Expeditie Robinson 5 (2004) - Belgium/Netherlands - Part 1

For this season, the teams were divided in a Dutch team and a Belgian team.

First episode
The 18 participants are on a boat, where they are in formal clothes and get to know each other with a drink and something to eat. Suddenly, the host appears and tells them the show has started. Their first task is to make it to a cage, situated on an island. The people have to jump of the boat and swim to the cage, where they have to climb into it. The last person to make it into the cage is eliminated right away. The first person to get to the cage is Mohamed, quickly followed by some other people. The three with most trouble are Mitchell, Henk and Ernestine. Of these, Henk makes it to the cage first, while Mitchell and Ernestine have a lot of trouble to climb in the cage. Finally, Mitchell makes it which means Ernestine ended last and it eliminated.

After this, all Dutch people leave the cage and go to their island. The Belgian people stay in the cage, because someone else has to be eliminated. They have to stay in the cage until they decide who this person is. After 45 hours it is Sarah who has to leave the cage: the cage is situated in the burning sun and she hardly drank any water so she had to go. In those 45 hours, the Dutch team hasn't build a shelter yet or found any food because they spend most of their time arguing and talking about what needs to be done. Klaar doesn't take part in this, she thinks it is ridiculous to talk so much.

After four days, it turns out that Ernestine & Sarah are not eliminated. They go to a secret mangrove wood. The space they have is 5 m2 and they get hardly any food, only some water and rice. It's a horrible place to live, with loads of water, wet wood (so they can't make fire) and insects.

The immunity challenge, a balance challenge, is won by the Belgian team. The Dutch team has to vote and does it this way:

Klaar = 5 (Jeroen, Marjolein, Patrick, Ronald, Shandinella)
Patrick = 1 (Klaar)
Frouke = 1 (Henk)
Henk = 1 (Frouke)

Sour thumb Klaar is voted out first, with which she is really disappointed. But then she gets the offer to go to the mangrove wood, which she accepts immediately.


Second episode
Klaar arrives at the mangrove wood, where she tells Ernestine & Sarah about how horrible it was to live with the Dutch team. The Dutch team continues with their talking: they try to make agreements on who has to do what and when. It is Henk who wants to do all this talking and who takes the lead. However, after a few days he has to take more and more breaks because living on the island is harder than he thought it would be. In the Belgian team there is some drama because Mick notices he doesn't fit in with the group. Therefore, he tries to make an alliance with Matthias and says he wants to vote out Mohamed first, not knowing that Matthias and Mohamed already have an agreement.

The Belgian team win the reward challenge and are visited by a Malaysian guide, who teaches them about living on the island. The Belgian team also visits the Dutch team, where they take some coconuts from them. The Dutch are quite angry about this and really want to win the immunity challenge. Unfortunately, they lose because Frouke can't get past a balance beam. They have to vote someone out and Henk tells the others he wants to go, because he is the weakest. However, the hosts find out about this and tell Henk he has to go (without voting, because he asked to be voted out). After Henk's departure there is a voting, but obviously the person with the most votes doesn't have to go:

Frouke = 4 (Jeroen, Patrick, Ronald, Shandinella)
Ronald = 2 (Frouke, Marjolein)

Frouke does, however, get a "black vote" for the next tribal council.


Third episode
Because Henk "quit" rather than being voted out, he can't go to the mangrove. In the Belgian team there is more and more tension: Mick and Mitchell are always fighting over the most stupid things, which really annoys the other people. The Dutch team grew closer after Henk's departure. Only Frouke doesn't feel well because of the black vote against. In the mangrove there is also some tension: Sarah is really weak and doesn't help Klaar and Ernestine when they are looking for food. Klaar thinks Sarah should go, because all she does is eat the very little food they have left and it seems unlikely that Sarah will reach the individual stage. Klaar and Ernestine convince Sarah that it is better to go and so she does.

