Se on siinä

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Se on siinä is a Finnish humorous television sports quiz show. Going out on Sunday nights on YLE TV2 since spring of 2001, the show has gained lot popularity. It was awarded the Venla-award for the best entertainment programme voted by TV-wievers.

The host of Se on siinä is popular sports commentator Antero Mertaranta. There are three contestants on the game. Two of them are regular: actor Risto Kaskilahti and comedian Jukka Laaksonen. The third contestant is a celebrity guest. There have been many well-known foreigner guests like sprinter Ben Johnson, basketball player Dennis Rodman and ice hockey player Börje Salming, but usually the guests are Finnish athletes or other celebrities. The show can also involve musical performances.

Maybe the most renowned regular joke of the show is so called "rabbit gag", a video clip where a rabbit makes invasion to the piste during biathlon competition and runs a while above the group of skiers like an artificial rabbit in greyhound racing. The clip is shown sometimes when some of the competitor asks. The ending part of the show is a night tale by Mertaranta, a parody-style little story about current events and people told in the fairy tale way.