I'm off to get my car keys.
It's perfect.
Glue?
He does it! Häme Road has been conquered!
Good evening. I'm Jaakko Saariluoma —
and this is Taskmaster.
For starters, let's just say that I like it when people go through the effort of trying to be special —
and that's an idea I apply when coming up with the tasks.
Tonight, five entertainers do their best, and we're gonna see how far it takes them.
Or does it take them anywhere? Welcome to join us.
Our regular contestants are Mikko Penttilä, — [*Actor; comedy / improvisation]
Riku Rantala, — [*Journalist, presenter, known esp. from early 2000s backpacking adventure show Madventures]
Anna-Maija Tuokko, — [*Actress; film / TV / stage]
Jenni Pääskysaari [*Radio/TV presenter, writer, journalist]
And tonight, competing with them is —
the lovely singer, Erika Vikman.
And here on my left side, —
because there's no one on my right side, is the paragon of placidity and punctuality, —
the show's official referee, Pilvi Hämäläinen.
Thank you. I've spent all day meditating just for this moment —
and now my mind is clear, and the notes are ready —
to provide taskmaster with all the information that he might require.
Well that's great. In that sense I think we're all set up and ready to begin the actual game. – Yes indeed.
For starters, let's find out what we'll be competing for today.
And as we do, the first round of points are up for grabs.
Pilvi, will you just remind us, what's this about?
The show's prizes come from the contestants' own inventories, and —
this time, the thing you asked them to bring was...
The most interseting blue object.
Right, that was it. The most interesting blue object.
Let's begin, Mikko. – Yeah.
What did you bring? – An album by Space.
The record, Just Blue.
It's French cosmic disco from the late 70s.
It's very interesting indeed!
(Jaakko:) French... Late 70s... – Cosmic disco.
An incredibly fascinating album! – The album is called Just Blue.
I mean it would've been particularly interesting, had the record been red, but...
It would've had something a little controversial about it. But, Jenni, what did you bring?
Right. Well, as someone who was born in the 70s, first off you start thinking of —
what's blue, and... Blue Links, not blue. [*The most widely known brand of sausages, blue packaging]
Fazer's Blue, not blue. [*Most widely known chocolate brand] Blue milk, not blue. [*Packaging colour, indicates fat content]
So what else can a sort of, lovely 80s-grown person like myself come up with, —
if not the Smurfs!
The Smurfs! – The Smurfs.
Oh wow! – So this is...
this is your Smurf collection then?
I've collected them myself, saved up from my pocket money —
a genuine Smurf collection.
Well it's impressive. I bet your friends were jealous.
Yeah, except that my best friend Johis, she had a much larger one, —
her collection, and she also had much more of all those special Smurfs and stuff.
Oh... Well if you could, what would you say to Johis now?
Look Johis, which one of us got their Smurfs on telly.
Anna-Maija Tuokko.
– Yeah? – What do you think is the most interesting blue object that was worth bringing in?
I had sort of forgotten about the interesting part —
as I was just trying to find a blue object in general.
Well they're quite hard to find, aren't they. – There weren't many, definitely not.
However. Um, I mean I brought in one of those blue um... used toothbrushes.
– Anna-Maija... – What makes this interesting is that it's quite surprising, is it not?
Can I just ask, used by who?
– Oh... – Erika Vikman, what did you bring? The most interesting blue object.
I brought a blue stage outfit that looks a bit like a diving suit.
So is this for like, if you have to perform underwater?
Um, so far it's only been used in shows that take place on land —
but inside of it, you do always feel really... wet.
Well let's not get into any more detail, but um... – Okay good. Great.
Riku Rantala. Interesting blue object?
Blue angel.
Blue angel? – A popular cocktail from the 80s.
What's interesting about it?
Well, booze is always of interest. – That's true.
What's particulary interesting about a blue angel?
Well, when you have a couple of of those, interesting things start to happen.
Alright. So these were how you interpreted the concept of an interesting blue object.
And now is the time to score them.
Let's go with this: I'll give 5 points to Erika's outfit. It was so...
Um, 4 points for the vinyl record, —
3 for the Smurfs.
2 for the blue angel. And Anna-Maija Tuokko, it's probably not a surprise to anyone —
that you're getting 1 point.
You can't be serious!
