Stan Saanila is a Finnish

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...

 stand-up comedian. He is one of the team captains, opposite novelist Jari Tervo

Jari Tervo

Jari Tervo is a well-known Finnish author of prose. He is a major name in current Finnish literature.He writes traditional plot-driven prose, sometimes more humoristic , sometimes more like a detective story . Often he includes autobiographical elements...

, in the television show Uutisvuoto

Uutisvuoto

Uutisvuoto is the Finnish version of the popular British television quiz show Have I Got News For You. Broadcast on Saturday nights on YLE TV1 since 1998, the show receives very high viewing figures.Uutisvuoto mainly follows the same format as Have I Got News For You...

, filling a vacancy left when longtime captain Tommy Tabermann

Tommy Tabermann

Tommy Tabermann was a Finnish contemporary poet and politician, radio personality and journalist...

 stepped down in order to run for a place in the Parliament of Finland

Parliament of Finland

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 in 2007. Saanila has continued in the role as Tabermann was elected into the Parliament, and later died of brain cancer.

Saanila is also known for programs like W-tyyli and Hetimiten. Saanila also had a role in the movie Miehen työ (2007).