Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island

Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island
Season Information
Version:	South Africa
Filming Location:	Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Filming Dates:	November 2020 - December 2020
Season Run:	June 3, 2021 - September 16, 2021
No. of Days:	39
No. of Castaways:	20
Winner:	Nicole Wilmans
Runner(s)-Up:	Anela Majozi
Tribes:	Vuna Zamba Osindile
Cast
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous:	Island of Secrets

Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island is the eighth season of Survivor South Africa.

Production

The season was officially announced in December 8, 2019, with the applications being open immediately and the deadline to submit applications being January 20, 2020.

This season will see the return of veteran host Nico Panagio and was planned to air on M-Net 101 in the second half of 2020 but production was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to M-Net and Afrokaans, imposed travel restrictions forced production to film the season in an area in South Africa itself described as a "COVID-19-safe bubble - a place of isolation, deprivation and deception."

In addition, Network Ten, the network that airs Australian Survivor, would make this season's episodes available for Australian viewers on their on demand service. Episodes would be aired the following day after the South African broadcast, at 9am.

Twists/Changes

• Tribes Selected by Random Draw: Rather than the tribes being pre-determined by production, the tribes are decided by a random draw. The men and women would draw from different bags, with each bag containing five parcels of orange and green Buffs.
• Immunity Island: After an Immunity Challenge, one member from the losing tribe will be exiled to Immunity Island for the afternoon where that player will be given an Immunity Necklace and an offer to compete in a solo challenge for an advantage in the game. Accepting the challenge will allow the player to keep the Immunity Necklace for themselves in the upcoming Tribal Council but at the cost of their vote, while declining the challenge will allow the player to return back to camp immediately and vote at Tribal Council, but will have to pass the Immunity Necklace to someone else, or it will lose its power in that Tribal Council. Further, a clue to their tribe's Hidden Immunity Idol is available on Immunity Island for them to find.
• Diplomatic Immunity: After the Reward Challenge on Day 2, the representatives sent for the challenge would earn Diplomatic Immunity, represented by a bracelet. At any point if their tribe loses an Immunity Challenge, the castaway may invoke their Diplomatic Immunity by handing the bracelet to Nico, at the cost of that player transferring to the other tribe.
• Hidden Immunity Idol: Hidden Immunity Idols are hidden around each camp site, with clues available to find while on Immunity Island. In addition, another Hidden Immunity Idol can be found at Tribal Council. The castaway who finds this idol may leave it in its hiding place at Tribal Council until the player decides to play it.
• Double Tribal Council: On Day 13, both tribes were forced to attend Tribal Council separately to vote out one of their own.
• Tribal Council Pass: Known as the "Safety Without Power" advantage in the American version, its owner may leave Tribal Council before the vote. The player cannot vote, but cannot be voted for. The advantage can be played until there are seven players left. The advantage is transferable.
• Tied Destinies: The final ten survivors were randomly divided into pairs. For the rest of the episode, the castaways' fate were linked to their partner: the challenges were competed in pairs and an entire pair was voted out.
• Juror Removal: Whoever won the Final 4 Immunity Challenge would also be allowed to select one juror to be permanently removed from the Jury.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation				Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	First Switched Tribe	Second Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Jason Brookstein 27, Johannesburg, GP Structural Engineering Draughtsman	Zamba				1st Voted Out Day 3	7
	Pinty Nkanjeni 30, Cape Town, WC Freelancer	Vuna				2nd Voted Out Day 6	6
	Mike Laws 32, Cape Town, WC Lawyer	Vuna	Zamba			3rd Voted Out Day 8	7
	Paul Cupido 29, Johannesburg, GP Aftercare Teacher	Vuna	Zamba			4th Voted Out Day 11	5
	Thoriso M-Afrika 36, Kariega, EC Marketing Officer	Zamba	Vuna			5th Voted Out Day 13	2
	Carla Gubb 29, Cape Town, WC Corporate Sales Executive	Vuna	Zamba			6th Voted Out Day 13	6
	Dino Paulo 30, Johannesburg, GP Live Escape Game Owner	Zamba	Vuna	Zamba		7th Voted Out Day 16	4
	Qieän Wang 35, Cape Town, WC Self-employed	Zamba	Vuna	Zamba		8th Voted Out Day 18	6
	Marisha du Plessis 35, Tulbagh, WC Guest House Owner	Zamba	Vuna	Vuna	Osindile	9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 21	4
	Shaun Wilson 40, Cape Town, WC I.T. Business Owner	Zamba	Zamba	Vuna		10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 23	6
	Renier Louwrens 30, Secunda, MP Chemical Engineer	Zamba	Vuna	Vuna		11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 26	6
	Amy Eliason 33, Johannesburg, GP Corporate Lawyer	Zamba	Zamba	Vuna		Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 26	0
	Anesu Mbizvo 29, Johannesburg, GP Doctor/Vegan Lifestyle Entrepreneur	Vuna	Vuna	Vuna		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 28	5
	Wardah Hartley 39, Johannesburg, GP Yoga Instructor	Vuna	Zamba	Zamba		13th Voted Out Removed from Jury Day 30	10
	Santoni Engelbrecht 39, Strand, WC Online Business Owner	Vuna	Zamba	Zamba		Eliminated 6th Jury Member Day 33	9
	Kiran Naidoo 29, Johannesburg, GP Strategy Consultant	Vuna	Vuna	Zamba		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 35	5
	Tyson Zulu 24, Johannesburg, GP Entrepreneur	Vuna	Vuna	Zamba		15th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 37	14
	Chappies Chapman 32, Centurion, GP Transformation Coach	Vuna	Zamba	Vuna		16th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 38	10
	Anela Majozi 25, Durban, KZN Math Educator	Zamba	Zamba	Zamba		Runner-Up	4
	Nicole Wilmans 26, Somerset West, WC Digital Marketing Manager	Zamba	Vuna	Vuna		Sole Survivor	3

