Survivor (TV series)

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Survivor
Image:Survivorall.jpg
Official Season 1-11 logos
Format Reality
Game show
Run time 60 minutes
Creator Charlie Parsons
Starring Jeff Probst
Country United States
Network CBS
Original run May 31, 2000 – Present
No. of episodes 155 (through season 10)

Survivor is a popular reality television program produced in many countries throughout the world. In the show, contestants are isolated in a remote location and compete for a cash prize. "Survivor" is based on the successful Swedish show "Expedition Robinson". "Survivor" is considered to be the father of reality TV, since its success led to an entire genre of similar shows.

Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.

Contents

Premise

This text refers to the American version of the show. Small differences may exist between it and other versions. Also, rule changes instituted for one season are discussed below.

Tribes

The basic premise of the show is that each series starts with sixteen players and on each episode one player is voted off by the other remaining players. Initially, the players are divided into two eight person "tribes" which compete against each other in "challenges" - competitions of endurance, intelligence, teamwork, dexterity, or will power. Each episode has an "immunity challenge" and the tribe that loses this challenge must vote off one member of the tribe at "Tribal Council." In addition, most episodes have a "reward challenge" and the winning tribe will receive a prize such as additional food or equipment. Exceptions: In Survivor: All-Stars, there were 18 players in three tribes at the start of the game. In Immunity Challenges, the top two tribes received immunity; only last place went to Tribal Council. In Survivor: Vanuatu, again 18 players began the game, but in two tribes of nine players each. In Survivor: Palau, 20 players began the game, and were divided into two tribes of nine, with the other two players being eliminated immediately.

Later seasons offered twists on pre-merge immunity rules. In the opening moments of Palau, Probst told the 20 contestants (all of whom were rowing in the middle of the ocean) that the first man and woman to reach the shore would be granted immunity. That safety lasted until day 2, when they each picked the first member of their new tribe (Jolanda Jones, the female immunity winner, was voted out on day 3!). On day 7 of Vanuatu, both tribes were told they had to vote out a member. They were then ordered to compete in a reward challenge. The Lopevi tribe won, and their "reward" was an individual competition for immunity -- John Kenney won and was kept safe for that particular vote; he was also sent to the Yasur tribe for a day to watch their activities and award immunity to one player (he chose Ami Cusack). In Palau, on day 12, the Koror and Ulong tribes were forced to vote out one member apiece. Powerhouse Koror won the reward challenge, and the prize was eating a meal in front of Ulong while watching their Tribal Council. A surprise twist revealed only at TC was the opportunity to give one Ulong immunity for that particular vote. Votes were split but a majority went to the Ulong tribe's intended target, Ibrehem Rahman, forcing Ulong to vote out another member.

At some point in the season the remaining players from the two tribes "merge" into a single tribe (except in Palau, where the victorious Koror tribe merely absorbed the only remaining Ulong member, Stephenie LaGrossa). From this point, challenges are won on an individual basis. Rewards are given to only one player (although there are times when reward challenges have multiple teams competing against each other. The teams are typically divided up randomly). With most of the reward challenges, the individual who wins is often given the option to choose one other player to share the reward with). Still, only one player can win immunity. This immune player cannot be voted off on that episode, although he or she still has the right to vote against other players. In the Marquesas, Amazon, Pearl Islands, All-Stars, Vanuatu, and Palau seasons, the player who won immunity had the right to pass it to a fellow tribemate. Several players attempted to barter for this prize, but only one true transfer has ever occurred. Amazon winner Jenna Morasca gave her immunity to friend Heidi Strobel on day 33.

Tribal Council

The voting is done at the end of each episode at Tribal Council. The show's host, Jeff Probst, questions and provokes the players about events that have occurred and their opinions about the other players. The players all then secretly vote, and the player who receives the most votes is out of the competition. Probst takes the players' torch, extinguishes it, and declares "The tribe has spoken." The player then leaves the area and gives his final words, which air during the credits of the episode.

If there is a tie, the following tiebreakers have been used:

  • In Seasons 1-3, all players not in the tie voted again. If the tie remained, whoever had received the most votes in prior Tribal Councils was eliminated. If this did not break the tie, a sudden death trivia challenge was used.
  • In Survivor: Marquesas, a tie in the Final Four was broken by a random draw among all players, except Vecepia Towery, who had immunity.
  • Later seasons such as Thailand and Palau have featured players discussing the possibility of a "purple rock", but at Tribal Council they have usually avoided tiebreaker situations. Several votes since Marquesas have been initially tied but the ties have been resolved in revotes. For example, there was an initial 2-2 tie vote in Palau between Bobby Jon Drinkard and Angie Jakusz. Probst ordered a revote from the three other members of their tribe, and Jakusz was voted out 3-0. In the following episode, Ibrehem Rahman and James Miller tied on a 2-2 vote but a revote led to a 2-0 departure for Miller.
  • In recent seasons, in case of a deadlock vote that takes place before the Final Four, the people who are tied gain immunity from elimination, and the rest of the tribe members (except the person who won the immunity challenge) must draw rocks. The one who draws the purple rock is eliminated. However, this rule has never been exercised. If a deadlock vote takes place during the Final Four, no rocks are drawn; instead, ties are decided on the basis of competitions similar to immunity challenges. In Palau, a tie in the Final Four between Ian Rosenberger and Jennifer Lyon resulted in Ian and Jenn participating in a fire-starting challenge; Ian won and Jenn was voted out.

