Robinson 2020, also known as Robinson Fiji, was the eighteenth season of Swedish Expedition Robinson franchise.[1] 23 contestants from all over Sweden travelled to Fiji to compete in challenges, until the two teams merged into one.[1] After the teams merged, the contestants competed in individual challenges, hoping to win immunity to be safe from being voted out. Once three remained, they competed in a series of challenges in order to determine this year's Robinson winner. The season premiered on 15 March 2020 and ended on 24 May 2020, and was broadcast on TV4. The presenter was Anders Öfvergård.[2] This year's winner was Michael Björklund who earned 500,000 SEK.[3]

Robinson 2020
Season 2020
Presented byAnders Öfvergård
No. of days42
No. of castaways23
WinnerMichael Björklund
Runners-upClara Henry
Priya Svang
LocationFiji
No. of episodes51
Release
Original networkTV4
Original release15 March (2020-03-15) –
24 May 2020 (2020-05-24)
Season chronology
← Previous
2019
Next →
2021

Season Summary edit

Team South was plagued by conflict centered around Raymond, a muscular man who wanted to dominate everything. He bullied two of the team members and people grew afraid of him to the extent that they joined him in the bullying. He garnered almost a cult-like following. Those who opposed him were voted out. It took two simultaneous twists to vote him out just before the merge. Michael was the team's chef. No one had problems with him because he stayed out of the conflicts and never spoke up against the bullying. He later revealed that he was previously Sweden's Chef of the Year and had competed in the cooking world cup. In Team North, two physically strong men (Jonas and Hasse) took leader roles. A pact of weaker players led by Julia voted them out to save themselves. The teams merged 5-4 but three wild cards (Christoffer, Clara and Jani) joined just before the merge, adding complexity. One player flipped in each direction (Ragnar and Mattias). All three wild cards joined Julia's Team North alliance. Because of his strong relationship with the three wild cards, spiritual man Kristove took over leadership of Julia's alliance and pulled the strings. Their alliance was in a comfortable majority. Every single player joined either alliance, a rare occurrence in Swedish Survivor. In a twist where two players would be voted out in one vote, both alliances inevitably got to pick off one opponent, which ended Mattias' game. At Gränslandet ("The Borderlands"), Jonas had stayed alive ever since he was voted out but he was defeated by Mattias who returned to the game. Because two of the wild cards (Chistoffer and Clara) were sway votes, some members of Kristove's alliance feared that they would flip but that never happened and the alliance held strong until the final eight where knock-out challenges began. Christoffer was clearly the biggest physical threat and Mattias was the one most likely to beat him. However, Clara, the other wild card, won plankan and Mattias was voted out in the final five. Michael voted for Mattias even though Christoffer was the biggest challenge threat because Christoffer had helped Michael in the previous challenge. Then the jury got to remove yet another player and chose Christoffer. He never made any trouble and got along with everyone but the jury didn't like that he was a wild card who joined at the merge and if they didn't vote him out, he was favored to win. All but one jury member voted for Christoffer to leave. The final multi-stage obstacle course was contested by Michael, Clara and Priya, an under-the-radar player. Michael was the only surviving member of the Team South alliance. He had flown under the radar the whole game and was the lowest-priority player to vote off. Being overweight, no one expected him to be a threat in the knock-out challenges anyway. Although he was helped by Christoffer in a math challenge, he did survive one challenge on his own merit and most importantly, he put off a stable performance in every part of the final multi-stage obstacle course, especially in the throwing and fire-making parts, and he won it by a comfortable margin.

Contestants edit

Contestant Original Tribe Kidnapped Twist Intruders Twist Merged Tribe Voted Out The Borderlands Finish
Eva Sjöholm
30, Bromma
South Team 1st Voted Out
Day 2
23rd
Cissi Wallin Nilsson
21, Vallentuna
South Team Medically evacuated
Day 7
22nd
Linn Fagerholm
28, Tyresö
North Team 2nd Voted Out
Day 7
21st
Angelica Sanchez
44, Stockholm
North Team 3rd Voted Out
Day 10
20th
Mohammad Hassan "Hasse" Al-Naib
33, Malmö
North Team North Team 4th Voted Out
Day 14
19th
Pia Åkerman
69, Visby
North Team North Team North Team 5th Voted Out
Day 18
18th
Ola Helt
55, Jönköping
North Team North Team North Team 6th Voted Out
Day 18
17th
Raymond Ahlgren
52, Stockholm
South Team North Team South Team 9th Voted Out
Day 22
Lost Duel
Day 25
16th
Nina Ekstrand
46, Täby
South Team South Team South Team Robinson 10th Voted Out
Day 26
Lost Duel
Day 29
15th
Cruise Ferreira
22, Västerås
South Team South Team South Team 7th Voted Out
Day 19
Lost Duel
Day 33
14th
Ragnar Westberg Martinez
Returned to Game
North Team North Team North Team Robinson 11th Voted Out
Day 30
1st Returnee
Day 34
Josefina Liljedahl
38, Halmstad
South Team South Team South Team 12th Voted Out
Day 34
Lost Duel
1st jury member
Day 36
13th
Katarina Billman
60, Stockholm
South Team South Team South Team Lost Challenge
Day 22
Lost Duel
2nd jury member
Day 37
12th
Jonas Carlsson
37, Stockholm
North Team North Team North Team 8th Voted Out
Day 19
Lost Duel
3rd jury member
Day 37
11th
Mattias Pettersson
Returned to Game
South Team South Team South Team Robinson 13th Voted Out
Day 34
2nd Returnee
Day 37
Ragnar Westberg Martinez
21, Mellansel
North Team North Team North Team 14th Voted Out
4th jury member
Day 38
10th
Fabian Thingwall
35, Stockholm
South Team South Team South Team 15th Voted Out
5th jury member
Day 38
9th
Jani Jokinen
36, Motala
North Team Lost Challenge
6th jury member
Day 39
8th
Julia Franzén
29, Los Angeles, United States
North Team North Team North Team Lost Challenge
7th jury member
Day 40
6th
Kristove Rueda
46, Kisa
North Team North Team North Team Lost Challenge
8th jury member
Day 40
6th
Mattias Pettersson
50, Motala
South Team South Team South Team 16th Voted Out
9th jury member
Day 41
5th
Christoffer Willén
28, Stockholm
South Team 17th Voted Out
Day 41
4th
Priya Svang
26, Mölndal
North Team North Team North Team Runner-up
Day 42
2nd
Clara Henry
25, Stockholm
South Team Runner-up
Day 42
2nd
Michael "Micke" Björklund
44, Sund, Åland
South Team South Team South Team Sole Survivor
Day 42
1st

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Kändiskocken Michael Björklund deltar i svenska Robinson". hbl.fi. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Här är deltagarna i Robinson 2020 - Robinson". tv4.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Snällhet främsta vapen för vinnaren av årets "Robinson"". Dagens Nyheter. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

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