Lauma (English: The Herd ) is a Finnish comedic panel game show, where regular panelists and guests try to answer trivial quiz questions the same way as the others. The show is hosted by the creator of the format, Roope Salminen and it airs on MTV3 network.[1]

Lauma
GenrePanel show
Created byRoope Salminen
Joonas Nordman
Directed byJoonas Nordman
Presented byRoope Salminen
Country of originFinland
Original languageFinnish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producersOlli Haikka
Tomi Paajanen
Miia Lehtinen
Riku Riihilahti
Joonas Nordman
Lilli Blomberg (MTV)
ProducerVeera Lappi
Running time41 minutes
Production companyYellow Film & TV
Original release
NetworkMTV3
C More
Release10 October 2021 (2021-10-10) –
present

Format

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In each episode, there are five permanent panelists, and three guests. Before filming an episode, each of them answer to seven creatively made questions. However, as they answer, they must think, what the other competitiors answer to that question; only that way will they score points, and as if they belong to "The Herd". Those points are increasingly important, when going to the final round. The answers are then reviewed at the studio.

In the final round, called "Reverse round", the rules are the opposite; each of the panelists must think about the answer that way, that nobody else, or at least majority of the fellow panelists, answer the same way. The panelists with the most points at the end will be crowned as the episode winners.[2]

Panelists

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The five "regular panelists" for the first season included: finnish actor and presenter Ernest Lawson, actress Heli Sutela, radio presenter Juuso "Köpi" Kallio, comedian Fathi Ahmed and model Shirly Karvinen. In every episode, there were also three guests – amongst others, Minka Kuustonen, Jethro Rosted, Dennis Nylund and Eppu Salminen (father of the host, Roope Salminen).[3]

Episodes

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Series overview

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Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 4 10 November 2021 1 December 2021
2 8[4] 2024

Season 1 (2021)

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Episode Original air date Guests Episode winner(s)
1 10 November 2021 Sanna Stellan, Antti Tuomas Heikkinen & Elias Salonen Elias Salonen (Guest)
2 17 November 2021 Eppu Salminen, Ripsa Koskinen-Papunen & Dennis Nylund Ernest Lawson & Köpi Kallio
3 24 November 2021 Ville "Viki" Eerikkilä, Minka Kuustonen & Mikko Penttilä Köpi Kallio
4 1 December 2021 Karoliina Tuominen, Jethro Rosted & Christoffer Strandberg Ernest Lawson

Reception

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The first season of the show did well, scoring an average of about 314,000 viewers on its debut episode.[5]

Awards and nominations

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Year Awards Nominated Results Ref.
2021 Golden Venla Game Show Nominated [6]

References

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  1. ^ "Roope Salmisen alun perin omalle kaveripiirilleen kehittelemä gameshow alkaa Maikkarilla". Seura. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Roope Salminen keksi uuden tv-formaatin: tällainen on Lauma". Iltalehti. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Kuka tietää mitä muut ajattelevat? Uusi gameshow Lauma alkaa keskiviikkona 10.11. klo 21". ePressi. 13 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Tule paikan päälle Lauma-ohjelman yleisöön!". MTVUutiset.
  5. ^ "Tässä ovat katsotuimmat suomalaiset viihdeohjelmat – näin Roope Salmisen kiistelty uusi ohjelma menestyi". Ilta-sanomat. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Kultainen Venla -finalistit 2021". Televisioakatemia. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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