Blog post by Arthur
Episode 12
Jeroen and Kurt take part in a battle to stay in the show. It's the toughest and longest battle so far, with the tower of cubes almost reaching the length of the two men. At the end, it's Kurt who loses the game by bad luck: a wind blows the tower over. Jeroen wins and gets to stay in the game. Meanwhile, Rita is having major trouble with the lack of food. She has lost a lot of weight (she is so thin that it is almost scary to look at) but does not want to leave the game. She is so close to the finals that she really wants to stay. She survives by trying not to think about food, although that is difficult because everybody is always talking about food.
When Jeroen arrives back at camp, Marina is very disappointed. Not only because a strong player returned but also because the other candidates pretend to be happy to see him. According to Marina they are hypocrites: first they vote him off and not they pretend to be happy to see him. Jeroen asks the other candidates to not vote for him at the next tribal council because he has taken part in two tribals already. Esmeralda is not impressed by this and still wants to vote for him, but Marcel is open for suggestions. He knows that Dennis and Esmeralda are strong people as well and asks Jeoren if he would be interested in voring for them. Even though Jeroen has always said that he is not interested in the tactical game, he realizes that he will not win if he does not play the game. Later, Marcel talks with Esmeralda and tries to get her to turn on her best friend, Dennis. He tells her that he would never vote for her and he hopes that she will do the same.
At the immunity challenge, the candidates have to go through an obstacle course. At the end of the course are four meals and one mystery price. The fastest person gets to choose their price, followed by the second fastest and so on. Jeroen is the fastest and picks the mystery price. Marcel is second and picks an hamburger with french fries. Esmeralda is third and picks the pizza. Dennis is fourth and goes for the chocolate and Rita is last and wins a sandwich with cheese. Once everybody has eaten, Jeroen receives the mystery price. He hopes that this is a challenge, but it turns out to be an extra vote. He is not happy with this, he says one vote for or less won't make a difference. After this, the candidates take part in the immunity challenge. For this, the candidates have to guess how much time they took to go through the challenge. At tribal council it will be revealed who was closest to their true time and wins the challenge.
After the challenge, the candidates compare their times. Marcel finds out that he is way off and will probably not win the immunity. He is very disappointed abuot this. Marina is also very disappointed because the other candidates got to eat and she had to go without again (as guaranteed finalist she cannot take part in the challenges). Later there is a twist: the candidates can give up the individual immunity in exchange for fruit. All but one candidate (Jeroen) vote in favor of this, but the other candidates convince him to also give up his chance for immunity. Everybody can eat some fruit, but Jeroen says he is sure that he will get the most votes at tribal council again and complains some more about this.
Right before the candidates go to tribal council, Marcel talks with Jeroen and tries to convince him to vote for Dennis and Esmerlada. He says he will get Marina to go with them so they can eliminate Dennis or Esmeralda. At tribal council, the hosts show who would have won individual immunity if the candidates had not gone for the food. This turns out to be Esmeralda, who was five seconds off. After this, the candidates vote and these are revealed. It turns out that Marcel, Rita and Jeroen have two votes and that Dennis has three and Esmeralda four. Dennis & Esmeralda will battle eachother in the next challenge.
So in details the voting:
Dennis = Marcel & Rita
Esmeralda = Jeroen & Rita
Jeroen = Dennis & Esmeralda & Esmeralda
Marcel = Dennis & Esmeralda
Marina = Dennis & Esmeralda
Rita = Jeroen & Marcel
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Friday, 20 November 2009
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Expeditie Robinson 2009 Netherlands/Belgium: Episode 11
Blog Post by Arthur
Episode 11
The elimination battle, of putting cubes on top of eachother, is won by Rita. Marjolein is not able to place the seventh cube on the sixth, which makes the tower collapse. She has to go, something she regrets but she is also happy with the things she achieved. When Rita arrives back at camp, she is welcomed greatly by the other candidates who are much happier to see her than they would be to see Marjolein.
Back at camp, Marina attacks Jeroen because Jeroen said at the last tribal council that he thinks he is received votes because the other candidates think he is too strong and the other candidates would rather go to the end with their friends than with someone strong. Marina says she didn't vote for Jeroen because he is strong and says he's arrogant to say that he is the strongest. Nobody backs Jeroen up, which upsets him. Later he notices that his old friend Kurt spends more time with Marina and Marcel. He thinks he is losing all his friends because of tactical reasons, people don't want to be around someone who receives many votes. Meanwhile, Kurt, Marina and Marcel discuss the voting and say they want Jeroen and Dennis to receive the most votes at the next tribal council. Jeroen, because they don't like him, and Dennis, because he is playing too many sides.
For the immunity challenge, the candidates get a certain number of balls in a "tube". The challenge is to grab one ball from your own tube, climb a construction and put the ball in someone else's tube. When someone has twenty balls in their tube, they are eliminated and the person with the most balls after fifteen minutes is eliminated as well. This continues until one person is left. At the beginning of the challenge, Esmeralda, Dennis, Rita and Jeroen take out Kurt. The next one out is Jeroen. A while later, the fifteen minutes are up and because Marcel & Rita are tied for number of balls, both are elimnated. Esmeralda and Dennis continue to fight, but fifteen minutes later it is obvious that Esmeralda has more balls so she is eliminated. Dennis wins the challenge. He also wins an extra price: he gets to meet someone's loved one. At the previous tribal council, one name was drawn and the loved one of that person is the one Dennis will meet. He obviously hopes that this will be his boyfriend, but it turns out to be the wife of Kurt. Dennis and Kurt's wife go to a little resort, where Dennis can eat what he wants and can tell Kurt's wife all about her husband. When the meeting is over, he tells everything to Kurt who is really happy to hear something from home.
Later, Dennis and Jeroen have a discussion where Jeroen complains that he might be eliminated because he lost immunity. Dennis explains him that it is smart to vote for the strongest people because otherwise he will be eliminated. Jeroen takes something else from the conversation: because he thinks he will get the most votes, he thinks it is smart to vote for people who will get a lot of votes, so there will be more people in the elimination battle and his chances of being eliminated get smaller (why he doesn't just make an alliance, I don't know. It's probably his holier-than-thou attitude). Marcel and Kurt also discuss the voting. Marcel explains that he will try his best to keep Kurt in the game because Kurt has said he will never vote for him. He will cast his votes for people who may get the most votes, so Kurt will be saved.
At tribal council, everybody does what they have been doing all along (which kinda makes all the conversations useless) and vote for the people who have received votes. When these are revealed, it turns out that Esmeralda has 0, Marcel has 1 and Rita has 3. Kurt has 4 and Jeroen 6, so the two men will battle eachother in the elimination battle.
Since Jeroen had 6 votes, everybody voted for him. Other votes shown were Jeroen & Rita voting for Kurt. I think Marcel, Marina and Kurt voted for Rita, so Dennis & Esmeralda would be the other voters for Kurt and Jeroen voted for Marcel.
Episode 11
The elimination battle, of putting cubes on top of eachother, is won by Rita. Marjolein is not able to place the seventh cube on the sixth, which makes the tower collapse. She has to go, something she regrets but she is also happy with the things she achieved. When Rita arrives back at camp, she is welcomed greatly by the other candidates who are much happier to see her than they would be to see Marjolein.
Back at camp, Marina attacks Jeroen because Jeroen said at the last tribal council that he thinks he is received votes because the other candidates think he is too strong and the other candidates would rather go to the end with their friends than with someone strong. Marina says she didn't vote for Jeroen because he is strong and says he's arrogant to say that he is the strongest. Nobody backs Jeroen up, which upsets him. Later he notices that his old friend Kurt spends more time with Marina and Marcel. He thinks he is losing all his friends because of tactical reasons, people don't want to be around someone who receives many votes. Meanwhile, Kurt, Marina and Marcel discuss the voting and say they want Jeroen and Dennis to receive the most votes at the next tribal council. Jeroen, because they don't like him, and Dennis, because he is playing too many sides.
For the immunity challenge, the candidates get a certain number of balls in a "tube". The challenge is to grab one ball from your own tube, climb a construction and put the ball in someone else's tube. When someone has twenty balls in their tube, they are eliminated and the person with the most balls after fifteen minutes is eliminated as well. This continues until one person is left. At the beginning of the challenge, Esmeralda, Dennis, Rita and Jeroen take out Kurt. The next one out is Jeroen. A while later, the fifteen minutes are up and because Marcel & Rita are tied for number of balls, both are elimnated. Esmeralda and Dennis continue to fight, but fifteen minutes later it is obvious that Esmeralda has more balls so she is eliminated. Dennis wins the challenge. He also wins an extra price: he gets to meet someone's loved one. At the previous tribal council, one name was drawn and the loved one of that person is the one Dennis will meet. He obviously hopes that this will be his boyfriend, but it turns out to be the wife of Kurt. Dennis and Kurt's wife go to a little resort, where Dennis can eat what he wants and can tell Kurt's wife all about her husband. When the meeting is over, he tells everything to Kurt who is really happy to hear something from home.
Later, Dennis and Jeroen have a discussion where Jeroen complains that he might be eliminated because he lost immunity. Dennis explains him that it is smart to vote for the strongest people because otherwise he will be eliminated. Jeroen takes something else from the conversation: because he thinks he will get the most votes, he thinks it is smart to vote for people who will get a lot of votes, so there will be more people in the elimination battle and his chances of being eliminated get smaller (why he doesn't just make an alliance, I don't know. It's probably his holier-than-thou attitude). Marcel and Kurt also discuss the voting. Marcel explains that he will try his best to keep Kurt in the game because Kurt has said he will never vote for him. He will cast his votes for people who may get the most votes, so Kurt will be saved.
At tribal council, everybody does what they have been doing all along (which kinda makes all the conversations useless) and vote for the people who have received votes. When these are revealed, it turns out that Esmeralda has 0, Marcel has 1 and Rita has 3. Kurt has 4 and Jeroen 6, so the two men will battle eachother in the elimination battle.
Since Jeroen had 6 votes, everybody voted for him. Other votes shown were Jeroen & Rita voting for Kurt. I think Marcel, Marina and Kurt voted for Rita, so Dennis & Esmeralda would be the other voters for Kurt and Jeroen voted for Marcel.
Friday, 6 November 2009
Expeditie Robinson 2009 Netherlands/Belgium: Episode 10
Blog Post by Arthur
Episode 10
At the previous tribal council, Kurt, Igor and Marjolein received the most votes. Kurt doesn't understand this at all and blames Dennis & Esmeralda. They are the cooks at the camp and he is sure those two do more than just cook. Marjolein understands why she got the most votes and doesn't really mind: if she has to go, she has to go. Before the elimination battle, Igor goes meditating to prepare his mind for the challenge. When the challenge begins (build a tower of cubes, the person who makes this tower collapse is eliminated), he is not nervous at all. Nevertheless, it's Igor who loses after Marjolein does a tactical move and places a cube in a manner which makes it very difficult to place a new cube on top of it. Igor is disappointed that he has to go. He says he won't miss the people, but will miss the island.
The candidates get a letter which states that on top of the hill on the island, there are six flags. The six people to grab a flag can take part in the immunity challenge. The seventh person has to stay behind with Marina on the island. Marjolein immediately runs away and is followed by the other people. It's Rita who is the slowest one because she is not wearing shoes and cannot run through the jungle. When Marjolein, Kurt, Marcel, Jeroen, Esmeralda and Dennis have grabbed their flags, Dennis and Esmeralda complain once again. This time about Marjolein, who is lazy around camp but suddenly had the strength to climb up the mountain.
For the immunity challenge, the six who grabbed a flag are divided in two teams: Kurt, Jeroen and Dennis on one team and Esmeralda, Marjolein and Marcel in the other team. The challenge consists of three parts: a strength part, a puzzle and an individual part, where the winning team compete for individual immunity. The three men easily beat the two woman and oldest man in the strength part, but the women and Marcel are much stronger in the puzzle and continue with the individual part. Here Marjolein takes an early lead, but it's Esmeralda who beats her and wins individual immunity.
It's not just immunity that Esmeralda wins: the hosts have got letters from home. Esmeralda gets her letter and can select two other people to get a letter. The letters of the people she doesn't choose will be burnt for everyone to see. Esmeralda picks her friend Dennis and Marina, because she cannot take part in the challenges. Marjolein, Kurt, Marcel and Jeroen have to watch how the letters, drawings and photo's their family, children and friends send them are burnt.
Back at camp, there are the usual tears because of the letters and complaints about the work Marjolein isn't doing. Right before the team goes to the tribal council, Esmeralda confronts Marjolein with the complaints. Marjolein bursts out in tears when she says she doesn't understand why she is strong in the challenges but weak around camp. She tells Esmeralda that she is really doing all she can, but her body isn't strong enough. This touches Esmeralda who feels sorry for Marjolein and decides not to vote for her at tribal council. That doesn't matter, as all other people vote for Marjolein and she gets the most votes. The second person with the most votes is Rita, the other weak person around camp. Right before the voting, Jeroen and Kurt told the hosts that they want to make the finals with the strongest people, so the weakest people get voted out. While the other candidates leave, Marjolein and Rita stay behind to take part in the elimination battle.
As for the full voting results, it probably went like this:
Dennis = Marjolein & Rita
Esmeralda = Kurt & Jeroen
Jeroen = Marjolein & Rita
Kurt = Marjolein & Rita
Marcel = Jeroen & Marjolein
Marina = Jeroen & Marjolein
Marjolein = Kurt & Rita
Rita = Kurt & Marjolein
Not too sure, as it seems unlikely that Dennis would vote for the two weakest girls as he voted for the strongest men before, but since he was attacked for voting for the stronger men, he might have changed his strategy. The votes for Kurt are most unclear because he is hardly in the show and we don't know for sure who likes/dislikes him.
Episode 10
At the previous tribal council, Kurt, Igor and Marjolein received the most votes. Kurt doesn't understand this at all and blames Dennis & Esmeralda. They are the cooks at the camp and he is sure those two do more than just cook. Marjolein understands why she got the most votes and doesn't really mind: if she has to go, she has to go. Before the elimination battle, Igor goes meditating to prepare his mind for the challenge. When the challenge begins (build a tower of cubes, the person who makes this tower collapse is eliminated), he is not nervous at all. Nevertheless, it's Igor who loses after Marjolein does a tactical move and places a cube in a manner which makes it very difficult to place a new cube on top of it. Igor is disappointed that he has to go. He says he won't miss the people, but will miss the island.
The candidates get a letter which states that on top of the hill on the island, there are six flags. The six people to grab a flag can take part in the immunity challenge. The seventh person has to stay behind with Marina on the island. Marjolein immediately runs away and is followed by the other people. It's Rita who is the slowest one because she is not wearing shoes and cannot run through the jungle. When Marjolein, Kurt, Marcel, Jeroen, Esmeralda and Dennis have grabbed their flags, Dennis and Esmeralda complain once again. This time about Marjolein, who is lazy around camp but suddenly had the strength to climb up the mountain.
For the immunity challenge, the six who grabbed a flag are divided in two teams: Kurt, Jeroen and Dennis on one team and Esmeralda, Marjolein and Marcel in the other team. The challenge consists of three parts: a strength part, a puzzle and an individual part, where the winning team compete for individual immunity. The three men easily beat the two woman and oldest man in the strength part, but the women and Marcel are much stronger in the puzzle and continue with the individual part. Here Marjolein takes an early lead, but it's Esmeralda who beats her and wins individual immunity.
