Survivor Spain (In Spanish: Supervivientes) is the Spanish version of the popular reality series Survivor. This version of the show has aired on Spanish broadcast channels Telecinco, from 2000 to 2001 and 2006 to the present, Antena 3, from 2003 to 2005, and on laSiete from 2009 to 2014.
Throughout its time on air in Spain, Survivor has gone by many names. From 2000 to 2001 it was known as Supervivientes: Expedicion Robinson, a show that closely followed the American version of the program. From 2003 to 2004 it was known as La isla de los FamoS.O.S, which, unlike its previous incarnation, resembled more of a Big Brother format and included celebrities as contestants (this format would be carried over to all future versions of the show). In 2005, it was known as Aventura en África and since 2006 it has been called Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras or, simply, Supervivientes.
The show was originally commissioned by TVE under the name Supervivientes: Expedición Imposible, yet they shelved the programme after recording, upon seeing the furore attracted by Gran Hermano. After Gran Hermano eventually became a runaway hit, Telecinco immediately picked it up. For many years afterwards, the castaways were indeed nicknamed "Robinsones" as a legacy of the prerecorded first series.
Supervivientes has stayed in Honduras since 2011, however on Telecinco the show previously went to Panama, the Seychelles, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua; while the show went to the Dominican Republic (twice), Brazil and Kenya on Antena 3. The show's filming in Honduras has been the subject of a legal case at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. In the 2025 Comunidad Garífuna de Cayos Cochinos y sus miembros v Honduras case, this Court ruled that the restriction of access to the beaches while Supervivientes was being filmed there, constituted a violation of the human rights of the Indigenous Garífuna of Cayos Cochinos.Caso Comunidad Garífuna de Cayos Cochinos y sus miembros v Honduras (IACtHR), https://jurisprudencia.corteidh.or.cr/es/vid/1099208830
The show's crew is made up of 350 people - 150 stay in Madrid while 250 work on-set in Honduras. The show was made into a Wii game in 2009.
Format and rules
Spanish Survivor followed the format of the American Survivor initially.
Aside from its original format, all subsequent versions of the Spanish version have followed a different set of rules closer to the Italian version, that have included a public vote, nominations, evictions, and a winner chosen by the public. The prize for the winner has varied from season to season depending on the show's current format: for the first two editions, the prize was valued in pesetas, and thereafter in euros.
The show generally gives the castaways a couple of weeks to settle in before evictions start. Episodes usually include an immunity and reward challenge, yet these are done live and so do not take as much time as those in other versions. The general rule of thumb for evictions is that multiple castaways are nominated by the cast, and one castaway (usually the immunity winner, but in some years it has been the nominated castaway) will nominate someone else to go up against in a public vote.
Spanish Survivor seasons Telecinco NoSeriesLocationHostsReleaseDaysCastaways (n.º)ResultSeries averageGalasOn setDebates (Conexión Honduras)Tierra de nadiePremiere dateFinale dateWinnerPrize1Supervivientes: Expedición Robinson 2000Bastimentos, PanamaJuanma López Iturriaga 10 September 20003 December 20004916Xavier Monjonell10,000,000 Pts2.88 million2Supervivientes: Expedición Robinson 2001North and Silhouette Islands, SeychellesPaco LobatónJuanma López Iturriaga16 September 200120 December 20019616Alfredo Freddy Cortina20,000,000 Pts3.35 million7Supervivientes: Perdidos en el Caribe (2006)Samaná, Dominican RepublicJesús VázquezJosé María Íñigo2 May 200611 July 20067113Carmen Russo€200,0003.31 million8Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2007)Cayos Cochinos, HondurasMario PicazoLucía Riaño19 April 200728 June 