TVShe already had the victory of Bart Cannaerts and Michèle Cuvelier, but atthe start of her third inning it mainly seemed that Olga Leyers had forgottento put on trousers or another wardrobe item. There were mostly bare legs to beseen. Jury member Jelle De Beule immediately noticed this. “I think it’s riskythat Olga isn’t wearing pants,” it sounded. Which of course was not the case.But Olga also didn’t make it with (short) pants this time.
She only wanted to uphold the honor of the family. When she immediatelysucceeded in her first participation and Bart Cannaerts saw his record blownthrough the nose, ‘De Allerslimste Mens’ was only ‘fun’, fun, entertainmentand ‘girl power’ for Olga Leyers. And in the final she had to give up ongirlfriend Danira Bouhkriss, ‘a girl with a mission’: to become the VerySmartest Human. And nothing less.
Nice mission by the way, to become the ‘Smartest Human’. Whether it’s asensible mission is another matter. Danira has since survived five episodes.Two straight wins, three finals won. At her first participation, she metcompetitor Geert Meyfroidt in the final. He was clearly more than satisfiedwith his three participations and suddenly knew little to say about Erasmus inthe final. Danira’s second final was a killing field for opponent Gilles DeCoster. “I had no chance at all,” he said. And now Danira was sitting oppositea completely relaxed Olga Leyers. He had already crawled through the eye ofthe needle twice (just think of Sally Rooney and Cruijff) and wanted to dothat stunt again. It could have been better: the keywords spy, scout, deminer,sergeant and lieutenant were really not that difficult to designate theStratego pawns (lowest in rank). Still, it didn’t work. To which Danira playedout coolly and mercilessly. “I’m not going to cry”, the girl made clear, thatin 2016 Kris Wauters was played home after eleven participations and thencried tears of disappointment.
So Danira is in victory mode. However, she can no longer become the bestplayer. That is and remains Bart Cannaerts. She may soon become the secondbest candidate for ‘Allerslimste Mens’. And thus ensure that alwaysinteresting spot, where you can warm up one episode first and then, if yousurvive, you get to play the grand finale. If Danira continues to steam a bit,Bart will have to be very wary.
And then there was the debut of Riadh Bahri, also described as the ‘nicest VRTjournalist’. And always with the tip of his tongue between his teeth when hehas to laugh. You can laugh at him, because he laughs at himself. At his firstvisit to ‘De Slimste Mens’ in 2020 we already learned that he had alreadycontracted some venereal diseases. Now we learned that he was free fromsyphilis. Good to know…
The roguish, cheerful jury duo Sven De Leijer and Jelle de Beule obviously hada hard time with Riadh. Which led to a lot of funny moments. You can alsolaugh in between the quiz violence.
The best quotes
Riadh (describes his feelings): “I feel like a virgin lamb on my way to theslaughter to be ritually slaughtered without stunning by these two beautifuldivas here beside me.”
Riadh (why he participates): “I come to laugh, to have a good time. But thatwill be difficult tonight.”
Riadh (about his anchorage at ‘Het Journaal)’: “Sometimes I come home and askmyself what I’ve been saying for half an hour. But the viewer may have thattoo.”
Erik (to Riadh about Danira and Olga): “You play against the Bart Cannaertskillers.”
De Beule (says what everyone is thinking): “I think it’s daring that Olgahasn’t put on any pants.”
Danira (after Riadh talks about ‘pooping’): “That’s a Journal anchor hey.” Towhich De Leijer replies: “Correction: wax.”
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Hilarious moments
The professional jury continues to discuss how much Erik Van Looy actuallyearns (after Danira complimented Erik). “You should be able to do that, readthings from cards and get paid a lot for that,” says De Beule. To which DeLeijer: “He does that for two months at a time and he has to wait the rest ofthe year.”
The professional jury and Danira laugh at the possibility that Erik Van Looywould one day present ‘Het Journaal’. Recognizable sentences follow such as“It happened”, “That’s not on my card”, a firm “God damn it” and theinfectious laugh.
The practical test is and remains the nightmare for the candidates. But forten seconds they do everything. So also a bad acting performance as Bart DeWever.
Tipping moments
Just about for the first time, some seriousness is released in ‘3-6-9’ and VanLooy is allowed to strike.
‘Open door’ is a weak round for the candidates. Also in the ‘Puzzle’ Riadhremains on the sucker. Danira and Olga score a lot and quickly.
Riadh gets a very simple photo question and quickly scores a maximum. Danirahas to recognize flags in a Rubik’s cube and doesn’t. She scores a zero. “Ithink this is a stupid round. I think everything is stupid”, is her reaction.And suddenly she looks at a big disadvantage.
In the all-decisive round of films, all candidates score well, but Riadh getsan extra 100 seconds. In the very last clip, Riadh unwittingly seals Olga’sfate. He stops after three correct answers, because he is sure to win. Olgafinds a fourth answer about K3 and Eurosong, but Danira scores the last answerand gets 50 seconds in the end. Those will be decisive in the final.
In the finale, an easy question about Stratego seals Olga’s fate. Exit afterthree entries and no place in the final weeks.
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