Expedition Robinson 1997

Expedition Robinson 1997 is the first version of Expedition Robinson to air in Sweden, and the first season of the show anywhere in the world.^[2] This season premiered on 13 September 1997.^[3] Martin Melin became the winner on 13 December 1997, with a jury vote of 6–2 over runner-up Kent Larsen.

Expedition Robinson 1997
Season 1
Presented by	Harald Treutiger
No. of days	47
No. of castaways	16
Winner	Martin Melin
Runner-up	Kent Larsen
Location	Babi Tengah, Malaysia[1]
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	SVT1
Original release	September 13 (1997-09-13) – December 13, 1997 (1997-12-13)
Additional information
Filming dates	May 1997 – June 1997[1]
Season chronology

Despite being the premiere season, the first season was the lowest rated season of the original seven having only garnered around 1.2 million viewers for most of its regular episodes and 2.3 million viewers for its final episode.^[3] A major controversy occurred during this season when the first person voted out, Sinisa Savija, committed suicide a month after returning home from the island.^[3][4] Because of this, the first episode to air covered the events between the time when the contestants first arrived on the island and the second elimination.

Following the success of the first season, Åsa Vilbäck, Kent Larsen, and Martin Melin all became well known in Sweden.

Finishing order

Contestant	Original Tribes	Merged Tribe	Finish
Sinisa Savija 34, Norrköping	South Team		1st Voted Out Day 4
Anna Nordenfeldt 57, Uppsala	North Team		2nd Voted Out Day 7
Peter Just 51, Stockholm	North Team		3rd Voted Out Day 11
Suzanne Lai 39, Helsingborg	North Team		4th Voted Out Day 14
Zai Gordon-White 27, Södertälje	North Team		5th Voted Out Day 18
Camilla Lundegård 28, Borlänge	South Team		6th Voted Out Day 21
Christin Johansson 22, Copenhagen	North Team	Robinson	Evacuated 1st Jury Member Day 23
Johan Reffel 23, Stockholm	South Team		7th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27
Erika Bälldal 37, Oxelösund	South Team		8th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 31
Jürgen Weis 26, Gothenburg	North Team		9th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 35
Marie-Louise Niklasson 33, Malmö	South Team		10th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 38
Markus Fondin 19, Gothenburg	North Team		11th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 41
Åsa Vilbäck 23, Linköping	South Team		12th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 44
Ola Melén 25, Lund	South Team		13th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 46
Kent Larsen 61, Lycksele	South Team		Runner-Up Day 47
Martin Melin 30, Stockholm	North Team		Sole Survivor Day 47

Game

Air date	Challenges		Eliminated	Vote	Finish
	Reward	Immunity
13 September 1997	North Team	North Team	Sinisa	4-2-1-1	1st Voted Out Day 4
	Both Teams	South Team	Anna	4-3-1	2nd Voted Out Day 8
4 October 1997	North Team	South Team	Peter	5-2	3rd Voted Out Day 12
11 October 1997	North Team	South Team	Suzanne	3-1-1-1	4th Voted Out Day ?
18 October 1997	South Team	South Team	Zai	3-2	5th Voted Out Day 18
25 October 1997	South Team	North Team	Camilla	6-1	6th Voted Out Day 21
1 November 1997	Midsummer Celebration	Kent	Christin	No Vote	7th Evacuated 1st Jury Member Day 23
8 November 1997	Åsa	Kent (Jürgen)	Johan	7-1-1	8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27
15 November 1997	Jürgen	Jürgen	Erika1	3-3-1-1	9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 31
22 November 1997	Ola, [Åsa]	Åsa	Jürgen	4-3	10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 35
29 November 1997	Martin	Ola	Marie-Louise	4-2	11th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 38
6 December 1997	Åsa, [Martin]	Martin	Markus	3-2	12th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 41
13 December 1997	None	Martin	Åsa	1-0	13th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 44
		Martin	Ola	1-0	14th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 46
	Jury Vote		Kent	6-2	Runner-Up
			Martin		Sole Survivor

In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.

^1 The eighth vote was tied with Erika and Kent each receiving three votes. Following a tied second vote, a lot was drawn which led to Erika's eventual elimination.

Voting history

		Original Tribes						Merged Tribe
Episode #:		1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Eliminated:		Sinisa 4/8 votes	Anna 4/8 votes	Peter 5/7 votes	Suzanne 3/6 votes	Zai 3/5 votes	Camilla 6/7 votes	Christin No vote	Johan 7/9 votes	Erika 3/8 votes1	Jürgen 4/7 votes	Marie-Louise 4/6 votes	Markus 3/5 votes	Åsa 1/1 vote	Ola 1/1 vote	Kent 2/8 votes	Martin 6/8 votes
Voter		Vote
	Martin		Anna	Suzanne	Suzanne	Zai			Johan	Kent	Kent	Marie-Louise	Kent	Åsa	Ola	Jury Vote
	Kent	Sinisa					Camilla		Ola	Marie-Louise	Jürgen	Marie-Louise	Markus
	Ola	Kent					Camilla		Johan	Erika	Jürgen	Marie-Louise	Markus			Kent
	Åsa	Marie-Louise					Camilla		Johan	Erika	Jürgen	Marie-Louise	Markus			Kent
	Markus		Anna	Peter	Zai	Zai			Johan	Kent	Kent	Kent	Kent				Martin
	Marie-Louise	Sinisa					Camilla		Johan	Erika	Jürgen	Kent					Martin
	Jürgen		Anna	Peter	Suzanne	Christin			Johan	Kent	Kent						Martin
	Erika	Sinisa					Camilla		Johan	Markus							Martin
	Johan	Camilla					Camilla		Erika								Martin
	Christin		Peter	Peter	Suzanne	Zai											Martin
	Camilla	Sinisa					Johan
	Zai		Anna	Peter	Martin	Christin
	Suzanne		Peter	Peter	Markus
	Peter		Suzanne	Suzanne
	Anna		Peter
	Sinisa	Marie-Louise

^1 At the eighth tribal council both Erika and Kent received three votes. Following a re-vote, there was still a tie. Because of this, both were forced to draw lots to determine who would be eliminated.