Missing out on the win by 1 second, while your opponent makes up for 220 seconds: The Loser’s Fate in ‘The Smartest Man’ | TV

TVIt’s over and out for Riadh Bahri. He missed the win by just one second.Because Danira Bouhkriss quickly, alertly and with a high Cannaerts contentsnatched 40 seconds in the round of films. In the final, Merol faced a gap ofno less than 220 seconds. And yet she struggled over that cape. Riadh couldcome up with only three correct answers. And couldn’t say anything about thePaloma Cocktail. Bye bye Bahri.

The funniest, happiest, most colorful journalist from ‘Het Journaal’ is from’De Allerslimste Mens ter Wereld’. Only with a lot of luck will he soon beawarded a place in the final weeks. Now he was one second short in thecutscenes to come back a fourth time. And his final was a letdown.

Suddenly one second in this quiz turned out to be super important. It istherefore important as a candidate to play alert and focused from the start.Taking as many seconds as possible everywhere, losing as little time aspossible. Anyway, pretty much the Bart Cannaerts technique. Actually, RiadhBahri did very well in his third participation. Fast and good ‘Open Door’,fast and good ‘Puzzle’, but a bit too casual in the photo round. Seven insteadof six French icons would have given him the victory. I would like to add thatin the video round, Danira received a seemingly easy video about the conflictbetween China and Taiwan. But the answers were very difficult. That happensafter six successful participations…

For Danira, her participation in the ‘Allerslimste Mens’ is indispensable.With the retirement of Riadh Bahri, she is now definitively certain of thesecond place in the final ranking. She can get back in one day before thegrand final.

Newcomer Merol got off to a slow start and was never really in the game. Afinal score of 145 seconds is below average. Especially for a tough candidatelike Merol. In the final she played very well and hard. She simply outplayedRiadh with 17 correct answers against 3, in 6 questions. But watch out for theDutch one.

Two funny guns sat on the jury seats with the Geubels-Jeroom duo. And that wasimmediately felt. A barrage of good one-liners, witty reactions and dryremarks, signed Jeroom. More of these guys, please.

Another remarkable detail: Domino’s Pizza is briefly shuffled under the carpetby Erik and the others. “I understand that they had to close in Italy. It’sterrible.” And Merol: “Much too fat.” To which Geubels: “I call them fatcakes. For real.”

The best quotes

Merol (whether she can become the Smartest Human Being): “Sure. You have tobelieve in it. With my second place in ‘De Slimste Mens’, I am now recognizedand addressed everywhere here.” To which Geubels: “These are people fromUnicef.”

Jeroom (after Riadh advertises his book ‘Out of the closet, In the closet’):“That’s something Anne Frank could have used too.” (to which some shockreactions from the studio)

Geubels (about Jeroom’s performance in the Allerslimste Mens): “I waswatching, I blinked and he was gone.”

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Jeroom (about Ella Leyers, who played him home): “So Ella Leyers. But luck inthe game is bad luck in love. And that’s right. Because she is now togetherwith Rik Verheye.”

Geubels (about the atmosphere during the recordings of the Slimste Mens in theNetherlands, where he was immediately played home): “I think there was a niceratmosphere at my grandmother’s funeral.”

Jeroom (about his relationship with Elodie): “Everything is still okay. Shedoesn’t get any other food.”

Jeroom (whether there are any benefits to gray hair): “Not being bald.”Geubels sighs deeply.

Geubels (very alert after Riadh says he had to go to the emergency room with amosquito bite): “Did they come get you with the MOSQUITO?!” To which Riadh: “Ithought it was monkey pox.”

Hilarious moments

Jeroom and Philippe Geubels respond to Erik Van Looy’s statement that passers-by say he looks like Tom Cruise (certainly after his eye surgery). Geubels:“Who said that? A man with a white stick and a dog?” And Jeroom: “And what isyour Mission Impossible? Getting out of the bath?”

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Tipping moments

Newcomer Merol immediately takes 30 seconds. It will clearly turn out to be afalse good start later on.

Riadh Bahri is fast and good at ‘Open Door’ and ‘Puzzle’. Merol sinkscompletely.

In the photo gallery, Merol knows a lot, but she also loses a lot of timesinging the songs. Danira has a simple and quick photo question, just likeRiadh.

In the video round, Danira makes the difference. She steals 90 seconds fromMerol and Riadh. That makes the difference. She wins by exactly 1 second.

In the final, Riadh must always win. He does not do that. He stumbles upon theingredients of a Mexican ‘Paloma Cocktail’.

The final score (for the final game)