Olli-Matti Hurme, a cruise ship employee from Vesilahti, appeared as a contestant on the Autumn 1999 series of Haluatko miljonääriksi?, the Finnish version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, on 17–18 December 1999. He walked away with 10,000 marks, having answered incorrectly on the sixth question.
He reappeared on the Spring 2000 series on 22 April 2000. He walked away with 10,000 mk again.
Olli-Matti's First Run[]
Fastest Finger First[]
| Fastest Finger First Question | |
| Starting with the biggest, put these cities in order by population. | |
| ⬥ A: Hyvinkää | ⬥ B: Lahti |
| ⬥ C: Kuusankoski | ⬥ D: Turku |
| Out of the 5 remaining contestants, 4 got it right, but Olli-Matti (with a time of 5.44 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer D-B-A-C, making it into the Hot Seat. |
Olli-Matti's Run to the Million[]
| 500 mk (1 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Madrid is the capital of what country? | |
| ⬥ A: Italy | ⬥ B: Andorra |
| ⬥ C: Spain | ⬥ D: Greece |
| 1,000 mk (2 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Where is the International Court of Justice seated? 'Ask The Audience' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: The Hague | ⬥ B: Paris |
| ⬥ C: London | ⬥ D: Berlin |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 73% ⬥ B: 9% ⬥ C: 5% ⬥ D: 13% | |
| Olli-Matti thought at first that it would be The Hague, but he decided to ask the audience. He went with the audience and won 1,000 mk. After the question, the klaxon called time, and Olli-Matti returned the next day to play for 2 500 mk, with two lifelines remaining. |
| 2,500 mk (3 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who has played Indiana Jones? | |
| ⬥ A: Sean Connery | ⬥ B: Nick Nolte |
| ⬥ C: Kevin Costner | ⬥ D: Harrison Ford |
| 5,000 mk (4 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What is the homeland of genuine feta cheese? 'Phone-a-Friend' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: The Netherlands | ⬥ B: France |
| ⬥ C: Greece | ⬥ D: Spain |
| Olli-Matti phoned his father Kari. Kari said the answer is C: Greece. Olli-Matti went with him and won 5,000 mk. |
| 10,000 mk (5 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What is the world's largest country by population? | |
| ⬥ A: China | ⬥ B: United States |
| ⬥ C: India | ⬥ D: Russia |
| 15,000 mk (6 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who invented dynamite? | |
| ⬥ A: Robert Oppenheimer | ⬥ B: Marie Curie |
| ⬥ C: Alfred Nobel | ⬥ D: Albert Einstein |
| Olli-Matti answered D: Albert Einstein, because he had seen the film 'Young Einstein' in which a "sh*thouse", as he called it, was blown up. The answer was incorrect, so he left with 10,000 mk. Voittosumma: 10 000 mk |
Sources[]
| Preceded by Timo Toivonen |
Finnish contestant (Series 1) Olli-Matti Hurme |
Succeeded by Richard Wanamo |
| Preceded by Jarmo Perttunen |
Finnish contestant (Series 2) Olli-Matti Hurme |
Succeeded by Anne Saari |