Survivor South Africa: Malaysia

Survivor South Africa: Malaysia
Season Information
Version	South Africa
Season No.	2
Filming Location	Johor, Malaysia
Filming Dates	May 2007 - June 2007
Season Run	August 22, 2007 – November 14, 2007
No. of Episodes	14
No. of Days	27
No. of Castaways	16
Winner	Lorette Mostert
Runner(s)-Up	Grant Clark
Tribes	Bajau Iban Empu
Cast
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous	Panama
Next	Santa Carolina

Survivor South Africa: Malaysia is the second season of Survivor South Africa. The premiere aired on August 22, 2007.

With a larger cast than its predecessor, many of the sixteen new contestants boasted explosive personalities, leading to frequent interpersonal clashes throughout the game. Despite the high tensions, the Iban Alliance managed to take decisive control after the merge and produced both members of the Final Two. In the end, policewoman Lorette Mostert defeated maritime lawyer Grant Clark in a 3-2 vote to become the second Ultimate Survivor and win the R1 million prize.

After this season, the Survivor South Africa series went on a two-year hiatus before the production of Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina in November 2009.

Production

Many changes were announced for the second season by M-Net, which airs the show. This included the addition of two contestants, a shorter filming period (27 days), the change in location (Johor, Malaysia), and a pre-show vote by South African citizens to choose one of the contestants. However, the show's format remained much the same, with the prize set at 1,000,000. Mark Bayly hosted this season.

The application process ended on 2 April 2007. According to M-Net's website, two thirds of the entries in 2007 were from males. The percentage of applicants in the 40-59 age group was also higher than in 2006, and the 20 oldest applicants were 77 years old. This may quell another concern that emerged in the first season: that all of the contestants had backgrounds that were too similar. The 16th contestant, Lorette Mostert, was voted in by South Africans via M-Net's website between 23–30 April 2007. Filming began in mid-May and ended in June. The show was initially broadcast 22 August – 14 November 2007.

Twists/Changes

• Shorter Game: The game lasted 27 days, 2 days shorter than the previous season. This would be followed by the subsequent seasons.
• Tribe Division: The sixteen castaways were randomly divided into two tribes, one of eight and one of seven, with one castaway being exiled.
  • Exile Island: At the start of the game, the castaways were dropped in the sea by a boat. They would have to swim until the shore, where they would find podiums on which they would stand. The last three to reach the shore would have to standing on smaller poles, with the first person to fall being exiled until after the first Immunity Challenge, when they would join the winning tribe.
• Tribe Switch: On Day 8, a tribe switch occurred, shuffling the thirteen remaining contestants into Bajau, containing seven members, and Iban, containing six.
• Merge: The tribes merged on Day 18 with eight contestants remaining.
• Tiebreaker: In the event of a tie, there would be no revote. Instead, the tied contestants would immediately proceed to the tiebreaker challenge, which was a timekeeping challenge. The person who estimated 30 seconds more accurately would stay in the game, eliminating their opponent.
• Elimination Challenge: At the final four, an endurance challenge took place, where the first person to bail out would be permanently eliminated.
• Final Tribal Council Format: Two finalists faced a jury of five. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.

Public Vote

Public Voting Results
Entered Game	Lost Vote
Lorette Mostert	Adele le Grange, Busi Sezani, Gavin Nesbitt, James Moorcroft, Jono Marcus, Kearn Francis, Mariana Steyn-Martin, PJ Calvert, Viwe Soga1
Notes: ^1 For unknown reasons, despite not being voted in by the public, Viwe was still put on the cast.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation			Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Nomfundo Vilokazi 27, Pretoria, GP Chemical Engineer	Iban			1st Voted Out Day 3	4
	Nicola Windt 37, Harding, KZN Dairy Farmer	Bajau			2nd Voted Out Day 5	5
	Viwe Soga 23, Melrose, GP Candidate Attorney	Iban			3rd Voted Out Day 7	5
	Elsie Smith 24, Sunninghill, GP Hotel Manager	Bajau	Iban		4th Voted Out Day 9	8
	Nichal Ramchander 25, Phoenix, KZN Sales and Marketing Manager	Bajau	Bajau		5th Voted Out Day 11	6
	Rijesh Govender 30, Lyndhurst, GP Sales Executive	Bajau	Iban		6th Voted Out Day 13	4
	Lisa Atkinson 21, Durban, KZN Student	Iban	Bajau		7th Voted Out Day 15	11
	Irshaad Ally 29, Lyndhurst, GP Graphic Designer	Iban	Iban		8th Voted Out Day 17	3
	Hein Vosloo 47, Manzengwenya, KZN Rural Developer	Bajau	Bajau	Empu	Eliminated Day 19	5
	Dyke Higginson 28, Marina Beach, KZN Landscaper	Bajau	Iban		9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 21	4
	Angela Beck 23, Krugersdorp, GP Modelling Coach	Bajau	Bajau		10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 23	4
	Angie Bennett 30, Mowbray, WC Boot Camp Instructor	Iban	Iban		11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 25	6
	Mandla Mbau 36, Glen Marais, GP Marketing Manager	Iban	Bajau		Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 26	0
	Amanda Hoosen 29, Weltevredenpark, GP Head Of Internal Audit	Bajau	Iban		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 27	4
	Grant Clark 35, Tokai, WC Maritime Lawyer	Iban	Bajau		Runner-Up	5
	Lorette Mostert 36, Middelburg, MP Police Superintendent	Iban	Bajau		Ultimate Survivor	4

