Robinson: Love Edition

Robinson: Love Edition was the sixteenth season of Expedition Robinson, the Swedish version of Survivor, and the first to air on Sjuan. Linda Lindorff, the host of Robinson 2009, returned to host this season. Fitting with the season's theme, all contestants were single people between the ages of 20 and 42, the tribes were initially divided by gender, and a pair composed of one man and one woman won the season.

Robinson: Love Edition
Presented byLinda Lindorff
No. of castaways27
LocationKoh Rong, Cambodia
No. of episodes30
Release
Original release7 April (2015-04-07) –
11 June 2015 (2015-06-11)
Season chronology

Format

The season featured several changes to the game structure in accordance with the theme, the most notable being that a pair—one man and one woman—will win the game, marking the first season in any Survivor franchise with multiple winners by design. As an additional twist, instead of being immediately eliminated from the game, voted out contestants would go to the Garden of Eden instead, to compete against other eliminated contestants for a chance to return to the game. The Garden of Eden features one male and one female contestant—Adam and Eve, respectively—at a time, who will compete in a duel against the latest person of their gender eliminated. At a predetermined point in the game, the remaining Adam and Eve will return to the game. The Garden of Eden is reminiscent of Utopia from the sixth and seventh seasons.

Before the merge, in order to get to know each other better, the tribes would spend the day following the Immunity Challenge together in the Blue Lagoon. The season also included a new challenge, the Amulet Challenge, taking place between the members of the tribe that won that cycle's Immunity Challenge. The three winners of the Amulet Challenge would spend the rest of the day with the losing tribe, and each get to give one member of the other tribe immunity from that night's Tribal Council. The Amulet Challenge was discontinued at the merge.

The format changed once the tribes were merged, at which point the remaining castaways competed in opposite-gender pairs. At the start of each cycle, the gender with fewer remaining players competed to determine their draft order. As the draft was always done with an odd number of players remaining, the leftover castaway was sent to the Garden of Eden. The pair that won each Immunity Challenge also earned the right to give immunity to a single player for the subsequent Tribal Council, while both members of the last-placed team were given a penalty vote; in the case the penalized contestant was given immunity by the challenge winners, their penalty vote was nullified. The vote was individual, with contestants voting by themselves and for one contestant, thus ensuring an odd number of contestants remaining for the next partner draft. The format also changed at the Garden of Eden, as the duels were competed in opposite-gender pairs as well.

