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Robinson: Love Edition is the sixteenth season of Expedition Robinson, the Swedish version of Survivor, and the first to air on Sjuan. Linda Lindorff, the host of Robinson 2009, returned to host this season. Fitting with the season's theme, all contestants were single people between the ages of 20 and 42, the tribes were initially divided by gender, and a pair composed of one man and one woman won the season.
Robinson: Love Edition | |
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Presented by | Linda Lindorff |
No. of castaways | 27 |
Winners | Dan Spinelli Scala Jennifer Egelryd |
Runners-up | Pontus Hermansson Denice Andrée |
Location | Koh Rong, Cambodia |
No. of episodes | 30 |
Release | |
Original network | Sjuan |
Original release | 7 April 11 June 2015 | –
Additional information | |
Filming dates | November 2014 – December 2014 |
Season chronology |
Format
editThe season featured several changes to the game structure in accordance with the theme, the most notable being that a pair (one man and one woman) would win the game, marking the first season in any Survivor franchise with multiple winners by design. As an additional twist, instead of being immediately eliminated from the game, voted out contestants would go to the Garden of Eden instead, to compete against other eliminated contestants for a chance to return to the game. The Garden of Eden features one male and one female contestant — Adam and Eve, respectively — at a time, who compete in a duel against the latest person of their gender eliminated. At a predetermined point in the game, the remaining Adam and Eve return to the game. The Garden of Eden is reminiscent of Utopia from the sixth and seventh seasons.
Before the merge, in order to get to know each other better, the tribes would spend the day following the Immunity Challenge together in the Blue Lagoon. The season also included a new challenge, the Amulet Challenge, taking place between the members of the tribe that won that cycle's Immunity Challenge. The three winners of the Amulet Challenge would spend the rest of the day with the losing tribe, and each get to give one member of the other tribe immunity from that night's Tribal Council. The Amulet Challenge was discontinued at the merge.
The format changed once the tribes were merged, at which point the remaining castaways competed in opposite-gender pairs. At the start of each cycle, the gender with fewer remaining players competed to determine their draft order. As the draft was always done with an odd number of players remaining, the leftover castaway was sent to the Garden of Eden. The pair that won each Immunity Challenge also earned the right to give immunity to a single player for the subsequent Tribal Council, while both members of the last-placed team were given a penalty vote; in the case the penalized contestant was given immunity by the challenge winners, their penalty vote was nullified. The vote was individual, with contestants voting by themselves and for one contestant, thus ensuring an odd number of contestants remaining for the next partner draft. The format also changed at the Garden of Eden, as the duels were competed in opposite-gender pairs as well.
Contestants
editContestant | Original tribe | Switched tribe | Merged tribe | Main game | Garden of Eden | Finish |
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Caxton Njuki 33, Oxelösund |
None[a] | Lost challenge[a] Episode 1 |
Lost Adam duel to John Episode 3 |
27th | ||
Zylfije Mehmeti 27, Malmö |
Srei | Eliminated by Bros[b] Episode 1 |
Lost Eve duel to Malin E. Episode 3 |
26th | ||
Gregorij Brattfors 25, Göteborg |
Bros | 1st voted out Episode 3 |
Quit Episode 4 |
25th | ||
John Nordin 26, Härnösand |
Bros | Eliminated by Srei[b] Episode 1 |
Lost Adam duel to Robin Episode 6 |
24th | ||
Alexandra Mogeswärd 30, Nyköping |
Srei | Quit Episode 6 |
23rd | |||
Torun Eriksson 24, Säter |
Srei | 2nd voted out Episode 6 |
Eliminated by Robin Episode 8 |
22nd | ||
Malin Ericsson 42, Sollentuna |
None[a] | Lost challenge[a] Episode 1 |
Lost Eve duel to Marielle Episode 9 |
21st | ||
Marielle Sandgren 30, Stockholm |
None[c] | Eliminated by Bros[c] Episode 7 |
Quit Episode 11 |
20th | ||
Paulina Brodd 20, Stockholm |
None[d] | Eliminated by Bros[d] Episode 10 |
Lost Eve duel to Nellie Episode 12 |
19th | ||
Kristoffer Hultling 24, Karlskrona |
None[e] | None[f] | Eliminated by Srei[e] Episode 13 |
