Robinson: Love Edition

Robinson: Love Edition
Presented by	Linda Lindorff
No. of castaways	27
Winners	Dan Spinelli Scala Jennifer Egelryd
Runners-up	Pontus Hermansson Denice Andrée
Location	Koh Rong, Cambodia
No. of episodes	30
Release
Original network	Sjuan
Original release	7 April (2015-4-7) – 11 June 2015 (2015-6-11)
Additional information
Filming dates	November 2014 – December 2014
Season chronology
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Robinson: Love Edition is the sixteenth season of Expedition Robinson , the Swedish version of Survivor , and the first to air on Sjuan. Linda Lindorff, the host of Robinson 2009 , returned to host this season. Fitting with the season's theme, all contestants were single people between the ages of 20 and 42, the tribes were initially divided by gender, and a pair composed of one man and one woman won the season.

Format

The season featured several changes to the game structure in accordance with the theme, the most notable being that a pair (one man and one woman) would win the game, marking the first season in any Survivor franchise with multiple winners by design. As an additional twist, instead of being immediately eliminated from the game, voted out contestants would go to the Garden of Eden instead, to compete against other eliminated contestants for a chance to return to the game. The Garden of Eden features one male and one female contestant — Adam and Eve, respectively — at a time, who compete in a duel against the latest person of their gender eliminated. At a predetermined point in the game, the remaining Adam and Eve return to the game. The Garden of Eden is reminiscent of Utopia from the sixth and seventh seasons.

Before the merge, in order to get to know each other better, the tribes would spend the day following the Immunity Challenge together in the Blue Lagoon. The season also included a new challenge, the Amulet Challenge, taking place between the members of the tribe that won that cycle's Immunity Challenge. The three winners of the Amulet Challenge would spend the rest of the day with the losing tribe, and each get to give one member of the other tribe immunity from that night's Tribal Council. The Amulet Challenge was discontinued at the merge.

The format changed once the tribes were merged, at which point the remaining castaways competed in opposite-gender pairs. At the start of each cycle, the gender with fewer remaining players competed to determine their draft order. As the draft was always done with an odd number of players remaining, the leftover castaway was sent to the Garden of Eden. The pair that won each Immunity Challenge also earned the right to give immunity to a single player for the subsequent Tribal Council, while both members of the last-placed team were given a penalty vote; in the case the penalized contestant was given immunity by the challenge winners, their penalty vote was nullified. The vote was individual, with contestants voting by themselves and for one contestant, thus ensuring an odd number of contestants remaining for the next partner draft. The format also changed at the Garden of Eden, as the duels were competed in opposite-gender pairs as well.