It's not just immunity that Esmeralda wins: the hosts have got letters from home. Esmeralda gets her letter and can select two other people to get a letter. The letters of the people she doesn't choose will be burnt for everyone to see. Esmeralda picks her friend Dennis and Marina, because she cannot take part in the challenges. Marjolein, Kurt, Marcel and Jeroen have to watch how the letters, drawings and photo's their family, children and friends send them are burnt.
Back at camp, there are the usual tears because of the letters and complaints about the work Marjolein isn't doing. Right before the team goes to the tribal council, Esmeralda confronts Marjolein with the complaints. Marjolein bursts out in tears when she says she doesn't understand why she is strong in the challenges but weak around camp. She tells Esmeralda that she is really doing all she can, but her body isn't strong enough. This touches Esmeralda who feels sorry for Marjolein and decides not to vote for her at tribal council. That doesn't matter, as all other people vote for Marjolein and she gets the most votes. The second person with the most votes is Rita, the other weak person around camp. Right before the voting, Jeroen and Kurt told the hosts that they want to make the finals with the strongest people, so the weakest people get voted out. While the other candidates leave, Marjolein and Rita stay behind to take part in the elimination battle.
As for the full voting results, it probably went like this:
Dennis = Marjolein & Rita
Esmeralda = Kurt & Jeroen
Jeroen = Marjolein & Rita
Kurt = Marjolein & Rita
Marcel = Jeroen & Marjolein
Marina = Jeroen & Marjolein
Marjolein = Kurt & Rita
Rita = Kurt & Marjolein
Not too sure, as it seems unlikely that Dennis would vote for the two weakest girls as he voted for the strongest men before, but since he was attacked for voting for the stronger men, he might have changed his strategy. The votes for Kurt are most unclear because he is hardly in the show and we don't know for sure who likes/dislikes him.
Expeditie Robinson 2009 Netherlands/Belgium: Episode 9
Blog Post by Arthur
Episode 9
At tribal council, Simone and Jeroen received the most votes. This means they will compete in a battle and the loser of the battle will leave the game. Since the battle will take place the day after tribal council, Jeroen and Simone get to spend a few more hours with their team. During these hours, Jeroen asks Dennis why he voted for him. Dennis says he thought there was an alliance between Jeroen and Simone, which Jeroen denies. He doesn't stay mad with the team, soon he is friends with everybody again. Simone is less happy: she warns everybody for Dennis & Esmeralda, according to her, they are the people they have to watch out for.
The next day, Simone and Jeroen battle in a challenge. For the challenge, they have to put cubes on top of each other until the tower of cubes collapses. The person who makes the tower collapse, has to leave the show. The unlucky one is Simone, so for the eleventh time in a row, a women leaves the game.
After Jeroen returns to camp, the candidates compete in an immunity challenge. This is a wrestling match: the men have to wrestle on a little platform and the women on another platform. The task it to push the members of the same sex of the platform and swim to a central platform, to grab the immunity necklace. The fastest person wins. The battle between the men is a short one, after all men push Igor of the platform, Jeroen manages to push the other men off. At the women platform, Rita is the first one to be pushed off. Esmeralda and Marjolein battle each other for a long time, but since Jeroen has already pushed all men off, he can swim to the immunity necklace and wins. Besides the immunity, he also wins a trip to the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lampur. He can take one women with him and chooses Rita.
In Kuala Lumpur, Rita and Jeroen have the time of their lives. They can eat and drink what they want, can wash themselves and see themselves in a mirror for the first time in a very long time. Rita is shocked when she sees herself, she has lost a lot of weight.
The other candidates, who stayed behind on the island, discuss the next voting. Igor and Marjolein know they will vote for each other in hopes of not being the one who gets the most votes. Dennis and Esmeralda also discuss the voting. Dennis complains that Marjolein doesn't do any work and wants to vote for her. In the meantime, Marcel and Kurt manage to catch a goanna. Earlier, Marcel caught a little shark, so the team has enough to eat.
After Jeroen and Rita returned from Kuala Lumpur (in new clothing), the team goes to tribal council. There, Marina complains about her place in the final. She cannot compete in the challenges and says the show is a little bit boring for her because there is no excitement for her. Kurt tells the other candidates that he does not want to make alliances and Marcel says he plans on winning the game by making friends with the other candidates. After this, the votes are cast. Marcel votes for Dennis because he thinks he is too friendly with the other candidates, Esmeralda votes for Kurt because she doesn't trust him, Marjolein votes for Igor because he is an outcast and Jeroen votes for Marjolein because she does the least work around camp.
When the votes are counted, it turns out that Marcel and Esmeralda have no votes, Dennis has one, Rita has three, Kurt and Marjolein have four and Igor has six. This means that Kurt, Marjolein and Igor will compete in a battle and the loser will have to leave the show.
Episode 9
At tribal council, Simone and Jeroen received the most votes. This means they will compete in a battle and the loser of the battle will leave the game. Since the battle will take place the day after tribal council, Jeroen and Simone get to spend a few more hours with their team. During these hours, Jeroen asks Dennis why he voted for him. Dennis says he thought there was an alliance between Jeroen and Simone, which Jeroen denies. He doesn't stay mad with the team, soon he is friends with everybody again. Simone is less happy: she warns everybody for Dennis & Esmeralda, according to her, they are the people they have to watch out for.
The next day, Simone and Jeroen battle in a challenge. For the challenge, they have to put cubes on top of each other until the tower of cubes collapses. The person who makes the tower collapse, has to leave the show. The unlucky one is Simone, so for the eleventh time in a row, a women leaves the game.
After Jeroen returns to camp, the candidates compete in an immunity challenge. This is a wrestling match: the men have to wrestle on a little platform and the women on another platform. The task it to push the members of the same sex of the platform and swim to a central platform, to grab the immunity necklace. The fastest person wins. The battle between the men is a short one, after all men push Igor of the platform, Jeroen manages to push the other men off. At the women platform, Rita is the first one to be pushed off. Esmeralda and Marjolein battle each other for a long time, but since Jeroen has already pushed all men off, he can swim to the immunity necklace and wins. Besides the immunity, he also wins a trip to the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lampur. He can take one women with him and chooses Rita.
In Kuala Lumpur, Rita and Jeroen have the time of their lives. They can eat and drink what they want, can wash themselves and see themselves in a mirror for the first time in a very long time. Rita is shocked when she sees herself, she has lost a lot of weight.
The other candidates, who stayed behind on the island, discuss the next voting. Igor and Marjolein know they will vote for each other in hopes of not being the one who gets the most votes. Dennis and Esmeralda also discuss the voting. Dennis complains that Marjolein doesn't do any work and wants to vote for her. In the meantime, Marcel and Kurt manage to catch a goanna. Earlier, Marcel caught a little shark, so the team has enough to eat.
After Jeroen and Rita returned from Kuala Lumpur (in new clothing), the team goes to tribal council. There, Marina complains about her place in the final. She cannot compete in the challenges and says the show is a little bit boring for her because there is no excitement for her. Kurt tells the other candidates that he does not want to make alliances and Marcel says he plans on winning the game by making friends with the other candidates. After this, the votes are cast. Marcel votes for Dennis because he thinks he is too friendly with the other candidates, Esmeralda votes for Kurt because she doesn't trust him, Marjolein votes for Igor because he is an outcast and Jeroen votes for Marjolein because she does the least work around camp.
When the votes are counted, it turns out that Marcel and Esmeralda have no votes, Dennis has one, Rita has three, Kurt and Marjolein have four and Igor has six. This means that Kurt, Marjolein and Igor will compete in a battle and the loser will have to leave the show.
Saturday, 24 October 2009
Expeditie Robinson 2009 Netherlands/Belgium: Episode 8
Blog Post by Arthur
Episode 8
The show starts where it ended last week: team Noord and team Zuid come together for what they think is the merge. However, only ten of them will make it to the merge and three will be eliminated. Who this will be is decided by a fire-making challenge. The only person who won't take part is Marina: she is already a finalist and cannot take part in any of the challenges. She is sent to the beach where she can prepare a feast for the ten winners. The other twelve start the challenge. The challenge is to make a fire tall enough to burn through a rope. Once the rope is burned, the candidates have to grab their bag and run through a jungle. The first eight people to put their bag in the chest the men carried through the jungle a few episodes ago will go to the merge.
The first person to make fire is Marjolein, followed by Jeroen and Jill. Of the three, Marjolein is the only one to make her fire tall enough to burn through the rope. She grabs her bag and runs. The fires of Jeroen and Jill stop burning, whil Kurt, Marcel and Igor all make fire and burn through the rope. They also grab their bags and run to the jungle, where Marjolein is the first one to put her bag in the chest. She can continue walking to the beach, where Marina has started a barbecue. She is followed by the three men, Kurt, Marcel and Igor. Later, Dennis, Rita and Simone also arrive at the beach. Seven people have finished the challenge, only one more will qualify. Jeroen is the first one to make fire and runs to the jungle, but is closely followed by Yolanda. Jeroen wins the sprint and is the eigth one to place his bag in the chest.
The four losers are Yolanda, Jill, Eva and Esmeralda. The four will battle in a final challenge to determine who gets the last place in the merge. For the challenge, they have to build a tower of blocks. The one who builds the tallest tower in two minutes wins. Yolanda takes an early lead and is followed by Eva. Both towers collapse after one minute. Esmeralda is then in the lead and because her tower does not collapse, she wins the challenge and is the last person to qualify for the merge. The three losers are Yolanda, Jill and Eva, who have to leave the show.
The ten people who made it to the merge, Dennis, Esmeralda, Igor, Jeroen, Kurt, Marcel, Marina, Marjolein, Rita and Simone, take part in a huge feast. During the feast, Marcel drinks too much and is awake the whole night, talking gibberish. The following day, the other candidates start working while Marcel is still sleeping. He has an headache and wants to take a 'day off' to recover. While working, Igor takes off with a coconut again. Dennis sees him drinking the coconut and later accuses him of stealing. The whole team gets involved in the argument, which ends with Kurt making fun of Igor, which upsets Igor who calls him a stupid clown.
The immunity challenge is one where they have to eat horrible food. The candidates battle in three heats and the three winners of the heats qualify for the final. The first heat is between Dennis, Esmeralda and Igor. Igor wins this easily and beats the two people who he continuously argues with. The second heat is between Jeroen, Marcel and Marjolein and is - to the surprise of many - won by Marjolein. The third heat is between Simone, Kurt and Rita and is won by Simone. The three winners battle eachother in the final. This turns into a big battle between Simone and Igor, one that is won by Igor. He wins immunity and cannot be voted out. The other candidates are not happy with this, they all wanted to vote him out.
Back at the camp, people talk a lot about who they want to voted out. The two names that are mentioned the most are Marjolein, who works the least, and Simone, who curses too much. When the ten candidates arrive at the tribal council, there is a twist however. Rather than casting one vote, the candidates will cast two votes and the two people who receive the most votes will battle eachother in a challenge. The winner will remain in the game, while the loser has to go. The candidates cast their votes and when these are counted, it's Simone who has the most votes. To the surprise of many viewers, Jeroen has the second most votes. He got these votes because he was the closest friend of Simone. This means that Simone and Jeroen will battle eachother in a challenge. The loser goes home. Who wins will be shown in the next episode.
Episode 8
The show starts where it ended last week: team Noord and team Zuid come together for what they think is the merge. However, only ten of them will make it to the merge and three will be eliminated. Who this will be is decided by a fire-making challenge. The only person who won't take part is Marina: she is already a finalist and cannot take part in any of the challenges. She is sent to the beach where she can prepare a feast for the ten winners. The other twelve start the challenge. The challenge is to make a fire tall enough to burn through a rope. Once the rope is burned, the candidates have to grab their bag and run through a jungle. The first eight people to put their bag in the chest the men carried through the jungle a few episodes ago will go to the merge.
The first person to make fire is Marjolein, followed by Jeroen and Jill. Of the three, Marjolein is the only one to make her fire tall enough to burn through the rope. She grabs her bag and runs. The fires of Jeroen and Jill stop burning, whil Kurt, Marcel and Igor all make fire and burn through the rope. They also grab their bags and run to the jungle, where Marjolein is the first one to put her bag in the chest. She can continue walking to the beach, where Marina has started a barbecue. She is followed by the three men, Kurt, Marcel and Igor. Later, Dennis, Rita and Simone also arrive at the beach. Seven people have finished the challenge, only one more will qualify. Jeroen is the first one to make fire and runs to the jungle, but is closely followed by Yolanda. Jeroen wins the sprint and is the eigth one to place his bag in the chest.
The four losers are Yolanda, Jill, Eva and Esmeralda. The four will battle in a final challenge to determine who gets the last place in the merge. For the challenge, they have to build a tower of blocks. The one who builds the tallest tower in two minutes wins. Yolanda takes an early lead and is followed by Eva. Both towers collapse after one minute. Esmeralda is then in the lead and because her tower does not collapse, she wins the challenge and is the last person to qualify for the merge. The three losers are Yolanda, Jill and Eva, who have to leave the show.
The ten people who made it to the merge, Dennis, Esmeralda, Igor, Jeroen, Kurt, Marcel, Marina, Marjolein, Rita and Simone, take part in a huge feast. During the feast, Marcel drinks too much and is awake the whole night, talking gibberish. The following day, the other candidates start working while Marcel is still sleeping. He has an headache and wants to take a 'day off' to recover. While working, Igor takes off with a coconut again. Dennis sees him drinking the coconut and later accuses him of stealing. The whole team gets involved in the argument, which ends with Kurt making fun of Igor, which upsets Igor who calls him a stupid clown.
The immunity challenge is one where they have to eat horrible food. The candidates battle in three heats and the three winners of the heats qualify for the final. The first heat is between Dennis, Esmeralda and Igor. Igor wins this easily and beats the two people who he continuously argues with. The second heat is between Jeroen, Marcel and Marjolein and is - to the surprise of many - won by Marjolein. The third heat is between Simone, Kurt and Rita and is won by Simone. The three winners battle eachother in the final. This turns into a big battle between Simone and Igor, one that is won by Igor. He wins immunity and cannot be voted out. The other candidates are not happy with this, they all wanted to vote him out.
Back at the camp, people talk a lot about who they want to voted out. The two names that are mentioned the most are Marjolein, who works the least, and Simone, who curses too much. When the ten candidates arrive at the tribal council, there is a twist however. Rather than casting one vote, the candidates will cast two votes and the two people who receive the most votes will battle eachother in a challenge. The winner will remain in the game, while the loser has to go. The candidates cast their votes and when these are counted, it's Simone who has the most votes. To the surprise of many viewers, Jeroen has the second most votes. He got these votes because he was the closest friend of Simone. This means that Simone and Jeroen will battle eachother in a challenge. The loser goes home. Who wins will be shown in the next episode.
Monday, 19 October 2009
Expeditie Robinson 2009 Netherlands/Belgium: Episode 7
Blog Post by Arthur
Episode 7
In team South, there are three women with mental and physical problems. Eva and Sabine are very homesick and doubt whether they can continue. Rita has physical problems: she hasn't been to the toilet in eleven days and feels like she is about to explode. Nevertheless, she wants to continue and tries to work with the other candidates. Jill also shows her face for the second time in seven episodes, when Kurt compliments her for the work she has been doing.
In team North, the atmosphere is still horrible. Because Igor spends a lot of time on his own, Marjolein tries to talk to him. During this talk, Igor explains that he decided to take part in the show to see whether he can act in a group. As a kid, he was picked on because he was very small, and when he became older, he grew a lot and became a bully himself. He was never part of any group during his youth nor during his adult years.