The reward challenge is won by the Belgian team. They get a meal, served by the two people who took part for the Dutch team (it was a 2vs.2 challenge): Ronald and Marjolein. Ronald is really grumpy when he has to serve the food, but Marjolein is enjoying it and bonds with the Belgian team. That team is kinda annoyed by Mick, because he treats the servants very badly. After this meal, Matthias, Peter and Mohamed make an alliance. They want Mick out and will therefore lose the next challenge on purpose, so they can vote him out. And so it happens, the Dutch team get a much needed win and Mick gets the boot, with these voting results:

Mick = 7 (Darline, Frank, Kelly, Matthias, Mitchell, Mohamed, Peter)
Darline = 1 (Mick)

Mick leaves, but gets a second chance in the mangrove woods.


Fourth episode
Mick joins Klaar & Ernestine in the mangrove woods, where Ernestine has had it with living in the woods. The fact that she doesn't know what will happen next makes it really hard for her. In the Belgian team, Peter, Mohamed & Matthias ask Kelly to join their alliance. However, this alliance won't hold long because the two teams get switched. The two oldest people in both teams, Ronald (NL) & Darline (B) have to select the strongest male and female from the other team and this person will join their former teams. This way, Mohamed & Kelly switch from the Belgian team to the Dutch team and Patrick & Marjolein switch from the Dutch team to the Belgian team. Right after this, there is a challenge which is won by the new Dutch team. Back in the Belgian camp, Patrick annoys the Belgian candidates because he complains about everything. Marjolein fits in better with the Belgian and tells Patrick she won't help him: he is alone in the game now.

The immunity challenge is won the Belgian team. This really upsets Mohamed: it is the first time he loses a challenge. He gets really grumpy and even gets into a fight with Shandinella, who was extremely positive until that moment. Mohamed doesn't want to talk with any of his tribemates. However, he gets a saving when Jeroen tells the others they can vote him out. But a few hours later, he withdraws this offer because he decides he actually wants to stay. The voting goes this way:

Jeroen = 3 (Frouke, Kelly, Mohamed)
Frouke = 2 (Jeroen, black vote)
Mohamed = 2 (Ronald, Shandinella)

Jeroen gets the most votes against, but he doesn't have to leave. That's because right before tribal council, Patrick has left the Belgian team because of an injury he got while taking part in the reward challenge. Jeroen does get an extra vote for the next tribal council.


Fifth episode
No one joins the mangrove team, but they don't mind. While the Dutch team were voting someone out, they "attacked" the Dutch camp (the mangrove is in the middle of the island where both the Belgian team and the Dutch team live) and stole all the food of the camp. So when the Dutch team comes back, there is no food left. Ronald thinks the Belgian team stole all their food and is really angry. The next day, Frouke & Kelly refuse to do any work and lie on the beach the whole day, complaining about Ronald. In the Belgian team, the members get annoyed by Mitchell because they think she cooks too much food everyday. Others are annoyed by Marjolein because she tries desperately to fit in.

The reward challenge is won by the Dutch team. They can call home for 20 minutes. Shandinella and Mohamed call their children, but Ronald cannot get into contact with his family so he gets nothing. After everybody called there is still 4 minutes left. Ronald goes to the Belgian team and wants to trade these four minutes calling for some food. The Belgian team agrees, only Mitchell doesn't like this idea. While Ronald is at the Belgian team, Jeroen decides to quit again, but this time for real. He is angry because he received three votes at the last tribal council and is done with the show. When Ronald comes back he is shocked to see that Jeroen is gone and is really disappointed in him. Ronald is now in the minority in his team and he tries to make friends with Mohamed, Kelly & Frouke (who has joined their alliance), but Mohamed doesn't want to speak to him. In the mangrove team, Klaar & Mick are constantly fighting. Mick wants to go to the Belgian team to steal food, but Klaar wants to reserve their energy. After some consoling by Ernestine, Mick & Klaar make up again. During the immunity challenge, they attack the Belgian team and manage to still a lot of food. The immunity challenge is won by the Dutch team. The Belgian team vote, but because Jeroen quit nobody has to leave. The one with the most votes does get a black vote against:

Mitchell = 4 (Frank, Marjolein, Matthias, Peter)
Marjolein = 1 (Darline)
Peter = 1 (Mitchell)