Contestants

Contestant	Original tribe	Switched tribe	Merged tribe	Main game	Garden of Eden	Finish
Caxton Njuki 33, Oxelösund	None [a]			Lost challenge [a] Episode 1	Lost Adam duel to John Episode 3	27th
Zylfije Mehmeti 27, Malmö	Srei			Eliminated by Bros [b] Episode 1	Lost Eve duel to Malin E. Episode 3	26th
Gregorij Brattfors 25, Gothenburg	Bros			1st voted out Episode 3	Quit Episode 4	25th
John Nordin 26, Härnösand	Bros			Eliminated by Srei [b] Episode 1	Lost Adam duel to Robin Episode 6	24th
Alexandra Mogeswärd 30, Nyköping	Srei			Quit Episode 6		23rd
Torun Eriksson 24, Säter	Srei			2nd voted out Episode 6	Eliminated by Robin Episode 8	22nd
Malin Ericsson 42, Sollentuna	None [a]			Lost challenge [a] Episode 1	Lost Eve duel to Marielle Episode 9	21st
Marielle Sandgren 30, Stockholm	None [c]			Eliminated by Bros [c] Episode 7	Quit Episode 11	20th
Paulina Brodd 20, Stockholm	None [d]			Eliminated by Bros [d] Episode 10	Lost Eve duel to Nellie Episode 12	19th
Kristoffer Hultling 24, Karlskrona	None [e]	None [f]		Eliminated by Srei [e] Episode 13	Lost challenger duel to Pontus Episode 14	18th
Pontus Hermansson Returned to Eden	Bros	None [f]		4th voted out Episode 12	Lost Adam duel to Robin Episode 15 [g]
Richard Lundström 29, Helsingborg	Bros	Srei		5th voted out Episode 15	Medically evacuated [h] Episode 16	17th
Robin Malmström 30, Stockholm	None [i]	None [f]	None [j]	Eliminated by Srei [i] Episode 4	Lost Adam and Eve duel to Pontus and Denice Episode 18	15th
Nellie Aalhuizen 21, Dala-Järna	Srei [c]	None [f]	None [j]	3rd voted out Episode 9
Oskar Nordstrand 23, Helsingborg	Bros	Bros	Sreros	6th voted out Episode 18	Lost Adam and Eve duel to Pontus and Denice Episode 21	13th
Malin Sandberg 28, Jönköping	Srei [d]	Srei	Sreros	Not chosen [k] Episode 20
Ali Rouass 28, Gothenburg	Bros [i]	Bros	Sreros	7th voted out Episode 21	Lost Adam and Eve duel to Pontus and Denice Episode 24	11th
Sara Söderman 37, Nynäshamn	Srei	Bros	Sreros	Not chosen [k] Episode 23
Vera Kumpulainen 24, Täby	Srei [d]	Srei	Sreros	8th voted out Episode 24	Quit Episode 24	10th
Filip Flink 22, Eskilstuna	None [e]	Srei	Sreros	Not chosen Episode 26	Lost Adam and Eve duel to Pontus and Denice Episode 28	8th
Melissa Miller 28, Borlänge	Srei	Srei	Sreros	9th voted out Episode 27
Pontus Hermansson Returned to game	Bros	None [f]	None [j]	4th voted out Episode 12	Adam Returned to game
Denice Andrée Returned to game	Srei	Srei	Sreros	Not chosen [k] Episode 17	Eve Returned to game
Kalle Zeman 30, Stockholm	Bros	Bros	Sreros	Not chosen Episode 29		7th
David Stenroth 34, Stockholm	Bros	Bros	Sreros	Lost final challenge Episode 30		2nd runners-up
Mia Mukkavaara 26, Luleå	Srei	Srei	Sreros
Pontus Hermansson 38, Falköping	Bros	None [f]	Sreros [l]	Lost final vote Episode 30		Runners-up
Denice Andrée 26, Stockholm	Srei	Srei	Sreros
Dan Spinelli Scala 30, Stockholm	Bros	Bros	Sreros	Won final vote Episode 30		Winners
Jennifer Egelryd 24, Tyresö	Srei	Bros	Sreros

1. Caxton and Malin E. lost the challenge on Day 1 and were immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
2. Each contestant was instructed to create a profile of themselves to be shown to the other tribe. Both tribes then picked the member of the other tribe who seemed the least desirable. Zylfije and John were deemed the least desirable by the other tribe, and were sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
3. Marielle and Nellie were newcomers to the game. The Bros tribe chose one of the two to join the Srei tribe; they selected Nellie, and Marielle was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
4. Malin S., Paulina, and Vera were newcomers to the game. The Bros tribe chose two of the three to join the Strei tribe; they selected Vera and Malin S., and Paulina was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
5. Filip and Kristoffer were newcomers to the game. The Srei tribe chose one of the two to enter the game; they selected Filip, and Kristoffer was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result. Filip's entrance to the game initiated the tribe switch.
6. When the tribes were switched, Kristoffer, Nellie, Pontus, and Robin were already in the Garden of Eden.
7. Pontus initially lost to Robin in an Adam duel; after Richard was medically evacuated before entering the Garden of Eden, Pontus, as the most recently eliminated player, took his place.
8. After being voted out of the game but before entering the Garden of Eden, Richard fell ill, and was not permitted to continue. Pontus, as the most recent eliminated player, took his place.
9. Ali and Robin were newcomers to the game. The Srei tribe chose one of the two to join the Bros tribe; they selected Ali, and Robin was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
10. When the tribes merged, Nellie, Pontus, and Robin were in the Garden of Eden.
11. As there were more women than men remaining, one woman was left without a partner; this castaway was not selected in the partner draft and immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
12. Pontus was originally on Eden when the tribes merged, but later returned to the game.