For the immunity challenge, one person of every tribe has to stand in a small chest, while the other candidates transfer icecubes over the beach and have to throw them in the chest as well. When the person in the chest is completely covered with icecubes, the team wins. In team North it's Igor who goes in the chest and in team South, it's Rita. Both to prove that they can be of use for their team during a challenge. At the beginning of the challenge, it's a close race but eventually team North takes the lead and keeps it. They win immunity and team South has to vote someone out.
Team North celebrates their victory with a feast. During the feast Igor seems to be accepted as part of the team. He tries to act a bit more social, which seems to pay off. Except for Marcel, who says that he doesn't think Igor is worthy of still being in the show. According to him, the most worthy people are Esmeralda, Marina, Dennis and Marjolein, while Igor and Yolanda can leave the tribe.
In team South, Rita has a horrible night because of her gut-problems. The following morning she feels awful, until Jeroen offers her a cup of tea. Because of the tea (I have no idea how to describe this tastefully), she can finally take a poo again and does so immediately: in middle of the camp. She couldn't stop it and shat over all the camp. Even though she made a lot of mess, she feels a lot better after this and thinks she is strong enough to continue with the show. Eva and Sabine don't think they are, both spend their time sleeping on the beach because they want to go home. Sabine is still very annoyed by this and tells the women that she would rather vote both of them out.
At a quick tribal council, it is Sabine who receives all the votes (while she votes for Rita) and has to leave, much to her delight.
The following morning, both teams receive a letter telling them to pack all their stuff. Both tribes realize that the merge is coming. In team North everybody is happy with this news, except for Marcel, who didn't want Igor to make the merge. Team South is very happy to leave the island, there was no food left in their camp and most of them haven't eaten in a very long time.
Both teams arrive at the new island and are greeted by the hosts. They say that there is a twist, even though this is the island where the merge will take place, not all candidates will make it to the merge. There is a challenge first and the three people who finish last in this challenge will have to leave. Marina is the only one who doesn't have to take part, as she won the very first challenge and is qualified for the final already. She can move on to the beach and start a barbecue, while the other twelve candidates battle for the remaining nine spots in the merge.
Who makes it, will be shown in the next episode.
Episode 7
In team South, there are three women with mental and physical problems. Eva and Sabine are very homesick and doubt whether they can continue. Rita has physical problems: she hasn't been to the toilet in eleven days and feels like she is about to explode. Nevertheless, she wants to continue and tries to work with the other candidates. Jill also shows her face for the second time in seven episodes, when Kurt compliments her for the work she has been doing.
In team North, the atmosphere is still horrible. Because Igor spends a lot of time on his own, Marjolein tries to talk to him. During this talk, Igor explains that he decided to take part in the show to see whether he can act in a group. As a kid, he was picked on because he was very small, and when he became older, he grew a lot and became a bully himself. He was never part of any group during his youth nor during his adult years.
For the immunity challenge, one person of every tribe has to stand in a small chest, while the other candidates transfer icecubes over the beach and have to throw them in the chest as well. When the person in the chest is completely covered with icecubes, the team wins. In team North it's Igor who goes in the chest and in team South, it's Rita. Both to prove that they can be of use for their team during a challenge. At the beginning of the challenge, it's a close race but eventually team North takes the lead and keeps it. They win immunity and team South has to vote someone out.
Team North celebrates their victory with a feast. During the feast Igor seems to be accepted as part of the team. He tries to act a bit more social, which seems to pay off. Except for Marcel, who says that he doesn't think Igor is worthy of still being in the show. According to him, the most worthy people are Esmeralda, Marina, Dennis and Marjolein, while Igor and Yolanda can leave the tribe.
In team South, Rita has a horrible night because of her gut-problems. The following morning she feels awful, until Jeroen offers her a cup of tea. Because of the tea (I have no idea how to describe this tastefully), she can finally take a poo again and does so immediately: in middle of the camp. She couldn't stop it and shat over all the camp. Even though she made a lot of mess, she feels a lot better after this and thinks she is strong enough to continue with the show. Eva and Sabine don't think they are, both spend their time sleeping on the beach because they want to go home. Sabine is still very annoyed by this and tells the women that she would rather vote both of them out.
At a quick tribal council, it is Sabine who receives all the votes (while she votes for Rita) and has to leave, much to her delight.
The following morning, both teams receive a letter telling them to pack all their stuff. Both tribes realize that the merge is coming. In team North everybody is happy with this news, except for Marcel, who didn't want Igor to make the merge. Team South is very happy to leave the island, there was no food left in their camp and most of them haven't eaten in a very long time.
Both teams arrive at the new island and are greeted by the hosts. They say that there is a twist, even though this is the island where the merge will take place, not all candidates will make it to the merge. There is a challenge first and the three people who finish last in this challenge will have to leave. Marina is the only one who doesn't have to take part, as she won the very first challenge and is qualified for the final already. She can move on to the beach and start a barbecue, while the other twelve candidates battle for the remaining nine spots in the merge.
Who makes it, will be shown in the next episode.
Expeditie Robinson 2009 Netherlands/Belgium: Episode 6
Blog Post by Arthur
Episode 6
Both teams got the assignment to choose their three strongest candidates. In team South, Rita says everybody needs to name the three people they think are the strongest. Jeroen, Kurt and Simone are mentioned the most often.
In team North, Esmeralda and Igor both say they are the strongest. The majority agrees with Esmeralda, but disagrees with Igor and Marcel and Dennis are chosen in his place.
For the immunity challenge, both teams have to throw eggs up a ladder. The person on top of the ladder has to take the egg and go down a slide with the egg, in order to place it in an egg holder. The team who transfers ten eggs without breaking one wins the immunity. Team North takes an early lead, but it is team South who closes the gap quickly and eventually wins. As special price, the three people who were selected to be the strongest can go to a resort, where they can wash themselves and send an e-mail home. Eva and Rita are upset that only the strongest people can go because they are in big need of some contact with home.
Team North has to vote. Igor, who is the outsider of the group, shows his strength by collecting a lot of food. Marcel is not happy with the job Igor is doing, because he thinks Igor is wasting strength and he doesn't like the food Igor brings with him.
When the three strongest people of South arrive back at camp, they are welcomed with open arms. This doesn't last long, when Eva gets emotional again. This annoys Simone, who says that someone who gets this emotional should not take part in this show. Sabine disagrees and the two women have an argument. This ends when Kurt catches a stingray and the team has enough to eat for another day.
In team North, Igor gets in more trouble when Yolanda accuses him of drinking too much juice from the coconuts. The team goes to tribal council, where Igor doesn't get any votes. Esther is voted out unanimously because she asked, she wanted to leave for quite a few days now. After the tribal council, Esmeralda, Marcel and Dennis from team North want to make an expedition across the island, but return in an hour. It turns out that they found a lot of empty coco-nutshells. They think that Igor, who goes away to the jungle every day, has eaten a lot of coconuts when he was in the jungle rather than sharing this with the team. When they arrive back at camp, it turns out Igor has also eaten all the coconut the team was cooking. This leads to an explosive fight between Igor and Dennis & Esmeralda, where Igor accuses Dennis of talking behind his back rather than to his face and Igor gets angry at Esmeralda when she tells him that he should not curse. Marina and Yolanda have to butt in and end the fight before it gets out of hand. After the fight, Dennis and Marcel agree that Igor finally showed his true colours and they cannot wait to vote him out.
My personal opinion on the fight is that everybody was in the wrong: Dennis for being a drama queen and talking behind Igor's back so Igor never had a chance to say what he thought, Esmeralda, for not explaining why Igor was accused of stealing wood, and Igor, for his explosive replies. All in all, it didn't do good for Igor's position in the game.
Episode 6
Both teams got the assignment to choose their three strongest candidates. In team South, Rita says everybody needs to name the three people they think are the strongest. Jeroen, Kurt and Simone are mentioned the most often.
In team North, Esmeralda and Igor both say they are the strongest. The majority agrees with Esmeralda, but disagrees with Igor and Marcel and Dennis are chosen in his place.
For the immunity challenge, both teams have to throw eggs up a ladder. The person on top of the ladder has to take the egg and go down a slide with the egg, in order to place it in an egg holder. The team who transfers ten eggs without breaking one wins the immunity. Team North takes an early lead, but it is team South who closes the gap quickly and eventually wins. As special price, the three people who were selected to be the strongest can go to a resort, where they can wash themselves and send an e-mail home. Eva and Rita are upset that only the strongest people can go because they are in big need of some contact with home.
Team North has to vote. Igor, who is the outsider of the group, shows his strength by collecting a lot of food. Marcel is not happy with the job Igor is doing, because he thinks Igor is wasting strength and he doesn't like the food Igor brings with him.
When the three strongest people of South arrive back at camp, they are welcomed with open arms. This doesn't last long, when Eva gets emotional again. This annoys Simone, who says that someone who gets this emotional should not take part in this show. Sabine disagrees and the two women have an argument. This ends when Kurt catches a stingray and the team has enough to eat for another day.
In team North, Igor gets in more trouble when Yolanda accuses him of drinking too much juice from the coconuts. The team goes to tribal council, where Igor doesn't get any votes. Esther is voted out unanimously because she asked, she wanted to leave for quite a few days now. After the tribal council, Esmeralda, Marcel and Dennis from team North want to make an expedition across the island, but return in an hour. It turns out that they found a lot of empty coco-nutshells. They think that Igor, who goes away to the jungle every day, has eaten a lot of coconuts when he was in the jungle rather than sharing this with the team. When they arrive back at camp, it turns out Igor has also eaten all the coconut the team was cooking. This leads to an explosive fight between Igor and Dennis & Esmeralda, where Igor accuses Dennis of talking behind his back rather than to his face and Igor gets angry at Esmeralda when she tells him that he should not curse. Marina and Yolanda have to butt in and end the fight before it gets out of hand. After the fight, Dennis and Marcel agree that Igor finally showed his true colours and they cannot wait to vote him out.
My personal opinion on the fight is that everybody was in the wrong: Dennis for being a drama queen and talking behind Igor's back so Igor never had a chance to say what he thought, Esmeralda, for not explaining why Igor was accused of stealing wood, and Igor, for his explosive replies. All in all, it didn't do good for Igor's position in the game.
Monday, 5 October 2009
Expeditie Robinson 2009 Netherlands/Belgium: Episode 5
Blog Post by Arthur
Episode 5
The episode started with a tribal council: the three people who thought the show is too difficult for them went to tribal council: Birgit, Carine and Esther. At tribal, the host told them that only one of the three would go home and the three had to discuss who this would be. Birgit was selected because she refused to go back to camp.
The men and Marina received a letter and were told that they had to pick two men who would go to the women’s tribe and had to pick four women who would come to their tribe. Because none of the men wanted to go to the other tribe, they drew and Kurt and Jeroen were the unlucky ones. After this, Dennis, Igor, Marcel and Marina decided to pick Esmeralda, Esther, Marjolein and Yolanda for their new tribe. They became team Noord, while the Kurt & Jeroen joined the other seven women to join team Zuid.
At the immunity challenge the two new tribes formed. But there was a twist: because one team had one extra person, that tribe had to decide who would leave the show right away. Carine volunteered and was taken out of the show. The two new tribes battled in a challenge and team Noord won. So team Zuid had to vote someone out.
The two new men, Kurt and Jeroen, worked their hardest to prove to the women that they deserved to stay in the show. Sabine got along great with the new men, but the other women had other problems. Carolien got really sick: she lost a lot of weight and was feeling really weak.
At tribal council, it was an unanimous vote. Everybody voted for Carolien, while she voted for Eva. Carolien left the island and finally got the chance to eat again.
For interest, a short description of the people who are left in the show:
Dennis = The male narrator. He was the one who narrated the walk through the jungle the men made. He is also the one who is most keen on voting Igor out, who is the outsider between the men.
Esmeralda = The leader. Everybody is extremly positive about her, she is by far the strongest women in the show and everybody has loads of respect for her. She was able to lead strong-willed people like Carine and Sabine, who were the previous leaders of the show.
Esther = The social girl. She does yoga and wants the teams to be one happy team. When the other women ignored Carine, she was the only one who talked with her and tried to make her part of the tribe again. She misses her family a lot and tried to quit a couple of times.
Eva = The silent girl. During the first night she got in an argument with Carine because she had said that she didn’t think Carine was a positive person. After this argument, Carine voted her as the weakest person and she was almost eliminated in the first challenge. After that, she never received much attention again.
Igor = The loner. He spends a lot of time on his own, walking though the jungle and looking for food. He doesn’t seem to have a good relationship with the other men, who talked about voting him off if they had to.
Jeroen = The survivor. Of the men, he seems to be the strongest and know the most about how to survive. He is now the big favorite to win, although we don’t know if he is able to play a strategic game.
Jill = The sky one. Another ignored person, who was only shown during the third immunity challenge, where she was in an important position and failed, which made her team loose the challenge.
Kurt = The forgotten. I don’t remember anything he did except for working really hard to be accepted by the women.
Marcel = The dirty old man. He was not happy when he found out he would start the show with only men because he really wanted to meet some women. Especially the young women. He was disappointed when Marina arrived at their beach because he was hoping for a younger person (even though Marina is seven years younger than he is), but the two now seem to get along fine.
Marina = The finalist. She won the first immunity challenge and automatically qualified for the final. She spend a night alone on a beach before the men arrived and showed there that the victory was not just luck, she was capable of surviving alone. But she was really happy when the men arrived, she got along much better with them.
Marjolein = The positive who turned negative. The first few episodes she was really happy to be on the island, but now she is done with the show because she is too hungry and she can’t stand the negative atmosphere between the other women.
Rita = The girl with the black eye. We don’t know much about her, except that during the first challenge, someone kicked her in the eye when she was swimming and she got a black eye.
Sabine = The harsh woman. She was the leader of first team Noord, where she tried to make an alliance with the younger girls. When one of these girls quit the alliance she got really angry and said she would murder the girl if she didn’t get voted out. But she got and after the voting, the teams merged after which she kinda disappeared.
Simone = The horny girl. She was voted out first by her tribe, but in a twist she was sent to the island and got to lead her camp for a while. She handled this slightly better then Carine did and was eventually accepted by her team. She is the one who longed the most for men, not only for their strength but also because she is desparate for some attention.
Yolanda = The potty mouth, she says what she thinks, but gets along with most of the other younger women.
Episode 5
The episode started with a tribal council: the three people who thought the show is too difficult for them went to tribal council: Birgit, Carine and Esther. At tribal, the host told them that only one of the three would go home and the three had to discuss who this would be. Birgit was selected because she refused to go back to camp.
The men and Marina received a letter and were told that they had to pick two men who would go to the women’s tribe and had to pick four women who would come to their tribe. Because none of the men wanted to go to the other tribe, they drew and Kurt and Jeroen were the unlucky ones. After this, Dennis, Igor, Marcel and Marina decided to pick Esmeralda, Esther, Marjolein and Yolanda for their new tribe. They became team Noord, while the Kurt & Jeroen joined the other seven women to join team Zuid.
At the immunity challenge the two new tribes formed. But there was a twist: because one team had one extra person, that tribe had to decide who would leave the show right away. Carine volunteered and was taken out of the show. The two new tribes battled in a challenge and team Noord won. So team Zuid had to vote someone out.
