Line #19 Sandbox/TaskmasterNorway


1	''Kongen Befaler'' (''The King Commands'' or Taskmaster Norway) is the Norwegian adaptation of the hit British series ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}'' and the sixth adaptation of the show internationally. It has been airing on [=TVNorge=] and [[Creator/DiscoveryChannel discovery+]] since 2019 for seven seasons and is currently ongoing.
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3	The entire first and second seasons were uploaded onto the official ''Taskmaster'' [=YouTube=] channel in this [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRWvNQVqAeWIYseSzyZoHjhzRtKXXga2W playlist]].
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5	[[folder:Contestants]]
6	* Season 1 - Vegard Ylvisåker, Maria Stavang, Bård Ylvisåker, Siri Kristiansen and Calle Hellevang-Larsen
7	* Season 2 - Maria Stavang, Calle Hellevang-Larsen, Jon Almaas, Mia Hundvin and Magnus Devold
8	* Season 3 - Egil Hegerberg, Jenny Skavlan, Erik Follestad, Linn Skåber and Trond Fausa Aurvåg
9	* Season 4 - Steinar Sagen, Ida Fladen, Amir Asgharnejad, Einar Tørnquist and Solveig Kloppen
10	* Season 5 - Harald Eia, Janne Formoe, Kristine Grændsen, Martin Lepperød and Henrik Elvestad
11	* Season 6 - Live Nelvik, Espen Eckbo, Martha Leivestad, Kristoffer Olsen and Henriette Steenstrup
12	[[/folder]]
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14	!!This adaptation provides examples of:
15	* AchievementsInIgnorance:
16	* BaitAndSwitch:
17	* BribeBackfire: it never works and The Taskmaster just keeps the money, without anything to show
18	* TheBusCameBack: Calle Hellevang-Larsen and Maria Stavang
19	* ChristmasEpisode: the final of season one, the cancelled two-episode Christmas special
20	* CuttingTheKnot:
21	* DescriptionCut:
22	* DisqualificationInducedVictory:
23	* DramaticUnveiling: red cloth to reveal the trophy/golden head and prizes
24	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
25	** This adaptation's second series is unusual within the Taskmaster universe in that two contestants from Series 1 (Maria Stavang and Calle Hellevang-Larsen) returned as regulars for another chance at winning Atle's golden head.
26	** Contestants have remained seated in the same order throughout their seasons except for in season 3, which was recorded without an audience. According to Bjørn, the production team wanted to test whether changing the seating order would have any effect on the dynamics between them, so switched them around from episode to episode, during this season.
27	** starts relying on it less and less
28	* ExactWords:
29	** Fill the enclosure with hedgehogs, can't fill an enclosure with zero hedgehogs and is thus disqualified
30	* GasSiphoning: ...way more successful than the UK, For reference, there are [...] correctly, successful attempts in the first season to the one ''across all fifteen series''.
31	* LoopholeAbuse: Like its UK counterpart, there are so many instances of [...] that it has its own page.
32	* TransatlanticEquivalent: [Rephrase]
33	** The show largely takes its format from the UK original and features a mix of recycled and original tasks, but strikes a slightly different tone thanks to the Assistant joining on putting down the contestants rather than being a ServileSnarker.
34	** The contestants' seating order is not arranged alphabetically but rather the best possible dynamics between them.
35	** Additionally, it doesn't feature any team tasks until season six, even though it uses a permanent five-member panel, due to Covid restrictions
36	** If two or more people tie for first at the end of an episode, they share the prizes among themselves instead of settling it with a tie-breaker task.
