Phil Dickson

Phil Dickson
Contestant Profile
Born	September 26, 1981 (1981-09-26)
Hometown	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal; Johannesburg, Gauteng
Occupation	Firefighter; Risk Assessment Manager
Survivor Career
Version	South Africa
Tribe(s)	Selatan
Finish	15/20
Challenge Wins	8
Votes Against	10
Days Lasted	11/27
Tribe(s)	Yontau Salan
Finish:	4/20
Alliance(s)	No B.S. Alliance
Challenge Wins	12
Votes Against	3
Days Lasted	37/39

Philip "Phil" Dickson is a contestant from Survivor South Africa: Champions and Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts.

Phil's sneaky habits caused him to spend most of his game on Champions on the bottom of the Selatan tribe. Despite his attempt to implicate Moyra Makina in his sugarcane escapades and throw her under the bus to ensure his own survival, he was unable to get into the good graces of the Rugrats Alliance, and was voted out on Day 11.

Returning eight years later in Return of the Outcasts, Phil emerged as a strategic force on the Yontau tribe, where he led the early campaigns against Tevin Naidu and Seamus Holmes. As a member of the No B.S. Alliance, Phil worked in tandem with Dino Paulo and Felix Godlo to bring about the downfall of the Breakfast Club after the merge. At the final seven, the alliance turned on itself, and Phil was forced to go on an immunity run to advance in the game. His luck finally ran out at the final four, when Marian de Vos and Shane Hattingh sided with Dino to vote him out to improve their chances of winning the Final Immunity Challenge.

Profile

• Champions
• Return of the Outcasts

Retrieved from survivorsa.dstv.com

Age: 32
Hometown: Durban
Occupation: Fire Fighter

Philip is a firefighter and paramedic from KZN. Before graduating in the Top 5 of his class, Philip lived in the USA for a while, where he was part of a popular church band. He counts fishing, running and training among his hobbies and studied game theory to prepare for Survivor.

Retrieved from dstv.com/m-net/en-za

Name: Phil Dickson
Previous season: Survivor SA: Champions S5
Age: 40
Hometown: Johannesburg

Phil Dickson is a firefighter and paramedic, originally from KwaZulu-Natal but now working as a fire risk assessment manager in Johannesburg. He has two young children with his wife. Before graduating in the Top 5 of his firefighting class, Phil lived in the USA for a while, where he was part of a popular church band. He counts fishing, running, and training among his hobbies and studied game theory to prepare for Survivor SA.

He is a likeable guy with a mischievous streak. Although he is now a dedicated husband and father, he still resembles that naughty trickster he was more than a decade ago in Survivor SA: Champions.

Phil says that you cannot compare the Survivor game of Survivor SA S5 to the current version. He feels that in previous seasons, the castaways had a lot to learn about gameplay – which meant he was unprepared for the game and struggled at first to adapt.

Survivor South Africa

Champions

Voting History

Episode	Philip's Votes	Voted Against Philip
2	Ashleigh	-
3	Marsha	David, Marsha, Moyra, Zavion
4	Selatan Tribe Immune
5	Shona	-
6	Moyra	Altaaf, David, Gena, Graham, Moyra, Zavion
Voted Out, Day 11

Return of the Outcasts

• Challenge History
• Voting History

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Yontau	Water Slaughter	Reward	No	Lost
2		Ladder Daze	Immunity	No	Won
3		Catch of the Day	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
4		Nut Bucket	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
5		In the Trenches	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
6		Reinventing the Wheel	Reward	No	Won
		(No title)	Immunity	No	Lost
7		Bog Roll	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
8
9		Blind Leading the Blind	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
10		Swing Break	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
11		Will Power	Reward		Won
			Immunity		Lost
Tribes Merged, Night 19
13	Salan	Blue Plate Special	Reward		3rd1
		Splash Back	Immunity		Won
14		(No title)	Reward/Immunity		Invited2
15		Centrifuge / House of the Holey	Reward/Immunity		Invited3
16		Rusty Gates	Immunity		Lost
17		You Shook Me	Reward		Won
18		Keep on Your Toes	Immunity		Won
19		Supertramp	Reward		Won
20		Running Down a Dream	Immunity		Won
21		Station By Station	Reward/Immunity		Won
		Always on the Run	Reward		Lost
22
		Out on a Limb	Immunity		Lost
Voted Out, Day 37
Notes: ^1 The reward was dependent on each castaway's finish in the challenge. ^2 Meryl shared her reward with Phil. ^3 Dino shared his reward with Phil.

Episode	Phil's Votes	Voted Against Phil
2	Yontau Tribe Immune
3	Yontau Tribe Immune
4	Tania	-
5	Tevin	-
6	Killarney	-
8	Shona	-
9	Yontau Tribe Immune
10	Yontau Tribe Immune
12	Palesa	-
13	Tejan1	Individual Immunity
14	Danté	-
15	Steffi	-
16	Meryl	-
18	Tejan	Individual Immunity
20	Felix; Felix2	Individual Immunity
21	Dino	Individual Immunity
22	Dino	Dino, Marian, Shane
Voted Out, Day 37
Voted for Sole Survivor	Dino

^1 In "Work for It", Tejan used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Phil's vote against him.
^2 In "Our Little Alliance", the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Felix and Killarney, forcing a revote. Phil did not change his vote on the revote.

Trivia

Statistics of Phil Dickson
Longevity
Seasons competed:	2
Days lasted:	48
Challenge Wins
Tribal wins:	13
Individual wins:	7
Total wins:	20
Tribal Council
Total votes received:	12
Exile Island
Times sent to Exile Island:	N/A

• Phil is the oldest man on the original Yontau tribe.
• Phil went the longest without receiving a vote in Return of the Outcasts.