The two new men, Kurt and Jeroen, worked their hardest to prove to the women that they deserved to stay in the show. Sabine got along great with the new men, but the other women had other problems. Carolien got really sick: she lost a lot of weight and was feeling really weak.
At tribal council, it was an unanimous vote. Everybody voted for Carolien, while she voted for Eva. Carolien left the island and finally got the chance to eat again.
For interest, a short description of the people who are left in the show:
Dennis = The male narrator. He was the one who narrated the walk through the jungle the men made. He is also the one who is most keen on voting Igor out, who is the outsider between the men.
Esmeralda = The leader. Everybody is extremly positive about her, she is by far the strongest women in the show and everybody has loads of respect for her. She was able to lead strong-willed people like Carine and Sabine, who were the previous leaders of the show.
Esther = The social girl. She does yoga and wants the teams to be one happy team. When the other women ignored Carine, she was the only one who talked with her and tried to make her part of the tribe again. She misses her family a lot and tried to quit a couple of times.
Eva = The silent girl. During the first night she got in an argument with Carine because she had said that she didn’t think Carine was a positive person. After this argument, Carine voted her as the weakest person and she was almost eliminated in the first challenge. After that, she never received much attention again.
Igor = The loner. He spends a lot of time on his own, walking though the jungle and looking for food. He doesn’t seem to have a good relationship with the other men, who talked about voting him off if they had to.
Jeroen = The survivor. Of the men, he seems to be the strongest and know the most about how to survive. He is now the big favorite to win, although we don’t know if he is able to play a strategic game.
Jill = The sky one. Another ignored person, who was only shown during the third immunity challenge, where she was in an important position and failed, which made her team loose the challenge.
Kurt = The forgotten. I don’t remember anything he did except for working really hard to be accepted by the women.
Marcel = The dirty old man. He was not happy when he found out he would start the show with only men because he really wanted to meet some women. Especially the young women. He was disappointed when Marina arrived at their beach because he was hoping for a younger person (even though Marina is seven years younger than he is), but the two now seem to get along fine.
Marina = The finalist. She won the first immunity challenge and automatically qualified for the final. She spend a night alone on a beach before the men arrived and showed there that the victory was not just luck, she was capable of surviving alone. But she was really happy when the men arrived, she got along much better with them.
Marjolein = The positive who turned negative. The first few episodes she was really happy to be on the island, but now she is done with the show because she is too hungry and she can’t stand the negative atmosphere between the other women.
Rita = The girl with the black eye. We don’t know much about her, except that during the first challenge, someone kicked her in the eye when she was swimming and she got a black eye.
Sabine = The harsh woman. She was the leader of first team Noord, where she tried to make an alliance with the younger girls. When one of these girls quit the alliance she got really angry and said she would murder the girl if she didn’t get voted out. But she got and after the voting, the teams merged after which she kinda disappeared.
Simone = The horny girl. She was voted out first by her tribe, but in a twist she was sent to the island and got to lead her camp for a while. She handled this slightly better then Carine did and was eventually accepted by her team. She is the one who longed the most for men, not only for their strength but also because she is desparate for some attention.
Yolanda = The potty mouth, she says what she thinks, but gets along with most of the other younger women.
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Expeditie Robinson 2009 Netherlands/Belgium: Episode 4
Blog Post by Arthur
Episode 4
Team Noord and Team Zuid come together on Island Zuid (don't know the exact names of the islands).
After two days with loads of complaining and crying, Marina goes back to Island Noord because she was the first finalist and has to 'prove herself' whether she is worthy of the final.
Back on the island, Doreen has trouble breathing. The medics check on her and decide that she has to leave the island for medical reasons.
The men finally finish their task and become part of the expedition. They join Marina on Island Noord and together they form team Noord. So the teams are now:
Noord = Dennis, Igor, Jeroen, Kurt, Marcel, Marina
Zuid = Birgit, Carine, Carolien, Esmeralda, Esther, Eva, Jill, Marjolein, Rita, Sabine, Simone, Yolanda
The women finally meet the men for a first immunity challenge. The men win this one and the women have to vote one of their own out. But because three women ask to be voted out, there is a twist. Only the women who want to leave have to go to tribal council. Everybody thinks that the three women will get to leave the island, as they wish. What really happens will be shown in the next episode.
The preview of the next episode showed that the three women who want to leave have to vote one of their own out. The three who went to tribal council are probably (we didn't see them yet, but from the words we can derive this): Birgit (who got in a fight with Carine and doesn't want to be on the island with her), Carine (who has no contact with the other women and people complain about her a lot) and Esther (who is homesick). We do know Carine returns to the island, so either Birgit or Esther will be voted out.
Episode 4
Team Noord and Team Zuid come together on Island Zuid (don't know the exact names of the islands).
After two days with loads of complaining and crying, Marina goes back to Island Noord because she was the first finalist and has to 'prove herself' whether she is worthy of the final.
Back on the island, Doreen has trouble breathing. The medics check on her and decide that she has to leave the island for medical reasons.
The men finally finish their task and become part of the expedition. They join Marina on Island Noord and together they form team Noord. So the teams are now:
Noord = Dennis, Igor, Jeroen, Kurt, Marcel, Marina
Zuid = Birgit, Carine, Carolien, Esmeralda, Esther, Eva, Jill, Marjolein, Rita, Sabine, Simone, Yolanda
The women finally meet the men for a first immunity challenge. The men win this one and the women have to vote one of their own out. But because three women ask to be voted out, there is a twist. Only the women who want to leave have to go to tribal council. Everybody thinks that the three women will get to leave the island, as they wish. What really happens will be shown in the next episode.
The preview of the next episode showed that the three women who want to leave have to vote one of their own out. The three who went to tribal council are probably (we didn't see them yet, but from the words we can derive this): Birgit (who got in a fight with Carine and doesn't want to be on the island with her), Carine (who has no contact with the other women and people complain about her a lot) and Esther (who is homesick). We do know Carine returns to the island, so either Birgit or Esther will be voted out.
Expeditie Robinson 2009 Netherlands/Belgium: Episodes 2 & 3
Blog Post by Arthur
Episode 2
Five men were introduced, Dennis, Igor, Jeroen, Kurt and Marcel.
They had a task: they had to carry a chest with all the backpacks of the women (with their clothing) through the jungle. All the episode consisted of them walking through the jungle.
Episode 3
The men are still walking.
The women did a challenge, which was won by team Zuid. Team Noord voted one of their own out:
Birgit voted for Marjolein
Carolien voted for Lianne
Lianne voted for Simone
Marina voted for Lianne
Marjolein voted for Lianne
Sabine voted for Lianne
Simone voted for Lianne
Who voted for Marjolein is not 100% sure, but I assume it is Birgit.
Lianne went because she made an alliance with Simone, Birgit and Carolien and the women agreed to vote Sabine out. Later Lianne disagreed with the alliance and didn't think it was fair to make one, which upset Simone, who turned the tables and got Lianne voted out.
After tribal council, it was announced that the six remaining women will join the eight women in team Zuid.
Episode 2
Five men were introduced, Dennis, Igor, Jeroen, Kurt and Marcel.
They had a task: they had to carry a chest with all the backpacks of the women (with their clothing) through the jungle. All the episode consisted of them walking through the jungle.
Episode 3
The men are still walking.
The women did a challenge, which was won by team Zuid. Team Noord voted one of their own out:
Birgit voted for Marjolein
Carolien voted for Lianne
Lianne voted for Simone
Marina voted for Lianne
Marjolein voted for Lianne
Sabine voted for Lianne
Simone voted for Lianne
Who voted for Marjolein is not 100% sure, but I assume it is Birgit.
Lianne went because she made an alliance with Simone, Birgit and Carolien and the women agreed to vote Sabine out. Later Lianne disagreed with the alliance and didn't think it was fair to make one, which upset Simone, who turned the tables and got Lianne voted out.
After tribal council, it was announced that the six remaining women will join the eight women in team Zuid.
Expeditie Robinson 2009 Netherlands/Belgium: Episode 1
Blog post by Arthur
This season started off with 16 contestants and they are all women. Here's what happened in the first episode:
The women were divided in two teams: team Noord were Bea, Birgit, Carolien, Lianne, Marina, Marjolein, Sabine and Simone, team Zuid were Carine, Doreen, Esmeralda, Esther, Eva, Jill, Rita en Yolanda.
24 hours after they met eachother (which they did at the plane and during the trip to the island, so before they actually set foot on the island), the women had to vote one of their own off.
In team Noord, Birgit had 1 vote, Bea and Marina 2 and Simone 3 votes. In team Zuid Doreen had 2 votes, Carine and Yolanda had 3. The six other women had to decide who of Carine and Yolanda had to leave and they voted for Carine because Yolanda was more optimistic.
Of course Simone and Carine didn't have to leave, they went to the islands first and got a special task to do. In the meanwhile, the other 14 women competed in a challenge to decide who would be the first finalist of Expeditie Robinson. Third was Carolien, second was Simone and winner was Marina.
After the challenge all women went to the islands, saw the person they just voted off and did their jobs. After two days the two women who were voted out had to do their task: they had to rank the other women in their camp on base of who was the strongest.
In team Noord, Sabine said that Simone was the strongest person and Bea was the weakest (other results not known).
In team Zuid, Carine ranked the other women as follows: 1. Esmeralda (strongest) / 2. Jill / 3. Esther / 4. Yolanda / 5. Rita / 6. Doreen / 7. Eva (weakest)
After this, there was an elimination challenge and the team who lost the challenge would loose one member: the person who was put last on the strength-list. The challenge was won by team Zuid, which means that Bea of team Noord had to leave the show.
After this, it was announced that five men would have to do a task and if they succeed, they will become participants as well. Whether they will succeed, will be known in episode 2.
This season started off with 16 contestants and they are all women. Here's what happened in the first episode:
The women were divided in two teams: team Noord were Bea, Birgit, Carolien, Lianne, Marina, Marjolein, Sabine and Simone, team Zuid were Carine, Doreen, Esmeralda, Esther, Eva, Jill, Rita en Yolanda.
24 hours after they met eachother (which they did at the plane and during the trip to the island, so before they actually set foot on the island), the women had to vote one of their own off.
In team Noord, Birgit had 1 vote, Bea and Marina 2 and Simone 3 votes. In team Zuid Doreen had 2 votes, Carine and Yolanda had 3. The six other women had to decide who of Carine and Yolanda had to leave and they voted for Carine because Yolanda was more optimistic.
Of course Simone and Carine didn't have to leave, they went to the islands first and got a special task to do. In the meanwhile, the other 14 women competed in a challenge to decide who would be the first finalist of Expeditie Robinson. Third was Carolien, second was Simone and winner was Marina.
After the challenge all women went to the islands, saw the person they just voted off and did their jobs. After two days the two women who were voted out had to do their task: they had to rank the other women in their camp on base of who was the strongest.
In team Noord, Sabine said that Simone was the strongest person and Bea was the weakest (other results not known).
In team Zuid, Carine ranked the other women as follows: 1. Esmeralda (strongest) / 2. Jill / 3. Esther / 4. Yolanda / 5. Rita / 6. Doreen / 7. Eva (weakest)
After this, there was an elimination challenge and the team who lost the challenge would loose one member: the person who was put last on the strength-list. The challenge was won by team Zuid, which means that Bea of team Noord had to leave the show.
After this, it was announced that five men would have to do a task and if they succeed, they will become participants as well. Whether they will succeed, will be known in episode 2.
Monday, 5 January 2009
Expeditie Robinson 6 (2005) - Belgium/Netherlands - Part 1
This season took place in Panama and the tribes were divided in a young team (people under 30, team Noord) and an old team (people over 40, team Zuid).
First episode
The game started of in a controversial way: all players took part in the first individual/tribal challenge where they were hanging on a cross. The person who hang the longest would win a white vote for a tribal council (with which [s]he can eliminated a vote) and wins immunity for their tribe. The players got eliminated in this order:
Douwe = 1st (old)
Annita = 2nd (old)
John = 3rd (old)
Emma = 4th (young)
Nicole = 5th (young)
Fleur = 6th (young)
Johnny = 7th (young)
Tom = 8th (young)
Wim = 9th (young)
Meredith = 10th (young)
So now, there are five older people and one younger person left. Continuing:
Marleen = 11th (old)
Margriet = 12th (old)
Carl = 13th (old)
Elbert = 14th (old)
Elsje = 15th (old)
Which means the winner is Maxime (young). He gets a white vote, extra food and their team goes to the beach. The older people first have to do something difficult: they have to vote one of them of, without they had ever talked to each other. They get one hour to make their decision. Nobody volunteers, so Margriet first mentions a name: Douwe, because he was the first one to be eliminated in the challenge. The others follow Margriet and all vote out Douwe, who is the first person eliminated from the show.
After the vote, the old team also goes to their island, where they build a shelter and catch food. The youngsters haven't build anything and spend their time playing a ballgame. That night, the old team faces a setback when Elbert tries to cut a coconut, but accidentally cuts his own hand. He gets stitches, but is not allowed to take part in the challenges. John is angry at Elbert because he is their strongest person and they need him in the challenges.
However, after this first day it turns out these two teams are not the only people on the island. At Harimau, a secret island in the middle of the sea, two other people are living. These are the two people in their 30s in the show. They live in a cave and have no idea who the other participants are.
These two people Esther and Marnix. They live on snails, which upsets Esther because she is a vegetarian and she hates to kill animals. She thinks Marnix and she will be dead in a couple of days because there is so little to eat.
The next day, Johnny tries to lead their team in a hunt for food, but the team rather follows Maxime. He gets angry when Maxime, Emma, Tom and Wim to search for food and he has to stay behind. He is so angry that he doesn't want to take part in the immunity challenge, but the others convince him to take part anyhow. The challenge is won by the youngsters, which upsets Elbert because he is sure their team would have won had he taken part. Later there is some drama at the island when Elsje thinks John doesn't contribute the food fairly and that he eats more than the others do, while John thinks that Elsje shouldn't be on the island because she acts like it is some beauty resort. Also, Margriet notices she isn't fitting in with the team. When she is swimming with Elsje and Marleen, the two women only talk to each other and ignore Margriet. The voting goes this way:
Margriet = 4 (Elbert, Marleen, Annita, Carl)
John = 1 (Elsje)
Elsje = 1 (John)
Annita = 1 (Margriet)
Margriet is the second oldster to be voted out and leaves the game.
Second episode
The two 30s at Hirimau get the shock of their life when suddenly a big guy with a huge beard stands in their cage. This is Douwe, who gets a second chance after he was voted out by his tribemates. He is the only one who gets a second chance, Margriet is really eliminated. Douwe brings Maxime and Esther a mission: they get a few days to build a raft and to paddle to the island Messirip. If they succeed, both of them and Douwe will return/enter the game. As Douwe is a skipper, he takes the lead with building the shelter.
At the youngsters team, Johnny is still not feeling well. He is angry because nobody listens to him and he cannot be the leader. He gets homesick and wants to visit his wife again. Fleur tries to support him, but doesn't succeed and Johnny decides to leave the game.
For the reward challenge, the people get to pick their own rewards. The challenge is won by the youngsters, who take some food. They don't enjoy this, because there is some drama at camp when Maxime goes cut some bamboo and takes all the tools with him. Nicole and Fleur also want to look for food, but cannot do this because Maxime has all the tools. When they talk about this, Maxime gets support by the Belgian people. This leads to a split in the team between the Dutch and Belgian people. The oldsters also have trouble. Elsje goes looking for shells, but while she does a huge wave gets her, so she falls and breaks her leg. Elsje has to leave the show because of this.
