SF-Studio
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SF-Studio is a Finnish
quiz show
hosted by Simo Frangén
. It replaced Frangén's earlier show Maailman ympäri
in 2004.
Like Maailman ympäri, SF-Studio is a themed show. This time the theme is news
. The questions concern people and events in recent news, and a short parody of a news report (with completely nonsensical contents) appears between each round.
Also like Maailman ympäri, SF-Studio has four contestants, two of which are men and two women, and two are celebrities and two ordinary people.
SF-Studio has one main prize: a holiday trip. Where the trip is located depends on the choices in the fourth and final round. There are five different options, starting from a cheap trip inside Finland
, and getting progressively more expensive and further away, with the best option being a trip to some famous sunny beach
holiday resort near the Equator
.
Smaller prizes are recently published Finnish books, all autograph
ed by some Finnish celebrity who has nothing whatsoever to do with either the book or its author.
There is a preset number of persons to guess, and Frangén begins each of the questions by giving clues about the person's identity, starting difficult and getting easier along the way. This continues until one of the contestants gives a signal, at which point he/she has to answer.
Getting the answer right moves the contestant to round two. Getting the answer wrong forces the contestant to pass during the next question.
This continues until only one contestant is left.
The contestants have markers with two states: "I know" and "I don't know". One of the contestants is selected to pick a category, and Frangén asks a question about it. He/she has to turn his/her marker to "I know". The other two can pick "I know" or "I don't know" according to how they feel.
One of the contestants with their markers set to "I know" is randomly selected to answer. If the answer is right, he/she gets a point, but if it's wrong, he/she loses a point. Contestants with their markers set to "I know" but who don't get to answer get a point regardless of the actual answer.
After all categories are used, the contestant with the fewest points is dropped out.
One of the two remaining contestants is selected to answer. After Frangén has asked the question, the contestant can either choose to answer or transfer the question.
A right answer earns the contestant one point and the next question is also asked from the same contestant. A wrong answer drops the contestant back to 0 points, and the other contestant becomes the one to answer.
If the contestant instead decides to transfer the question, the other contestant has to answer it instead. The same rules as above apply, except that a transferred question cannot be retransferred.
After all categories are used, the contestant with fewer points is dropped out.
The contestant views the questions but does not answer them yet. He/she predicts how many he/she will get right. This will determine what prize he/she will get: If the contestant meets his/her prediction, he/she will get a prize whose value depends how many questions he/she said he/she will get right, not on how many he/she actually got right. If the contestant does not meet the prediction, he/she will get nothing at all.
The contestant then answers all the questions. He/she is given a chance to change one of the answers, if he/she wants to.
Then all answers are revealed. If enough answers were right, the contestant gets a prize defined as above.
. The name means "Simo's weather" and the draw takes the form of a fictitious weather forecast, with the weather of ten Finnish cities or towns (including one Lappish town that is actually named Simo
) randomly selected from four different options.
This lottery game was not as popular as Maailman ympäri
and has been stopped.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
quiz show
Quiz Show
Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film produced and directed by Robert Redford. Adapted by Paul Attanasio from Richard Goodwin's memoir Remembering America, the film is based upon the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s...
hosted by Simo Frangén
Simo Frangén
Simo Juhani Frangén is a Finnish TV presenter and humourist, living in Tampere.- History :Frangén matriculated in 1982 and graduated as a Master of Social Sciences at the University of Tampere in 1990...
. It replaced Frangén's earlier show Maailman ympäri
Maailman ympäri
Maailman ympäri was a Finnish quiz show shown on YLE TV1 from 2000 to 2004.The show was hosted by Finnish TV presenter Simo Frangén and had a geography theme. The main prize was a trip around the world . The second prize was a luxury week-end trip in a randomly-selected European country...
in 2004.
Like Maailman ympäri, SF-Studio is a themed show. This time the theme is news
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
. The questions concern people and events in recent news, and a short parody of a news report (with completely nonsensical contents) appears between each round.
