Now it... came off, the...
But I can do this, can't I.
What can you buy for a man who already has everything?
Eek!
Good evening, my name is Jaakko Saariluoma —
and this is Taskmaster. Welcome.
In a bit, we'll get to observe the mental workouts of our contestants —
as they try to deal with with tasks that I, with great dedication, have devised for them.
And if the previous signs are anything to go by, their solutions are going to be —
clever, surprising, and sometimes even successful.
Our regular contestants are Anna-Maija Tuokko, — [*Actress; film / TV / stage]
Jenni Pääskysaari, — [*Radio/TV presenter, writer, journalist]
Riku Rantala, — [*Journalist, presenter, known esp. from early 2000s backpacking adventure show Madventures]
Mikko Penttilä — [*Actor; comedy / improvisation]
And today competing with them —
is the lovely singer-songwriter Anna Puu.
And here on my left side is the show's official inspector, —
referee, the Valvira* of her own life, [*=The National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health] Pilvi Hämäläinen.
Thank you, thank you.
And I can guarantee you that today I have prepared —
particularly meticulously. - In what way?
- Particularly meticulously. - Good.
So, to get started, let's find out what we'll be competing for tonight.
And as we do, the first round of points is up for grabs.
Pilvi, can you remind us, what's this about?
So the show's prizes consist of the contestants' belongings —
and this time, what you asked them to bring was:
The glitziest thing starting with G. ["Glitzy" = not an overly specific word, literally means something "with shine", could be taken literally or as in "valuable", "luxurious" etc.]
And I mean, at home, everyone's got plenty of items starting with G — ["Glitzy" = not an overly specific word, literally means something "with shine", could be taken literally or as in "valuable", "luxurious" etc.]
but I'm interested in the glitzy ones. Let's start, Riku Rantala. ["Glitzy" = not an overly specific word, literally means something "with shine", could be taken literally or as in "valuable", "luxurious" etc.]
What did you bring? - Goggles.
Or the mountaineering goggles of the Chinese army —
which have in fact literally seen a lot of sun —
in the Tibetan Himalayas. They are glitzy.* [*= in this context, in the shiny/glinting sense]
And what do they look like when worn? [*= in this context, in the shiny/glinting sense]
I'm a bit suspicious.
They look like this. – Uooh!
Riku have you genuinely worn them somewhere? – Yeah definitely!
In almost every continent. [*Known for his adventure series Madventures, Riku is is well traveled.]
Which one was the roughest place to be? [*Known for his adventure series Madventures, Riku is is well traveled.]
Provinssi Rock. [*Big annual rock music festival held in Finland]
(Laughter.) Thank you.
Good. Anna, what did you bring?
So I brought a diamond that's fallen off a Gucci shoe.
I mean... So you-you-you've just got fallen diamonds lying around at home and you brought one of them here?
Yeah I mean um... It's a Gucciamond.
(Laughter.)
Right, because 'diamond' doesn't start with a G, but Gucci shoes on the other hand... – A Gucciamond does.
It starts with a G.
Anna-Maija Tuokko, what did you bring?
So I of course have brought a glitzy, uh... a gel spray bottle.
So this really was the only thing you could find that starts with a G?
Well I mean I do also have a Gucci um... I mean I do have one those Gucci bum bags, but surely I can't just bring that here, can I.
Why not? – Well I don't want to just give it away to someone!
I want to keep it myself! – So this is how much faith you have in winning this competition.
But this is really good, it would fit you really well.
Yeah, I'm sure, but so would that bum bag.
Thank you, Anna-Maija. – Thank you.
You're all welcome.
And next, Jenni Pääskysaari, what did you bring?
I brought, I think like, for me, the most glamorous thing starting with G is Gene Simmons.
Have you brought Gene Simmons? – No, I brought my Gene Simmons pin collection.
(Everyone:) Ooh!
So the winner gets this collection?