The immunity challenge is won by the oldsters, thanks to Elbert who can finally take part in a challenge. It's a challenge where one person has to hold as much weight as possible, which is really easy for bodybuilder Elbert. He acts obnoxious to the youngsters and makes fun of their efforts when they try to win the game. Back at camp, John is angry at Elbert for acting so childish, which upsets Elbert who was so happy he finally took part in a game.
The youngsters vote one of their own out, which goes this way:
Tom = 3 (Fleur, Nicole, Maxime)
Nicole = 2 (Emma, Meredith)
Fleur 1 (Wim)
Maxime = 1 (Tom)
Strong guy Tom is the third person to be voted out and the third person to leave in this episode.
Third episode
The people at Harimau keep trying to build a raft, but their efforts fail constantly because the sea is too wild to test their raft. Douwe gets annoyed by Esther and Marnix who spend more time giggling than working.
At the young team, Nicole and Fleur are worried by the Belgian people (but these smartasses voted out a Dutch person last tribal council...) and don't like Maxime. But they are more angry with Emma, Meredith and Wim who never have an opinion and always follow Maxime. At the old team, Annita and Marleen form a friendship and spend a lot of time looking for food. Elbert is building a raft to prove he deserves to be on the island. Carl and John make fun of him and say it takes too much time to build a raft.
For the reward challenge one person of both tribes stays behind. They later go to the shelter of the other tribe and will try to steal as much as possible in five minutes: whatever they steal will be their reward if they win. John takes a lot of food from the youngsters, but Nicole can't find any food. The oldsters hid all their stuff before the reward challenge because they were worried something like this would happen. The challenge is won by the oldsters.
During the challenge, the three people at Harimau take their last chance to return in the game: they swim with the raft to the other island. Esther is kinda worried because she thinks there are sharks in the sea who will eat her. But she is lucky: all sharks had a day off and the three of them make it to Mensirip and will therefore return in the game next episode. They spend their time by building a shelter at the new beach (Esther & Marnix) and lie on their ass (Douwe).
The immunity challenge is won by the oldsters. The young people have to vote one out. Nicole and Fleur think they are in danger and try to make an alliance with Maxime by convincing him Huey, Dewey and Louie (Wim, Meredith & Emma) don't deserve to be on the island. Unfortunately, they fail and the voting goes like this:
Nicole = 3 (Emma, Meredith, Wim)
Meredith = 2 (Fleur, Nicole)
Fleur = 1 (Maxime)
Nicole is the next person to leave the show.
Fourth episode
At the old team, Elbert spends his time lying on the beach. He doesn't want to work anymore because he is angry with John & Carl. John calls him a big child who quits when things don't go their way. At the young team, Fleur is on the outs. She is very sad that Nicole is voted out and even wanted to switch places with Nicole because she thinks Nicole deserves to be on the island more.
Instead of a reward challenge, there is a tribal reshuffle. Marnix and Esther, who don't know the other people and have only seen pictures of them, both select a new tribe. Douwe gets to choose in which team he will be and chooses Marnix' team because he didn't get along well with Esther. Marnix further chooses Annita and Elbet from the olders and Emma, Fleur & Maxime from the youngsters. Esther gets Carl, John and Marleen from the olders and Meredith and Wim from the youngsters. But there is a little twist: because the teams have to be even, Nicole returns in the game and joins Esther's team. The new teams are thus:
Team Noord (former Oud) = Annita, Douwe, Emma, Elbert, Fleur, Marnix, Maxime
Team Zuid (former Jong) = Carl, Esther, John, Marleen, Meredith, Nicole, Wim
Maxime and Esther become the leaders of their team and receive immunity until the merge. After this, there is a reward challenge won by Marnix for team Noord.
Team Zuid goes back to their beach, where there is a surprise. There is an extra hut for Esther. As team leader she gets her own place to sleep. Esther doesn't like this and proposes that every night another person sleeps in the hut. John refuses this offer and says Esther has to sleep there alone. After this, there is a rainstorm and all of Zuid stay in the shelter they build earlier. Esther wants to join them but John won't let her. He says their team doesn't need a leader and wants her to stay in her own hamper, as she is a dog. At night there is the same problem: John doesn't want her to sleep in their shelter and keeps sending her away. The only person who feels sorry for Esther is Nicole, but she doesn't dare to say so because she is worried this will cost her her place in the game. The next day, John and Carl decide that they don't believe Esther really spend two weeks in a cage because she doesn't look bewildered.
The immunity challenge is won by team Noord. Back at camp, John and Carl tell Esther that she has to give up her immunity so they can vote her out. Esther wants to give up her leaders position, but that isn't enough for John. He is angry that someone else has to be voted out while they all want to vote for Esther (actually, he wants to vote for her and Carl, Huey and Dewey follow him). When Esther says this is unfair, John says that is not his problem. At tribal council, the host asks the team whether they think Esther should still be a leader. To the surprise of John, Marleen, Meredith, Wim and Nicole all say she should be. That means she can keep her immunity. The voting goes this way:
Nicole = 5 (Carl, John, Marleen, Meredith, Wim)
John = 2 (Esther, Nicole)
So for the second week in a row, Nicole gets voted out. This time she surely won't come back in the show.
First episode
The game started of in a controversial way: all players took part in the first individual/tribal challenge where they were hanging on a cross. The person who hang the longest would win a white vote for a tribal council (with which [s]he can eliminated a vote) and wins immunity for their tribe. The players got eliminated in this order:
Douwe = 1st (old)
Annita = 2nd (old)
John = 3rd (old)
Emma = 4th (young)
Nicole = 5th (young)
Fleur = 6th (young)
Johnny = 7th (young)
Tom = 8th (young)
Wim = 9th (young)
Meredith = 10th (young)
So now, there are five older people and one younger person left. Continuing:
Marleen = 11th (old)
Margriet = 12th (old)
Carl = 13th (old)
Elbert = 14th (old)
Elsje = 15th (old)
Which means the winner is Maxime (young). He gets a white vote, extra food and their team goes to the beach. The older people first have to do something difficult: they have to vote one of them of, without they had ever talked to each other. They get one hour to make their decision. Nobody volunteers, so Margriet first mentions a name: Douwe, because he was the first one to be eliminated in the challenge. The others follow Margriet and all vote out Douwe, who is the first person eliminated from the show.
After the vote, the old team also goes to their island, where they build a shelter and catch food. The youngsters haven't build anything and spend their time playing a ballgame. That night, the old team faces a setback when Elbert tries to cut a coconut, but accidentally cuts his own hand. He gets stitches, but is not allowed to take part in the challenges. John is angry at Elbert because he is their strongest person and they need him in the challenges.
However, after this first day it turns out these two teams are not the only people on the island. At Harimau, a secret island in the middle of the sea, two other people are living. These are the two people in their 30s in the show. They live in a cave and have no idea who the other participants are.
These two people Esther and Marnix. They live on snails, which upsets Esther because she is a vegetarian and she hates to kill animals. She thinks Marnix and she will be dead in a couple of days because there is so little to eat.
The next day, Johnny tries to lead their team in a hunt for food, but the team rather follows Maxime. He gets angry when Maxime, Emma, Tom and Wim to search for food and he has to stay behind. He is so angry that he doesn't want to take part in the immunity challenge, but the others convince him to take part anyhow. The challenge is won by the youngsters, which upsets Elbert because he is sure their team would have won had he taken part. Later there is some drama at the island when Elsje thinks John doesn't contribute the food fairly and that he eats more than the others do, while John thinks that Elsje shouldn't be on the island because she acts like it is some beauty resort. Also, Margriet notices she isn't fitting in with the team. When she is swimming with Elsje and Marleen, the two women only talk to each other and ignore Margriet. The voting goes this way:
Margriet = 4 (Elbert, Marleen, Annita, Carl)
John = 1 (Elsje)
Elsje = 1 (John)
Annita = 1 (Margriet)
Margriet is the second oldster to be voted out and leaves the game.
Second episode
The two 30s at Hirimau get the shock of their life when suddenly a big guy with a huge beard stands in their cage. This is Douwe, who gets a second chance after he was voted out by his tribemates. He is the only one who gets a second chance, Margriet is really eliminated. Douwe brings Maxime and Esther a mission: they get a few days to build a raft and to paddle to the island Messirip. If they succeed, both of them and Douwe will return/enter the game. As Douwe is a skipper, he takes the lead with building the shelter.
At the youngsters team, Johnny is still not feeling well. He is angry because nobody listens to him and he cannot be the leader. He gets homesick and wants to visit his wife again. Fleur tries to support him, but doesn't succeed and Johnny decides to leave the game.
For the reward challenge, the people get to pick their own rewards. The challenge is won by the youngsters, who take some food. They don't enjoy this, because there is some drama at camp when Maxime goes cut some bamboo and takes all the tools with him. Nicole and Fleur also want to look for food, but cannot do this because Maxime has all the tools. When they talk about this, Maxime gets support by the Belgian people. This leads to a split in the team between the Dutch and Belgian people. The oldsters also have trouble. Elsje goes looking for shells, but while she does a huge wave gets her, so she falls and breaks her leg. Elsje has to leave the show because of this.
The immunity challenge is won by the oldsters, thanks to Elbert who can finally take part in a challenge. It's a challenge where one person has to hold as much weight as possible, which is really easy for bodybuilder Elbert. He acts obnoxious to the youngsters and makes fun of their efforts when they try to win the game. Back at camp, John is angry at Elbert for acting so childish, which upsets Elbert who was so happy he finally took part in a game.
The youngsters vote one of their own out, which goes this way:
Tom = 3 (Fleur, Nicole, Maxime)
Nicole = 2 (Emma, Meredith)
Fleur 1 (Wim)
Maxime = 1 (Tom)
Strong guy Tom is the third person to be voted out and the third person to leave in this episode.
Third episode
The people at Harimau keep trying to build a raft, but their efforts fail constantly because the sea is too wild to test their raft. Douwe gets annoyed by Esther and Marnix who spend more time giggling than working.
At the young team, Nicole and Fleur are worried by the Belgian people (but these smartasses voted out a Dutch person last tribal council...) and don't like Maxime. But they are more angry with Emma, Meredith and Wim who never have an opinion and always follow Maxime. At the old team, Annita and Marleen form a friendship and spend a lot of time looking for food. Elbert is building a raft to prove he deserves to be on the island. Carl and John make fun of him and say it takes too much time to build a raft.
For the reward challenge one person of both tribes stays behind. They later go to the shelter of the other tribe and will try to steal as much as possible in five minutes: whatever they steal will be their reward if they win. John takes a lot of food from the youngsters, but Nicole can't find any food. The oldsters hid all their stuff before the reward challenge because they were worried something like this would happen. The challenge is won by the oldsters.
During the challenge, the three people at Harimau take their last chance to return in the game: they swim with the raft to the other island. Esther is kinda worried because she thinks there are sharks in the sea who will eat her. But she is lucky: all sharks had a day off and the three of them make it to Mensirip and will therefore return in the game next episode. They spend their time by building a shelter at the new beach (Esther & Marnix) and lie on their ass (Douwe).
The immunity challenge is won by the oldsters. The young people have to vote one out. Nicole and Fleur think they are in danger and try to make an alliance with Maxime by convincing him Huey, Dewey and Louie (Wim, Meredith & Emma) don't deserve to be on the island. Unfortunately, they fail and the voting goes like this:
Nicole = 3 (Emma, Meredith, Wim)
Meredith = 2 (Fleur, Nicole)
Fleur = 1 (Maxime)
Nicole is the next person to leave the show.
Fourth episode
At the old team, Elbert spends his time lying on the beach. He doesn't want to work anymore because he is angry with John & Carl. John calls him a big child who quits when things don't go their way. At the young team, Fleur is on the outs. She is very sad that Nicole is voted out and even wanted to switch places with Nicole because she thinks Nicole deserves to be on the island more.
Instead of a reward challenge, there is a tribal reshuffle. Marnix and Esther, who don't know the other people and have only seen pictures of them, both select a new tribe. Douwe gets to choose in which team he will be and chooses Marnix' team because he didn't get along well with Esther. Marnix further chooses Annita and Elbet from the olders and Emma, Fleur & Maxime from the youngsters. Esther gets Carl, John and Marleen from the olders and Meredith and Wim from the youngsters. But there is a little twist: because the teams have to be even, Nicole returns in the game and joins Esther's team. The new teams are thus:
Team Noord (former Oud) = Annita, Douwe, Emma, Elbert, Fleur, Marnix, Maxime
Team Zuid (former Jong) = Carl, Esther, John, Marleen, Meredith, Nicole, Wim
Maxime and Esther become the leaders of their team and receive immunity until the merge. After this, there is a reward challenge won by Marnix for team Noord.
Team Zuid goes back to their beach, where there is a surprise. There is an extra hut for Esther. As team leader she gets her own place to sleep. Esther doesn't like this and proposes that every night another person sleeps in the hut. John refuses this offer and says Esther has to sleep there alone. After this, there is a rainstorm and all of Zuid stay in the shelter they build earlier. Esther wants to join them but John won't let her. He says their team doesn't need a leader and wants her to stay in her own hamper, as she is a dog. At night there is the same problem: John doesn't want her to sleep in their shelter and keeps sending her away. The only person who feels sorry for Esther is Nicole, but she doesn't dare to say so because she is worried this will cost her her place in the game. The next day, John and Carl decide that they don't believe Esther really spend two weeks in a cage because she doesn't look bewildered.
The immunity challenge is won by team Noord. Back at camp, John and Carl tell Esther that she has to give up her immunity so they can vote her out. Esther wants to give up her leaders position, but that isn't enough for John. He is angry that someone else has to be voted out while they all want to vote for Esther (actually, he wants to vote for her and Carl, Huey and Dewey follow him). When Esther says this is unfair, John says that is not his problem. At tribal council, the host asks the team whether they think Esther should still be a leader. To the surprise of John, Marleen, Meredith, Wim and Nicole all say she should be. That means she can keep her immunity. The voting goes this way:
Nicole = 5 (Carl, John, Marleen, Meredith, Wim)
John = 2 (Esther, Nicole)
So for the second week in a row, Nicole gets voted out. This time she surely won't come back in the show.
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.
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.
Expeditie Robinson 6 (2005) - Belgium/Netherlands - Part 3
Eigth episode
Marnix and Carl went to Goal: the "Winners island". Everybody who wins immunity will go to this island. The people there cannot vote at tribal council but can neither be voted for. But there can only be two people at the island, so when someone wins immunity, they have to choose one of the people at Goal to go back to the normal team.
At Mensirip, the place where the two teams merged, people have different opinions about the new voting system. The Belgians don't like this, but the Dutch people are really happy. Especially Elbert, who now really wants to continue with the show again and wants to vote out the strong people so he can win. The reward challenge is won by Maxime, who can write letters to home from all the participants. Douwe asks Maxime to write a letter to the pub where he is always drinking because he doesn't have many friends of family. At Goal, Marnix enjoys the company of a little monkey called "Chico", but Carl doesn't like the cute animal and is angry because the animal always tries to steal the food they received. Marnix doesn't like the way Carl treats the animal.
