Second try! Did you see that?! BOOM!
Help! Help!
♪ Jallati jallan jallandei... ♪
Good evening, and welcome. Tonight, our five contestants will
attempt to solve tasks that require skills, smarts, and creativity
without using any of those qualities.
My task is to score them, by using all of those qualities.
I am Jaakko Saariluoma, and this is Suurmestari.
Our regular contestants are Eero Ritala,
Pamela Tola,
Pirjo Lonka,
Joonas Nordman.
And today is a fantastic day, as they are joined by
the embodiment of competition, Ellu Gustafsson!
[retired boxer, motivational speaker, actor. First person on Finnish Strictly to dance with a partner of the same gender]
And on my left is the official referee of the competition, Pilvi Hämäläinen.
Good evening.
Pilvi, what can we expect from today?
Today we can expect... terrific and teetering trials.
Fantastic. I'm particularly excited for the terrific ones, since we've not seen many of those.
But let's first find out what we're competing for. We'll also give out the first points of the day.
Pilvi, could you give us a little reminder about the prizes?
The episode's prizes are the contestants' personal belongings.
Today you asked them to bring as a prize:
the most effective thing for irritating your neighbours.
- Where should we start? - Let's start with Pamela.
Pamela brought a door stopper.
When you place it in front of your neighbour's door, irritation will increase, but running in and out will decrease.
Eero brought a pound-a-peg toy.
When you play it on the floor, the noise equates to at least two heavy walkers. ["heel-steppers" – people who stomp their heels against the floor when walking. Annoying for downstairs neighbours.]
Joonas brought a Smurfs CD.
His explanation: "This probably requires no explanation."
And then Pirjo, who brought old issues of Helsinki News. [The most circulated newspaper in Finland]
I don't know how this will affect neighbours, but I am starting to get a little irritated.
Lastly, Ellu, who brought "diaper shorts." [this seems to be a slang term in the biking community]
It's probably better if Ellu does the explaining.
Yes, explain – diaper shorts? Do you mean spandex pants?
So, these are diapies.
And putting them on is just the start of irritating the neighbours,
because that's when I bring out my spinning bike, put it in the middle of my living room, and start blasting the music.
And... the diapies move from side to side and rub against, um...
You know... the saddle,
and at that point the music is pretty loud, but this is even louder.
- And really… - [Jaakko] Do you motivate yourself?
I sing with my beautiful voice.
And this usually takes 2–3 hours,
so the music probably wouldn't irritate the neighbours so much, but...
♪ But this voice! ♪
♪ You know, Taskmaster, do I get some points for this song, yeah? ♪
Good items. Good ways to irritate the neighbours.
The one worth five points was Pamela's door stopper.
Put it on the wrong side, and the neighbour simply can't leave their home.
- It is irritating! Thank you. - [Eero] It is.
- Pirjo and Ellu, you both get four points. - [Pirjo] Yes!
- Eero gets three. - Thank you.
Joonas gets three. And Joonas also gets a bonus point,
for not just bringing a Smurf CD, but for also dressing up as a Smurf.
True.
- I could be a tram driver, but Smurf works, too. - Tenkanen? - Yeah. [Aarne Tenkanen, a comedy character known as "the singing tram driver"]
That's the first points sorted, and now we can finally go see what happens at the mansion.
Am I supposed to jump over something?
"Get this duck into the pool."
"You may not throw the duck with your hands."
"The duck must be launched from behind the rope."
From which side? Oh, there's the duck.
Where's the pool?
"Pilvi may not touch the duck. You may not move the rope or the pool."
"You have ten minutes. Your time starts now."
The contestants were tasked with getting the duck into the pool.
The duck couldn't be thrown using their hands, and the duck had to be launched from behind the rope.
They were not allowed to move the rope or the pool.
Fantastic. Whose performance do we get to enjoy first?
Let's start with Eero and Pirjo's performances.
Am I not allowed to go over there? No, the DUCK must launch from here.
The duck needs to launch from here. I see.
We're going to need some rope.
Maybe it could be shot with something. Could it be shot with something?
This is my cup of tea, as you say.
What?
Well, that won't be enough for anything.
Zibazab!
And now, we'll need any old thing.
Even this'll do!
What do we shoot it with? Where are all the guns? [Not a fish poster situation. Not every Finnish shed has a shotgun.]