The first 6-9 players eliminated leave the game altogether; in the first season they were allowed to return to the United States, but when some of the early exits were sighted during filming (spoiling the outcome of the first few episodes), Survivor instituted a policy forcing pre-jury players to stay fairly close to the filming area (the country itself, or nearby countries). One exception was Tanya Vance, who was voted out on day 6 of Thailand and allowed to return home several weeks later upon learning her father had been killed. Those who finish in ninth through third place remain to form the "jury" which does not directly participate in the show but observes the Tribal Councils. In the final episode of each season, the final four (3 in Survivor: The Australian Outback) players typically go through a number of activities during their final days. In the first 4 seasons they competed in an immunity challenge, which has generally been "Fallen Comrades," where players compete (in front of the jury) to answer questions about the jury correctly. Later seasons have featured other physical or mental tasks in place of "Fallen Comrades". Immediately following this challenge, fourth place is voted out. The players return to camp and go through a "memorial" for the players previously eliminated from the game on the way to their final challenge, generally one of endurance. Whoever wins this challenge has the sole vote to determine third place. The final two return, and on the last day go through a symbolic destruction of camp (this is not official; it is a tradition begun in Pulau Tiga when Richard Hatch and Kelly Wiglesworth burned everything but their personal gear on Day 39 to symbolize leaving the game behind). Then they go to their final Tribal Council, where the seven members of the jury are given the right to ask them questions. At the very end of the show, each of the seven jurors votes for the winner. Probst takes the container with the votes, and it is secured until the live finale of the show, when the votes are revealed and the million-dollar winner announced (with the exception Season 1 where the votes were revealed soon after they were cast).

Prizes

Not only the winner receives a prize in Survivor. Here are the approximate monetary prizes for all placings in a normal 16-player game (on the All-Star series, all prizes except the million dollar top prize were doubled):

Prize (in US$)
Sixteenth $2,000
Fifteenth $4,000
Fourteenth $6,000
Thirteenth $8,000
Twelfth $10,000
Eleventh $12,000
Tenth $15,000
Ninth $20,000
Eighth $30,000
Seventh $40,000
Sixth $50,000
Fifth $60,000
Fourth $70,000
Third $85,000
Runner-up $100,000
Winner $1,000,000

The Million-dollar winner also typically wins an automobile, as does the winner of a randomly selected reward/immunity challenge. All players also receive an additional $10,000 for their appearance on the post-series "reunion" show.

While the show is based on the theme of wilderness survival, the real basis of the show is interpersonal relationships. The survival aspects are difficult enough to discomfort the players, but contestants are rarely truly endangered (only one has ever had to leave in mid-series due to injuries). The real survival skills required are the ability to make deals and form alliances with other players to keep from being voted off. Because of the steadily diminishing number of players and the fact that the players being voted off will in turn choose the ultimate winner, considerable political skills are required.

When it comes down to it, the tagline of the show says it all. The players must outwit, outplay, and outlast the others to be the sole Survivor.

Concept history

The creation of the Survivor concept, although credited to Charlie Parsons, was actually conceived by Bob Geldof's Planet 24 television company. It initially failed to attract the attention of any of the major broadcasters in Britain or the United States and was eventually sold to the Swedish television company Strix Television as Expedition Robinson (alluding to Robinson Crusoe). The show was a major hit in Sweden.

The initial series was a huge ratings success in the US in 2000 and, along with ABC's prime-time game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, sparked a reality-television revolution. Suddenly networks pushed sitcoms and conventional drama series to the back burner and rushed their own reality shows into development. Even the Fox Network, which had vowed never to air a reality show again just months earlier following media outrage surrounding its "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" program, broke its promise and launched several competitors of its own. Survivor's second season, in the winter/spring of 2001, drew even larger audiences. Subsequent US versions have attracted smaller but still substantial audiences. There have also been British and Australian versions of the show in 2002. Both were ratings flops, indeed in Britain, its failure was a national joke (though ratings for the UK series were considerably lower than ITV had hoped for, it still regularly attracted six to eight million viewers, a decent rather than huge audience, but enough for ITV to commission a second series which appeared a year later). A Japanese version was also produced for four installments which achieved some success. [1] Broadcast rights for the American version have been sold to various broadcasters and is viewed in many countries around the world.

Seasons of the American version of the series

The U.S. version is produced by Mark Burnett and hosted by Jeff Probst. When the program is broadcast, it airs weekly on CBS. As of early 2005 ten seasons have been aired, including a special competition with past contestants. DVDs of the first season (Borneo), second season (The Australian Outback), and eighth (All-Stars) season have been released. The seventh season (Pearl Islands) is set for DVD release in early 2006, and editions of other seasons are planned.