Contestants
Contestant Original tribe Switched tribe Merged tribe Main game Garden of Eden Finish
Caxton Njuki
33, Oxelösund		 None[lower-alpha 1] Lost challenge[lower-alpha 1]
Episode 1		 Lost Adam duel
to John
Episode 3		 27th
Zylfije Mehmeti
27, Malmö		 Srei Eliminated by Bros[lower-alpha 2]
Episode 1		 Lost Eve duel
to Malin E.
Episode 3		 26th
Gregorij Brattfors
25, Göteborg		 Bros 1st voted out
Episode 3		 Quit
Episode 4		 25th
John Nordin
26, Härnösand		 Bros Eliminated by Srei[lower-alpha 2]
Episode 1		 Lost Adam duel
to Robin
Episode 6		 24th
Alexandra Mogeswärd
30, Nyköping		 Srei Quit
Episode 6		 23rd
Torun Eriksson
24, Säter		 Srei 2nd voted out
Episode 6		 Eliminated by Robin
Episode 8		 22nd
Malin Ericsson
42, Sollentuna		 None[lower-alpha 1] Lost challenge[lower-alpha 1]
Episode 1		 Lost Eve duel
to Marielle
Episode 9		 21st
Marielle Sandgren
30, Stockholm		 None[lower-alpha 3] Eliminated by Bros[lower-alpha 3]
Episode 7		 Quit
Episode 11		 20th
Paulina Brodd
20, Stockholm		 None[lower-alpha 4] Eliminated by Bros[lower-alpha 4]
Episode 10		 Lost Eve duel
to Nellie
Episode 12		 19th
Kristoffer Hultling
24, Karlskrona		 None[lower-alpha 5] None[lower-alpha 6] Eliminated by Srei[lower-alpha 5]
Episode 13		 Lost challenger duel
to Pontus
Episode 14		 18th
Pontus Hermansson
Returned to Eden		 Bros None[lower-alpha 6] 4th voted out
Episode 12		 Lost Adam duel
to Robin
Episode 15[lower-alpha 7]
Richard Lundström
29, Helsingborg		 Bros Srei 5th voted out
Episode 15		 Medically evacuated[lower-alpha 8]
Episode 16		 17th
Robin Malmström
30, Stockholm		 None[lower-alpha 9] None[lower-alpha 6] None[lower-alpha 10] Eliminated by Srei[lower-alpha 9]
Episode 4		 Lost Adam and Eve duel
to Pontus and Denice
Episode 18		 15th
Nellie Aalhuizen
21, Dala-Järna		 Srei[lower-alpha 3] None[lower-alpha 6] None[lower-alpha 10] 3rd voted out
Episode 9
Oskar Nordstrand
23, Helsingborg		 Bros Bros Sreros 6th voted out
Episode 18		 Lost Adam and Eve duel
to Pontus and Denice
Episode 21		 13th
Malin Sandberg
28, Jönköping		 Srei[lower-alpha 4] Srei Sreros Not chosen[lower-alpha 11]
Episode 20
Ali Rouass
28		 Bros[lower-alpha 9] Bros Sreros 7th voted out
Episode 21		 Lost Adam and Eve duel
to Pontus and Denice
Episode 24		 11th
Sara Söderman
37, Nynäshamn		 Srei Bros Sreros Not chosen[lower-alpha 11]
Episode 23
Vera Kumpulainen
24, Täby		 Srei[lower-alpha 4] Srei Sreros 8th voted out
Episode 24		 Quit
Episode 24		 10th
Filip Flink
22, Eskilstuna		 None[lower-alpha 5] Srei Sreros Not chosen
Episode 26		 Lost Adam and Eve duel
to Pontus and Denice
Episode 28		 8th
Melissa Miller
28, Borlänge		 Srei Srei Sreros 9th voted out
Episode 27
Pontus Hermansson
Returned to game		 Bros None[lower-alpha 6] None[lower-alpha 10] 4th voted out
Episode 12		 Adam
Returned to game
Denice Andrée
Returned to game		 Srei Srei Sreros Not chosen[lower-alpha 11]
Episode 17		 Eve
Returned to game
Kalle Zeman
30, Stockholm		 Bros Bros Sreros Not chosen
Episode 29		 7th
David Stenroth
34, Stockholm		 Bros Bros Sreros Lost final challenge
Episode 30		 2nd runners-up
Mia Mukkavaara
26, Luleå		 Srei Srei Sreros
Pontus Hermansson
38, Falköping		 Bros None[lower-alpha 6] Sreros[lower-alpha 12] Lost final vote
Episode 30		 Runners-up
Denice Andrée
26, Stockholm		 Srei Srei Sreros
Dan Spinelli Scala
30, Stockholm		 Bros Bros Sreros Won final vote
Episode 30		 Winners
Jennifer Egelryd
24, Tyresö		 Srei Bros Sreros
  1. Caxton and Malin E. lost the challenge on Day 1 and were immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
  2. Each contestant was instructed to create a profile of themselves to be shown to the other tribe. Both tribes then picked the member of the other tribe who seemed the least desirable. Zylfije and John were deemed the least desirable by the other tribe, and were sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
  3. Marielle and Nellie were newcomers to the game. The Bros tribe chose one of the two to join the Srei tribe; they selected Nellie, and Marielle was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
  4. Malin S., Paulina, and Vera were newcomers to the game. The Bros tribe chose two of the three to join the Strei tribe; they selected Vera and Malin S., and Paulina was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
  5. Filip and Kristoffer were newcomers to the game. The Srei tribe chose one of the two to enter the game; they selected Filip, and Kristoffer was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result. Filip's entrance to the game initiated the tribe switch.
  6. When the tribes were switched, Kristoffer, Nellie, Pontus, and Robin were already in the Garden of Eden.
  7. Pontus initially lost to Robin in an Adam duel; after Richard was medically evacuated before entering the Garden of Eden, Pontus, as the most recently eliminated player, took his place.
  8. After being voted out of the game but before entering the Garden of Eden, Richard fell ill, and was not permitted to continue. Pontus, as the most recent eliminated player, took his place.
  9. Ali and Robin were newcomers to the game. The Srei tribe chose one of the two to join the Bros tribe; they selected Ali, and Robin was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
  10. When the tribes merged, Nellie, Pontus, and Robin were in the Garden of Eden.
  11. As there were more women than men remaining, one woman was left without a partner; this castaway was not selected in the partner draft and immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
  12. Pontus was originally on Eden when the tribes merged, but later returned to the game.