Ummm the winner can choose one of them to keep.
And I hope they choose the one with Paul Stanley.
(Laughter.)
Love it.
Well there's some Stanley Cup for someone then. [Stanley Cup Finals = ice hockey championship, North America]
Moving on. Mikko Penttilä remains, what did you bring? [Stanley Cup Finals = ice hockey championship, North America]
A UV-painted grapefruit.
I think I just burst a capillary in my eye.
So you brought a UV-painted grapefruit. – Yes.
But umm, Mikko, that starts with U —
not with a G. – No, no no. You're wrong.
If you buy that grapefruit from the grocery store —
it says: "Grapefruit, pale yellow, Marsh." That's the variety.
Now it's "Grapefruit, pale yellow, Marsh, UV-painted."
(Laughter.)
– Alright, I can't argue with that. Thank you, Mikko Penttilä. – There you go.
Thank you, great prize items —
but um, none of them were exceptionally glitzy, I'm afraid.
I'll give everyone 1 point.
Heey. – Ooo...
What?
But for the arduous effort and great stories –
you can get 4 points, so 5 points to everyone.
And so the first points have been given, and on the scoreboard, everyone now has 5 points.
Yay, well done us! – It's a good starting point.
And the one to have accumulated the highest score by the end of the whole season —
gets this golden Taskmaster statue.
And now, it's time to really set the ball rolling —
and head to the mansion. For the first task.
Sorry that I... sort of entered with the door frame hanging around my neck but I was so keen.
I eat two eggs every morning, you know.
"Remove the table cloth from the table."
"You may not touch the eggs."
"You have one attempt." – "The best performance, that is, the least broken eggs, wins."
"You have 120 seconds."
"The time starts now."
So the objective was to remove the table cloth from the table so that —
as many eggs as possible would stay intact.
They weren't allowed to touch the eggs, and they only got one attempt at removing the table cloth.
Oh I'm so excited to see these performances. Who's first?
Let's start with Mikko, Jenni and Anna-Maija.
So if I like, take...
Ahh! No!
"The time starts now."
The floor is a bit sloped.
I can't touch, but I can do this, can't I.
That's life, you know. – Because I'm incredibly fast...
with eggs. [*Egg = the most common slang word for penis]
Yeah... I'll just shut up now. [*Egg = the most common slang word for penis]
Okay. So what I'm doing now is that I'll gather them into the um...
The eggs go there. (Crunching sound.)
Well, I cleared this in just one go now.
Pretty good.
Time. – Cheers. Two broken eggs.
Anna-Maija Tuokko, at this point, what do you think of your own performance?
Not bad.
So not bad. Does Pilvi have anything to say?
Well it was quite funny that Anna-Maija said that only two eggs were broken —
but I mean there were three eggs broken on the floor there.
Was there?
Oh yeah, the first one that went down. – Right. So is it still not bad, or is it...
Yes because three is a very low number. Compared to...
Yeah alright, let's address that. Mikko, no other solution could've been more straightforward than what you did just there. – Indeed.
Now that you saw it and the result, would you do it again?
I sure would! Because how often do you get the chance –
to try something like that without the aftermath of you having to be the one to clean it all up?
Not often. – Not often, exactly.
Good. Jenni, you said 'One for the team'.
So is it customary that one in your team always breaks apart?
No, but there were quite a few other (things) that one could learn from. But those bits had been cut out. I said...
It's no good doing it one egg[*/dick] at a time. Because it backfires immediately.
Pilvi, what were the results?
Anna-Maija kept 21 eggs intact.
Jenni, 23.
And Mikko Penttilä kept —
8 eggs intact.
For this, you should get the nickname eight egg[*/dick] Penttilä, so...
We still have the performances of Riku and Anna left to watch.
We'll see them very shortly. Now we'll take a little break. See you soon.
Welcome back.
