It was Ingvar Oldsberg who first asked the now iconic question “Where are we going?” when “På Spåret” premiered on SVT in September 1987. Since then countless famous profiles have participated in the program, which since 2009 is led by Christian Luuk.
And Luuk, who has the judge Fredrik Lindström by his side, has no plans to leave the entertainment program. In fact, the duo said they will continue as long as both are on the train.
– We have said that we are doing this at arm’s length. The day one doesn’t want to anymore, then we stop, Luuk has told TT before.
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Fredrik Lindström and Kristian Luuk. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT
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The premiere of “På Spåret” has been broadcast
Now the 34th season of “På Spåret” in SVT has started and in the premiere episode last year’s finalists were presented Peter and Hector Apelgren against Ebba Kleberg von Sydow and Anders Tegnell.
The winners of the match went to father and son Apelgren, who made a big impression – not least when it came time for the moment “Närmast wins”. The competitors would then place Lützen on a map and team Apelgren then managed to place their pin only three kilometers from the actual location.
For Kleberg von Sydow and Tegnell it was all the more difficult. Namely, they happened to place Lützen in today’s eastern Poland, rather than in eastern Germany.
– No, but? No. Oh, how could we see so wrong? said the former state epidemiologist when the miss was discovered in the program.
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Anders Tegnell and Ebba Kleberg von Sydow. Photo: SVT
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On the Spåret viewers: “Incredibly boring”
The premiere episode was seen by a whopping 2,083,000 linear viewers, making “På Spåret” by far the most watched program on Friday.
But not everyone was actually able to watch the quiz show as usual. When SVT asked the viewers who they would cheer for in the premiere match, it turned out that several Swedes abroad could not watch the program via SVT Play.
This is what several disappointed viewers wrote:
“Why can’t you suddenly watch På spåret outside Sweden which has been going on all these years? Live in Spain, have been looking forward to it for several months but it was a cold shower after being able to watch all the years before. So disappointed.”
“Agree! There were many of us in the UK who had been looking forward to the premiere today.”
“So incredibly sad that we Swedes abroad can’t watch the program anymore. So disappointed.”
“Why have the broadcasting rights abroad been removed so that Swedes abroad can no longer see? It is Swedish-produced.”
“Sooooooo sorry me too! Also competing against the family back home in Sweden! Don’t understand anything!”
“Norwegians abroad wonder too! The world’s best TV program!”
“I wonder too. Been looking forward to watching the show for sooo long.”
“Can’t say how terribly disappointed I am with SVT!!!! As a Swede abroad, this program has been the highlight of the TV calendar. I have been able to watch this wonderful program at the same time ‘together’ with my brother back home in Sweden and we have competed against each other and had something to look forward to doing together even though we are several hundred miles apart! So incredibly sad that you are not letting us take part in this wonderful program.”
“So disappointed in you, SVT, that the program suddenly cannot be seen abroad. We are many Swedes abroad who look forward to the program. You film abroad and it is extra fun to see clips from the very country we live in (in my case New Zealand and Wellington who were with the 23/24 season) Please reconsider and let us also watch.”
“I think you will lose many viewers now that you can no longer watch the program from abroad.”
Photo: Screenshot/Facebook/SVTSVT’s response: “Changed rights”
When Nyheter24 contacts SVT and asks why those who are outside Sweden’s borders do not have access to the program, their press service replies:
“It is true that ‘On the Track’ can no longer be seen abroad. This is due to changed rights connected to the program. Otherwise, we cannot say more than that.”
Photo: Christine Olsson/TT
It seems, in other words, that there will be no “On the Track” for viewers abroad.
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