Partner history
Contestant Partner
Cycle 6 Cycle 7 Cycle 8 Cycle 9 Cycle 10
Dan Melissa Melissa Melissa Jennifer Jennifer
Jennifer Oskar Kalle Kalle Dan Dan
Denice Not chosen Pontus
Pontus Denice
David Mia Mia Mia Mia Mia
Mia David David David David David
Kalle Malin S. Jennifer Jennifer Melissa Not chosen
Melissa Dan Dan Dan Kalle
Filip Vera Vera Vera Not chosen
Vera Filip Filip Filip
Sara Ali Ali Not chosen
Ali Sara Sara
Malin S. Kalle Not chosen
Oskar Jennifer

Season summary

There would be two winners this season: One man and one woman. Everyone competed individually but the structure was designed so that the number of men and women were always equal. All contestants were young singles. There were two tribes of six, divided by gender. The losing tribe went to tribal council, as usual, but the winning tribe competed in a separate challenge to decide who would get to hand immunity to players in the losing tribe. In the women's tribe, Denice made a pact with Jennifer and Mia, primarily to take out Melissa Miller who was good at everything but didn't gel with the rest of the group. Everyone else disagreed with pact-making and wanted to break Denice's pact. Even the men worked to break the pact by distributing immunity to Melissa every time. Players scouted for potential partners of the other gender. Melissa formed a bond with Richard, which was the only romance in the season, but it didn't last long as Richard was blindsided. Many women wanted to work with Dan, a charismatic and athletic man. Each time a player was voted out, a new player took their place. Fresh players kept coming into the game to replace those voted out, even two weeks into the game. Despite officially opposing Denice's pact, three men formed an alliance of their own. The alliance was led by Kalle, joined by Dan and an under-the-radar guy. They threw a challenge to vote off Pontus, a muscular soldier, who was the biggest threat. After a few tribe swaps, the tribes merged. Players had to compete in immunity challenges as pairs. Before each immunity challenge, the gender with the fewest members competed for order of priority. The winner picked first from among the other gender, forming partners for the immunity challenge. That meant one person was not picked each time and they were eliminated. A campaign against Denice succeeded and she was not picked in the first round. However, her two alliance members remained to the final because they were selected as partners by the men of Kalle's pact. Dan and Melissa picked each other every time, forming a strong challenge partnership. They were often targeted but they were protected by Kalle's alliance. Kalle made false alliances with multiple additional partners and they all fell for it. His alliance kept voting out men to maintain control of the game, thus disallowing women from picking partners. Their respective female partners were just appendages for most of the game. However, in the final six, Jennifer convinced the men to vote off a woman and that allowed her to stir things up. She wanted to break up Dan and Melissa because she thought they would win the potential final. Having the first pick because of her challenge win, Jennifer picked Dan as partner, forcing Melissa to pick Kalle. Having split up Dan and Melissa, Jennifer took control of the game and voted out Melissa. Thus, Kalle was also eliminated as no woman was left to pick him. Dan then had no choice but to play the rest of the game with Jennifer. Players who were voted out or not picked as partners went to Garden of Eden, a separate island with room for one man and one woman, challenged by each newcomer. Since their respective eliminations, Denice and Pontus won every challenge, returning to the game. They qualified for the final alongside Dan and Jennifer who then won the jury vote by a landslide. The jury seemed to dislike the route that Pontus and Denice took to the final.

