Så mycket bättre


Så mycket bättre is a Swedish reality television show that airs on TV4. The basic premise is that each artist attempts to do their own version of another artist's well-known songs, with each person getting an episode featuring all of their songs being performed by the other musicians. The artists spend eight days together at a hotel in Gotland, where they attempt to put their own stamps on the songs.
The first series premiered on 23 October 2010 and featured Lasse Berghagen, Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson, Petter Askergren, Thomas Di Leva, September, Christer Sandelin and Plura Jonsson. A second series premiered on 29 October 2011 and featured Lena Philipsson, Tomas Ledin, Eva Dahlgren, Mikael Wiehe, Timbuktu, Laleh and E-Type. A third season was launched on 27 October 2012 that included Darin Zanyar, Miss Li, Maja Ivarsson, Olle Ljungström, Magnus Uggla, Pugh Rogefeldt and Sylvia Vrethammar.
The show was originally made in the Netherlands and was called "De beste zangers van Nederland" and has since the original spawned to a Swedish, Norwegian TV2 called Hver gang vi møtes, a Danish TV2 version called Toppen af Poppen, a Finnish version which is called Vain Elämää and an Estonian version called "Laula mu laulu".

Summary

Series 1 (2010)

The first series began airing in October 2010 featuring Lasse Berghagen, Thomas Di Leva, Petter Askergren, Barbro Svensson, Christer Sandelin, September, and Plura Jonsson. A compilation album was released on 1 December 2010 as CD, digital download and on Spotify.
#EpisodeFirst Aired Viewers
1Lasse Berghagen23 October1,442,000
2Thomas Di Leva30 October1,338,000
3Petter Askergren6 November1,177,000
4Barbro Svensson13 November1,345,000
5Christer Sandelin20 November1,526,000
6September27 November1,414,000
7Plura Jonsson4 December1,521,000
8All11 December1,484,000

Episode 1 – Lasse Berghagen
Episode 2 – Thomas Di Leva
Episode 3 – Petter
Episode 4 – Lill-Babs
Episode 5 – Christer Sandelin
Episode 6 – September
Episode 7 – Plura Jonsson
Episode 8 – All partners
A second series began airing in October 2011 featuring Timbuktu, Laleh, Eva Dahlgren, Lena Philipsson, E-Type, Tomas Ledin, and Mikael Wiehe.
#EpisodeFirst Aired Viewers
1Tomas Ledin29 October1,912,000
2Eva Dahlgren5 November1,894,000
3Timbuktu12 November1,852,000
4Lena Philipsson19 November1,912,000
5E-Type26 November1,887,000
6Laleh3 December1,727,000
7Mikael Wiehe10 December1 469 000
8All17 December1 898 000

Episode 1 – Tomas Ledin
Episode 2 – Eva Dahlgren
Episode 3 – Timbuktu
Episode 4 – Lena Philipsson
Episode 5 – E-Type
Episode 6 – Laleh
Episode 7 – Mikael Wiehe
Episode 8 – Duets
A third series saw the participation of 7 artists: Magnus Uggla, Olle Ljungström, Darin Zanyar, Pugh Rogefeldt, Miss Li, Sylvia Vrethammar and Maja Ivarsson.
#EpisodeFirst Aired Viewers
1Pugh Rogefeldt27 October1,780,000
2Olle Ljungström3 November1,600,000
3Miss Li10 November1,895,000
4Magnus Uggla17 November1,990,000
5Sylvia Vrethammar24 November2,010,000
6Maja Ivarsson1 December1,760,000
7Darin Zanyar8 December1,825,000
8All15 December1,805,000
9Reunion25 December1,655,000

Episode 1 – Pugh Rogefeldt
Result: Darin - Stockholm
Episode 2 – Olle Ljungström
Result: Maja Ivarsson - Norrländska präriens gudinna
Episode 3 – Miss Li
Result: Pugh Rogefeldt - You Could Have It
Episode 4 – Magnus Uggla
Result: Miss Li - 1:a gången
Episode 5 - Sylvia Vrethammar
Result: Magnus Uggla - Tycker om dig
Episode 6 - Maja Ivarsson
Result: Sylvia Vrethammer - Hej Monika
Episode 7 - Darin
Episode 8 - Duets
Episode 9 - The reunion
Around a dining table, the participants have a reunion and watch favourite performances from the season gone by.
A fourth series saw the participation of 7 artists: Agnes, Ulf Dageby, Lill Lindfors, Ebbot Lundberg, Bo Sundström, Titiyo and Ken Ring.
#EpisodeFirst Aired Viewers
1Lill Lindfors26 October1,894,000
2Bo Sundström2 November1,601,000
3Ken Ring9 November1,702,000
4Titiyo16 November1,633,000
5Ulf Dageby23 November1,602,000
6Agnes30 November1,577,000
7Ebbot Lundberg7 December1,548,000
8All14 December1,431,000
9Reunion25 December1,027,000

