Christmas Eve is here and as usual, SVT’s tableau is packed with classics such as “Can you whistle Johanna?”, “Kalle Ducka og hans vänner wish Merry Christmas” and “Karl-Bertil Jonsson’s Christmas Eve”.
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Every year, a popular profile is also appointed to sit in the box during Christmas Eve and lead the viewers between the programs. This year’s Christmas host was, as many already know, Mark Levengood.
– I don’t get nervous. I’m not that way. But on the other hand, I am collected, Levengood has said in an interview with TT.
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Photo: Anders Wiklund / TT. The choice of Christmas host divided the viewers – Leif GW Persson wished
The choice of Christmas host divided viewers. Many were positive about Levengood but some other viewers had other wishes.
“Wanted to GW Persson“, wrote a viewer in SVT’s comment field on Facebook when the Christmas host was announced.
Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT.
In fact, the criminologist was asked not just once, but several times, something he reveals in the podcast “Tv-fabriken med Fredrik Ralstrand“.
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That’s why Leif GW Persson refuses to host Christmas in SVT
Leif GW Persson wishes to celebrate Christmas with his family, like most people, and the Christmas host is broadcast live on Christmas Eve with the exception of two Christmas Eves when Erik Haag and Lotta Lundgren had his participation pre-recorded.
Photo: Maja Suslin / TT.
– Who wants to sit in a TV studio on Christmas Eve? No, I don’t feel the slightest desire for it, on the contrary, says GW Persson in the podcast.
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Even if he were to participate and have his participation recorded in advance, he would say no.
– No, not then either, actually, he says “The TV Factory”.