Pre-merge challenge winners and eliminations by cycle
Episode(s) Original air date(s) Newcomers Garden of Eden Immunity
challenge		 Amulet challenge Eliminated Finish
Entered game Not chosen Adam and Eve Challenger(s) Eliminated Winners Immune
Arrival (Episode 1) April 7, 2015 Caxton Lost challenge[lower-alpha 1]
Malin E.
Caxton John Eliminated by
the other tribe[lower-alpha 2]
Malin E. Zylfije
Cycle 1 (Episodes 2, 3) April 8, 9, 2015 None Caxton John Caxton Srei Melissa Richard Gregorij 1st voted out
Malin E. Zylfije Zylfije Sara Pontus
Mia Dan
Cycle 2 (Episodes 4, 5, 6) April 14, 15, 16, 2015 Ali Robin John Gregorij[lower-alpha 3] Gregorij Bros David Jennifer Alexandra Quit
Robin John Ali Sara
Malin E. N/A Richard Melissa Torun 2nd voted out
Cycle 3 (Episodes 7, 8, 9) April 21, 22, 23, 2015 Nellie Marielle Robin N/A Bros Oskar Jennifer Nellie 3rd voted out
Malin E. Torun Torun[lower-alpha 4] Dan Melissa
Marielle Malin E. Pontus Sara
Cycle 4 (Episodes 10, 11, 12) April 28, 29, 30, 2015 Vera Paulina Robin N/A Srei Melissa Richard Pontus 4th voted out
Malin S. Marielle Nellie Marielle[lower-alpha 5] Malin S. Dan
Paulina Paulina Jennifer Oskar
Cycle 5 (Episodes 13, 14, 15) May 5, 6, 7, 2015 Filip Kristoffer Robin Pontus Kristoffer[lower-alpha 6] Bros Vera Richard 5th voted out
Kristoffer Pontus Melissa
Nellie N/A Filip
Post-merge challenge winners and eliminations by cycle
Episode(s) Original air date(s) Not chosen Garden of Eden Immunity challenge Voted out Finish
Adam and Eve Challengers Eliminated Winners Additional
Cycle 6 (Episode 16, 17, 18) May 12, 13, 14, 2015 Denice Robin
Nellie		 Richard
Pontus[lower-alpha 7]
Denice		 Robin
Nellie		 Dan
Melissa		 Sara Oskar 6th voted out
Cycle 7 (Episode 19, 20, 21) May 19, 20, 21, 2015 Malin S. Pontus
Denice		 Oskar
Malin S.		 Oskar
Malin S.		 Filip
Vera		 David Ali 7th voted out
Cycle 8 (Episode 22, 23, 24) May 26, 27, 28, 2015 Sara Pontus
Denice		 Ali
Sara		 Ali
Sara		 Dan
Melissa		 None Vera 8th voted out
Cycle 9 (Episode 25, 26, 27) June 2, 3, 4 2015 Filip Pontus
Denice		 Vera[lower-alpha 8]
Filip		 N/A David
Mia		 Jennifer Melissa 9th voted out
Final week challenge winners and eliminations
Episode(s) Original air date(s) Garden of Eden Not chosen Reward
challenge		 Final challenge Final Tribal Council
Adam and Eve Challengers Eliminated Winners Eliminated Finalists Finish
Cycle 10 (Episode 28, 29, 30) June 9, 10, 11 2015 Pontus
Denice[lower-alpha 9]		 Filip
Melissa		 Filip
Melissa		 Kalle Pontus
Denice		 Dan
Jennifer		 David
Mia		 Pontus
Denice		 Runners-up
Dan
Jennifer		 Dan
Jennifer		 Winners
  1. Caxton and Malin E. lost the challenge on Day 1 and were immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
  2. Each contestant was instructed to create a profile of themselves to be shown to the other tribe. Both tribes then picked the member of the other tribe who seemed the least desirable. Zylfije and John were deemed the least desirable by the other tribe, and were sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
  3. Gregorij decided to voluntarily leave the Garden.
  4. Torun was eliminated by Robin.
  5. Marielle decided to voluntarily leave the Garden.
  6. Kristoffer and Pontus competed for the right to challenge Robin for the role of Adam; Pontus won.
  7. After being voted out of the game but before entering the Garden of Eden, Richard fell ill, and was not permitted to continue in the game. Pontus, as the most recent player eliminated, took his place.
  8. Vera decided not to enter the Garden of Eden.
  9. Returned to game after winning the final duel.