  1. Survivor: Borneo (also called Survivor: Pulau Tiga, Survivor 1, or simply Survivor) was set on a remote island (Pulau Tiga) in the South China Sea. Richard Hatch was its winner in a 4-3 vote over Kelly Wiglesworth. Map
  2. Survivor: The Australian Outback was set in Australia in the Outback (though the location was by Australian standards not particularly remote, nor was it arid). Tina Wesson won 4-3 over Colby Donaldson. During this series, Michael Skupin suffered burns and became the first (and, as of 2005, only) contestant evacuated due to injuries. Map
  3. Survivor: Africa was set in a Kenyan desert. Ethan Zohn won, defeating Kim Johnson by a vote of 5-2. Map
  4. Survivor: Marquesas was set on the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas. Vecepia Towery won by a vote of 4-3 over Neleh Dennis. Map
  5. Survivor: Thailand was set in Thailand. Brian Heidik beat Clay Jordan by a vote of 4-3. Map
  6. Survivor: The Amazon was set in the jungles of the Amazon River region of Brazil. Jenna Morasca won, with the largest margin of victory yet in the American series, 6-1, over Matthew Von Ertfelda, although most fans conceded that 3rd place winner Rob Cesternino played the best game of all. Map
  7. Survivor: Pearl Islands was set in the Pearl Islands off the coast of Panama. Sandra Diaz-Twine defeated Lillian Morris by a vote of 6-1. Map
  8. Survivor: All-Stars was also set in the Pearl Islands, and featured eighteen contestants from past Survivor seasons. Amber Brkich won by a vote of 4-3 over Rob Mariano. Just before the live vote was revealed, Rob asked Amber to marry him, and she said yes. A second million-dollar prize was also awarded to Rupert Boneham for being voted (at the CBS website and by mobile phone) as the viewers' favorite contestant on Survivor: America's Tribal Council. Several rule changes were used in this season regarding the nature of tribes, and they are listed in the separate article. Map
  9. Survivor: Vanuatu - Islands of Fire was set on islands in the archipelago nation of Vanuatu, located in the South Pacific Ocean. Chris Daugherty was the only male contestant of the final seven, but outlasted Twila Tanner by a vote of 5-2. Map
  10. Survivor: Palau was set on islands of Palau, located in the Philippine Sea. The season started with 20 contestants, but on Day 2, the number was reduced to 18 in a tribal selection process. The season concluded with NYC firefighter Tom Westman prevailing over Katie Gallagher by a vote of 6-1. Map
  11. Survivor: Guatemala - The Maya Empire is the eleventh season of Survivor, and is set inside of the ruins of the Maya civilization in the Yaxha National Park. 18 Survivors (16 new ones and Stephenie LaGrossa and Bobby Jon Drinkard from Survivor: Palau) are stranded within the ruins of the Maya civilization. The season premiered September 15, 2005. Map
  12. Survivor: Pearl Islands 3 is set to start filming on 31st October, returning to the Pearl Islands chain for the third time. This season is expected to air in the spring of 2006. Future seasons, beyond this one, have yet to be confirmed but reports are highly likely that there will be a season 13 and 14, carrying the series into 2007.

Survivor: Marquesas was not shown in Australia as the network was showing a series of Australian Survivor instead. The latter was not a ratings success, and since then the American edition of Survivor resumed airing. In 2005, the US cable network OLN (formerly known as Outdoor Life Network) began showing reruns of the first ten series.

Region 1 DVD Releases

Best of Releases

DVD Name Release Date
Season One: The Greatest and Most Outrageous Moments 1 January 2001
Season Two: The Greatest and Most Outrageous Moments 25 September 2001

Season Releases

DVD Name Release Date
The Complete First Season 11 May 2004
The Complete Second Season 26 April 2005
The Complete Third Season TBA 2006
The Complete Fourth Season TBA 2006
The Complete Fifth Season TBA 2006
The Complete Sixth Season TBA 2006
The Complete Seventh Season TBA 2006
The Complete Eighth Season 14 September 2004
The Complete Ninth Season TBA 2006
The Complete Tenth Season TBA 2006
The Complete Eleventh Season TBA 2006

Rules

(rules may vary in foreign versions of the series)

  • Conspiring to split winnings will result in immediate expulsion from the game.
  • Except for the occasional challenges which involve wrestling or limited combat, any physical violence between players will result in immediate expulsion from the game.
  • At Tribal Council, players are not permitted to vote for themselves, nor can they spoil their ballots or decline to cast a vote. Players must also show who they voted for to the camera inside the voting booth.
  • Contestants may not skip any tribal councils, nor can they refuse to participate in an immunity or reward challenge except in the case of sitting out to even the numbers as described below.
  • When one tribe has more players than the other tribe, it must designate players to sit out of tribal challenges so that equal numbers compete. This rule was relaxed only in the Survivor: The Australian Outback season because Jeff Probst felt neither team would be helped or hindered by the numeric disparity. Beginning with Survivor: Africa, the rules specifically stated that any player who sits out a reward challenge cannot sit out the following immunity challenge. In Survivor: Palau episodes 7-8 the Koror tribe had 8 players while Ulong only had 3 (and then 2), which forced the show to allow various Koror players to sit out back-to-back challenges. The only qualification then was that the same 2-3 players could not participate in each concurrent challenge. Katie Gallagher and Janu Tornell, both of the Palau season, tie for the most sit-outs of any players (they each sat out 7 challenges over 8 episodes).
  • Tribe members may not raid or visit the campsite of another tribe unless they are doing so as part of an immunity challenge, reward challenge or tribal merger activity with the other tribe. They also cannot visit the TV crew compound. (Comment: on the 10/27/05 episode, members of the Yaxha tribe visited the Nakum tribe and invited them back to their camp for a birthday party so apparently this is no longer a rule, if it ever was)
  • Depending on which country the show takes place in, contestants may be barred from killing certain forms of wildlife and plantlife.

