Expedition Robinson
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Expedition: Robinson is a popular Swedish reality television program, that debuted in 1997. It is also shown in many other European countries. In Sweden it was shown for seven seasons on the public broadcaster, and then moved to the commercial TV3 for its 2004 season. It's one of the biggest and most controversial TV successes in Scandinavia. The final episode of the fourth season was viewed by 4,045,000 people in Sweden which makes it one of the most viewed programs in modern TV history.
[edit] Overview
Its format was developed by Planet 24, a United Kingdom TV production company owned by Charlie Parsons and Bob Geldof. Their company Castaway Television Productions retained the rights to the concept when they sold Planet 24 in 1999. (Mark Burnett later licensed the format to create the U.S. show Survivor in 2000.)
Sixteen contestants are put into a survival situation and compete in a variety of physical challenges. Early in each season, two teams compete, but later the teams are merged and the competitions become individual. At the end of each show, one contestant is eliminated from the show by the others in a secret "Island Council" ballot.
The name of the show alludes to Robinson Crusoe.
The first series of the programme was subject to some controversy, and contributed to a moral panic in Sweden. The first contestant voted off the show killed himself shortly afterwards, with his family reportedly blaming the rejection he felt as a result of being unpopular with the public.
[edit] Survivor (Expedition Robinson) games worldwide
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details about each season follow.
| Nation | Series name | Season | Location | Broadcast | Winner | Age | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa[1] | Survivor Africa: Panama | 1 | Panama, Pearl Islands | 2006 | Tebby Gasenelwe | 24 | Female |
| Argentina | Expedición Robinson | 1 | Panama, Bocas del Toro | 2000 | Sebastián Martino | 26 | Male |
| Argentina | Expedición Robinson | 2 | Belize, offshore island | 2001 | Victoria 'Vick' Fernández | 28 | Female |
| Australia | Australian Survivor | 1 | Australia, Eyre Peninsula, Port Lincoln, Whaler's Way | 2002 | Rob Dickson | 37 | Male |
| Australia[2] | Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu | 1 | Vanuatu, Éfaté Island | 2006 | Guy Leech | 42 | Male |
| Belgium | Expeditie Robinson | 1-7 | See: Netherlands | Ibid. | Ibid. | Ibid. | Ibid. |
| Bulgaria | Survivor BG | 1 | Dominican Republic, Caribbean | 2006 | Neli Ivanova | 29 | Female |
| Chile | Expedición Robinson: La Isla VIP (14 celebs and 2 non-celebs) | 1 | Dominican Republic | 2006 | Marcela Roberts | 27 | Female |
| Colombia | Expedición Róbinson | 1 | Bocas del Toro, Panamá | 2001 | Rolando Patarroyo | ? | Male |
| Colombia | Expedición Róbinson: El desafío | 2 | Los Haitises, Dominican Republic | 2002 | Cristóbal Echevarría | ? | Male |
| Colombia | La isla de los famos.o.s. | 3 | Los Haitises, Dominican Republic | 2004 | Maria Cecilia Sánchez | ? | Female |
| Colombia | La isla de los famos.o.s. | 4 | Pearl Islands, Panamá | 2005 | Leonel Álvarez | ? | Male |
| Croatia | Survivor | 1 | Croatia, Mljet island | 2005 | Vazmenko Pervan | ? | Male |
| Czech Republic | Trosečník | 1 | Panama, Pearl Islands | 2006 | Ingrid Golasová | 34 | Female |
| Denmark | Robinson Ekspeditionen | 1 | Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Pulau Sipadan area (Strix) | 1998 | Regina Pedersen | 34 | Female |
| Denmark | Robinson Ekspeditionen | 2 | Philippines, Palawan, Cadlao/El Nido area [Strix] | 1999 | Dan Marstrand | 51 | Male |
| Denmark | Robinson Ekspeditionen | 3 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2000 | Sonny Ronne | 34 | Male |
