Survivor Croatia

Survivor Croatia is a Croatian reality game show television series based on the international Survivor format. Following the premise of other versions of the Survivor format, the show features a group of contestants, referred to as "castaways" as they are marooned in an isolated location. The castaways must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in various challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted off the island by their fellow castaways, or eliminated through challenges. The final castaway remaining is awarded the title of "Sole Survivor" and the grand prize (700,000HRK in season 1, €50,000 in season 2).

The series first aired on HRT 2 in 2005 with the title Survivor: Odisejev otok. It was cancelled the same year. In 2012, the fourth season of Survivor Srbija was broadcast on the Croatian channel RTL Televizija and serves as the second Croatian season of Survivor. The third season, a pan-regional season, premiered March 14, 2022 on Nova TV in Croatia.

Format

Seasons 1–2 The formats of the first two seasons differ from each other. The first season's format is similar to the early seasons of the American version, while the second season is similar to the original Robinson series.

The basic premise of both versions is that the players are split up into two tribes and marooned on an island for over a month where they have to provide food, water, fire and shelter for each other. Every few days, the tribes are to compete in a challenge either for a reward (usually food, drinks, comfort, or items that help with camp life), or for immunity. The tribe that wins immunity is safe from elimination and doesn't have to visit Tribal Council, a ceremony where a player is voted out of the tribe.

About halfway into the competition, the tribes are merged, and the challenges become individual. Usually only one person is eligible to win immunity or reward, although there is an occasional team challenge for reward. During this phase of the game, eliminated contestants join the jury. When it's time for the Final Tribal Council (which happens with as few as 2 or as many as 4 players), the contestants don't vote each other out. Instead, the jury listens to the players plead their case, ask questions, and based on the information they've received, cast their vote for the winner. The player with the most voted wins the game and a cash prize. In the first season, though there was a jury system, the public voted for a winner instead. The jurors were also given the right to abstain from voting.

Several twists have been in play as well. At the start of season one, there was a challenge where a player from both tribes was automatically eliminated if they lost. This was most likely inspired by a similar twist from Survivor: Palau, a season that had recently finished airing when Odisejev otok started. In the second season, "The Island of the Banished" was in play. Inspired by Redemption Island from previous versions of the series, The Island of the Banished is a separate island where a contestant is sent after they're voted out. They have to provide shelter, food, fire and water for themselves while they wait for another player to get voted out. When there are two players, they participate in a duel where the loser is sent to the jury (unless they break the rules, in which case they are ejected permanently). The cycle repeats until the merge, where the winner officially rejoins the game and the island is no longer in play. On the last day, the final 6 players competed in a challenge where the two losers were sent to the jury, and the final 4 moved onto the Final Tribal Council.

Seasons 3–5 These seasons' format is based on the Turkish version.

20 castaways, 9 from Croatia, 8 from Serbia, 2 from Montenegro, and 1 from Bosnia and Herzegovina, are split up into two tribes based on nationality, with the Croats and Bosnian and one tribe and the Serbs and Montenegrins on the other. Challenges are held almost every day; 2 for Reward and 2 for Immunity. The tribe that wins Immunity does not have to nominate anyone for elimination. After one player from the losing tribe is nominated (or more should the vote end in a deadlock tie), another Immunity Challenge is held with the losing tribe having to nominate someone. Once two or more castaways are nominated, they are to participate in a Duel, with the loser going home. Should a player be pulled from the game for medical reasons, a replacement will join the game and be granted immunity from the first Tribal Council they attend. Additional castaways may also be added.

Series overview SeasonWinnerRunner-up2nd Runner-up3rd Runner-upVoteContestantsDaysTribesLocationYear1Survivor: Odisejev OtokVazmenko PervanVedrab Rubrik Šehić colspan="2" 68%-32%2045 Ammos Petros ZoiMljet, Croatia20052Survivor: Costa RicaVladimir "Vlada" VuksanovićMilan GromilićNikola ŠoćSebastian Fleiss6-5-2-01837 Matambo Boruka SibuCorcovado, Costa Rica2012Season Winner Runner-up Contestants Days Tribes Location Year Azua Mao Nataša KondićAntonia Ivić Anja AndrejićDenis Sviličić 64 Crveni Plavi Luka RimacTijana Jeremić Mihaela PavlovićStefan Arsić 90 Crveni Plavi Luciano PlazibatUroš ČičaLara ZavorovićKsenija Bajić2850 Žuti Zeleni

Season 1 (2005): HRT 2

Influenced by the success of the Croatian version of Big Brother, HRT 2 launched a Croatian version of Survivor. The series featured 20 contestants. A second season was never made by HRT, possibly due to low ratings.