Partner history

Contestant	Partner
	Cycle 6	Cycle 7	Cycle 8	Cycle 9	Cycle 10
Dan	Melissa	Melissa	Melissa	Jennifer	Jennifer
Jennifer	Oskar	Kalle	Kalle	Dan	Dan
Denice	Not chosen				Pontus
Pontus					Denice
David	Mia	Mia	Mia	Mia	Mia
Mia	David	David	David	David	David
Kalle	Malin S.	Jennifer	Jennifer	Melissa	Not chosen
Melissa	Dan	Dan	Dan	Kalle
Filip	Vera	Vera	Vera	Not chosen
Vera	Filip	Filip	Filip
Sara	Ali	Ali	Not chosen
Ali	Sara	Sara
Malin S.	Kalle	Not chosen
Oskar	Jennifer

Season summary

There would be two winners this season: One man and one woman. Everyone competed individually but the structure was designed so that the number of men and women were always equal. All contestants were young singles. There were two tribes of six, divided by gender. The losing tribe went to tribal council, as usual, but the winning tribe competed in a separate challenge to decide who would get to hand immunity to players in the losing tribe. In the women's tribe, Denice made a pact with Jennifer and Mia, primarily to take out Melissa Miller who was good at everything but didn't gel with the rest of the group. Everyone else disagreed with pact-making and wanted to break Denice's pact. Even the men worked to break the pact by distributing immunity to Melissa every time. Players scouted for potential partners of the other gender. Melissa formed a bond with Richard, which was the only romance in the season, but it didn't last long as Richard was blindsided. Many women wanted to work with Dan, a charismatic and athletic man. Each time a player was voted out, a new player took their place. Fresh players kept coming into the game to replace those voted out, even two weeks into the game. Despite officially opposing Denice's pact, three men formed an alliance of their own. The alliance was led by Kalle, joined by Dan and an under-the-radar guy. They threw a challenge to vote off Pontus, a muscular soldier, who was the biggest threat. After a few tribe swaps, the tribes merged. Players had to compete in immunity challenges as pairs. Before each immunity challenge, the gender with the fewest members competed for order of priority. The winner picked first from among the other gender, forming partners for the immunity challenge. That meant one person was not picked each time and they were eliminated. A campaign against Denice succeeded and she was not picked in the first round. However, her two alliance members remained to the final because they were selected as partners by the men of Kalle's pact. Dan and Melissa picked each other every time, forming a strong challenge partnership. They were often targeted but they were protected by Kalle's alliance. Kalle made false alliances with multiple additional partners and they all fell for it. His alliance kept voting out men to maintain control of the game, thus disallowing women from picking partners. Their respective female partners were just appendages for most of the game. However, in the final six, Jennifer convinced the men to vote off a woman and that allowed her to stir things up. She wanted to break up Dan and Melissa because she thought they would win the potential final. Having the first pick because of her challenge win, Jennifer picked Dan as partner, forcing Melissa to pick Kalle. Having split up Dan and Melissa, Jennifer took control of the game and voted out Melissa. Thus, Kalle was also eliminated as no woman was left to pick him. Dan then had no choice but to play the rest of the game with Jennifer. Players who were voted out or not picked as partners went to Garden of Eden, a separate island with room for one man and one woman, challenged by each newcomer. Since their respective eliminations, Denice and Pontus won every challenge, returning to the game. They qualified for the final alongside Dan and Jennifer who then won the jury vote by a landslide. The jury seemed to dislike the route that Pontus and Denice took to the final.

Pre-merge challenge winners and eliminations by cycle

Episode(s)	Original air date(s)	Newcomers			Garden of Eden				Immunity challenge	Amulet challenge		Eliminated	Finish
		Entered game	Not chosen		Adam and Eve	Challenger(s)	Eliminated			Winners	Immune
Arrival (Episode 1)	April 7, 2015											Caxton	Lost challenge [a]
												Malin E.
					Caxton							John	Eliminated by the other tribe [b]
					Malin E.							Zylfije
Cycle 1 (Episodes 2, 3)	April 8, 9, 2015	None			Caxton	John	Caxton		Srei	Melissa	Richard	Gregorij	1st voted out
					Malin E.	Zylfije	Zylfije			Sara	Pontus
										Mia	Dan
Cycle 2 (Episodes 4, 5, 6)	April 14, 15, 16, 2015	Ali	Robin		John	Gregorij [c]	Gregorij		Bros	David	Jennifer	Alexandra	Quit
						Robin	John			Ali	Sara
					Malin E.	—				Richard	Melissa	Torun	2nd voted out
Cycle 3 (Episodes 7, 8, 9)	April 21, 22, 23, 2015	Nellie	Marielle		Robin	—			Bros	Oskar	Jennifer	Nellie	3rd voted out
					Malin E.	Torun	Torun [d]			Dan	Melissa
						Marielle	Malin E.			Pontus	Sara
Cycle 4 (Episodes 10, 11, 12)	April 28, 29, 30, 2015	Vera	Paulina		Robin	—			Srei	Melissa	Richard	Pontus	4th voted out
		Malin S.			Marielle	Nellie	Marielle [e]			Malin S.	Dan
						Paulina	Paulina			Jennifer	Oskar
Cycle 5 (Episodes 13, 14, 15)	May 5, 6, 7, 2015	Filip	Kristoffer		Robin	Pontus	Kristoffer [f]		Bros	Vera		Richard	5th voted out
						Kristoffer	Pontus			Melissa
					Nellie	—				Filip

