This version of the show has aired on Spanish broadcast channels Telecinco, from 2000 to 2001 and 2006 to the present, Antena 3, from 2003 to 2005, and on laSiete from 2009 to 2014.
The show was originally commissioned by TVE under the name Supervivientes: Expedición Imposible, yet they shelved the programme after recording, upon seeing the furore attracted by Gran Hermano.
The show's crew is made up of 350 people - 150 stay in Madrid while 250 work on-set in Honduras.
Episodes usually include an immunity and reward challenge, yet these are done live and so do not take as much time as those in other versions.
Pasaporte a la isla (English: Passport to the island) was broadcast on Telecinco as a qualifying round for Supervivientes produced by Magnolia, aired in the Gran Hermano house.