Season Summary

Episode		Air Date	Challenges		Exiled	Eliminated (Vote)	Finish
			Reward	Immunity
1	"Nothing Unites Like a Common Enemy"	June 3, 2021	Zamba1,3	Dino2	Thoriso	Jason (7-2)	1st Voted Out Day 3
			Vuna1,3
			Vuna3	Vuna
2	"I Can Go 'Bos'... No Pun!"	June 10, 2021	Zamba	Zamba	Santoni	Pinty (6-2-1)	2nd Voted Out Day 6
3	"Always Be Closing"	June 17, 2021	Zamba4	Vuna	Amy	Mike (5-3)	3rd Voted Out Day 8
			Vuna4
4	"Gloat or Vote"	June 24, 2021	Vuna	Vuna	Carla	Paul (5-2-1)	4th Voted Out Day 11
5	"Collateral Damage"	July 1, 2021	Vuna	None	Anesu	Thoriso (2-1-0)5	5th Voted Out Day 13
						Carla (5-2)	6th Voted Out Day 13
6	"Control the Flow"	July 8, 2021	Vuna6	Vuna	Anela	Dino (4-0)5	7th Voted Out Day 16
7	"Look Behind You"	July 15, 2021	Vuna7		Anela	Qieän (4-1)	8th Voted Out Day 18
8	"Here for a Good Time"	July 22, 2021	None	Kiran	Tyson	Marisha (4-0)5,8	9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 21
9	"A Deal with the Devil"	July 29, 2021	Amy, Chappies, Renier, Tyson, Wardah [Santoni]9	Kiran	Wardah	Shaun (6-5)	10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 23
10	"Tied Destinies"	August 5, 2021	Anela, Nicole7		None	Renier (6-4)	11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 26
			[Amy, Renier]			Amy (No Vote)10	Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 26
11	"Brownie Points Are Everything"	August 12, 2021	Chappies, Nicole, Tyson, Wardah	Chappies	Santoni	Anesu (5-2)	12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 28
12	"All in a Day's Work"	August 19, 2021	Survivor Auction	Chappies	Nicole	Wardah (2-0)5,12	13th Voted Out Removed from Jury Day 30
13	"A Very Weird Vibe"	August 26, 2021	Chappies	Chappies	None	Santoni (3-2-0)5,11	Eliminated 6th Jury Member Day 33
14	"A Sour Taste in the Mouth"	September 2, 2021	Chappies [Anela]	Chappies	None	Kiran (3-2)	14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 35
15	"The Final Countdown"	September 9, 2021	Chappies7		None	Wardah (1-0)12	Removed from Jury Day 37
						Tyson (2-1-1)	15th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 37
16	"Reunion"	September 16, 2021	None	Nicole	None	Chappies (1-0)	16th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 38
			Jury Vote			Anela (8-1)	Runner-Up
						Nicole (8-1)	Sole Survivor
Notes: ^1 Both tribes received supplies in the Reward Challenge. However, Zamba won camping supplies by grabbing a Tribe Advantage during the challenge. ^2 Immunity Necklaces were available during Reward Challenges; one for each tribe. Dino collected Zamba's during the challenge, giving him individual immunity on his first Tribal Council. No one from Vuna collected theirs. ^3 A second Reward Challenge was held on Day 2 where one member from both tribes competed for flint. ^4 Both tribes received supplies in the Reward Challenge. However, Anela helped win a Tribe Advantage for Zamba in the next immunity challenge. ^5 A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user. ^6 The reward challenge took place prior to the swap, while the immunity challenge took place after the swap. ^7 Combined Reward/Immunity challenge. ^8 A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, however, no votes were cast against the user. ^9 Being singled out due to the odd number of players, Santoni was chosen to sit out of the challenge, but if she guessed the winning team correctly, she would join them at their reward. Santoni guessed the winning team correctly, winning herself reward as well. ^10 Amy was Renier's partner during the Tied Destinies twist, therefore she was also eliminated when Renier was voted out. ^11 Nicole played a Fire Idol at Tribal Council before the vote. Santoni and Tyson received the most votes respectively, where Santoni lost the fire-making duel to Tyson and was eliminated from the game. ^12 For winning the challenge on Day 36, Chappies earned the power to remove one of the jurors.

