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Expedition Robinson: The Aftertalk of the finale

Hooooly shit, guys. WE DID IT. The final. A whopping 32 episodes clean as a whistle (is that how you use that expression?), but then you really have something. In fact, you really have a lot. Namely a final with Robbert, Anouk, Do, and Britte. I'm not going to spend too many words on this intro, we just have to start. For the last time: let’s goooo.

1. Honestly: I was really a bit scared that this final would also last two episodes again. Or maybe even longer. But Nicolette and Kaj are at the table during Eilandpraat, I see in the preview, and they are also talking about one final and one winner.

2. Can someone play ‘This is the moment’? I'm just a bit nervous, man.

3. Yesss, I already love this episode. Kicking it off with Adele – Skyfall, of course. At the final of Expeditie Robinson, that’s just allowed.

4. By the way, I do wonder where those goats come from. Seriously, if I see how hungry they have been, those goats should be glad they didn't encounter any participants. They would have ended up over the fire anyway.

5. Funny how you really get used to the participants looking like this in the Expedition. When Anouk stepped out of the car all chic, I really had to look twice.

6. So there have been a total of 26 candidates. What a number.

7. That Anouk has really come a long way, I must say. So impressive that she actually made it to the final.

8. Honestly: Britte is right. If she had played it like a man, there would probably have been a lot less criticism. And well, however she did it, she’s in the final.

9. They really pulled out the full repertoire of dramatic songs for the final. ‘This is the end’ sounds pretty grim to me.

10. YES. Come on with that challenge. It looks mega intense. Bring. It. ON.

11. If even Nicolette, who is definitely the Robinson expert, says it was the toughest version ever, then we should just accept that. Especially when the participants even try to eat a stone, you know: this is hunger 2.0.

12. So nice that Sterrin also joins in. If I had even one percent of her positivity for the rest of my life, I would be completely content.

13. I’m really trying to read off the finalists at the table if someone is giving away any hints about the outcome, but I find it hard to gauge. So far, I’m betting on Robbert.

14. That Do is actually a quiet force. She has won four (!) individual challenges. Okay, I’m putting my money on her as the winner. Aaargh, I don’t know. Exciting, this.

15. So funny that Britte has played it quite slyly and tactically but has been cursing all season like the good girl in class.

16. Elimination race to the max, I must say. And it must be said: this is really a very cool challenge. Absolutely final-worthy.

17. WHUUT. You go, Robbert. Go go go goooo. Get everything out of that lead.

18. My god, they really managed to fix the tiniest little bowl ever for that challenge. No, this season of Expeditie Robinson really gives you nothing for free.

19. Robbert: ‘But I can see that my bucket is already hanging lower than those of the other girls.’ Love it. One of the girls.

20. Definitely a podium spot for him then. Holy shit, maybe he’s really going to win it. Although I really have no favorite anymore during this episode: they’re all pretty awesome, you know.

21. Oh god, this is really going to be a nail-biter, isn’t it? Oh no, Do’s half bucket goes aside. Oh noooo. Fourth place. Applause from my couch, Do: what a trooper.

22. Eh, excusez-moi? One hundred and fifty KILO stones?! Is this challenge going to take as long as the whole season or something? Just this element is already almost a full-time job.

23. YES, Robbertooooo. Holy shitballs, he is really shining in this challenge, I must say. Just smash that final and keep that lead. Douze points for Robbert.

24. It’s still hilarious that the challenge to get to the final was a game of memory and Jenga, and that this is the final challenge.

25. Wow wow wow, who is Chef Background Music? This way too intense classical bombast is a bit too much for me.

26. But this lead is just not normal? Nicolette can shout that ‘anything can still happen’, but I don’t believe that at all. Robbert is just Mister Expeditie Robinson 2021.

27. Do you see how Kaj is downgrading it too? ‘Robbert has a small lead.’ No. No, no, no: Robbert has a gi-gantic lead and he’s just going to take that final.

28. HAHA. ‘He was on target… But not good, huh?’ Always trying. Always trying.

29. YAAAA. What. Intense. GOOD. He just pulls that off. The youngest Robinson ever. And hitting that third just EQUAL to that second. I just want to type in caps lock. This is so much fun.

30. Fuck it, I’m pouring wine. Robbert, cheers. To you. Mister Expeditie Robinson 2021. And — let’s be honest — leaving the other two behind by a huge margin.

31. What was this ending? We’ve been watching this season for 86 years and the finalist literally gets ten seconds for a reaction? All the eliminated participants are extensively interviewed but the winner himself has to summarize how he feels in a maximum of two sentences. Well.

32. For the last time then: the funniest tweets in a row.