Post-merge challenge winners and eliminations by cycle

Episode(s)	Original air date(s)	Not chosen		Garden of Eden				Immunity challenge		Voted out	Finish
				Adam and Eve	Challengers	Eliminated		Winners	Additional
Cycle 6 (Episode 16, 17, 18)	May 12, 13, 14, 2015	Denice		Robin Nellie	Richard Pontus [g] Denice	Robin Nellie		Dan Melissa	Sara	Oskar	6th voted out
Cycle 7 (Episode 19, 20, 21)	May 19, 20, 21, 2015	Malin S.		Pontus Denice	Oskar Malin S.	Oskar Malin S.		Filip Vera	David	Ali	7th voted out
Cycle 8 (Episode 22, 23, 24)	May 26, 27, 28, 2015	Sara		Pontus Denice	Ali Sara	Ali Sara		Dan Melissa	None	Vera	8th voted out
Cycle 9 (Episode 25, 26, 27)	June 2, 3, 4 2015	Filip		Pontus Denice	Vera [h] Filip	—		David Mia	Jennifer	Melissa	9th voted out

Final week challenge winners and eliminations

Episode(s)	Original air date(s)	Garden of Eden				Not chosen	Reward challenge	Final challenge		Final Tribal Council
		Adam and Eve	Challengers	Eliminated				Winners	Eliminated	Finalists	Finish
Cycle 10 (Episode 28, 29, 30)	June 9, 10, 11 2015	Pontus Denice [i]	Filip Melissa	Filip Melissa		Kalle	Pontus Denice	Dan Jennifer	David Mia	Pontus Denice	Runners-up
							Dan Jennifer			Dan Jennifer	Winners

1. Caxton and Malin E. lost the challenge on Day 1 and were immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
2. Each contestant was instructed to create a profile of themselves to be shown to the other tribe. Both tribes then picked the member of the other tribe who seemed the least desirable. Zylfije and John were deemed the least desirable by the other tribe, and were sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
3. Gregorij decided to voluntarily leave the Garden.
4. Torun was eliminated by Robin.
5. Marielle decided to voluntarily leave the Garden.
6. Kristoffer and Pontus competed for the right to challenge Robin for the role of Adam; Pontus won.
7. After being voted out of the game but before entering the Garden of Eden, Richard fell ill, and was not permitted to continue in the game. Pontus, as the most recent player eliminated, took his place.
8. Vera decided not to enter the Garden of Eden.
9. Returned to game after winning the final duel.

Game history

Pre-merge game and voting history

			Original tribes														Switched tribes
Episode #			1				3	4	6			7	9	10	12	13	15
Eliminated			Caxton	Malin E.	John	Zylfije	Gregorij	Robin	Alexandra	Tie [a]	Torun	Marielle	Nellie	Paulina	Pontus	Kristoffer	Richard
Vote			None [b]	None [b]	None [c]	None [c]	4–1–1–1	None [d]	None [e]	3–3	1–0 [a]	None [f]	5–1	None [g]	4–2–1	None [h]	9–4–1 [i]
Contestant			Place		Vote
		Dan	4th		In		Gregorij								Pontus		Denice
		Jennifer		6th		In				Torun	Torun [a]		Nellie				Richard
		David	8th		In		Gregorij								Pontus		Richard
		Mia		4th		In				Torun	None		Nellie				Richard
		Kalle	5th		In		Oskar								Pontus		Richard
		Melissa		5th		In				Denice	None		Nellie				Denice
		Filip														In	Richard
		Vera												In			Richard
		Sara		3rd		In				Denice	None		Nellie				Denice
		Ali						In							David		Richard
		Malin S.												In			Richard
		Oskar	1st		In		Gregorij								Pontus		Malin S.
		Denice		1st		In				Torun	None		Nellie				Richard
		Richard	6th		In		Gregorij								Ali		Denice
	Kristoffer															Out
	Pontus		2nd		In		David								Ali
	Paulina													Out
	Nellie											In	Denice
	Marielle											Out
	Torun			7th		In				Denice	None
	Alexandra			8th		In
	Robin							Out
	Gregorij		3rd		In		Kalle
	Zylfije			2nd		Out
	John		7th		Out
	Malin E.			Out
	Caxton		Out

