Expeditie Robinson 5 (2004) - Belgium/Netherlands - Part 3

Tenth episode
At camp, there still is a lot of tension. Only Matthias is still ready to fight: he wants to beat the losers badly. Frank is angry because the losers take all of the food he caught for the tribe and don't search for their own food. He also gets upset when the people use their tools and don't clean them up. The reward challenge is won by Shandinella. She can choose between some rice for the team and an extra vote for the next tribal council. She decides to go for the rice, so the team has more to eat. The team is happy with this, except for Marjolein who doesn't like it that Shandinella is now more popular. All of the mangrove people are annoyed by Marjolein, because they think she treats them badly, so they want to vote her out next. At the immunity challenge there is an extra price for the winner: they also get the extra vote Shandinella didn't accept. In some strange way I cannot explain it is the person everybody wanted to vote for who wins immunity: Marjolein. This means her alliance of her, Frank and Matthias now have four votes against the four of the former mangrove people. It would be an exciting tribal council, if it weren't for Klaar. The strange women suddenly decides that she thinks Ronald doesn't deserve to be in the game. She wants to break the alliance and vote Ronald out next. Mick gets really angry about this and insults her over and over again. At tribal council, the voting goes the following way:

Mick = 4 (Frank, Marjolein x2, Matthias, Shandinella)
Klaar = 2 (Mick, Ronald)
Ronald = 1 (Klaar)

So it is strongest member of the mangrove people Mick who has to leave for good this time (btw, this must be some kind of record for an alliance, to only vote for each other at both tribal councils they go to :P).


Eleventh tribal council
The mangrove people managed to break down their own alliance, so it's now three versus three again. Ronald works really hard to prove he deserves to be on the island. Frank thinks this is strange because Ronald hardly work before Mick was voted out. For the reward challenge, the teams have to form male-female duo's. Matthias & Klaar and Frank & Shandinella become teams, so Marjolein has to form a team with the person she dislikes the most: Ronald. Of course, they win the reward challenge and get to spend the night in a resort, with loads of alcohol and food. This upsets Shandinella: last week she won nothing for herself and now Ronald & Marjolein get a lot of food. But she peps herself up by giving a fitness show for the whole team, while Ronald & Marjolein quarrel a lot during the feast. However, they also talk a bit. During these talks, Ronald tells Marjolein he would never vote her out. She later tells this to Matthias, to whom Ronald also said he would never vote him out. Both don't trust him anymore, so the immunity challenge becomes really important for him. Luckily for him, he does win the challenge and survives another round. This upsets Klaar, who calls Ronald a zero, a loser and a cockroach. She knows she is the next one to go and wants to make the most of her last day on the island. Marjolein is happy that Klaar is going, but Frank is upset because he thinks Klaar is quitting and no one should do that. However, it turns out that Klaar is correct: at tribal council she receives five votes against while she votes for Frank because she thinks Frank is the strongest person left and deserves to win.

Klaar = 5 (Frank, Matthias, Marjolein, Ronald, Shandinella)
Frank = 1 (Klaar)


Twelfth episode
The team has a lot of trouble with their food: they thought the show would last 42 days, but it turns out it will last a few days longer. They have to eat even less than they did, which upsets all tribemates. Only Ronald is happy, because he once again survived the voting. He tries a new tactic and tells Frank and Matthias that he is interested to invest money in the dreams both men have. At the next challenge all people win food, but Frank gets to meet the jury who can ask him some questions and he can try to influence them to vote for him. The jury is really happy to see Frank: he is obviously their favorite because Frank is an extremely hard worker, he is the daddy figure of the team and knows all about surviving. However, some are disappointed because Frank sometimes seems to be a follower, especially with the voting, but Frank manages to answer all questions of the jury in a way which satisfies the jury. The people who didn't win the challenge are worried that Frank might be the one to beat and that they should go after him. The next immunity challenge is very important as it is the last one for the final. It is Frank who wins the challenge and Marjolein ends last. Because she ended last, she gets a black vote against for the next tribal council. This upsets Marjolein, because she might now get voted out. She is really grumpy. At the voting, these results happen:

Marjolein = 3 (Ronald, Shandinella, extra vote)
Ronald = 3 (Frank, Matthias, Marjolein)

A tie. Because of the tie, votes cast in the past (since the merge) count. Marjolein has no votes against and Ronald has one vote, that one vote Klaar cast to him and which blew up the mangrove people alliance. Therefore, Ronald has to leave the show.


Final
Frank, Marjolein, Matthias and Shandinella have reached the final. There will be three challenges. The person who doesn't win a challenge leaves the game, while the other three battle each other in the mangrove for a spot in the final. The final starts with a classic: an endurance challenge. Matthias is the first one to leave that challenge, followed by Shandinella. It's Frank vs. Marjolein, a battle won by Marjolein.

The second challenge is a challenge about how well they know their survival skills and a mental challenge. It's finally Matthias who wins this and also makes the final three.

Shandinella and Frank battle each other in another endurance challenge. After many, many hours it is the underdog who beats the world champion fitness: Shandinella fails and has to leave the game, while Frank makes it to the final three.

The final three spent their final night in the mangrove, where Klaar, Mick & Ernestine spent so many tough days. The final challenge is a tough one: first they have to make fire, than they have to cut coconuts, they have to swim, they have to row a boat, they have to build another fire and finally, have to climb in the cage where the game started. It's Frank who takes an early lead and never loses this lead: he climbs the cage as first one and wins the challenge. Behind him, Matthias and Marjolein battle each other. The person who finishes last has to leave the show. It is finally Marjolein who doesn't win: she cannot make fire and is therefore eliminated.

Frank and Matthias made the final, where they have to face the jury, consisting of the twelve members who "made the merge". However, the audience also gets to vote, so the person who gets the most votes cumulative wins the show. It is never a close match: it is really obvious who the jury and the viewers like the most. These are the results:

Ernestine = Frank
Mitchell = Frank
Frouke = Frank
Kelly = Frank
Peter = Frank
Mohamed = Frank
Darline = Frank
Mick = Frank
Klaar = Frank
Ronald = Matthias
Shandinella = Frank
Marjolein = Matthias

So Frank leads 10-2 and Matthias needs over 80% over the vote of the viewers. But he doesn't get that. Frank also gets the majority of the audience vote (don't know exactly how much, but it was quite a lot) and becomes the winner of Expeditie Robinson 2004!