Survivor Croatia

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Survivor Croatia
Survivor Croatia.jpg
Nova TV's title card for the series
Genre Reality competition
Based on Expedition Robinson
Presented by
Country of origin
Original languageCroatian
No. of seasons6
Production
Production location see below
Production companies
Original release
Network HRT 2
Release12 May (2005-05-12) 
7 July 2005 (2005-07-07)
Network RTL Televizija
Release12 March (2012-03-12) 
2 June 2012 (2012-06-02)
Network Nova TV
Release14 March 2022 (2022-03-14) 
present
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Survivor Croatia is a Croatian reality game show television series based on the international Survivor format. Following the premise of other versions of the Survivor format, the show features a group of contestants, referred to as "castaways" as they are marooned in an isolated location. The castaways must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in various challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted off the island by their fellow castaways, or eliminated through challenges. The final castaway remaining is awarded the title of "Sole Survivor" and the grand prize (700,000HRK in season 1, [1] 50,000 in season 2). [2]

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The series first aired on HRT 2 in 2005 with the title Survivor: Odisejev otok . It was cancelled the same year. In 2012, the fourth season of Survivor Srbija was broadcast on the Croatian channel RTL Televizija and serves as the second Croatian season of Survivor. The third season, a pan-regional season, premiered March 14, 2022 on Nova TV in Croatia. [3]

Format

Seasons 1–2

The formats of the first two seasons differ from each other. The first season's format is similar to the early seasons of the American version, while the second season is similar to the original Robinson series.

The basic premise of both versions is that the players are split up into two tribes and marooned on an island for over a month where they have to provide food, water, fire and shelter for each other. Every few days, the tribes are to compete in a challenge either for a reward (usually food, drinks, comfort, or items that help with camp life), or for immunity. The tribe that wins immunity is safe from elimination and doesn't have to visit Tribal Council, a ceremony where a player is voted out of the tribe.

About halfway into the competition, the tribes are merged, and the challenges become individual. Usually only one person is eligible to win immunity or reward, although there is an occasional team challenge for reward. During this phase of the game, eliminated contestants join the jury. When it's time for the Final Tribal Council (which happens with as few as 2 or as many as 4 players), the contestants don't vote each other out. Instead, the jury listens to the players plead their case, ask questions, and based on the information they've received, cast their vote for the winner. The player with the most voted wins the game and a cash prize. In the first season, though there was a jury system, the public voted for a winner instead. The jurors were also given the right to abstain from voting. [4]

Several twists have been in play as well. At the start of season one, there was a challenge where a player from both tribes was automatically eliminated if they lost. This was most likely inspired by a similar twist from Survivor: Palau , a season that had recently finished airing when Odisejev otok started. In the second season, "The Island of the Banished" was in play. Inspired by Redemption Island from previous versions of the series, The Island of the Banished is a separate island where a contestant is sent after they're voted out. They have to provide shelter, food, fire and water for themselves while they wait for another player to get voted out. When there are two players, they participate in a duel where the loser is sent to the jury (unless they break the rules, in which case they are ejected permanently). The cycle repeats until the merge, where the winner officially rejoins the game and the island is no longer in play. On the last day, the final 6 players competed in a challenge where the two losers were sent to the jury, and the final 4 moved onto the Final Tribal Council.

Seasons 3–5

These seasons' format is based on the Turkish version.

20 castaways, 9 from Croatia, 8 from Serbia, 2 from Montenegro, and 1 from Bosnia and Herzegovina, are split up into two tribes based on nationality, with the Croats and Bosnian and one tribe and the Serbs and Montenegrins on the other. Challenges are held almost every day; 2 for Reward and 2 for Immunity. The tribe that wins Immunity does not have to nominate anyone for elimination. After one player from the losing tribe is nominated (or more should the vote end in a deadlock tie), another Immunity Challenge is held with the losing tribe having to nominate someone. Once two or more castaways are nominated, they are to participate in a Duel, with the loser going home. Should a player be pulled from the game for medical reasons, a replacement will join the game and be granted immunity from the first Tribal Council they attend. Additional castaways may also be added.

Series overview

SeasonWinnerRunner-up2nd Runner-up3rd Runner-upVoteContestantsDaysTribesLocationYear
1 Survivor: Odisejev Otok Vazmenko PervanVedrab Rubrik Šehić68%-32%2045  Ammos
  Petros
  Zoi
Mljet, Croatia 2005
2 Survivor: Costa Rica Vladimir "Vlada" VuksanovićMilan GromilićNikola ŠoćSebastian Fleiss6-5-2-01837  Matambo
  Boruka
  Sibu
Corcovado, Costa Rica 2012
SeasonWinnerRunner-upContestantsDaysTribesLocationYear
3
Stefan Nivistić
Nevena Blanuša
Milica Dabović
Goran Špaleta
25
72
  Azua
  Mao
2022
4
Nataša Kondić
Antonia Ivić
Anja Andrejić
Denis Sviličić
64  Crveni
  Plavi
2023
5
Luka Rimac
Tijana Jeremić
Mihaela Pavlović
Stefan Arsić
24
90 [5]   Crveni
  Plavi
2024
6
TBA
2025