- Are there no guns in this shed? A shotgun. - A shotgun! [Not a fish poster situation. Not every Finnish shed has a shotgun.]
[Pirjo] Sorry, duck.
Serve.
Right into the sun!
- AAH! That was so close! - [Pirjo] No way... no! - [Pamela] Oh no! - [Joonas] Sorry.
I'll do it now. Let's... Now, it's happening. Now!
The duck launches from behind the rope.
It launched! It launched from there.
Yep. Could we get that boom mic?
And you always follow my voice, right? Like this. Good.
Alright, duck.
Launch your journey!
Right. ♪ Jalituli jallan jallan vei... ♪ [Nonsense, similar to what's sung in Ievan polka and similar folksy songs]
♪ Jallati jallan jallandei… ♪ [Nonsense, similar to what's sung in Ievan polka and similar folksy songs]
Okay, duck. Come on! Come on! Come on!
- [Ellu] Hey! - [Pamela] She just couldn't throw it.
Thank you, Pirjo.
- [Pirjo] What? - [Pamela] You weren't allowed to use your hand to throw it.
♪ Tsipa dipa dippan dippan dei... ♪
Hey.
You've got to move it here. I'm speaking over here. YES!
Did he touch it? Did he not touch it?
I dunno. I can't… It'll be shown.
- Congratulations, Eero. - Thank you.
- You may leave. - Bye!
[Pamela] I don't know if…
Those were great attempts. Pirjo...
Perfection!
- Well, in that case, let's move on. - [Pirjo] Yes!
No rules were broken, at least.
The most important thing is not breaking the rules, is it?
Those were great performances. We still have three performances left, and we'll see them after the break.
Welcome back.
Before the break, we saw Eero and Pirjo attempt to get…
…a duck into a pool.
This is my way of creating tension, to make you wonder what he'll say next.
And he says, "a duck into a pool". And they succeeded at it.
We still have Ellu's, Joonas', and Pamela's performances left.
Next we'll watch how Pamela and Joonas fared in the task.
What?
This will launch from here, from behind the rope.
Fiuu!
Fiuu fiuu fiuu... [onomatopoeic flying noises]
It said not to touch it.
Not to THROW it.
- You couldn't throw. - What?
- You couldn't use your hands. - Right. - You couldn't throw!
Was that your performance?
The duck is now in the pool.
I didn't touch it with my hand, I didn't move either of these, and it launched from behind the rope. It was.
- Thank you, Pamela. - Thank you, Joonas.
Thank you.
Good job, once again.
- [Pirjo] Can it really be done like that? - [Pamela] I don't know... I just didn't throw it.
Pamela, the instructions said that you can use your hand to touch, but not to throw.
Right... Yes.
That's reading comprehension, my good friends.
- [Pamela] I did it correctly! - [Eero] She's right?
- [Jaakko] It was correctly done. - What?! - [Pirjo] No!
Sometimes simplicity just…
Thank you. You may also bow.
- You can use your hand to touch, but not throw. - [Ellu] That's crazy.
[Pirjo] Right, right. Yes, I see.
- [Pamela] You did it without your hands! - [Joonas] And tricks with feet were allowed.
- Yes. You did it correctly, too. - You could do whatever you wanted to with your feet.
What were the results?
Joonas' time was 1 minute, 25 seconds.
- And Pamela's time was 29 seconds. - Wow!
[Joonas] Unbelievably good.
- [Joonas] Really great. - [Pirjo] Yeah yeah yeah!
We still have one performance left.
And it'll have some style!
And we'll see it now. It's Ellu.
Do I only get to attempt it once?
No, it doesn't say that. Good.
In that case I'll take a… Alright. Here we go.
Move over. This will hurt. Alright. The duck's gonna launch.
Oh my God. Oh my God. I'm getting nervous.
Yeeeeeaaaaaaaaah!
Ohhhhh! That wasn't good.
How's the time? Oh, hell! This just turned into sports.
Oh yeeeeaaaaah!
[Ellu in task] Second try!
- Did you see that?! BOOM! BOOM BOOM BOOM! - [Pamela] That was great!
- [Pirjo] Wasn't it? - [Eero] It was great. - [Joonas] Really great.
- Check it, check it! Ooh! - [Pamela] It was great!
[Ellu] One more time!
- [Pirjo] What? What?! - [Joonas] Awesome. - [Pamela] Yeah!
