SVT har sugit åt sig tittarna under hela vintern, nu får TV4 ta över varvid SVT knäpper upp byxknappen, lägger sig på sofflocket och sänker ambitionerna rejält med den nya fredagsunderhållningen Bäst i test som knappast är avsedd att bli någon större publiksuccé.

[:1-9] Meijer, Jakob (16 August 2018). "Här är alla nominerade till Kristallen 2018" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 15 October 2018.

[10] Hempel, Carl; Allen, Axel (30 August 2019). "SVT kammade hem sex priser på årets Kristallengala". SVT Nyheter. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[:2-11] Lolk, Nils (30 September 2019). "De tog hem priserna på "Barncancergalan - det svenska humorpriset"" [They took home the awards for the "Children's Cancer Gala - the Swedish humor prize"]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[12] Bergqvist, Mattias (13 August 2020). "De är nominerade till Kristallen 2020". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[13] Nilsson, Madeleine (28 August 2020). "Här är vinnarna i Kristallen". www.dagensmedia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[14] "Barncancergalan – det svenska humorpriset". Barncancerfonden (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[15] Demirian, Natalie (28 September 2018). "Pernilla Wahlgren vinner årets scenshow på Barncancergalan". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]