På spåret
| På spåret | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Ingvar Oldsberg, Lennart Andersson |
| Presented by | Ingvar Oldsberg (1987–2009) Kristian Luuk (2009–) |
| Judges | Lennart "Hoa-Hoa" Dahlgren (1988) Björn Hellberg (1995–2003, 2005–2009) Carl-Jan Granqvist (2004) Fredrik Lindström ( (2009–) |
| Theme music composer | Bengt-Åke Andersson (1987-2010) Augustifamiljen (2010-2019) |
| Country of origin | Sweden |
| Original language | Swedish |
| No. of seasons | 28 |
| No. of episodes | 291 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Sweden |
| Running time | about 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | SVT |
| First shown in | 5 September 1987 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | |
| External links | |
| På spåret | |
På spåret (On the Track) is a popular Swedish TV game show series broadcast on SVT since 5 September 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2,150,000 viewers during the 2007 season. The all-time record was set in March 1990, when 3.7 million people tuned in to see the show.[1] This means that nearly half of all Swedes saw the game show.
På spåret is an original format developed by Ingvar Oldsberg for SVT, and he hosted the show for many years. Author and tennis legend Björn Hellberg was promoted from contestant to permanent Oldsberg sidekick in 1995 after winning for four straight seasons. Famous gourmet, restaurant-owner, and former contestant Carl-Jan Grankvist sat in for Hellberg during the 2004 season.[2]
In 2009, after 21 years, Oldsberg and Hellberg left and Kristian Luuk took over as the host with Fredrik Lindström as judge.
Format[]
Two teams of well-known Swedes (during the initial seasons each team had three participants each, however this was later reduced to two) compete against each other. Participants are shown filmed journeys (usually filmed from the front of a train) and the objective is for each team to identify the destination of the train, using clues from the host. The clues, which often include puns and far-fetched word play, get progressively easier as the train approaches its destination, and the number of points awarded for a correct answer accordingly declines. After the journey both teams answer questions related to the destination city, and collect more points.
Each one-hour show has three filmed journeys, typically with one Swedish and two foreign destinations. During some previous years, Oldsberg and Hellberg used to read a text dressed up as Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes, giving progressively easier clues about a specific celebrity. The team that first identified the celebrity won points, or instead lost if the answer was wrong. Later "Holmes and Watson" was substituted by "Tintin and Captain Haddock". However, following the 50th anniversary of SVT in 2006, this was replaced by showing archive footage, and the contestants were challenged to name the year the footage was from. The last few years a famous person again has been the challenge of the 60 seconds archive footage clues.
Tournament[]
In recent years, each season have consisted of a tournament with three groups of three teams each. The winner of each group qualify for the semi finals; the fourth semi finalist is decided by a "quarter final" match between the two best teams that placed second in their respective groups.
Contestants[]
Until 1995 each team consisted of three people, since then the contestants have competed in pairs. The show typically feature intelligent, humorous and well-known celebrities, such as sports journalist Lotta Bromé, restaurateur Carl-Jan Grankvist, former weight-lifter Lennart "Hoa-Hoa" Dahlgren, comedians/TV-hosts Filip & Fredrik, Olympic high-jump champion Stefan Holm, and actor/TV personality Peter Harryson, sportsjournalist Johanna Frändén to name a few.
Contestants 2007–08[]
- Group 1
- Group 2
- & Jan Guillou
- Filip Hammar & Fredrik Wikingsson
- Kristina Kappelin & Kjell Bergqvist
- Group 3
Contestants 2008–09[]
- Group A
- Group B
- Zinat Pirzadeh & Göran Greider
- Filip Hammar & Fredrik Wikingsson
- Jessika Gedin & Hans Rosenfeldt
- Group C
Contestants 2009–10[]
- Group A
- Group B
- Group C
- Vanna Rosenberg & Göran Rosenberg
- Filip Hammar & Fredrik Wikingsson
- Lena Sundström & Bo Sundström
Contestants 2012–13[]
- Group A
- Group B
- Group C
Contestants 2013–14[]
- Group A
- Group B
- Group C
Contestants 2014–15[]
- Group A
- Louise Epstein & Thomas Nordegren
- Filip Hammar & Fredrik Wikingsson
- Helena von Zweigbergk & Göran Everdahl
- Group B
- Group C
Past winners[]
Some of the participants have been celebrities in Sweden, more due to this show, than for anything they were before. This applies especially for the former weightlifter . Although far from unknown before his first participation, his celebrity rose quite a lot due to his geographical knowledge. But also Björn Hellberg, Carl Jan Granqvist, are included among the ones who perhaps are more associated with this television show than anything else, at the time and to the general public at least.
International adaptations[]
The format was sold to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, where the show was called Jorda rundt (Around the World). It was canceled after only one season (1998–99).[7]
References[]
- ^ [1] (in Swedish)
- ^ "Archived copy" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2009-01-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2009-01-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ [2] (in Swedish)
- ^ "Säsongens matchordning och musikgäster". svt.se.
- ^ "Archived copy" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2009-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Jorda rundt (TV Series 1998–1999)". IMDb.
External links[]
- Sveriges Television original programming
- Swedish game shows
- 2010 Kristallen winners
- Rail transport in Sweden
- Swedish-language television shows