Controversies and Legal Action

Turmoil between players is commonplace for any reality series, but Survivor has had a few instances which went beyond mere intertribal squabbles:

  • In February 2001, Borneo player Stacey Stillman filed a lawsuit claiming producers interfered in the process of the game by persuading two members of her team (Sean Keniff and Dirk Been) to vote her off instead of Rudy Boesch. Been supported her allegations. Mark Burnett countersued Stillman for $5 million dollars. The case was eventually settled out of court.
  • At the trivia immunity challenge for Africa's final four players, host Jeff Probst asked which female player in their season had no piercings. Kim Johnson answered Kelly Goldsmith, got the point, and went on to win the challenge, which pushed her to third and ultimately (after another immunity win) second place. Tom Buchanan was eliminated. Months after filming, the cast and producers gathered for the reunion show. The cast and producers watched the finale broadcast, and when Probst was shown asking who had no piercings, Lindsey Richter shouted to the TV that she had none. Lex van den Berghe's answer had been Lindsey, yet the show had not awarded him a point, thus drastically changing the outcome of the game (van den Berghe was eliminated in third place). Realizing their mistake, CBS paid van den Berghe and Buchanan a settlement.
  • In the fifth episode of the All-Star season, a naked Richard Hatch may or may not have come into contact with Sue Hawk after she blocked his path during an immunity challenge. Hatch was voted out that day for other reasons; Hawk quit the game a few days later (episode six). Hawk considered filing a lawsuit against the parties involved, but appeared with Hatch on The Early Show the morning after the sixth episode aired, stating she opted out of legal action because CBS had helped her "deal with the situation".

Survivor Trivia and Interesting Facts

A full list can be found at Survivor Trivia and Interesting Facts.

UK Survivor

Survivor (UK) hit screens in the United Kingdom in 2001. The format was similar to that of the US version, and was screened on ITV. Sixteen contestants were marooned on the island of Palau Tiga and were split into two tribes. They completed in challenges and schemed against each other. The first series was won by Charlotte Hobrough. Despite hype surrounding the show, it was a ratings flop, and was heavily criticised by the press.

Despite the disappointing performance of the first series, ITV decided to commission a second one, with some changes. Presenters Mark Austin and John Leslie were axed, and replaced by Channel 4 cricket presenter Mark Nicholas. There were twelve contestants instead of sixteen, the show was scheduled in a later time slot, and was set in Panama. The series was won by Jonny Gibb. Ratings were still disappointing, and so ITV decided to axe the show completely.

There was a similarly titled series, Survivors, a 1970s series by Terry Nation, set in the then-present day, when most of the world's population were suddenly wiped out by a virulent plague. It followed the fortunes of a few of the "lucky" people who were immune.

Survivor (Expedition Robinson) Games Worldwide

SPOILER WARNING: winners are named!

