Swedish Reality TV Shows

The first season of Sweden's Idol premiered in August 2004 and continued until its grand finale on 26 November. It is a spin off of Britain's Pop Idol.

Expedition Robinson is a Swedish reality television program in which contestants are put into survival situations, and a voting process eliminates one person each episode until a winner is determined. The format was developed in 1994 by Charlie Parsons for a United Kingdom TV production company called Planet 24, but the Swedish debut in 1997 was the first production to actually make it to television.

Swedish version of the reality show in which six women and six men are thrown together to survive as farmers without the luxuries of running water, electricity and mobile telephones.

Melodifestivalen (direct translation: The Melody Festival) is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). The competition is a six part tour (5 heats + the final) with stops in cities across Sweden to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen is also known informally as "Mello", or internationally as "Melfest".

Ten famous Swedes leave their comfortable everyday lives behind to push their limits to the absolute max—all to become even better versions of themselves.

A group of hot singles check into a luxury hotel in Mexico. Prepare for love, partying, betrayal and tears. Half a million kronor is at stake and anything can happen in paradise.

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Five celebrities spend five days together on a castle somewhere in Sweden. Each episode (or day) centres around one of them. This person decides what to to and eat. The others get the chance to ask questions about this persons life and career.

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A Swedish sport competition based on "Eeuwige roem" (Eternal Glory.)

"Så mycket bättre" is the Swedish version of the format "Beste Zangers". This is asinging reality show where each artist attempts to do their own version of another artists well-known songs, with each person getting an episode featuring all of their songs being performed by the other musicians. The artists spend eight days together at a hotel in Gotland, where they attempt to put their own stamps on the songs.

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The artist Pernilla Wahlgren opens up the doors to her luxurious home on Lidingö and invites us to follow her crazy, funny, messy everyday life filled with love, emotions and a bit of chaos - glitter and glamour is mixed with sweatpants and family bickering.

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A Swedish version of the British genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, where famous people are searching for truths and hidden stories about their family history.

The program follows the two presenters as they "live" in a certain time period. They dress up in period accurate clothes, and live life as you would in that certain time period with a large emphasis on the food. Each program features a guest chef who prepares period accurate food.

Six famous Swedes embark on the greatest adventure of their lives - a voyage across the Atlantic. 500 miles on the high seas. Surrendered to the forces of the weather - and each other.

Antikrundan is the Swedish version of the original BBC format Antiques Roadshow. The show visits different locations in Sweden and lets people bring their antiques to be valued by experts. It remains popular and often has more than 2 million viewers. The 19th season was shown in 2009. Most of the experts have been with the programme since the start. Jesper Aspegren was the original host. He left in 1999 and was succeeded by Anne Lundberg. Antikrundan started out as a coproduction between SVT Malmö and the BBC where the Antiques Roadshow would visit Scandinavia for two programmes. Antikrundan premiered in August 1989 on TV2 and has since been shown on SVT every year. Antiques Roadshow is shown on BBC Lifestyle and TV8 in Sweden.

The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.

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Allt för Sverige is a Swedish reality show based on the original Norwegian format Culture Shock:Norway. The first season of Allt för Sverige premiered on Sveriges Television SVT1 on October 30, 2011, and the last episode aired on December 18, 2011. The series is about Swedish Americans who return to their Swedish roots. In the program, they give the participants more about their families but in each episode one in the group must leave the show and therefore know less about their ancestry.

What happens when you choose to realize your big dream of a house? How does that affect your life and relationships? In eight programs we follow eight dreams of houses - villas, penthouses, new buildings and renovations.

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Exciting murder mystery game where participants are put to tough psychological tests to figure out who the traitors are. Tip: Don't trust anyone!

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Six singles who have tried everything in the search for great love are matched by a team of experts. In front of the television cameras, they will then get married, even though they have never met before. The couple will live as husband and wife for four weeks. If love arises, the experiment has been successful, if not - they must divorce. Could an arranged marriage be the way to great love?

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Contestants voted out from "Robinson", the Swedish version of Survivor, receive a chance to return to the main competition by surviving the harsh conditions of the borderland.

Heroes of the road gives us a unique look into how it looks on the roads of Stockholm County. We follow the people that every day works to get the traffic to flow as safely and efficiently as possible - salvagers, operators and road assistance, when they try to create order in the traffic chaos of Stockholm.

High Chaparall is a Swedish television program which first aired in 2003 on the Kanal 5 network. The show is an interview/adventure series featuring the Swedish comedy duo of Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson. Although the pair continued to be provocative, this program proved to be less controversial than their previous television work and ultimately became much more successful. The team is known popularly in Sweden as simply "Filip and Fredrik."

Sommarkrysset is a Swedish television program that is broadcast live from the Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm during summer. It was first shown on June 3, 2005. The program consists of live performances by famous artists in front of a live audience while viewers can call in and win a certain amount of money. To have the chance to win this money, the viewer first has to figure out a word which is derived by entering the answers to questions on a piece of graph paper with 5x5 squares like a crossword. The program is produced by Baluba Television after a TV-format created by Baluba. The Lotto draw is usually broadcast live with Ulrika Bengtsson as a presenter, although others have presented the draw at times. Over a longer period, Annika Duckmark has been a regular presenter.

Ten of Sweden's best comedians compete to make each other laugh, without bursting into laughter themselves. Anyone who can't keep up goes out of the competition where 500,000 SEK for charity is at stake. All under the direction of Eva Röse.

The dating program where participants must win both the audience and their potential partners' hearts. Love-minded singles gather to date in an irresistible paradise environment - everyone hoping to meet the right one.

Swedish celebrities Jocke & Jonna's journey exploring well-known haunted places around Sweden and Europe

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