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Expedition Robinson 1997 is the first season of Expedition Robinson and the first season of the Survivor franchise.

After surviving 47 days in Tengah Island, Malaysia, police officer Martin Melin defeated tourist guide Kent Larsen in a 6-2 jury vote to become the franchise's first ever Sole Survivor.

Production[]

Nearly 7,000 people applied to be on the season in February 1997.[1] Filming took place in Tengah Island, Malaysia, began in May 1997 and finished in June of the same year. The show was hosted by Harald Treutiger, a Swedish journalist and TV presenter.

Format[]

  • Game Length: The game lasted 47 days.
  • Tribe Composition: The sixteen castaways were divided into two tribes of eight.
  • Merge: The tribes merged on Day 22 with ten contestants remaining.
  • Sole Vote at Final Four: The winner of the final four individual Immunity Challenge was the only player eligible to vote at Tribal Council.
  • Final Tribal Council Format: Two finalists faced a jury comprised of the eight most recent castaways to be voted out.
  • Tiebreaker: In an event of a tied vote, a revote would take place. If a deadlock occurred, the tied players would have to draw lots to determine who would be eliminated.

Castaways[]

Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Votes
Against
Original Tribe Merged Tribe
S1sweden sinisa t Sinisa Savija
34, Norrköping
Law Student
South Team 1st Voted Out
Day 4
4
S1sweden anna t Anna Nordenfeldt
57, Uppsala
Computer Science Student
North Team 2nd Voted Out
Day 8
4
S1sweden peter t Peter Just
51, Stockholm
Marketing Consultant
North Team 3rd Voted Out
Day 12
8
S1sweden suzanne t Suzanne Lindström
39, Helsingborg
Midwife
North Team 4th Voted Out
Day 14
5
S1sweden zai t Zai Gordon-White
27, Södertälje
Sociology Student
North Team 5th Voted Out
Day 18
4
S1sweden camilla t Camilla Lundengård
28, Borlänge
Receptionist
South Team 6th Voted Out
Day 21
7
S1sweden christin t Christin Johansson
22, Copenhagen
Nurse
North Team Robinson Evacuated
1st Jury Member
Day 23
2
S1sweden johan t Johan Reffel
23, Stockholm
Real Estate Agent
South Team 7th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 27
8
S1sweden erika t Erika Bälldal
37, Oxelösund
Paramedic
South Team 8th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 31
6
S1sweden jurgen t Jürgen Weis
26, Göteborg
Chef
North Team 9th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 35
4
S1sweden marielouise t Marie-Louise Niklasson
33, Malmö
Store Manager
South Team 10th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 38
7
S1sweden markus t Markus Fondin
19, Göteborg
Temp Worker
North Team 11th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 41
5
S1sweden asa t Åsa Vilbäck
23, Linköping
Medical Student
South Team 12th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 44
1
S1sweden ola t Ola Melén
25, Lund
Computer Programmer
South Team 13th Voted Out
8th Jury Member
Day 46
1
S1sweden kent t Kent Larsen
61, Lycksele
Tourist Guide
South Team Runner-Up 14
S1sweden martin t Martin Melin
30, Stockholm
Police Officer
North Team Sole Survivor 1

Season Summary[]

