Baltic Robinson 2001

Baltic Robinson: 2001, was the second version of Expedition Robinson, or Survivor to air in the Baltic region of Europe. This season premiered in October 2001 and aired until December 15, 2001. Like in the first season, the three tribes were divided based on the contestants country of origin. Along with this, each tribe was given the name of the country of its contestants origin in that country's native language. For an unknown reason there were only twelve contestants when this season started as opposed to the usual fifteen. When it came time for the merge a joker, Siiri Kuusmann from Estonia, entered the competition. As another twist, at the fifth tribal council two players were eliminated instead of the usual one. Due to the medical emergency that saw Vidmantas Lietuvninkas evacuation from the game, Linas Samaška from Lithuania became the first finalist of the season in episode eight. By the end of the same episode, Māris Sveiduks also became a finalist when the only other contestant from Latvia that remained, Anna Steina, was voted out at tribal council. As Māris won the final immunity challenge in episode nine, he and he alone would vote to determine who of Siiri Kuusmann and Viive Rižski would be the finalist from Estonia and the final contestant through to the final. When it came time for the final a combination of votes cast by jurors, votes cast by the public, and penalty votes from plank decided the winner. Ultimately, Māris Sveiduks of Latvia who won the season with just 2 votes against him, the runner up was Estonian Siiri Kuusmann with 13 votes against her and the second runner up was Lithuanian Linas Samaška with 19 votes against him.

On April 15, 2011 Estonian representative Urmas Heinmaa died in his sleep. At the time of his death Heinmaa was 48.

Finishing order

Contestant	Original Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish
Urmas Heinmaa 38, Tallinn	Eesti		1st Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day ?
Ieva Vizbaraite 19, Vilnius	Lietuva		2nd Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day ?
Lāsma Stale 19, Riga	Latvija		3rd Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day ?
Vaida Blistrubiene 30, Mažeikiai	Lietuva		4th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day ?
Helena-Reet Ennet 22, Tallinn	Eesti	Robinson	5th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day ?
Allan Prooso 29, Tallinn	Eesti		6th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day ?
Oskārs Brambergs 26, Riga	Latvija		7th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day ?
Vidmantas Lietuvninkas 44, Tauragė	Lietuva		Evacuated 8th Jury Member Day ?
Anna Steina 28, Riga	Latvija		8th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day ?
Viive Rižski 45, Tallinn	Eesti		9th Voted Out 10th Jury Member Day ?
Linas Samaška 23, Kaunas	Lietuva		2nd-Runner-Up Day ?
Siiri Kuusmann 25, Tallinn			Runner-Up Day ?
Māris Šveiduks 41, Liepāja	Latvija		Sole Survivor Day ?

Voting history

		Original Tribes				Merged Tribe
Episode #:		2	3	4	5	6		7	8		9	Reunion
Eliminated:		Urmas 3/4 votes	Ieva 3/4 votes	Låsma 3/4 votes	Vaida 2/3 votes	Helena-Reet 5/8 votes	Allan 3/8 votes	Oskārs 4/7 votes	Vidmantas No vote	Anna 3/5 votes	Viive 1/1 vote	Linas 19/34 votes	Siiri 13/34 votes	Māris 2/34 votes
Voter		Vote
	Māris			Låsma		Allan		Oskārs		Anna	Viive	Jury vote
	Siiri	Not in game						Oskārs		Anna
	Linas		Ieva		Vaida	Helena-Reet		Vidmantas		Anna	Immune
	Viive	Urmas				Helena-Reet		Oskārs		Siiri		Linas
	Anna			Låsma		Allan		Oskārs		Māris		Linas
	Vidmantas		Ieva		Vaida	Helena-Reet		Viive					Siiri
	Oskārs			Låsma		Helena-Reet		Māris				Linas
	Allan	Urmas				Helena-Reet						Linas
	Helena-Reet	Urmas				Allan						Linas
	Vaida		Ieva		Linas								Siiri
	Låsma			Māris								Linas
	Ieva		Linas										Siiri
	Urmas	Viive										Linas

	Merged Tribe
Episode #:	Reunion
Country	Vote
Estonia	Linas(x4)		Māris(x2)
Latvia	Linas(x2)	Siiri(x4)
Lithuania	Linas(x4)	Siiri(x2)

^1 As Siiri was new in episode six, she was not permitted to vote or be voted for at the fifth tribal council.

^2 As Linas and Siiri both lost plank, they each had additional votes against them at the final tribal council. The public of each country was also voting to give additional votes to two of the three finalists. The finalist who placed first in the polls in each country would receive four votes against them, the person who placed second would receive two votes against them, and the person who placed third would receive no additional votes.

External links

• (Official Site Archive)