| Denmark | Robinson Ekspeditionen | 4 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2001 | Malene Hasselblad | 30 | Female |
| Denmark | Robinson Ekspeditionen [first ever All-Star game!] | 5 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2002 | Henrik Orum | 46 | Male |
| Denmark | Robinson Ekspeditionen | 6 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] | 2003 | Frank Quistgard | 30 | Male |
| Denmark | Robinson Ekspeditionen | 7 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] | 2004 | Mette Frandsen | 28 | Female |
| Denmark | Robinson Ekspeditionen | 8 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] | 2005 | Mogens Brandstrup | Male | |
| Denmark | Robinson Ekspeditionen | 9 | ? [Strix] | 2006 | ? | ? | |
| Ecuador | Expedición Robinson | 1 | ? | 200? | Tito Grefa | ? | Male |
| Estonia | Expedition Robinson | 1 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2001 | ? | ? | ? |
| Estonia | Expedition Robinson | 2 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2002 | Emil Orderud | ? | ? |
| Finland | Suomen Robinson | 1 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] | 2004 | Marjaana Valkeinen | 46 | Female |
| Finland | Suomen Robinson | 2 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] | 2005 | Mira Jantunen | 31 | Female |
| France | Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta | 1 | Thailand, off West Coast, Kork and Lantanai twin islands | 2001 | Gilles Nicolet | 35 | Male |
| France | Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta | 2 | Costa Rica, Nicoya | 2002 | Amel Fatnassi | 28 | Female |
| France | Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta | 3 | Panama, Bocas del Toro | 2003 | Isabelle Seguin & Delphine Turckeim | 32 & 40 | Both female |
| France | Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta | 4 | Panama, Pearl Islands | 2004 | Philippe Bordier | 38 | Male |
| France | Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta | 5 | New Caledonia, Isle of Pines | 2005 | Clémence Castel | 20 | Female |
| France | Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta | 6 | Republic of Vanuatu | 2006 | François-David Cardonnel | 21 | Male |
| Germany/Austria | Expedition Robinson | 1 | Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2000 | Melanie [surname not released] | 19 | Female |
| Germany | Gestrandet | 2 | Panama, Pearl Islands, Chapera Island, Mogo Mogo Island (not Strix) | 2002? | Alex Kolo | ? | Male |
| Greece | Survivor | 1 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] | 2003 | Evangelia Dermetzoglou | 29 | Female |
| Greece | Survivor: Greece vs. Turkey | 1 | Panama, Pearl Islands, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] | 2006 | Derya Durmuşlar | 45 | Male |
| Hungary | Survivor - A sziget | 1 | Dominica | 2003 | Tünde Molnár | ? | Female |
| Hungary | Survivor - A sziget | 2 | Dominica | 2004 | David Hankó | ? | Male |
| Italy | Survivor | 1 | Panama, Bocas del Toro | 2001 | Melica Meletic | 30 | Female |
| Italy | L'Isola dei famosi [VIP season] | 2 | ? | 2004 | Walter Nudo | ? | Male |
| Italy | L'Isola dei famosi [VIP season] | 3 | ? | 2004 | Sergio Muñiz | ? | Male |
| Italy | L'Isola dei famosi [VIP season] | 4 | ? | 2005 | Lory del Santo | ? | Female |
| Japan | Survivor | 1 | Palau Islands, Ngemelis Island | 2002 | Eri Minoshima | 28 | Female |
| Japan | Survivor | 2 | "Survivor Park," Japan, Mikasa, Hokkaidō | 2002 | Asami Kawamura | 22 | Female |
| Japan | Survivor | 3 | Philippines, Negros, Siquijor | 2002 | Yasuhito Ebisawa | 27 | Male |
| Japan | Survivor | 4 | Mariana Islands, Rota Island | 2003 | Koushin Gunji | 37 | Male |
| Latvia | Robinsoni | 1 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2001 | ? | ? | |
| Latvia | Robinsoni | 2 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2002 | ? | ? | |
| Lithuania | Expedition Robinson | 1 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2001 | ? | ? | |
