| Survivor South Africa | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality competition |
| Created by | Charlie Parsons |
| Based on | Expedition Robinson/Survivor by Charlie Parsons |
| Presented by | Mark Bayly (Season 1-2) Nico Panagio (Season 3-present) |
| Starring | List of Survivor South Africa contestants |
| Country of origin | South Africa |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 147 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) (2006-2011, 2018) 70 minutes (inc. adverts) (2019) 90 minutes (inc. adverts) (2014) |
| Production companies | Strix (2006-2007), Endemol South Africa (2006-14), Afrokaans Film & Television (2018-22) |
| Original release | |
| Network | M-Net |
| Release | 3 September 2006 – 25 August 2022 |
| Related | |
| International versions | |
Survivor South Africa is a South African reality game show based on the popular international Survivor format.
As in all versions of the show, it features group of strangers who are marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide food, water, fire and shelter for themselves. The contestants will compete in challenges to earn either a reward, or an immunity from elimination. The contestants will be progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted-off by their fellow contestants until only one remains and is given the title "Ultimate Survivor" and be awarded the grand prize of R1 million. The 9th season, titled Return of the Outcasts , concluded on 25 August 2022. As of 25 July 2023, M-Net stated that there are no plans for additional seasons at the time. [1]
The first five seasons of the show were produced by Endemol and broadcast on M-Net. Since Season 6, the show has been produced by Afrokaans Film & Television.
The first two seasons were hosted by Mark Bayly, [2] and from the third season Nico Panagio took over the hosting duties. [3]
The show follows the same general format as the other editions of Survivor. To begin, the players are split into two or three tribes, are taken to a remote isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meagre supplies for a period of several weeks. Frequent physical and mental challenges are used to pit the tribes against each other for rewards, such as food or luxuries, or for immunity, forcing the other tribe to attend Tribal Council, where they must vote one of their tribemates out of the game by secret ballot.
About halfway through the game, the tribes are merged into a single tribe, and challenges are on an individual basis; winning immunity prevents that player from being voted out. Most players that are voted out during this stage become members of the Tribal Council Jury. When only two or three players remain, the Final Tribal Council is held. The finalists plead their case to the Jury as to why they should win the game. The jurors then have the opportunity to interrogate the finalists before casting their vote for which finalist should be awarded the title of "Ultimate Survivor" and wins the grand prize of R1 Million.
Like other editions of the show, the South Africa edition has introduced numerous adaptations, or twists, on the core rules to prevent players from over-relying on strategies that succeeded in prior seasons or other editions of the show. The titular Island of Secrets and the Immunity Island as well as The Outpost on Return of the Outcasts exile players for a predetermined amount of time while offering dilemmas and decisions that may help or hinder their game. Other twists include the non-playing Captains in Champions, kidnappings, tribe expansions and shuffles. There may also be twists that affect the game format for a particular round (such as the Tied Destinies twist included on Immunity Island) Voting advantages and disadvantages, and in the first season, Panama included Deadman's Island where contestants voted out after the merge was isolated from the game until an opportunity to return arose.
| No. | Season | Season premiere | Season finale | Location | Days | Castaways | Initial Tribes | Winner | Runner(s) up | Final vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Survivor South Africa: Panama | 3 September 2006 | 26 November 2006 | Pearl Islands, Panama | 29 | 14 | Two pre-determined tribes of seven | Vanessa Marawa | Jacinda Louw | 3-2 | |
2 | Survivor South Africa: Malaysia | 22 August 2007 | 14 November 2007 | Johor, Malaysia | 27 | 16 | Two tribes of eight, based on random draw in the marooning challenge. | Lorette Mostert | Grant Clarke | 3-2 | |
3 | Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina | 20 January 2010 | 21 April 2010 | Santa Carolina, Mozambique | 18 | Two tribes of nine Celebrities, determined by a schoolyard pick by two Exiled players. | Perle "GiGi" van Schalkwyk | Ashley Hayden | 6-3 | ||
4 | Survivor South Africa: Maldives | 24 February 2011 | 26 May 2011 | Addu Atoll, Maldives | 19 | Two tribes of nine, determined by two separate random draws between the 'Celebs' and 'Plebs'. A 10th "Pleb" was initially voted out before the 'Celebs' and 'Plebs' met. | Hykie Berg | Letshego Moshoeu | 8-3 | ||
5 | Survivor South Africa: Champions | 19 January 2014 | 18 May 2014 | Johor, Malaysia [4] | 20 | Two tribes of ten, selected in a schoolyard pick by two sporting champions acting as non-playing tribe captain. | Graham Jenneker | Buhle Madlala | Sivu Xabanisa | 5-3-2 | |
6 | Survivor South Africa: Philippines | 3 May 2018 | 16 August 2018 | El Nido, Palawan, Philippines [5] | 39 | 18 | Two pre-determined tribes of nine | Tom Swartz | Jeanne Michel | 6-1 | |
7 | Survivor South Africa: Island of Secrets | 16 May 2019 | 12 September 2019 | Samoa | 21 | Three pre-determined tribes of seven | Robert "Rob" Bentele | Nicole Capper | Durão Mariano | 6-4-0 | |
8 | Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island | 3 June 2021 | 16 September 2021 | Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa | 20 | Two tribes of ten, based on random draw | Nicole Wilmans | Anela Majozi | 8-1 | ||
9 | Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts | 18 July 2022 | 25 August 2022 | Sunshine Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa | Two tribes of ten returning players divided by past placements: Pre-Merge vs. Merge | Dino Paulo | Shane Hattingh | 7-2 | |||
| Continent | Locations | Season number(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa |  Eastern Cape | Wild Coast | 8 |
| Sunshine Coast | 9 | ||
 Mozambique | Santa Carolina | 3 | |
| Asia |  Malaysia | Johor | 2, 5 |
 Maldives | Addu Atoll | 4 | |
 Philippines | El Nido, Palawan | 6 | |
| Central America |  Panama | Pearl Islands | 1 |
| Oceania |  Samoa | Upolu | 7 |
The series airs on the following channels outside of Africa.
