Perlé "GiGi" Van Schalkwyk is the Ultimate Survivor of Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina.
An underdog from the beginning of the season, GiGi's general likeability allowed her to coast through to the merge, where her Chibudu tribe found itself down in numbers. Not to be deterred, GiGi hung on until she made a fortuitous women's alliance with Ashley Hayden and former tribemate Sade Giliberti. Together, the women covertly controlled the merged tribe until the final four, where GiGi turned on Sade before being picked by Ashley to enter the Final Two. In contrast to Ashley's extensive record of betrayals, GiGi was viewed as the more congenial finalist and won the jury vote 6-3.
Profile[]
Retrieved from mnet.co.za
Claim to Fame: GiGi is most well known as the owner of The Lollipop Lounge - an exotic dance club in Randburg, Johannesburg. She might have danced her way into the limelight with voluptuous moves, but as a trained actress she's also stunned audiences with her phenomenally successful stage productions, Nipplecaps and G-strings and Whore and recently appeared on the big screen in Poena is Koning.
Age: 40s
Home Life: Married.
Charity: Hospice Houghton, Johannesburg - part of the Hospice group that offers palliative care service that focuses on the quality of life, promoting physical and psychosocial well-being for people with active, progressive and advanced diseases for whom the prognosis is limited.
Factoid: GiGi has a Bachelor of Drama at the University of Stellenbosch and is trained in ballet; jazzart; mime; and piano. She was part of PACT and whilst performing in Spellbound at Sun City, her passion for dancing really set off.
Why she could win: Girls don't necessarily like exotic dancers, but showgirls like Gigi know how to survive in the urban jungle and how to manipulate the guys.[2]
Survivor South Africa[]
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Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
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1 | Chibudu | Water Obstacle Course | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost |
2 | Mosquito | Reward | No | Lost | |
Code Breaker | Immunity | No | Won | ||
3 | Water Pillow Fight | Reward | Yes | Won | |
Water Torture | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
4 | Beach Golf | Reward | No | Won | |
Dhows | Immunity | No | Won | ||
5 | (No title) | Reward/Immunity | No | Won | |
6 | Hostile Takeover | Reward | No | Won | |
Pit Ball | Immunity | No | Won | ||
Tribes Merged, Day 15 | |||||
7 | Kululama | Flashback | Immunity | Lost | |
8 | Tricky Transfer | Reward | Won | ||
Blue Plate Special | Immunity | Lost | |||
9 | The Knife Quiz | Reward | Invited1 | ||
Elimination Obstacle Course | Immunity | Lost | |||
10 | Fire Bucket | Reward | Lost | ||
This Much | Immunity | Lost | |||
11 | The Corkscrew | Reward | Lost | ||
Blind Man's Buff | Immunity | Lost | |||
12 | Nut Cracker | Reward | Invited2 | ||
Cannonball Hold | Immunity | Lost | |||
13 | Cube Crisis | Immunity | Lost | ||
Sea Legs | Immunity | Lost | |||
Ultimate Survivor, Day 27 | |||||
Notes: |
Episode | GiGi's Votes |
Voted Against GiGi |
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1 | Garth | - |
2 | Chibudu Tribe Immune | |
3 | Craig | - |
4 | Chibudu Tribe Immune | |
5 | Chibudu Tribe Immune | |
6 | Chibudu Tribe Immune | |
7 | Louw | - |
8 | Louw | - |
9 | ProVerb | - |
10 | Kaseran | - |
11 | Izak | Ashley, Kaseran1 |
12 | Kaseran | - |
13 | Sade | - |
Ineligible | - | |
Jury Votes for GiGi |
Gys, Hanna, Kaseran, Louw, Okkert, Sade | |
Ultimate Survivor, Day 27 |
^1 In Episode 11, the vote ended with a 2-2-2 tie between GiGi, Izak, and Sade, eliminating Izak due to previous votes against him.
Post-Survivor[]
Trivia[]
- GiGi is currently the oldest person to win Survivor South Africa by date of birth.
References[]
Preceded by Malaysia ![]() Lorette Mostert |
Ultimate Survivor Titleholder Santa Carolina ![]() GiGi van Schalkwyk |
Succeeded by Maldives ![]() Hykie Berg |
Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Castaways | |||||||||||||||||
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