Historical Master's master

Obs! Do not read further if you haven't watched the final. – It is really cool. It's almost more fun to be in it and win when there are two of us. Solveig Gulbrandsen tells NRK. On Friday, it was finally clear that she and Marco Elsafadi had won Mesternes mester team. In the final itself, two teams stood: Frode Grodås and Astrid Lødemel on the yellow team, and Solveig Gulbrandsen and Marco Elsafadi on the red team. In classic Mesternes mester style, there was an obstacle race that became the decisive competition. There, the former football player and basketball player were strongest. Didn't believe in victory Gulbrandsen admits that she did not expect them to reach the top. – I didn't really think so. There were some young, sharp people participating, and they did very, very well at the start, Gulbrandsen says. In the first program, professional dancer Helene Spilling and wrestler Stig Andre Berge were on the turquoise team, and rookie Johanne Killi and veteran Emil Lybekk on the orange team led overall. The former football player says that her teammate had more belief in victory than she did herself. Elsafadi also confirms this. – There were moments where I told her, "it will work out, just wait!", he says, adding. – But she is a winner too. The two say that they initially experienced a bit of a slump, but that the competitions gradually suited them better and better. Historic victory Gulbrandsen did not reach the final when she last participated in Mesternes mester. She had to settle for the "sour third place." She is happy to have experienced being in a final with Elsafadi in the new edition. – Then you have someone to share it with. I am a team player, so for me it's kind of a joy to be able to share it with someone. I think it's more fun than standing alone, she says. Her partner was the only participant in this season who had won Mesternes mester before. However, he prefers the new concept. – It is much more fun to win when there are two of us. You get a completely different joy from doing it together, says Elsafadi. It has been twelve years since he was in the "regular" edition of the program. He therefore becomes historic, as the first to have won Mesternes mester twice. The communication team Gulbrandsen thinks that there was one specific quality that made them win. – We appointed ourselves as the communication team. She says that they were among the teams that had complementary skills, and that they managed to complement each other well. – I don't necessarily think we were clearly the best at everything, but we make each other good. Elsafadi says that communication was particularly important in the final. – It is communication and being clear while you are stressed, which is crucial. Parallel to having to do physical things, he says. Got pressure from home Elsafadi says that he received surprisingly a lot of pressure from home before flying down to film the program in Greece. – My son said before I left, "dad, if you win this time too, then you are the only one in the world who has won twice," Elsafadi laughs. This motivated the former basketball player to enter with a new motivation to win. – If there's something we parents think is cool, it's impressing our own children. I notice that it will be incredibly fun when they realize that I actually did it.