37	* NoOSHACompliance: to get away it, the abundant usage of fire...''inside'' the house
38	* TrashTheSet:
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40	!Characters Page
41	!!Main Cast
42	[[folder:Atle Antonsen]]]
43	[[/folder]]
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45	[[folder:Olli Wermskog]]
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47	[[/folder]]
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49	!!Contestants
50	[[folder:Season 1]]
51	!!Vegard Ylvisåker
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54	!!Maria Stavang
55	----
56	* TheBusCameBack:
57	* BigEater:
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59	!!Calle Hellevang-Larsen
60	----
61	* TheBusCameBack:
62	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange:
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64	!!Bård Ylvisåker
65	----
66	* AscendedExtra:
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68	!!Siri Kristiansen
69	----
70	* EpicFail: owl puppet, barely an inch off her rudimentary launch pad
71	[[/folder]]
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74	[[folder:Season 2]]
75	!!Maria Stavang
76	----
77	See the season 1 contestants
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80	!!Calle Hellevang-Larsen
81	----
82	See the season 1 contestants
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85	!!Jon Almaas
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88	!!Mia Hundvin
89	----
90	* ImprobableAimingSkills: manages to hit the bullseye on her first try over twenty metres away
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92	!!Magnus Devold
93	----
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95	[[/folder]]
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98	[[folder:Season 3]]
99	!!Egil Hegerberg
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102	!!Jenny Skavla
103	----
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105	!!Erik Follestad
106	----
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108	!!Linn Skåber0
109	----
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111	!!Trond Fausa
112	----
113	[[/folder]]
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116	[[folder:Season 4]]
117	!!Steinar Sagen
118	----
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120	!!Ida Fladen
121	----
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123	!!Amir Asgharnejad
124	----
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126	!!Einar Tørnquist
127	----
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129	!!Solveig Kloppen
130	----
131	[[/folder]]
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134	[[folder:Season 5]]
135	!!Harald Eia
136	----
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138	!!Janne Formoe
139	----
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141	!!Kristine Grændsen
142	----
143	* ShowStopper:
144	* TheSmartGirl:
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146	!!Martin Lepperød
147	----
148	* ButtMonkey:
149	* DrunkWithPower:
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151	!!Henrik Elvestad
152	----
153	[[/folder]]
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156	[[folder:Season 6]]
157	!!Live Nelvik
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160	!!Espen Eckbo
161	----
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163	!!Martha Leivestad
164	----
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166	!!Kristoffer Olsen
167	----
168	* DisqualificationInducedVictory:
169	* ShowStopper:
170	* TheSmartGuy:
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172	!!Henriette Steenstrup
173	----
174	[[/folder]]
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176	[[folder:Season 7]]
177	!!Leo Ajkic
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180	!!Karin Klouman
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183	!!Lars Berrum
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186	!!Hani Hussein
187	----
188	* GeniusDitz:
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190	!!Vidar Magnussen
191	----
192	[[/folder]]
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194	!Loophole Abuse
195	!!Season 1
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198	!!Season 2
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201	!!Season 3
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204	!!Season 4
205	* In "Tuja be continued", the contestants must count to the highest number in a given time which leads all but one frantically saying numbers as fast as possible from one. Amir took a different approach by counting by the millions and then billions since the task didn't specify ''how'' to count to the highest number. He ended up with a number of ''forty billion'' and first place, beating the second-highest number of 139 in a landslide.
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207	!!Season 5
208	* "Cool to be back with Kongen Befaler then..."
209	** The task to put as many things on the table in front of Olli ...from the second floor...Kristine had a simple solution to escorted Ollie downstairs and seated him down in front of the table with all the items
210	*** You may only walk up the stairs once.
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212	* When given the task of bouncing something the highest in "Something bomb-y", Kristine gets a helium balloon and bounces it off a trampoline which then proceeds to float away. Since she argues the balloon will eventually come down, just that the bounce would have a much longer hangtime, Atle and Ollie accepts the interpretation and awards her first place
213	* In "Inflatable Armchair", one task was to attach the most stickers on your face without going over the time limit. While the other contestants individually peel off the stickers from the given sticker sheets, Kristine stuck an entire sticker sheet to her face and was thus able to stick a lot of stickers on at once which granted her first place.
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216	!!Season 6
217	* Kristoffer grabs a ladder, times the throws with his stopwatch, Live had a tremendous reaction to what she predicted he'll do
218	* "Intestine, owl, creature, wolf"
219	** Kristoffer saves himself a lot of hassle by moving the tea cart to where the balloons and cacti are, so he doesn't have to keep running back and forth. He also spots that the task says nothing about the balloons having to remain inflated, so bursts them and lays them across the cacti, saving himself a lot of space. In total, he manages to fit 16 cactus-balloon pairs on the cart before time runs out, winning the task. [Rephase]
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221	!!Season 7
222	* For "We'll hear what the union says", one of the tasks featured is the Norweigan version of "Hold the milk cartons above the microwaves for as long as possible" from ''Series/TaskmasterNZ'' and like the original version, Olli discourages the contestants from opening the task immediately. Hani ignores Olli and ends up in fourth place much to her dismay. However, the next video task involves the contestants improving something and Hani takes the opportunity to re-do her attempt for the previous task. This time heeding Ollie's warning and walking out of the lab without ever opening the task. Hani not only wins the improvement task but she is also retroactively moved from fourth to first place for the microwaves task.
