Sami Salpavuori

Sami Salpavuori, a 39-year-old Master of Science in Technology from Helsinki, was a contestant on 2016 series of the Finnish version of the show on January 30, 2016. He walked away with €1,000, having answered incorrectly in the sixth question.

His wife, Elina Mäntyniemi, made it into the Hot Seat right after him.

Fastest Finger First
From the 6 contestants, 5 got it right, but Sami (with a time of 3.49 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer D-A-B-C, making it into the Hot Seat.

Sami's Run to the Million
Sami used 'Ask the Audience' lifeline. He picked three people from the audience to tell their opinions: Johanna (from Vantaa, a friend of his wife Elina), Juhana (hometown not mentioned), and Joni (hometown not mentioned). Johanna said the answer would probably be C: Timo Koivusalo, because he seems like a person who would direct children's films. Juhana said he was sure the answer is C: Timo Koivusalo, because Juhana has watched the films with the sons of his cousin. Joni said the answer is either A: Jouko Turkka, or C: Timo Koivusalo, and he would go with A: Jouko Turkka. Sami answered C: Timo Koivusalo that was correct. Johanna and Juhana got gift cards of Scandic Hotels for answering correctly.Sami answered incorrectly B: Vappu Pimiä, but the correct answer was C: Jenni Pääskysaari. He walked away with €1,000.