The immunity challenge is won by Emma. However, more important is who loses because the person who finishes last gets an extra vote against for the next tribal council. This is Douwe. Back at camp, Elbert once again asks his team to vote him out because he lost another challenge. The others get frustrated by this, especially Douwe and Fleur who always tried to support him. At tribal council, the voting goes this way:
Elbert = 3 (Emma, Marleen, Meredith)
Douwe = 1 (last in challenge)
Elbert gets the most votes against and finally has to leave the show. Emma also leaves her team and goes to Goal.
Ninth tribal council
Emma arrives at Goal with some fruit. She decides to send Carl back to the team and share the fruit with Marnix and Chico, who really enjoys Emma's companionship at Goal.
At Mensirip, Marleen is baking some cookies for the team, who are really anxious for this. This changes when they see Carl arriving again, nobody is happy to see him. Only Maxime doesn't mind Carl and the two of them go search for food. They return with some food, but nobody thanks them. Carl gets angry about this and refuses to search for more food when nobody is willing to treat him normally. The reward challenge is won by Maxime and Fleur, who get a romantic dinner. During this dinner they have to make a difficult choice: they have to give a black vote to someone. Maxime wants to give this to Douwe, but he is Fleurs best friend. Fleur wants to vote for Carl, who is Maxime's best friend. They decide to vote for neither and to draw between Marleen and Meredith. The unlucky one is Marleen.
The immunity challenge is one where they have to lie with their head right above the sea which is slowly rising. The person who lies the longest wins. It's a tough match between Maxime and Carl. Carl finally wins, after Maxime has to be taken out of the challenge because he almost drowned. He goes to the hospital, but after a night there he returns in the game.
Right after his return there is the tribal council. Maxime still has the white vote he won at the very first challenge, but he doesn't want to use it yet. The voting goes this way:
Maxime = 8 (Douwe x6, Fleur x2)
Douwe = 2 (Marleen x2)
Marleen = 1 (extra vote)
Marleen voted for Douwe to make sure she doesn't leave when nobody votes, but Douwe decided to use all of his vote and vote for Maxime. Therefore, the strongest person has to leave, to the shock of the others.
Tenth tribal council
Carl arrives at Goal, but is really angry because Maxime got voted out. He tells a dramatic story about the apparent betrayal of Douwe to Marnix and Emma. Marnix also gets angry and decides he wants to return in the game and ask Douwe why he did this. So Emma has to stay behind with Carl, which she really didn't want to do.
Marnix arrives back at Mensirip and talks with Douwe. He explains how he had to do this otherwise he would get the boot. Somehow during the talk, Douwe convinces Marnix that is was actually Carl's fault that Maxime got the boot (Carl voted after Douwe did and could see that Douwe was casting eight votes). Now Marnix is angry at Carl and thinks Carl betrayed his best friend. He tells this to the others, who also get angry at Carl. The reward challenge is won by Marnix, who wins letters from home. With the letters he gets some cookies, which he shares with the other people.
At Goal, Emma is done with Carl. He is always talking about the game and she doesn't care about the game. She is also angry because Carl talks badly about Emma's best friend Meredith.
At Mensirip, all the people decide to make an alliance to vote Carl out. They want someone other than Marnix to win immunity, so the winner of immunity can go to Goal and send Carl back. In the next immunity challenge, the strongest person, Marnix, should beat Carl so they vote him out. There is only one problem with this: someone has to be voted out tomorrow before they can vote for Carl. Because nobody wants to volunteer himself, this plan fails. Later, the immunity challenge is won again by Marnix, who has now won every individual challenge he took part in. He also gets to cast a black vote, which he gives to Douwe because Douwe finished last in the challenge. At the next tribal council there is a surprise: Marleen, Meredith and Fleur can eliminate one of the votes they have left and their right to vote in this tribal council, to get a letter from home. All of them decide to do this, Douwe can't because he doesn't have any votes left. The tribal council this time is really simple:
Douwe = 1 (black vote from Marnix)
Nobody else voted, so Douwe has to leave the show.
Marnix and Carl went to Goal: the "Winners island". Everybody who wins immunity will go to this island. The people there cannot vote at tribal council but can neither be voted for. But there can only be two people at the island, so when someone wins immunity, they have to choose one of the people at Goal to go back to the normal team.
At Mensirip, the place where the two teams merged, people have different opinions about the new voting system. The Belgians don't like this, but the Dutch people are really happy. Especially Elbert, who now really wants to continue with the show again and wants to vote out the strong people so he can win. The reward challenge is won by Maxime, who can write letters to home from all the participants. Douwe asks Maxime to write a letter to the pub where he is always drinking because he doesn't have many friends of family. At Goal, Marnix enjoys the company of a little monkey called "Chico", but Carl doesn't like the cute animal and is angry because the animal always tries to steal the food they received. Marnix doesn't like the way Carl treats the animal.
The immunity challenge is won by Emma. However, more important is who loses because the person who finishes last gets an extra vote against for the next tribal council. This is Douwe. Back at camp, Elbert once again asks his team to vote him out because he lost another challenge. The others get frustrated by this, especially Douwe and Fleur who always tried to support him. At tribal council, the voting goes this way:
Elbert = 3 (Emma, Marleen, Meredith)
Douwe = 1 (last in challenge)
Elbert gets the most votes against and finally has to leave the show. Emma also leaves her team and goes to Goal.
Ninth tribal council
Emma arrives at Goal with some fruit. She decides to send Carl back to the team and share the fruit with Marnix and Chico, who really enjoys Emma's companionship at Goal.
At Mensirip, Marleen is baking some cookies for the team, who are really anxious for this. This changes when they see Carl arriving again, nobody is happy to see him. Only Maxime doesn't mind Carl and the two of them go search for food. They return with some food, but nobody thanks them. Carl gets angry about this and refuses to search for more food when nobody is willing to treat him normally. The reward challenge is won by Maxime and Fleur, who get a romantic dinner. During this dinner they have to make a difficult choice: they have to give a black vote to someone. Maxime wants to give this to Douwe, but he is Fleurs best friend. Fleur wants to vote for Carl, who is Maxime's best friend. They decide to vote for neither and to draw between Marleen and Meredith. The unlucky one is Marleen.
The immunity challenge is one where they have to lie with their head right above the sea which is slowly rising. The person who lies the longest wins. It's a tough match between Maxime and Carl. Carl finally wins, after Maxime has to be taken out of the challenge because he almost drowned. He goes to the hospital, but after a night there he returns in the game.
Right after his return there is the tribal council. Maxime still has the white vote he won at the very first challenge, but he doesn't want to use it yet. The voting goes this way:
Maxime = 8 (Douwe x6, Fleur x2)
Douwe = 2 (Marleen x2)
Marleen = 1 (extra vote)
Marleen voted for Douwe to make sure she doesn't leave when nobody votes, but Douwe decided to use all of his vote and vote for Maxime. Therefore, the strongest person has to leave, to the shock of the others.
Tenth tribal council
Carl arrives at Goal, but is really angry because Maxime got voted out. He tells a dramatic story about the apparent betrayal of Douwe to Marnix and Emma. Marnix also gets angry and decides he wants to return in the game and ask Douwe why he did this. So Emma has to stay behind with Carl, which she really didn't want to do.
Marnix arrives back at Mensirip and talks with Douwe. He explains how he had to do this otherwise he would get the boot. Somehow during the talk, Douwe convinces Marnix that is was actually Carl's fault that Maxime got the boot (Carl voted after Douwe did and could see that Douwe was casting eight votes). Now Marnix is angry at Carl and thinks Carl betrayed his best friend. He tells this to the others, who also get angry at Carl. The reward challenge is won by Marnix, who wins letters from home. With the letters he gets some cookies, which he shares with the other people.
At Goal, Emma is done with Carl. He is always talking about the game and she doesn't care about the game. She is also angry because Carl talks badly about Emma's best friend Meredith.
At Mensirip, all the people decide to make an alliance to vote Carl out. They want someone other than Marnix to win immunity, so the winner of immunity can go to Goal and send Carl back. In the next immunity challenge, the strongest person, Marnix, should beat Carl so they vote him out. There is only one problem with this: someone has to be voted out tomorrow before they can vote for Carl. Because nobody wants to volunteer himself, this plan fails. Later, the immunity challenge is won again by Marnix, who has now won every individual challenge he took part in. He also gets to cast a black vote, which he gives to Douwe because Douwe finished last in the challenge. At the next tribal council there is a surprise: Marleen, Meredith and Fleur can eliminate one of the votes they have left and their right to vote in this tribal council, to get a letter from home. All of them decide to do this, Douwe can't because he doesn't have any votes left. The tribal council this time is really simple:
Douwe = 1 (black vote from Marnix)
Nobody else voted, so Douwe has to leave the show.
Expeditie Robinson 6 (2005) - Belgium/Netherlands - Part 4
Eleventh tribal council
After Douwe's elimination there are three women left at Mensirip. They soon get another man, because Marnix decided to take Carl's place at Goal. Emma is really happy with this, she gets along much better with Marnix than with Carl. When Carl arrives at Mensirip again, the women ignore him and he spends all his time alone. The next day, when Carl goes fishing, Fleur tells the other two women that Carl talked to her yesterday and said he would never vote her out. Marleen and Meredith don't like to hear this and want Carl to go even more now.
The reward challenge is won by Meredith, after Carl decided not to take part. The price is namely a visit of a loved one and Carl thinks the women deserve to get this more than he does. Meredith goes to another island where - to her surprise - six people live. These are all the loved ones. She can talk to all of them and when the day is over, go back to her old team and tell the others that she talked to their loved ones.
The immunity challenge is a balance one. Fleur is the first one to be eliminated, followed by Marleen. It's a match between Meredith and Carl. Finally, it's Meredith who wins. She decides to cast the black vote she gets to Carl. Back at camp, Carl is really angry he got this vote. He attacks Meredith and thinks she doesn't deserve to be on the island because all she does is sleep. She never does any of the chores. The women are angry at him and decide among themselves to use all the votes they have left to vote Carl out. They are done with the tactical game and eliminate all the votes they have left. So the voting goes this way:
Carl = 10 (Fleur x3, Marleen x2, Meredith x4)
Carl himself decided not to vote and gets finally eliminated.
Twelfth tribal council
Meredith arrives at Goal,where she decides to send Marnix back to the old team because Emma is her best friend. The two enjoy their time together and are even more lucky when their loved ones visit Goal. However, this luck doesn't last forever and the next day, the two friends have to battle each other in a challenge. The person who loses has to return to Mensirip, while the winner is qualified for the final. This loser is Meredith, who spend only one night at Goal and goes back to the team. Emma now made it to the final and had immunity for every tribal council because she won one immunity challenge and spend loads of time at Goal.
The team was partying because Carl got eliminated, but are surprised to see Meredith return. They are happy for Emma, but are worried because they now know the final is next. At the reward challenge they get a shock because their family members do the challenge instead of them. It is the mother of Fleur who wins the challenge and gets to spend some time with her, while Marnix and Marleen still haven't talked to their family members yet.
The next day, Fleur's mothers leaves again and the other candidates take part in the immunity challenge. Meredith finishes last in the challenge, followed by Marleen and Fleur. This means Marnix again won a challenge. He has to cast a black vote again and gives this to Meredith, because she finished last. Because she and the other women don't have any votes left this means the only way Meredith can be saved is if Marnix votes for someone else. But he makes clear he is not going to do this, so Meredith will have to leave the show. Again, we get a tribal council with very little votes:
Meredith = 1 (black vote)
So, obviously Meredith has to leave.
Final
It's time for the final. Emma, Fleur, Marleen and Marnix. Emma returns back at Mensirip and is really angry when she sees that Meredith was voted out. She blames Marnix because she thinks Marnix should have saved her and voted out someone else.
The first challenge is a classic: a balance challenge which is done every year. The person who finishes last will be eliminated immediately. Marnix thinks he will be this person, but it's obvious that it is Fleur who has the most trouble. She has horrible balance and always did badly in these kind of challenges. After almost two hours she is the first one to fall off the beam which means Fleur is eliminated from the final. The other three continue and it's Emma who falls second, followed by Marleen. This means Marnix has won and gets two extra votes besides the six he still has.
During the last day the three people left, Emma, Marleen and Marnix, burn down their camp. That night they go to the final tribal council where they meet the jury. They answer their questions and the six jury members vote. But there is a twist: the finalists who have votes left can use these votes for themselves or another finalist. Marnix has eight votes (six who he never cast plus two he won at the last challenge) and Emma has five votes left. They cast these after the jury, Marleen has no votes and cannot vote.
The next day there is a little surprise: the three finalists take part in their final challenge. With this challenge they can win even more votes: they have to answer questions about the other candidates and if they get these right, they win two extra votes. The person who goes through the challenge the fastest gets another four votes. Because the three take the challenge separately, they don't know how they have done it: they will hear this after a few months, during the reunion show.
At the reunion show, all the results of the voting and the challenge are revealed. But this is not the only thing: the audience also gets to vote for who they think should win. So there are many factors who get to vote: 25% of the vote is decided by the jury members/the finalists vote, 25% is decided by the final challenge and 50% is decided by the televoting. The results of all these voting were:
Jury vote
Elbert = Marnix
Maxime = Marnix
Douwe = Emma
Carl = Marnix
Meredith = Emma
Fleur = Marleen
Marnix = 3 votes
Emma = 2 votes
Marleen = 1 vote
Finalists vote
Marnix = 8 votes (cast all of his votes to himself)
Emma = 5 votes (cast all of her votes to herself)
Marleen = 0 votes
Challenge
Marnix was the only one to answer the first question right. The second question was answered right by all three of them and the third question was answered right by Emma and Marleen. The fastest time of the challenge was by Marnix. This means the finalists get these extra votes:
Marnix = 4 votes
Emma = 2 votes
Marleen = 2 votes
Audience
We never got to see the final results, but these was the final intermediate score before the full results were announced:
Marnix = 48%
Emma = 33%
Marleen = 19%
In full, this means that the final results are (of all of the above combined in some percentage):
Marnix = 53%
Emma = 29,5%
Marleen = 17,5%
This means Marnix is the (obvious) winner of Expeditie Robinson 2005!
After Douwe's elimination there are three women left at Mensirip. They soon get another man, because Marnix decided to take Carl's place at Goal. Emma is really happy with this, she gets along much better with Marnix than with Carl. When Carl arrives at Mensirip again, the women ignore him and he spends all his time alone. The next day, when Carl goes fishing, Fleur tells the other two women that Carl talked to her yesterday and said he would never vote her out. Marleen and Meredith don't like to hear this and want Carl to go even more now.
The reward challenge is won by Meredith, after Carl decided not to take part. The price is namely a visit of a loved one and Carl thinks the women deserve to get this more than he does. Meredith goes to another island where - to her surprise - six people live. These are all the loved ones. She can talk to all of them and when the day is over, go back to her old team and tell the others that she talked to their loved ones.
The immunity challenge is a balance one. Fleur is the first one to be eliminated, followed by Marleen. It's a match between Meredith and Carl. Finally, it's Meredith who wins. She decides to cast the black vote she gets to Carl. Back at camp, Carl is really angry he got this vote. He attacks Meredith and thinks she doesn't deserve to be on the island because all she does is sleep. She never does any of the chores. The women are angry at him and decide among themselves to use all the votes they have left to vote Carl out. They are done with the tactical game and eliminate all the votes they have left. So the voting goes this way:
Carl = 10 (Fleur x3, Marleen x2, Meredith x4)
Carl himself decided not to vote and gets finally eliminated.