Also like Maailman ympäri, SF-Studio has four contestants, two of which are men and two women, and two are celebrities and two ordinary people.
SF-Studio has one main prize: a holiday trip. Where the trip is located depends on the choices in the fourth and final round. There are five different options, starting from a cheap trip inside Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, and getting progressively more expensive and further away, with the best option being a trip to some famous sunny beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
holiday resort near the Equator
Equator
An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and containing the sphere's center of mass....
.
Smaller prizes are recently published Finnish books, all autograph
Autograph
An autograph is a document transcribed entirely in the handwriting of its author, as opposed to a typeset document or one written by an amanuensis or a copyist; the meaning overlaps with that of the word holograph.Autograph also refers to a person's artistic signature...
ed by some Finnish celebrity who has nothing whatsoever to do with either the book or its author.
Round one
The object of round one is to guess the name of a person who has lately been mentioned in the news.There is a preset number of persons to guess, and Frangén begins each of the questions by giving clues about the person's identity, starting difficult and getting easier along the way. This continues until one of the contestants gives a signal, at which point he/she has to answer.
Getting the answer right moves the contestant to round two. Getting the answer wrong forces the contestant to pass during the next question.
This continues until only one contestant is left.
Round two
Round two is a game with a "dare" element. There are six categories, whose names vary according to recent news.The contestants have markers with two states: "I know" and "I don't know". One of the contestants is selected to pick a category, and Frangén asks a question about it. He/she has to turn his/her marker to "I know". The other two can pick "I know" or "I don't know" according to how they feel.
One of the contestants with their markers set to "I know" is randomly selected to answer. If the answer is right, he/she gets a point, but if it's wrong, he/she loses a point. Contestants with their markers set to "I know" but who don't get to answer get a point regardless of the actual answer.
After all categories are used, the contestant with the fewest points is dropped out.
Round three
Round three is also played with six categories selected from recent news.One of the two remaining contestants is selected to answer. After Frangén has asked the question, the contestant can either choose to answer or transfer the question.
A right answer earns the contestant one point and the next question is also asked from the same contestant. A wrong answer drops the contestant back to 0 points, and the other contestant becomes the one to answer.
If the contestant instead decides to transfer the question, the other contestant has to answer it instead. The same rules as above apply, except that a transferred question cannot be retransferred.
After all categories are used, the contestant with fewer points is dropped out.
Round four
Round four has five questions taken from recent news, all of which are multiple-choice questions with three choices. This round also has a "dare" element.The contestant views the questions but does not answer them yet. He/she predicts how many he/she will get right. This will determine what prize he/she will get: If the contestant meets his/her prediction, he/she will get a prize whose value depends how many questions he/she said he/she will get right, not on how many he/she actually got right. If the contestant does not meet the prediction, he/she will get nothing at all.
The contestant then answers all the questions. He/she is given a chance to change one of the answers, if he/she wants to.
Then all answers are revealed. If enough answers were right, the contestant gets a prize defined as above.
Lottery game
SF-Studio includes a lottery game called Simon sää, in co-operation with VeikkausVeikkaus
Veikkaus Oy is the Finnish national betting agency. It is entirely owned by the Finnish government and has a legal betting license on lotteries and sports betting in Finland. Veikkaus is managed by the Finnish Ministry of Education. Ministry of Education share money earned by Veikkaus with various...
. The name means "Simo's weather" and the draw takes the form of a fictitious weather forecast, with the weather of ten Finnish cities or towns (including one Lappish town that is actually named Simo
Simo, Finland
Simo is a municipality located in the province of Lapland, Finland, about from the Swedish border.The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . In 2001, Simo's debt per capita was 946.39 Euros....
) randomly selected from four different options.
This lottery game was not as popular as Maailman ympäri
Maailman ympäri
Maailman ympäri was a Finnish quiz show shown on YLE TV1 from 2000 to 2004.The show was hosted by Finnish TV presenter Simo Frangén and had a geography theme. The main prize was a trip around the world . The second prize was a luxury week-end trip in a randomly-selected European country...
and has been stopped.