Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina

Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina is the third season of the South African version of Survivor. The premiere aired on the 20th of January 2010.

42 year-old exotic dancer GiGi defeated 42 year-old TV presenter Ashley Hayden in a 6-3 vote, winning the R1 million prize.

Production
The season was filmed on the small island of, a member of the off the southern coast of. The castaways (eight women and ten men) lived amongst white sand beaches, coral reefs and buildings left abandoned by the, including a prison and a hotel. The two original tribes were named Chibudu and Timbila, after local words for "harmony" and "togetherness", and the merged tribe name, Kululama, means "strength."

The season was filmed between November and December 2009, and Nico Panagio replaced Mark Bayly as host.

Twists/Changes

 * Celebrities: Eighteen South African celebrities would battle for the prize of R1 million, half of which for a charity of their choice.
 * Separated Maroonings: The contestants were divided in two groups. One group with seven castaways were marooned on the beach to start building the camp, while the other groups, with the remaining eleven castaways were marooned at the desert, were they would get crates with items for the camp life. They would reunite later at day 1.
 * First Impressions: At day 1, before reunite with the other group, the group of eleven castaways were instructed to vote for the two members they think was the weakest of the group.
 * Schoolyard Pick: The two members voted as the weakest were taken away from the group to the Exile Island. Later that day, they were sent to meet the other contestants, were they would chose the tribes with a schoolyard pick.
 * Exile Island: After a reward challenge, the winner tribe would chose one member of the losing tribe to be sent to the Exile Island, were they would stay until the next Immunity Challenge.
 * Kiddnaping: The person chosen to be sent to the Exile Island would chose someone of the other tribe to "replace" them on their tribe while they were out.
 * Hidden Immunity Idols: On Hidden Immunity Idol were hidden in each camp. They must be played at Tribal Council before the votes were cast.
 * Capture: At day 13, the tribes were instructed to chose one ambassador to go to the other tribe and "capture" one of their members to live with them from that time on. They also had the right to get one valuable item of the other camp.
 * Tiebreaker: In an event of a tie vote, the votes cast against the players in question from previous Tribal Councils will be taken into account. The castaway that had more votes would be eliminated from the game. In case of being the first Tribal Council of the tribe or a tied number of votes or a, the "skull challenge" would take place. The castaways tied would counting sixty seconds. The castaways who end closest to a real one minute, would win, and the loser would be eliminated.

Castaways
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; font-size: 8pt;" ! colspan="2"| Contestant !Original Tribe !Post-Capture Tribe !Merged Tribe !Finish !Votes Against 35, Cape Town Lucinda Greyling Help Fund Day 3 43, Johannesburg South African Guide Dogs Association Day 3 29, Johannesburg Ithuteng Trust Day 6 28, Johannesburg WAG & The Chrysalis Foundation Day 6 35, Cape Town The Trust Day 9 29, Johannesburg The Wet Nose Animal Rescue Center Day 11
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 * align="left"|Christina Storm
 * align="left"|Christina Storm
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 * Quit
 * Quit
 * 0
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 * align="left"|Garth Collins
 * align="left"|Garth Collins
 * 1st Voted Out
 * 1st Voted Out
 * 7
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 * align="left"|Jub Jub
 * align="left"|Jub Jub
 * Quit
 * Quit
 * 1
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 * align="left"|Cindy Nell
 * align="left"|Cindy Nell
 * 2nd Voted Out
 * 2nd Voted Out
 * 8
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 * align="left"|Craig Jacobs
 * align="left"|Craig Jacobs
 * 3rd Voted Out
 * 3rd Voted Out
 * 5
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 * align="left"|Lady Lea
 * align="left"|Lady Lea
 * 4th Voted Out
 * 4th Voted Out
 * 6