I've never been as serious in my life as I am at this very moment. Anna-Maija Tuokko, 1 point, —
a used toothbrush! – I'm so disappointed.
I bet you found it backstage somewhere...
(Mikko:) "Oh right, I was supposed to have something!"
Yes. But these were the scores for the first task.
And remember, regulars, that the one to accumulate the highest score —
during the whole season gets to keep —
this divine Taskmaster statue.
Ooh! – It's wonderful.
And now is the time to set the ball rolling —
and go to the mansion to check out the first task.
Is this my new Helsinki residence?
"Take this playhouse as far away as possible."
"You may not manipulate the playhouse."
"You have 20 minutes."
"The one to take the playhouse the furthest, wins. The time starts now."
So the objective was to move the playhouse as far away as possible.
The playhouse had to remain intact throughout the whole performance.
Ah, I'm so eager to see what they made of it.
Who's first? – Let's start with the performances of Anna-Maija and Mikko.
Right, okay.
This is so annoying!
Now I'm off to get my car keys, and my car.
I'll be right back.
Would I be allowed to borrow a van?
I just have to get this over...
I'm screwed.
I think I need a little help.
Uh... Could you lend me a hand?
To help... Thank you Pilvi.
How much time left? – 4 minutes. – Let's go then!
I'll leave the car here, I don't dare to get on that big road because —
the police might pull me over.
During all this time it took me to speculate and muck around, —
in the end, I could've probably just carried it for the same distance as what I can make with this car now.
45 seconds.
– How many minutes left? – You have 15 seconds left. Time's up.
Victory. – Time's up.
So, Mikko Penttilä, how do you think you did?
That performance was shit.
Oh my. Dear Anna-Maija and Mikko.
Many people think that their cars are spacious —
but wouldn't you say this was a bit overly optimistic?
I mean, I did know that the car wouldn't fully fit into the boot.
I'd like to make that clear. – You meant to put a *car* into the boot?
No, I mean, the house wouldn't fit into the car boot.
I understood that. But I just thought, because the house had this lovely outdoor kitchen.
So if I could just like, hang it from that.
And just drive as fast as possible.
Or you could've thought of the van earlier. – Yeah, or, had I been an in... intelligent person, yes.
Yes. Speaking of intelligence, Anna-Maija Tuokko. – Yeah?
How much do you, like, use consideration, and how much do you act just based on your reflexes?
I'm a completely intuitive person.
Yeah, we noticed. – Yes.
But I mean, I didn't try to squeeze it into the boot!
Because it was obvious that you'd have to get it on the roof of the car.
I think it was really smart and I made it really far, and I'm going to assume that I won this one.
Pilvi, what were their results?
Measured as a straight line, Mikko's result was...
181 metres. [*under 594 feet]
and Anna-Maija's result was...
658 metres. [*0.4 miles]
Thanks, Pilvi. We've now seen the performances of Anna-Maija and Mikko.
The playhouse relocation parties will continue for three more performances —
but before that, we'll watch some advertisements.
Welcome back, this is Taskmaster.
Before the break, we saw how the logistics experts —
Anna-Maija and Mikko tried to move a playhouse as far away as possible.
We still have the performances of Riku, Erika and Jenni left to see.
The best ones. – Next, let's go ahead and watch —
Jenni's performance. (Laughter.)
"The time starts now."
We're close to the sea, aren't we?
We are.
And so now I should somehow get this over there. I can't carry that, can I.
Surely no one can carry this thing.
But I don't have to carry it, I could just drag it along.
Could you just grab it, so I lift it up a little.
You know, you're not allowed to build cottages this close to the shoreline, not in Finland.
So now we have a unique opportunity. You can get into the cottage now.
Your feet won't get wet, but you can get into the cottage.
And this (person) would, like, make some food here.
And here on the stove, we've got some —
lovely vegetable balls cooking for you. Ouch! They're not.
(Blows.)
Lovely. I've just catered you this experience.
And now you can come out of there.
And now it's off to its maiden voyage.
There.
And when the wind gets strong...
The North wind. You know, it's gonna end up all the way to Tallinn. [*Proximity: On a clear day in Helsinki, you can see Tallinn (of Estonia) in the horizon]
Time.
Jenni, it truly looked like you put all your effort, —
creativity, and skill that you had in you, into this task. Was that right?
Absolutely. But first and foremost, I actually do also want to give nice experiences to Pilvi.
