{{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | caption = | genre = Drama | creator = | writer = | director = | starring = Johanna Puhakka (1-4,6) Matti Leino
| narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = Finland | language = Finnish | num_seasons = 6 | num_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | location = Helsinki, Finland | cinematography = | editor = | camera = | runtime = | company = Fremantle Finland | network = Sub MTV Katsomo C More | first_aired = {{Start date|2019||}} | last_aired = present | related = Salatut elämät }} '''''Rantabaari''''' ('''Beach Bar''') is a Finnish television soap opera series that began airing on Sub in 2019. It is a sister series of MTV3's ''Salatut elämät''.<ref name="mtvsatsaa">{{Cite web |url=http://viesti.mtv.fi/g/l/263202/52592571/1816967/5711/1511/3 |title=MTV satsaa isosti kotimaiseen draamaan: Salatut elämät -tekijöiden uusi draamasarja Rantabaari alkaa syksyllä Subilla |date=2019-04-25 |publisher=MTV |access-date=2019-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425170942/http://viesti.mtv.fi/g/l/263202/52592571/1816967/5711/1511/3 |archive-date=2019-04-25 }}</ref><ref name="jättiyllätys">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/jattiyllattys-salkkareille-uusi-sisarsarja-mukana-myos-liuta-uusia-nayttelijoita/7375982#gs.7czrit |title=Jättiyllätys! Salkkareille uusi sisarsarja – mukana myös liuta uusia näyttelijöitä |date=2019-04-25 |website=Mtvuutiset.fi |access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fremantle.fi/production/rantabaari/ |title=Rantabaari |website=Fremantle |access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref> Johanna Puhakka (Alissa Nikkinen), Sofia Arasola (Lola Vinberg), and Miikka Wallin (Pietari Haukkala) from ''Salatut elämät'' moved to ''Rantabaari''. The rest of the series' characters were previously unknown. In the third season, Janne Haukkala, played by Hemmo Karja from ''Salatut elämät'', became a central character.<ref name="3-kausi-alkaa">{{Cite web |url=https://pressi.mtv.fi/tiedoti/157572 |title=Suositun Rantabaari-sarjan odotettu 3. kausi alkaa C Moressa 14.9. - Luvassa uusia hahmoja ja monimutkaisia suhdekoukeroita |publisher=MTV |date=2020-08-03|access-date=2020-09-06}}</ref>
The events of the series were initially also followed on an Instagram account, where the characters updated their news and plot spoilers were also published.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/rantabaari-sarjan-juoni-etenee-jaksojen-valilla-somessa-seuraajat-paasevat-mukaan-draamaan/7511236#gs.x72ss0 |title=Rantabaari-sarjan juoni etenee jaksojen välillä somessa – seuraajat pääsevät mukaan draamaan! |website=MTV Uutiset |date=2019-08-17 |access-date=2019-08-18}}</ref>
The series has been filmed at Taivallahti in Helsinki, where the events of the series are also centrally located.<ref name="mtvsatsaa" /> The series' characters also live in Pikku Huopalahti.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/salkkarit-tuottaja-innostui-yllattaen-hehkuttamaan-suomalaiskaupunkia-haaveilee-rantabaari-sarjan-kuvaamisesta-uudessa-paikassa-varokaa/7506528 |title=Salkkarit-tuottaja innostui yllättäen hehkuttamaan suomalaiskaupunkia – haaveilee Rantabaari-sarjan kuvaamisesta uudessa paikassa: "Varokaa!" |website=MTV Uutiset |date=2019-08-08 |access-date=2020-09-06}}</ref>
==Premise== ''Rantabaari'' focuses on the intertwined relationships, conflicts, and dramatic events in the lives of a group of people in Helsinki. The series explores themes of love, betrayal, crime, and ambition, set against the backdrop of modern urban life.
