Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestThe main feature of OBLS are the group of homosexual men and women, all Danes, who talk openly about their lives as homosexuals. Topics vary from coming-out stories to political discussions. The discussions are inspired by on-screen stats from a poll among 1600 Danish homosexuals. In addition, various sketches are performed, including lesbian-stereotype figure Alex and hairdressers Bjørn and Benny. Each episode closes with an ABBA lipsync performance by a special guest.
Production
Bizarre ABBA lipsync guest spots as episode closers
Writing
Sketch comedy from hairdressers Bjørn and Benny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on Danish public television in 2003, pre-Drag Race, making the ABBA lipsync finale a genuinely weird premonition of reality TV tropes to come.
Leonora Christina Skov, one of the participants, later became a celebrated Danish author—this was early queers on camera before mainstream visibility.
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