In the fall of 1998 TV3 purchased the broadcast rights to air their own version of Expedition Robinson.
The Robinson format was developed by Planet 24, a British TV production company owned by Charlie Parsons and Bob Geldof.
Their company Castaway Television Productions retained the rights to the concept when they sold Planet 24 in 1999.
Mark Burnett later licensed the format to create the American show Survivor in 2000.
Sixteen contestants are put into a survival situation and compete in a variety of physical challenges.