I had to show ice hockey what it was missing, since I didn't choose it as my sport.
- Yeah. - [Joonas] You do have some potential. - Hey, thanks! Thanks!
I appreciate that. I really appreciate that.
- Ellu, you're… it's good that you know how to control your emotions if needed. - Yeah, it's…
- That was almost like a goal celebration. - Yeah, that…
- What were Ellu's results, by the way? - [Ellu & Eero] Yeah!
Ellu's time was 1 minute, 21 seconds.
Check.
And somehow we have to make a distinction, and we'll do it by the times.
Because everyone's performance went well.
So, the points will go like this: Pamela, five points.
- Yay! - [Joonas] Good.
Ellu four points.
Joonas three, Pirjo two, and Eero one point.
And don't try – don't try, Eero. Don't try for a bonus point, because…
- Ellu gets one bonus point for the celebration. That was great. - [Pamela & Ellu] Hey! Yes!
The stick flew. Good thing it didn't hit my head.
- Not that it can't take it… - Something else flew, too. For example, the birds flew out of the trees.
But it was great. Pilvi, what's the current situation? Who's in the lead?
Currently in the lead is…
Pamela!
Yay!
The competition is well underway, isn't it? Let's go straight to the next task.
Help!
I'm going to open this now.
"Find your doppelganger."
[Pamela's voice] "Introduce your doppelganger to the Taskmaster in the studio."
Ah… So I have until then…
"The best doppelganger wins. Your time starts now."
Well, hello, my doppelganger!
Yes, this is pretty easy. I'm a very simple sight.
Maybe this… it doesn't need to be a human.
Yes. Right.
Got it.
The contestants were tasked with finding their own doppelganger.
Great. Whose doppelganger shall we start with?
Let's start with Eero.
- Thank you. - [Jaakko] I can't wait.
[Eero] Okay.
- Are you ready? - [Jaakko] Yes. - And here he is!
Who is he?
He is Alban Maria Johannes Berg, [1885 - 1935]
who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1885, to a middle-class family,
and who is an Austrian composer from the Second Viennese School. [Composer Arnold Schoenberg and his pupils]
His… uhh… his…
[Pamela] Hey!
His... his...
Alman Maria Johannes Berg's body of work was relatively small,
but even so, he rose to immense fame.
As have I. And...
His later works in particular are considered unbelievably good.
And amazing even now.
Masterly. Thank you for this.
[Pirjo] Right.
Yes. They're like two berries. [very similar; comparable to "two peas in a pod"]
- Whose doppleganger is next? - Let's continue with Pamela.
[Jaakko] Pamela, go ahead. Introduce your doppelganger.
Yes. So, I have this good friend.
And I have made a little video about this. If we could watch it.
Of course. By all means, let's watch Pamela's video.
Everyone always says we're like two berries. We both had sort of a tough childhood.
But he was raised by the streets, while I, on the other hand, grew up in a foster family.
We both love the sauna, eating, guinea pigs, driving.
We're a little sensitive to sounds, and we hate everything cold.
Also early mornings. It's completely impossible for us to get up off the sofa.
Great description. Do we get to find out who he is?
Yes-yes. I have a photo of us.
[Everyone] Awww!~
- And you're the one on the left? - [Joonas] Cute.
Yes. It's a bit hard to tell us apart.
- What's his name? - Rocky.
- Rocky? - Yes. He was raised by the streets.
- Eero and Pamela, thank you for these doppelgangers. - [Pamela] Thank you.
There's still three more to go, but we'll see them after the break. See you soon.
Welcome back, this is Suurmestari.
Before we took our last break,
Eero and Pamela introduced us to the doppelgangers they found.
We still have Ellu's, Joonas', and Pirjo's doppelgangers left.
- Who's next? - Let's continue with Ellu.
Ellu, would you introduce us to your doppelganger?
Yes. So, even there in the mansion, I went to have a look in the mirror.
I have an evil twin, and it's the invisible Elina. ["kaksoisolento" can mean doppelganger or evil twin]
She tackles me wherever, whenever, and always pulls my legs out from under me.
- I see. - I have some proof. A video. Let's watch it. I'll show you.
Pay attention, so you'll see it! Right.
That's when she pushed me, and look what happened after! I fell! Look!
You see? You see? She pushed me right off the ramp!
And there, see? You can see how she pulled my leg, there!
