Topic: The Amazing Race Finland 2025 (Season 3)

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Here are articles about the cast:
https://www.iltalehti.fi/tv-ja-leffat/a/e50472e0-d6ea-4a2b-8b13-3e17af68d29c
https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/71100563/julkistus-tassa-ovat-uudet-amazing-race-suomi-kilpaparit-kisa-starttaa-tanaan?publisherId=69820796&lang=fi

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In Finnish standards, this season doesn't have as big names as the previous seasons.



Artturi and Sara - Siblings

Sara is starting to be a household name, she was a Miss Finland and in tabloids a lot in her younger years. She has also been in reality shows before, such as Survivor, but she is not that memorable for me, besides her looks. In my personal opinion, she has always been a bit boring ...



Vilma and Maria - Friends

Maria used to be a vj on MTV and a model, but after that she's been in politics for like 20 years.



Arttu and Jaakko - Friends

Not my cup of tea, but I guess younger audiences might like them, or at least Jaakko.



Sari and Armi- Friends



Tuukka and Karri- Friends



Tomas and Esko - In-laws



Joel and Mari- Mother&son

My favourites at least before the season starts, because Mari is cheeky and entertaining.



Karolina and Mia - Friends

These two love to be in reality shows. Karolina has some-what interesting personality.



Elsa and Nina - Mother&daughter

I think many people will cheer this couple, potential sweethearts of this season.



Kati and Paula - Friends



Tuomas and Sini - Twins



TBH, I think this season is missing one guy-guy couple, who is fit/built/muscular. I loved elder couples in the early seasons of AR US, so I don't miss them for this season, since there are a lot of parent&child-couples.

Anyway, the production did a lot of improvements for season 2 compared to season 1 - so I hope they have listened to the fans again.

It would be nice if they headed to Europe+Africa this season, since they have already been in Asia and South America.

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It would be nice if they headed to Europe+Africa this season, since they have already been in Asia and South America.

I also think that they will visit Africa this season.
I feel like they will visit a combination of countries like:
Spain + Portugal + Morocco
South Africa + Namibia
Zambia + Zimbabwe

[Xoruz]

Kotor, Montenegro

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16YcJiP4vR/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[Xoruz]

Kotor, Montenegro

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16YcJiP4vR/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Might be in the wrong thread.

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“We’ve done sooo many things since we’ve been here. We visited Siem Reap and Angkor Wat on Tuesday. The temples were so beautifully built and constructed. We also saw 4 Amazing Race teams filming there from another country though. Such a great trip so far.”

https://www.facebook.com/share/16BC8YBp2k/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[BourkieBoy]

Are we guessing Cambodia is the first destination with 2 or 3 legs held there?

[Xoruz]

Are we guessing Cambodia is the first destination with 2 or 3 legs held there?

Two episodes were filmed in Siem Reap, and they are leaving for the next country now.

[Xoruz]

They were in Sri Lanka for the past couple of days.

[Xoruz]

They were in Sri Lanka for the past couple of days.

Pit Stops include Mount Lavinia Beach and the Bellanwila Pandol. Filming also took place in Kandy. Sara & Artturi made it to Sri Lanka.

[Xoruz]

Either Israel or Finland is filming in Kathmandu, Nepal today.

[BourkieBoy]

Oooohhh Sri Lanka?

That's a beautiful, under-visited country - I always find the cinematography done in Sri Lanka to be quite beautiful!

[Xoruz]

Either Israel or Finland is filming in Kathmandu, Nepal today.

Looking more like Finland in light of recent news.

[Xoruz]

Athens via Angela B. Likely the final stretch.

[Xoruz]

Season 3 is over. It concluded today at the Olympic Stadium.

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https://www.ruutu.fi/ohjelmat/amazing-race-suomi?t=26003%7Ekausi-3

November 15

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Trailer

https://www.ruutu.fi/video/4799777

[Xoruz]

Live stream available.

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First episode

The season start was good. Nothing too exciting to say about any of the couples so far, they all seem fine. I root for the young&old teams and they seem interesting this year.

Cambodia is great as a location, and it was good idea to start the season from Angkor Wat, since it is major international landmark.

According to Finnish media, viewers didn't like Arttu&Jaakko, since Jaakko seems too "dumb".

I hope this season does well, eventhough maybe the cast doesn't have as many interesting personalities&teams. Upcoming locations&countries are promising!