Season 2 (2012): RTL The fourth season of Survivor Srbija, the Serbian version of Survivor, serves as the second Croatian edition of Survivor. Alongside the usual host, Andrija Milošević, Croatian TV host Marijana Batinić hosted alongside him on-location. Croatian and Serbian hosts Antonija Blaće and Milan Kalinić also appeared on the show. In a first for Survivor Srbija, the series also featured contestants from Croatia and aired on RTL Televizija, a Croatian TV channel.

Seasons 3–6 (2022–present): Nova TV On 14 October 2021, United Group opened applications for a brand new pan-regional version of Survivor. It was filmed in the Dominican Republic. It consisted of players from the ex-Yugoslav region. In Croatia, it premiered on Nova TV in March 2022.

The fourth season premiered on 6 March 2023.

The fifth season debuted on 4 March 2024.

The sixth season debuted on 3 March 2025.

List of contestants NameAgeHometownOccupationSeasonFinishIvan KrželjUnknownSplit, CroatiaUnknownOdisejev Otok20thAna Marija BojkoUnknown19thLidija Šunjerga37Unknown18thMirjana Frantal JadreškoUnknownPula, CroatiaUnknown17thIva Jerković23Zagreb, Croatia16thŠaneta Grbavac34Unknown15thSasha Pintar3114thDvina Meler28Zagreb, CroatiaUnknown13thTea Đurek3112thMladen GlavićUnknown11thVladimir Bambić45Zagreb, CroatiaUnknown10thMihajlo Popović269thFilip Filipović258thIvica JurinićUnknown7thTanja Troskot35Zadar, CroatiaUnknown6thMladen Kezele41Unknown5thSilvija ZelkoUnknown4thKristina Sesar25Zagreb, CroatiaUnknown3rdVedran Rubrik Šehić24UnknownRunner-UpVazmenko PervanUnknownWinnerMia Begović49Zagreb, CroatiaActressVIP: Costa Rica18thJelena Maćić44Belgrade, SerbiaMake-up artist17thAleksandra Nakova23Gevgelija, MacedoniaModel16thRadovan Stošić28Zagreb, CroatiaModel15thStanija Dobrojević27Ruma, SerbiaTV personality14thŽarko "Žare" Berber43Skopje, MacedoniaTV host13thNeven Ciganović42Zagreb, CroatiaStylist12thMarko Karadžić36Belgrade, SerbiaPolitician11thOgnjen Kajganić36Handball player10thMaja Lena Lopatny21Zagreb, CroatiaStudent9thAleksandra "Aleks" Grdić33Virovitica, CroatiaModel8thAva Karabatić24Split, CroatiaTV personality7thMartina Vrbos28Zagreb, CroatiaSinger6thKristina Bekvalac27Novi Sad, SerbiaFashion designer5thSebastijan Flajs29Samobor, CroatiaSnowboarder3rd runner-upNikola Šoć26Cetinje, MontenegroModel2nd runner-upMilan Gromilić33Belgrade, SerbiaBallet dancer1st runner-upVladimir "Vlada" Vuksanović24ModelWinnerSanja Močibob37Umag, CroatiaStudentDominican Republic25thIgor Lazić "Niggor"51Kotor, MontenegroRapper24thIvana Banfić52Zagreb, CroatiaSinger23rdIvona Koković31Prokuplje, SerbiaLife coach22ndKristian Rauch27Zagreb, CroatiaPersonal trainer21stHrvoje Habdija30Skipper20thRamiz Gusinac52Novi Pazar, SerbiaHairdresser19thViktor Bobić35Jablanovec, CroatiaGym owner18thJovana Tomić24Belgrade, SerbiaMolecular biologist17thIvana PečekZagreb, CroatiaFitness centre manager16th

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