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Bäst I Test
''Bäst i test'' () is a Swedish comedy panel show based on the British show ''Taskmaster (TV series), Taskmaster''. It has been broadcast on Sveriges Television, SVT since spring 2017 to 2023 and on TV4 (Swedish TV channel), TV4 from 2024. 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 Swedish Film Institute, Filmhuset studio where the interview with the panelists takes place, together with the show's final. Most of the competitions are done in and around :sv:Villa Frescati, Villa Frescati in Stockholm. Seasons The first season had four episodes. Regular panellists were Bianca Kronlöf, Kodjo Akolor, Claes Malmberg and Pia Johansson. Guests were Markoolio, Marko Lehtosalo, , Parisa Amiri and Eva Röse. The second season with eight episodes was shown during the spring of 2018. The permanent contestants were Ola Forssmed, Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panel Show
A panel show or panel game is a radio or television game show in which a panel of celebrities participate. Celebrity panelists may compete with each other, such as on '' The News Quiz''; facilitate play by non-celebrity contestants, such as on ''Match Game'' and '' Blankety Blank''; or do both, such as on '' Wait Wait Don't Tell Me''. The genre can be traced to 1938, when '' Information Please'' debuted on American radio. The earliest known television panel show is '' Play the Game'', a charades show in 1946. The modern trend of comedy panel shows can find early roots with '' Stop Me If You've Heard This One'' in 1939 and '' Can You Top This?'' in 1940. While panel shows were more popular in the past in the U.S., they are still very common in the United Kingdom. Format While many early panel shows stuck to the traditional quiz show format in which celebrities tried to get the right answers and win, the primary goal of modern panel shows is to entertain the audience with comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markoolio
Marko Kristian Lehtosalo (born 1 January 1975), better known as Markoolio, is a Sweden Finns, Swedish-Finnish singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, and comedian. His stage name Markoolio is a portmanteau of his first name ''Marko'' and the stage name of the American rapper Coolio. Biography Lehtosalo was born in Lahti, Finland. When Lehtosalo was six months old, his family migrated from Finland to Sweden where he grew up completing primary and secondary school in the small Stockholm suburb of Orminge. Following the completion of his compulsory military service as a coastal ranger sniper in Ekenäs (Finland), Ekenäs, Finland, he returned to Sweden. There, he was allegedly discovered by producers when rapping on a commuter train in Stockholm; however, this story has been revealed to be a fabrication. Markoolio is known in particular for his humorous songs dealing with partying, drinking, and girls such as "Sommar och sol" ("Summer and sun"), "Vi drar till fjällen" ("We're headin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keyyo
Kristina Petrushina (born 27 February 1997), better known as Keyyo, is a Russian-born Swedish comedian, television presenter and former YouTuber. Kultursidan. Retrieved 28 February 2021. Career She was born in Omsk, Russia and moved to Sweden at the age of nine, residing in Smedjebacken. In 2014, Keyyo got her own comedy show on SVT Play called ''Keyyo & Co'', the script to the show was written by herself and Sissela Benn. Retrieved 28 February 2021. In 2015, Keyyo again had her own show on SVT Play where she tried on different summer jobs, called ''Ombytta roller med Keyyo''. Keyyo had the role of Irina in the SVT series ''Må underbart med Tiffany Persson'', in 2016 with Anders Jansson playing the lead role. In 2018, Keyyo and Carina Berg presented the gala ''Barncancergalan – Det svenska humorpriset''. The same year she was a contestant on ''Fångarna på fortet'', the Swedish version of '' Fort Boyard'', on TV4. Keyyo presented '' Talang'' in 2017 and 2018 which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassim Al Fakir
Stefan Nassim Al Fakir (; born 21 March 1977) is a Swedish musician, presenter, comedian, master of ceremonies, moderator and lecturer for children and adolescents. Al Fakir was the host of children's television block ''Bolibompa'' on Swedish television SVT. He plays drums and has played in several bands, often with his younger brother Salem Al Fakir. Career Al Fakir's television career began on TV4's digital channels before joining SVT's ''Bolibompa''. Prior to this he was doing fashion shows and advertising jobs for different agencies. Since 2007, Nassim Al Fakir gained visibility as the host of the youth program Anaconda on Swedish radio-television UR / SVT. In 2008, and 2009 he served as host for '' Vi i femman'' and Lilla Melodifestivalen in 2008. Before Christmas 2008, he presented the popular show '' Julkalendern i Sveriges Television'' (''Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar''). In April–May 2011, he starred in the musical ''Pippi Långstrump – ett äventyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika Andersson
Kerstin Annika Andersson (born 8 May 1968) is a Swedish actress and comedian. She started with roles in farces at the Vallarnas friluftsteater, later having a career in both television and film as well. Biography Early life Annika Andersson in 1987 started working at the reception desk at the camping at Gekås. Later starting working at the ladies department of the store. In 1986, Andersson made her stage debute when her father Tore Wallnedal did a New Years revue in Annikas hometown of Mårdaklev. Career Her career started in 1996, when she got the role as Bettan Olsson in the farce ''Hemlighuset'' at Vallarnas friluftsteater in Falkenberg. In 1997, she return to the same theater in the farce ''Hemvärn & påssjuka'' in the role as Greta Kristersson. She has also acted in television, in the 1999 comedy series '' Full Frys'', in the 2005 comedy series ''Hon och Hannes'', both on TV4. As well as acting in films like '' The Stig-Helmer Story'' in 2011 and ''Svart kung'' a film re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Jansson