Episode Air date Challenges Eliminated
(vote)
Finish Viewers
(in millions)
Reward Immunity
1 September 13, 1997 North Team North Team Sinisa
(4-2-1-1)
1st Voted Out
Day 4
1.020
Both Teams South Team Anna
(4-3-1)
2nd Voted Out
Day 8
2 October 4, 1997 North Team South Team Peter
(5-2)
3rd Voted Out
Day 12
1.100
3 October 11, 1997 North Team South Team Suzanne
(3-1-1-1)
4th Voted Out
Day 14
1.081
4 October 18, 1997 South Team South Team Zai
(3-2)
5th Voted Out
Day 18
1.257
5 October 25, 1997 South Team North Team Camilla
(6-1)
6th Voted Out
Day 21
0.937
6 November 1, 1997 None Kent Christin
(No Vote)
Evacuated
1st Jury Member
Day 23
1.178
7 November 8, 1997 Åsa Kent
(Jürgen)1
Johan
(7-1-1)
7th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 27
1.071
8 November 15, 1997 Jürgen Ola Erika
(3-3-1-1;
3-3;
tiebreaker)2,3
8th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 31
1.428
9 November 22, 1997 Ola,
[Åsa]
Åsa Jürgen
(4-3)
9th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 35
1.645
10 November 29, 1997 Martin Ola Marie-Louise
(4-2)
10th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 38
1.804
11 December 6, 1997 Åsa,
[Martin]
Martin Markus
(3-2)
11th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 41
1.923
12 December 13, 1997 None Martin Åsa
(1-0)4
12th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 44
2.345
Martin Ola
(1-0)
13th Voted Out
8th Jury Member
Day 46
Jury Vote Kent
(6-2)
Runner-Up
Martin
(6-2)
Sole Survivor
Notes:
^1 Kent gave up his immunity to Jürgen at Tribal Council.
^2 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Expedition Robinson rules, a revote would occur.
^3 Per Expedition Robinson rules, in the case of a deadlocked tie, the tied players drew lots to determine who would be voted out.
^4 The winner of the final four individual Immunity Challenge was the only player eligible to vote at Tribal Council.

Voting History[]

Original Tribes Merged Tribe
Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Voted Out S1sweden sinisa t
Sinisa
S1sweden anna t
Anna
S1sweden peter t
Peter
S1sweden suzanne t
Suzanne
S1sweden zai t
Zai
S1sweden camilla t
Camilla
S1sweden christin t
Christin
S1sweden johan t
Johan
Tie Deadlock S1sweden erika t
Erika
S1sweden jurgen t
Jürgen
S1sweden marielouise t
Marie-Louise
S1sweden markus t
Markus
S1sweden asa t
Åsa
S1sweden ola t
Ola
S1sweden kent t
Kent
S1sweden martin t
Martin
Vote 4-2-1-1 4-3-1 5-2 3-1-1-1 3-2 6-1 No vote1 7-1-1 3-3-1-12 3-33 Lottery 4-3 4-2 3-2 1-04 1-05 6-2
Martin Anna Suzanne ? Zai Johan Kent Kent Kent Marie-Louise Kent Åsa Ola Jury Vote
Kent Sinisa Camilla Ola Marie-Louise None Jürgen Marie-Louise Markus None None
Ola Kent Camilla Johan Erika Erika Jürgen Marie-Louise Markus None None Kent
Åsa Marie-Louise Camilla Johan Erika Erika Jürgen Marie-Louise Markus None Kent
Markus Anna Peter ? Zai Johan Kent Kent Kent Kent Kent Martin
Marie-Louise Sinisa Camilla Johan Erika Erika Jürgen Kent Martin
Jürgen Anna Peter ? Christin Johan Kent Kent Kent Martin
Erika Sinisa Camilla Johan Markus None Eliminated Martin
Johan Camilla Camilla Erika Martin
Christin Peter Peter ? Zai Evacuated Martin
Camilla Sinisa Johan
Zai Anna Peter ? Christin
Suzanne Peter Peter ?
Peter Suzanne Suzanne
Anna Peter
Sinisa Marie-Louise
Notes:
^1 Christin was medically evacuated. No vote occurred for her removal.
^2 Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Expedition Robinson rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.
^3 Per Expedition Robinson rules, if there is a deadlock tie, all tied players will have to draw lots to determine elimination.
^4 Only the Immunity Challenge winner, Martin, was permitted to vote at the final four Tribal Council.
^5 Kent and Ola did not vote as they could only vote for were each other. By virtue of winning the final Immunity Challenge, only Martin voted.

Trivia[]

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References[]

Expedition Robinson Seasons
Expedition Robinson 1997 · Expedition Robinson 1998 · Expedition Robinson 1999 · Expedition Robinson 2000 · Expedition Robinson 2001 · Expedition Robinson 2002 · Expedition Robinson 2003 · Expedition Robinson 2004 · Expedition Robinson VIP · Expedition Robinson 2005 · Robinson 2009 · Karibien · Robinson 2010 · Robinson 2011 · Revanschen · Love Edition · Fiji · Robinson 2019 · Robinson 2020 · Robinson 2021 · Robinson 2022 · Malaysia · Robinson 2023 · Robinson 2023 · Philippines · Robinson 2024
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