Survivor România

Survivor România
Franchise Information
Country:	România
Language(s):	Romanian
Executive Producer(s):	Răzvan Constantin
Director:	Daniela Mărăcine
Presenter(s):	Kanal D
Host(s):	Daniel Pavel (2-present) Dan Cruceru (1)
Running Time:	3 hours
Series Run:	16 January 2020 - present

Survivor România is an Romanian reality show produced by Kanal D, the third version of Survivor in Romania. Following the premise of other versions of the format, the program features a group of contestants who are marooned in an isolated island location, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they vote each other off the island until only one remains and is awarded the title of "Sole Survivor" and the grand prize of 250.000 de lei.

The series first aired in 2009 on the Kanal D named Rătăciți în Panama (Lost in Panama). In 2016, anothar edition aired on the Pro TV named Supraviețuitorul (Survivor). Both iterations of the series only lasted one season due to low ratings.

In 13 November 2019, Kanal D, announced that it would be reviving the series in 2020. The series commenced airing on 18 January 2020.

Format and rules

Main article: Survivor (franchise)

The Romanian version of the show is based more on the format of the Turkish version.

Division of Tribes

Main article: Tribe

The contestants are divided into two tribes based on their occupations and degree of success in life. The ​Faimoșii​​​​​ ​(meaning famous) tribe is made up of public figures from fields such as (but not limited to) sports and entertainment. and the Războinicii (meaning warriors) tribe is made up of everyday Romanian contestants.

Number of Members per Tribe

• Two Tribes of Ten: For the first season, the castaways were divided into two tribes of ten, consisted of five men and five women on each tribe.

Challenges

Main article: Challenge

Reward Challenges

Main article: Reward Challenge

Unlike the American version with a maximum of one Reward Challenge before elimination, the Romanian version performs up to four Reward Challenges before the Immunity Challenge.

Immunity Challenges

Main article: Immunity Challenge

Before the Tribal Immunity Challenges, members of each tribe fight each other for an Immunity Necklace. Also, in the Romanian version two Immunity Challenges are performed, these will decide the number of members of each tribe that will be nominated.

Tribal Council

Main article: Tribal Council

Instead of the most voted person on the Tribal Council having to leave the competition, the tribe(s) votes to nominate one or two of its members. Then the winner(s), one male and one female of the Individual Immunity selects the last nominee from the tribe. Finally, the nominees face the public votes in which the loser will be eliminated.

Merge

Main article: Merge

Replacement

In Survivor România, if a castaway is medically evacuated, a new castaway may enter the game.

The Most Popular Player

TV viewers can vote for their favourite player. The Most Popular Player by the public vote will have immunity and the power to nominate a member of his/her tribe at Tribal Council.

Public vote

The public votes for which player should be considered the "Sole Survivor" and be awarded the grand prize.

Seasons

Season	Tribes	Number of Castaways	Filming Location	Season Run	Sole Survivor
Survivor România (2020)	Faimoșii Războinicii Merged Tribe	29	La Romana, Dominican Republic	January 18, 2020 - May 30, 2020	Elena Ionescu
Survivor România (2021)	Faimoșii Războinicii Merged Tribe	41		January 9, 2021 - July 10, 2021	Edmond Zannidache
Survivor România (2022)	TBA	TBA		TBA, 2022 -TBA, 2022

External links

• Official website