[Pirjo] Clearly.
This is all the invisible Elina, and not at all just me being accident prone.
We're always wrestling and tumbling and fumbling.
[Jaakko] She doesn't seem to attack anyone else.
- Now, don't go over there! - [Eero] Hey. Come over here.
- Could you tell her to go wait backstage? - Yeah, she doesn't listen to me.
She doesn't do anything she's told, but then again, neither do I.
- Thank you, Elina. - Thank you.
[PAUSE TO READ] Ellu's doppelganger is likely a nod to the film title Näkymätön Elina ["Invisible Elina"] by Klaus Härö. Also, "Ellu" is a common diminutive/nickname of Elina.
That was really putting your body on the line, as they say.
Then, who'll go next?
Joonas' doppelganger is next.
Well, so actually, I would say that, erm...
I'm introducing you to a doppelganger who a lot of people seem to think is my doppelganger.
But I don't think I am his doppelganger.
So, the backstory is, there's this programme called Ensitreffit alttarilla ["First Date at the Altar", Finnish adaptation of Married at First Sight]
[Various knowing laughs]
I liked you all, until now!
[Pamela] I've heard about this!
So, in First Date at the Altar, there's this sympathetic guy named Waltteri.
And all of a sudden, I heard everywhere: "This guy looks exactly like you, Joonas." "He's the spitting image of Joonas Nordman."
And then when I finally saw it myself, I was like: "...What?"
Then Iltalehi contacted me, asking if I'd heard about looking exactly like him. [a tabloid newspaper]
And then they put our photos together, and gave it the headline:
"A bewildering resemblance."
[Joonas] And...
Here's the headline and the photos.
"Did you notice? Viewers have spotted a First Date at the Altar groom's BEWILDERING resemblance to a Finnish actor."
Yes, it truly is bewildering! There are two white guys...
who both bewilderingly grow beards on the bottom of their faces.
- [Pirjo] Bewildering. - And of course, I have nothing against this Waltteri.
I just don't really see the resemblance, myself.
And I sympathised with him, until I read Iltalehi's... uhh... "story".
Which I hadn't given an interview to, but they had interviewed Waltteri.
And in it, Waltteri – and I'll reiterate that I sympathised with Waltteri a lot.
But then I read that he was asked if he'd noticed that he looked like Joonas Nordman.
"Who's that, again? I had to Google it!"
I was like, I hope your marriage fails miserably. And it was destroyed.
[PAUSE TO READ] Waltteri's entire arc on the show focused on how he and his new wife Julia couldn't connect at all.
- I'm glad you managed to get that off your chest. - Yeah, me too.
- Then we've got one left to go. - Yes. Pirjo.
Pirjo, would you introduce your doppelganger?
Gladly, but first I'd like to say that I understood this very literally.
You have to find a person from whom you cannot tell yourself apart.
- I have a person like that here, who's like... - [Eero] Oh, really? Wow. - [Jaakko] Okay. Are they visible or invisible?
Completely visible! Here she comes.
I have to get her because she's been in a teensy accident, but that's fine by us.
Here she comes! Your jaws are going to drop.
And it's such a shame - lift your leg - that we're wearing the same outfit. It's a complete coincidence!
But come over here, so we can introduce you to Sir Taskmaster.
So, we cannot be told apart. This is true! This is a fact! However!
After I contacted her, she had... some kind of an allergic reaction.
And so she had to cover up…
And now she's nearly crying, because it's so painful, but we can't touch the wraps.
Because there's a terrible… There's so much pus and pain.
- Okay, wait, sorry… - [Pirjo] Hang on!
And we, you know… This is… And I am… This is not… This isn't all!
I know that nobody believes this, because her face is all wrapped up, like there's just some random person in there.
But I said to her…
Let's take… Let's show her from… Could you show your selfie?
Alright. Here, let's show the Taskmaster. She has an old selfie of herself.
- And she looks like me! - [Everyone] Show us.
I wouldn't wear a hat like that!
I mean, like this!
- It looks like it's just me, but I'm not like that at all... - Could we get a close-up of that, somehow?
- [Joonas] That picture is incredible. - [Agreement from others]
- [Joonas] But it isn't believable, Pirjo! It's not believable. - [Pirjo] Height difference!
I understand that we're exactly the same height, but the stress and the pain has caused a hunch.