Lost challenger duel to Pontus Episode 14 |
18th | |
Pontus Hermansson Returned to Eden |
Bros | None[f] | 4th voted out Episode 12 |
to Robin Episode 15 |
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Richard Lundström 29, Helsingborg |
Bros | Srei | 5th voted out Episode 15 |
Medically evacuated[h] Episode 16 |
17th | |
Robin Malmström 30, Stockholm |
None[i] | None[f] | None[j] | Eliminated by Srei[i] Episode 4 |
Lost Adam and Eve duel to Pontus and Denice Episode 18 |
15th |
Nellie Aalhuizen 21, Dala-Järna |
Srei[c] | None[f] | None[j] | 3rd voted out Episode 9 | ||
Oskar Nordstrand 23, Helsingborg |
Bros | Bros | Sreros | 6th voted out Episode 18 |
Lost Adam and Eve duel to Pontus and Denice Episode 21 |
13th |
Malin Sandberg 28, Jönköping |
Srei[d] | Srei | Sreros | Not chosen[k] Episode 20 | ||
Ali Rouass 28 |
Bros[i] | Bros | Sreros | 7th voted out Episode 21 |
Lost Adam and Eve duel to Pontus and Denice Episode 24 |
11th |
Sara Söderman 37, Nynäshamn |
Srei | Bros | Sreros | Not chosen[k] Episode 23 | ||
Vera Kumpulainen 24, Täby |
Srei[d] | Srei | Sreros | 8th voted out Episode 24 |
Quit Episode 24 |
10th |
Filip Flink 22, Eskilstuna |
None[e] | Srei | Sreros | Not chosen Episode 26 |
Lost Adam and Eve duel to Pontus and Denice Episode 28 |
8th |
Melissa Miller 28, Borlänge |
Srei | Srei | Sreros | 9th voted out Episode 27 | ||
Pontus Hermansson Returned to game |
Bros | None[f] | None[j] | 4th voted out Episode 12 |
Adam Returned to game |
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Denice Andrée Returned to game |
Srei | Srei | Sreros | Not chosen[k] Episode 17 |
Eve Returned to game |
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Kalle Zeman 30, Stockholm |
Bros | Bros | Sreros | Not chosen Episode 29 |
7th | |
David Stenroth 34, Stockholm |
Bros | Bros | Sreros | Lost final challenge Episode 30 |
2nd runners-up | |
Mia Mukkavaara 26, Luleå |
Srei | Srei | Sreros | |||
Pontus Hermansson 38, Falköping |
Bros | None[f] | Sreros[l] | Lost final vote Episode 30 |
Runners-up | |
Denice Andrée 26, Stockholm |
Srei | Srei | Sreros | |||
Dan Spinelli Scala 30, Stockholm |
Bros | Bros | Sreros | Won final vote Episode 30 |
Winners | |
Jennifer Egelryd 24, Tyresö |
Srei | Bros | Sreros |
- ^ a b c d Caxton and Malin E. lost the challenge on Day 1 and were immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
- ^ a b Each contestant was instructed to create a profile of themselves to be shown to the other tribe. Both tribes then picked the member of the other tribe who seemed the least desirable. Zylfije and John were deemed the least desirable by the other tribe, and were sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
- ^ a b c Marielle and Nellie were newcomers to the game. The Bros tribe chose one of the two to join the Srei tribe; they selected Nellie, and Marielle was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
- ^ a b c d Malin S., Paulina, and Vera were newcomers to the game. The Bros tribe chose two of the three to join the Strei tribe; they selected Vera and Malin S., and Paulina was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
- ^ a b c Filip and Kristoffer were newcomers to the game. The Srei tribe chose one of the two to enter the game; they selected Filip, and Kristoffer was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result. Filip's entrance to the game initiated the tribe switch.
- ^ a b c d e f When the tribes were switched, Kristoffer, Nellie, Pontus, and Robin were already in the Garden of Eden.
- ^ Pontus initially lost to Robin in an Adam duel; after Richard was medically evacuated before entering the Garden of Eden, Pontus, as the most recently eliminated player, took his place.
- ^ After being voted out of the game but before entering the Garden of Eden, Richard fell ill, and was not permitted to continue. Pontus, as the most recent eliminated player, took his place.
- ^ a b c Ali and Robin were newcomers to the game. The Srei tribe chose one of the two to join the Bros tribe; they selected Ali, and Robin was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
- ^ a b c When the tribes merged, Nellie, Pontus, and Robin were in the Garden of Eden.
- ^ a b c As there were more women than men remaining, one woman was left without a partner; this castaway was not selected in the partner draft and immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
- ^ Pontus was originally on Eden when the tribes merged, but later returned to the game.
