Expeditie Robinson 4 (2003) - Belgium/Netherlands - Part 3

Tenth tribal council
Björn arrives at Gual, where Geert has a strange offer for him. Geert really enjoyed being on Devils Island and thinks all eliminated people deserve to be stay on the island. So he is ready to give up his place on Gual if Björn agrees to also give up his place when the next eliminated person arrives. Björn says he will do this and Geert leaves without a battle. Björn loves his time on the island: he runs around naked half of the time, enjoys the nature, sings songs and has the time of his life while living at an remote island without any other people around.

At Kelapa, the men still have trouble with Ryan. Ryan doesn't like the way chef-cook Giovani cooks the food. At the reward challenge, the participants have to break plates with names of the other contestants. Ryan is the first one eliminated because the other men break all his plates. Giovani wins the reward and gets a visit from a loved one, which he shares with Franca for tactical reasons, so also a loved one of Franca visits the island. The next night things get out of hand when Ryan and Giovani have a fight about the missing bananas. This isn't taped, but the next day, Ilona and Ryan, state that Giovani almost attacked Ryan with a knife. The women are really disappointed in Giovani and a split happens on the island. Because the three men are in the minority, they try to get Jutta and Ilona on their side, but both refuse. Giovani saves himself when he wins immunity again. The voting goes this way:

Ryan = 4 (France, Judge, Giovani, Ryan)
Judge = 3 (Ilona, Jutta, Ryan)

To the surprise of some, Franca decides to join the men and vote for Ryan (probably as a thank-you to Giovani for bringing her family to the island). Ryan leaves Kelapa, but goes to Gual.


Eleventh tribal council
At Gual, Björn is very disappointed to see Ryan. He tells him a few lies about the island: that it is really boring, there is hardly any food, etc. He does this because he hopes Ryan doesn't want to stay on the island after these stories. Unfortunately for him, Ryan still wants to fight and the two men battle. Ryan wins, so the adventure is finally over for Björn.

At Kelapa, things get more silent. Giovani apologizes for the way he reacted the other night and the men and women make up. At the reward challenge, all the people win money with which they can buy food at an auction. After some blah blah, the immunity challenge takes place. This is won by Robin. After the challenge, the women want to join together and vote out Giovani because they notice he is always eating from the pan when he was cooking. The men want to vote for Franca because they think she is the strongest person on the island: she is really popular with everybody who is voted out. Right before the voting there is probably the most blatant influence of the production in the history of the show. For the first and only time, the winner of immunity gets the offer to give up immunity so he can cast another vote. Robin accepts this offer, because if he wouldn't, Judge would receive three votes from the women and be eliminated due to previous votes. Now the voting goes like this:

Franca = 4 (Robin 1, Robin 2, Ryan, Judge)
Judge = 3 (Franca, Ilona, Jutta)

So the more boring, but really popular on the island Franca has to leave and the more exciting men get an advantage.


Twelfth tribal council
At Gual, Ryan is shocked when he sees Franca is voted out, he thought she would win. Both battle to stay on the island, a challenge who is won by Ryan, so Franca has to leave the game for real now.

At Kelapa, Jutta and Ilona are disappointed with the elimination of Franca and because Giovani still eats from the pan. They confront him, but he denies he is stealing food. Jutta forgives him, but Ilona doesn't believe him. Later, Kelapa finds a sea-turtle in the fishing net. The turtle is really weak and Judge hopes the animal will die so they can eat him. The others help the turtle recover, so the animal survives. The reward challenge is won by Robin, who gets to meet a member of the jury to talk to him/her. This is Björn, who wants to know why Franca got the boot while everybody liked her, over Judge who nobody likes. Robin tells him it was a strategic decision, which Björn understands. After the meeting, Robin receives his personal item: a Zorro costume, so the next day he walks around dressed like Zorro. The immunity challenge is won by Robin as well. After the challenge, Ilona tries to tell Robin and Judge that they need to vote out Giovani, because he is the strongest candidate for the final. The voting goes this way:

Ilona = 3 (Judge, Giovani, Robin)
Judge = 2 (Ilona, Jutta)

The men see Ilona as a stronger person than Jutta, so they vote her out. But Ilona also gets the offer to go to Gual, where she will battle Ryan for a place in the final.


Final
Ryan and Ilona battle each other at Gual. It's a tough battle and the longest endurance of all so far, but at the end it is Ilona who wins and will return in the game right after she got voted out.

While the people at Kelapa prepare for the elimination challenge, Ilona returns and will take part. However, this can be a quick return because the two people who finish last in the elimination challenge (which is endurance), will be eliminated right away. After 1,5 hour it is Robin who loses first. 15 minutes later, the second person gets eliminated, which is Giovani. The two strongest and most popular men leave due to this game, which must have really upset the production. Judge is the third person to fall, so both women battle each other. Finally, Ilona falls which means Jutta wins and is the first finalist. After this, an angry Robin and Giovani really leave the island. Next, Ilona and Judge battle each other for the final spot in the final. It's a pretty one-sided match because Judge dominates and wins. So Ilona leaves the game once again. That night, Jutta and Judge face each other and the jury, which consists of all people who made the merge (eight). After some tough questions, this is the voting:

Karen = Judge
Geert = Jutta
Björn = Jutta
Ryan = Jutta
Franca = Jutta
Robin = Judge
Giovani = Judge
Ilona = Judge

Especially the vote of Ilona is surprising, as she never got along with Judge. There were some rumours that Ilona was pushed into voting for Judge and to cause a tie. Because of the tie, there were two different solutions. The Dutch broadcast let the audience vote for who they thought should be the winner, while the Belgian broadcast asked the earlier eliminated candidates to vote for who should win. So it was possible that both countries would have a different winner and there would be two winners of the game. The Dutch voted as follows:

Jutta = 66%
Judge = 34%

The former eliminated candidates voted as a whole also for Jutta (individual votes are not known). This means Jutta has won Expeditie Robinson 2003!