Before the break, we saw how Mikko, Anna-Maija and Jenni —
tried to remove a table cloth while sparing the eggs, more and less.
We still have the performances of Riku and Anna left. – And we'll go check them out right now.
I don't know how to do that trick. But I'm gonna have to do that in a moment.
"The time starts now."
Can I touch the egg through the cloth? [*Sounds like: "Can I touch (my) dick through the fabric]
Probably not.
Okay, here goes.
I just feel so stupid right now.
I'm gonna gather them into a mound of some sort —
and then I'll corner them here.
But damn it, by the time when I have to do the last tug —
I should somehow get them to stay here.
I bet they're like... boiled eggs or something.
So they wouldn't even break.
Oh, should I actually test again if they're... Nah, not boiled.
You have 30 seconds left.
Now somehow into the middle.
35 seconds. – Oh no no no no, it's gonna be really tight.
Oh no oh no oh no oh no...!
20.
No no no no! (Crack.) NO!
Ten.
Time!
Done. – Well, one broke.
Shit happens.
So those were the performances of Riku And Anna.
Pilvi, as a referee, do you have any remarks before we start unpacking these?
Well maybe about Riku's performance, I could point out —
that there was a little breach of rules there.
Riku touched an egg with his hand.
Did I really? – Yes. Surely we...
Oh no. – We all saw it. Would you like to, may I call y...
Bloody hell, I just did that! How could I be so stupid?
No! A nearly perfect performance.
Riku, speaking of stupidity, —
what would you have done differently, had the eggs been boiled?
Without breaking, wasn't it?
(Jaakko:) No, it was without touching any eggs. (Mikko:) You may not touch the eggs.
Ohh yea... I already started thinking —
of saying something like "that Rantala guy, he really handles the egg[*/dick] so tenderly", but apparently not.
When I was driving home after that task, I just kept thinking like, how, I mean... You know how you start thinking about —
how the tasks really should've been done —
and then immediately you just go: Ahh!
AHH! Like, I bet everyone else has realised that you can just envelop the eggs into the table cloth —
and put it on the floor and then that's it.
Yet it didn't occur to anyone. – No! – Yeah, no one got that.
I mean I still don't get what I did wrong.
Because I thought I'd refrain from manipulating it, so I'd kind of just vibe with the egg[*/dick] a little bit —
and that'd be all right. – Vibe! – Yeah.
Pilvi, what are the results? – Riku's outcome was 23 intact eggs —
and a breach of rules. Anna's result was —
24 intact eggs.
So Anna, that's full 5 points.
Jenni, 4 points.
Anna-Maija, 3 points.
Mikko, 2 points and Riku "handball" Rantala, 1 point.
What a start.
Maradona.
But look now, Maradona et al., there's still points to be had —
so let's crack on.
Yeah let's just move on. – Yes, let's get back to the mansion.
"Paint a rowboat while rowing this boat."
"You can find the art supplies from the boat."
"You have 15 minutes."
"The most impressive piece of artwork wins."
"The time starts now." Okay.
So the objective was to paint a rowboat while rowing an actual boat.
Ah, this is one of my favourite tasks.
Who's first? – Let's start with Anna-Maija, Mikko and Riku.
I don't think I'll take the wellies now, because I'm afraid that...
This really demonstrates how often I row boats.
(Laughter.)
It's too small for me.
The taskmaster really hasn't bothered to bail the water out very much, has he.
Now, I wonder what I could get inspired by?
Well it doesn't really matter how badly you row, does it.
Because you have to paint at the same time anyway. – We could consider —
that this piece in itself already makes a strong impression.
Because as the audience, you, Pilvi, have to wonder what the hell the artist is trying to say, why the canvas is empty.
Ooh, what a beautiful lake starting to appear.
Damn it. My toes are too thick and short.
I suspect that no one else has been able to do this.
To row and paint in a legit way.