Nation Series name Season Location Broadcast Winner Age Gender
Argentina Expedicion Robinson 1 Panama, Bocas del Toro 2000 Sebastian Martino 26 Male
Argentina Expedicion Robinson 2 Belize, offshore island 2001 Victoria 'Vick' Fernandez 28 Female
Australia Survivor 1 Australia, Eyre Peninsula, Whaler's Way 2002 Rob Dickson 37 Male
Brazil No Limite 1 Brazil, NE coast, Ceara, Falesias Cearansea, Angel's Beach 2000 Elaine Castro de Melo 35 Female
Brazil No Limite 2 Brazil, Mato Grosso Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimaraes, farm 2001 Leonardo Rassi 23 Male
Brazil No Limite 3 Brazil, Marajo Island (Amazon River mouth) 2002 Rodrigo [surname not released] 36 Male
China Survivor 1 China, SW Yunnan Province, 'Lost Horizon' mts. 2002 ? ? ?
Colombia Expedicion Robinson 1 ? 2002 ? ? ?
Croatia Survivor 1 Croatia, Mljet island 2005 Vazmenko Pervan ? Male
Denmark Ekspeditionen Robinson 1 Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Pulau Sipadan area [Strix] 1998 Regina Pedersen 34 Female
Denmark Ekspeditionen Robinson 2 Philippines, Palawan, Cadlao/El Nido area [Strix] 1999 Dan Marstrand 51 Male
Denmark Ekspeditionen Robinson 3 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2000 Sonny Ronne 34 Male
Denmark Ekspeditionen Robinson 4 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2001 Malene Hasselblad 30 Female
Denmark Ekspeditionen Robinson [first ever All-Star game!] 5 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2002 Henrik Orum 46 Male
Denmark Ekspeditionen Robinson 6 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] 2003 Frank Quistgard 30 Male
Denmark Ekspeditionen Robinson 7 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] 2004 Mette Frandsen 28 Male
Estonia Expedition Robinson 1 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2001 ? ? ?
Estonia Expedition Robinson 2 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2002 ? ? ?
Finland Suomen Robinson 1 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] 2004 Marjaana Valkeinen 46 Female
France Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta 1 Thailand, off West Coast, Kork and Lantanai twin islands 2001 Gilles Nicolet 35 Male
France Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta 2 Costa Rica, Nicoya 2002 Amel Fatnassi 28 Female
France Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta 3 Panama, Bocas del Toro 2003 Delphine & Isabelle [surnames not released] 32 & 40 Both female
France Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta 4 Panama, Pearl Islands 2004 Philippe Bordier 38 Male
France Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta 5 New Caledonia, Isle of Pines 2005 Clémence Castel 20 Female
Germany/Austria Expedition Robinson 1 Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2000 Melanie [surname not released] 19 Female
Germany Gestrandet 2 Panama, Pearl Islands, Chapera Island, Mogo Mogo Island (not Strix) 2002? Alex Kolo ? Male
Greece Expedition Robinson 1 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] 2003 ? ? ?
Italy ? 1 Panama, Bocas del Toro 2001 Melica Meletic 30 Female
Japan Survivor 1 Palau Islands, Ngemelis Island 2002 Eri Minoshima 28 Female
Japan Survivor 2 Mariana? Islands? or Russia? 2002 Asami Kawamura 22 Female
Japan Survivor 3 Philippines, Negros, Siquijor 2002 Yasuhito Ebisawa 27 Male
Japan Survivor 4 Mariana Islands, Rota Island 2003 Koushin Gunji 37 Male
Latvia ? 1 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2001 ? ?
Latvia ? 2 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2002 ? ?
Lebanon ? 1 Africa, Kenya, Shaba Game reserve; on coast for water challenges 2005 Hussein El-Abass ? Male
Lithuania Expedition Robinson 1 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2001 ? ?
Lithuania Expedition Robinson 2 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2002 ? ?
Netherlands/Belgium Expeditie Robinson 1 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2000 Karin Lindenhovius (Nl) 25 Female
Netherlands/Belgium Expeditie Robinson 2 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2001 Richard Mackowiak (Be) 44 Male
Netherlands/Belgium Expeditie Robinson 3 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2002 Derek Blok (Nl) 41 Male
Netherlands/Belgium Expeditie Robinson 4 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah area [Strix] 2003 Jutta Borms (Be) 30 Female
Netherlands/Belgium Expeditie Robinson 5 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah area [Strix] 2004 Frank De Meulder (Be) 37 Male
Netherlands/Belgium Expeditie Robinson 6 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah area [Strix] 2005 ? ? ?
Norway Robinsonekspedisjonen 1 Philippines, Palawan, Cadlao/El Nido area [Strix] 1999 Christer Falck ? Male
Norway Robinsonekspedisjonen 2 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2000 Therese Andersen ? Female
Norway Robinsonekspedisjonen 3 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2001 Mia Martinsen ? Female
Norway Robinsonekspedisjonen 4 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2002 Ann Karene Molvig ? Female
Norway Robinsonekspedisjonen 5 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah area [Strix] 2003 Emil Orderud ? Male
Norway Robinsonekspedisjonen 6 ? 2004 ? ? ?
Poland Wyprawa Robinson 1 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah [Strix] 2004 Katarzyna (Kasia) Drzyzdzyk 22 Female
Portugal ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Russia The Last Hero aka Poslednii Geroi 1 Panama, Bocas del Toro 2001 Sergei Odintsov late 20s Male
Russia The Last Hero aka Poslednii Geroi 2 Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2002-2003 Veronika Norkina 29 Female
Russia The Last Hero aka Poslednii Geroi 3 Unknown location 2003 Vladimir Presnyakov Jr 34 Male
Russia The Last Hero aka Poslednii Geroi 4 Unknown location 2003-2004 Yana ? ? Female
Russia The Last Hero aka Poslednii Geroi 5 Panama, Pearl Islands 2004 Alexander Matveev ? Male
South Africa ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Spain Survivor 1 Panama, Bastimentos 2000 Xavier Montjonell 27 Male
Spain Survivor 2 Scychelles 2001 Freddy [surname not released] ? Male
Sweden Expedition Robinson 1 Malaysia, Johor, Palau Tengah [Strix] 1997 [first Survivor game ever!] Martin Melin 33 Male
Sweden Expedition Robinson 2 Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Pulau Sidpadan [Strix] 1998 Alexandra Zazzi 34 Female
Sweden Expedition Robinson 3 Philippines, Palawan, Cadlao/El Nido area [Strix] 1999 Jerker Dalman 23 Male
Sweden Expedition Robinson 4 Malaysia, Johor, odd East coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area [Strix] 2000 Mattias Dalerstedt 24 Male
Sweden Expedition Robinson 5 Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Mersing/Tengah area [Strix] 2001 Jan Emanuel Johansson 27 Male
Sweden Expedition Robinson 6 Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Mersing/Tengah area [Strix] 2002 Antoni Matacz 36 Male
Sweden Expedition Robinson 7 Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Mersing/Tengah [Strix] 2003 Emma Andersson 24 Female
Sweden Expedition Robinson 8 ? 2004 Jerry Forsberg 24 Male
Sweden Expedition Robinson 9 Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Pulao Perhentian Besar [Strix] 2005 ? ?
Switzerland Survivor 1 Malaysia, Johor [Strix?] 1999 ? ? ?
Switzerland Survivor 2 Malaysia, Johor [Strix?] 2000 ? ? ?
United Kingdom Survvior 1 Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Palau Tiga 2001 Charlotte Hobrough 24 Female
United Kingdom Survivor 2 Panama, Bocas del Toro 2002 Jonny Gibb 31 Male
United States Survivor (Borneo) 1 Malaysia, Borneo, Pulau Tiga 2000 Richard Hatch 38 Male
United States Survivor: The Australian Outback 2 Australia, QLD, Goshen Station, Herbert River Falls area 2001 Tina Wesson 40 Female
United States Survivor: Africa 3 Kenya, Shaba Game Reserve 2001-02 Ethan Zohn 27 Male
United States Survivor: Marquesas 4 French Polynesia, Marqueses, Nuku Hiva 2002 Vecepia 'Vee' Towery 36 Female
United States Survivor: Thailand 5 Thailand, Ko Tarutao 2002 Brian Heidik 34 Male
United States Survivor: The Amazon 6 Brazil, Amazon, A Floresta da Vida area 2003 Jenna Morasca 21 Female
United States Survivor: Pearl Islands 7 Panama, Pearl Islands 2003 Sandra Diaz-Twine 29 Female
United States Survivor: All-Stars 8 Panama, Pearl Islands 2004 Amber Brkich 25 Female
United States Survivor: Vanuatu (Islands Of Fire) 9 Vanuatu, Efate Island 2004 Chris Daugherty 33 Male
United States Survivor: Palau 10 South Pacific, Palau 2005 Tom Westman 40 Male
United States Survivor: Guatemala (The Mayan Empire) 11 Guatemala, Yaxha, Penten 2005 N/A N/A N/A
United States Survivor (To be announced) 12 Panama, Pearl Islands? (To be confirmed) 2006 N/A N/A N/A
Venezuela Robinson: La Gran Aventura 1 Panama, Bocas del Toro 2002 Graciela Boza 34 Female
Venuzuela Robinson: La Gran Aventure 2 Argentina, Patagonia, Chubut Province ? ? ? ?

