Survivor South Africa: Panama is the first season of the South African version of Survivor. The premiere aired on the 3rd of September 2006.
Vanessa Marawa defeated Jacinda Louw in a 3-2 vote, winning the R1 million prize.
Production
A South African version of global reality phenomenon Survivor was announced by pay channel M-Net on Tuesday 11 April 2006, and was filmed on the Pearl Islands in the Gulf of Panama from June 6.
In Survivor South Africa: Panama 14 contestants were chosen from a shortlist of 700, with six additional contestants selected as replacements in case any of the original 14 were unable to take part through injury or other reasons. Entries opened for the show on April 11 and closed on May 15. More than 18,000 South Africans applied to be on the show. Pierre van Niekerk (49), a resident of Rietfontein in Pretoria, entered 1,000 times.
The show was filmed from June 6, 2006 until early July.
On July 16 M-Net announced the host of the show - Capetonian Mark Bayly, who auditioned to be a contestant and was hired as presenter instead.
Survivor South Africa: Panama was filmed in the Pearl Islands at the same time as five other Survivor productions: The Netherlands, Denmark, Greece, Sweden and Turkey.[1]
Twists/Changes
- Unexpected Start: The contestant were being taken to a place to take some pictures to promote the season, when the pilot of the plane they were in faked an emergency landing near a Panamanian village. The host then appeared to announce that the game had started. The tribes were divided and they were told that they would have only their belongs that could fit in one back pack for each tribe.
- Future Vote: After Jude Wilken quit at Tribal Council, the host Mark Bayly announced to the remaining Aguila tribe they would still have to vote. After Mark read the votes, he announced that the person who had received the majority of the votes would already have a vote cast against them at their next Tribal Council.
- Life Donation: As Sanele Gumede was medevaced, his torch wasn't extinguished. At Rana's Tribal Council next night, he showed up to give his "life" to the person who was voted out, who will be joining the Aguila tribe in his place.
- Dead Man's Island: Starting at the merge, the castaways voted out at Tribal Council would be exiled to an island called Dead Man's Island without knowledge of the castaways remaining at the game, where they would wait to compete for two spots to re-enter the game at the Final Three.
- Semi-Finals: At the second Final Four, the castaways would compete in a challenge where the first person out would be eliminated from the game, the last person standing would be the first finalist, and the other two people would compete in another challenge to define the second finalist.
Castaways
| Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Dead Man's Island Status | Votes Against | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Tribe | Switched Tribe | Merged Tribe | |||||
| Don Soper 54, Hurlingham Manor, GP Businessman | Rana | 1st Voted Out Day 3 | 4 | |||
| Sam Allerton 30, Hogsback, EC Sculptor | Aguila | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 | 5 | |||
| Jude Wilken 39, Kempton Park, GP Hostage Negotiator | Aguila | Quit Day 8 | 0 | |||
| Ncumisa Ngcaweni 30, Kenilworth, WC Skills Trainer | Rana | 3rd Voted Out Day 10 | 4 | |||
| Sanele Gumede 27, Sandton, GP Brand Manager | Aguila | Evacuated Day 12 | 0 | |||
| Danielle Vukic 35, Green Point, WC Fashion Producer | Rana | Aguila | 4th Voted Out Day 14 | 8 | ||
| Nico Hinis 43, Parkhurst, GP Restaurateur | Aguila | Aguila | 5th Voted Out Day 16 | 5 | ||
| Lezel Crook 28, Llandudno, WC Attorney | Rana | Rana | Burba | 9th Voted Out Day 24 | 1st Eliminated 1st Jury Member Day 25 | 9 |
| Brigitte Willers 24, Auckland Park, GP Sports Model | Aguila | Aguila | 6th Voted Out Day 19 | 2nd Eliminated 2nd Jury Member Day 25 | 5 | |
| Gareth Tjasink 27, Sunninghill, GP Medical Doctor | Rana | Rana | 10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 27 | 3 | ||
| Zayn Nabbi 24, Durban, KZN Journalist | Rana | Rana | Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 28 | 2 | ||
| Mzi Tyhokolo 31, Honeydew Ridge, GP Energy Advisor | Aguila | Aguila | 7th Voted Out Day 21 | Returnee Day 25 | 6 | |
| Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 29 | |||||||
| Jacinda Louw 25, Bedfordview, GP Entrepreneur | Rana | Rana | Runner-Up | 1 | ||
| Vanessa Marawa 27, La Lucia, KZN Estate Agent | Aguila | Aguila | 8th Voted Out Day 22 | Returnee Day 25 | 6 | |
| Sole Survivor | |||||||
Season Summary
