The season premiered on 18 January 2020 on Kanal D.[1] Following the basic premise of other international versions of the format, it features a group of contestants who are marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves.

The players are split between two "tribes", are taken to a remote isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meager supplies for an extended period of time.

Frequent physical and mental challenges are used to pit the teams against each other for rewards, such as food or luxuries, or for "immunity", forcing the other tribe to attend "Tribal Council", where they must vote off one of their players.

The individual phase of the game occurred with 6 or 8 players left feature "semi-finals" and "finals", and consisted of a great marathon of tests (physical and logical) involving elements used throughout the season.

The series was filmed in Bocas del Toro, Panama and premiered on September 28, 2009, featuring 18 players (nine men and nine women), divided into three tribes of six based on their occupations and degree of success in life and it was hosted by Andrei Gheorghe.

At the time of airing, Rătăciți în Panama was the most expensive Romanian TV show ever produced, costing over €2,000,000 to make, roughly equal to US$3,300,000 in 2023.

The competition's finale ranked 8th, with an average audience of only 133,000 urban viewers (1.1 rating points), according to data published by Pagina de Media.

This series was announced by Pro TV on 23 December 2015 and was filmed in Caramoan, Camarines Sur, Philippines from June to July 2016.

Citing his reasons for leaving, Cruceru said flying back and forth to Dominican Republic "conflicted with [his] new projects"[12] On 6 January, it was announced that former television presenter and swimmer Daniel Pavel would be his replacement.

[13] The series launched on 9 January and ended on 10 July 2021, lasting over 180 days - the longest Romanian edition of Survivor to date.

[14] In September 2021, it was reported that Pro TV Studios were in talks with Acun Medya, who own the rights to Survivor România, to revive the show in 2022.

Survivor is already a successful show in Romania, but we will add a touch of what Pro TV represents, which guarantees top-class entertainment.

On September 29, 2022, Pro TV announced that Survivor România was given the green light to produce its fourth season in 2023.

[17] On 9 December 2023, Pro TV confirmed Survivor România All Stars, with the new series set to take place once again in Dominican Republic in 2024.

[41][42] Starting from Season 3, Survivor România is also available on Voyo, the subscription-based OTT streaming service of Pro TV in Romania.