Posledniy Geroy

Posledniy Geroy
Franchise Information
Language(s)	Russian
Executive Producer(s)	Stanislav Solovkin
Presenter(s)	Channel One (Season 1-Season 6) TV-3 (Season 7-present)
Host(s)	Sergey Bodrov, Jr. (Season 1) Dmitriy Pevtsov (Season 2) Nikolay Fomenko (Season 3) Aleksandr Domogarov (Season 4, Serdtse Afriki) Vladimir Menshov (Season 5) Ksenia Sobchak (Season 6) Yana Troyanova (Season 7-9) Ksenia Borodina (Season 10-)
Theme Music Composer	Russ Landau (2000-2009)
Running Time	~54 minutes
Series Run	November 17, 2001 - March 1, 2009 Revival series: 2019-present

Last Hero (Russian: Последний герой Poslednij geroj) is the Russian version of Survivor. The first season premiered on November 17, 2001, with the sixth and final season ending on March 1, 2009. One unofficial adaptation was also produced, airing between November 2005 and March 2006.

History

The format of the show varies slightly from season to season, but the basic principles remain the same as those introduced in Expedition Robinson 1997. The castaways are divided into two tribes, who live in camps on different islands.

On the second day of each three day cycle, the tribes compete in a Reward Challenge for privileges, such as food, survival equipment, or messages from home. On the third day, teams compete in an Immunity Challenge for a totem that gives the tribe immunity. The tribe that loses attends Tribal Council, where someone is voted out via a secret ballot.

Once half the castaways remain, the tribes merge. This is preceded by negotiations between ambassadors from each tribe who choose which of the two camps the merged tribe will live on and come up with a new name for it. Once merged, the challenges become individual, and the merged tribe attends Tribal Council together. The three day cycle format continues until the final five. From this point, a vote occurs every day until the Final Two is formed. They then attend the Final Tribal Council, where the jury, made up of people eliminated from the merged tribe, vote for a winner, known as "The Last Hero".

The struggles to win challenges often generated conflicts, conspiracies and splits in the tribes, with alliances being a common theme in the series.

Seasons

Season	Tribes	Number of Days	Number of Castaways	Filming Location	Filming Dates	Season Run	Sole Survivor
Posledniy Geroy 1	Lizards Turtles Sharks	39	16	Bocas del Toro, Panama	October 3, 2001 - November 10, 2001	November 17, 2001 - February 9, 2002	Sergey Odintsov
2: Malayziya	Elephants Monkeys Tigers	41	20	Borneo, Malaysia	July 9, 2002 - August 18, 2002	October 5, 2002 - December 28, 2002	Veronika Norkina
3: Vse Zvyozdy	Barracudas Pelicans Crocodiles	39	19	Dominican Republic	???	February 1, 2003 - April 26, 2003	Vladimir Presnyakov
4: Konets Igry	Iguanas Scorpions Boas	34	20	Panama	???	October 11, 2003 - December 27, 2003	Yana Volkova
5: Superigra	Heroes Stars Pirates The Last Hero	39	19	Pearl Islands, Panama	September 2, 2004 - October 10, 2004	October 2, 2004 - December 25, 2004	Aleksandr Matveev
6: Zabytyje v Rayu	Fire Water Terra Incognita	37	21	Bocas del Toro, Panama	September 15, 2008 - October 21, 2008	November 16, 2008 - March 1, 2009	Vladimir Lysenko
7: Ostatsya Lyudmi		39	16	Palawan, Philippines		March 2, 2019 - May 25, 2019	Anfisa Chernykh
Posledniy Geroy 8		39	16			February 8, 2020 - May 2, 2020	Nadezhda Angarskaya
Posledniy Geroy 9	Beginners Champions Heroes	39	17	Zanzibar, Tanzania	January 2021 - February 2021	February 6, 2021 - May 1, 2021	Roman Nikkel
10: Ostatsya Semyoy	Elephants Tigers Scorpions	30	14	Thailand		October 28, 2023 - December 30, 2023	Alexey Lukin
11: Russkiy Sezon	Bears Wolves Snow Leopards	30	14	Lake Teletskoye, Altai Mountains, Russia		June 29, 2024 - August 31, 2023	Dmitriy Konyshev

Unofficial Adaptations

Season	Tribes	Number of Days	Number of Castaways	Filming Location	Filming Dates	Season Run	Sole Survivor
Serdtse Afriki	River Sand Sun	48	18	South Africa	October 6, 2005 - November 22, 2005	November 13, 2005 - March 11, 2006	Conan Alexeev

Trivia

• Ukrainian and Belarusian citizens could apply for the first two seasons.