| Lithuania | Expedition Robinson | 2 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2002 | ? | ? | |
| Middle East[3] | Survivor | 1 | Africa, Kenya, Shaba Game reserve; on coast for water challenges | 2005 | Hussein El-Abass (Saudi Arabia) | 31 | Male |
| Netherlands/Belgium | Expeditie Robinson | 1 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing: Sri Bulat, Sembilang and Tengah (Strix) | 2000 | Karin Lindenhovius (Nl) | 25 | Female |
| Netherlands/Belgium | Expeditie Robinson | 2 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing: Simbang, Lima and Periuk [Strix] | 2001 | Richard Mackowiak (Be) | 44 | Male |
| Netherlands/Belgium | Expeditie Robinson | 3 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing: Mensirip, Uma and Kador [Strix] | 2002 | Derek Blok (Nl) | 41 | Male |
| Netherlands/Belgium | Expeditie Robinson | 4 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing: Pantai, Timo, Kelapa and Gual [Strix] | 2003 | Jutta Borms (Be) | 30 | Female |
| Netherlands/Belgium | Expeditie Robinson | 5 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing: Si Melat and Teruk [Strix] | 2004 | Frank De Meulder (Be) | 37 | Male |
| Netherlands/Belgium | Expeditie Robinson | 6 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing: Tengah, Rapang, Harimau, Mensirip and Gual [Strix] | 2005 | Marnix Allegaert (Be) | 37 | Male |
| Netherlands/Belgium | Expeditie Robinson: Strijd der Titanen (All-stars) | 7 | Philippines: Palawan, Dilumacad, Dibuluan, Miniloc and Panga [Strix] | 2006 | Ryan van Esch (Nl) | 40 | Male |
| Netherlands/Belgium | Expeditie Robinson | 8 | Panama[Strix] | 2006 | Olga Urashova (Nl) | 26 | Female |
| Norway | Robinson Ekspedisjonen | 1 | Philippines, Palawan, Cadlao/El Nido area [Strix] | 1999 | Christer Falck | ? | Male |
| Norway | Robinson Ekspedisjonen | 2 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2000 | Therese Andersen | ? | Female |
| Norway | Robinson Ekspedisjonen | 3 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2001 | Mia Martinsen | 26 | Female |
| Norway | Robinson Ekspedisjonen | 4 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2002 | Ann Karene Molvig | ? | Female |
| Norway | Robinson Ekspedisjonen | 5 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah area [Strix] | 2003 | Emil Orderud | ? | Male |
| Norway | Robinson Ekspedisjonen | 6 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah area [Strix] | 2004 | Jan Stian Gundersen | ? | Male |
| Pakistan | Mountain Dew Survivor[4] | 1 | Wargut Valley, Pakistan | 2006 | Mohammed Ziad | 22 | Male[4] |
| Poland | Wyprawa Robinson | 1 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] | 2004 | Katarzyna (Kasia) Drzyzdzyk | 22 | Female |
| Portugal | Survivor | 1 | Bora Bora, French Polynesia | 2001 | Pedro Besugo | 20's | Male |
| Russia | The Last Hero aka Poslednii Geroi | 1 | Panama, Bocas del Toro | 2001 | Sergei Odintsov | late 20s | Male |
| Russia | The Last Hero aka Poslednii Geroi | 2 | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2002-2003 | Veronika Norkina | 29 | Female |
| Russia | The Last Hero aka Poslednii Geroi | 3 | Unknown location | 2003 | Vladimir Presnyakov Jr | 34 | Male |
| Russia | The Last Hero aka Poslednii Geroi | 4 | Unknown location | 2003-2004 | Yana ? | ? | Female |
| Russia | The Last Hero aka Poslednii Geroi | 5 | Panama, Pearl Islands | 2004 | Alexander Matveev | ? | Male |
| South Africa[1] | Survivor South Africa: Panama | 1 | Panama, Pearl Islands | 2006 | Vanessa Marawa | 27 | Female |
| South Africa | Survivor South Africa: Malaysia | 2 | Malaysia | 2007 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Spain | Supervivientes: Expedición Robinson | 1 | Panama, Bastimentos | 2000 | Xavier Montjonell | 27 | Male |