A lovely little cottage holiday and some hot veggie balls.
And by the sea! What else could Pilvi wish for?
Pilvi, what's Jenni's result?
Remember our cottage trips! Remember our cottage trips!
Let's have it as a straight line.
Jenni moved the house —
81 metres and 69 centimetres. [*268 feet]
(Mikko:) Thanks, Jenni. Thank you. (Jenni:) For what?
Whose performance is next?
Next, let's see how Riku and Erika managed.
The time starts now.
You've got a wasp.
So we'll just like, start moving this away from the area.
Might the production team have a car that I could borrow? – Sure, of course.
Possibly yes. – Right, off we go then!
Do not break, alright. He he he!
I wonder if it would fit into a boat? If I just rowed as far as possible.
A rope. – Ha ha ha!
How much time has elapsed?
You have 17 minutes left. – That's alright!
(Person on the phone:) Taxi center, Laura. Good afternoon.
Hello there, it's Erika Vikman.
Do you have any free maxi cabs — [*Minivans with empty space for wheelchairs etc.]
so you could, like, put something large to the back? [*Minivans with empty space for wheelchairs etc.]
(Laura:) Um well, we've got plenty of available maxi cabs, —
what is it that you need to transport, what sort of thing?
Well it's a sort of, one by one metre playhouse.
A plastic one. (Laura:) One by one metre...
So the place is um, the Stansvik mansion. And indeed, if the car could just arrive as soon as possible.
(Laura:) Yeah. And the trip is from there to...?
Uh, as far away as we can make it.
(Laura, amused:) Okay, well your order is number 289.
(Riku:) And now, just let that clock tick away. We're off to that direction.
Oh come on mate, don't you dare to come and dawdle about with that lawnmower of yours now!
Oh fuck this. This rope thing of mine, it just didn't work out somehow.
Oh my days, if anyone can beat this distance —
they'll have to be quite the Double-O-Seven.
There's no sign of the taxi. – Now we're in the final minutes.
(Like a sports commentator:) Now we're in the final minutes. Are we gonna change... Here comes Häme Road, here comes Häme Road. Yes!
Will he make it beyond Häme Road? Will he?
Hey, a bus!
I don't think we'd be allowed in with this thing. Well, it's gone now anyway.
Yes! And he does it! Häme Road has been conquered!
Let's run!
– Time.
(Mikko:) Amazing. – I'm quite impressed.
Erika, I must ask, do you often call a taxi —
"as far away as possible?" – I do. I do.
– You do. – Typically when I'm leaving a bar, I just...
Far away.
Riku, how contradictory, or paradoxical do you think it is —
that you have such thundering road rage towards a lawnmower, —
while yourself, you're transporting a playhouse?
I know. I'm so incredibly ashamed of myself and I mean, I'm constantly trying —
to work on it so I wouldn't... Because at this age, I'm 47, I've finally understood —
that as I go on bellowing inside my own car, the person in front of me, I mean, he can't hear it.
Ahhh... – So it kind of just doesn't move if I say MOVE!!!!!
And... It just won't move.
(Mikko:) But isn't it great, now that he'll be able to hear it. – And in principle I do get it, but in the situation I just don't remember it anymore.
What were the results?
Erika's result was 894 metres. [*0.55 miles]
Okay. – And...
Riku's result was a whopping —
4 kilometres and 805 metres. [*Nearly 3 miles]
So Riku managed to take the house the furthest, and Erika's cottage carrying effort got it the second furthest.
So, the points for this will go as follows:
Riku 5, Erika 4, Anna-Maija 3, —
Mikko 2 and Jenni 1 point.
Congratulations. Pilvi, what are the total scores at the moment?
At the moment on the scoreboard, the one on the lead is...
Erika. And Riku after.
I mean, after Erika. (inaudible)
We'll see how long Erika can hold on to her rank, because we still have quite a bit of points to go.
Let's head right back to the mansion.
Hullo, said the two handsome ones to each other.
"Construct the highest possible structure out of the playing cards in front of you."
"Because the card deck is one of the taskmaster's valuables..." — (She makes a snoring sound.)
"they still have to be in mint condition once the task is over."
"You have 10 minutes."
"The tallest structure that can stand on its own, wins."
"The time starts now."
Oh my god.
So the objective was to construct the highest possible structure —
out of the playing cards that they had in front of them.