So we are… We can't be told apart.
[Jaakko] Does...
Does your doppelganger have a name?
I don't… We don't know each other.
I've always paid attention here and there,
and then this task happened, and I said I was going to find this person again.
Right, and you found her without her name.
Well, I just call her "Hey you", because we don't… get along.
We're too similar.
[Jaakko] Tha... thank...
Thank you, Pirjo and the nameless doppelganger.
Oh, boy. Sit back down, Pirjo.
Okay, after seeing that, I need to say...
That me and Waltteri look a lot alike after all.
- [Pamela] I mean, good grief! - When we really compare the two.
I was just thinking that you had really started to resemble each other after that.
Suddenly, me and Waltteri have become identical twins!
Now, wait, I want… The task wording.
- "INTRODUCE your doppelganger." - Pirjo, you're insane.
Imagine me, having to score all of these performances.
- [Jaakko] And I can do that. - Help.
The points go as follows:
Uhh...
I'm giving five points to Pirjo and Eero.
Ellu and Pamela, you get three points.
Joonas gets two points, because he denied the resemblance.
And denied being any sort of doppelganger.
However, I can see the mental suffering that this has caused you, Joonas, so I will double your points.
You get four points in total.
Thank you. Thank you, Taskmaster.
- Oh, boy. Thank you for this. - [Ellu?] Terrible. - I will never forget this.
The game isn't over. We still have points to award. Let's go straight to the mansion for the next task.
Alright.
"Use the dishes on the table to make the highest tower possible."
"You may only touch the dishes with your weaker hand, while wearing a woollen sock on your hand."
...What?
"You have 8 minutes. The highest tower wins."
Yeah. Ah?
"Your time starts now."
The contestants were tasked with making the highest possible dish tower.
They were only allowed to touch the dishes with their weaker hand, and wearing a sock on their hand.
Excellent. Whose construction do we get to see first?
Let's see Joonas', Pamela's, and Pirjo's attempts first.
Okay. Got it.
This is probably my weaker hand. Okay. Alright.
No, no, no, it…
[Joonas breathes panickedly]
Help! Help!
Okay. Pull yourself together. Let's take a little step back.
[dish cracking]
It's probably better to prepare yourself, now that it's... become…
More likely to collapse.
It's actually fine that the handles came off.
[Joonas in task] It's a stroke of luck.
Aaagh!
- [Pilvi] You have three minutes left. - Oooooh!
- Hey. The tower is... ready. - Okay.
[Pilvi] It isn't a tower if it's not self-standing.
- You have two minutes left. - Two minutes!
Now we'll see if being greedy pays off...
Thirty seconds left.
Well, are you going to measure it?
- This'll collapse. - You may leave, and I'll measure it after.
[Pamela] ♪ Ta-dah! ♪
- Wow. - [Pamela in task] It's ready.
- Thank you, Pamela. - Thank you. - [Eero] That's good.
I won't… I won't... The next ones will collapse it.
The dishes on the table...
- Don't… What are you doing?! - [Pirjo] Stop touching it! - [Pamela] No, don't!
I KNEW IT!
- [Pamela] What? - [Pirjo] Oh, right...
The task is finished. This should be measured.
I can't take my HAND OFF OF THIS!
- Your building time is up. - Yes.
[Joonas] Now that was close.
What good towers. Pirjo...
Are you under the impression that if you shout loud enough, that you can stop...
Stop things from happening? That the tower will stop collapsing if you just scream at it?
Maybe I do. It's worth trying. You have to try everything.
- And you did. - I did.
Was I allowed to put them in there?
[Eero, Pamela, & Joonas] Dishes.
[Jaakko] What kind of... What kind of food do you eat off of eyeglasses?
Yeah, but glass / glasses. I took some artistic license. [the same word is used for different types of glass(es), just like in English]
Weren't they plastic?
- [Pirjo] Yes, but glasses… - [Pamela] Plastic.
There's glass, drinking glass, and glasses.
[Pamela] Plastic.
Oh, boy. What were the results, Pilvi?
The results are very even.
Joonas' tower was 58 centimeters tall,
Pamela's was 59 centimeters,
and Pirjo's was 62.5 centimeters.
- [Pirjo] Did you count the glasses? - [Pilvi] No. - [Pamela] With or without glasses?
Let's just say it's within the margin of error, so it could go either way.