| Spain | Supervivientes: Expedición Robinson | 2 | Seychelles | 2001 | Freddy [surname not released] | ? | Male |
| Spain | La isla de los famos.o.s. [VIP season] | 3 | Dominican Republic | 2003 | Daniela Cardone | ? | Female |
| Spain | La isla de los famos.o.s. [VIP season] | 4 | Dominican Republic | 2003 | Felipe López | ? | Male |
| Spain | La selva de los famos.o.s. [VIP season] | 5 | Amazon, Brazil | 2004 | José Antonio Canales Rivera | ? | Male |
| Spain | Aventura en África [8 anonymous vs. 8 celebrities] | 6 | Kenya | 2005 | Víctor Janeiro | ? | Male |
| Spain | Supervivientes: Perdidos en el Caribe [VIP season] | 7 | Dominican Republic | 2006 | Carmen Russo | ? | Female |
| Spain | Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras [VIP season] | 8 | Honduras | 2007 | TBA | ||
| Sweden | Expedition Robinson | 1 | Malaysia, Johor, Palau Tengah [Strix] | 1997 [first Survivor game ever] | Martin Melin | 33 | Male |
| Sweden | Expedition Robinson | 2 | Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Pulau Sidpadan [Strix] | 1998 | Alexandra Zazzi | 34 | Female |
| Sweden | Expedition Robinson | 3 | Philippines, Palawan, Cadlao/El Nido area [Strix] | 1999 | Jerker Dalman | 23 | Male |
| Sweden | Expedition Robinson | 4 | Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] | 2000 | Mattias Dalerstedt | 24 | Male |
| Sweden | Expedition Robinson | 5 | Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Mersing/Tengah area [Strix] | 2001 | Jan Emanuel Johansson | 27 | Male |
| Sweden | Expedition Robinson | 6 | Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Mersing/Tengah area [Strix] | 2002 | Antoni Matacz | 36 | Male |
| Sweden | Expedition Robinson | 7 | Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Mersing/Tengah [Strix] | 2003 | Emma Andersson | 24 | Female |
| Sweden | Expedition Robinson | 8 | ? | 2004 | Jerry Forsberg | 24 | Male |
| Sweden | Expedition Robinson | 9 | Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Pulao Perhentian Besar [Strix] | 2005 | Karolina Conrad | ? | Female |
| Switzerland | Survivor | 1 | Malaysia, Johor [Strix?] | 1999 | ? | ? | ? |
| Switzerland | Survivor | 2 | Malaysia, Johor [Strix?] | 2000 | ? | ? | ? |
| Turkey | Survivor Büyük Macera | 1 | ? | ? | Uğur Pektaş | ? | Male |
| United Kingdom | Survivor | 1 | Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Palau. Tiga | 2001 | Charlotte Hobrough | 24 | Female |
| United Kingdom | Survivor | 2 | Panama, Bocas del Toro | 2002 | Jonny Gibb | 31 | Male |
| United States | Survivor: Borneo | 1 | Malaysia, Borneo, Pulau Tiga | 2000 | Richard Hatch | 38 | Male |
| United States | Survivor: The Australian Outback | 2 | Australia, QLD, Goshen Station, Herbert River Falls area | 2001 | Tina Wesson | 40 | Female |
| United States | Survivor: Africa | 3 | Kenya, Shaba Game Reserve | 2001-02 | Ethan Zohn | 27 | Male |
| United States | Survivor: Marquesas | 4 | French Polynesia, Marquesas, Nuku Hiva | 2002 | Vecepia 'Vee' Towery | 36 | Female |
| United States | Survivor: Thailand | 5 | Thailand, Ko Tarutao | 2002 | Brian Heidik | 34 | Male |
| United States | Survivor: The Amazon | 6 | Brazil, Amazon, A Floresta da Vida area | 2003 | Jenna Morasca | 21 | Female |
| United States | Survivor: Pearl Islands - Panama | 7 | Panama, Pearl Islands | 2003 | Sandra Díaz-Twine | 29 | Female |
| United States | Survivor: All-Stars | 8 | Panama, Pearl Islands | 2004 | Amber Brkich | 25 | Female |
| United States | Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands Of Fire | 9 | Vanuatu, Efate Island | 2004 | Chris Daugherty | 33 | Male |
| United States | Survivor: Palau | 10 | South Pacific, Palau | 2005 | Tom Westman | 40 | Male |
| United States | Survivor: Guatemala - The Maya Empire | 11 | Guatemala, Yaxha, Penten | 2005 | Danni Boatwright | 30 | Female |
| United States | Survivor: Panama - Exile Island | 12 | Panama, Pearl Islands | 2006 | Aras Baskauskas | 24 | Male |
