Expeditie Robinson

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Expeditie Robinson
Created by Charlie Parsons
Theme music composerHans Zimmer
Country of originNetherlands
Belgium
Original languageDutch
No. of seasons26
No. of episodes192
Production
ProducerKanakna Productions
Production locations Malaysia (2000–02, 2004–05, 2007–2010, 2012–13, 2022-23)
Indonesia (2003)
Philippines (2006, 2011, 2014–2020)
Panama (2006)
Croatia (2021)
Tanzania (2022)
Original release
Network RTL 5
Release2000 (2000) 
present (present)
Network VT4
Release2000 (2000) 
2012 (2012)
Related
Survivor

Expeditie Robinson is a popular reality television program in the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) that debuted in 2000 and based on a format first shown by Swedish television in 1997. The format, most notable under the title Survivor , has since then also been produced in many other countries. The name of the show alludes to Robinson Crusoe , a story featuring people marooned by shipwreck.

Contents

The fifteenth season in 2013 was the first season without contestants from Belgium, due to lack of television ratings in Belgium. However, the Flemish host Evi Hanssen would continue to co-host the show with Dutch host Dennis Weening. In 2014 Evi was replaced by Nicolette Kluijver.

Format

In most seasons, 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 ("samensmelting"). At the end of each show, one contestant is eliminated by the other teams in a secret "Island Council" ballot.

Seasons

List of Expeditie Robinson seasons
YearLocationDaysCastawaysOriginal tribesWinnerRunner(s)-upFinal vote
2000 Malaysia 4716Two tribes of eight, divided into "North Team" and "South Team"Karin LindenhoviusEva Willems5–3
2001 39Richard MackowiakPascale Mertens7–0
2002 47Derek BlokOlivier Glorieux5–4
2003 Indonesia Two tribes; the first with seven men and one woman, and the second with seven women and one manJutta BormsJudge Chambliss4–4 [a]
2004 Malaysia 3918Two tribes of eight, divided into participants' country of origin, België (Belgium) and Nederlands (Netherlands)Frank de MeulderMatthias Verscheure10–2
2005 47Two tribes of eight and a secret tribe of two, divided into age groups; under 30s, over 40s and 30sMarnix AllegaertEmma Van Den Bossche
Marleen Moer
16–9–3
2006 Expeditie Robinson: Battle of the Titans
Philippines
3017Two tribes of eight [b] Ryan van EschJennifer Smit4–2
2006 Pearl Islands, Panama 4816Two tribes of eight, including two returning participants, divided into men from Belgium and women from NetherlandsOlga Urashova (changed the name later in Belarus for Alexandra Pavlova)Lenny Janssen [c]
2007 Malaysia 46100 [d] Two tribes of 27, divided into "North Team" and "South Team" [e] Vinncent ArrendellWillem Hogeveen4–3
2008 4716Two tribes of eightYin Oei SianHans Meenhorst3–3 [f]
2009 21Two tribes of eight women and a secret tribe with five men who needed to race through the jungle (in a certain time) to join te gameMarcel VandezandeRita Berger
Marina Harvent
5–2–0
2010 2817Two tribes of eight celebrities and a celebrity coming from "Geheim Kamp"Regina Romeijn Tatiana Silva 4–2
2011 Philippines 3216Two tribes of eight celebrities Tanja Dexters Niko Van Driessche
Sascha Visser
N/A
2012 Malaysia Fatima Moreira de Melo Fajah Lourens
Christophe De Meulder
Peggy Vrijens
2013 Two tribes of seven celebrities and an isolated tribe of two celebrities containing of the oldest male and oldest female contestant Edith Bosch Anna-Alicia Sklias
Geraldine Kemper
2014 Caramoan, Philippines 18Three tribes of six celebritiesKay NambiarFerry Doedens
Krystl Pullens
201517One tribe of seventeen celebrities, with one player outed to another island with uneven number of players. The rest of the players divided themselves into two teams each episode.Amara OnwukaAnna Speller
Oscar Aerts
2016 16Two tribes of eight celebrities divided into "North Team" and "South Team" and lived on the same islandBertie Steur Thomas Dekker
Diorno "Dio" Braaf
2017 19Two tribes of seven celebrities and a tribe consisting of four Dutch players and a celebrity Carlos Platier Luna Kaj Gorgels
Soundos El Ahmadi
2018 21Two tribes of seven celebrities and a tribe of seven Dutch playersJan Bronninkreef Gregory Sedoc
Dominique Hazeleger
2019 3320Two tribes of eight celebrities and an isolated tribe of four celebrities Hugo Kennis Shary-An Nivillac
Eva Cleven
2020 Expeditie Robinson: Belgium vs. Netherlands
Caramoan, Philippines
3216Two tribes divided by country of origin. Two contestants swapped tribes after losing initial challenge.Thomas RoobrouckElroy Lemmens
Koen Loomans
2021 Dugi Otok, Croatia 3426Two tribes of eight new celebrities, two isolated new celebrities and one tribe of eight returning celebrities.Robbert RodenburgAnouk Maas
Britte Lagcher
Dominique "Do" van Hulst
2022 Expeditie Robinson: All Stars
Zanzibar, Tanzania
1916Two tribes of seven former (semi)finalists, plus two former (semi)finalists who were eliminated before the tribe formation.Niels GompertsDominique Hazeleger
Ferry Doedens
2022 Langkawi, Malaysia 3521Three tribes of seven celebritiesDennis Wilt Ferry Weertman
London Loy
2023 20Two tribes of ten. One contestant from each tribe eliminated by two tribemates at the end of the first dayWillem VoogdGuido Spek
Ilse Paulis
2024 TBDTBD

Notes

  1. Ultimately, it was Jutta Borms from Belgium who won the season over Judge Chambliss from the Netherlands with an initial jury vote of 4-4, which was eventually broken by a public jury vote in which the public voted in favor of making Jutta the winner with 66% of the vote.
  2. As the winner of this challenge Ilona van der Laan, along with Veronique De Pryker, who Ilona picked as the person she got along with the least, picked their tribes from the fifteen other contestants. The last person not picked, Björn Lemeirel, was eliminated from the game.
  3. When it came time to vote for a winner, the public, instead of a jury decided the winner. In the end, it was Olga Urashova who returned from Losers island in the final three, who won the season over Lenny Janssen with a public vote of 52% to Lenny's 48%.
  4. The initial major twist this season was that for the first time in the history of any Survivor franchise worldwide one hundred contestants would take part in a single season.
  5. The twist, however, didn't last very long as in episode 2 twenty five of the contestants voluntarily left the game, in episode 3 twenty one contestants were eliminated as they were not picked to be on either the North team or the South team.
  6. At the live finale, 81 contestants from previous seasons had to choose their winner, due to the equal voting by the eliminated contestants.

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