Lars ''Anders'' Jansson, (born 9 October 1967 in Staffanstorp), is a Swedish comedian known for such TV-shows as Hipp Hipp and the Swedish version of QI. Jansson, as well as his close companion Johan Wester, started out his entertaining career doing student horseplay at Lund University. Jansson, again with Wester, worked as scriptwriter for the TV-show '' Snacka om nyheter'' (''Have I Got News For You''). In 2010, he did the part of Sir Bedevere in the Swedish production of Spamalot at Nöjesteatern in Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on .... In the fall of 2012 SVT started airing '' Intresseklubben'', a Swedish version of the BBC-show QI, where Jansson took on the Alan Davies-role of regular panellist. Jansson hosted Melodifestivalen 2014 along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Petersson (actor)
Thomas Petersson (born August 24, 1962) is a Swedish actor and comedian from Halmstad. Petersson grew up on a farm and after finishing high school he worked as a tractor technician, while doing amateur theater. Peter Wahlbeck noticed Petersson's comic talent and talked him into starting with stand up comedy. Petersson's breakthrough came with the TV show '' Släng dig i brunnen'', which was broadcast from the comedy club Norra Brunn in Stockholm. Petersson has appeared in many gameshows and panelshows on TV. He has competed twice in the popular show '' På spåret''. As an actor, he has mainly appeared in farce Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical comedy, physical humor; the use of delibe ...s.Swedish Wikipedia ( :sv:Thomas Petersson) References Swedish male comedians Swedish male television actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Henry
Clara Susanna Henry (born 9 April 1994) is a Swedish actress, blogger, comedian, television presenter and author. She has approximately 372,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel and hosts her own talk show on Swedish TV station Kanal 5. She has also been a backstage reporter at two editions of the national-level music competition ''Melodifestivalen'', produced by the broadcasting company SVT. Early life and education Clara Henry grew up in Gökskulla, Landvetter. She has one younger sister named Kimberly and a younger brother named Christoffer. Her father, Graham, was born in Wycombe in England to Irish parents, and her mother, Petra, is Swedish. In 2010, she attended the Ingrid Segerstedt Secondary School, studying in the society economics program with a special subject of journalism. Career As a teenager Henry worked as a youth reporter for the newspaper ''Göteborgs-Posten''. Since 2005 she has been active on blogs such as ''Nöjesguiden'', '' Devote'' and the magaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Knyckare
Emma Margareta Knyckare (born Andersson, 14 July 1987) is a Swedish comedian and radio presenter. Knyckare has hosted the radio shows ''Morgonpasset'', ''Tankesmedjan'' and her own radio show ''Knyckare i P3''. She was also one of the hosts for the radio and television charity show '' Musikhjälpen'' in December 2013. Career Knyckare was born in the village of Rolfstorp in Halland. Knyckare has worked on several Sveriges Radio P3 shows such as ''Morgonpasset'' and ''Tankesmedjan''. She is one of the main hosts of the show ''Tankesmedjan'' and co-host of ''Morgonpasset''. In 2013, Knyckare was locked inside a glass house in Gothenburg for an entire week along with Sarah Dawn Finer and Kodjo Akolor to host the radio and television aid charity show '' Musikhjälpen'' (Music aid) which was broadcast on P3 and on SVT and SVT Play. Knyckare has hosted ''Morgonpasset'' during the summer (June to August) for three years in a row. In December 2013, Knyckare hosted a comedy show on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Pitcher
Alan Geoffrey Pitcher (born 28 March 1972) is a New Zealand stand-up comedian who works and lives in Sweden. Pitcher was born in Huddersfield, England but grew up in New Zealand. He now lives in Stockholm with his wife Anita Pitcher and the couple have two children. He studied at John Paul College in Rotorua, New Zealand. He started his stand-up career in 1999 when he made it to the final of So You Think You're Funny. Since then he has appeared in the final of "The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Awards", worked for the BBC and performed at England's biggest stand up clubs. Pitcher had his Swedish stand up debut in 2009 and the same year he also won the Best Show category at the Leicester Comedy Festival, Directors Pick 2009 at the Newcastle Comedy festival and Peoples Choice Award 2009 by ''Time Out Sydney''. Since February 2011, he has worked for Comedy Central LIVE with stand up and was awarded the title Male stand up of the year at Svenska Stand up-galan. He wrote the humorous book ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Westin
Ann Westin (born 15 February 1956) is a Swedish comedian. She previously worked as a psychiatric nurse and nurse. She made her debut as a comedian at Norra brunn in 1996. She was awarded Bubbenpriset in 2001. She has participated in several television shows such as ''Stockholm Live'' and ''Cirkus Möller''. In 2014, she toured with her solo performance Jobbit. References External links Living people 1956 births Swedish women comedians Comedians from Gothenburg {{Sweden-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marika Carlsson
Marika Aychesh Carlsson (born 19 March 1973) is a Swedish standup comedian and television presenter. Background Carlsson was born in Ethiopia and was adopted by a Swedish couple at age two. She grew up in the town of Lund in Sweden's Skåne province. Carlsson studied theatre and acting in Gothenburg before moving to Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ... to break into the standup comedy circuit. In 2006, she was awarded the prize for best female standup comedian at the annual Swedish comedy awards. Television She is probably best known from the popular panel game show Parlamentet on TV4, which parodies Swedish political debate. Carlsson has also featured in other TV shows such as, ''Stockholm Live'', ''100%'', ''Carin 21.30'', ''Grillad'', ''Comedy fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
