20:37 The housemates have been playing the pantomime game for a while as Eetu returns from the confession room. He says something is coming up soon. The housemates are expecting to get a video greeting from Niko. Instead, they get another task:
The housemates translate this to Sandra. Nino is guffawing again. Sandra says she doesn't even go to sea when it's under 27 degrees. It's so cold. Eetu is trying to scare her by saying the descent in the icy water will be like a trip to hell. Jani corrects him by saying it will just do good, and a quick dip is enough. Sandra panics; thinks she's going to die.bigbrother.fi kirjoitti: Evening task: The Test of Finnishness
If she so wants, our guest, Sandra, will be eligible to join an ancient Finnish tradition, The Test of Finnishness.
As every Finn knows, the holy spirit of Finnishness fills a man when he rises up from a cold spring.
The icy water will cast away all waste matter that disturbs life. This rite of purification will join Sandra to the holy tribe of Finnishness.
Put on your swimming gear and wear the bathrobes, beanie hats and shoes you will find on the patio table outside. Once Big Brother so orders, go to the task area.
Do act with all the dignity the task demands.
20:53 Marika comes from the confession room. She tells the housemates there will be a path on the task area. The housemates will need to go stand on the sides of that path. Sandra will walk the path to the icy cold water first. If she passes the test, she will be a member of the Holy Finnishness. There will also be a table by the water tank, containing "powerful drinks". You can only get one if you pass the test. There's also a non-alcoholic version for Elli-Maija, who doesn't drink alcohol.
20:54 Elisa thinks there will be a pool of icy water, or something. Sandra asks what should she do if she gets a heart attack while in the water. Nino guffaws. Petri shows how he would give her CPR. Eetu: "David Hasselhoff!"
20:56 Sandra asks if everyone has done this. They tell her Jani practices the sport. Not everyone is particularly fond of it, though.
20:57 The shades rise and the housemates are let outside where they find new bathrobes which they are to wear during the task.
21:02 The housemates walk from the yard to the special entrance tunnel that leads to the task area. Petri and Eetu start Rocky Balbone style preparations in their hooded robes, hitting the air with their fists.
21:03 When the housemates are at the end of the tunnel, mysterious music starts playing. They open the doors to the task area.
"Oh my god!" "Wow! This is hell!"
The task area is dark, lit by little fires. They find a path leading to the middle of the area where there is a tall, plank-covered water tank with ladders both outside and inside for entering it and exiting it.
The tank, full of ice-cold water, is surrounded by four vertical log fires, with big flames shooting out of them. It looks like a set from Fear Factor. There's also a table by the water tank containing the "powerful drinks", which turn out to be black salmiac vodka in shot glasses.
21:04 Sandra is preparing for the task, almost tears in her eyes. The others are cheering her up: it's not as bad as it looks like. Sandra starts walking the path towards the water tank. once standing before it, she hands her bathrobe and microphone to Petri. Then she steps up the ladder and dips her toe into the water and flinches.
After that, she collects herself... and descends into the tank, getting her body fully immersed in the ice cold water at least neck down. (Good job, Sandra! You're one brave trooper.) She gets out immediately and the housemates cheer at her, helping her bathrobe back on. Sandra comments she's now feeling a warm rush, just like Jani told she would.
Then the other housemates take turns in dipping into the tank as well. Some of them stay longer and act calmer than the others. Nino seems to be most afraid of the thing, but manages to do it as well.
21:13 Everyone has dipped into the tank and come out of it with steam rising from their skin. Now it's time to cheer and drink the shots.
Big Brother announces that the sauna is ready for them. The housemates leave the task area.
21:19 Sandra notes she's a Finn now. They teach her to say "I'm Finnish" in Finnish: "Olen suomalainen!" Petri thinks they're going to get their dinner after the sauna.
21:23 Many of the housemates are in the sauna, Sandra joins them too after getting a beer from inside the house. They're still wearing the silly hats and gloves and all as the "Fake Finland" task is still on.
21:24 Nino is laughing about Elisabet's stomach. She's gained some weight in the house and thinks her belly is now horrible, as if she was pregnant. She asks if Nino will be the godfather if it's actually a baby. Elisabet says the baby would be named Michael Joseph if it's a boy, but "Billie Jean" if it's a girl. They have an argument about this with Nino, whow wouldn't let Elisabet name her son "Michael".
21:28 Everybody is in the sauna. Sandra is glowing and says she would never have imagined she would get this kind of experience and is amazed how interesting a country Finland is, and she also gives generous compliments on all her Finnsh housemates. She says she might sound phony as she says everything is "good" and "great" but this far everything has been. Nino also wants the others to translate to Sandra that this week has been the greatest week in the Big Brother house for him of all the ten weeks he has spent there.
21:47 Some of the housemates have already returned inside the house, queuing up for the shower in the bathroom. They get an announcement on the TV screen that says prizes will be awarded for husband carrying competition a bit later.
22:03 Nino and Elisabet and checking up on Noora's condition. Noora tells them she still can't eat, will just throw up everything. Nino thinks she didn't get enough sleep last night. Nino wonders if Noora knew in the morning she would get this. She ate something back then. Noora says it came all of a sudden.
Nino says he's would be never going to drink again if he got a hang-over like that. He's so afraid of vomiting. When they had an "office work" task a couple of weeks ago, they had a party with alcohol. The next day on their way to "work" he had to throw up in the yard. It was strange. He usually never does that and just had to wonder what is going on.
Noora can't get it, she says she didn't even drink that much, compared to the outside world. And she ate during the night too. Jani thinks she might have gotten dirty water in her glass while in the jacuzzi and got something from that. They all finally agree this is the most likely reason.
