Baltic Robinson

Baltic Robinson was a popular television show that aired in the Baltic region of Europe from 2000 to 2004 and was the first pan regional edition of Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries.

Baltic Robinson
Also known asRobinsonid, Robinsoni, Robinzonai (2000–02)
Džunglistaar, Džungļu zvaigznes, Džiungles (2004)'
Created byCharlie Parsons
Theme music composerJon Rekdal
Country of originEstonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Original languagesEstonian, Latvian, Lithuanian
No. of seasons4
Release
Original networkTV3, TV3, TV3
Original release2000,
September 7 –
December 18, 2004 (2004-12-18)
Chronology
Related showsSurvivor

During its five-year (four season) run, the show was hosted by Emil Rutiku for Estonian, Vytautas Kernagis for Lithuanian and Pauls Timrots for Latvian audience. Due to the show's success, at least one contestant, Kristīne Koļadina, was given her own spin-off show which aired and was popular with viewers in her home country of Latvia.

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

Format

The Robinson 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 American show Survivor in 2000.

Fifteen contestants are put into a survival situation and compete in a variety of physical challenges. Early in each season three 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.

Seasons
List of Baltic Robinson seasons
Year Hosts Channel Participants Winner Runner-Up 2nd-Runner-Up
2000 Emil Rutiku
Pauls Timrots
Vytautas Kernagis		 TV3 15 Zane Mukāne Monika Verbutaitė Igna Vahar
2001 13 Māris Šveiduks Siiri Kuusmann Linas Samaška
2002 15 Rimas Valeikis Ranno Rätsep Kristīne Koļadina
2004 Tõnu Kark
Raimonds Dombrovskis
Vytautas Kernagis		 18 Dagmāra Legante Renata Ražnauskienė Koit Toome
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