Oh and one of my favourites is this one blonde woman, who seems a bit off at times or absent. Maybe she had a sun stroke or something but she has potential to be goofy.

[Xoruz]

Quite a stunning location for Leg 1 with the choice of Angkor Wat. You could tell though that some teams were not used to the heat. They were feeling it just getting the first clue. For this version, there was a decent amount of placement shuffling.

According to Finnish media, viewers didn't like Arttu&Jaakko, since Jaakko seems too "dumb".

Don't even speak Finnish, but even that came across to me. Jaakko seems to come with the negative stereotypes of a YouTuber.

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Didn't expect the rappers to be the first to finish last. I do prefer Leg 1 NELs, so I'm glad it happened here.

[G.B.]

Waiting and hoping :3

[Xoruz]

Episode link available. Same place as last season.

[G.B.]

(btw Xoruz your inbox is full)

[Xoruz]

(btw Xoruz your inbox is full)

Cleared a bit.

[Xoruz]

Chiang Mai, Thailand next week.

[G.B.]

For me, I just have to know why Joel was wearing a shirt that said "SLUT" on it.

[Xoruz]

I've seen a lot, but a team getting lost looking for the Pit Start clue is new to me. There was quite a bit of blatant stealing with the second episode. The broom bike task and the Old McDonald task were taken straight from Australia 7. The Detour was also a bit counterintuitive as the needle in a haystack task was way faster than the skill task. Also on the notion of heat again, Mari was beet red by the end of this leg.

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Thought Karri & Tuukka had a chance, but it wasn't meant to be.

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I've seen a lot, but a team getting lost looking for the Pit Start clue is new to me.

It's just funnier that happened in the same year TAR Canada had a team forget their backpacks at the Pit Start 

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Episode 2

Good episode. I like that they had a lot of tasks, but the tasks were not TOO straightforward or boring.

Rooting for Mari & Son. I like most of the teams. Sara&Brother are not my faves, but they are entertaining. The kids at school were too cute.

I kinda wish they had spend another episode in Cambodia and visited Phnom Phen and the killing fields & the prison. Finnish people (or Europeans) don't know much about The Cambodian Genocide, so this was a missed opportunity. And it is quite recent history, Finnish people are very familiar for example with the holocaust but learning history is very eurocentric.

At least in the earlier Amazing Race US, the episodes where they visited touching sites with gruesome history were one of the best ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVx5fiv65NY

For me, I just have to know why Joel was wearing a shirt that said "SLUT" on it.

I think this was also pointed out in Finnish Media and they noted Social Media comments calling it tone dead & disrespectful.

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More in Thailand next week.

[Xoruz]

Every single time around this point of every season. Also, I find it funny how Thailand is the first country they revisit and they do the coin balancing task again just with water. Think they were hoping more people would get drenched. Of all the teams with the most questionable boat building skills, Tomas & Esko easily took the prize. None of their bamboo poles stayed above water. The women continue to dominate this season though Sara & Artturi are moving up. Mari & Joel have gotten another lucky break though don't think it will last.


I'll just leave this here.

http://iltalehti.fi/tv-ja-leffat/a/b93611b5-de9d-4efc-9126-491afc5e5f6c

Parkkali says that he developed a fever in Cambodia, where he received painkillers to control the symptoms. The flight to Thailand also went in a feverish mood.

– Finally, the situation hit me in the face. On the morning of the race, an ambulance and production crew came to our hotel. I had to be put on an IV because my body was completely empty, Parkkali recalls.

– I was in really bad shape, completely bedridden. My fever was really high and I also had flu symptoms. It was hard to talk and I was sweating. Then, when I got a stomach bug, I went completely dry and limp. That was the worst of all.

– The doctor said that now the fever is so high and the stomach is rumbling so loudly that if he goes to compete, the risk of myocarditis is so high that there is no way he can go, Parkkali says.

Parkkali was bedridden for several days, unable to leave his hotel room. Lindemann did not catch the disease, even though he was in the same room as Parkkali.

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Episode 3

Decent/Good episode. The tasks were good, since there were different techniques or tactics how you can do it (coconuts & building the raft). The elevator or stairs at the end was also okay, though I think it was just to make it easier for the editor to try to make things more dramatic.

Mari is still my fave, but I don't like her son. Sara&Artturi are entertaining and nice that they are moving forward in the rankings, but next episode Sara will have difficulties cuddling with the snakes I guess.

