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Expedition: Robinson

Expedition Robinson
Created by Charlie Parsons
Developed by Planet 24
Theme music composer Jon Rekdal
Country of origin  Sweden
Original language(s) Swedish
No. of seasons 15
Production
Running time 60 minutes (1997–2005, 2012)
85 minutes (2009–2011)
Production company(s) Strix Television (1997–2005)
Silverback/ITV Studios & Castaway (2009–2012)
Mastiff (2015)
Release
Original network SVT (1997–2003)
TV3 (2004–2005)
TV4 (2009–2012)
Sjuan (2015)
Picture format 16:9
Original release 13 September 1997 (1997-09-13) – present
Chronology
Related shows Survivor
External links
Website

Expedition Robinson is a Swedish reality television program in which contestants are put into survival situations, and a voting process eliminates one person each episode until a winner is determined. The format was developed in 1994 by Charlie Parsons for a United Kingdom TV production company called Planet 24, but the Swedish debut in 1997 was the first production to actually make it to television. An American version called Survivor, started in 2000.

The name alludes to both Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, two stories featuring people marooned by shipwrecks.

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.

Planet 24 was 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.

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 series returned from 2009 to 2012, now on TV4, hosted by Linda Isacsson in 2009 and later Paolo Roberto. The show moved to Sjuan in 2015 with Linda Lindorff taking over as presenter.


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