Unexpected friendships are a recurring theme in The Farm Celebrity. When the influencers Øyunn Krogh (25) and Sophie Elise Isachsen (27) rowed into Bøensætre farm together, it was a full flap from the start.
As it is almost a year since the recording took place, the ladies admit that it is strange to see the experience on TV.
– It is interesting to see which stories they have chosen to follow. Much of our experience is gone, so we can only have it for ourselves – it’s a little delicious too, says Krogh.
– GOOD FRIENDS: Øyunn Krogh and Sophie Elise Isachsen have maintained their friendship, after they came out of Farmen celebrity. Photo: TV 2 / Good morning Norway
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Feels unfair
From the very first week of his life in 1922, it became clear that Isachsen was struggling to find his place. Spending the days with eleven other celebrities was at times overwhelming for her.
– I think there were many who found it difficult to be with all the people. It’s a TV snout, and everyone is on. I sometimes thought around the dinner table that I can no longer do this. But it was also the best – all the people and the social, she says.
When the Farmen celebrity premiered in January, she was not prepared for what felt like a private experience to become public property.
– It was an experience only we had, and it felt incredibly private. We had not documented with photos or selfies along the way. When it suddenly came out, it was almost a little disgusting. I thought it was just ours, she says.
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Although the ladies think it’s nice to see the stories being told on TV, they acknowledge that it sometimes feels unfair when only parts of an event are shown.
– It is not the whole reality that comes on TV. We are judged on the basis of a half-reality, and a half-story. It feels a little frustrating. But you have said yes, and then you have to stand in it. Then it will be easier along the way, says Krogh, and continues:
– Of course it is part of reality, and it is not so not votes. But you have to keep in mind that there is a lot more in the relationships and the things that happen in there.
One foot in each camp
Although drama, conflicts and discussions have affected the TV screens in recent weeks, Krogh says that the hostilities have not taken place.
Convinced of tactical play
– Sophie got along with everyone. She is very unique there, and adapts to everyone. The rest of the gang I think had some clinches – and it is natural when you are caught in a small area. But that means that you have to become friends again, she points out.
The reason why Isachsen managed to avoid conflicts with the others, she thinks is because she had a foot in most camps.
– I think it helped that I had Øyunn and them, and Isak. I knew Dorthe before, so I had someone in each camp. But it helped a lot that I could be alone too, with the animals and in the barn.
See what Sophie Elise Isachsen answers when she gets boyfriend questions live, in the video at the top of the case.
– This lady is cool
Together with radio profile Ingrid Simensen (28) and Norway’s toughest winner Isak Dreyer (28), Krogh and Isachsen were the first to enter the Farmen celebrity farm.
Isachsen is grateful for the relationship she has had with Krogh, and that she had someone she could trust from the first second. For Krogh, there is one experience in particular she thinks back on, where she realized that Isachsen was a cool lady.
– We shoveled manure on the ground. Then Sophie says: I’ve learned something in here. And I: Oh, cool, tell me. Before I came to Farmen, I thought I would live in a penthouse apartment in Oslo, I was absolutely sure of that. But now, after living here, I think more New York. Then I thought this lady is cool, laughs Krogh.
– COOL LADY: A special event made Øyunn Krogh realize that Sophie Elise Isachsen was a cool lady. Photo: TV 2 / Alex Iversen
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– I think we could become friends anyway. We have quite similar lives, and have many of the same friends. It’s really a little strange that we have not been friends before. But it was very lucky that we met there, admits Isachsen.
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A little nice
Spa manure and dealing with barn work was something Isachsen enjoyed. She’s not surprised.
– That’s who I am. I think people forget or have not seen it. I grew up in Harstad, and have been to a barn a lot. I love it, and I’m not very nice. What happened in there was not a shock to me, but to other people perhaps.
– WON TO THE BARBECUE: Sophie Elise Isachsen is not very nice, and used to being in the barn from her hometown. Photo: Alex Iversen / TV 2
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Although Krogh and Isachsen have been shown new sides of themselves, they would like viewers to become better acquainted with all the participants.
– Niklas took up a lot of space in a positive way, and that is reflected. But it’s a little weird when I look at it with friends, and talk about the other participants. Then they say: ‘But we do not get to know them. We hear what you say, and that they are nice and funny, but we do not see them ». It’s a little strange, says Krogh.
– Niklas has only done a good job, but I wish that, not necessarily I got more TV time, but that you saw a little more of everyone maybe. But again – he does a very good job, and tells the stories in a fun way, says Isachsen.
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