Twelfth tribal council
Meredith arrives at Goal,where she decides to send Marnix back to the old team because Emma is her best friend. The two enjoy their time together and are even more lucky when their loved ones visit Goal. However, this luck doesn't last forever and the next day, the two friends have to battle each other in a challenge. The person who loses has to return to Mensirip, while the winner is qualified for the final. This loser is Meredith, who spend only one night at Goal and goes back to the team. Emma now made it to the final and had immunity for every tribal council because she won one immunity challenge and spend loads of time at Goal.
The team was partying because Carl got eliminated, but are surprised to see Meredith return. They are happy for Emma, but are worried because they now know the final is next. At the reward challenge they get a shock because their family members do the challenge instead of them. It is the mother of Fleur who wins the challenge and gets to spend some time with her, while Marnix and Marleen still haven't talked to their family members yet.
The next day, Fleur's mothers leaves again and the other candidates take part in the immunity challenge. Meredith finishes last in the challenge, followed by Marleen and Fleur. This means Marnix again won a challenge. He has to cast a black vote again and gives this to Meredith, because she finished last. Because she and the other women don't have any votes left this means the only way Meredith can be saved is if Marnix votes for someone else. But he makes clear he is not going to do this, so Meredith will have to leave the show. Again, we get a tribal council with very little votes:
Meredith = 1 (black vote)
So, obviously Meredith has to leave.
Final
It's time for the final. Emma, Fleur, Marleen and Marnix. Emma returns back at Mensirip and is really angry when she sees that Meredith was voted out. She blames Marnix because she thinks Marnix should have saved her and voted out someone else.
The first challenge is a classic: a balance challenge which is done every year. The person who finishes last will be eliminated immediately. Marnix thinks he will be this person, but it's obvious that it is Fleur who has the most trouble. She has horrible balance and always did badly in these kind of challenges. After almost two hours she is the first one to fall off the beam which means Fleur is eliminated from the final. The other three continue and it's Emma who falls second, followed by Marleen. This means Marnix has won and gets two extra votes besides the six he still has.
During the last day the three people left, Emma, Marleen and Marnix, burn down their camp. That night they go to the final tribal council where they meet the jury. They answer their questions and the six jury members vote. But there is a twist: the finalists who have votes left can use these votes for themselves or another finalist. Marnix has eight votes (six who he never cast plus two he won at the last challenge) and Emma has five votes left. They cast these after the jury, Marleen has no votes and cannot vote.
The next day there is a little surprise: the three finalists take part in their final challenge. With this challenge they can win even more votes: they have to answer questions about the other candidates and if they get these right, they win two extra votes. The person who goes through the challenge the fastest gets another four votes. Because the three take the challenge separately, they don't know how they have done it: they will hear this after a few months, during the reunion show.
At the reunion show, all the results of the voting and the challenge are revealed. But this is not the only thing: the audience also gets to vote for who they think should win. So there are many factors who get to vote: 25% of the vote is decided by the jury members/the finalists vote, 25% is decided by the final challenge and 50% is decided by the televoting. The results of all these voting were:
Jury vote
Elbert = Marnix
Maxime = Marnix
Douwe = Emma
Carl = Marnix
Meredith = Emma
Fleur = Marleen
Marnix = 3 votes
Emma = 2 votes
Marleen = 1 vote
Finalists vote
Marnix = 8 votes (cast all of his votes to himself)
Emma = 5 votes (cast all of her votes to herself)
Marleen = 0 votes
Challenge
Marnix was the only one to answer the first question right. The second question was answered right by all three of them and the third question was answered right by Emma and Marleen. The fastest time of the challenge was by Marnix. This means the finalists get these extra votes:
Marnix = 4 votes
Emma = 2 votes
Marleen = 2 votes
Audience
We never got to see the final results, but these was the final intermediate score before the full results were announced:
Marnix = 48%
Emma = 33%
Marleen = 19%
In full, this means that the final results are (of all of the above combined in some percentage):
Marnix = 53%
Emma = 29,5%
Marleen = 17,5%
This means Marnix is the (obvious) winner of Expeditie Robinson 2005!
Saturday, 3 January 2009
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)
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)
Expeditie Robinson 5 (2004) - Belgium/Netherlands - Part 2
Sixth episode
The mangrove people return in the mangrove with the food they stole. During the theft, Klaar & Mick had a fight again because Klaar didn't want to steal all the food of the Belgian team, but Mick did want to because he is still angry he got voted out. He even stole his old bandanna, but no one in the Belgian team notices. The Belgian team thinks the Dutch stole their food.
The next day, the merge happens. Darline, Frank, Marjolein, Matthias, Mitchell and Peter from the Belgian team and Frouke, Kelly, Mohamed, Ronald and Shandinella from the Dutch team meet on a boat, where they get to eat again (like when the show started). They get a lot of food and music, so they can dance. The people in the mangrove hear this music and check what is going on. They see there is a merge and find out the two teams will leave together at the Belgian beach (named "Teluk", which will be the name of the merged tribe). Therefore, they can leave the mangrove and go to the Dutch beach and live there.
After the food and music, the merge people get a shock. Just like at the first day, there is a challenge coming up. They all go to a place where eleven hammocks are lying. Everybody has to take a hammock and try to stay awake as long as possible. The first person to fall asleep has to leave the game immediately. After much talking, it is Shandinella who is the unlucky one and falls asleep. But obviously, she doesn't have to go: she joins the mangrove people. The other people try to stay awake, because the last person to fall asleep wins immunity. It's Mitchell, Darline and Mohamed who stay awake the longest. Finally, it's Mohamed who wins immunity.
After this, Teluk goes to their new beach. There Marjolein notices that Kelly, Matthias, Peter, Mohamed and Frouke have an alliance. She confronts these people with it, but they deny it. Mitchell also joins the conversation, which annoys Marjolein because Mitchell attacks the five more harshly than Marjolein wanted to do. Next, there is a tribal council with an obvious result:
Mitchell = 7 (extra vote, Frouke, Kelly, Marjolein, Matthias, Mohamed, Peter)
Kelly = 3 (Darline, Frank, Mitchell)
Ronald = 1 (Ronald)
Mitchell leaves, but she can go to the mangrove people. At least, if they accept her...
Seventh episode
Mitchell goes to the mangrove wood, where Mick is really unhappy to see her. He hates her and doesn't want her to join the team. Because of the merge, the rules of the game changed. This means that eliminated participants can only join the mangrove people if these people want to accept the eliminated person (they might not want to accept this person, because the more people join them, the more concurrents there are to win the game). Mitchell arrives at the beach with three chicken. If the mangrove people accept her, they also get the chicken. Mitchell lives on the island for a day, after which they vote. During this night, there is a huge storm on the island. Because of this storm, Ernestine breaks down mentally. She doesn't want to live on the island anymore and decides to leave. Therefore, Mick, Shandinella and Klaar have to decide to accept Mitchell or not. Mick keeps saying he doesn't want her and manages to convince the women, which means Mitchell has to leave the game for real now.
The merged people do their first reward challenge, where Mohamed wins again. He can visit a small fishing village, where he can buy food with some money. However, his tribemates only get this food if they can guess what he bought. They only guess chocolate, coffee and cola, so they only get these things. Mohamed gets angry about this and refuses to eat the coffee. The others enjoy the food they got, except for Frouke. She was also affected badly by the storm that broke down Ernestine and doesn't have the energy to do anything. When Ronald says something about this, Mohamed gets angry. Later, Mohamed and Ronald have another fight when the team catches fish with the fishing net and Mohamed takes these fish, while the team agreed to get the fish with the whole team. Later, Kelly wins immunity to the surprise of many. After the challenge there is another fight between Ronald and Mohamed, which annoys everybody at the camp. After the fight, there is the following voting:
Frouke = 5 (Darline, Frank, Marjolein, Matthias, Ronald)
Ronald = 2 (Kelly, Mohamed)
Matthias = 1 (Frouke)
Marjolein = 1 (Peter)
Frouke asked to be voted out and her wish is granted. She gets the offer to go to the mangrove, but she refuses because she feels too weak.
Eighth episode
At the camp of the mangrove people there are more and more fights: Klaar and Mick clearly do not get along at all. Both complain to Shandinella about the other and she tries to be the mediator to keep things all right.
At Teluk, the alliance of five seems to fall apart. Peter and Matthias think Mohamed is acting childish with regards to his fight with Ronald. Kelly is the only one who supports Mohamed. Later, there is a reward challenge, but one with a twist. The person who finishes last in the challenge has to leave the game immediately (aka: go to the mangrove people, who have too little people because Mitchell & Frouke didn't join them). The reward challenge is an elimination challenge: two people face each other and the one who loses faces the loser of another match. First, Mohamed beats an angry Matthias. Second, Ronald beats Darline. Third, Kelly beats Peter and finally, Marjolein beats Frank. In the second round, Frank beats Peter and Matthias beats Darline. Peter and Darline fight each other and the loser has to leave the game. After an intense match, it's Darline who loses. But obviously, she doesn't have to go and joins the mangrove people, who first have to accept her.
The mangrove people are shocked to see Darline there, because she was quite popular with her former tribe and she was really strong. Darline arrives at the beach with pictures and letters from home of Mick, Klaar & Shandinella. They immediately decide to accept Darline in their team so they can read the letters. Only Klaar was not sure at first, because she thinks Darline cannot be trusted.
The four people who won the first round in the reward challenge, Mohamed, Ronald, Kelly and Marjolein, also win letters. Kelly, Marjolein and Ronald all decide to pass this price, so Frank, Peter and Matthias receive letters. This upsets Mohamed and Peter, because they think Ronald did this as a tactical move. Later, there is the immunity challenge which is won by Marjolein. Right before the voting, Kelly finds out she is homesick and decides to leave as well, which makes her the eighth quitter in this season). The others still have to vote and the one with the most votes has to leave the game, even if Kelly quit:
Ronald = 4 (Frank, Matthias, Mohamed, Peter)
Mohamed = 1 (Marjolein)
Peter = 1 (Ronald)
Ronald gets the offer to go to the mangrove people.
Ninth episode
Ronald arrives at the mangrove beach, there Mick, Klaar, Shandinella and Darline have to decide whether to accept Ronald. Shandinella and Mick want to, but Klaar is doubting again. She finally decides to accept him, so there are now five people in the mangrove team and five people at Teluk. This means it is time for the mangrove people to take part in the challenge which will decide whether they can return in the game or not. This is a difficult challenge: they have to cross the jungle in one hour. If they succeed, all of them will return in the game, if they fail, they are all eliminated. The challenge seems easy at first, but becomes really difficult after 20 minutes. That is when Klaar suddenly sees her sister in the woods: she can meet her sister, but if she takes too long the team might fail their challenge. After a few words, Mick tells Klaar they have to continue. Twenty minutes later they also see Mick's wife. He is really happy to see her, but now it is Klaar who tells him to hurry up. Later, the team also meets the aunt of Shandinella, the husband of Darline and the wife of Ronald. After a few very quick words they continue and finally arrive at the other end of the jungle. They took 52 minutes for their trip, which means Klaar, Mick, Shandinella, Darline and Ronald all return in the game.
At Teluk, the reward challenge had taken place. This one also took an hour: the participants have to guess when one hour is over by stepping in a circle. Peter loses this challenge because he misheard it and steps in the circle after a minute. Frank made a sun clock, but this fails when the clouds cover the sun. Finally, it is Matthias who wins the challenge. He gets a dinner with two people of his choice, which are Frank and Marjolein. Peter & Mohamed go back to their camp and are shocked when they see five old faces back. They are mostly angry to see their old enemies, Ronald and Mick. They are also angry at Matthias because he didn't choose his old friends to go to dinner with him. Mohamed is the most angry and decides he wants to leave the game, which makes him number nine to do so. After the dinner, Matthias, Marjolein and Frank arrive back at the beach. They are shocked to see the five losers (as they call them) and even more shocked when Mohamed is gone. The next morning there is some drama when the five mangrove people take a lot of the food and bake pancakes. Peter is really disappointed in this and also decides to quit, bye bye number ten. The eighth people left take part in the immunity challenge, where Mick is the winner to his delight. The mangrove people now seem to have the upper hand: they are with five and the others are with three. However, Darline breaks the alliance she made with the mangrove people and decides to rejoin Frank, Matthias and Marjolein. At tribal council, both teams vote for each other:
Darline = 4 (Klaar, Mick, Ronald, Shandinella)
Klaar = 4 (Darline, Frank, Marjolein, Matthias)
Because of the tie, a draw will determine who has to go. The unlucky one turns out to be Darline. She now has to leave the show for real.
The mangrove people return in the mangrove with the food they stole. During the theft, Klaar & Mick had a fight again because Klaar didn't want to steal all the food of the Belgian team, but Mick did want to because he is still angry he got voted out. He even stole his old bandanna, but no one in the Belgian team notices. The Belgian team thinks the Dutch stole their food.
The next day, the merge happens. Darline, Frank, Marjolein, Matthias, Mitchell and Peter from the Belgian team and Frouke, Kelly, Mohamed, Ronald and Shandinella from the Dutch team meet on a boat, where they get to eat again (like when the show started). They get a lot of food and music, so they can dance. The people in the mangrove hear this music and check what is going on. They see there is a merge and find out the two teams will leave together at the Belgian beach (named "Teluk", which will be the name of the merged tribe). Therefore, they can leave the mangrove and go to the Dutch beach and live there.
After the food and music, the merge people get a shock. Just like at the first day, there is a challenge coming up. They all go to a place where eleven hammocks are lying. Everybody has to take a hammock and try to stay awake as long as possible. The first person to fall asleep has to leave the game immediately. After much talking, it is Shandinella who is the unlucky one and falls asleep. But obviously, she doesn't have to go: she joins the mangrove people. The other people try to stay awake, because the last person to fall asleep wins immunity. It's Mitchell, Darline and Mohamed who stay awake the longest. Finally, it's Mohamed who wins immunity.
After this, Teluk goes to their new beach. There Marjolein notices that Kelly, Matthias, Peter, Mohamed and Frouke have an alliance. She confronts these people with it, but they deny it. Mitchell also joins the conversation, which annoys Marjolein because Mitchell attacks the five more harshly than Marjolein wanted to do. Next, there is a tribal council with an obvious result:
Mitchell = 7 (extra vote, Frouke, Kelly, Marjolein, Matthias, Mohamed, Peter)
Kelly = 3 (Darline, Frank, Mitchell)
Ronald = 1 (Ronald)
Mitchell leaves, but she can go to the mangrove people. At least, if they accept her...
Seventh episode
Mitchell goes to the mangrove wood, where Mick is really unhappy to see her. He hates her and doesn't want her to join the team. Because of the merge, the rules of the game changed. This means that eliminated participants can only join the mangrove people if these people want to accept the eliminated person (they might not want to accept this person, because the more people join them, the more concurrents there are to win the game). Mitchell arrives at the beach with three chicken. If the mangrove people accept her, they also get the chicken. Mitchell lives on the island for a day, after which they vote. During this night, there is a huge storm on the island. Because of this storm, Ernestine breaks down mentally. She doesn't want to live on the island anymore and decides to leave. Therefore, Mick, Shandinella and Klaar have to decide to accept Mitchell or not. Mick keeps saying he doesn't want her and manages to convince the women, which means Mitchell has to leave the game for real now.