To row in a legit way! I mean so that —
the paddle swings, splashes into the water's surface, — [*paddle, also slang for a large penis]
the boat moves. Instead, I bet folks have more or less ended up using their hands. [*paddle, also slang for a large penis]
And that's just wrong! Because the rules clearly state:
"Paint a rowboat." OH, RIGHT!
There had to be a rowboat in it!
So they should be greeEEEEEN DA DA DA!
Well now it came off, the...
So now, disembarking in style.
Hnnnng!
It's called "In a rowboat... (garbled)"
In a rowboat on a misty morning.
It's just foul.
Are you satisfied with the piece? – Let's talk about it in the studio.
Let's.
Riku Rantala, —
So you took a sort of performative approach on this.
How much of this piece did your analyses make up?
They definitely were a part of it, I mean the spoken word piece was sort of conceived to simultaneously portray —
the creative process that I was going through.
When you look at this and the shape, did you gather a lot of inspiration from the so-called —
"parish boats" that get drawn to the walls of toilets? [*Kirkkovene, "church boat", is a specific stylised drawing of a vagina, used similarly to a cock-and-balls drawing but sometimes to signal other things such as anarchy or feminism. By far the most common trashy graffiti in Finland. Name comes from the fact that it looks like a church boat portrayed from above. In the olden days, Nordic people used to co-own a boats with multiple pairs of oars, similar to viking boats, and the community members would row in unison to attend church.]
You hit the nail in the head there, Jaakko, because that's what you first think of when you see that — [*Kirkkovene, "church boat", is a specific stylised drawing of a vagina, used similarly to a cock-and-balls drawing but sometimes to signal other things such as anarchy or feminism. By far the most common trashy graffiti in Finland. Name comes from the fact that it looks like a church boat portrayed from above. In the olden days, Nordic people used to co-own a boats with multiple pairs of oars, similar to viking boats, and the community members would row in unison to attend church.]
but at the same time, in a way, there's some beautiful thought being put — [*Kirkkovene, "church boat", is a specific stylised drawing of a vagina, used similarly to a cock-and-balls drawing but sometimes to signal other things such as anarchy or feminism. By far the most common trashy graffiti in Finland. Name comes from the fact that it looks like a church boat portrayed from above. In the olden days, Nordic people used to co-own a boats with multiple pairs of oars, similar to viking boats, and the community members would row in unison to attend church.]
into the other, greater ideas associated with these things.
And next, Anna-Maija. – Right!
They often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder —
but if we look at your work here —
I mean... When the task was to paint a rowboat —
so where in this picture is the boat?
The boat has sunk! You can see it there, really tiny, —
there at the bottom.
It's tragic, can't you see that?
And then it also started to rain while I was there so there's a sort of Monet style like, —
pouring effect. – But Anna-Maija, would you say —
that if I commissioned you to do my portrait, it would have everyone else on it except me?
Well... It sells better that way.
Ow! Oh my!
Riku already said that artists are poor.
I can't recall if it was possible to have a negative score, but um...
But pretty good, isn't it? – Sure is! And now, Mikko Penttilä.
Wet on top of wet sounds like night at the pub.
It does, but it's a real technique. Painted using the wet on wet technique.
A sort of tranquil and misty morning landscape.
And I assume that the yellow thing is the boat.
Yeah. – This one is beautiful, it's somehow really delicate and, ah..
Mikko's soul is in it. – It's for sale at the moment.
(Laughter.)
Anyway, thanks to all of you.
We're still about to see the paintings of Anna and Jenni.
We'll see them after the following break.
Welcome back, this is Taskmaster.
Before the break, we saw how Riku, Mikko and Anna-Maija —
Tried to paint a rowboat while rowing. That is, to make a painting based on it.
We've still got the artworks of Anna and Jenni left.
We'll see both of them... now.
"The time starts now."
Pilvi, did you know that I've done church boat rowing as a hobby?
I did not.
I mean I could like, row with one hand and just stay in one place.
