Expedition Robinson
Encyclopedia
Expedition Robinson is a popular Swedish
reality television
program debuting in 1997. The program format was created in 1994 by Charlie Parsons
from the United Kingdom. "Expedition Robinson" was the first production to actually make it to television, but since then many other versions of the show have been produced in countries around the world under the name Survivor
as well as the original name, "Expedition Robinson". The show is one of the biggest and most controversial successes in Scandinavia: the final episode of season four was viewed by 4,045,000 people out of a total population of 8.8 million in Sweden.
The name alludes to both Robinson Crusoe
and The Swiss Family Robinson
, two stories featuring people marooned by shipwrecks.
The series returned in 2009, now on TV4 with the world's third female hostess, Linda Isacsson
.
, a United Kingdom
TV production company owned by Charlie Parsons
and Bob Geldof
. Their company Castaway Television Productions retained the rights to the concept when they sold Planet 24
in 1999. Mark Burnett
later licensed the format to create the U.S.
show Survivor
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.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
program debuting in 1997. The program format was created in 1994 by Charlie Parsons
Charlie Parsons
Charlie Parsons is a British television producer who created a number of notable television shows including Survivor. He also created The Big Breakfast and The Word....
from the United Kingdom. "Expedition Robinson" was the first production to actually make it to television, but since then many other versions of the show have been produced in countries around the world under the name Survivor
Survivor (TV series)
Survivor is a reality television game show format produced in many countries throughout the world. In the show, contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other tribe...
as well as the original name, "Expedition Robinson". The show is one of the biggest and most controversial successes in Scandinavia: the final episode of season four was viewed by 4,045,000 people out of a total population of 8.8 million in Sweden.
The name alludes to both Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe that was first published in 1719. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is a fictional autobiography of the title character—a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and...
and The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson
-History:Written by Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss and edited by his son Johann Rudolf Wyss, the novel was intended to teach his four sons about family values, good husbandry, the uses of the natural world and self-reliance...
, two stories featuring people marooned by shipwrecks.
The series returned in 2009, now on TV4 with the world's third female hostess, Linda Isacsson
Linda Isacsson
Linda Susanna Lindorff is a former Miss Sweden* and a TV personality, hostess, reporter and weather forecaster. She represented her country at Miss Universe 1990.-References:...
.
Format
The Robinson format was developed by Planet 24Planet 24
Planet 24 was a television production company. It produced The Big Breakfast and The Word had an animation division Impossible TV. Bob Geldof and Tony Boland founded Planet Pictures which merged with 24 Hour Productions headed by Charlie Parsons and Waheed, later Lord Alli...
, a United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
TV production company owned by Charlie Parsons
Charlie Parsons
Charlie Parsons is a British television producer who created a number of notable television shows including Survivor. He also created The Big Breakfast and The Word....
and Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...
. Their company Castaway Television Productions retained the rights to the concept when they sold Planet 24
Planet 24
Planet 24 was a television production company. It produced The Big Breakfast and The Word had an animation division Impossible TV. Bob Geldof and Tony Boland founded Planet Pictures which merged with 24 Hour Productions headed by Charlie Parsons and Waheed, later Lord Alli...
in 1999. Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett is a British television producer and executive producer, based in the United States. He currently is the executive producer of five network television series with seven hours of network programming. Works with which Burnett is associated have won multiple awards and recognition...
later licensed the format to create the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
show Survivor
Survivor (TV series)
Survivor is a reality television game show format produced in many countries throughout the world. In the show, contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other tribe...
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.
Seasons
| Year | Host | Producer | Channel | Participants | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Harald Treutiger Harald Treutiger Nils Harald Ossian Treutiger is a Swedish television host who hosted Eurovision Song Contest 1992 in Sweden after Carola Häggkvist winning in 1991. Harald is currently employed at TV4 Plus... |
Anders Eriksson | SVT Sveriges Television Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners... |
16 | Martin Melin |
| 1998 | Harald Treutiger | Mikael Hylin | SVT | 15 | Alexandra Zazzi Alexandra Zazzi Maria Alexandra Paula Louise Jademyr Zazzi, known as Alexandra Zazzi born June 7, 1966 in Rapallo, Italy is a Swedish chef journalist and television host, she became the world first female winner of the reality show Expedition Robinson 1998 also known as Survivor when she won the show in 1998.Zazzi... |
| 1999 | Anders Lundin Anders Lundin Anders Urban Lundin is a Swedish television host. Lundin was one of the first hosts in the world to host the show Expedition Robinson, also known as Survivor. Lundin co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 along with Kattis Ahlström and, 2003–10, was every summer host for the successful... |
Mattias Olsson | SVT | 17 | Jerker Dalman |
| 2000 | Anders Lundin | Hasse Aro | SVT | 16 | Mattias Dalerstedt |
| 2001–02 | Anders Lundin | Hasse Aro / Kajsa Glansén | SVT | 17 | Jan Emanuel Johansson |
| 2002 | Anders Lundin | Hasse Aro / Joakim Jankert | SVT | 17 | Antoni Matacz |
| 2003–04 | Anders Lundin | Hasse Aro / Anki Lindberg | SVT | 24 (10 new) | Emma Andersson Emma Andersson - External links :... |
| 2004 | Robert Aschberg Robert Aschberg Robert Aschberg is a Swedish journalist and TV personality on TV3. Robert is the grandson of Olof Aschberg.-External links:... |
Hasse Aro / Claes Leinstedt | TV3 TV3 (Sweden) TV3 is a television channel targeted at a Swedish language audience owned by Viasat . It was founded on 31 December 1987 by entrepreneur Jan Stenbeck as joint Scandinavian channel, but Denmark and Norway soon got their own versions of TV3... |
20 (19 new) | Jerry Forsberg |
| 2005 | Robert Aschberg | Hasse Aro / Frida Åberg | TV3 | 24 (23 new) | Karolina Conrad |
| 2005 (VIP) | Robert Aschberg | Hasse Aro / Frida Åberg | TV3 | 15 VIP | Tilde Fröling |
| 2009 | Linda Isacsson Linda Isacsson Linda Susanna Lindorff is a former Miss Sweden* and a TV personality, hostess, reporter and weather forecaster. She represented her country at Miss Universe 1990.-References:... |
Cricko Akander | TV4 | 18 | Ellenor Pierre |
| 2009–10 | Paolo Roberto Paolo Roberto Paolo Roberto is a Swedish ex-boxer, actor, and TV host of partial Italian descent.-Outside boxing:... |
Pontus Gårdinger / Ylva Hultén | TV4 | 18 | Hans Brettschneider |
| 2010 | Paolo Roberto | Nicklas Nordernström / Ylva Hultén | TV4 | 21 | Erik Svedberg Erik Svedberg Erik Svedberg was the winner of the Swedish Robinson 2010, the original TV format for the American TV show Survivor. Svedberg was born in Sundsvall. Currently he works as an electrician. After his win he celebrate with a beer at his local pub.Erik Svedberg is related to erlier "Robinson"... |
| 2011 | Paolo Roberto | Nicklas Nordernström / Ylva Hultén | TV4 | 20 | Mats Kemi |