The merged people do their first reward challenge, where Mohamed wins again. He can visit a small fishing village, where he can buy food with some money. However, his tribemates only get this food if they can guess what he bought. They only guess chocolate, coffee and cola, so they only get these things. Mohamed gets angry about this and refuses to eat the coffee. The others enjoy the food they got, except for Frouke. She was also affected badly by the storm that broke down Ernestine and doesn't have the energy to do anything. When Ronald says something about this, Mohamed gets angry. Later, Mohamed and Ronald have another fight when the team catches fish with the fishing net and Mohamed takes these fish, while the team agreed to get the fish with the whole team. Later, Kelly wins immunity to the surprise of many. After the challenge there is another fight between Ronald and Mohamed, which annoys everybody at the camp. After the fight, there is the following voting:
Frouke = 5 (Darline, Frank, Marjolein, Matthias, Ronald)
Ronald = 2 (Kelly, Mohamed)
Matthias = 1 (Frouke)
Marjolein = 1 (Peter)
Frouke asked to be voted out and her wish is granted. She gets the offer to go to the mangrove, but she refuses because she feels too weak.
Eighth episode
At the camp of the mangrove people there are more and more fights: Klaar and Mick clearly do not get along at all. Both complain to Shandinella about the other and she tries to be the mediator to keep things all right.
At Teluk, the alliance of five seems to fall apart. Peter and Matthias think Mohamed is acting childish with regards to his fight with Ronald. Kelly is the only one who supports Mohamed. Later, there is a reward challenge, but one with a twist. The person who finishes last in the challenge has to leave the game immediately (aka: go to the mangrove people, who have too little people because Mitchell & Frouke didn't join them). The reward challenge is an elimination challenge: two people face each other and the one who loses faces the loser of another match. First, Mohamed beats an angry Matthias. Second, Ronald beats Darline. Third, Kelly beats Peter and finally, Marjolein beats Frank. In the second round, Frank beats Peter and Matthias beats Darline. Peter and Darline fight each other and the loser has to leave the game. After an intense match, it's Darline who loses. But obviously, she doesn't have to go and joins the mangrove people, who first have to accept her.
The mangrove people are shocked to see Darline there, because she was quite popular with her former tribe and she was really strong. Darline arrives at the beach with pictures and letters from home of Mick, Klaar & Shandinella. They immediately decide to accept Darline in their team so they can read the letters. Only Klaar was not sure at first, because she thinks Darline cannot be trusted.
The four people who won the first round in the reward challenge, Mohamed, Ronald, Kelly and Marjolein, also win letters. Kelly, Marjolein and Ronald all decide to pass this price, so Frank, Peter and Matthias receive letters. This upsets Mohamed and Peter, because they think Ronald did this as a tactical move. Later, there is the immunity challenge which is won by Marjolein. Right before the voting, Kelly finds out she is homesick and decides to leave as well, which makes her the eighth quitter in this season). The others still have to vote and the one with the most votes has to leave the game, even if Kelly quit:
Ronald = 4 (Frank, Matthias, Mohamed, Peter)
Mohamed = 1 (Marjolein)
Peter = 1 (Ronald)
Ronald gets the offer to go to the mangrove people.
Ninth episode
Ronald arrives at the mangrove beach, there Mick, Klaar, Shandinella and Darline have to decide whether to accept Ronald. Shandinella and Mick want to, but Klaar is doubting again. She finally decides to accept him, so there are now five people in the mangrove team and five people at Teluk. This means it is time for the mangrove people to take part in the challenge which will decide whether they can return in the game or not. This is a difficult challenge: they have to cross the jungle in one hour. If they succeed, all of them will return in the game, if they fail, they are all eliminated. The challenge seems easy at first, but becomes really difficult after 20 minutes. That is when Klaar suddenly sees her sister in the woods: she can meet her sister, but if she takes too long the team might fail their challenge. After a few words, Mick tells Klaar they have to continue. Twenty minutes later they also see Mick's wife. He is really happy to see her, but now it is Klaar who tells him to hurry up. Later, the team also meets the aunt of Shandinella, the husband of Darline and the wife of Ronald. After a few very quick words they continue and finally arrive at the other end of the jungle. They took 52 minutes for their trip, which means Klaar, Mick, Shandinella, Darline and Ronald all return in the game.
At Teluk, the reward challenge had taken place. This one also took an hour: the participants have to guess when one hour is over by stepping in a circle. Peter loses this challenge because he misheard it and steps in the circle after a minute. Frank made a sun clock, but this fails when the clouds cover the sun. Finally, it is Matthias who wins the challenge. He gets a dinner with two people of his choice, which are Frank and Marjolein. Peter & Mohamed go back to their camp and are shocked when they see five old faces back. They are mostly angry to see their old enemies, Ronald and Mick. They are also angry at Matthias because he didn't choose his old friends to go to dinner with him. Mohamed is the most angry and decides he wants to leave the game, which makes him number nine to do so. After the dinner, Matthias, Marjolein and Frank arrive back at the beach. They are shocked to see the five losers (as they call them) and even more shocked when Mohamed is gone. The next morning there is some drama when the five mangrove people take a lot of the food and bake pancakes. Peter is really disappointed in this and also decides to quit, bye bye number ten. The eighth people left take part in the immunity challenge, where Mick is the winner to his delight. The mangrove people now seem to have the upper hand: they are with five and the others are with three. However, Darline breaks the alliance she made with the mangrove people and decides to rejoin Frank, Matthias and Marjolein. At tribal council, both teams vote for each other:
Darline = 4 (Klaar, Mick, Ronald, Shandinella)
Klaar = 4 (Darline, Frank, Marjolein, Matthias)
Because of the tie, a draw will determine who has to go. The unlucky one turns out to be Darline. She now has to leave the show for real.
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!
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!
Friday, 2 January 2009
Expeditie Robinson 4 (2003) - Belgium/Netherlands - Part 1
This show was the start of a new "era" of ER, with a bit more extravagant candidates and with some changes in the game which would come back later.
First episode
At the first day of the show, both Björn and Fatima arrive at their island. They will both be leaders, which means that they will be immune for the first two tribal councils. Both build a shelter and try to make fire. At the second day, the other participants arrive. Fatima is surprised when she sees the men, but they click right away. The women have a bit more trouble with Björn, as they don't think they need a male leader. However, after a few starting-problems, they work together and team Pantai wins the first elimination challenge (mostly due to Ryan of team Timo not being able to get past a balance beam).
Timo voted this way:
Simon = 5 (Fatima, Robin, Judge, Giovani, Ryan)
Ryan = 3 (Simon, Eric, Geert)
Fatima was immune.
Youngest and weakest member Simon, who was already struggling with homesickness, got an unexpected boot.
Second episode
There are more and more problems in team Pantai, because Esther can't stand leader Björn and wants him to leave as soon as possible. Some women agree with Esther, others are quite happy with Björn. At the men's team there are trouble because Ryan is angry he got so many votes against. The elimination challenge is lost by team Pantai, to the delight of Björn because he wants Esther to leave the game. Unfortunately for him, Marlieke felt really weak and asked her teammates to vote her out. This was the results of the voting:
Marlieke = 7 (Eva, Esther, Ilona, Franca, Karen, Jutta)
Esther = 1 (Björn)
Jutta = 1 (Marlieke)
Björn had immunity.
Again, the weakest person with homesickness leaves the show, this time Marlieke.
Third episode
More and more trouble at Pantai, because the women do nothing but sleep and let Björn do all the work. He tries to have a conversation about this, but gets shut down by Esther. Both leaders get mail: they have to evaluate their leadership and decide whether they think they are capable enough to be leader for another two tribal council rounds (and thus receive immunity for two more rounds). Both Fatima and Björn think they are. The men are happy with Fatima's decision, the women don't agree with Björn's. Björn and Jutta win the reward challenge together and receive a meal, cooked by the losers of the challenge: Fatima and Robin. During the meal Pansai grow closer. However, at the immunity challenge (where teams have to eat gross things), matters get worse when Ilona cannot eat a worm and therefore lose the challenge. Esther blames Björn because she thinks he pressured Ilona too much. However, Björn still cannot be voted out, so we get a tribal council with interesting results:
Esther = 2 (Björn, Karen)
Eva = 1 (Jutta)
Ilona = 1 (Eva)
Franca = 1 (Ilona)
Jutta = 1 (Franca)
Karen = 1 (Esther)
Esther knew she was gonna be voted out and asked the other women to all vote for each other, so the blame of her elimination fully felt on Björn.
Fourth episode
There is a tribal switch. Fatima and Björn both go to another island to get to know the other teams. The women's team are really happy with this, especially Ilona and Karen, who both hate Björn. The men are not happy to lose Fatima, especially Giovani is grumpy about this. After meeting the other teams, both Fatima and Björn have to make a ranking with whom of the teams they see as the strongest competitors. Björn puts Giovani first and Judge last, Fatima puts Jutta first and Karen last. Both the first and last of the list join the leader in their old teams. So these are the new teams:
Pantai = Björn, Eva, Ilona, Franca, Judge, Giovani
Timo = Fatima, Eric, Robin, Geert, Ryan, Karen, Jutta
After the switch, both teams get to know each other, except for Fatima. She feels ill and doesn't socialize with the others. After a check-up with the medical team it is decided that Fatima has to leave the game, to the tears of the other participants. However, there still is an immunity challenge which is lost by Timo. They vote this way:
Eric = 4 (Ryan, Robin, Karen, Jutta)
Ryan = 1 (Geert)
Jutta = 1 (Eric)
But because Fatima left the game, Eric doesn't have to leave. He does get a "black vote" for the next tribal council. At the end of the episode, we get to see how Fatima visits the hospital, where she gets the news that the reason for her having to leave the game is because she is four months pregnant! We get to see how she gets a sonography (for pictures, see: http://www.expeditierobinson.net/index.php?p=er4-aflevering04)
Fifth episode
Again, the leaders have to fight for their position. Because Fatima is gone, team Timo have to decide among themselves who is the new leader. Due to a strong speech by Robin, Geert is chosen as the new leader. Ryan was his only opponent, but the team chose Geert. In Pantai, Giovani decides to challenge Björn. Both take part in a physical challenge and the winner will be the new leader. It's Björn who wins the challenge, stays the leader and gets immunity again. At the immunity challenge, team Pantai have some trouble. It's a swimming challenge and Judge is weak in this, so the team wants him to sit out. However, he refuses to do, so Björn sits out. The team loses the challenge because of Judge, which makes Giovani really angry.
Nevertheless, later he, Björn and Judge decide to make an alliance because they are sure the women have an alliance as well. The voting goes as this:
Judge = 3 (Eva, Ilona, Franca)
Eva = 3 (Björn, Judge, Giovani)
As the leader, Björn has to decide who leaves. He chooses Eva, because he thinks she is not strong enough for the individual part of the game.
First episode
At the first day of the show, both Björn and Fatima arrive at their island. They will both be leaders, which means that they will be immune for the first two tribal councils. Both build a shelter and try to make fire. At the second day, the other participants arrive. Fatima is surprised when she sees the men, but they click right away. The women have a bit more trouble with Björn, as they don't think they need a male leader. However, after a few starting-problems, they work together and team Pantai wins the first elimination challenge (mostly due to Ryan of team Timo not being able to get past a balance beam).
Timo voted this way:
Simon = 5 (Fatima, Robin, Judge, Giovani, Ryan)
Ryan = 3 (Simon, Eric, Geert)
Fatima was immune.
Youngest and weakest member Simon, who was already struggling with homesickness, got an unexpected boot.
Second episode
There are more and more problems in team Pantai, because Esther can't stand leader Björn and wants him to leave as soon as possible. Some women agree with Esther, others are quite happy with Björn. At the men's team there are trouble because Ryan is angry he got so many votes against. The elimination challenge is lost by team Pantai, to the delight of Björn because he wants Esther to leave the game. Unfortunately for him, Marlieke felt really weak and asked her teammates to vote her out. This was the results of the voting:
Marlieke = 7 (Eva, Esther, Ilona, Franca, Karen, Jutta)
Esther = 1 (Björn)
Jutta = 1 (Marlieke)
Björn had immunity.
Again, the weakest person with homesickness leaves the show, this time Marlieke.
Third episode
More and more trouble at Pantai, because the women do nothing but sleep and let Björn do all the work. He tries to have a conversation about this, but gets shut down by Esther. Both leaders get mail: they have to evaluate their leadership and decide whether they think they are capable enough to be leader for another two tribal council rounds (and thus receive immunity for two more rounds). Both Fatima and Björn think they are. The men are happy with Fatima's decision, the women don't agree with Björn's. Björn and Jutta win the reward challenge together and receive a meal, cooked by the losers of the challenge: Fatima and Robin. During the meal Pansai grow closer. However, at the immunity challenge (where teams have to eat gross things), matters get worse when Ilona cannot eat a worm and therefore lose the challenge. Esther blames Björn because she thinks he pressured Ilona too much. However, Björn still cannot be voted out, so we get a tribal council with interesting results:
Esther = 2 (Björn, Karen)
Eva = 1 (Jutta)
Ilona = 1 (Eva)
Franca = 1 (Ilona)
Jutta = 1 (Franca)
Karen = 1 (Esther)
Esther knew she was gonna be voted out and asked the other women to all vote for each other, so the blame of her elimination fully felt on Björn.
Fourth episode
There is a tribal switch. Fatima and Björn both go to another island to get to know the other teams. The women's team are really happy with this, especially Ilona and Karen, who both hate Björn. The men are not happy to lose Fatima, especially Giovani is grumpy about this. After meeting the other teams, both Fatima and Björn have to make a ranking with whom of the teams they see as the strongest competitors. Björn puts Giovani first and Judge last, Fatima puts Jutta first and Karen last. Both the first and last of the list join the leader in their old teams. So these are the new teams:
Pantai = Björn, Eva, Ilona, Franca, Judge, Giovani
Timo = Fatima, Eric, Robin, Geert, Ryan, Karen, Jutta
After the switch, both teams get to know each other, except for Fatima. She feels ill and doesn't socialize with the others. After a check-up with the medical team it is decided that Fatima has to leave the game, to the tears of the other participants. However, there still is an immunity challenge which is lost by Timo. They vote this way:
Eric = 4 (Ryan, Robin, Karen, Jutta)
Ryan = 1 (Geert)
Jutta = 1 (Eric)
But because Fatima left the game, Eric doesn't have to leave. He does get a "black vote" for the next tribal council. At the end of the episode, we get to see how Fatima visits the hospital, where she gets the news that the reason for her having to leave the game is because she is four months pregnant! We get to see how she gets a sonography (for pictures, see: http://www.expeditierobinson.net/index.php?p=er4-aflevering04)
Fifth episode
Again, the leaders have to fight for their position. Because Fatima is gone, team Timo have to decide among themselves who is the new leader. Due to a strong speech by Robin, Geert is chosen as the new leader. Ryan was his only opponent, but the team chose Geert. In Pantai, Giovani decides to challenge Björn. Both take part in a physical challenge and the winner will be the new leader. It's Björn who wins the challenge, stays the leader and gets immunity again. At the immunity challenge, team Pantai have some trouble. It's a swimming challenge and Judge is weak in this, so the team wants him to sit out. However, he refuses to do, so Björn sits out. The team loses the challenge because of Judge, which makes Giovani really angry.
Nevertheless, later he, Björn and Judge decide to make an alliance because they are sure the women have an alliance as well. The voting goes as this:
Judge = 3 (Eva, Ilona, Franca)
Eva = 3 (Björn, Judge, Giovani)
As the leader, Björn has to decide who leaves. He chooses Eva, because he thinks she is not strong enough for the individual part of the game.
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