| United States | Survivor: Cook Islands | 13 | South Pacific, Cook Islands, Aitutaki Atoll | 2006 | Yul Kown | 31 | Male |
| United States | Survivor: Fiji | 14 | Fiji, Vanua Levu, Vunivitu area | 2007 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| United States | Survivor 15 | 15 | TBA | 2007 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| United States | Survivor 16 | 16 | TBA | 2008 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Venezuela | Robinson: La Gran Aventura | 1 | Panama, Bocas del Toro | 2001 | Gabriel Pérez | 26 | Male |
| Venezuela | Robinson: La Gran Aventura | 2 | Argentina, Patagonia, Chubut Province | 2003 | Graciela Boza | 35 | Female |
[1] Survivor Africa: Panama and Survivor South Africa: Panama were produced and broadcast simultaneously as two separate series by the M-Net network television station.
[2] This is the second first season to be aired in Australia, as the Seven Network obtained rights to film a celebrity version of Survivor - Celebrity Survivor. The Nine Network continues to hold the rights to screen the American version (Nine had their own Survivor project in 2002 - Australian Survivor - but it was not renewed for another season).
[3] Joint version with 18 Middle East countries taking part in it (watching, voting and/or with a contestant): Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen.
[4] Mountain Dew bought the rights for the American version of the game created by Charlie Parson. The rights of airing were given to three Television stations; PTV (the national Pakistani TV), ARY and TVone (both private Pakistani channels. Only men were casted for this season as women are considered as fragile and vulnerable.
[edit] Strix Expedition Robinson (Survivor) games
All of the European nations that hire Strix to produce or co-produce their Survivor TV shows all travel together to the same basic location each year and pool their resources so less has to be duplicated. Each nation of course brings its own separate team of contestants. Filming is done in the Summer and the game are shown in the Fall of that same year. Here is the Strix chart and the nations that joined, and in what year.
| Year | Nation(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Sweden | Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area |
| 1998 | Sweden / Denmark | Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Pulau Sipadan area |
| 1999 | Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Switzerland | Philippines, Palawan, Cadlao/El Nido area |
| 2000 | Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Switzerland / Netherlands & Belgium / Germany & Austria | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area |
| 2001 | Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Netherlands & Belgium / Estonia / Latvia / Lithuania | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area |
| 2002 | Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Netherlands & Belgium / Estonia / Latvia / Lithuania / Russia | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah |
| 2003 | Strix recorded ‘Expedition: Robinson’ in Malaysia for seven countries simultaneously. The seven nations were: Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Netherlands & Belgium / Finland / Greece | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah? |
| 2004 | Strix produced or co-produced nine series of `Expedition Robinson´ on location in Malaysia during 2004. Among the nations included were: Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Netherlands & Belgium / Poland | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah |
| 2005 | Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Netherlands & Belgium / Russia / Finland | Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Pulau Perhentian Besar |
