Finland soap opera gives viewers power over plot

A new television show that debuted over the Christmas holiday, Sydän Kierroksella, is turning Finnish viewers into soap opera scriptwriters -- through the power of text messaging. Reuters reports.

"More than 500 viewers took part in the show through text messages when it was aired for the first time this week.

Each episode is made up of 10 to 14 sequences since the plot must adjust according to viewer opinions. The crew has filmed some 80 scenes and recorded hundreds of separate spoken lines, which Tuomola says offer limitless number of potential story lines".

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