Expeditie Robinson: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Expeditie Robinson is a popular reality television program in the Netherlands, that debuted in 2000. It was the second production worldwide of a format that was developed in the UK by Charlie Parsons. No British TV channel or production company believed in the idea, but the Swedish production company Strix Television did and thus the first season ever was broadcast in Sweden in 1997. The format that has since then also been produced in many other countries, most notable under the title Survivor. The name of the show alludes to Robinson Crusoe, two stories featuring people marooned by shipwrecks. The fifteenth season in 2013 was the first season without contestants from Belgium, due to lack of television ratings in Belgium. However, the Flemish host Evi Hanssen will continue to co-host the show with Dutch host Dennis Weening.

In most seasons, 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 the teams are merged and the competitions become individual ("samensmelting"). At the end of each show, one contestant is eliminated by the other teams in a secret "Island Council" ballot.

Series details

• Title: Expeditie Robinson
• Format: Reality
• Language: Dutch
• Premiere date: 2000-10-01
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: RTL4
• Network country: Netherlands
• Typical episode runtime: 64 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6008
• IMDb ID: tt0261470
• TVDB ID: 84852

Cast and credited roles

• Art Rooijakkers — Co-Host
• Nicolette Kluijver — Co-Host
• Rick Brandsteder — Co-Host
• Geraldine Kemper — Co-Host
• Edson da Graça — Co-Host
• Ernst-Paul Hasselbach — Co-Host S01 - S09
• Dennis Weening — Co-Host S13
• Evi Hanssen — Co-Host S07 - S13
• Désiré Naessens — Co-Host S01
• Roos Van Acker — Co-Host S02 - S05
• Lotte Verlackt — Co-Host S06 - S07
• Eddy Zoëy — Co-Host S10 - S12

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-10-01; final listed air date 2000-12-24.
• Season 2: premiered 2001-09-23; final listed air date 2001-12-16.
• Season 3: premiered 2002-09-22; final listed air date 2002-12-15.
• Season 4: premiered 2003-09-13; final listed air date 2003-12-06.
• Season 5: premiered 2004-09-05; final listed air date 2004-11-28.
• Season 6: premiered 2005-08-29; final listed air date 2005-11-28.
• Season 7: premiered 2006-08-28; final listed air date 2006-11-27.
• Season 8: premiered 2007-09-30; final listed air date 2007-12-30.
• Season 9: premiered 2008-08-31; final listed air date 2008-11-30.
• Season 10: premiered 2009-09-03; final listed air date 2009-12-03.
• Season 11: premiered 2010-09-02; final listed air date 2010-12-02.
• Season 12: premiered 2011-09-01; final listed air date 2011-12-01.
• Season 13: premiered 2012-09-06; final listed air date 2012-12-20.
• Season 14: premiered 2013-09-05; final listed air date 2013-12-12.
• Season 15: premiered 2014-09-11; final listed air date 2014-12-18.
• Season 16: premiered 2015-09-03; final listed air date 2015-12-17.
• Season 17: premiered 2016-09-08; final listed air date 2016-12-15; episode order: 15.
• Season 18: premiered 2017-09-07; final listed air date 2017-12-21.
• Season 19: premiered 2018-09-06; final listed air date 2018-12-20.
• Season 20: premiered 2019-09-01; final listed air date 2019-12-15.
• Season 21: premiered 2021-08-29; final listed air date 2021-12-19.
• Season 22: premiered 2022-02-24; final listed air date 2022-05-01; episode order: 11.
• Season 23: premiered 2022-08-29; final listed air date 2022-12-19.
• Season 24: premiered 2023-09-02; final listed air date 2023-12-17.
• Season 25: premiered 2024-09-01; final listed air date 2024-12-29.
• Season 26: premiered 2025-08-31; final listed air date 2025-12-28.

Source and licence

Adapted from Expeditie Robinson on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.