The female teams are okay, but faves are mom&daughter. The politicians Maria&other blonde are also interesting and competitive, interesting to see Maria's boiling points and her losing her temper more and more as the game continues.

Tuomas from twins team seems to be a bit goofy and disoriented, which is good, since other teams are a bit too similar with each other.

Hmm. I am not happy about the way how the young men ended their race, even though they were my least favourites. The episode didn't showcase enough how sick Jaakko really was. Especially, when the old guy & Mari have also been sick. Now they made it look like the boys were hangover, just not feeling it, tired or something else - when the news article states that he was actually really sick.

[G.B.]

I'm assuming "Rokkaa" translates to "Rock", as in the verb to make music. ("We're gonna ROCK this town!") Because all of my research pointed me towards "Rokkaa" meaning "Pea Soup", and that makes a lot less sense.

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I'm assuming "Rokkaa" translates to "Rock", as in the verb to make music. ("We're gonna ROCK this town!") Because all of my research pointed me towards "Rokkaa" meaning "Pea Soup", and that makes a lot less sense.

You are correct

In this case "rokkaa" means "to rock". However, one could say rokka or rokkakeitto, meaning the pea soup. It is not the most used word for it, more like a regional word. Also Rokka was the last name of a well-known somewhat fictional character.

[Xoruz]

Episode 4 is on a day early due to Independence Day.

[Xoruz]

So this leg filmed on Mother's Day with Mari being gifted a foot massage from her son. Of all of the tasks to really stump teams, I would not have guessed a tangram. A few people were taken aback by the snakes, though none more so than Sara. It was nice of Tomas to help her out. The eliminated team had always been one of the more middling ones placement wise. While they still had a chance, they couldn't regain too much ground after the tangram.

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Episode 4

Watched it few days ago, so I might not remember everything. Sara The Snake Charmer was quite entertaining, but it walso cute how Sara&Artturi and other teams helped each other. However, I hope this won't last, since it not interesting in the long run.

Can't remember which team was last. So ... I guess it was not that memorable, maybe the "older ladies".

The theme park was rundown, it almost looked like the editors wanted to point that out with some close-ups ...


Tuomas. Goofy. I am starting to like him more and more.
Tuomas's twin sister. Calming Tuomas down and maybe a bit more sensible one?


Sara. Dramatic.
Artturi. Keeping Sara together.


Tomas. Helpful.
Esko. Weird but lovely? I'm starting to think that they showed the toilet conversations in the earlier episodes, because now he is talking about angels, so I assume there is more interesting things coming out of his mouth also in the near future.

Mari. Rooting for her because of her previous comedic productions, don't like the son though.

Nina&daughter. They seem to have the package. Fit enough, brains, street-wise, smart, handy, talented in various ways.

[Xoruz]

Last TAR episode of 2025 next week.

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Episode 5 - Sri Lanka

This was a great episode!

The tasks were demanding, though it's a bit sus to put them work with literal ****, when they obviously have some open small wounds etc, since they are in this kind of race. Infection risk.

And wow. They were literally covered in **** after the tasks.

The ending was interesting. Firstly, I thought also during this season, they have had the production coordinator or people from the production giving instructions to the "local judge", if the task is success or fail. Now it seems, that this is not the case always - which is good. However, I think it was good that they made this decision, when the judging was unfair.

Sad to see one of my fave teams to go. But glad to see Mari still in the race!

I think all the teams are at least likable. The other teams are starting to paint a picture about Maria&younger, that they are not helpful? It seems that many of the teams think, that they are not helping and are rude - so they do not want to help them vice versa. Maria seems to be more and more aggressive or at least passive-aggressive, as the season progresses.

I wonder if the tune played at one point was truly from Sri Lanka, or from India ...

[Xoruz]

Very much so the best episode so far. It was the earliest that they had an equalizer in three seasons and felt more competitive. I do not want to know how all of the teams smelled by the end of the leg considering both Detour tasks involved manure. Sara & Artturi almost had it but struggled with the raban dance due to Sara having long nails. How to Mari & Joel keep getting away with this? This ending is up there with Rob & Amber in All Stars. Nina & Elsa elected to quit a task after struggling with dehydration and blisters and managed to survive the leg only to find out that Mari & Joel would have finished ahead of them if the teacher taught them the correct dance steps.