Amazing Race Suomi season 1

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Amazing Race Suomi
Season 1
Presented by	Heikki Paasonen
No. of days	24
No. of teams	12
Winner	Kaisa Mäkäräinen & Mari Eder
No. of legs	12
Distance traveled	26,000 km (16,000 mi)
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	Nelonen
Original release	30 September (2023-09-30) – 16 December 2023 (2023-12-16)
Additional information
Filming dates	24 July – 16 August 2023
Season chronology
Next → Season 2

This is the first season of Amazing Race Suomi (Finnish: Amazing Race Finland), a Finnish reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race. Hosted by Heikki Paasonen, it featured twelve teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship and including at least one celebrity contestant, in a race around Southeast Asia to win €30,000.^[1] This season visited two continents and seven countries and travelled over 26,000 kilometres (16,000 mi) during twelve legs. Starting in Helsinki, racers travelled through Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore before returning to Finland and finishing in Helsinki. The season premiered on 30 September 2023 on Nelonen with season finale on 16 December.

Friends and biathletes Kaisa Mäkäräinen and Mari Eder won this season, while father-son duo Tuukka & Sami Ritokoski finished in second place, and friends and work partners Janne Lehtonen and Robin Hendry finished in third place.^[2]