Kristopher Hugh Martin Schau (born 12 August 1970) is a Norwegian musician, TV host, comedian, author, and songwriter. He was born in

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Radio and television shows

Schau is known from several radio shows (most of them also with his brother Alexander Schau) including ''XL'', ''Karate'', and ''Et Norge I Krig''. On TV he has been involved in the shows ''XLTV'', '' Team Antonsen'' (2004), and ''De 7 dødssyndene'' (2007). He has also been part of several bands, among them Gartnerlosjen, Hurra Torpedo, Kåper Gjete, Sinsen, Reidar Roses Orkester, Datsun, The Cumshots, Mongo Ninja, White Urine and The Dogs. He is also the writer of the Norwegian underground comic '' Margarin'' which is now discontinued. He has created the television shows '' Dag'' and '' One Night'' with his friend

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De 7 dødssyndene

In 2007, Schau launched his television show, ''De 7 dødssyndene'', focusing on the

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. In the show, Schau attempted to commit all the deadly sins, combined with Schau and his co-hosts,

and Morten Ståle Nilsen, presenting information on the history of sin and related subjects. Many Norwegian conservative Christians protested against the program. They organized a petition and a boycott against the show's corporate sponsors, leading to several companies dropping their advertisements. This did not decrease the show's popularity.

"Forfall"

One of his projects had him living in a brown

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automobile for a whole week. This event was also televised in daily segments. Another one of his projects was ''"Forfall"'' ( en. ''decline''), where Schau devoted an entire week to living as unhealthily as possible. The original idea was to deteriorate both physically and mentally; despite the initial intentions in the mental area (reading books by Norwegian pulp fiction authors), however, the project mainly focused on eating unhealthy foods and smoking. He spent the entire week on display in an

shop window. The project was also shown on TV and streamed on the internet for the entire week. He gained about 10 kg (22 lbs) and his

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level skyrocketed during the project. He also nearly suffered a

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when the temperature in the shop window display was significantly increased. The heat experiment was then aborted.

Court case

During the 2004 Quartfestival, a couple, who were both members of

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, had sex on stage during a concert with The Cumshots, a band fronted by Schau. This led to a

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against Schau, the other band members and the couple who performed the sex stunt. Schau and his bandmate Ole Petter Andreassen were both fined 10,000

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for their roles in the stunt.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schau, Kristopher 1970 births Living people Norwegian male comedians Norwegian stand-up comedians Norwegian rock singers Norwegian radio personalities Norwegian television personalities Norwegian heavy metal singers 21st-century Norwegian multi-instrumentalists 21st-century Norwegian singers