Expeditie Robinson
| Expeditie Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Charlie Parsons |
| Theme music composer | Hans Zimmer |
| Country of origin | Belgium Netherlands |
| Original language | Dutch |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 130 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Kanakna Productions |
| Production locations | Malaysia Indonesia Panama Philippines |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTL 5 2BE |
| Release | 2000 – present |
| Related | |
| Survivor | |
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.
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 |
 Seribuat |
 Karin Lindenhovius |
 Eva Willems |
16 | ||
| 2001 Details |
Simbang |
Richard Mackowiak |
Pascale Mertens |
16 | ||
| 2002 Details |
Kador |
Derek Blok |
Olivier Glorieux |
16 | ||
| 2003 Details |
 Kelapa |
Jutta Borms |
Judge Chambliss |
16 | ||
| 2004 Details |
Seribuat |
Frank de Meulder |
Matthias Verscheure |
18 | ||
| 2005 Details |
Mensirip |
Marnix Allegaert |
Emma Van Den Bossche |
18 | ||
| 2006 All-Stars |
 Panga |
Ryan van Esch |
Jennifer Smit |
17 | ||
| 2006 Details |
 Isla Monte |
Olga Urashova |
Lenny Janssen |
16 | ||
| 2007 Details |
Tengah |
Vinncent Arrendell |
Willem Hogeveen |
100 | ||
| 2008 Details |
Lima |
Yin Oei Sian |
Hans Meenhorst |
16 | ||
| 2009 Details |
Malaysia |
Marcel Vandezande |
Rita Berger |
21 | ||
| 2010 Details |
Malaysia |
Regina Romeijn |
Tatiana Silva |
17 | ||
| 2011 Details |
Philippines |
16 | ||||
Ernst Paul Hasselbach
The original presenter of Expeditie Robinson, Ernst Paul Hasselbach, died in 2008 in a car crash in Norway. He was there to make shoots for a new television program, named '71 graden Noord', a spin-off of Expeditie Robinson.