I could do something like this.
I can row a boat without being out there on the lake.
And then you can hop in.
That seat is for you.
This is how I'm gonna row this. And sometimes I back-water. This is back-watering.
And now I start painting while I keep rowing this —
with my left hand. – This isn't really working out.
I want to embark.
Eek!
This red boat over here —
on the open seas. It's in distress!
It's... Is it Mickey Mouse actually? [*"Mickey Mouse in distress" = 30's Finnish children's song, naval]
Soon. There, it — [*"Mickey Mouse in distress" = 30's Finnish children's song, naval]
rows in the open sea, in a terrible storm.
Maybe my Aunt Kylli imitation is a bit too much. (Aunt Kylli = Illustrator known by all Finns, painted while telling a children's story on TV, from late 50s to mid-90s.)
The boat should definitely be red. (Aunt Kylli = Illustrator known by all Finns, painted while telling a children's story on TV, from late 50s to mid-90s.)
I'm going to paint you there, into the boat with me.
After all.
You have 7 minutes left.
Would it turn brown if I do this?
(Laughter.) Somebody might wonder why I didn't embark, but —
I just think, when you're in a boat, that's the only think you do —
and that's not a time to about doing other stuff.
Well I'd say that it's nearly done.
I'll just fix that a little bit.
Thanks, Anna Puu.
That's artwork then.
I've heard of outdoor swimming pools*, but the equivalent for a rowing pool is, it's a new one. [*Does not translate well: The literal term in Finnish is "soil/land swimmery", so Jaakko's pun refers to it sounding like literally swimming/rowing on dry land]
Do you think that could be a business idea? – I believe it will be a huge hit. [*Does not translate well: The literal term in Finnish is "soil/land swimmery", so Jaakko's pun refers to it sounding like literally swimming/rowing on dry land]
Well Jenni, let's address the artwork. It's got a very dramatic atmosphere about it. – Doesn't it just?
Was it a conscious choice? – Wow!
So there's the sea monster attacking, Mickey's in total distress out there.
A fire tornado is coming out of the backside of the rowboat.
Or from Mickey's backside, who knows. And then there's the classic storm.
Anna, you said that you've done church boat rowing as a hobby. – For many years.
Did it end up being useful for this task? – Well...
I did end up, like, just about doing a realistic looking oar, I reckon.
There's several layers to this. So here you can see —
the rowers are rowing to opposite directions. (Jaakko:) Yeah?
And they're like, surrounded by the waves and they have a sort of like —
conflict in their relationship, where both of them are sort of like, rowing to the opposite directions.
Thank you, dear friends, for these pieces of art.
It's very hard to judge art, but I as the taskmaster must be able to do it.
I'll give the 5 points to Anna.
Ha!
Jenni and Riku get 4 points each.
Mikko, great artwork.
3 points, and it's because you forgot to row the boat.
You lost points due to the lack of rowing.
And Anna-Maija 2 points, because the boat that had to be painted wasn't there.
Where's your imagination?
I guess it's down there on the seabed, next to that boat.
Pilvi, what's the scoreboard like at the moment?
The one in the lead at the moment is...
Anna.
Excellent. And now.
Let's go and check out what the next task is.
Here we go.
Mm!
"Obtain a gift for the taskmaster, and then bring the gift to the studio."
"You have 20€ to spend for the gift." [*In July 2022: 20€ = about $20 or £17]
"The best gift wins." Twenty euros! [*In July 2022: 20€ = about $20 or £17]
It's just like some elementary school Christmas party.* [*Where every kid buys a gift and they get distributed randomly]
"The best gift wins." [*Where every kid buys a gift and they get distributed randomly]
I wonder if we're allowed to use more than that.
What if I used, say, a 1000€ of my own money, would that be good?
Here we go then.
I wonder if they'd be cross if I added, say, 5000€ of my own money?
What can you buy for a man who already has everything?
