Survivor (franchise)

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Survivor
A recreation of the logo for the first U.S. Survivor season, Survivor: Borneo.
Created by	Charlie Parsons, Waheed Alli, Baron Alli and Planet 24
Original work	Expedition Robinson (Sweden)
Owner	Banijay[1]
Years	1997–present

Survivor is a reality-competition television franchise produced in many countries around the world. The show features a group of contestants deliberately marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide basic survival necessities for themselves. The contestants compete in challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted out by their fellow contestants until only one remains to be awarded the grand prize and named the "Sole Survivor".

The British television producer Charlie Parsons developed the format for Survivor in 1992 for Planet 24, a United Kingdom television production company; the Swedish version, which debuted in September 1997 as Expedition Robinson, became the first Survivor series to be broadcast on television. As of January 2024^[update], the flagship American version of Survivor has aired 45 seasons of the show since its launch in 2000; the 46th season premiering in February 2024.