Partner history
editContestant | Partner | ||||
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Cycle 6 | Cycle 7 | Cycle 8 | Cycle 9 | Cycle 10 | |
Dan | Melissa | Melissa | Melissa | Jennifer | Jennifer |
Jennifer | Oskar | Kalle | Kalle | Dan | Dan |
Denice | Not chosen | Pontus | |||
Pontus | Denice | ||||
David | Mia | Mia | Mia | Mia | Mia |
Mia | David | David | David | David | David |
Kalle | Malin S. | Jennifer | Jennifer | Melissa | Not chosen |
Melissa | Dan | Dan | Dan | Kalle | |
Filip | Vera | Vera | Vera | Not chosen | |
Vera | Filip | Filip | Filip | ||
Sara | Ali | Ali | Not chosen | ||
Ali | Sara | Sara | |||
Malin S. | Kalle | Not chosen | |||
Oskar | Jennifer |
Season summary
editThere would be two winners this season: One man and one woman. Everyone competed individually but the structure was designed so that the number of men and women were always equal. All contestants were young singles. There were two tribes of six, divided by gender. The losing tribe went to tribal council, as usual, but the winning tribe competed in a separate challenge to decide who would get to hand immunity to players in the losing tribe. In the women's tribe, Denice made a pact with Jennifer and Mia, primarily to take out Melissa Miller who was good at everything but didn't gel with the rest of the group. Everyone else disagreed with pact-making and wanted to break Denice's pact. Even the men worked to break the pact by distributing immunity to Melissa every time. Players scouted for potential partners of the other gender. Melissa formed a bond with Richard, which was the only romance in the season, but it didn't last long as Richard was blindsided. Many women wanted to work with Dan, a charismatic and athletic man. Each time a player was voted out, a new player took their place. Fresh players kept coming into the game to replace those voted out, even two weeks into the game. Despite officially opposing Denice's pact, three men formed an alliance of their own. The alliance was led by Kalle, joined by Dan and an under-the-radar guy. They threw a challenge to vote off Pontus, a muscular soldier, who was the biggest threat. After a few tribe swaps, the tribes merged. Players had to compete in immunity challenges as pairs. Before each immunity challenge, the gender with the fewest members competed for order of priority. The winner picked first from among the other gender, forming partners for the immunity challenge. That meant one person was not picked each time and they were eliminated. A campaign against Denice succeeded and she was not picked in the first round. However, her two alliance members remained to the final because they were selected as partners by the men of Kalle's pact. Dan and Melissa picked each other every time, forming a strong challenge partnership. They were often targeted but they were protected by Kalle's alliance. Kalle made false alliances with multiple additional partners and they all fell for it. His alliance kept voting out men to maintain control of the game, thus disallowing women from picking partners. Their respective female partners were just appendages for most of the game. However, in the final six, Jennifer convinced the men to vote off a woman and that allowed her to stir things up. She wanted to break up Dan and Melissa because she thought they would win the potential final. Having the first pick because of her challenge win, Jennifer picked Dan as partner, forcing Melissa to pick Kalle. Having split up Dan and Melissa, Jennifer took control of the game and voted out Melissa. Thus, Kalle was also eliminated as no woman was left to pick him. Dan then had no choice but to play the rest of the game with Jennifer. Players who were voted out or not picked as partners went to Garden of Eden, a separate island with room for one man and one woman, challenged by each newcomer. Since their respective eliminations, Denice and Pontus won every challenge, returning to the game. They qualified for the final alongside Dan and Jennifer who then won the jury vote by a landslide. The jury seemed to dislike the route that Pontus and Denice took to the final.
