A neat bit of trivia about Survivor

[lazarus]

It's a lot more widespread than I thought. A buddy of mine came up with this list from somewhere.

1. America <'Survivor'>:
S1 - 2000/Summer - Malaysia, Borneo, Palau Tiga
S2 - 2001/Spring - Australia, QLD, Goshen Station/Herbert River Falls area
S3 - 2001/Fall-2002/Winter - Africa, Kenya, Shaba Game Reserve
S4 - 2002/Spring - French Polynesia, Marqueses, Nuku Hiva
S5 - 2002/Fall - Thailand, Ko Tarutao
S6 - 2003/Winter-Spring - Brazil, Amazon Basin, Rio Negro, Ariau Towers, Acajatuba Village, and A Floresta da Vida area
S7 - 2003/Fall - Central America, Panama, Pearl Islands
S8 - 2004/Winter-Spring - Central America, Panama, Pearl Islands
S9 - 2004/Fall - Vanuatu
S10 - 2005/Winter-Spring - Palau
S11 - 2005?/Fall? - ?
S12 - 2006?/Winter?-Spring? - ?

2. Argentina <'Expedicion Robinson'>:
S1 - 2000 - Panama, Bocas del Toro?
S2 - 2001 - Belize, on an island off its coast

3. Australia <'Survivor'>:
S1 - 2002 - Australia, Eyre Peninsula, Whaler's Way

4. Brazil <'No Limite'>:
S1 - 2000 - Brazil, North East Coast, Ceara, Angel's Beach?
S2 - 2001 - Brazil, Chapada dos Guimaraes, on a private farm
S3 - 2002 - Brazil, Marajo Island (where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean)

5. China <'Survivor'>:
S1 - 2002? - China, Yunnan Province, Southwestern corner, in the mountains that inspired James Hilton's 'Lost Horizon'.

6. Columbia:
S1 - 2002 - ?, ?

7. Denmark <'Ekspeditionen Robinson'>:
S1 - 1998 - Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Pulau Sipadan area
S2 - 1999 - Philippines, Palawan, Cadlao/El Nido area
S3 - 2000 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S4 - 2001 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S5 - 2002 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area World's first ever ALL-STAR Survivor <'Ekspeditionen Robinson'> game!
S6 - 2003 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah

8. Estonia <'Expedition Robinson'>:
S1 - 2001 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S2 - 2002 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area

9. Finland <'Expedition Robinson'>:
S1 - 2003 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah

10. France <'Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta'>:
S1 - 2001 - Thailand, off West Coast, Kork and Lantanai twin islands
S2 - 2002 - Costa Rica, Nicoya
S3 - 2003 - Panama, Bocas del Toro
S4 - 2004 - Panama, Pearl Islands

11./12. Germany/Austria <'Expedition Robinson', then 'Gestrandet'>:
S1 - 2000 - Malaysia, Johor, off East coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S2 - 2002 - Panama, Pearl Islands, Chapera Island, Mogo Mogo Island

13. Greece <'Expedition Robinson'>:
S1 - 2003 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah

14. Italy <'?'>:
S1 - 2001 - Panama, Bocas del Toro

15. Japan <'Survivor'>:
S1 - 2002/Spring - Palau Islands, Ngemelis Island
S2 - 2002/Summer - Mariana? Islands?; Russia?
S3 - 2002/Fall - Philippines, Negros, Siquijor
S4 - 2003/Winter-Spring - Mariana Islands - Rota Island
Japan's next Survivor game may be a year away!

16. Latvia <'?'>:
S1 - 2001 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S2 - 2002 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area

17. Lithuania <'Expedition Robinson'>:
S1 - 2001 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S2 - 2002 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area

18./19. Netherlands/Belgium <'Expeditie Robinson'>:
S1 - 2000 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S2 - 2001 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Caost from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S3 - 2002 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S4 - 2003 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah

20. Norway <'Expedition Robinson'>:
S1 - 1999 - Philippines, Palawan, Cadlao/El Nido area
S2 - 2000 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S3 - 2001 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S4 - 2002 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S5 - 2003 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah

21. Portugal
Portugal is supposed to have a Survivor game(s) in the works, but so far I have found out nothing about it (them) on any website.

22. Russia <'The Last Hero' aka 'Poslednii Geroi'>:
S1 - 2001 - Panama, Bocas del Toro
S2 - 2002 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S3 - 2003 - Unknown location
S4 - 2003/2004 - Unknown location <11 gals and 9 guys>
S5 - 2004/2005 - MAY BE CANCELLED!

