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Well, this is a strange one if you're used to other versions of Survivor and just happen to speak Spanish. The story of Supervivientes goes like this - it first got tried out in 2000, but Telecinco thought the format was dull and needed to "be more Spanish" (read: have more petty arguments). Then they give it another shot the next year, let the format go to Antena 3, who completely overhaul it to play with celebrities, and it becomes a hit which Telecinco pinch back in 2006.

This isn't the Survivor you know. You need to keep at least one eye on Telecinco-friendly celebrity gossip to know what's going on. Oh - and celebrities get nominated to leave the island at Tribal Council, and are not automatically out of the game. Those who are voted out at Tribal get sent to the Limbo Beach, where they go up against the other residents in a public vote to stay. In other words, think more Big Brother in Honduras than Survivor.

Supervivientes, in terms of other formats, is Celebrity Big Brother + 1/2 of Survivor + a sprinkling of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. I also forgot to mention there's three episodes a week on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday nights.

Jorge Javier Vázquez and Carlos Sobera - the midweek hosts - are brilliant on this and adapt well to live TV. Neither of them expect viewers to know all the latest gossip and will gladly fill you in (i.e. This year's series featured quite a petty saga from 2020 about a contestant walking into a salon run by another). In fact, this series has been one of the best of late - casting absolutely nailed it for once and got a great group of celebs.

In short, it's a good show, and the escapism is there, but with a bad group of contestants it can be a slog.