Yes, yes, whether we count the glasses or not, it's… Right.
Fine towers. Let's digest them over the break, and see more after.
Welcome back!
Before we went to break, we saw Pamela, Joonas, and Pirjo
build a tall tower out of the dishes on the table,
using their weaker hand, draped in a woollen sock.
We have yet to see Eero's and Ellu's performances.
And we'll see them now.
The highest tower wins. Wait a moment, but if I…
I... I'm allowed to find something to put underneath it.
- I'll go get something. Some kind of thing. - What, what? - No way!
- "Highest tower." Which is high up. - [Eero in task] The widest at the base…
[Eero burps] Excuse me!
[Pamela] Good Lord!
- Hey! - [Eero in task] Look.
Here we go. Let's do this.
There's a pin or something... I could put this chair on the table and start piling the dishes on.
[Ellu] Okay.
Now I have to go on from here.
[Eero in task] Damn it!
Hiya.
Space.
- Hey, where's your sock? - [Ellu in task] It fits.
- I don't need it yet. - Okay. - [Eero in task] There.
There. Th... There.
Why do I keep saying "there" like that?
[He's pronouncing "noin" like "nuin"]
I've been struck by an entirely new idea.
If the highest tower wins…
[Pilvi] Yeah?
Now it's time!
♪ Din din din... ♪
[Joonas] Oi!
Oh, that wasn't very good. I'm taking these like this. See? Ha-ha!
[Ellu] There.
Don't!
Why can't I use this?
Oh! Look!
- Nice. - [Eero in task] Now. That's it. - [Pilvi in task] Is that your best?
[Pamela, Pirjo, & Ellu] No!
Just when you're egging him on… Then Ritala just adds another.
Ritala adds another!
- Now they're all there, see? - No! No! - Wow.
Like this! This! This!
[whispers] Time's up.
Wow!
Bold move!
Have a nice coffee break.
Hey, that's so awesome, that I'll leave it at that.
Got it.
Let's discuss it more in the studio.
- Thank you, Ellu G. - Thank you.
- [Pamela] It's high up, at least. - [Ellu] It's high up. - [Jaakko] Thank you.
Ellu. Highest tower. ["korkea" is used for height or altitude]
- Highest tower wins, so the tower that is the highest up. - [Jaakko] So if...
If I take a Bajamaja to the top of Mount Everest… [brand name portapotty]
- It's the highest Bajamaja... right. - It's the highest Bajamaja in the world?
- Not the Bajamaja that's highest up… - No, it's the highest Bajamaja. ["korkea" is used for height or altitude]
- Unfortunately, you can't get out of this by talking. - [Ellu] I tried. I tried, my man.
- Eero, on the other hand... - [Eero] "There!"
[Pirjo] "There!"
Textbook performance. Textbook performance.
You almost grew an aura around you, when you spread your arms at the end, and every...
And every single dish was used to make a tall tower.
- What were the results? - [Ellu] Oh, no.
Ellu's dish tower was 25 centimeters tall.
And...
[Pilvi] Eero's...
70.6!
- [Ellu] Ay ay ay. - [Joonas] Awesome.
Excellent results, and the points are awarded accordingly. After all, everyone followed the rules, didn't they?
[hesitant murmurs]
[Ellu] Remember to score the entertainment value!
I have a few notes that I'd like to bring forward --
- Go ahead. - Regarding some of the contestants' performances.
- Well... Maybe we should just watch the following footage. - [Jaakko] Okay.
[Pirjo] What?
- [Joonas] Belly. - [Pamela & Pirjo] He's using his stomach.
What are you doing?
Except, just a moment.
Goddamnit!
Which one of these is the tallest cup?
The highest tower possible. Yes.
What?
What?!
- [Pirjo in studio] Yes yes... - Help!
Oh, no!
What did I do just now? Why did I…
Pirjo, you managed to follow the rules for about two seconds.
But I noticed it and admitted to it. And said it.
There were many handsy -- clumsy…
- I thought they wouldn't see it. I was so fast. - Right, see?
Right. But you were only allowed to touch it with the woollen sock.
- [Ellu] Yeah, but… - [Eero] Wait, but was… I wasn't in there, was I?
[Jaakko] No. No, you weren't.
I'm going to score these now. I'm going to take a point off of everyone who broke the rules.
And so the points'll go like this: Eero, with his textbook performance,
without breaking the rules. Five points.