Post-merge game and voting history Merged tribe Episode # 17 18 20 21 23 24 26 27 29 30 Eliminated Denice Oskar Malin S. Ali Sara Vera Filip Melissa Kalle David Mia Vote None [j] 9–4–1 None [k] 7–3–1–0 [l] None [m] 9–2–1–1 None [n] 5–3 None None [o] Contestant Place Vote Place Vote Place Vote Place Vote Place Dan 1st Oskar 1st Ali 1st Vera 1st Kalle 3rd 1st Jennifer 2nd Filip 4th Ali 3rd Vera 1st Melissa 3rd 1st Denice Out 1st 2nd Pontus 1st 2nd David 6th Oskar 3rd Ali 2nd Vera 2nd Melissa 2nd Out Mia 6th Filip 3rd Ali 2nd Vera 2nd Melissa 2nd Out Kalle 4th Oskar 4th Ali 3rd Vera 3rd Melissa Out Melissa 1st Oskar 1st Ali 1st Vera 3rd Kalle Filip 5th Oskar 2nd Ali 4th Kalle Out Vera 5th Oskar 2nd Dan 4th Jennifer Sara 3rd Oskar 5th Dan Out Ali 3rd Oskar 5th Dan Malin S. 4th Oskar Out Oskar 2nd Filip Penalty votes Filip [p] David [l] Filip (x2) [q] Kalle [p] Vera [p] Mia [p] Vera (x3) [r] Melissa [p]

Final vote results Jury vote Episode # 30 Finalists Pontus Denice Dan Jennifer Votes 8–3 Juror Vote David Dan Jennifer Mia Dan Jennifer Kalle Dan Jennifer Melissa Dan Jennifer Filip Dan Jennifer Sara Pontus Denice Ali Pontus Denice Malin S. Pontus Denice Oskar Dan Jennifer Bonus votes [s] Dan Jennifer (x2)

1. The vote resulted in a tie between Torun and Denice. Per the rules, Jennifer, as the holder of the 1st-place amulet, broke the tie.
2. Caxton and Malin E. lost the challenge on Day 1 and were immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
3. Each contestant was instructed to create a profile of themselves to be shown to the other tribe. Both tribes then picked the member of the other tribe who seemed the least desirable. Zylfije and John were deemed the least desirable by the other tribe, and were sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
4. Ali and Robin were newcomers to the game. The Srei tribe chose one of the two to join the Bros tribe; they selected Ali, and Robin was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
5. Alexandra chose to quit the game.
6. Marielle and Nellie were newcomers to the game. The Bros tribe chose one of the two to join the Strei tribe; they selected Marielle, and Nellie was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
7. Malin S., Paulina, and Vera were newcomers to the game. The Bros tribe chose two of the three to join the Strei tribe; they selected Vera and Malin S., and Paulina was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
8. Filip and Kristoffer were newcomers to the game. The Srei tribe chose one of the two to enter the game; they selected Filip, and Kristoffer was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result. Filip's entrance to the game initiated the tribe switch.
9. After the Bros tribe won immunity, both tribes were informed that, following the next day's Amulet Challenge, all remaining players—regardless of tribe—would cast a ballot in the next Tribal Council for one of the remaining eligible Srei members.
10. As there were more women than men remaining, one woman was left without a partner; Denice was not selected in the partner draft, and was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
11. As there were more women than men remaining, one woman was left without a partner; Malin S. was not selected in the partner draft, and was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
12. Though David received a penalty vote for placing last in the Immunity Challenge, it was voided after Immunity Challenge winners Filip and Vera chose to give him additional immunity.
13. As there were more women than men remaining, one woman was left without a partner; Sara was not selected in the partner draft, and was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
14. As there were more men than women remaining, one man was left without a partner; Filip was not selected in the partner draft, and was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
15. David and Mia were eliminated after coming in last place in the final challenge.
16. This contestant received a penalty vote for placing last in the Immunity Challenge.
17. Filip received two penalty votes: one for placing last in the Partner Challenge; and another for placing last in the Immunity Challenge.
18. Vera received three penalty votes: one for being chosen by Filip, who placed last in the Partner Challenge; one for placing last in the Immunity Challenge; and another by Immunity Challenge winners Dan and Melissa.
19. The winning pair of the final challenge earned two votes to win in the final vote.

External links

• http://www.tv4.se/robinson