supernatural
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drama
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television series shot in the style of a reality television show where 16 contestants must survive in the Siberian territory of
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* The Tunguska event, a catastrophic explosion over Siberia in 1908.
Places
* Rivers in Russia:
** Upper Tunguska, an old name of the lower course of the Angara, tributary of the Yenisey
** ...
. Shortly after arrival, the contestants notice strange things and are abandoned by the production of the reality show. The show was filmed in
Birds Hill Provincial Park
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just north of
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, Canada. It premiered on
NBC
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on July 1, 2013.
It was met with generally favorable reviews from critics and viewers, with average viewership per episode coming in around 2.03 million viewers. The first season concluded on September 16, 2013. The show was independently financed and only licensed to NBC and therefore has not been officially cancelled. The producers were, at one point, in talks to renew the series either on NBC or another platform. Siberia was re-aired on June 25, 2020 on Tubi.
Premise
Sixteen reality-show contestants, each hoping to win $500,000, arrive in a Siberian forest to take part in a reality show. Two are immediately eliminated, and fourteen settle in for the contest. The unexpected death of a fellow contestant throws them off, but they eventually all accept it as an accident. Strange events continue to happen, and when a contestant is injured and no help arrives, they realize they will have to band together to survive in a land they do not understand. More unusual events happen that parallel the ones natives experienced 100 years earlier during the
Tunguska event
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.
The show is described as having a "''
Lost
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''-meets-'' Survivor'' premise", and is compared to ''
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* Joyce Giraud as Joyce, an actress hired to play the role of Carolina, a bartender from Bogota, Colombia.
* Johnny Wactor as Johnny, a competitive bull rider from Jedburg, SC.
* Esther Anderson as Esther, a model from
Melbourne, Australia
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Podgorica, Montenegro
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* Daniel David Sutton as Daniel, a computer programmer from
Royalton, MN
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* Neeko O.J. Skervin as Neeko, a professional rugby player from
London, United Kingdom
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* Irene Yee as Irene, a fashion designer from
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* Sam Dobbins as Sam, a bouncer from
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* Sabina Akhmedova as Sabina, a retired soldier from Haifa, Israel.
* Natalie Ann Scheetz as Natalie, a veterinary assistant from Santa Barbara, CA
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Anne-Marie Mueschke
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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, Canada
* George Dickson as George, an accountant from
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* Thomas Mountain as Tommy, an environmental activist from
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* Berglind Icey as Berglind, a journalist from Reykjavik, Iceland.
* Harpreet Turka as Harpreet, a graduate student from Washington, D.C.
* Jonathon Buckley as Jonathon, the host.
Episodes
Reception
On
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season 1 has a score of 55% based on reviews from 11 critics. On
Metacritic
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it has a score of 53% based on reviews from 5 critics.
DVD releases
On March 11, 2014
Lions Gate Entertainment
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released ''Siberia - Season one'' on DVD in Region 1 with all 11 episodes on a 3-disc set.