Voting History

Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island Voting History
		Original Tribes		First Tribe Switch				Second Tribe Switch		Merged Tribe
Episode #:		1	2	3	4	5		6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13		14	15	16
Voted out:		Jason	Pinty	Mike	Paul	Thoriso	Carla	Dino	Qieän	Marisha	Shaun	Renier	Amy	Anesu	Wardah	Elimination Duel Vote	Santoni	Kiran	Tyson	Chappies	Anela	Nicole
Vote:		7-2	6-2-1	5-3	5-2-1	2-1-03	5-2	4-03	4-1	4-0-03,5	6-5	6-4	No Vote6	5-2	2-03	3-2-03,8	No Vote	3-2	2-1-1	1-010	8-1
►►►	Nicole	Jason	—	—	—	Tyson	—	—	—	Chappies	Wardah	Tyson	—	Anesu	None1	Kiran	—	Kiran	Tyson	Chappies	Jury Vote
►►►	Anela	Jason	—	Mike	Wardah	—	Carla	None1	None1	Chappies	Wardah	Tyson	—	Anesu	None7	Santoni	—	Kiran	Tyson	None10
►►►	Chappies	—	Mike	Mike	Carla	—	Carla	—	—	None4	Shaun	Renier	—	Tyson	Wardah	Tyson	—	Kiran	Anela	None10		Nicole
►►►	Tyson	—	Pinty	—	—	Thoriso	—	Dino	Qieän	Marisha	Shaun	Renier	—	Anesu	Santoni	Santoni	Won	Nicole	Nicole			Nicole
►►►	Kiran	—	Pinty	—	—	Thoriso	—	Dino	Qieän	Marisha	Shaun	Renier	—	Anesu	Santoni	Santoni	—	Nicole				Nicole
►►►	Santoni	—	None1	Mike	Paul	—	Carla	Dino	Qieän	Marisha	Shaun	Renier	—	None1	Wardah	Tyson	Eliminated					Nicole
►►►	Wardah	—	Pinty	Anela	Paul	—	Chappies	Dino	Qieän	Marisha	Shaun	Renier	—	Anesu	Santoni						None9
►►►	Anesu	—	Pinty	—	—	None1	—	—	—	Chappies	Shaun	Renier	—	Tyson								Nicole
►►►	Amy	Jason	—	None1	Paul	—	Carla	—	—	Chappies	Wardah	Tyson	Eliminated									Nicole
►►►	Renier	Jason	—	—	—	Tyson	—	—	—	Chappies	Wardah	Tyson										Nicole
►►►	Shaun	Qieän	—	Mike	Paul	—	Carla	—	—	Chappies	Wardah										Anela
►►►	Marisha	Jason	—	—	—	Kiran	—	—	—	Chappies												Nicole
►►	Qieän	Jason	—	—	—	Tyson	—	Santoni	Santoni
►►	Dino	Jason	—	—	—	Tyson	—	Santoni
►	Carla	—	Pinty	Anela	Paul	—	Chappies
►	Thoriso	None1	—	—	—	None2
►	Paul	—	Wardah	Mike	Wardah
►	Mike	—	Pinty	Anela
	Pinty	—	Mike
	Jason	Qieän
Notes: ^1 This castaway lost their vote by staying and playing on Immunity Island. However, they attended Tribal Council with individual immunity. ^2 Thoriso was ineligible to vote after losing the Immunity Island challenge. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against the user. ^4 Anela stole Chappies' vote using the Tribal Insurance vote steal advantage, effectively being able to vote despite his punishment from losing the Immunity Island challenge. ^5 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^6 Amy was Renier's partner during the Tied Destinies twist; therefore, she was also eliminated when Renier was voted out. ^7 Chappies used a Tribal Council Pass on Anela, allowing him to abstain from Tribal Council without voting and making him ineligible to be voted out. ^8 Nicole played her Fire Idol, forcing the top two vote-getters to head instead in a fire-making elimination duel. ^9 For winning the challenge on Day 36, Chappies earned the power to remove a juror. He chose Wardah. ^10 Anela and Chappies did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the final Immunity Challenge, only Nicole voted.