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| Expedition Robinson 2000 | |
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| Season 1 | |
| Presented by | Volker Piesczek |
| No. of days | 47 |
| No. of castaways | 19 |
| Winner | Melanie Lauer |
| Runner-up | Marc Lindemann |
| Location | Malaysia |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | |
| Original release | 17 September – 3 December 2000 |
Expedition Robinson, was the first season of the Central European version of Survivor which was broadcast on RTL II in Germany and on ORF 1 in Austria from September 17, 2000 to December 3, 2000.
The main twist this season was that the contestants were split into two teams based on their country of origin, with the North team initially being composed of eight Germans and the South team of eight Austrians. The early portion of the competition saw the South team struggle to just survive as they quickly lost the first three immunity challenges leading to the elimination of three of their members.
Due to the evacuation of Claudia in episode two and the voluntary exits of Babsi and Lorraine in episodes four and six, jokers Julia, Frank, and Ulrike were added to the North and South teams (Julia and Frank to the North and Ulrike to the South) midway through the pre-merge stage of the competition.
When the tribes merged in episode eight, the former members of the South team found themselves the target of a North team based alliance and were systematically picked off until only Ulrike remained. When it came time for the final four, the contestants competed in two challenges in order to determine who would make the final two. As Thomas and Ulrike lost both of said challenges they were eliminated from the game. Ultimately, it was Melanie who won the season over Marc with a jury vote of 4-3.
| Contestant | Original Tribes | Merged Tribe | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stefan 21, Vienna | South Team | 1st Voted Out Day 5 | |
| Claudia Bader 22, Bobenheim-Roxheim | North Team | Evacuated Day 7 | |
| Gerhard Arnhofer 23, Graz | South Team | 2nd Voted Out Day 8 | |
| Andrea 36, Hitzendorf | South Team | 3rd Voted Out Day 11 | |
| Babsi 18, Vienna | South Team | Left Competition Day 12 | |
| Nico Brachmann 20, Ingolstadt | North Team | Left Competition Day 13 | |
| Gabi Wendlandt 36, Ottweiler | North Team | 4th Voted Out Day 15 | |
| Lorraine "Lorri" Spaughton 21, Stuttgart | North Team | Left Competition Day 16 | |
| Brigit Zauder 27, Vienna | South Team | 6th Voted Out Day 19 | |
| Marcus Lengler 32, Dresden | North Team | 7th Voted Out Day 23 | |
| Otis 28, Ennstal | South Team | Robinson | 8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 30 |
| Franz Tanzer 33, Vienna | South Team | 9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 34 | |
| Frank 29, Celle | North Team | 10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 37 | |
| Maria 34, Vienna | South Team | 11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 41 | |
| Julia 23, Hanau | North Team | 12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 44 | |
| Ulrike Paris 21, Sankt Pölten | South Team | Lost Challenge 6th Jury Member Day 45 | |
| Thomas Irawan 22, Dortmund | North Team | Lost Challenge 7th Jury Member Day 46 | |
| Marc Lindemann 23, Hamburg | North Team | Runner-Up Day 47 | |
| Melanie Lauer 19, Munich | North Team | Sole Survivor Day 47 | |
| Original Tribes | Merged Tribe | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode #: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||
| Eliminated: | Stefan 6/8 votes | Claudia No vote | Gerhard 6/7 votes | Andrea 5/6 votes | Babsi No vote | Gabi 5/8 votes | Nico No vote | Lorraine No vote | Brigit 4/5 votes | Marcus 4/6 votes | Otis 6/9 vote | Franz 4/8 votes | Frank 5/7 votes | Maria 4/6 votes | Julia 4/5 votes | Ulrike Thomas No vote | Marc 3/7 votes | Melanie 4/7 votes | |
| Voter | Vote | ||||||||||||||||||
| Melanie | Nico | Marcus | Otis | Franz | Frank | Maria | Julia | Jury Vote | |||||||||||
| Marc | Gabi | Marcus | Otis | Franz | Frank | Maria | Julia | ||||||||||||
| Thomas | Gabi | Marcus | Otis | Franz | Frank | Maria | Julia | Marc | |||||||||||
| Ulrike | Not in game | Brigit | Otis | Maria | Frank | Maria | Julia | Marc | |||||||||||
| Julia | Not in game | Marcus | Otis | Maria | Maria | Ulrike | Melanie | Marc | |||||||||||
| Maria | Stefan | Gerhard | Andrea | Brigit | Thomas | Ulrike | Frank | Ulrike | Melanie | ||||||||||
| Frank | Gabi | Julia | Otis | Franz | Julia | Melanie | |||||||||||||
| Franz | Stefan | Gerhard | Andrea | Brigit | Thomas | Ulrike | Melanie | ||||||||||||
| Otis | Stefan | Gerhard | Andrea | Brigit | Thomas | Melanie | |||||||||||||
| Marcus | Gabi | Julia | |||||||||||||||||
| Brigit | Stefan | Gerhard | Andrea | Maria | |||||||||||||||
| Lorraine | Nico | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nico | Gabi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gabi | Nico | ||||||||||||||||||
| Babsi | Stefan | Gerhard | Andrea | ||||||||||||||||
| Andrea | Stefan | Gerhard | Maria | ||||||||||||||||
| Gerhard | Maria | Maria | |||||||||||||||||
| Claudia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stefan | Maria | ||||||||||||||||||