23. South Africa's
Anant Singh bought the rights to Survivor in July of 2001, but I have found no evidence that SA or AS has completed a Survivor game.

24. Spain <'Supervivientes: Expediticion Robinson'>:
S1 - 2000 - Panama, Bocas del Toro, Zapatillas Keys
S2 - 2001 - Seychelles

25. Sweden <'Expedition Robinson'>:
S1 - 1997 - Malaysia, Johot, Pulau Tengah
S2 - 1998 - Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Pulau Sipadan area
S3 - 1999 - Philippines, Palawan, Cadlao/El Nido area
S4 - 2000 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S5 - 2001 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S6 - 2002 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Mensirip/Tengah area
S7 - 2003 - Malaysia, Johor, off East Coast from Mersing, Tengah

26. Switzerland <'Expedition Robinson'>:
S1 - 1999 - Malaysia, Johor
S2 - 2000 - Malaysia, Johor

27. United Kingdom <'Survivor'>:
S1 - 2001 - Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah, Palau Tiga
S2 - 2002 - Panama, Bocas del Toro

28. Venuzuela <'Robinson: La Gran Aventura'>:
S1 - 2001 - Panama, Bocas del Toro
S2 - 2002 - Argentina, Patagonia, Chubut Province

[Qanisqineq]

1. Holy cow

I knew Sweden had the first Survivor but I had no idea about all these other countries. It would be great to see these shows (with subtitles or English dubbed in) and see how their series compares to ours. It would probably be a real riot to watch!

[lazarus]

2. Here's a neat trick they pulled on the latest Dutch/Belgian one

The Dutch and Belgians have always done their Survivors together, apparently. For the first time this season, they split them up by nationality.

Started with 18 people, and pulled the same trick our Survivor pulled in Pearl Islands: They're out on a boat for "publicity photos", and suddenly have to jump in the water and swim for shore.

This time, when they got to shore they had to race to get into a cage. The last person in was immediately booted from the game.

Her tribe, I believe the Belgians, was then removed from the cage and sent to their beach. The Dutch were left in the cage with nothing but water. They were told they could get out when one of them gave up.

Two days later, one of them gave up, and was booted from the game. The tribe was sent to their camp.

The tribe in the cage actually did quite well, as they had already been through such a traumatic experience.

Oh, and they had outcasts that season, too. The outcasts were dumped in a mangrove swamp in the middle of the island, between the other two tribes. The only way they could get supplies, etc., was to steal them from the tribes. If they got caught, they were booted permanently.

I dunno how it worked after that, I just got this word from someone there a couple of episodes in.

[Qanisqineq]

3. they don't screw around, do they?

immediately boot someone and lock a bunch of people up in a cage for a couple days? Yikes!

[lazarus]

4. I"m wondering if they're going to do that this season

In Palau. They're starting with 20 people.

Some have said 4 teams of 5. I could see them do the quick elimination of 2, then have three teams of 6.

I joke sometimes and say they'll have 6 teams of three, and one team of two. :silly:

One possibility is everybody on the same beach. I dunno about that.

I did have a neat variant on this that I thought would be good, but would probably not work:

Everybody's on one beach. When they get to the reward challenge, they all throw in their buffs and draw new ones. These new tribes will remain together until the next reward challenge, through the IC and Tribal Council.

As an alternative, you could have two beaches, and people literally have to move back and forth. That likely wouldn't work as well; why work hard for shelter if you're moving soon?

This would work IF you had a bunch of Rob Cesternino/Richard Hatch/Sandra Diaz/Chris Daughtry types. Folks who relish shifting and changing alliances, etc.

The problem is, we'd likely see a repeat of All Stars, where the good players (threats) get eliminated first, and we're left with a bunch of under the radar players who haven't eliminated people.

But ideally, you'd see people setting up secondary and tertiary alliances, with shifting loyalties and shifting promises predicated on who's allied with who at the time, and who ends up on each tribe. If they cast it full of Richards, it would be a dream to watch. But it'd never happen.

I wouldn't mind seeing two switches one season, though. Maybe this one would be the right one, since they have so many people. Two tribes of ten. Eliminate two, go to three tribes of six. Eliminate two, go to two tribes of 8. Eliminate 6, go to one merge tribe. That'd throw people off big time. :-D