
Expeditie Robinson
Encyclopedia
Expeditie Robinson is a popular reality television
program in the Netherlands and Belgium
, that debuted in 2000. It was the second production worldwide of a format that was developed in the UK, a format that has since then also been produced in many other countries, most notable under the title Survivor
.
The name of the show alludes to Robinson Crusoe
.
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 in the Netherlands and Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, that debuted in 2000. It was the second production worldwide of a format that was developed in the UK, a format that has since then also been produced in many other countries, most notable under the title 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...
.
The name of the show alludes to 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...
.
Format
In most seasons, 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 the teams are merged and the competitions become individual ("samensmelting"). At the end of each show, one contestant is eliminated from the show by the others in a secret "Island Council" ballot.Seasons
Season | Final Island | Final | Number of contestants | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Robinson | Runner-up | |||
2000 Details Expeditie Robinson 2000 Expeditie Robinson: 2000, was the first Dutch/Belgian version of the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries. This season began airing on September 15, 2000 and concluded on December 18, 2000. This season saw the first ever pan regional version of... |
![]() Seribuat Mersing Mersing is a town in Mersing District in the northeast corner of the state of Johor, Malaysia.Mersing town is a lively tourist town visited by Malaysians and foreign tourists.... |
![]() Karin Lindenhovius |
![]() Eva Willems |
16 |
2001 Details Expeditie Robinson 2001 Expeditie Robinson: 2001, was the second Dutch/Belgian version of the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries. This season began airing on September 22, 2001 and concluded on December 25, 2001. The two original tribes this year were Lima and Simbang ... |
![]() Simbang |
![]() Richard Mackowiak |
![]() Pascale Mertens |
16 |
2002 Details Expeditie Robinson 2002 Expeditie Robinson: 2002, was the third Dutch/Belgian version of the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries. This season began airing on September 15, 2002 and concluded on December 18, 2002... |
![]() Kador |
![]() Derek Blok |
![]() Olivier Glorieux |
16 |
2003 Details Expeditie Robinson 2003 Expeditie Robinson: 2003, was the fourth Dutch/Belgian version of the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries. This season began airing on September 13, 2003 and concluded on December 6, 2003... |
![]() Kelapa |
![]() Jutta Borms |
![]() Judge Chambliss |
16 |
2004 Details Expeditie Robinson 2004 Expeditie Robinson: 2004, was the fifth Dutch/Belgian version of the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries. This season began airing on September 5, 2004 and concluded on November 28, 2004... |
![]() Seribuat Mersing Mersing is a town in Mersing District in the northeast corner of the state of Johor, Malaysia.Mersing town is a lively tourist town visited by Malaysians and foreign tourists.... |
![]() Frank de Meulder |
![]() Matthias Verscheure |
18 |
2005 Details Expeditie Robinson 2005 Expeditie Robinson: 2005, was the sixth Dutch/Belgian version of the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries. This season began airing on September 5, 2005 and concluded on November 28, 2005. The major twist this season was that the tribes were initially... |
![]() Mensirip Pulau Mensirip Pulau Mensirip is an island off the east coast of Johor, Malaysia.... |
![]() Marnix Allegaert |
![]() Emma Van Den Bossche |
18 |
2006 All-Stars Expeditie Robinson: Battle of the Titans Expeditie Robinson: Strijd der Titanen , was a special All-Stars season of the Dutch/Belgian version of the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries. This season began airing in March 2006 and concluded in July of that year... |
![]() Panga |
![]() Ryan van Esch |
![]() Jennifer Smit |
17 |
2006 Details Expeditie Robinson 2006 Expeditie Robinson: 2006, was the eighth Dutch/Belgian version of the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries. This season began airing on August 28, 2006 and concluded on November 20, 2006. The major twist this season was that the tribes were initially... |
![]() Isla Monte Pearl Islands The Pearl Islands are a group of 100 or more islands lying about off the Pacific coast of Panama in the Gulf of Panama.- Islands :... |
![]() Olga Urashova |
![]() Lenny Janssen |
16 |
2007 Details Expeditie Robinson 2007 Expeditie Robinson: 2007, was the eighth Dutch/Belgian version of the Swedish show Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries. This season began airing on September 30, 2007 and concluded on December 27, 2007... |
![]() Tengah Pulau Tengah Tengah Island is an uninhabited island. It lies nine nautical miles off the coast of Mersing on the South China Sea off the east coast of Johor, Malaysia. It is 45 minutes away by boat from Mersing.... |
![]() Vinncent Arrendell |
![]() Willem Hogeveen |
100 |
2008 Details Expeditie Robinson 2008 Expeditie Robinson 2008 is the tenth season of the RTL5 and 2BE reality television seriesExpeditie Robinson.The show premiered on August 31, 2008.On October 11, 2008 host Ernst-Paul Hasselbach died in an accident with his car in Lom, Norway.... |
![]() Lima |
![]() Yin Oei Sian |
![]() Hans Meenhorst |
16 |
2009 Details Expeditie Robinson 2009 Expeditie Robinson 2009 is the eleventh season of the RTL5 and 2BE reality television series Expeditie Robinson scheduled to be first aired on September 3, 2009. Its the first season hosted by Evi Hanssen and Eddy Zoëy, since Ernst-Paul Hasselbach's death in October 2008.This season started off... |
![]() Malaysia |
![]() Marcel Vandezande |
![]() Rita Berger |
21 |
2010 Details Expeditie Robinson 2010 Expeditie Robinson 2010 was the twelfth season of the RTL5 and 2BE reality television series Expeditie Robinson first aired on September 2, 2010. It was the second season hosted by Evi Hanssen and Eddy Zoëy.This season included celebrities only.... |
![]() Malaysia |
![]() Regina Romeijn |
![]() Tatiana Silva Tatiana Silva Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares was Miss Belgium in 2005. She entered the pageant as Miss Brussels and represented Belgium at the Miss World contest in December 2005.She was born in the Brussels suburb of Uccle... |
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2011 Details Expeditie Robinson 2011 Expeditie Robinson 2011 is the thirteenth season of the RTL5 and 2BE reality television series Expeditie Robinson first aired on September 1, 2011... |
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![]() Tanja Dexters Tanja Dexters Tanja Dexters was crowned Miss Belgium 1998 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1999 and Miss World 1998.... |
![]() Sascha Visser ![]() Niko Van Driessche |
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