Survivor is a reality-competition television franchise produced in many countries around the world. The show features a group of contestants deliberately marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide basic survival necessities for themselves. The contestants compete in challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted out by their fellow contestants until only one remains to be awarded the grand prize and named the "Sole Survivor".
Survivor: Pearl Islands is the seventh season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. It was filmed from June 23, 2003, through July 31, 2003, and premiered on September 18, 2003. The season was filmed on the Pearl Islands, off the coast of Panama, and had a pirate culture theme. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of the usual 39 days of gameplay with 16 competitors.
Australian Survivor is an Australian adventure reality game show based on the international Survivor format. Following the premise of other versions of the Survivor format, the show features a group of contestants, referred to as "castaways" as they are marooned in an isolated location. The castaways must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in various challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted off the island by their fellow castaways. The final castaway remaining is awarded the title of "Sole Survivor" and the grand prize of A$500,000.
Survivor is a British adventure reality game show based on the international Survivor format. Following the premise of other versions of the Survivor format, the show features a group of contestants, referred to as "castaways" as they are marooned in an isolated location. The castaways must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in various challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted off the island by their fellow castaways. The final castaway remaining is awarded the title of "Sole Survivor" and a large monetary prize.
Survivor: All-Stars is the eighth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. It was filmed from November 3, 2003, through December 11, 2003, and premiered on February 1, 2004, after Super Bowl XXXVIII. It was filmed on the Pearl Islands of Panama, also the location of the previous season. Hosted by Jeff Probst, it consisted of the usual 39 days of gameplay with, for the first time, 18 returning competitors from the seven previous seasons instead of the usual 16 new contestants, and three tribes instead of the usual two.
Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina is the third season of the South African reality game show Survivor South Africa. The season was filmed in late 2009 and aired weekly between January and April 2010 on Wednesdays nights on M-Net with the ninety-minute live season finale airing on the 21, April 2010. M-Net also commissioned a 15th episode that had a look at the whole series with retrospective views from all the contestants. Hosted by Nico Panagio, the program featured 18 celebrity castaways competing for 27 days. The grand prize was a R500,000 donation to the winner's chosen charity and an additional R500,000 for the winner.
Survivor, formerly known as Survivor 10, is an Israeli reality competition game show based on the popular international Survivor television franchise. The series began in December 2007 and aired on Israeli's Channel 10 for 6 seasons. After legal issues between Channel 10 and Castaway Television, the series went on a three-year hiatus before returning in 2015 on Reshet. The show is hosted by actor and singer Guy Zu-Aretz.
Survivor South Africa: Maldives is the fourth season of the South African reality television show Survivor South Africa. It premiered on February 24, 2011, and concluded with a live finale on May 26, 2011. The season was filmed in the Addu Atoll of the island nation of the Maldives, and was the second season to be hosted by Nico Panagio.
Survivor Turkey is the Turkish version of the popular reality Survivor. This version of the show has aired on both Kanal D in 2005, and on Show TV in 2006, 2007, and 2010. From the beginning Survivor was a success in Turkey, however, the cost of producing the show proved to be too much for Kanal D and even Show TV could not afford to produce the show on a yearly basis. Because of production costs the show was put on hiatus in 2007 and was brought back three years later. The prize for the first seasons of the show was 150,000 euros, for the second and third seasons 250,000 euros, and 500,000 dollars for the fourth season.
Survivor Croatia is a Croatian reality game show based on the international Survivor format. Following the premise of other versions of the Survivor format, the show features a group of contestants, referred to as "castaways" as they are marooned in an isolated location. The castaways must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in various challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted off the island by their fellow castaways, or eliminated through challenges. The final castaway remaining is awarded the title of "Sole Survivor" and the grand prize.
