Survivor Turkey
| Survivor | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Charlie Parsons |
| Country of origin | Turkey |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Kanal D (2005) Show TV (2006 - 2012) Star TV (2013 - 2014) tv8 (2015-) |
| Original release | March 22, 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Expedition Robinson Survivor U.S. |
Survivor Turkey is the Turkish version of the popular reality Survivor. This version of the show has aired on both Kanal D in 2005, and on Show TV in 2006, 2007, and 2010. From the beginning Survivor was a success in Turkey, however the cost of producing the show proved to be too much for Kanal D and even Show TV couldn't afford to produce the show on a yearly basis. Because of production costs the show was put on hiatus in 2007 and was brought back three years later. The prize for the first seasons of the show was 150,000 euros, for the second and third seasons 250,000 euros, and 500,000 dollars for the fourth season.
Turkish Survivor followed the format of American Survivor, but there were some differences.
In the Turkish version there are some minor changes in each season when it comes to how the game is played, how contestants are eliminated, and how the game is won. One thing that hasn't seemed to change throughout the seasons is that in order to win the game a contestant must earn the most "points", these points are typically earned through votes or winning challenges.
The first season, Survivor Büyük Macera, premiered on March 22, 2005 and aired for thirteen weeks and is the only season that was hosted by Ahmet Utlu. This season resembled Expedition Robinson more so than Survivor in the way that the tribes were divided up into two groups known as the North (Kuzey) and South (Güney) teams. From early on in the game alliances came into play as the four younger members of the North team, Ebru Demiray, Irmak Arkadaşlar, Kemal Pekser, and Selin Yardımcı quickly formed an alliance. Because of this, and the fact that the South team proved better at the challenges, none of the four elder members of the North team made it to the merge. Following the merge, the surviving member of the North team struggled to find a hole in the South team six and were one by one picked off until only former South team members remained in the game. When it came time for the final four the contestants competed in the infamous "Plank" competition. Uğur Pektaş won this first challenge and eliminated Delim from the game. In the second semi-final competition the other two members of the final three competed against each other for the remaining spot in the final two. They also could earn a point by winning either the viewer vote or the jury vote. Ultimately, it was Uğur Pektaş who won this season over Özgür Şimşek with a higher combined vote count of the jury and public's votes.
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