[Joonas] Go, Eero!
[Ellu] Ay ay ay. Well, it was Eero's time to shine.
Pamela, three points. Pirjo two points, Joonas one point, Ellu... no points.
- One pity point at least! - No, not this time.
I risked my health and climbed onto the table just for this performance…
- [Pirjo] Yes, even though that Elina might've done something to you. - [Ellu] Yes!
I can take another point off your total.
Okay, okay. It's zero.
That's right. We still have the final task left. Get ready.
Pilvi, could you tell us what the final task is?
Today's final task requires sharp hearing and fast reactivity.
Ellu, please read out the task.
"Circle the chairs and listen to the story the Taskmaster reads out."
"Sit down when you hear a word with two consecutive L's."
"If you stop or touch a chair at the wrong time, you will be eliminated."
"If you don't sit down when you hear the right word, you will be eliminated."
"Best listener wins."
Are you ready?
- Yes. - [Jaakko] The story begins.
"The weather was stormy and ominous."
"But even more ominous would be the fate of the five heroes who got lost in the mansion."
"This fate was coming closer, and suddenly knocked on the door."
"The one who knocked was a person who was known by the name of Referee." ["Nimellä" (name of)]
- [Ellu] No! - [Pirjo] Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! - [Pamela] Hey, I'm sitting here!
- [Ellu] Time out! Time out! - [Pirjo] Good Lord!
- I was sitting here! - Ellu, take the farthest chair and come back here.
- Next, sit down when you hear a word that starts with a P and ends with an S. - [Pamela] What?
- The story continues. - Okay. What?
"One of our heroes seemed to have inexplicably disappeared."
"In other words, she was gone. This did not stop the guests at the mansion." [they incorrectly sat for "Poissa" (gone)]
What?
Now, who was the first to sit at the wrong time?
- Joonas. - There was… - [Pirjo] "Pois"!
- It started with P and ended with S. - It was "pois"! - [Jaakko] Which word was it?
- "Away." ["Pois"] - [Pilvi] "Gone." ["Poissa"]
- [Pirjo] You swallowed the ending letters! - [Pamela] Right!
[Eero] I thought it was said just fine.
Next, sit down when you hear a word that has "kai" in it.
[Jaakko] Again: a word with "kai" in it.
- Got it. - [Jaakko] "Kai." - Speak louder!
"Referee stood in the hallway with a timer and an envelope in hand."
"Although it was raining outside, for some reason, Referee was completely dry."
"'You may open the envelope,' she stated, and reached out her hand, as if measuring their innermost selves."
"Referee looked each of them in the eye, one by one." ["Jokaista" (each of them)]
[Ellu] "Jokaista." It was "jokaista."
- Pamela. - What?
- Pamela, take a chair with you. - [Pilvi] Take a chair and come here. - But that oaf wedged himself under me!
The story continues. [Same rule?]
"It was as if time had stopped. Of the ones left, all were quiet." ["Kaikki" (all/everyone)]
"Without even realising it, one of our heroes reached out their hand, and grasped the envelope."
"The paper was burning in their fingers as they opened the envelope"
"and eyed the ink, whose command stirred them."
- "It read: 'Sit down!'" - No!
Congratulations, Eero Ritala. You've won the final task.
Thank you, dear friends. It was incredibly entertaining.
It's great to see that you're all able to play in such a... restrained manner.
Was it hard to listen?
Obviously, it was hard to listen to the instructions, but was it hard to simultaneously listen for the word and walk?
It was, but thankfully Pirjo always shouted the right answer out loud.
On the second, third… second to last one, you shouted: "That! Ah!"
- At that point… - Maybe I did, maybe I didn't.
The points go in the order of elimination, so Eero gets five points,
- Pirjo four, Pamela three, Joonas two, and Ellu one point. - Wow.
Now, the question that interests us all.
Who won this hysterical episode?
After all the tasks, the one who managed to get the most points was...
Two people.
- Pamela and Eero! - Yay!
Congrats, Pamela and Eero! Enjoy your winnings.
Thank you to all our contestants. Thank you, Ellu Gustafsson. Thank you, viewers.
This has been Suurmestari.
English translation by u/yellowrainboot Proofreading and sync by u/chequedummy
Orig Finnish: Maaret Dufva Iyuno Additional transcription: u/yellowrainboot