The episode becomes a whodunit. Security camera footage (presented as grainy, green-tinted replays) shows a figure in a hoodie—which everyone owns—sneaking to the stump at 3 AM. The suspect list narrows to three: Maria, a children’s TV host with a hidden mean streak; Teemu, a former Big Brother contestant known for hoarding snacks; and Elina, a wellness guru who claims to "transcend material needs."
The episode spends twenty minutes building to this trial. Jere warms up with deep guttural roars. Linda does vocal scales. When they finally face off, Linda unleashes a soprano shriek that cracks two of the three glass jars on the judges’ table. She wins. Jere, defeated, must do the Bush Tucker Trial: eating fermented herring guts while blindfolded. He vomits. He cries. He yells "Päästäkää minut pois!" before the trial even starts. The editors freeze-frame on his vomit-stained face. It becomes a meme. Finns love their sauna. This episode weaponized that love. After a month in the jungle, the remaining four celebrities are promised a "luxury reward": a real, wood-fired Finnish sauna built deep in the bush. The catch? It’s a fake-out.
Chaos ensues. Noora, sweating through her towel, screams the title line immediately. She runs out, thus nominating Petri. But Petri argues he has a heart condition. Kalle, the comedian, tries to make a joke about löyly (sauna steam) and passes out briefly. Sonja, the influencer, livestreams part of it through a smuggled phone (later confiscated). new olen julkkis... päästäkää minut pois! episodes
And for the viewers at home? Ei hätää. (No worries.) There’s always next season.
The argument starts when Jere eats two-thirds of the pâté instead of the rationed one-third. Linda calls him a "sybaritic goblin." Jere responds by calling her song "sonic porridge." Then comes the twist: the next immunity trial is a "Battle of the Banshees"—a screaming contest judged by decibel meter. The episode becomes a whodunit
The episode opens with a trial called "The Tomb of Terrors." The public votes for Sointu to face it. Her task is simple: lie in a sealed, dark coffin while hundreds of Huntsman spiders, mealworms, and one tarantula (named "Kullervo" by the producers) are poured in. She must last five minutes.
Upon release, her hair is a nest of mealworms. She doesn't cry. She doesn't laugh. She turns to the camera, blinks slowly, and says: "Mika did this. He voted for me. I will burn his protein powder." The episode ends with a cliffhanger: Sointu stealing Mika’s sleeping bag and throwing it into the creek. It became the most-watched TV moment in Finland that year. The most physically violent non-physical fight in the show’s history. The camp is split into two factions over a single can of pâté. On one side: Jere "Boom-Boom" Virtanen, a techno DJ whose vocabulary consists of "bro" and "vibe." On the other: Linda "The Nightingale" Mäkelä, a schlager singer famous for her 1990s ballad "Tears of a Reindeer." Jere warms up with deep guttural roars
When the British juggernaut I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! landed in Finland under the name New Olen Julkkis... Päästäkää Minut Pois! , few predicted just how perfectly it would translate into the Finnish soul. In a nation that celebrates sisu (stoic determination) and personal space, the show’s premise—stripping celebrities of their luxuries, forcing them into close quarters, and feeding them kangaroo anuses—was a pressure cooker of national intrigue. While every season has its moments, certain episodes have transcended the format to become living legends of Finnish reality TV history. Season 3, Episode 5: "The Crying Countess and the Tarantula" This episode is often cited as the moment the show found its brutal identity. The camp’s two dominant personalities were at war: Sointu "The Countess" Bergström, a retired socialite known for her porcelain skin and sharper tongue, and Mika "The Tank" Ranta, a former Olympic wrestler.