Ah! Alright, this is a fun day.
Let's start with... Mikko.
Last autumn, I happened to read from several sources —
that you're completely over the moon and crazy about —
a new way of cooking mashed potatoes.
How is it done, Jaakko?
Properly. — It's done properly.
It's specifically made out of almond potatoes — [*Almond potato = grown in Northern Fin/Swe/Nor, puikula variety has EU and UK protected status]
by steaming. You have to manually mash — [*Almond potato = grown in Northern Fin/Swe/Nor, puikula variety has EU and UK protected status]
all the six kilos of potatoes. – Quite right.
Plus the butter, cream, and whole milk.
So um...
Your favourite food.
Puikula potatoes.
Here you are. Go ahead and have a look.
(Gasp) and what a surprise!
And for dessert, there's your favourite one, a camel lollipop as well.
(Pilvi:) Oh my god.
So it's full of mashed potatoes. Is it actually edible?
I've mashed and steamed those fucking potatoes —
for four hours yesterday.
Let's have a go then.
Oh yeah!
Thanks, Mikko.
Thank you very much. Now we can clearly see —
that the game is on and the bar is pretty high. Thank you very much.
You're welcome.
And then the next one, Anna-Maija.
Wonderful. I wanted to give you like, a blast of love, from the past.
Okay. – Because we all have some of those —
warm memories, don't we. And actually quite often, they are taste related memories from childhood.
Indeed. It stems from the limbic system.
From our lovely nans —
who usually made us some traditional foods, right?
Such as mashed potatoes.
But now we'll take it to the next level.
This meal is something —
that you pretty much can't get from anywhere anymore.
No one really cooks it, and restaurants don't serve it.
So I've bought you —
the ingredients for the good old hearty pork sauce.* [*Traditional Finnish stew, literally 'fat sauce' so the name might be to blame for its fall]
Oh! – It's all here, already chopped and ready — [*Traditional Finnish stew, literally 'fat sauce' so the name might be to blame for its fall]
in this pretty little package.
There's some organic meat in there, and it has everything that you're gonna need.
And you can cook yourself and your family —
a warm blast of love —
and pass on some of your grandma's love.
And this is from me to you, with love.
Thank you.
Thank you very much. – Isn't it lovely?
It is. And it's all here, I see. – It's got everything that you're gonna need.
And it actually goes with your mashed potatoes. – And it's got, it's even got the salt and pepper. Alright.
Someone has made it. – And how exquisitely it's been put together. – Isn't it just?
Thank you.
(Jenni:) So great! (Jaakko:) And now.
Riku. – Right, I'm sure you were hoping that I in particular would've brought you something edible to try out. [*Riku's show Madventures where he traveled to unusual places contained a section called Mad Cook where he and his travel mate rock-paper-scissored to determine which one would have to eat some utterly nauseating local delicacy. They later made a spin-off comedy panel show based on Mad Cook.]
That's the only thing that I don't wish! [*Riku's show Madventures where he traveled to unusual places contained a section called Mad Cook where he and his travel mate rock-paper-scissored to determine which one would have to eat some utterly nauseating local delicacy. They later made a spin-off comedy panel show based on Mad Cook.]
And I did read that about you. [*Riku's show Madventures where he traveled to unusual places contained a section called Mad Cook where he and his travel mate rock-paper-scissored to determine which one would have to eat some utterly nauseating local delicacy. They later made a spin-off comedy panel show based on Mad Cook.]
Actually I was thinking... Just there, I wondered whether I should spend some of my own money —
but then I thought, nah, this isn't about using your own money, let's just play by the rules.
So, what to give to a person who already has everything?
And I thought, money is always the best stuff though, isn't it. If you can remember like, for example as a confirmation gift etc: "What do you want?" [*Finnish kids whose parents are parish members attend a confirmation camp of religious teachings. Even if kids don't grow up to be religious, the camp is socially important, and anticipated for the gifts. Most kids from atheist families attend a similar non-religious camp.]