| Episode | Air Date | Dead Man's Island | Challenges | Voted Off | Vote | Finish | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inhabitant(s) | Eliminated | Finish | Reward | Immunity | |||||
| 1 | September 3, 2006 | Aguila | Aguila | Don | 4-3 | 1st Voted Out Day 3 | |||
| 2 | September 10, 2006 | Aguila | Rana | Sam | 5-2 | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 | |||
| 3 | September 17, 2006 | Aguila | Rana | Jude | No Vote | Quit Day 8 | |||
| 4 | September 24, 2006 | Aguila | Aguila | Ncumisa | 4-2 | 3rd Voted Out Day 10 | |||
| Rana | |||||||||
| 5 | October 1, 2006 | Aguila | Aguila | Sanele | No Vote | Evacuated Day 12 | |||
| 6 | October 8, 2006 | Aguila | Rana | Danielle | 3-2-1 | 4th Voted Out Day 14 | |||
| 7 | October 15, 2006 | Rana | Rana | Nico | 3-1 | 5th Voted Out Day 16 | |||
| 8 | October 22, 2006 | None | Gareth | Brigitte | 4-3 | 6th Voted Out Day 19 | |||
| 9 | October 29, 2006 | Brigitte | Jacinda [Lezel] | Gareth | Mzi | 4-2 | 7th Voted Out Day 21 | ||
| 10 | November 5, 2006 | Brigitte | Vanessa [Gareth] | Gareth | Vanessa | 4-1 | 8th Voted Out Day 22 | ||
| Mzi | |||||||||
| 11 | November 12, 2006 | Brigitte | Gareth | Gareth | Lezel | 3-1 | 9th Voted Out Day 24 | ||
| Mzi | |||||||||
| Vanessa | |||||||||
| 12 | November 19, 2006 | Brigitte | Lezel | 1st Eliminated 1st Jury Member Day 25 | None | Mzi | Gareth | 3-1-1 | 10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 27 |
| Lezel | Brigitte | 2nd Eliminated 2nd Jury Member Day 25 | |||||||
| Mzi | Mzi | Returnees Day 25 | |||||||
| Vanessa | Vanessa | ||||||||
| 13 | November 26, 2006 | None | Vanessa | Zayn | No Vote1 | Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 28 | |||
| Mzi | No Vote2 | Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 29 | |||||||
| Jacinda | |||||||||
| Jury Vote | Jacinda | 3-2 | Runner Up | ||||||
| Vanessa | Sole Survivor | ||||||||
| Notes:
^1 The Final Four competed in an elimination challenge, with the first placer going straight to the Final Tribal Council. Vanessa came in first, while Zayn finished last in the challenge, eliminating him from the game. ^2 Jacinda and Mzi competed in a second challenge to determine the second person at the Final Tribal Council. Jacinda won, eliminating Mzi from the game. | |||||||||
Voting History
| Survivor South Africa: Panama Voting History | |||||||||||||||||
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| Tribes | Original Tribes | Switched Tribes | Merged Tribe | ||||||||||||||
| Episode #: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Voted Out: |  Don |  Sam |  Jude |  Ncumisa |  Sanele |  Danielle |  Nico |  Brigitte |  Mzi |  Vanessa |  Lezel |  Gareth |  Zayn | Mzi |  Jacinda | Vanessa | |
| Vote: | 4-3 | 5-2 | No Vote | 4-2 | No Vote | 3-2-1 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 3-1-1 | No Vote1 | No Vote2 | 3-2 | ||
| ►► | Vanessa | — | Sam | — | — | — | Danielle | Nico | Lezel | Lezel | Lezel | Gareth | — | — | Jury Vote | ||
| ►► | Jacinda | Don | — | — | Ncumisa | — | — | — | Brigitte | Mzi | Vanessa | Lezel | Gareth | — | — | ||
| ►► | Mzi | — | Sam | — | — | — | Danielle | Nico | Lezel | Lezel | Gareth | — | Eliminated | Vanessa | |||
| ►► | Zayn | Don | — | — | Danielle | — | — | — | Brigitte | Mzi | Vanessa | Lezel | Jacinda | Eliminated | Vanessa | ||
| ►► | Gareth | Don | — | — | Ncumisa | — | — | — | Brigitte | Mzi | Vanessa | Lezel | Zayn | Jacinda | |||
| ►► | Lezel | Danielle | — | — | Ncumisa | — | — | — | Brigitte | Mzi | Vanessa | Zayn | Eliminated | Jacinda | |||
| ►► | Brigitte | — | Vanessa | — | — | — | Mzi | Nico | Lezel | Eliminated | Vanessa | ||||||
| ► | Nico | — | Sam | — | — | — | Danielle | Brigitte | |||||||||
| ► | Danielle | Don | — | — | Ncumisa | — | Nico | ||||||||||
| Sanele | — | Sam | — | — | Evacuated | Nico | |||||||||||
| Ncumisa | Danielle | — | — | Danielle | |||||||||||||
| Jude | — | Sam | Quit | ||||||||||||||
| Sam | — | Vanessa | |||||||||||||||
| Don | Danielle | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes:
^1 The Final Four competed in an elimination challenge, with the first placer going straight to the Final Tribal Council. Vanessa came in first, while Zayn finished last in the challenge, eliminating him from the game. ^2 Jacinda and Mzi competed in a second challenge to determine the second person at the Final Tribal Council. Jacinda won, eliminating Mzi from the game. | |||||||||||||||||
Trivia
References
| Survivor South Africa Seasons |
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Panama · Malaysia · Santa Carolina · Maldives · Champions · Philippines · Island of Secrets · Immunity Island |