After the task, the cards still had to remain in mint condition.
Excellent, who's first?
Let's start with Anna-Maija, Erika and Riku. – Oh look at that.
Oh well. I don't think this is quite um... my area.
How about a game of sökö* for starters, as the task itself seems like a piece of cake. [*A variation of poker, also known as sousem, or Canadian/Scandinavian stud.]
I'd rather you went with solitaire for now. [*A variation of poker, also known as sousem, or Canadian/Scandinavian stud.]
Yeah let's go with solitaire then, I understand.
In general, I'm quite used... Used to playing solo.
Okay then. – I don't think it's working out, the... Oh, I know!
I'm allowed to leave.
Oh come on this is ridiculous!!
I mean what it needs is, like, friction, in a way, because the table is quite slippery.
Alright, so...
I'm gonna turn this into an accordion. As a child, did you ever make these accordion...?
Have you been a child?
You have.
I can't see!
I'm gonna bring my glasses next time.
Oh, glue!
Some tape! – There, look at that, we've got an accordion. [He repeats the word while making it sound dialectal.]
No! – Yes!
I think I'm running bit late for this, but...
Here we go.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
One minute left. – One minute left!
Now... The heat is really on.
If I can use it this way around, then I can use it this way around as well.
Nope. This wasn't quite as easy as I thought, I guess I've sort of "gone to war whilst strumming".* [*Finnish proverb: To take on a massive task unprepared and without thinking of what it really takes.]
Now we're talking!
Your eyes might be deceiving you.
Your mind is deceiving you.
Okay, I don't dare to touch it anymore.
But that's it now. So this is... it.
Here it...
Magic!
No...!
Erika, it would be just fantastic to see you as a building contractor, —
so if some project doesn't seem to be working out, just wreck it, and...
But you know, my father actually builds houses so I don't understand where I got these genes from.
Anna-Maija. Um, just there, you said that you'll have to bring your glasses next time. – Yeah.
So I just wondered, have you done all the tasks so far without seeing a thing?
No, this was about um... Teeny tiny things, when you had to make —
those thin cards meet, I would've needed my glasses for that.
Riku was about to play some sökö* in the beginning. [*Scandinavian variation of poker] – Yup.
Do you regret that you spent time on that?
Well not really, because they were so awfully slippy that I couldn't think of any other ways to... succeed.
But luckily near the end I got an idea, the... – Accordion. [*Repeats the dialectal word Riku used.]
The accordion, yes. [*Dialectical] – Pilvi, what were the results?
Yeah. Anna-Maija's structure was 8 centimetres tall. [*over 3 inches]
Riku's was 23 centimetres — [*9 inches]
and Erika's a whopping —
8 millimetres. [*third of an inch]
Amazing. – These were some very entertaining performances.
We still have the footages of Mikko and Jenni left. And we'll see them, —
but not now, only after the following break. See you soon.
Welcome back, this is Taskmaster.
Before the break, we saw how Anna-Maija, Erika and Riku —
tried to make a house of cards, and in the end, all we really got was a paper accorrrdion. [*Still playing on the dialectal word]
We're putting all our faith in the performances of Jenni and Mikko now.
And we'll see both of their footages now.
I think I'll get some stuff. I'm allowed to get something, right?
Let's get some stuff, something that makes it a easier to...
I'll take those, and um... I'll take that one.
This, and...
I'll take... That.
Just a little bit of something for it, for example this thing, which we can —
dampen just a bit, but not too much, so the cards stay in good condition.
I'm drenched in sweat.
I'll just do that.
(Sings:) Oh Pilvi, Pilvi...
Why don't you pick it up...
When I'm calling...
Three minutes left.
Krrrrrr!!!!!
Great!
Ewg! Look, look, look!
What are you plotting? – I have no idea!
(Frustrated sobbing.)
Why is my oral hygiene too good?
I'd need a bit more gluey saliva.
Oh, such as my Mynthon* saliva? – Oh exactly! Hey... [*Mynthon = Finland's best selling lozenge brand]
Look at that!
Team work.
Time's up. – "Power square"*. [*A term used in rental/sale ads especially for flats. Used to refer to the square metres being "efficiently" used, to avoid having to say that the flat is very small.]
Where's the closest gorge?
Mikko, you decided to use Pilvi's, uh... oral secretions in this. – Yes.