Survivor South Africa: Champions is the fifth season of the South African reality competition show Survivor South Africa. The series was filmed in October 2013 and aired weekly between January and May 2014 on M-Net. This was the second season to be filmed in Johor state of Malaysia, following Survivor South Africa: Malaysia, and the third to be hosted by Nico Panagio.
Survivor NZ was a New Zealand reality game show based on the international Survivor format. The series premiered on 7 May 2017 on the TVNZ 2, which also holds the broadcast rights to Australian Survivor. The show was renewed for a second season filmed in early 2018 and released on April 22.
Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers is the 35th season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. This season featured 18 new players divided into three tribes based on a dominant perceived trait: "Heroes" (courage), "Healers" (compassion), and "Hustlers" (tenacity). The season premiered on September 27, 2017, and ended on December 20, 2017, when Ben Driebergen was named the winner over Chrissy Hofbeck and Ryan Ulrich in a 5–2–1 vote.
Survivor South Africa: Philippines is the sixth season of the South African reality competition show Survivor South Africa. The season was filmed in January and February 2018 in the Palawan province of the Philippines and aired weekly on M-Net from May 3, 2018, until the live finale on August 16, 2018, when Tom Swartz was crowned Sole Survivor over Jeanne Michel in a vote of 6-1. It was the fourth season hosted by Nico Panagio and was produced by Afrokaans Film & Television.
Survivor South Africa: Island of Secrets is the seventh season of the South African reality competition show, Survivor South Africa. This season was announced during the season finale of the previous season, Survivor South Africa: Philippines, on 18 August 2018, and applications to compete were accepted until 30 September 2018. The season was filmed in Samoa over 39 days from January to March 2019, and began airing on M-Net on 16 May 2019. The season concluded with a live finale and reunion on September 12, 2019, when Robert "Rob" Bentele was crowned Sole Survivor over Nicole Capper and Durão Mariano by a vote of 6-4-0 respectively. It was the fifth season hosted by Nico Panagio, and was produced by Afrokaans Film & Television.
Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island is the eighth season of the South African reality competition show, Survivor South Africa. Before the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa, this would have been the first time in the show's history that a third season ordered by M-Net would have aired in back-to-back years. Originally shelved due to budget and broadcast scheduling after the end of the seventh season, the show's social media announced a Season 8 audition call on 8 December 2019. Applications were open from then until the 20th of January 2020, with the season airing in the second half of 2020. Immunity Island was the sixth season hosted by Nico Panagio and was produced by Afrokaans Film & Television.
Survivor, also known as Survivor Tamil is an Indian adventure Tamil language reality television program in India based on the Swedish format Expedition Robinson created in 1997 by Charlie Parsons. The show was produced by Banijay Asia, the program was broadcast on Zee Tamil and streamed on ZEE5. The show was hosted by Arjun Sarja.
Survivor 1 is the first season of the popular Tamil-language reality show Survivor Tamil. The show is hosted by actor Arjun Sarja. The show was shot in a remote island in Zanzibar in the country of Tanzania east of Africa, with 18 celebrity contestants known as "castaways". The show was premiered on 12 September 2021 on Zee Tamil and uncut episodes were uploaded on Zee5. The season also featured interviews with the eliminated contestants on Zee5. The show ran for 91 days. The prize money for the winner was ₹1 crore (US$1,34,000).
Survivor 42 is the forty-second season of the American competition television series Survivor. The season premiered on March 9, 2022, on CBS in the United States and Global in Canada. It ended on May 25, 2022, when Maryanne Oketch was voted the Sole Survivor, defeating Mike Turner and Romeo Escobar in a 7–1–0 vote. With her victory, Oketch became the second Canadian castaway to win the game after Erika Casupanan from Survivor 41, the fifth castaway of African descent to win after Vecepia Towery from Survivor: Marquesas, Earl Cole from Survivor: Fiji, Jeremy Collins from Survivor: Cambodia, and Wendell Holland from Survivor: Ghost Island, and the second black female castaway to win after Towery.
Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts is the ninth season of the South African reality competition show, Survivor South Africa. Announced on 25 November 2021, the season was scheduled for broadcast on M-Net in July 2022. The season is the first all-returning player season of Survivor South Africa. Return of the Outcasts is the seventh season hosted by Nico Panagio and was produced by Afrokaans Film & Television, though only contestants from non-celebrity seasons/tribes during the Nico Panagio era returned, with no contestants from the first two seasons of the show returning. For this season, the grand prize was doubled to R2 million. The season premiered on 18 July 2022 airing four episodes a week, and the cast was announced on 5 June 2022; with the tribe division based upon if castaways had made it to the merge portion of their previous season or not. On the season finale, broadcast on 25 August 2022, Season 8 Pre-Merger, Dino Paulo, was crowned Sole Survivor in a 7-2 vote against Season 5 Post-Merger, Shane Hattingh.