Game count above with a known/named winner is 65 "Survivor" games so far worldwide. Gender count is 29 female winners and 37 male winners, which is 66 winners from 65 games. The French S3 game had 2 female winners after tie vote.

Strix Expedition Robinson (Survivor) games

All of the European nations that hire Strix to produce or co-produce their Survivor TV shows all travel together to the same basic location each year and pool their resources so less has to be duplicated. Each nation of course brings its own separate team of contestants. Filming is done in the Summer and the game are shown in the Fall of that same year. Here is the Strix chart and the nations that joined, and in what year.

Year Nation(s) Location
1997 Sweden Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
1998 Sweden / Denmark Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Pulau Sipadan area
1999 Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Switzerland Philippines, Palawan, Cadlao/El Nido area
2000 Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Switzerland / Netherlands & Belgium / Germany & Austria Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
2001 Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Netherlands & Belgium / Estonia / Latvia / Lithuania Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
2002 Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Netherlands & Belgium / Estonia / Latvia / Lithuania / Russia Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah
2003 Strix recorded ‘Expedition: Robinson’ in Malaysia for seven countries simultaneously. The seven nations were: Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Netherlands & Belgium / Finland / Greece Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah?
2004 Strix produced or co-produced nine series of `Expedition Robinson´ on location in Malaysia during 2004. Among the nations included were: Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Netherlands & Belgium Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah?
2005 Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Netherlands & Belgium / Russia Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Pulau Perhentian Besar