Do you have any bits of information that we don't?
They're filthy.
The information or the secretions?
Both.
Jenni. I'm having some trouble interpreting your performance.
We asked you to make a house of cards. And the first things you fetched were a chair, a vase, and a microwave cover. – Yeah.
So go ahead, explain.
The task didn't directly forbid the use of other items.
But I know that in this show... (yabbers mockingly.)
It said: Make a house cards out of cards.
So if I were to commission a brick house —
and the house would be made out of plastic domes and chairs, —
and not masonry. I mean I would be quite... – Well I can just say, don't commission it from Erika's dad.
I wouldn't commission it from Erika either.
You can do from me. – But Jenni, now your excuses are almost reaching greater heights —
than the structure you made back there.
What were the results? – The height of Mikko's structure —
was 17 centimetres. [*Under 7 inches]
The height of Jenni's structure was 1 metre and 4 centimetres. [*Under 41 inches]
And the other results we already know, don't we.
So the points will go as follows:
Jenni 5, 4 to Riku, 3 to Mikko, —
2 to Anna-Maija and 1 to Erika.
(Riku:) Oh my oh my. It was the right decision.
Yeah. And Mikko, as a special prize, you'll get a Hygiene Passport course. [*A certificate of proficiency in food hygiene. All professional food handlers must complete the test.]
Thanks. That cheers me up a bit. [*A certificate of proficiency in food hygiene. All professional food handlers must complete the test.]
What's the overall situation, how are the scores?
Well, let's just say that the overall situation is very, very exciting —
and even. – Good. In that case, we're quite happy to go back to the mansion, aren't we. – Yes.
Thank you.
Can I somehow give it to you, or...? I think I'll just put it in here.
Right then. – "Get this potato..."
"into the hole on the gravelly green."
"You may not touch the... streen*... in question." [*Some made up word, sounds like 'green', but the first half is weird.]
"Streen*? The shortest time wins." [*Some made up word, sounds like 'green', but the first half is weird.]
Okay but I'll just ask now, what's a streen?
Well, is the potato a streen?
Is streen some kind of, offspring of a potato?
"The time starts now."
So the objective was to get the potato —
into the hole on the gravelly green as fast as possible.
They weren't allowed to touch the streen in question.
Before we proceed to view the footage, do we have anything to add about this task?
Well, some of the contestants seemed to have some trouble —
understanding that word, streen.
Streen, which is, a sandstone green.
Stone green, streen.
It's just a neologism, you know... – This is exactly what I mean, this show is so sick.
(Laughing, talking at once.)
Who's first?
Let's start with Riku, Anna-Maija and Erika.
Yeah!
So, get the...? – Should have a bit of a think before I start fussing.
Okay so if I now throw it in... And when it misses... Okay.
I see.
Uhh. – I mean, if I miss the hole, then there's no way to get it back, except perhaps —
with a stick or something, but... Let's not worry about that now.
Let's throw it first.
Oops. – Should I just shoot from the hip.
OWW that's a failure straight away!
You may not touch the streen in question.
Uhh, now I'm gonna need a stick or something. There.
No, I mean... Oh, I know!
I mean, a pipe of some sort. – What is this anyway?
And there's one right away!
Okay so now I just need a stick.
This is just perfect.
Ah ha ha!
Uh... That's a wrap. – Time.
And there.
There.
Now I'm starting to get a feeling —
that there might be some other hole somewhere.
Thank you Erika Vikman. – Thank you.
Erika Vikman, you were clearly wondering —
whether you did task correctly after all. – Yeah because somehow it was just so easy.
So I started thinking of whether there might be some other hole somewhere. And like, the streen would be somewhere else, as would the hole.
(Anna-Maija:) Yeah, you could smell a rat.* [*Finnish equivalent literally: "There's a dog buried somewhere"] (Erika:) So in a way, like, that task seemed way too obvious.
And yet, you took quite a bit of time putting it in there.
Well yeah, the shed was really far. So had I found a stick nearby like she did, —
I mean... – Anna-Maija, speaking of stick, umm, —
had you personally left that stick between those benches, —
or did you pay someone so you could find it by pretty much walking with your eyes closed and go "OH LOOK, THERE'S A STICK!" ?
Nooo, it was the universe's gift to me.
(Laughter.)
It just happened to be there.
