Rakett 69

Rakett69 is an Estonian science competition show, broadcast by Estonian Television and funded by the Estonian Research Council.[1]

Rakett 69
GenreScience Ultimate Edutainment
Directed byIndrek Simm
Presented bySeason 1 - Jüri Muttika & Martha Piigli

Season 2 - Aigar Vaigu

Season 3 - Aigar Vaigu
JudgesHeli Lukner; Mart Noorma; Aigar Vaigu
Narrated byErik Lill
Theme music composerTauno Aints
Country of originEstonia
Original languageEstonian
No. of seasons12
No. of episodes16 per season
Production
Executive producerYlle Rajasaar
ProducerKaspar Kaljas
Production locationsTartu; Tallinn; Tapa Army Base; AHHAA
EditorsMirjam Matiisen; Heidi Hanso; Karin Martinson
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkEesti Televisioon
Original releaseJanuary 15, 2011 (2011-01-15) –
present

European Broadcasting Union elected "Rakett69" as best educational TV show in Europe in spring 2012.[2] It also won Estonian Science Communication Award in the same year.[3]

The objective of the program is to popularize the natural sciences in Estonia. The contestants run for the €10,000 scholarship to further pursue their career in their chosen field of science. The targeted audience of the program is 75,000 people.[4]

Set-Up [5]

After a talent show, where each individual shows a bit of what they know, a panel of three judges chooses the few who are good enough to compete for the prize. The chosen contestants are initially divided into three teams, each with its own colour. In each episode the teams are given three assignments of varying difficulty, each with its own time limit. The judging panel awards points, depending on how well each team handled the assignments. The team with the fewest points at the end of the episode must vote a member out (technically, they vote for which team members they want to remain in the show). This goes on until there aren't enough contestants for three teams. The remaining contestants are divided into two teams and the show goes on, with the judges now deciding who remains from the losing team. When the contestants are down to three, they are split up and given neutral assistants to help them handle the assignments.

In the final, the remaining two contestants go head to head in some given theme to get the prize pool of €10,000.

Seasons
Season Original run Winner Runner-up Contestants
1 January 15 – May 7, 2011 Juhan Koppel Jaan-Eerik Past 12
2 January 7 – April 21, 2012 Timothy Henry Charles Tamm Kristiina Tüür 15
3 January 12 – April 27, 2013 Reigo Kebja Roland Matt 15
4 Thorny Valk Janeli Õun 15
5 Karl Reinkubjas Kaarel Siimut 15
6 Frida Laigu Gregor Randla 15
7 Karl Vilhelm Valter Gert Lees 15
8 January 6 - May 5, 2018 Kadi Siigur Viktoria Siigur 15

References
  1. The television series “At the Top of the Pyramid” and “Rocket 69”
  2. EBU Eurovision TV Summit 2012 Nordic Focus Day Programme Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Page 7
  3. Results of Estonian Science Communication Award 2012
  4. Monitoring Policy and Research Activities on Science in Society in Europe (MASIS). National Report, Estonia. Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Official homepage
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