Format

The concept is simple: eleven former Dutch footballers (among them Frank de Boer and Wesley Sneijder) sign up for a tropical adventure and are dropped into a remote tropical location in the Dominican Republic. There, they exchange their luxurious lives for a back-to-basics existence.
In football-inspired matches, the men – some of whom were once fierce rivals – must form alliances, battle the elements and prove who still has the determination to win, facing off in challenges that often push them far beyond their comfort zones. Relegation and promotion duels follow one another in rapid succession. Those who lose see their adventure come to an end, returning home without a contract.
It remains to be seen whether football forms part of the format’s core mechanics, as it appears to, and so it’s a real and interesting twist, or if it is merely a superficial addition to give identity to a well-worn theme, such as survival on a desert island.

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