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| Expedition Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Charlie Parsons |
| Theme music composer | Andreas Nordqvist |
| Country of origin | Austria (2000) Germany |
| Original language | German |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Original release | |
| Network | ORF (2000) RTL2 |
| Release | September 17, 2000 (2000-09-17) – 2001 (2001) |
| Related | |
| Survivor franchise | |
Expedition Robinson was theCentral European version ofExpedition Robinson. The name alludes to bothRobinson Crusoe andThe Swiss Family Robinson, two stories featuring people marooned by shipwrecks.
In the spring of 2000,ORF inAustria andRTL2 inGermany decided to buy the broadcasting rights to the showsBig Brother andExpedition Robinson as they wanted to begin airing a new "reality soaps" genre. Neither show was quite as big a success as RTL2 had expected, however both were renewed for a second season (Big Brother would eventually be renewed for at least ten more).Das Inselduell – Nur einer kommt durch! [de], an unofficial adaption of the format aired onSat.1 in 2000 but was axed after one season.[1][2]
Following the first season,ORF chose to no longer broadcastExpedition Robinson leaving only RTL2 to air a second season. In 2001, RTL2 decided to produce a show that was almost identical toExpedition Robinson known asGestrandet – Zeig, was in dir steckt! [de].[3]Gestrandet proved to be a ratings failure and was also axed.[4] This was followed byOutback, an unofficial adaption ofSurvivor: The Australian Outback, in 2002 onRTL[5] and aProSieben revival ofSurvivor in 2007.[6] The format returned once more in2019, this time onVOX.[7]
In October 2024, a further revival was announced byBanijay Entertainment to be produced in partnership by Turkish media company Acun Medya and Banijay subsidiaryBrainpool TV for broadcast onSport1.[8] It is expected to be aired in 2026.[9]
The Robinson format was developed byPlanet 24, aUnited Kingdom TV production company owned byCharlie Parsons andBob Geldof. Their companyCastaway Television Productions retained the rights to the concept when they soldPlanet 24 in 1999.Mark Burnett later licensed the format to create theU.S. showSurvivor 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 on 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 format for Gestrandet was very similar to that of Robinson, but instead of there being sixteen contestants, there were only fourteen and they were initially divided into tribes by gender. Jokers could also enter the game at any time. Finally the winner of Gestrandet was not determined by any kind of juror vote, but was decided by a large obstacle course.
| Year | Channel | Host | Location | Days | Participants | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ORF 1 (2000) RTL2 | Volker Piesczek | Malaysia | 39 | 19 | Melanie Lauer |
| 2001 | Pierre Geisensetter | Panama | 60 | 22 | Alexander Kolo | |
| 2007 | Prosieben | Sascha Kalupke | Malaysia | 50 | 18 | Volker Kreuzner |
| 2019 | VOX | Florian Weber | Fiji | 39 | 18 | Lara Grünfeld |