Expedition Robinson 2001 (Switzerland)

Expedition Robinson 2001 (Switzerland) is the unaired third season of Expedition Robinson (Switzerland). 
While the season was never released, it was revealed in articles that Carole Haari defeated Thomas Gerster to become the Sole Survivor.https://www.nzz.ch/article9FJL5-ld.291953?reduced=trhttps://web.archive.org/web/20100307024532/http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/fernsehen/Expedition-Robinson--was-weiter-geschah/story/19613577
==Production==
Expedition Robinson was filmed in , , for the third consecutive time. However, the Tribal Council this season was different. Additionally, the prize for the winner was increased to CHF 150,000, roughly equivalent to US$90,000 at the time. Filming began in October 2001 and ended in November.
===Cancellation===
A mere three days before filming concluded, the production team received news that , the private channel that aired the series, was getting discontinued due to financial reasons, meaning that Expedition Robinson had been canceled.
Despite this, the season did continue as intended, and the winner still received the prize money. However, the contestants weren't informed about the show's cancellation. Additionally, 13 episodes were still made.
Despite the hopes that the show could get resold, the season was never broadcasted. Silvan Grütter, the host of Expedition Robinson, got a copy of all 13 episodes. , one of the two owners of TV3, received the season's footage. In 2018, , a Swiss free daily newspaper, announced that it owned the season and showed a trailer containing all 14 castaways.https://www.20min.ch/story/wir-suchen-diese-robinson-kandidaten-494267049300https://web.archive.org/web/20100307024532/http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/fernsehen/Expedition-Robinson--was-weiter-geschah/story/19613577
==Twists/Changes==
* Fewer Contestants: The game started with only 14 contestants, four fewer than the previous season.
* Increased Prize Money: For this season, the winner received CHF 150,000.
==Castaways==
Contestant	Contestant 	 	 	Finish	VotesAgainst
Contestant	Contestant 	Original Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish	VotesAgainst
 	Melanie Halbauer36 	? 	? 	 	?
 	Dominik Kurmann22 	? 	? 	 	?
 	Dusan Rast33 	? 	? 	 	?
 	Fabienne Gutjahr25 	? 	? 	 	?
 	Jürg Wetter36 	? 	? 	 	?
 	Markus Marty26 	? 	? 	 	?
 	Milton Gonçalves27 	? 	? 	 	?
 	Myrijam Knüsel32 	? 	? 	 	?
 	Ralph Markwalder28, Truck Driver	? 	? 	 	?
 	Svenja Greiff20 	? 	? 	 	?
 	Zoë Zbinden25 	? 	? 	 	?
 	Simone Winistörfer28 	? 	? 	 	?
 	Thomas Gerster25 	? 	? 	 	?
 	Carole Haari23 	? 	? 	 	?
==Season Summary==
==Voting History==
==Trivia==
* With only 14 contestants, Expedition Robinson 2001 (Switzerland) features the fewest number of castaways in Expedition Robinson (Switzerland).
==References==
Category:Expedition Robinson (Switzerland)
Category:Expedition Robinson (Switzerland) Seasons
Category:Expedition Robinson 2001 (Switzerland)
Category:Seasons
Category:Seasons with a reused location