223	* The live task for "You had me at school bun", the contestants have to stack a teacup-and-saucer tower and go underneath a bar with it in hand without falling over with the rule that it must have the same number of teacups and saucers. The contestants chose to alternatively stack the teacups and saucers, making them not easy to hold and very likely to fall. Hani, however, stacks her tower with the saucers at the bottom and teacups on top making it more stable and Ollie accepts her interpretation as the task only stated the number but not the arrangement, winning the live task as a result.
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225	[Rephase]
226	* "Meny taimes", "Spin the table the most times"
227	** Leo does not read the phrase "Welcome to the table. Can I offer you a biscuit?" from the task brief, making sure to check the table and plan his approach first. However, he somehow decides that it is not against the rules to remove all of the items from the table. He clears everything off the surface, including the tablecloth, and then rapidly spins the bare table with his hand. He tries to replace the tablecloth in the last few seconds, but the table is spinning too fast, so he ends up just dropping the wadded-up cloth in the middle. In the studio, Bård confirms that Leo is disqualified.
228	** Lars does not read the phrase "Welcome to the table. Can I offer you a biscuit?" from the task brief, and takes time to plan his approach to the task. He removes the flag from the vase, and the candles from their holders, and then drapes a rug over the other items on the table, to hold them in place. Then, while holding the flag and still-lit candles in one hand, he spins the table with the other hand, getting it up to speed before officially starting the task by saying the key phrase. At the end of his 90 seconds, he removes the rug to reveal that everything is still on the table. When Olli gestures at the items he is holding in his hand, Lars insists that they were never on the table themselves, but were in things that were - and remain - on the table. In the studio, Bård gives Lars 15 seconds to make his case and avoid a disqualification, and Lars essentially repeats the same argument. Bård is not buying it, though, so Lars is disqualified.
229	[Rephase]
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231	!Trivia
232	* DyeingForYourArt:
233	** Calle let Atle cut his bangs ridiculously short
234	** Kristoffer got a belly button piercing
235	* RecycledScript:
236	* RomanceOnTheSet: Maria and Magnus, dated
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238	!Recap
239	See Sandbox/TaskmasterNorwayRecap
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241	* '''Season 1''': ''10 episodes, first Norway broadcast 17/10/2019-19/12/2019. Contestants were:''
242	** Vegard Ylvisåker, Maria Stavang, Calle Hellevang-Larsen, Bård Ylvisåker and Siri Kristiansen
243	*** Winner: [[spoiler:Vegard Ylvisåker]]
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245	* '''Season 2''': ''10 episodes, first Norway broadcast 24/09/2020-16/11/2020. Contestants were:''
246	** Maria Stavang, Calle Hellevang-Larsen, Jon Almaas, Mia Hundvin and Magnus Devold
247	*** Winner: [[spoiler:Calle Hellevang-Larsen]]
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249	* '''Season 3''': ''8 episodes, first Norway broadcast 04/02/2021-25/03/2021. Contestants were:''
250	** Egil Hegerberg, Jenny Skavlan, Erik Follestad, Linn Skåber and Trond Fausa Aurvåg
251	*** Winner: [[spoiler:Jenny Skavlan]]
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253	* '''Season 4''': ''12 episodes, first Norway broadcast 23/09/2021-19/12/2021. Contestants were:''
254	** Steinar Sagen, Ida Fladen, Amir Asgharnejad, Einar Tørnquist and Solveig Kloppen
255	*** Winner: [[spoiler:Einar Tørnquist]]
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257	* '''Season 5''': ''10 episodes, first Norway broadcast 24/02/2022-28/04/022. Contestants were:''
258	** Harald Eia, Janne Formoe, Kristine Grændsen, Martin Lepperød and Henrik Elvestad
259	*** Winner: [[spoiler:Harald Eia]]
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261	* '''Season 6''': ''10 episodes, first Norway broadcast //-TBA. Contestants were:''
262	** Live Nelvik, Espen Eckbo, Martha Leivestad, Kristoffer Olsen and Henriette Steenstrup
263	*** Winner: [[spoiler:Kristoffer Olsen]]
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265	* '''Season 7''': ''10 episodes, first Norway broadcast //-TBA. Contestants were:''
266	** Leo Ajkic, Karin Klouman, Lars Berrum, Hani Hussein, Vidar Magnussen

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