''Suomen Robinson'' was the Finnish

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program debuted in 2004. In the spring of 2004 Nelonen purchased the broadcast rights to air their own version of ''

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''. Seeing the success of the Danish, Norwegian, and

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versions of the show TV4 assumed that their own version would also be a huge success. They were wrong in their assumption and due to competition from shows like '' Big Brother'' after two seasons the show was cancelled due to low ratings. The name alludes to both ''

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'' and ''

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'', two stories featuring people marooned by shipwrecks.

Format

The ''Robinson'' format was developed by

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, a

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TV production company owned by

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and

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. Their company Castaway Television Productions retained the rights to the concept when they sold

in 1999.

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later licensed the format to create the

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show ''

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'' in 2000. Sixteen contestants are put into a survival situation and compete in a variety of physical challenges. Early in each season two tribes compete but later on the tribes are merged and the competitions become individual. At the end of each episode, one contestant is eliminated from the show by the others in a secret "island council" ballot.

Seasons

External links

* http://iki.fi/tku/srobinson/srobinson2004.htm * {{Survivor Survivor (franchise) 2004 Finnish television series debuts 2005 Finnish television series endings Finnish reality television series Nelonen original programming Finnish television series based on non-Finnish television series