Survivor: Champions (South Africa)

Survivor: Champions is the fifth season of the South African version of Survivor. The premiere aired on January 19, 2014.

28 year-old Graham Jenneker defeated 35 year-old Buhle Madlala and 23 year-old Sivu Xabanisa in a 5-3-2 vote, winning the R1 million prize.

Production

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Twists/Changes

• Tribe Captains: Two South African sports champions would be invited to be captains of the tribes. They would live at the camps, compete in the challenges with the tribes, and made some decisions, but they couldn't be voted out nor have a vote at Tribal Council. However, both of them would vote at the Final Tribal Council to help to decide the winner. The captains were former Springbok rugby captain, Corné Krige for Selatan tribe and former Bafana Bafana player, Mark Fish for Utara.
• Schoolyard Pick: At Day 1, the tribes were divided by Schoolyard Pick, with the tribe captains choosing the players.
• Tribe Shuffle: On Day 12, the remaining fourteen castaways compete in a Touchy Subjects challenge. When the castaways have completed six questions correctly, they step off a porch and are directed to a turntable, which alternates in directing them to one of two mats. Once each mat is filled with seven castaways, the tribes are informed that this is a tribe shuffle, with each mat representing a new tribe.
• Duels: On occasion, the capitains would duel to earn rewards or help the next challenge for his tribe.
• Challenge Assistant: South African sports champions were invited to participate in challenges, helping the tribe who won the previous duel.
• Salvation Cup: After the merge, the captains were taken away from their tribes, where they would compete in different duels for the Salvation Cup, an artifact that give its holder a right to negate one vote from a castaway of his choice.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation			Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Ashleigh Bryant 22, Pinelands, WC	Selatan			1st Voted Out Day 3	7
	Marsha Wessels 40, Retreat, WC	Selatan			2nd Voted Out Day 5	5
	Killarney Jones 44, Benoni, GP	Utara			3rd Voted Out Day 7	6
	Zan Lang 24, East London, EC	Utara			4th Voted Out Day 9	9
	Shona MacDonald 24, Craigavon, GP	Selatan			5th Voted Out Day 9	10
	Philip Dickson 32, Durban, KZN	Selatan			6th Voted Out Day 11	10
	Gena Alkana 29, Sea Point, WC	Selatan	Utara		7th Voted Out Day 13	6
	Sonette Myburgh 40, Witpoortjie, GP	Utara	Utara		8th Voted Out Day 15	7
	Stephen Walker 25, Johannesburg, GP	Utara	Utara		9th Voted Out Day 17	4
	Marian de Vos 25, Lonehill, GP	Utara	Utara	Juara	10th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 19	10
	Solly Mathiba 32, Kathu, NC	Utara	Selatan		11th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 20	8
	Moyra Makina 34, Claremont, WC	Selatan	Selatan		12th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 21	6
	Vel Bodiba 26, Mabopane, GP	Utara	Selatan		13th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 21	8
	Shane Hattingh 42, Bryanston, GP	Utara	Utara		14th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 22	10
	Altaaf Sheik 29, Durban, KZN	Selatan	Selatan		15th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 24	5
	Zavion Kotze 25, Johannesburg, GP	Selatan	Selatan		16th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 25	4
	David de Wet 53, Roosevelt Park, GP	Selatan	Utara		17th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 26	5
	Sivu Xabanisa 23, Khayelitsha, WC	Utara	Utara		2nd Runner-Up	9
	Buhle Madlala 35, Northcliff, GP	Utara	Selatan		Runner-Up	1
	Graham Jenneker 28, Bellville, WC	Selatan	Selatan		Sole Survivor	9

Sporting Champions

Champion		Purpose	Tribe		Status
			Original Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Corné Krige 38, Cape Town Former Springbok Rugby Captain	Tribe Captain	Selatan	Salvation	Winning Champion
	Mark Fish 39, Cape Town Former Bafana Bafana Defender		Utara		Losing Champion
Jimmy Tau 33, Kimberley Retired Bafana Bafana Defender		Challenge Assistant	Selatan
Makhaya Ntini 36, Midnigi Retired Proteas Bowler			Selatan
Jonty Rhodes 44, Pietermaritzburg Retired Proteas Fielder			Selatan
Carol Tshabalala SuperSport Presenter			Utara
Derek Alberts SuperSport Presenter			Selatan