I just burst a blood vessel in my head. — Ditto.
Riku, in what kind of (spiritual) guidance do you believe in?
I mean, do you always intuitively know —
that sticks can be found under upside down boats?
No, I thought... Underneath a boat, you'd of course store the oars. (Mikko:) Oh yeah, the oars!
So I thought it would be an oar that I'd get to use as a stick. Or, that there would be a hobo* in there. [*Specifically: an alcoholic one]
What were the results? – Riku's time was 2 minutes and 7 seconds.
Erika's time was 4 minutes and 22 seconds.
Anna-Maija's time was —
1 minute and 11 seconds.
Pretty good! That's more like it!
But we still haven't seen the footages of two streen strikers.
But at this point, we'll probably take a moment to meditate on some neologisms.
See you after the break.
Welcome back, this is Taskmaster.
Before the break, we saw how Riku, Anna-Maija and Erika tried to land —
a potato into a hole as quickly as possible.
We still have the footages of two contestants left. – Yes indeed. Next, how about checking how Jenni and Mikko coped with the task?
I think that's what we must do. – No way around that.
The time starts now. – Now.
But I could do this.
And I could step on that.
And I'm here now.
And by the way, nothing's touching anything.
And I usher it in. Hey, have a good trip, you.
So that was your performance?
This was my performance. And it was perfect.
It is perfect. – Thank you.
The time starts now.
(Mikko:) Try beating that accuracy.
(Mikko whistles away.)
(Anna-Maija:) Well, what more can you say?
Mikko Penttilä, be completely honest now, how much do you fiddle with potatoes on a daily basis?
I've even made a movie about them.
Or rather, been involved in one. – Well, no wonder this was such a success.
Would we been allowed to actually step on the gravel?
To walk on it and take the potato into the hole?
No you wouldn't, it's a streen, you weren't allowed to step on it. – Okay.
In that sense you all did the right thing. – Okay, great. Thanks!
And you put the task, the task that I'd carefully written, under your feet.
Between the streen and yourself, so in a way you did not step onto the streen.
Yeah. Thank you. – You're welcome.
Pilvi. And now some more results, Mikko and Jenni.
Jenni took 1 minute and 17 seconds.
And Mikko took...
5 seconds.
(Anna-Maija:) It really was great. – As you can see, it's not a potato sack, but a coffee sack.* [*Referring to Mikko's jacket?]
Indeed.
As for the points for this one, Mikko gets 5, and the others —
get points according to their times.
Dear contestants, we still have the final task left.
Get ready.
Pilvi, can you just remind us what the final task is like?
You could say that the final task is a game changer.
Erika, read the task aloud please.
Translate a Finnish proverb.
For the translation, you must use four different languages:
Swedish, German, French, and Spanish.
However, two words in a row may not be of the same language.
You have 90 seconds —
to come up with the translation.
Any questions? – Yeah...
(Everyone:) Swedish, German, French, Spanish.
You can find the original proverbs from the card.
Are you ready?
You have 90 seconds, and the time starts now.
[*PAUSE TO READ: Background of foreign language fluency in Finland. In these people's generation, everyone must've picked one foreign language for grades 3-9. The majority picks English. Optional second language studies can start from grades 3, 4 or 5 onwards, and it's typically (out of these) German or French. Fluency at Spanish is uncommon. As Swedish and Finnish both have official language statuses, every Finn learns mandatory Swedish at least between grades 7-9. At the same time, they may pick yet another optional language.]
Time's up. – Time's up! – No! Oh no!
Stop writing.
Put the pens away now.
Off with the pens. And now, —
let's have a look at what you've done.
And the way we'll do this is that I'll first ask you to read out the translation —
and after that, tell us the original proverb. And let's start, —
if you're ready, let's get started. Riku Rantala, go ahead.
No namn ein Mann skita, —
wenn non Mann namnet macht!
And Riku...
Riku, you look really pleased.
I can't speak a word in French, so I am quite happy.
What was the original proverb?
I mean you can see it right away can't you. (Jenni:) Definitely! – But could you repeat it to everyone who hasn't got it.
"A name doesn't stain a man's reputation if he doesn't do it to his own name."* [It was: "No namn ein Mann skita, wenn non Mann namnet macht!"] [*Riku has used Swedish "to shit" for "to stain"] [Meaning: Don't judge someone based on who he is, but on what he actually does.]