And sure a little bit of dough is the thing, you can buy whatever you want! [*Finnish kids whose parents are parish members attend a confirmation camp of religious teachings. Even if kids don't grow up to be religious, the camp is socially important, and anticipated for the gifts. Most kids from atheist families attend a similar non-religious camp.]
I invested the money. [*Finnish kids whose parents are parish members attend a confirmation camp of religious teachings. Even if kids don't grow up to be religious, the camp is socially important, and anticipated for the gifts. Most kids from atheist families attend a similar non-religious camp.]
I invested it into cryptocurrency, rising ones.
I made absolutely insane profits. Genuinely. Here.
Seriously. Hundred billion dollars.
Seriously. Don't you believe me?
Here you go. – Thank you. – You deserve it, every penny.
Thank you. – Yes sir.
It says "To the taskmaster from Riku" and it's also got um...
A hundred billion Zimbabwean dollars.
(Laughter.)
"One hundred trillion dollars."
"Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe." – Yes.
Thank you.
So have nice trip then, yeah?
Well I've already got my packed lunch ready, don't I.
Now we'll take a little lunch break.
And we'll see you in a moment.
Welcome back, this is Taskmaster.
Before the break, we saw how Mikko, Anna-Maija and Riku gave me, —
should I say, some savoury and doughy gifts.
What a great moment. And these gifting moments continue. We still have two left.
And next, let's hear out Jenni.
I was particularly happy about this task because —
I thought, now I'd get to say with this gift —
um, how much respect I have for you.
I have three questions for you. – Okay.
Umm... Some time ago, to our common friend Anna, do you remember answering a question —
about your favourite colour?
I do. – What colour did you say it was?
Did I say green or red? Green. I said green.
Um... Which sport brings you the most pleasure?
Tennis.
...brings the second most.
And the most, would probably be ice hockey.
Yeah. Okay. (Exhales.)
Third question. Are puppies cute?
Yeah!
Hockey Leagues. [*Type of salty liquorice candies, around for decades]
Oh no. [*Type of salty liquorice candies, around for decades]
From underneath all... All the goodies, I can find...
Oh!
Green. Have you knitted this yourself?
I've personally made it for you.
Ooh!
What a great day. Thanks, Jenni. – You're welcome, Jaakko.
Oh how wonderful life is. Let's move on.
I'll take this off so it doesn't confuse the process.
To the next one then.
We have one left.
Anna. – Well...
It's probably not a big surprise what my gift to you is. [*She's a singer-songwriter]
Umm... It's a ukulele, but not just any old ukulele.
Because it's got a plaque with a dedication. This ukulele is dedicated to you.
And um, I was thinking about what you could give to a man who already has everything.
And I thought, what you probably don't yet have is a song of your own.
But I have a song for you. And now I can finally tell you...
For all these years, I haven't been able to tell —
whose song this is, but... This is "Taskmaster drawing". [*Her original known song is called "Master drawing"]
Jaakko, it's your song. [*Her original known song is called "Master drawing"]
It's about you.
♪ (Happy strumming)
♪ On the day when God made you
♪ It was the only thing he did
♪ Got up early
♪ Took a pencil in his hand and started to draw
♪ To those who still doubt God
♪ I only answer:
♪ If they could only see you just once
♪ Everyone would start believing
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh
And so it says here:
"To the Taskmaster drawing. With love, Anna Puu."
Thank you so much. – You can keep this, but not the microphone.
Okay.
Thank you. – How lovely!
Phew, oh my. Uhh...
This was a great moment in a man's life.
(Sniffles.) And now of course I should... ARGH!!!
(Jenni:) Entertainment show. (Jaakko:) ...score these, damn it.
(Anna-Maija:) No points. – What wouldn't you do for entertainment?
First of all, thank you so much, all of you.
