Robinson Ekspeditionen

Robinson Ekspeditionen is a popular Danish reality television program debuting in 1998. In the spring of 1998 TV3 purchased the broadcast rights to air their own version of Expedition Robinson. Following the success of the Swedish version, Denmark was the first country to adopt their own version of the show. The show has proven to be a ratings success since its premiere in 1998.

Robinson Ekspeditionen
Created by	Charlie Parsons
Theme music composer	Andreas Nordqvist
Country of origin	Denmark
Original language	Danish
No. of seasons	21
Release
Original network	TV3 (1998-present)
Original release	1998 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Survivor

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 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 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 Robinson Ekspeditionen seasons

Year	Location	Days	Castaways	Original tribes	Winner	Runner(s)-up	Final vote	Host
1998	Mensirip Island, Malaysia	47	16	Two tribes of eight	Regina Pedersen	Karine Winther		Thomas Mygind
1999			17	Two tribes of eight and a 'joker'	Dan Marstrand	Peer Stakroge	7–2
2000			16	Two tribes of eight	Sonny Rønne Pedersen	Pia Rosholm	8-5
2001		47	19	Two tribes of eight, and three 'jokers' in the merge	Malene Hasselblad	Lars Lang	10-5[1]
2002		46	21	Two tribes of twelve and eleven returning players	Henrik Ørum	Lone Hattesen	9–6
2003			22	Two tribes of nine and eight players, and two 'jokers'	Frank Quistgard	Rie Pedersen Marinela Malisic	7–0–0
2004	Mersing District, Malaysia		20	Two tribes of nine[2]	Mette Frandsen	Tine Petterssen Duddie Staack	3-3-2[3]	Jakob Kjeldbjerg
2005	Besar Island, Malaysia	42	24	Two tribes of twelve	Mogens Brandstrup	Lykke Maigatter Solveig Zabell	N/A
2005			15	VIP Three tribes of five celebrities from Denmark, Norway and Sweden	Tilde Fröling	Jan Simonsen Asbjørn Riis	5-4-3	Mikkel Beha Erichsen
2006		25	16	Two teams of eight	Diego Tur	Denise Dupont	N/A	Jakob Kjeldbjerg
2007	Mersing District, Malaysia	54	20	Two teams of ten returning and new players	Rikke Gøransson	Malene Hasselblad Kenneth Ebert	N/A
2008		42	22	Two teams of ten Paradise Hotel contestants and fans of the show, and two 'jokers'	Daniela Hansen	Hilde Austad	4-4
2009		46	24	Two teams of twelve divided according to their IQ	Villy Eenberg	Maureen Cruz Nicolai Karlson	N/A
2010		51		Two teams of twelve, divided into 'masters' and 'slaves'	Søren Engelbret	Hans Ole Ravnholt	N/A
2011	Caramoan, Philippines	43		Two teams of eight, including one returning player, and eight more 'jokers' throughout the season	Hugo Kleister	Marlene Thinggaard Morten Kleister	N/A
2013	Mersing District, Malaysia	35	21	Two teams of nine, and two 'jokers'	Jeppe Bruun Hansen	Jan "Due" Due Martin Christensen	N/A
2014	Caramoan, Philippines	39		Two teams of ten with pre-existing relationship, and two returning 'jokers' later in the season	Stina Von Edelstein	Henrik Lampskov Trine Bang	N/A
2015			24	Two teams of twelve with pre-existing relationship, including one returning player	Kenneth Mikkelsen	Camilla Holm Nicole Bech Hansen	N/A
2016		44	27	Two teams of nine and one team of eight with pre-existing relationship, and one 'joker'	Henrik Oltmann Andersen	Nikolaj Lund Mortensen Sofie Wulf Kampmann	N/A
2017		45		Two tribes of eleven divided by age and one tribe of five returning players	Marlene Berardino	Bjørn Scharling Larsen Isabella Romani	N/A
2018				Three tribes divided into 'heroes', 'villains', and 'jokers'	Jamil Faizi	Puriya "Loco" Haidariano Zanne Maibritt Øbakke	N/A
2019		44	22	Two tribes of eleven	Nis Andreas Prio Sørensen	Jaffer Naveed Janjooa Kenneth Jørgensen	N/A
2021	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

References

1. The initial vote was 7-2, but with the male and female audience votes being taken into effect (each had three votes to cast) six more votes were split among the finalists.
2. This season began with a series of twist, the first being that two contestants would be eliminated through a challenge on day one. Pia "Bonnet" Trussel lost the challenge and chose Karabi Bergman to be eliminated with her.
3. Ultimately, it was Mette Frandsen who won the season over Tine Petterssen and Duddie Staack by a jury vote of 3-3-2 after having answered a question correctly to break the tie.

External links

• https://www.viafree.dk/programmer/reality/robinson-ekspeditionen