Episode(s) | Original air date(s) | Newcomers | Garden of Eden | Immunity challenge |
Amulet challenge | Eliminated | Finish | ||||||
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Entered game | Not chosen | Adam and Eve | Challenger(s) | Eliminated | Winners | Immune | |||||||
Arrival (Episode 1) | April 7, 2015 | Caxton | Lost challenge[a] | ||||||||||
Malin E. | |||||||||||||
Caxton | John | Eliminated by the other tribe[b] | |||||||||||
Malin E. | Zylfije | ||||||||||||
Cycle 1 (Episodes 2, 3) | April 8, 9, 2015 | None | Caxton | John | Caxton | Srei | Melissa | Richard | Gregorij | 1st voted out | |||
Malin E. | Zylfije | Zylfije | Sara | Pontus | |||||||||
Mia | Dan | ||||||||||||
Cycle 2 (Episodes 4, 5, 6) | April 14, 15, 16, 2015 | Ali | Robin | John | Gregorij[c] | Gregorij | Bros | David | Jennifer | Alexandra | Quit | ||
Robin | John | Ali | Sara | ||||||||||
Malin E. | — | Richard | Melissa | Torun | 2nd voted out | ||||||||
Cycle 3 (Episodes 7, 8, 9) | April 21, 22, 23, 2015 | Nellie | Marielle | Robin | — | Bros | Oskar | Jennifer | Nellie | 3rd voted out | |||
Malin E. | Torun | Torun[d] | Dan | Melissa | |||||||||
Marielle | Malin E. | Pontus | Sara | ||||||||||
Cycle 4 (Episodes 10, 11, 12) | April 28, 29, 30, 2015 | Vera | Paulina | Robin | — | Srei | Melissa | Richard | Pontus | 4th voted out | |||
Malin S. | Marielle | Nellie | Marielle[e] | Malin S. | Dan | ||||||||
Paulina | Paulina | Jennifer | Oskar | ||||||||||
Cycle 5 (Episodes 13, 14, 15) | May 5, 6, 7, 2015 | Filip | Kristoffer | Robin | Pontus | Kristoffer[f] | Bros | Vera | Richard | 5th voted out | |||
Kristoffer | Pontus | Melissa | |||||||||||
Nellie | — | Filip |
Episode(s) | Original air date(s) | Not chosen | Garden of Eden | Immunity challenge | Voted out | Finish | |||||
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Adam and Eve | Challengers | Eliminated | Winners | Additional | |||||||
Cycle 6 (Episode 16, 17, 18) | May 12, 13, 14, 2015 | Denice | Robin Nellie |
Pontus[g] Denice |
Robin Nellie |
Dan Melissa |
Sara | Oskar | 6th voted out | ||
Cycle 7 (Episode 19, 20, 21) | May 19, 20, 21, 2015 | Malin S. | Pontus Denice |
Oskar Malin S. |
Oskar Malin S. |
Filip Vera |
David | Ali | 7th voted out | ||
Cycle 8 (Episode 22, 23, 24) | May 26, 27, 28, 2015 | Sara | Pontus Denice |
Ali Sara |
Ali Sara |
Dan Melissa |
None | Vera | 8th voted out | ||
Cycle 9 (Episode 25, 26, 27) | June 2, 3, 4 2015 | Filip | Pontus Denice |
Filip |
— | David Mia |
Jennifer | Melissa | 9th voted out |
Episode(s) | Original air date(s) | Garden of Eden | Not chosen | Reward challenge |
Final challenge | Final Tribal Council | |||||
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Adam and Eve | Challengers | Eliminated | Winners | Eliminated | Finalists | Finish | |||||
Cycle 10 (Episode 28, 29, 30) | June 9, 10, 11 2015 | Pontus Denice[i] |
Filip Melissa |
Filip Melissa |
Kalle | Pontus Denice |
Dan Jennifer |
David Mia |
Pontus Denice |
Runners-up | |
Dan Jennifer |
Dan Jennifer |
Winners |
- ^ Caxton and Malin E. lost the challenge on Day 1 and were immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
- ^ Each contestant was instructed to create a profile of themselves to be shown to the other tribe. Both tribes then picked the member of the other tribe who seemed the least desirable. Zylfije and John were deemed the least desirable by the other tribe, and were sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
- ^ Gregorij decided to voluntarily leave the Garden.
- ^ Torun was eliminated by Robin.
- ^ Marielle decided to voluntarily leave the Garden.
- ^ Kristoffer and Pontus competed for the right to challenge Robin for the role of Adam; Pontus won.
- ^ After being voted out of the game but before entering the Garden of Eden, Richard fell ill, and was not permitted to continue in the game. Pontus, as the most recent player eliminated, took his place.
- ^ Vera decided not to enter the Garden of Eden.
- ^ Returned to game after winning the final duel.