(Jenni:) Exactly! (Jaakko:) Great! [It was: "No namn ein Mann skita, wenn non Mann namnet macht!"] [*Riku has used Swedish "to shit" for "to stain"] [Meaning: Don't judge someone based on who he is, but on what he actually does.]
And next Erika, go ahead. – Right. So...
Uhh... Wer nach Baum gehen wollen,
es anderes Baum döda. Oui!
Uhh... And if I heard right, —
no word was followed by another word of the same language.
(Riku:) Or, bauen wollen may have been.
Or could it be a compound word when it has a hyphen? – It is a compound word that I just, like, —
didn't distinctly perceive as such because it had spaces, but... But...
Could you tell us what the original proverb was?
As you noticed, it was all about trees. So...
"Who reaches up for the fir, plummets to the juniper."* [It was: "Wer nach Baum gehen wollen, es anderes Baum döda. Oui!"] [*Meaning: Don't be unrealistically ambitious.] – Ah.
Thanks, Erika. And then Anna-Maija Tuokko, go ahead.
Please read your translation first.
Bätre pyy i pivó — [*Pyy = Finnish for hazel grouse, she used Finnish.] [*Pivo = Finnish archaic word for palm, grasp, or the space between one's arm and torso. Not every Finn might know its exact meaning if asked, but the proverb's message still gets across without the exact definition.]
aber zehn i... [*Pyy = Finnish for hazel grouse, she used Finnish.] [*Pivo = Finnish archaic word for palm, grasp, or the space between one's arm and torso. Not every Finn might know its exact meaning if asked, but the proverb's message still gets across without the exact definition.]
And then, the missing...
Missing... [*The Finnish one doesn't get read out aloud, but it is: "Better have one hazel grouse in your hand than ten on the branch."] [It was: "Bätre pyy i pivó, aber zehn i..."] [Meaning: Be grateful with the little that you've got, because if you get greedy, you might lose it all.]
I'm afraid I can't see that far, but did you just write "pivo" with an acute accent!? [*Note: Finnish language doesn't natively use any acute accents.]
Yeah but I needed something French, so I made it up. [*Note: Finnish language doesn't natively use any acute accents.]
So that's probably... what it is in French.
I love that. Thank you so much, Anna-Maija Tuokko. – Thank you.
And Mikko Penttilä, go ahead.
(Reading every word out loud using very theatrical voices:) Hjälpa Horhe —
aus teide, —
inte ünder alles!
Right, and can you now tell us the original proverb, although we all probably got it from that already.
"Help a man while he's going up a hill, not when he's at the bottom of it." [It was: "Hjälpa Horhe aus teide, inte ünder alles!"] [*Meaning: Help someone when they need it the most.]
Thank you. And the last one, Jenni Pääskysaari, please go ahead.
Som other cuoppa dérnir, —
il sigh donde —
genau jawohl!!
But now could you tell us the original proverb? – Didn't you get it?
Yeah but tell it to everyone anyway.
"One who digs a hole for another, will fall into it himself." [It was: "Som other cuoppa dérnir, il sigh donde genau jawohl!!"] [*Meaning: Doing evil deeds will backfire.] [*She couldn't think of a word for 'hole' so she's used a Finnish word 'kuoppa' but with a C to make it seem foreign.]
Thank you, Jenni Pääskysaari. [It was: "Som other cuoppa dérnir, il sigh donde genau jawohl!!"] [*Meaning: Doing evil deeds will backfire.] [*She couldn't think of a word for 'hole' so she's used a Finnish word 'kuoppa' but with a C to make it seem foreign.]
Thank you.
And now's the time to score these. If we're judging by the criteria of the task, —
which is the fact that you had to use four languages, then three of you managed to use all four.
Mikko, Jenni and Riku.
And the next criterion is —
that somehow I have to differentiate between your performances, which were all delightful. So I'll score them as follows: Mikko 5 points, —
Jenni and Riku, 4 points.
And 3 points to Anna-Maija and Erika.
Yay, at least we got 3. – Did I get 3?
We both got 3. – Pilvi.
By now I'm sure we know who's won tonight's contest. – Yes indeed.
Who? – After all the tasks, the one —
accumulate the highest score was...
Mikko Penttilä.
Mikko Penttilä, congratulations. Please go ahead, go to the items that you've won.
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