22:28 The prizes from the husband carrying task are being awarded on the TV screen. Elisabet and Jani had the best time, Sandra and Petri the best style. Congratulations to the winners. The storage room opens and the winners get sparkling wine and strawberries on a tray. Jebou! Sandra warns the other winners you'll get easily drunk from this.
22:44 Sandra, Elisabet, Petri and Nino are in the smoking area. Nino asks the others to explain about his last stint in Big Brother, in 2009. He was a normal, unknown guy when he entered the house... and when he came out, everyone on the street suddenly knew him. Sandra asked how many days Nino spent in the house the last time and why was he evicted. They tell her he spent 36 days in the house, but they aren't sure how they could explain the reason for his ejection with their less-than-perfect English... so they resort to saying he broke a rule and was ejected. Sandra wants to confirm Nino wasn't evicted but ejected? The housemates tell her that's how it was. Sandra thinks it must have been though.
22:47 Nino wants the others to tell Sandra one more thing: he was the most surprised about how positive feedback he got. He had thought everyone would hate him. But the trouble of having a small celebrity status is that you can't do much anything in the bars and night clubs without finding a story about it in the yellow press.
23:20 Petri, Sandra, Elli-Maija and some others are lying on the sofas, having a discussion. He tells Sandra how he's going to disappear from the public view after Big Brother. They tell Sandra the housemates from the earlier seasons have already "disappeared" and mostly forgotten if they have just continued their normal life. If you don't do anything stupid and don't have any desire to stay in the limelight, people will soon forget you. Petri says he's sure he's not going to be someone who the magazines would write about. Sandra says it's the same for some former housemates in Slovenia.
23:27 The dinner is soon going to be ready. Jani has been taking the role of a chef tonight. Sandra, Petri, Elisa and Nino bring the wine bottles to the table and open them. Elli-Maija is sitting at the table too. Sandra sings a bit and Petri compliments her by saying he's never heard a singer like her. Nino laughs at Petri's confession - Petri had earlier got tears in her eyes from Sandra's singing - but Petri says it's true, she's really good. Elisabet agrees with Petri.
23:29 Elli-Maija tells Nino she's feeling really home-sick but can't give up even though she would really want to.
23:30 Sandra, Petri and Elisabet go out for smokes. Petri noted the shared cigarette container is almost empty. They find Eetu sitting on the jacuzzi cover. He says he just wanted some fresh air. Sandra is singing again.
23:32 Petri says he'll take Sandra to a karaoke bar when she comes to Finland again. Sandra asked the price level of hotels in Finland but Elisabet said if she comes to Finland she wants Sandra to stay at her place. She lives together with her brother. Two bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen. Sandra can even bring her dog if she wants to. Sandra is thanking her for the offer.
23:37 Petri and Elisabet are telling about their family. Petri lives in Kuopio which is four hours away from Helsinki by car. His things are stored at his parent's at the moment because he broke up with his girlfriend who kept the house. He isn't too close with his siblings. Elisa is really close with her twin brother, and also regularly sees the other brother who lives with their mother. She hasn't seen her father in a year. Sandra tells she's close to her cousins. She doesn't have any siblings although she would have liked to have.
23:40 They all return inside the house. Eetu tells Sandra about the eviction show on Sunday night when Sandra arrived in the Big Brother Finland house. Susanna (the Finnish hostess of the Big Brother Talk Show) had asked him about his hopes for the exchange housemate. They had all thought they would get a male exchange housemate in exchange for Niko. Despite this, Eetu had said "No matter the looks as long as it's a girl!" They had then heard the audience applauding wildly in the studio and were then sure it's going to be a girl.
Eetu and Petri had both originally thought the exchange would have been with Brazil. But they were then really happy when Sandra walked in. She was so beautiful they instantly got good vibes from her. Sandra thanks Eetu for the compliment.
23:46 Eetu also tells Sandra his mother had said he'll no longer have a home to come back to if he goes on Big Brother. He isn't quite sure what she's thinking now. Sandra asked him about his father. Eetu says his father will surely be watching the show and and cheering for him. When he left, he had said he loves him and told him not to do anything he'll regret later.
23:50 It's Sandra's turn. She says her father naturally wasn't too enthusiastic about her going on the show because he's a public figure in politics. He had nonetheless given his blessing by saying it's Sandra's own life, no-one elses to control, and of course she'll do what she wants to do with it. Her mother had been crying. She can't really even remember the situation properly. Her last words were something like she can't believe they'll only see each other after such a long time.
23:53 That was back at home, but she saw her parents the last time in the studio. Her father had been handed the microphone because he's famous in the country and he was asked to describe Sandra for the audience. He had told them she's intelligent, wonderful and the most beautiful girl in the world. Sandra started crying when she heard this description and the hostess asked if she's already crying before she has even entered the house yet. Sandra had said she's crying because of the nice things her father said.
23:55 Eetu asked Marika to tell Sandra that he doesn't want to keep up at nights thinking about matters that he can't help, that are out of his hands. He wants to live in the moment without worrying about the outside world. Marika gave Eetu a hug and said that was great thinking. Sandra agreed with her after a translation.
23:57 Noora has got up from the bed and sitting at the table. She is looking drowsy. Elisabet is telling Sandra about Nino's mother who had to pop nitros when she saw Nino in the magazines and on TV.
23:59 Sandra says she is going to arrange a big surprise for them if (when) they're going to come to Slovenia. She's not going to reveal what it is yet, but she has gotten so much from this trip she wants to arrange something for them as well.