Survivors, 'Survivor', and Mark Burnett: A Chronology

Date Event
1704-1709 Alexander Selkirk stranded himself on small island of Juan Fernandez off the coast of Chile in the Pacific Ocean for four years
1712 Cruising Voyages by Woodes Rogers published. This is an account of Selkirk's ordeal by his rescuer.
1719 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe published.
1812 Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss published.
1902 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad published.
1954 The Lord of the Flies by William Golding published.
1964 Sep 26-1967 Sep 04 'Gilligan's Island' TV series aired.
1965 Sep 15-1968 Sep 11 'Lost in Space' TV series aired.
1974 Feb 20 Japanese Lt. Onoda emerged from the Philippine jungle after hiding out for 30 years
1974 Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read published.
1982 Mark Burnett arrived in America (Los Angeles, CA).
1991, Nov MB raced in 'Raid Gauloises: Gulf of Oman', and got a one-hour TV special filmed. His team didn't finish the race.
1993, Nov MB raced in 'Raid Gauloises: Madagascar, and got a one-hour TV special filmed. His team finishes in 9th place.
1994 MB participated in Raid Gauloises: Borneo. MB quit the race part way through.
1994?-1995? Charlie Parsons created the idea for 'Survivor', but no one in the UK, or anywhere else for that matter, seemd to be interested.
1995 MB first told about the idea that would become 'Survivor'.
1995, Apr 'Eco-Challenge: Utah' #1 filmed for MTV.
1995 'Eco-Challenge]]: New England #2 for ESPN.
1996? Sweden bought the rights to 'Survivor'.
1996 'Eco-Challenge: British Columbia' #3 filmed; for Discovery Channel.
1997, Summer Sweden's S#1 'Expedition Robinson' filmed by Strix.
1997, Fall Sweden's S#1 'Expedition Robinson' aired. It is a huge hit.
1997 'Eco-Challenge: Australia' #4 filmed; for Discovery Channel.
???? Jon de Mol in Netherlands bought the rights to 'Survivor', but created Big Brother instead.
1998 MB bought North American rights to 'Survivor'.
1998, Nov 'Eco-Challenge: Morocco' #5 filmed; for Discovery Channel.
1999, Summer MB pitched 'Survivor' to Discovery Channel. They said "no".
1999, Summer MB sold North American rights to Eco-Challenge to USA Network starting with 2000, but USA Network turned down 'Survivor'.
1999, Summer MB's 'Survivor' turned down by NBC, ABC, CBS, and UPN. MB got another chance at CBS, and Leslie Moonves bought it.
1999, Jun MB scouted locations in Borneo for 'Survivor'.
1999, 16 Sep-30 Dec Netherland's Season #1 of 'Big Brother' aired. Two-thirds of nation tuned in.
1999 Nov 'Eco-Challenge: Patagonia, Argentina' #6 filmed; for Discovery Channel. Last Eco-Challenge for Discovery Channel.
2000, Mar 13-April 20 US S#1 'Survivor: Palau Tiga' filmed.
2000, May 31-Aug 23 US S#1 'Survivor: Palau Tiga' aired.
2000 Aug 23 'Survivor: Palau Tiga finale, but MB back in Borneo preparing for Eco-Challenge.
2000 Oct 23-Nv ? US S#2 'Survivor: The Ausralian Outback' filmed in Australia.
2000 'Eco-Challenge: Sabah, Borneo' #7 filmed; for USA Network.
2001 Jan 28-May 3 US S#2 'Survivor: The Australian Outback' aired.
2001 May 24-June 17 Seattle International Film Festival: Jeff Probst's "Finder's Fee".
2001 Jul-Aug US S#3 "Survivor: Africa' filmed.
2001 Aug-Sep Preparations well under way for filming US S#4 'Survivor: Jordan'.
2001 Sep 11 Then "9/11", and 'Survivor' will NOT be filmed in Jordan.
2001 Sep Leslie Moonves told MB that S#4 filming start date WILL hold, so MB must find a new location quickly!
2001 Sep 15 MB flew to Tahiti in French Polynesia to scout out a location
2001 Sep 17 MB scouted the Marquesas Islands.
2001 Sep 20 MB picked the Marquesas
2001 Oct 4-2002 Jan 17 US S#3 'Survivor: Africa' aired.
2001 Oct 17-Nov 2 'Eco-Challenge: New Zealand' (Southern Alps) #8 filmed; for USA Network.
2001 Nov 12-Dec ? US S#4 'Survivor: Marqueses' filmed, in place of 'Survivor: Jordan'.
2002 Feb 28-May 13 US S#4 'Survivor: Marqueses' aired.
2002 May 13 US S#4 'Survivor: Marquesas' finale in outdoor Trump Wollman Rink.
2002 Early Summer MB chose Thailand over Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia.
2002 Summer US S#5 'Survivor: Thailand' filmed.
2002 Sep 19-Dec 12 US S#5 'Survivor: Thailand' aired.
2002 Fall US S#6 'Survivor: Amazon' filmed, as 'The Apprentice' idea grew in MB's mind.
2002 'Eco-Challenge: Fiji' #9 filmed; for USA Network. Fiji was MB's last Eco-Challenge.
2003, Early 'Survivor' versus 'I'm A Celebrity...' court case decided in favor of Celebrity.
2003 Feb 13-May 11 US S#6 'Survivor: Amazon' aired.
2003 Feb mid MB pitched 'The Apprentice' to Donald Trump. Trump agreed to do it.
2003 Apr-May US S#1 'The Restaurant' filmed.
2003 May 11 US S#6 'Survivor: Amazon' finale was to be at outdoor Trump Wollman Rink. Moved indoors to Ed Sullivan Theater at last minute.
2003 Summer US S#7 'Survivor: Pearl Islands' filmed.
2003 Jul 20-? US S#1 'The Restaurant' aired.
2003 Sep 14-Oct late US S#1 'The Apprentice' (Donald Trump) filmed.
2003 Sep 18-Dec 14 US S#7 'Survivor: Pearl Islands' aired.
2003 Oct 28 Jeff Probst's "Finder's Fee" released on DVD.
2004 Fall US S#8 'Survivor: All-Stars' filmed'
2003 Dec MB closed the deal for 'The Contender'.
2004 Jan 8-May 15 US S#1 'The Apprentice' (Donald Trump) aired.
2004 Jan-Feb Preparations for MB's 'Commando Nanny'.
2004 Feb 1-May 9 US S#8 'Survivor: All Star' aired
2004 Feb mid MB helped pitch 'The Contender' to ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. NBC won.
2004 MB's 'The Casino' filmed.
2004 Apr MB's 'Commando Nanny' pilot taped.
2004 May 9 US S#8 'Survivor: All-Star' finale at Madison Square Garden.
2004 May 10-? US S#2 'The Apprentice' (Donald Trump) filmed.
2004 May 11 MB met Martha Stewart.
2004 May 13 America's Tribal Council saw America vote a million dollars to Rupert Bonham.
2004 May MB met Martha Stewart.
2004 May MB had more 'Commando Nanny' woes.
2004 May? 'The Contender' preparation and promotion.
2004 Jun 14-??? ?? US S#1 'The Casino' aired. It would later do better overseas than in the US.
2004 Jul early-Aug 11 US S#9 'Survivor: Vanuatu' filmed.
2004? ? US S#2 'The Restaurant' aired.
2004 Aug 16-Oct ? US S#1 'The Contender' filmed
2004 Aug The FOX 'copy-cat' boxing show quickly flopped.
2004 Aug MB had even more 'Commando Nanny' woes.
2004 Sep 9-Dec 16 US S#2 'The Apprentice' (Donald Trump) aired.
2004 Sep 16-Dec 12 US S#9 'Survivor: Vanuatu' aired.
2004 Oct-Nov US S#3 'The Apprentice: Book Smarts versus Street Smarts' (Donald Trump) filmed.
2004 Sep 30-Oct 3 'Commando Nanny' pilot refilmed.
2004 Fall US S#10 'Survivor: Palau' filmed.
2004 Oct 28 'Commando Nanny' canceled.
2004 Dec MB to Madagascar as a possible future Survivor location.
2005 Jan 20-May 19 US S#3 'The Apprentice: Book Smarts versus Street Smarts' (Donald Trump) aired.
2005 Feb 17-May 12 US S#10 'Survivor: Palau' aired.
2005 Mar 7-Jun ?? US S#1 'The Contender' aired.
2005 Summer US S#11 'Survivor: Guatamala' filmed.
2005 Jul 11-Sep 20 US S#1 'Rock Star: INXS' aired.
2005 Sep 15 US S#11 'Survivor: Guatamala' premiered.
2005 Sep 21 US S#1 'The Apprentice: Martha Stewart' premiered.
2005 Sep 22 US S#4 'The Apprentice' (Donald Trump) premiered.