Game history
editOriginal tribes | Switched tribes | ||||||||||||||||||
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Episode # | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | |||||||||
Eliminated | Caxton | Malin E. | John | Zylfije | Gregorij | Robin | Alexandra | Tie[a] | Torun | Marielle | Nellie | Paulina | Pontus | Kristoffer | Richard | ||||
Vote | None[b] | None[b] | None[c] | None[c] | 4–1–1–1 | None[d] | None[e] | 3–3 | 1–0[a] | None[f] | 5–1 | None[g] | 4–2–1 | None[h] | 9–4–1[i] | ||||
Contestant | Place | Vote | |||||||||||||||||
Dan | 4th | In | Gregorij | Pontus | Denice | ||||||||||||||
Jennifer | 6th | In | Torun | Torun[a] | Nellie | Richard | |||||||||||||
David | 8th | In | Gregorij | Pontus | Richard | ||||||||||||||
Mia | 4th | In | Torun | None | Nellie | Richard | |||||||||||||
Kalle | 5th | In | Oskar | Pontus | Richard | ||||||||||||||
Melissa | 5th | In | Denice | None | Nellie | Denice | |||||||||||||
Filip | In | Richard | |||||||||||||||||
Vera | In | Richard | |||||||||||||||||
Sara | 3rd | In | Denice | None | Nellie | Denice | |||||||||||||
Ali | In | David | Richard | ||||||||||||||||
Malin S. | In | Richard | |||||||||||||||||
Oskar | 1st | In | Gregorij | Pontus | Malin S. | ||||||||||||||
Denice | 1st | In | Torun | None | Nellie | Richard | |||||||||||||
Richard | 6th | In | Gregorij | Ali | Denice | ||||||||||||||
Kristoffer | Out | ||||||||||||||||||
Pontus | 2nd | In | David | Ali | |||||||||||||||
Paulina | Out | ||||||||||||||||||
Nellie | In | Denice | |||||||||||||||||
Marielle | Out | ||||||||||||||||||
Torun | 7th | In | Denice | None | |||||||||||||||
Alexandra | 8th | In | |||||||||||||||||
Robin | Out | ||||||||||||||||||
Gregorij | 3rd | In | Kalle | ||||||||||||||||
Zylfije | 2nd | Out | |||||||||||||||||
John | 7th | Out | |||||||||||||||||
Malin E. | Out | ||||||||||||||||||
Caxton | Out |
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- ^ a b c The vote resulted in a tie between Torun and Denice. Per the rules, Jennifer, as the holder of the 1st-place amulet, broke the tie.
- ^ a b Caxton and Malin E. lost the challenge on Day 1 and were immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
- ^ a b Each contestant was instructed to create a profile of themselves to be shown to the other tribe. Both tribes then picked the member of the other tribe who seemed the least desirable. Zylfije and John were deemed the least desirable by the other tribe, and were sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
- ^ Ali and Robin were newcomers to the game. The Srei tribe chose one of the two to join the Bros tribe; they selected Ali, and Robin was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
- ^ Alexandra chose to quit the game.
- ^ Marielle and Nellie were newcomers to the game. The Bros tribe chose one of the two to join the Strei tribe; they selected Marielle, and Nellie was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
- ^ Malin S., Paulina, and Vera were newcomers to the game. The Bros tribe chose two of the three to join the Strei tribe; they selected Vera and Malin S., and Paulina was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
- ^ Filip and Kristoffer were newcomers to the game. The Srei tribe chose one of the two to enter the game; they selected Filip, and Kristoffer was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result. Filip's entrance to the game initiated the tribe switch.
- ^ After the Bros tribe won immunity, both tribes were informed that, following the next day's Amulet Challenge, all remaining players—regardless of tribe—would cast a ballot in the next Tribal Council for one of the remaining eligible Srei members.
- ^ As there were more women than men remaining, one woman was left without a partner; Denice was not selected in the partner draft, and was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
- ^ As there were more women than men remaining, one woman was left without a partner; Malin S. was not selected in the partner draft, and was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
- ^ a b Though David received a penalty vote for placing last in the Immunity Challenge, it was voided after Immunity Challenge winners Filip and Vera chose to give him additional immunity.
- ^ As there were more women than men remaining, one woman was left without a partner; Sara was not selected in the partner draft, and was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
- ^ As there were more men than women remaining, one man was left without a partner; Filip was not selected in the partner draft, and was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
- ^ David and Mia were eliminated after coming in last place in the final challenge.
- ^ a b c d e This contestant received a penalty vote for placing last in the Immunity Challenge.
- ^ Filip received two penalty votes: one for placing last in the Partner Challenge; and another for placing last in the Immunity Challenge.
- ^ Vera received three penalty votes: one for being chosen by Filip, who placed last in the Partner Challenge; one for placing last in the Immunity Challenge; and another by Immunity Challenge winners Dan and Melissa.
- ^ The winning pair of the final challenge earned two votes to win in the final vote.