==Cast== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! rowspan="2" | Role ! rowspan="2" | Actor ! colspan="6" | Seasons |- ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 |- | Alissa Nikkinen || Johanna Puhakka || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=grey| || bgcolor=black| |- | Anssi Koski || Matti Leino || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Suvi Taivalsalo || Jaana Joensuu || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Ville Fränti || Jaakko Wuolijoki || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Krista Eerola (formerly Eerola-Jokelainen) || Emilia Jansson || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Lola Vinberg || Sofia Arasola || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Milo Vinberg || Eric Barco || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Perttu Männistö || Heikki Ranta || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Janette ”Jartsa” Eerola || Aino Sirje || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Pietari Haukkala || Miikka Wallin || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Sauli Jokelainen || Heikki Slåen || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Olivia Pouru || Sara Ritala || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Pinja Koski || Maria Loikala || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Janne Haukkala || Hemmo Karja || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=grey| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| |- | Lara Berger || Anni Grönberg || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Minna Laurikainen || Mira Rastas || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=grey| |- | Tuomas Laurikainen || Ville Pidätys || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Salem || Rami Farooq || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Oskari Männistö / Oskari Patosalmi || Ilkka Olavi || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| |- | Kapu/ Joakim Strand || Jonas Saari || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Johanna Järviaho || Sani Aartela || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Luukas Eerola || Tatu Arminen || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Eemeli Lammasniemi || Samuel Glassar || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Riina Järviaho || Ingrid Gräsbeck || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Jaakko Järviaho || Joonas Snellman || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Kaapo Järviaho || Taneli Läykki || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Jessi Heino || Anna Tavaila || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Petteri Sund || Jon-Jon Geitel || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| |- | Sofia Alho || Hennariikka Laaksola || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| |- | Iiris Eerola || Saara Geitel || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Mimosa Lindell || Joanna Wallinheimo || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Friida Kettunen || Sara Grady || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Akseli Elo || Jasper Koivisto || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=white| |- | Venla Kortelainen || Jessica Öystilä || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Olavi Kangas || Misa Nirhamo || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Mikael Tuominen || Jarno Jussila || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=grey| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Patrik Merivirta || Ilkka Hautala || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| || bgcolor=black| |- | Imatra Koski || Venla Wallenius || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| |- | Ilari Koski || Nikolas Ilola || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| |- | Nooa Järviaho || Anton Varpama-Taittonen || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=white| || bgcolor=black| |}
(Black - lead, grey - supporting, white - not appearing)
== Production and broadcast == Filming for the first season of the series began in April 2019 and continued until August 2019.<ref name="mtvsatsaa" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.iltamakasiini.fi/artikkeli/774261-seksia-on-kylla-paljon-salatut-elamat-tahti-sofia-arasolalla-rohkea-rooli-uudessa |title="Seksiä on kyllä paljon" – Salatut Elämät -tähti Sofia Arasolalla rohkea rooli uudessa sarjassa |date=2019-05-29 |website=Iltamakasiini |access-date=2019-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530203142/https://www.iltamakasiini.fi/artikkeli/774261-seksia-on-kylla-paljon-salatut-elamat-tahti-sofia-arasolalla-rohkea-rooli-uudessa |archive-date=2019-05-30 |last1=Tervo |first1=Toni }}</ref> A total of 100 episodes were filmed during the summer of 2019, which were released as two separate seasons during the fall of 2019 and spring of 2020. With the start of the second season on the C More streaming service in January 2020, ''Rantabaari'' became one of the C More original series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.epressi.com/tiedotteet/kulttuuri-ja-taide/suosittu-rantabaari-draamasarja-jatkuu-tammikuussa-c-moressa-alkuperaissarjana.html|title=Suosittu Rantabaari-draamasarja jatkuu tammikuussa C Moressa alkuperäissarjana - ePressi|website=www.epressi.com|date=20 December 2019 |access-date=2020-01-30|language=fi}}</ref>
The first season (episodes 1–39) was broadcast during the fall of 2019 three nights a week, from Tuesday to Thursday on the mtv streaming service and on television on the Sub channel at 8 pm.<ref name="mtvsatsaa" /> The week's episodes were released in advance on the paid C More service on Tuesdays. The episodes of the second season (40–100) were released on C More so that six episodes were released at a time on Mondays, starting on January 20, 2020. On television, on the Sub channel and on the MTV service, the episodes were shown in the fall of 2020 from Monday to Wednesday.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.epressi.com/tiedotteet/kulttuuri-ja-taide/suosittu-rantabaari-draamasarja-jatkuu-tammikuussa-c-moressa-alkuperaissarjana.html |title=Suosittu Rantabaari-draamasarja jatkuu tammikuussa C Moressa alkuperäissarjana|website=Epressi.com|date=2019-12-20|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pressi.mtv.fi/tiedoti/144182 |title=C Moren tammikuun kärjet: C More -alkuperäissarja Hamilton, Rantabaarin 2. kausi, The New Pope, Vox Lux, Ready Player One, jalkapallon Ranskan Cup ja paljon muuta |website=MTV |date=2019-12-16 |access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B7iXBYshU4T/ |title=C More 20. tammikuuta 2020 |publisher=Instagram |author=cmorefi |date=2020-01-20 |access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref>
The third season was filmed in the summer of 2020 and its release began on C More on September 14, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/salkkarit-tuottajat-paljastavat-yksityiskohdan-tulevasta-kaudesta-luvassa-iso-muutos/7699002 |title=Salkkarit-tuottajat paljastavat yksityiskohdan tulevasta kaudesta: "Luvassa iso muutos"|website=Mtvuutiset.fi|date=2020-01-22|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/mtv-n-syksyn-ohjelmistossa-uutuuksia-ja-suosikkisarjoja-luvassa-putous-allstar-tanssii-tahtien-kanssa-ja-kuutamolla/7829122#gs.7oo2cu |title=MTV:n syksyn ohjelmistossa uutuuksia ja suosikkisarjoja – luvassa Putous Allstars, Tanssii Tähtien Kanssa ja Kuutamolla! |website=Mtvuutiset.fi|date=2020-05-26 |access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> Four new episodes of the series were released on Mondays at 00.01.<ref name="3-kausi-alkaa"/> In 2020, Rantabaari was C More's third most-watched series.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.epressi.com/tiedotteet/musiikki-ja-viihde/vuosi-2020-oli-c-more-katselumaarissa-ennatyksellinen-kotimainen-draama-katsotuimpien-karjessa.html |title=Vuosi 2020 oli C More -katselumäärissä ennätyksellinen – kotimainen draama katsotuimpien kärjessä |website=ePressi |date=2020-12-30 |access-date=2021-04-20}}</ref> On television, the third season was shown in the spring of 2021.
