Erikoisjoukot
| Erikoisjoukot | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality television Tracking reality |
| Based on | SAS: Who Dares Wins by Minnow Films |
| Directed by | Edward Kojonen (1–2) Mikko Lehtonen (3–) |
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| Narrated by | Mikko Leskelä |
| Country of origin | Finland |
| Original language | Finnish |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 25 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Alex Laszlo Tatu Ferchen |
| Producer | Maija Maukonen |
| Production location | Lohja |
| Running time | 45–67 minutes |
| Production company | Banijay Finland |
| Original release | |
| Network | Ruutu Nelonen |
| Release | 2 January 2023 – present |
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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.