Expedition Robinson: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Expedition Robinson was the Central European version of Expedition Robinson. In the spring of 2000, ORF in Austria and RTL2 in Germany decided to buy the broadcasting rights to the shows Big Brother and Expedition Robinson as they wanted to begin airing a new "reality soaps" genre. Neither show was quite as big a success as RTL2 had expected, however both were renewed for a second season (Big Brother would eventually be renewed for at least ten more). Following the first season, ORF chose to no longer broadcast Expedition Robinson leaving only RTL2 to air a second season. For an unknown reason in 2001 RTL2 decided to produce a show that was almost identical to Expedition Robinson known as Gestrandet. Gestrandet proved to be a ratings failure and after 2001, Expedition Robinson no longer aired in Austria or Germany.

The name alludes to both Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, two stories featuring people marooned by shipwrecks.

Series details

• Title: Expedition Robinson
• Format: Reality
• Language: German
• Genres: Adventure
• Premiere date: 2000-09-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-09-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ORF 1
• Network country: Austria
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 26552

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-09-17; final listed air date 2000-09-17.

Source and licence

Adapted from Expedition 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.