C More confirmed in April 2021 that the series would continue for a fourth season.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.mtvpressi.fi/tiedoti/176139 | title = C Moren Draamiainen: Uutuussarjat Karuselli ja DikDek Painajainen kummitustalossa sekä Rantabaarin 4. kausi täydentävät C Moren alkuperäissarjasyksyn | date = 2021-04-27 | publisher = MTV | access-date = 2021-04-27 }}</ref> The season was filmed in the summer of 2021 and its release began on C More in September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.mtvpressi.fi/tiedoti/179800 | title = C Moren suosikkisarja Rantabaarin uuden kauden kuvaukset alkavat - tervetuloa kuvauspaikkavierailulle tutustumaan uusiin hahmoihin! | website = MTV Pressi | access-date = 2021-06-10 }}</ref> The season started airing on MTV Katsomo and Sub in the spring of 2022.
The fifth season of the series was filmed in the summer of 2022 and its release began in the fall of the same year.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.epressi.com/tiedotteet/musiikki-ja-viihde/c-moren-suosikkisarja-rantabaarin-viidennen-kauden-kuvaukset-alkavat.html?customer=5626 | title = C Moren suosikkisarja Rantabaarin viidennen kauden kuvaukset alkavat | publisher = ePressi | date = 2022-06-16 | access-date = 2022-06-16 }}</ref> The season started airing on MTV Katsomo and MTV Sub in the summer of 2023.
The sixth season of the series was originally announced to begin in the fall of 2023, but due to broadcast changes made by MTV, the season ultimately began only at the end of May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.epressi.com/tiedotteet/musiikki-ja-viihde/kesan-odotettu-paluumuuttaja-rantabaarin-uudet-jaksot-mtv-katsomossa-31.5.-alkaen.html | title = Kesän odotettu paluumuuttaja – Rantabaarin uudet jaksot MTV Katsomossa 31.5. alkaen | publisher = MTV Ohjelmaviestintä | location = ePressi | date = 2024-05-03 | access-date = 2024-05-30 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.iltalehti.fi/tv-ja-leffat/a/0247f8aa-d517-4f28-b640-3fe038a03604 | title = Katsojat hermostuivat: Suosikkisarjan piti jatkua jo syksyllä – Uudet jaksot alkavat vasta nyt | publisher = Iltalehti | access-date = 2024-05-31 | date = 2024-05-31 }}</ref>
==Episodes==
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== Series overview == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season ! Episodes ! Originally released |- | align="center"| '''1''' | align="center"| 39 | align="center" width="150"| 2019 |- | align="center"| '''2''' | align="center"| 61 | align="center" width="150"| 2020 |- | align="center"| '''3''' | align="center"| 40 | align="center" width="150"| 2020 |- | align="center"| '''4''' | align="center"| 60 | align="center" width="150"| 2021–2022 |- | align="center"| '''5''' | align="center"| 60 | align="center" width="150"| 2022–2023 |- | align="center"| '''6''' | align="center"| 60 | align="center" width="150"| 2024 |}
==See also== * ''Salatut elämät''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/aihe/rantabaari/7378654#gs.m7ymbx Rantabaari-related news on MTV]
Category:Finnish drama television series Category:Finnish television soap operas Category:2019 Finnish television series debuts Category:Television series by Fremantle (company) Category:MTV3 original programming