Erikoisjoukot

Erikoisjoukot
GenreReality television
Tracking reality
Based onSAS: Who Dares Wins by Minnow Films
Directed byEdward Kojonen (1–2)
Mikko Lehtonen (3–)
Starring
Narrated byMikko Leskelä
Country of originFinland
Original languageFinnish
No. of series3
No. of episodes25 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersAlex Laszlo
Tatu Ferchen
ProducerMaija Maukonen
Production locationLohja
Running time45–67 minutes
Production companyBanijay Finland
Original release
NetworkRuutu
Nelonen
Release2 January 2023 (2023-01-02) 
present
Related
International versions

Erikoisjoukot (Finnish, 'Special Forces') is a Finnish quasi-military training television programme based on the British SAS: Who Dares Wins format. The show first premiered on streaming service Ruutu in May 2022, and later premiered on Nelonen network early 2023. The second season began to air in March 2024, with a third season being confirmed by the channel to air in 2025.

During the three first seasons of the program, it became the most viewed finnish original series of Ruutu streaming service ever, with over 400,000 launches on the platform. Before the end of the 3rd season, one of the instructors of the show, Jan Knutti told in an estonian YouTube podcast that they have already confirmed two further seasons, set to be filmed back-to-back in summer of 2025.