Season 1 (2005): HRT 2

Influenced by the success of the Croatian version of Big Brother, HRT 2 launched a Croatian version of Survivor. The series featured 20 contestants. [6] A second season was never made by HRT, possibly due to low ratings. [4]

Season 2 (2012): RTL

The fourth season of Survivor Srbija, the Serbian version of Survivor, serves as the second Croatian edition of Survivor. Alongside the usual host, Andrija Milošević, Croatian TV host Marijana Batinić hosted alongside him on-location. Croatian and Serbian hosts Antonija Blaće and Milan Kalinić also appeared on the show. [7] In a first for Survivor Srbija, the series also featured contestants from Croatia and aired on RTL Televizija, a Croatian TV channel. [8]

Seasons 3–6 (2022–present): Nova TV

On 14 October 2021, United Group opened applications for a brand new pan-regional version of Survivor. It was filmed in the Dominican Republic. It consisted of players from the ex-Yugoslav region. In Croatia, it premiered on Nova TV in March 2022. [3] [9] [10]

The fourth season premiered on 6 March 2023. [11]

The fifth season debuted on 4 March 2024. [12]

Auditions for the sixth season opened in September 2024. [13] It was confirmed in January 2025 that the season would premiere in early 2025. [14]

List of contestants

NameAgeHometownOccupationSeasonFinish
Ivan KrželjUnknown Split, Croatia UnknownOdisejev Otok20th
Ana Marija BojkoUnknown19th
Lidija Šunjerga37Unknown18th
Mirjana Frantal JadreškoUnknown Pula, Croatia Unknown17th
Iva Jerković23 Zagreb, Croatia 16th
Šaneta Grbavac34Unknown15th
Sasha Pintar3114th
Dvina Meler28 Zagreb, Croatia Unknown13th
Tea Đurek3112th
Mladen GlavićUnknown11th
Vladimir Bambić45 Zagreb, Croatia Unknown10th
Mihajlo Popović269th
Filip Filipović258th
Ivica JurinićUnknown7th
Tanja Troskot35 Zadar, Croatia Unknown6th
Mladen Kezele41Unknown5th
Silvija ZelkoUnknown4th
Kristina Sesar25 Zagreb, Croatia Unknown3rd
Vedran Rubrik Šehić24UnknownRunner-Up
Vazmenko PervanUnknownWinner
Mia Begović 49 Zagreb, Croatia ActressVIP: Costa Rica18th
Jelena Maćić44 Belgrade, Serbia Make-up Artist17th
Aleksandra Nakova23 Gevgelija, Macedonia Model16th
Radovan Stošić28 Zagreb, Croatia Mister Croatia15th
Stanija Dobrojević 27 Ruma, Serbia Starlet14th
Žarko "Žare" Berber43 Skopje, Macedonia TV Host13th
Neven Ciganović42 Zagreb, Croatia Stylist12th
Marko Karadžić36 Belgrade, Serbia Politician11th
Ognjen Kajganić36Handball Player10th
Maja Lena Lopatni21 Zagreb, Croatia Student9th
Aleksandra "Aleks" Grdić33 Virovitica, Croatia Miss Croatia 8th
Ava Karabatić24 Split, Croatia Starlet7th
Martina Vrbos28 Zagreb, Croatia Singer6th
Kristina Bekvalac27 Novi Sad, Serbia Fashion Designer5th
Sebastijan Flajs29 Samobor, Croatia Snowboarder3rd Runner-Up
Nikola Šoć26 Cetinje, Montenegro Model2nd Runner-Up
Milan Gromilić33 Belgrade, Serbia Ballet DancerRunner-Up
Vladimir "Vlada" Vuksanović24ModelWinner
Sanja Močibob37 Umag, Croatia Marketing StudentDominican Republic25th
Igor Lazić "Niggor"51 Kotor, Montenegro Hip Hop Musician24th
Ivana Banfić52 Zagreb, Croatia Singer23rd
Ivona Koković31 Prokuplje, Serbia Life Coach22nd
Kristian Rauch27 Zagreb, Croatia Personal Trainer21st
Hrvoje Habdija30Skipper20th
Ramiz Gusinac52 Novi Pazar, Serbia Hairdresser19th
Viktor Bobić35 Jablanovec, Croatia Gym Owner18th
Jovana Tomić24 Belgrade, Serbia Molecular Biologist17th
Ivana Peček Zagreb, Croatia Fitness Centre Manager16th

See also

Notes

    References

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