Season Summary

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Episode Guide

Episode	Air date	Challenges			Eliminated	Vote	Finish
		Duels	Reward	Immunity
Episode 1	January 19, 2014	Utara	None	Utara	No Tribal Council
		Selatan
		Utara
Episode 2	January 26, 2014	None	Utara		Ashleigh	7-3	1st Voted Out Day 3
				None
Episode 3	February 2, 2014	Selatan	Selatan	Utara	Marsha	5-4	2nd Voted Out Day 5
Episode 4	February 9, 2014	None	Selatan	Selatan	Killarney	6-3-1	3rd Voted Out Day 7
Episode 5	February 16, 2014	Selatan	Utara	None	Zan	8-1	4th Voted Out Day 9
					Shona	7-1	5th Voted Out Day 9
Episode 6	February 23, 2014	Selatan	Selatan	Utara	Philip	6-1	6th Voted Out Day 11
Episode 7	March 2, 2014	None	None	Selatan	Gena	6-1	7th Voted Out Day 13
Episode 8	March 9, 2014	None	Utara	Selatan	Sonette	5-1	8th Voted Out Day 15
			Selatan
Episode 9	March 16, 2014	None	Utara	Selatan	Stephen	4-1	9th Voted Out Day 17
Episode 10	March 23, 2014	Mark	None	None	No Tribal Council
Episode 11	March 30, 2014	None	None	Zavion	Marian	3-3-1-0; 6-3	10th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 19
Episode 12	April 6, 2014	Corné	Moyra		Solly	6-2-1	11th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 20
Episode 13	April 13, 2014	Mark	Altaaf		Moyra	4-2-1-1	12th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 21
		None	None	Buhle	Vel	6-2	13th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 21
Episode 14	April 20, 2014	Mark	None	Sivu	Shane	4-1-1	14th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 22
Episode 15	April 27, 2014	Corné	Zavion [Altaaf, Graham]	Zavion	Altaaf	5-0	15th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 24
Episode 16	May 4, 2014	Mark	Graham		Zavion	2-0	16th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 25
			[David]
Episode 17	May 11, 2014	None	Buhle		David	2-2; Tiebreaker	17th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 26
Finale	May 18, 2014	Jury Vote			Sivu	5-3-2	2nd Runner-Up
					Buhle		Runner-Up
					Graham		Sole Survivor

Voting History

Survivor: Champions (South Africa) Voting History
Tribes		Original Tribes						Shuffled Tribes			Merged Tribe
Episode:		2	3	4	5		6	7	8	9	11		12	13		14	15	16	17		Finale
Voted Off:		Ashleigh	Marsha	Killarney	Zan	Shona	Philip	Gena	Sonette	Stephen	Tie	Marian	Solly	Moyra	Vel	Shane	Altaaf	Zavion	Tie	David	Sivu	Buhle	Graham
Vote:		7-3	5-4	6-3-1	8-1	7-1	6-1	6-1	5-1	4-1	3-3-1-0	6-3	6-2-1	4-2-1-1	6-2	4-2-1	5-1	2-0	2-2	Tiebreaker	5-3-2
►►	Graham	Ashleigh	Marsha	—	—	Shona	Philip	—	—	—	Shane	None	Solly	Moyra	Vel	Shane	Altaaf	Sivu	David	—	Jury Vote
►►	Buhle	—	—	Sonette	Zan	—	—	—	—	—	Marian	Marian	Shane	Vel	Graham	Shane	Altaaf	Zavion	Sivu	—
►►	Sivu	—	—	Killarney	Zan	—	—	Gena	Sonette	Stephen	Graham	Graham	Solly	Moyra	Vel	Zavion	Altaaf	Zavion	David	—
►►	David	Ashleigh	Philip	—	—	Shona	Philip	Gena	Sonette	Stephen	Shane	Marian	Solly	Moyra	Vel	Shane	Altaaf	Sivu	Sivu	Voted out			Graham
►►	Zavion	Shona	Philip	—	—	Shona	Philip	—	—	—	Shane	Marian	Solly	Moyra	Vel	Shane	Altaaf	Sivu			Sivu
►►	Altaaf	Ashleigh	Marsha	—	—	Shona	Philip	—	—	—	Sivu	Marian	Solly	Sivu	Vel	Buhle	Sivu						Graham
►►	Shane	—	—	Killarney	Zan	—	—	Gena	Sonette	Stephen	Graham	Graham	Solly	Moyra	Vel	Zavion					Sivu
►►	Vel	—	—	Sonette	Zan	—	—	—	—	—	Marian	Graham	David	Graham	Graham							Buhle
►►	Moyra	Ashleigh	Philip	—	—	Shona	Philip	—	—	—	Shane	Marian	Solly	Vel									Graham
►►	Solly	—	—	Sonette	Zan	—	—	—	—	—	Marian	Marian	Shane									Buhle
►►	Marian	—	—	Killarney	Zan	—	—	Gena	Sonette	Stephen	Graham	None											Graham
►	Stephen	—	—	Killarney	Zan	—	—	Gena	Sonette	David
►	Sonette	—	—	Killarney	Zan	—	—	Gena	Sivu
►	Gena	Ashleigh	Marsha	—	—	Shona	Philip	Marian
	Philip	Ashleigh	Marsha	—	—	Shona	Moyra
	Shona	Ashleigh	Marsha	—	—	David
	Zan	—	—	Killarney	Solly
	Killarney	—	—	Zan
	Marsha	Shona	Philip
	Ashleigh	Shona
►►	Corné	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—		Solly	—		—	Sivu	—	—				Graham
►►	Mark	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	Buhle	—	—	Moyra	—	Zavion	—	Buhle	—			Buhle

Trivia

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References

Survivor South Africa Seasons
Panama · Malaysia · Santa Carolina · Maldives · Champions · Philippines · Island of Secrets