Expeditie Robinson 6 (2005) - Belgium/Netherlands - Part 2

Fifth episode
While there is so much trouble at team Zuid, team Noord is living a life of luxury. They all get along, eat well and have a lot of fun. The only trouble is between Annita and Elbert: Annita thinks it's strange that Elbert wanted to quit a few days ago and is now always working.

In team Zuid, the atmosphere is really bad. Wim and Meredith feel a bit sorry for Esther and try to talk to her. During this talk Esther kinda asks them to form an alliance. First the two agree, but later they refuse. After this, there is a reward challenge. Maxime & Marnix take part for their team and win. They can invite two people of their tribe to have a dinner. They choose Emma and Annita, the weakest people. That means Douwe, Fleur and Elbert can't eat: interestingly enough the three Dutch people in their tribe. At Zuid, the sphere gets even worse. Carl thinks about quiting because he can't stand losing so many challenges. However, he gets new energy when he hears that Esther wanted to make an alliance with Wim & Meredith. Both he and John are really angry at her and want her to leave even more now. The next day, they get the chance to do this. In a twist, it is possible for the other tribemates to challenge the leader. One tribemate will face the leader in a challenge and the winner will be the new leader. However, if the tribemate loses all votes cast against them in the next tribal council will count double. John decides to take this challenge and he and Esther take part in a very exciting game. Finally, it is Esther who wins this game. At team Noord, nobody decides to challenge Marnix as they are all really happy with the way he leads their team. Later, there is more drama in team Zuid when Esther loses the magnesium stick, so their team cannot make fire and they have to eat cold food.

The reward challenge is won by team Noord, so Zuid once again has to vote someone out. The voting is hardly exciting:

John = 10 (Carl x2, Esther x2, Marleen x2, Meredith x2, Wim x2)
Marleen = 1 (John)

Because of the double voting power, John gets the boot.


Sixth episode
Esther is still alone in her tribe: the others blame her for the elimination of John. At the same time, Wim and Meredith feel really weak because there is hardly any food left. At Noord, everybody gets along. Only Elbert is feeling bad: he is homesick again and wants to go home again. Marnix convinces him not to quit yet and take part in their challenge because they need his strength. The challenge is won by team Noord and they win a call from home. This gives Elbert new strength and now he wants to stay again. They all call home, except for Douwe who doesn't feel the need to call home. Later, the Dutch people go search for food. During this, Douwe is constantly flirting with Fleur because he thinks she is the most beautiful woman he ever saw. After the search he makes a trap to catch fish.

At team Zuid, there is another chance for the tribemates to challenge Esther as leader. This time Carl decides to do this because he feels he has to do this for John, but Marleen beliefs he does it for the immunity. The challenge is again very exciting, but is won by Carl. Esther hopes this means she won't be constantly attacked anymore.

The immunity challenge is won by team Noord, who have now won nine challenges in a row. After the challenge, team Noord notices how Esther is feeling bad and realize she will be voted out. They feel really sorry for her and try to support her. Back at camp, this upsets Meredith, Wim and Carl who don't think it is fair that team Noord supports only one person and even someone they hardly know. At camp Noord, the team is angry because Carl wants to vote for Esther. Douwe, who actually felt liked Esther after all, says he wants to vote Carl out first when there is a merge. However, Esther might get a lifeline: Wim is still feeling extremely ill and doesn't think he can continue the show for much longer. The voting goes this way:

Esther = 4 (Carl, Marleen, Meredith, Wim)
Wim = 1 (Esther)

So Esther does have to leave.


Seventh episode
The merge is coming, but two participants won't be around for this. The first one is Wim: he is feeling so badly that the medical team examines him and decides that he is too weak to continue with the show. Therefore, he has to quit hours after Esther was voted out.

The other ten candidates come together on a beach, but it turns out that this isn't the merge yet. They have to enter a boat and peddle to another beach. At that beach there is a big table with nine chairs. At the head of the table is a big chair: the first person to reach this chair wins immunity. Marnix, as the winner of the last immunity challenge can decide in what order the people will sit in the boat: the person at the front will have the most chance to arrive at the big chair first. He puts himself in the front, followed by the other people of his team. At the end, he puts the people of Zuid with Carl at the very end. Right before the team starts peddling to the new island, the host tells them a new twist. There are only nine chairs to the table, but ten people. That means the person who doesn't arrive at the table in time doesn't get a chair and will have to leave the game immediately. The team starts peddling and after an hour arrive at the other beach. Emma is the first to jump out of the ship and to reach the table, but she forgets to go to the right chair and sits on another one. She doesn't win immunity, but this goes to Marnix. For the last chair there is a battle between the two friends Marleen and Annita. It looks like both sit on the chair at the same time, but after a closer look it turns out Marleen was just a bit faster. Therefore, Annita has to leave the game as well.

The others enjoy a goof meal and have a party that evening. The next day they start building their shelter. Douwe is the only one not participating: he is busy making another trap for fish. While Maxime, Marnix and Carl build a shelter, Marnix asks Carl about Esther. He thinks Carl never gave Esther a fair chance and will therefore vote for him at the next tribal council. Douwe also has trouble with Carl, when he notices that Carl took one of his traps and caught a fish with it. However, neither can vote for Carl at tribal council because he wins immunity. One of the people they can vote for is Elbert, who is again angry that he didn't win immunity and wants to go home again. He tells the others that he wouldn´t mind if they voted him out. That night however, there is no voting. The candidates get information about a new voting system. There will be six tribal council until the final. This means everybody can cast six votes. All candidates receive these votes now and can use them whenever they want. They can fe. decide not to vote at a tribal council and spare votes, or use all six of the votes to vote out a strong person. Today there won´t be a tribal council, but Marnix and Carl, as both winners of immunity, do leave the team and go to a secret island.