Season Summary

Episode	Air date	Challenges		Eliminated (Vote)	Finish
		Reward	Immunity
1	August 22, 2007	Bajau1		Nomfundo (4-3-1)	1st Voted Out Day 3
2	August 29, 2007	Iban	Iban	Nicola (5-3)	2nd Voted Out Day 5
3	September 5, 2007	Iban	Bajau	Viwe (5-2)	3rd Voted Out Day 7
4	September 12, 2007	Bajau	Bajau	Elsie (5-1)	4th Voted Out Day 9
5	September 19, 2007	Iban	Iban	Nichal (6-1)	5th Voted Out Day 11
6	September 26, 2007	Bajau	Bajau	Rijesh (4-1)	6th Voted Out Day 13
7	October 3, 2007	Iban	Iban	Lisa (5-1)	7th Voted Out Day 15
8	October 10, 2007	Iban	Bajau	Irshaad (3-1)	8th Voted Out Day 17
9	October 17, 2007	Mandla	Dyke	TBD (4-4)2	Eliminated Day 19
10	October 24, 2007			Hein (tiebreaker)
		Dyke	Mandla	Dyke (4-2-1)	9th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 21
11	October 31, 2007	Mandla	Angie	Angela (4-2)	10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 23
12	November 8, 2007	Mandla	Lorette	Angie (3-2)	11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 25
13	November 14, 2007	None	Lorette	Mandla (no vote)3	Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 26
				Amanda (1-0)	12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 27
		Jury Vote		Grant (3-2)	Runner-Up
				Lorette (3-2)	Ultimate Survivor
Notes: ^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge. ^2 Per Survivor South Africa rules, a tiebreaker challenge would be held between the tied players in case of a tie. The challenge was shown in the next episode. ^3 The final four competed in an Immunity Challenge; in addition, the first person to fall will be eliminated from the game. Mandla fell first, eliminating him from the game.

Voting History

Tribes		Original Tribes			Switched Tribes					Merged Tribe
Episode		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13
Voted Out		Nomfundo	Nicola	Viwe	Elsie	Nichal	Rijesh	Lisa	Irshaad	Tie	Hein	Dyke	Angela	Angie	Mandla	Amanda	Grant	Lorette
Vote		4-3-1	5-3	5-2	5-1	6-1	4-1	5-1	3-1	4-41	Tiebreaker	4-2-1	4-2	3-2	No vote2	1-03	3-2
►►	Lorette	Lisa	—	Viwe	—	Nichal	—	Lisa	—	Hein	—	Dyke	Angela	Angie	—	Amanda	Jury Vote
►►	Grant	Nomfundo	—	Viwe	—	Nichal	—	Lisa	—	Hein	—	Dyke	Angela	Amanda	—	None
►►	Amanda	—	Nicola	—	Elsie	—	Rijesh	—	Irshaad	Lorette	—	Grant	Grant	Angie	—	None	Grant
►►	Mandla	Lisa	—	Viwe	—	Nichal	—	Lisa	—	Hein	—	Dyke	Angela	Angie	Eliminated			Lorette
►►	Angie	Nomfundo	—	Viwe	Elsie	—	Rijesh	—	Irshaad	Hein	—	Dyke	Angela	Amanda				Lorette
►►	Angela	—	Nicola	—	—	Nichal	—	Lisa	—	Lorette	—	Grant	Grant				Grant
►►	Dyke	—	Elsie	—	Elsie	—	Rijesh	—	Irshaad	Lorette	—	Angie						Lorette
►►	Hein	—	Elsie	—	—	Nichal	—	Lisa	—	Lorette	Eliminated
►	Irshaad	Nomfundo	—	Lisa	Elsie	—	Rijesh	—	Angie
►	Lisa	Grant	—	Viwe	—	Nichal	—	Hein
►	Rijesh	—	Nicola	—	Elsie	—	Amanda
►	Nichal	—	Nicola	—	—	Lisa
►	Elsie	—	Nicola	—	Angie
	Viwe	Nomfundo	—	Lisa
	Nicola	—	Elsie
	Nomfundo	Lisa
Notes: ^1 The vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules of Survivor South Africa, the tied castaways competed in a tiebreaker challenge. ^2 The final four competed in an Immunity Challenge; in addition, the first person to fall will be eliminated from the game. Mandla fell first, eliminating him from the game. ^3 Amanda and Grant did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Lorette voted.

Trivia

• Malaysia is the only Survivor South Africa season to have 16 contestants.