External links


Survivor Million Winners

Survivors who won $1,000,000
Richard Hatch | Tina Wesson | Ethan Zohn | Vecepia Towery | Brian Heidik | Jenna Morasca | Sandra Diaz-Twine | Amber Brkich | Rupert Boneham | Chris Daugherty | Tom Westman


Survivor Seasons Detailed Information

Seasons of Survivor
Pulau Tiga | Australian Outback | Africa | Marquesas | Thailand | The Amazon | Pearl Islands | All-Stars | Vanuatu | Palau | Guatemala


Further Reading and Watching

United Kingdom Season #1: Survivor: Panama (2001)

  • Book: Waddell, Dan. Survivor: Trust No One: The Official Inside Story of TV's Toughest Challenge. London: Carlton, [December,] 2001.

United Kingdom Season #2: Survivor: Panama (2002)

  • Book: Waddell, Dan. Survivor: Panama. London: Carlton, [June,] 2002.

United States Season #1: Survivor: Palau Tiga, Borneo (2000)

  • Book: Boesch, Rudy, and Jeff Herman. The Book of Rudy: The Wit and Wisdom of Rudy Boesch. No location: no publisher, no date.
  • Book: Burnett, Mark, with Martin Dugard. Survivor: The Ultimate Game: The Official Companion Book to the CBS Television Show. New York: TV Books, 2000.
  • Book: Hatch, Richard. 101 Survival Secrets: How to Make $1,000,000, Lose 100 Pounds, and Just Plain Live Happily. New York: Lyons Press, 2000.
  • Book: Lance, Peter. Stingray: Lethal Tactics of the Sole Survivor: The Inside Story of How the Castaways were Controlled on the Island and Beyond. Portland, Oregon: R.R. Donnelley, 2000.
  • DVD: Probst, Jeff. Survivor: The Complete First Season (2000). Paramount Home Video, 2004.
  • DVD: --. Survivor: Season One: The Greatest & Most Outrageous Moments (2001). Paramount Home Video, 2001.

United States Season #2: Survivor: The Australia Outback (2001)

  • Book: Burnett, Mark. Dare to Succeed: How to Survive and Thrive in the Game of Life. No location: Hyperion, 2001. [There is some information about the first two Survivor seasons here]
  • Book: --. Survivor II: The Field Guide: The Official Companion to the CBS Television Show. New York: TV Books, 2001.
  • DVD: Probst, Jeff. Survivor: The Australian Outback: The Complete Season (2001). Paramount Home Video, 2004.
  • DVD: --. Survivor Season 2: The Australian Outback: The Greatest & Most Outrageous Moments (2001). Paramount Home Video, 2001.

United States Season #3: Survivor: Africa (2001-2002)

United States Season #4: Survivor: Marquesas (2002)

United States Season #5: Survivor: Thailand (2002)

United States Season #6: Survivor: Amazon (2003)

  • DVD: Probst, Jeff. Inside the Tribe. No location: Survivor Productions, 2003. ["Free 'Inside the Tribe' DVD: Win a 2003 Saturn Now"]
  • Book: ChillOne, The. The Spoiler: Revealing the Secrets of Survivor. No location: iUniverse, 2003.

United States Season #7: Survivor: Pearl Islands (Panama) (2003)

United States Season #8: Survivor: All-Star (Panama) (2004)

  • DVD: Probst, Jeff. Survivor All-Stars: The Complete Season (2004). Paramount Home Video, 2004.

United States Season #9: Survivor: Vanuatu (2004)

  • Book: Burnett, Mark. Jump In!: Even If You Don't Know How to Swim. New York: Ballantine Books, 2005. [There is information about Survivor games #1 into #10 here]

United States Season #10: Survivor: Palau (2005)

United States Season #11: Survivor: Guatemala (2005)

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