Expedition Robinson

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show_name = Expedition Robinson


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format = Reality, Game Show
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creator = Charlie Parsons
theme_music_composer = Jon Rekdal
country = Sweden
language = Swedish
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network = SVT (1997-2003)
TV3 (2004-2005)
TV4 (2009)
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first_aired = 1997
last_aired = 2005
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related = Survivor
website = http://svt.se/robinson/
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"Expedition: Robinson" was a popular Swedish reality television program, that debuted in 1997. It was the first 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 Swedish show was shown for nine seasons. It's one of the biggest and most controversial TV successes in Scandinavia. The final episode of the fourth season was viewed by 4,045,000 people (current population at that time 9.1 million) in Sweden which makes it one of the most viewed programs in modern Swedish TV history.

The name of the show alludes to "Robinson Crusoe".

The first series of the programme was subject to some controversy, and contributed to a moral panic in Sweden. The first contestant voted off the show killed himself shortly afterwards, with his family reportedly blaming the rejection he felt after being the first one to leave the group.

Format

Its format was developed by Planet 24, 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 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.

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Further reading

sv icon cite book
last = Svensson
first = Niklas
coauthors = Melin, Martin
title = Robinsonboken - sanningen om Expedition
publisher = Bazar förlag AB
year = 2004
isbn = 91-7028-017-7

External links

* [http://www.strix.se/?id_site=1&id_item=179 Official Strix site]
* [http://archive.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2000/03/13/wackytv/print.html Salon article]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1346936.stm BBC article]