Episode 1 – Lill Lindfors
Episode 2 - Bo Sundström
Episode 3 - Ken Ring
Episode 4 - Titiyo
Episode 5 - Ulf Dageby
Episode 6 - Agnes Carlsson
Episode 7 - Ebbot Lundberg
A fifth series saw the participation of 7 artists: Love Antell, Familjen, Kajsa Grytt, Carola Häggkvist Amanda Jenssen, Orup, Ola Salo.
#EpisodeFirst Aired Viewers
1Ola Salo18 October2,305,000
2Orup25 October1,989,000
3Amanda Jenssen1 November1,752,000
4Kajsa Grytt8 November1,389,000
5Familjen15 November1,206,000
6Carola22 November1,985,000
7Love Antell29 November1,312,000
8Duets6 December1,309,000
9Reunion25 December1,003,000

Episode 1 – Ola Salo
Episode 2 - Orup
Episode 3 - Amanda Jenssen
Episode 4 - Kajsa Grytt
Episode 5 - Johan T Karlsson
Episode 6 - Carola Häggkvist
Episode 7 - Love Antell
A sixth series saw the participation of 7 artists: Niklas Strömstedt, Sven-Bertil Taube, Miriam Bryant, Jenny Berggren, Ison & Fille, Andreas Kleerup, and Lisa Nilsson.
#EpisodeFirst Aired Viewers
1Niklas Strömstedt17 October1,627,000
2Sven-Bertil Taube24 October1,811,000
3Miriam Bryant31 October1,662,000
4Jenny Berggren7 November1,711,000
5Ison & Fille14 November1,133,000
6Andreas Kleerup21 November1,456,000
7Lisa Nilsson28 November1,524,000
8Duets5 December1,543,000
9Reunion12 December1,230,000

Series 7 (2016)

A seventh series saw the participation of 6 artists: Magnus Carlson, Lisa Ekdahl, Jill Johnson, Little Jinder, Tommy Nilsson, Danny Saucedo. A seventh artist, Freddie Wadling was also scheduled, but he died before the shooting of the episodes. The remaining six performers still interpered his songs, as a tribute. An additional episode where the artists paid tribute to dead singer Ted Gärdestad was aired, in which his brother and songwriter Kenneth Gärdestad appeared as a guest.
#EpisodeFirst Aired Viewers
1Tommy Nilsson22 October1,965,000
2Magnus Carlson29 October1,942,000
3Freddie Wadling5 November1,694,000
4Little Jinder12 November1,586,000
5Lisa Ekdahl19 November1,792,000
6Danny Saucedo26 November1,584,000
7Jill Johnson3 December1,596,000
8Ted Gärdestad tribute10 December1,457,000
9Reunion17 December984,000

Series 8 (2017)

An eighth series saw the participation of 7 artists: Kikki Danielsson, Sabina Ddumba, Icona Pop, Moneybrother, Eric Saade, Uno Svenningsson and Tomas Andersson Wij. An additional episode that paid tribute to then recently passed dansband and country singer Sven-Erik Magnusson was aired, in which his son Oscar Magnusson appeared as guest.
#EpisodeFirst Aired Viewers
1Uno Svenningsson21 October1,767,000
2Moneybrother28 October1,330,000
3Sabina Ddumba4 November1,376,000
4Eric Saade11 November1,314,000
5Kikki Danielsson18 November1,661,000
6Tomas Andersson Wij25 November1,238,000
7Icona Pop2 December1,228,000
8Sven-Erik Magnusson tribute9 December1,771,000
9Reunion16 December1,256,000

Episode 1 – Uno Svenningsson
Episode 2 – Anders "Moneybrother" Wendin
Episode 3 – Sabina Ddumba
Episode 4 – Eric Saade
Episode 5 – Kikki Danielsson
Episode 6 – Tomas Andersson Wij
Episode 7 – Icona Pop
Episode 8 – Sven-Erik Magnusson tribute
A ninth series saw the participation of 7 artists: Eric Gadd, Louise Hoffsten, Linnea Henriksson, Charlotte Perrelli, Stor, Christer Sjögren, and Albin Lee Meldau.

Series 10 (2019)

A tenth series saw the participation of 13 artists: Magnus Uggla, Miss Li and Petter participated in 8 programmes. The format of the show was changed this season to celebrate the ten year anniversary with guest artist visiting. Carola Häggkvist, Orup, Timbuktu, Danny Saucedo, Ebbot Lundberg, Petra Marklund, Jill Johnson, Little Jinder, Niklas Strömstedt, Titiyo.
Sven-Bertil Taubes participation was cancelled due to sickness.
Further artists appeared as guests for one, or several, performances.

Series 11 (2020)

An eleventh series will see the participation of Benjamin Ingrosso, Plura, Ana Diaz, Markus Krunegård, Lisa Nilsson, Helen Sjöholm, Tommy Körberg, Silvana Imam, Jakob Hellman, Newkid, Lili & Susie, Loreen and Tove Styrke.