I Got the Power

What happens when an‘excluded youth’ gets a 24-hour visit from the most powerful people in society? Eight Swedish top-politicians went to visit eight young people, all from different backgrounds and experiences. They have one thing in common: they want to make their voices heard. And the politicians have come to listen. In this episode, Segal, a young Swedish girl with Somali roots, invites Mattias Karlsson, the deputy party leader for the nationalist party, Sweden Democrats (SD), to stay with her and her older sister in a segregated suburb of Gothenburg. Segal wants to discuss what constitutes community, and how to deal with fear. ‘I just want you to feel safe in a Muslim home’, she says to Mattias. Within the first week after broadcasting it was the most viewed TV program of the channel online this year, and also engaged a much wider audience outside the public service context, especially young men, who seldom watch television. I got the power brings two worlds together in a warm, unusual and engaging way. The idea is to produce highly relevant content, suitable for both broadcast and social media, which will induce the target group to discuss democratic issues and engage further in society.