Series like Survivor

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   Survivor New Zealand

   Same creator

   2017 · Reality

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   Kiwis will battle it out for the ultimate prize and title of "Sole Survivor". It's the ultimate test of physical, mental and emotional strength.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • strong shared themes: competition and island
   • shared network: Castaway Television Productions

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   Survivor South Africa

   Same creator

   2006 · Reality

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   The South African edition of the Survivor reality television game show format in which contestants are isolated in a remote location and progressively eliminated by the vote of their fellow contestants.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Robinson

   Same creator

   1997 · Reality

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   Expedition Robinson is a Swedish reality television program in which contestants are put into survival situations, and a voting process eliminates one person each episode until a winner is determined. The format was developed in 1994 by Charlie Parsons for a United Kingdom TV production company called Planet 24, but the Swedish debut in 1997 was the first production to actually make it to television.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • strong shared themes: fire and island
   • a closely matched era

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   Koh-Lanta

   Same creator

   2001 · Reality

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   Fourteen to eighteen contestants have to survive on an uninhabited island for 40 days (20 days in the special editions). It's up to them to find food to accompany the meagre ration of rice provided at the start of the adventure. They have to build a shelter to protect themselves from the elements (bad weather, insects, etc.) and maintain the fire that they managed to build or that they won in the first comfort test.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   The Amazing Race

   Similar atmosphere

   2001 · Reality

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   This reality competition sees teams embark on a trek around the world to amazing destinations where they must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical. Only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning the race and the $1 million prize.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared themes: competition and reality competition
   • a closely matched era

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   Survivor

   Same creator

   2023 · 60 min · Reality

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   18 people, carefully selected from across the UK, are marooned in a tropical location where they are divided into two tribes, competing against each other in a range of physical and mental challenges for reward or immunity. One by one, players are voted out of their tribes at the iconic Tribal Council until the two tribes eventually merge and the game becomes a head-to-head battle. Ultimately only one person can triumph, winning the cash prize of £100,000 and the title of Sole Survivor.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same creator
   • strong shared themes: competition and reality competition

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   Expeditie Robinson

   Same creator

   2000 · 66 min · Reality

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   A reality survival program in which BN'ers do battle with each other and the elements.

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   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Naked and Afraid XL

   Strong story similarity

   2015 · Reality

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   A group of the best survival experts in the world take on an un-survivable situation: 40 days. 40 nights. No food, water or clothes. To survive they'll need to master the environment, pushing far beyond the breaking point. Will even one be able to finish?

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared survival series style

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   Australian Survivor

   Same creator

   2002 · Reality

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   Inaugural Australian adaptation of the popular reality game show, Survivor, filmed in Whaler's Way, an Eyre Peninsula coastal nature reserve near Port Lincoln, South Australia in the Great Australian Bight.

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   • the same creator
   • strong shared themes: reality competition and sole survivor
   • a closely matched era

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    La isla de los famosos

    Same creator

    2004 · Reality

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    A group of celebrities from show business, art and sports in Colombia are abandoned on a desert island completely isolated from civilization. Without access to food, technology, or the comforts of their daily lives, participants must organize themselves into tribes to survive extreme weather conditions and get their own food.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era

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