SF-Studio

SF-Studio was a Finnish quiz show hosted by Simo Frangén. It replaced Frangén's earlier show Maailman ympäri in 2004 and ran until 2006.

Like Maailman ympäri, SF-Studio was a themed show. This time the theme was news. The questions concerned 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 had four contestants, two of which were men and two women, and two were celebrities and two ordinary people.

SF-Studio had one main prize: a holiday trip. Where the trip was located depended on the choices in the fourth and final round. There were 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 were recently published Finnish books, all autographed by some Finnish celebrity who had nothing whatsoever to do with either the book or its author.

SF-Studio consisted of four rounds. After each round, one contestant was dropped out.

The object of round one was to guess the name of a person who had lately been mentioned in the news.

There was a preset number of persons to guess, and Frangén began each of the questions by giving clues about the person's identity, starting difficult and getting easier along the way. This continued until one of the contestants gave a signal, at which point he/she had to answer.

Getting the answer right moved the contestant to round two. Getting the answer wrong forced the contestant to pass during the next question.

This continued until only one contestant was left.

Round two was a game with a "dare" element. There were six categories, whose names varied according to recent news.

The contestants had markers with two states: "I know" and "I don't know". One of the contestants was selected to pick a category, and Frangén asked a question about it. He/she had to turn his/her marker to "I know". The other two could pick "I know" or "I don't know" according to how they felt.

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