Juho Rissanen
For years, I have been looking at the American version of the Alone series that has now arrived in Finland. That’s why it’s great, writes Juho Rissanen, News Manager at Iltalehti.
Alone in Finland eight competitors will have to survive alone in the wilderness. Mtv
Alone The first episode of the (alone) -si-TV series was performed on the History channel in the United States in June 2015.
Ten years later, this exceptional reality has also landed in Finland.
So what makes Alone so special?
In the program, competitors leave the wilderness to survive alone at the mercy of nature. They get only a small amount of objects that allow them to survive for weeks or even months alone in nature. In addition, competitors have video cameras to record their own adventures.
At no time are they contacted with other people, other competitors or production members (except for intermittent health checks). In the midst of nature, we are really alone.
No tasks are done by competitors. The only task is to survive, to find water, to get food and to build some kind of protection to stay. Some of the competitors of the American original series have been content to stay in primitive tent conditions, some have skilfully built small huts.
When the competitor feels like he can’t or can do any more, he digs up a satellite phone and calls the production to give up. After that, he will be sought out. Those who have survived the longest time to win a money pot. US Under The prize is half a million dollars, $ 20,000 in the Finnish version.
Of course, competitors also have a so -called emergency button that you can press if you feel so bad that you can’t even call help. This is where the American version has had to be resorted to. In addition, production monitors the weight of competitors. If it falls so much that malnutrition or other discomfort begins to threaten health, the competitor can be evacuated from the race, even if he or she is not ready to give up.
What kind of incidents in the US Alone-then has been experienced in the series over the years and during the 12 seasons? Very many. There have been food poisoning, tooth breaks, frostbite and injuries. For example, competitors have suddenly lost their consciousness or accidentally hurt themselves with their own ax or hunting spring with arrows.
However, competitors for the biggest fight have to go with themselves. Feeling alone is not as easy as you could imagine and many people are huge at home, especially with children or sick loved ones. In many cases, the reason for the surrender has been found in the American series in the end of the competitor’s own mental well -being and not, for example, injury or ending food.
The time spent in nature also varies from season to season. The game ends when other competitors except the winner are either handed over or evacuated. The original of the American AloneThe shortest season in the series has only lasted just over 30 days, while the longest has been more than three months. Thus, the winner at the beginning of the race does not yet know how long he will have to persuade in nature to see the prize pool.
Alone It is completely different from all other reality TV series today. It has no artificial competitions, no clamor, shouting or mating, and best of all, no twisting, no intrigue or back knocked.
Competitors are only in the midst of nature. Only with their own thoughts and occasional encounters with wildlife.
Alone Finland In that sense, it also offers an interesting response to the current TV entertainment that exudes different stimuli, so that there is often nothing to happen. Watching the series is downright soothing. Competitors describe themselves well with everyday activities: boiling water, fishing, collecting berries and building protection for themselves.
At the same time, competitors’ thoughts about nature and their own lives are heard. The series also greatly emphasizes the common nature of the people. Although the competitors are separated, their thoughts often follow the same paths: consider not only their own relationship of nature, but also the life and the choices made there. But above all, competitors think and long for their beloved people. Those alive and already dead.
So in this light it is extremely interesting to see what kind of Alone Finland The first production season consists.
Alone Finland on Tuesdays on MTV3 at 21.00 and MTV in the audience.