Game history
Pre-merge game and voting history
Original tribes Switched
tribes
Episode # 1 3 4 6 7 9 10 12 13 15
Eliminated Caxton Malin E. John Zylfije Gregorij Robin Alexandra Tie[lower-alpha 1] Torun Marielle Nellie Paulina Pontus Kristoffer Richard
Vote None[lower-alpha 2] None[lower-alpha 2] None[lower-alpha 3] None[lower-alpha 3] 4–1–1–1 None[lower-alpha 4] None[lower-alpha 5] 3–3 1–0[lower-alpha 1] None[lower-alpha 6] 5–1 None[lower-alpha 7] 4–2–1 None[lower-alpha 8] 9–4–1[lower-alpha 9]
ContestantPlaceVote
Dan 4th In Gregorij Pontus Denice
Jennifer 6th In Torun Torun[lower-alpha 1] Nellie Richard
David 8th In Gregorij Pontus Richard
Mia 4th In Torun None Nellie Richard
Kalle 5th In Oskar Pontus Richard
Melissa 5th In Denice None Nellie Denice
Filip In Richard
Vera In Richard
Sara 3rd In Denice None Nellie Denice
Ali In David Richard
Malin S. In Richard
Oskar 1st In Gregorij Pontus Malin S.
Denice 1st In Torun None Nellie Richard
Richard 6th In Gregorij Ali Denice
Kristoffer Out
Pontus 2nd In David Ali
Paulina Out
Nellie In Denice
Marielle Out
Torun 7th In Denice None
Alexandra 8th In
Robin Out
Gregorij 3rd In Kalle
Zylfije 2nd Out
John 7th Out
Malin E. Out
Caxton Out
  1. The vote resulted in a tie between Torun and Denice. Per the rules, Jennifer, as the holder of the 1st-place amulet, broke the tie.
  2. Caxton and Malin E. lost the challenge on Day 1 and were immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
  3. Each contestant was instructed to create a profile of themselves to be shown to the other tribe. Both tribes then picked the member of the other tribe who seemed the least desirable. Zylfije and John were deemed the least desirable by the other tribe, and were sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
  4. Ali and Robin were newcomers to the game. The Srei tribe chose one of the two to join the Bros tribe; they selected Ali, and Robin was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
  5. Alexandra chose to quit the game.
  6. Marielle and Nellie were newcomers to the game. The Bros tribe chose one of the two to join the Strei tribe; they selected Marielle, and Nellie was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
  7. Malin S., Paulina, and Vera were newcomers to the game. The Bros tribe chose two of the three to join the Strei tribe; they selected Vera and Malin S., and Paulina was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result.
  8. Filip and Kristoffer were newcomers to the game. The Srei tribe chose one of the two to enter the game; they selected Filip, and Kristoffer was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden as a result. Filip's entrance to the game initiated the tribe switch.
  9. After the Bros tribe won immunity, both tribes were informed that, following the next day's Amulet Challenge, all remaining players—regardless of tribe—would cast a ballot in the next Tribal Council for one of the remaining eligible Srei members.
  10. As there were more women than men remaining, one woman was left without a partner; Denice was not selected in the partner draft, and was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
  11. As there were more women than men remaining, one woman was left without a partner; Malin S. was not selected in the partner draft, and was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
  12. Though David received a penalty vote for placing last in the Immunity Challenge, it was voided after Immunity Challenge winners Filip and Vera chose to give him additional immunity.
  13. As there were more women than men remaining, one woman was left without a partner; Sara was not selected in the partner draft, and was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
  14. As there were more men than women remaining, one man was left without a partner; Filip was not selected in the partner draft, and was immediately sent to the Garden of Eden.
  15. David and Mia were eliminated after coming in last place in the final challenge.
  16. This contestant received a penalty vote for placing last in the Immunity Challenge.
  17. Filip received two penalty votes: one for placing last in the Partner Challenge; and another for placing last in the Immunity Challenge.
  18. Vera received three penalty votes: one for being chosen by Filip, who placed last in the Partner Challenge; one for placing last in the Immunity Challenge; and another by Immunity Challenge winners Dan and Melissa.
  19. The winning pair of the final challenge earned two votes to win in the final vote.
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