Baltic Robinson: 2001, was the second version of Expedition Robinson, or Survivor to air in the Baltic region of Europe. This season premiered on 6 October 2001 and aired until December 15, 2001.[1]

Baltic Robinson 2001
Season 2
Presented byEmil Rutiku
Pauls Timrots
Vytautas Kernagis
No. of days40
No. of castaways13
WinnerMāris Šveiduks
Runners-upSiiri Kuusmann
Linas Samaška
LocationMalaysia
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkTV3 (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
Original releaseOctober 6 (2001-10-06) –
December 15, 2001 (2001-12-15)
Season chronology
← Previous
2000
Next →
2002

Season summary

edit

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.[2]

Finishing order

edit
Contestant Original
Tribe
Merged
Tribe
Finish
Urmas Heinmaa
38, Pärnu
Eesti 1st Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 3
Ieva Vizbaraite
19, Vilnius
Lietuva 2nd Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 4
Lāsma Štāle
19, Riga
Latvija 3rd Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 6
Vaida Blistrubiene
30, Mažeikiai
Lietuva 4th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day ?
Helena-Reet Ennet
22, Tartu
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 Šteina
28, Riga
Latvija 8th Voted Out
9th Jury Member
Day ?
Viive Rižski
45, Viimsi
Eesti 9th Voted Out
10th Jury Member
Day ?
Linas Samaška
23, Kaunas
Lietuva 2nd-Runner-Up
Day 40
Siiri Kuusmann
25, Tallinn
Runner-Up
Day 40
Māris Šveiduks
41, Liepāja
Latvija Sole Survivor
Day 40

On April 15, 2011 Estonian representative Urmas Heinmaa died in his sleep. At the time of his death Heinmaa was 48.[3]

Voting history

edit
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 votes1
Allan
3/8 votes1
Oskārs
4/7 votes
Vidmantas
No vote
Anna
3/5 votes
Viive
1/1 vote
Linas
19/34 votes2
Siiri
13/34 votes2
Māris
2/34 votes2
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.

References

edit
  1. ^ Michelson, Tarmo (15 August 2001). "Jürgensonid ja Robinsonid rebivad televaatajate pärast". Õhtuleht. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  2. ^ "Māris Šveiduks kļūst par Baltijas Robinsonu 2001". Delfi. 15 December 2001. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  3. ^ "Gossip.ee - Meie seast lahkus Robinsoni saatest tuntuks saanud ärimees ning Prantsuse võõrleegionis teeninud Urmas Heinmaa". www.gossip.ee. Archived from the original on 2011-04-30.
edit