20077113Nilo Manrique3.32 million9Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2008)Mario PicazoEmma García17 January 200827 March 20087113Miriam Sánchez3.52 millionÓscar Martínez*10Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2009)Mario PicazoDaniel Domenjó19 March 200911 June 20098515Maite Zúñiga2.91 millionChristian Gálvez*11Supervivientes: Perdidos en Nicaragua (2010)Lime Cay-Pearl Keys, NicaraguaJesús VázquezEva GonzálezEmma García6 May 201025 July 20108120María José Fernández2.37 million12Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2011)Cayos Cochinos, HondurasJorge Javier VázquezRaquel Sánchez-SilvaChristian Gálvez5 May 201128 July 20118519Rosa Benito3.69 million13Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2014)Álvaro de la Lama17 March 201427 May 20147222Abraham García2.96 million14Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2015)Lara ÁlvarezRaquel Sánchez-Silva16 April 201512 July 20158817Christopher Mateo3.35 million15Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2016)Sandra Barneda21 April 201612 July 20168316Jorge Díaz3.08 million16Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2017)Jorge Javier Vázquez20 April 201720 July 20179216José Luis Losa2.90 million17Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2018)15 March 201814 June 20189217Sofía Suescun3.31 million18Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2019)Jordi GonzálezCarlos Sobera25 April 201918 July 20198518Omar Montes3.51 million19Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2020)Jordi González20 February 20204 June 202010517Jorge Pérez3.49 millionSonsoles Ónega20Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2021)Jordi González8 April 202123 July 202110616Olga Moreno2.35 million21Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2022)Ion Aramendi21 April 202228 July 20229916Alejandro Nieto2.09 million22Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2023)Jorge Javier VázquezLaura Madrueño2 March 202329 June 202312019Bosco Martínez-Bordiú1.64 millionCarlos Sobera*23Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2024)Jorge Javier VázquezSandra Barneda7 March 202418 June 202410420 Pedro García Aguado1.47 million24Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2025) 6 March 2025 17 June 2025 104 21 Borja González 1.47 million25Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2026)Maria LamelaIon Aramendi5 March 2026 11 June 2026 98 22 Maica Benedicto ?
* Filled in when usual presenter was unavailable.
All Stars Editions NoSeriesLocationHostsReleaseDaysCastaways (n.º)ResultSeries averageGalasOn setDebates (Conexión Honduras)Tierra de nadiePremiere dateFinale dateWinnerPrize1Supervivientes: All StarsCayos Cochinos, Honduras Jorge Javier Vázquez Laura Madrueño Sandra Barneda Carlos Sobera 20 June 202428 July 20243910Marta Peñate €50,0001.31 million2Supervivientes: All Stars 2 Jorge Javier Vázquez 4 September 2025 30 October 2025 57 14 Rubén Torres 1.02 million
Antena 3 NoSeasonLocationHostsReleaseDaysCastaways (n.º)ResultSeries averageStudioOn-setDebatesPremiere dateFinale dateWinnerPrize3La Isla de los FamoS.O.S. 1Dominican RepublicAlonso CaparrósPaula Vázquez 23 January 200327 February 2003369Daniela Cardone€60,0002.49 million4La Isla de los FamoS.O.S. 2Nuria Roca7 May 200325 June 20035017Felipe López€200,0002.39 million5La Selva de los FamoS.O.S.Brazil14 January 200410 March 20045717Canales Rivera€60,0002.46 million6Aventura en ÁfricaKenyaAlicia Ramírez11 January 200515 March 20056419Víctor Janeiro2.53 million
Pasaporte a la isla Pasaporte a la isla (English: Passport to the island) was broadcast on Telecinco as a qualifying round for Supervivientes produced by Magnolia, aired in the Gran Hermano house. A spin-off of Supervivientes, the prize was a spot to participate in Supervivientes 2016.
NoSeriesLocationLaunch dateFinale dateDaysContestants (n.º)WinnersThe Grand PrizeSeries average1Pasaporte a la islaGuadalix de la Sierra19 July 201531 August 20154413Cristian NietoM.ª Carmen Torrecillas€20,0001.29 million
References
External links (Official Site)