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	27
Original release
Network	TV3 (1998-present)
Release	September 11, 1998 (1998-09-11) – present
Related
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

No.	Year	Location	Days	Castaways	Original tribes	Winner	Runner(s)-up	Final vote	Host
1	1998	Langkawi, Malaysia	47	16	Two tribes of eight	Regina Pedersen	Karine Winther	[to be determined]	Thomas Mygind [da]
2	1999	El Nido, Philippines		17	Two tribes of eight and a 'joker'	Dan Marstrand	Peer Stakroge	7–2
3	2000	Mensirip Island, Malaysia		16	Two tribes of eight	Sonny Rønne Pedersen	Pia Rosholm	8–5
4	2001			19	Two tribes of eight, and three 'jokers' in the merge	Malene Hasselblad	Lars Lang	10–5[1]
5	2002		46	21	Two tribes of twelve and eleven returning players	Henrik Ørum	Lone Hattesen	9–6
6	2003			22	Two tribes of nine and eight players, and two 'jokers'	Frank Quistgard	Rie Pedersen Marinela Malisic	7–0–0
7	2004	Mersing District, Malaysia		20	Two tribes of nine[2]	Mette Frandsen	Tine Petterssen Duddie Staack	3–3–2[3]	Jakob Kjeldbjerg
8	2005	Malaysia	14	15	VIP Three tribes of five celebrities from Denmark, Norway and Sweden	Tilde Fröling	Jan Simonsen Asbjørn Riis	5–4–3	Mikkel Beha Erichsen [da]
9	2005	Besar Island, Malaysia	42	24	Two tribes of twelve	Mogens Brandstrup	Lykke Maigatter Solveig Zabell	N/A	Jakob Kjeldbjerg
10	2006	Pearl Islands, Panama	25	16	Two teams of eight	Diego Tur	Denise Dupont	N/A
11	2007	Mersing District, Malaysia	54	20	Two teams of ten returning and new players	Rikke Gøransson	Malene Hasselblad Kenneth Ebert
12	2008		42	22	Two teams of ten Paradise Hotel contestants and fans of the show, and two 'jokers'	Daniela Hansen	Hilde Austad	4–4
13	2009		46	24	Two teams of twelve divided according to their IQ	Villy Eenberg	Maureen Cruz Nicolai Karlson	N/A
14	2010		51		Two teams of twelve, divided into 'masters' and 'slaves'	Søren Engelbret	Hans Ole Ravnholt
15	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
16	2013	Mersing District, Malaysia	35	21	Two teams of nine, and two 'jokers'	Jeppe Bruun Hansen	Jan "Due" Due Martin Christensen
17	2014	Caramoan, Philippines	39	23	Two teams of ten with pre-existing relationship, and three returning 'jokers' later in the season	Stina Herbenö	Henrik Lygteskov Trine Bang
18	2015			24	Two teams of twelve with pre-existing relationship, including one returning player	Kenneth Mikkelsen	Camilla Holm Nicole Bech Hansen
19	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
20	2017		45		Two tribes of eleven divided by age and one tribe of five returning players	Marlene Berardino	Bjørn Scharling Larsen Isabella Romani
21	2018				Three tribes divided into 'heroes', 'villains', and 'jokers'	Jamil Faizi	Puriya "Loco" Haidariano Zanne Maibritt Øbakke
22	2019		44	22	Two tribes of eleven	Nis Andreas Prio Sørensen	Jaffer Naveed Janjooa Kenneth Jørgensen
23	2021	Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic				Katrine Ørskov Hedeman	Martin Mortensen Jesper Warburg Larsen
24	2022	Langkawi, Malaysia[4]		21	One tribe of ten and one tribe of eleven	Mikkel Bertelsen	David Martin Tegam Bækhøj Naja Anna Stencel
25	2023		42	22	Two tribes of eleven. One contestant swapped after first tribal council	Majbritt Fejfer Olsen	Nicole Malanowicz Pia Kjær
26	2024			24	Four tribes of six	Nicolaj Schrøder	Sebastian Sisbo Helle Pultz
27	2025		41	20	Two tribes of eight formed by schoolyard pick by two contestants after winning opening challenge. First four contestants to drop out of the challenge were sent to Loser's Island where one of them would be the first voted off	TBD