Expedition Robinson 1997

Expedition Robinson 1997 was the first version of Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries, to air 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
No. of days47
No. of castaways16
WinnerMartin Melin
LocationBabi Tengah, Malaysia[1]
No. of episodes12
Additional information
Filming datesMay 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
5/6 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
VoterVote
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 Suzanne 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 Suzanne Christin
Suzanne Peter Peter Christin
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.

References
Footnotes
  1. Svensson, p. 19.
  2. "Reality TV around the globe". BBC News. 24 May 2001. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  3. Lindberg, Klas (23 November 2003). "Robinson - så började det..." Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  4. Addley, Esther (26 July 2002). "Sinisa's story". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
Sources
  • Svensson, Niklas (2004). Robinsonboken - Sanningen om Expedition Robinson (in Swedish). Bazar Förlag AB. ISBN 91-7028-017-7.
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