I'm extremely flattered by the dedication that each one of you put into this.
And for the effort to make it personal —
at which everyone succeeded very well, each in their own way.
I have to score these somehow.
And I'll give 3 points to Mikko, Anna-Maija and Riku.
4 points to Jenni.
And Anna, —
you get 5 points.
Thank you.
(Scornfully:) Pilvi!
– Come on then, let's get back to keeping it professional! – Pull yourself together!
How are the scores?
Pilvi is such a crybaby.
You can't just well up like that.
How are the scores? – On the scoreboard at the moment, the one in the lead is:
Of course it's Anna!
Pilvi, what's the final task?
The final task requires wit and intellectual capacity.
Anna, read the task aloud please.
"Gather as many socks as possible onto your lap as Pilvi throws them —
"while also eating German chocolate."
"The one holding the biggest sock collection on their lap is the winner."
"If you eat Swiss chocolate or herring, — [*Chocolate herring are a type classic chocolate, wrapped in shiny foil that makes it look like a real fish.]
you lose one point. You have 120 seconds." [*Chocolate herring are a type classic chocolate, wrapped in shiny foil that makes it look like a real fish.]
"Time starts from the taskmaster's mark."
What herring? – You know what? I was just thinking —
that this, as I can see from your faces, this is actually um, not a very good task at all.
I mean this isn't quite of the quality that we want in this show. So Pilvi, go hand her another task.
(Anna-Maija:) Oh... Okay.
There. Anna, would you read this task please.
No!
"Tell the taskmaster how many esses (letters S) there were in the previous task."
"Write your answer onto the board."
"You have 30 seconds."
Not yet! Ah! "The one who gets closest to the correct number of esses, —
wins." What, 30 seconds! I mean surely no one...
...Yeah. But take out the boards. Any questions?
The time starts now.
I've never seen Anna-Maija so focused.
I mean...
It was quite a lot of text. – It really was quite long wasn't it.
I'll just shoot from the hip. – I'll shoot from the hip too. – Nah, I can't...
Time's up.
Good.
Put the pens away please. And let's start with Jenni. How many would you guess?
19. And can you remember what the task was, approximately?
Mikko, what's your guess?
Do you remember what the task was?
Eat... Uh...
Eat German chocolate, catch pairs of socks thrown by Pilvi, —
put as many of them onto your lap as you can.
The person holding the most pairs of socks on their lap wins.
If you eat herring or Swiss chocolate —
you'll be given an earful.
27 esses, good.
Anna-Maija, what do you think? – 18.
18 and do you have any idea what the task was?
Yeah I mean it was quite clear, no problems there...
Well can you tell me what the first letter said?
I mean... Mikko just said it didn't he.
Why bother?
Fine. Anna, what's your guess?
I put 67.
Because while I was reading it, I really felt like it was littered with esses.
Riku Rantala, what did you think?
(Nasally, somewhat comparable to gay lisp:) Good ol' Helsinki nasal. A pretty good number, 28.
The correct number of esses in the first letter —
was 31.
Oh wow! – Which means that Riku Rantala came the closest.
Riku Rantala 5 points, Mikko 4 points.
Jenni 3 points, Anna-Maija 2 points, and Anna...
67 was just a little bit off wasn't it.
But you got an emotional connection to it, so 1 point for that.
Pilvi.
An important question. A question that everyone is waiting for.
Or rather, the answer to this question. Who won tonight's competition?
After all the tasks —
the one to accumulate the highest score was...
Anna Puu.
Is that the case? – Great job, Anna.
Congratulations Anna, you can go and enjoy your prizes.
Are they all mine?
I mean, oh my god.
Thanks to all of our contestants, thanks for the wonderful gifts.
Thanks to our viewers. If you feel that you could —
do some of these tasks better or you can come up with a better solution —
video it into social media and use the hashtag #suurmestari.
Thanks for watching, see you again. Bye.