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Survivor (South Africa) is the South African version of Survivor. The series was first broadcast on September 3, 2006.

History

Main article: Survivor (franchise)

Format Variations

The South African version of the show follows the same basic format of the American version.

Tribes

Main article: Tribe

Tribe Captains

The fifth season of the show introduced two South African sports champions as 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.

Immunity Idol

Main article: Immunity Idol

Hidden Immunity Idol

Main article: Hidden Immunity Idol

Unlike the American version of the show, the players in Season 5, Survivor South Africa: Champions, were allowed to steal Hidden Immunity Idols from other's possessions.

Exile Island

Main article: Exile Island (twist)

Only in Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina.

Dead Man's Island

Main article: Redemption Island (international twist)

Used only in Survivor South Africa: Panama, the castaways voted out after the merge were taken to an island without knowledge of the remaining players in the game, where they would wait for a chance to compete for two spots to re-enter the game at the Final Three.

Tribal Council

Main article: Tribal Council

Torches

Main article: Torch

Merge

Main article: Merge

Immunity Necklace

Main article: Immunity Necklace

Final Tribal Council

Main article: Final Tribal Council

Celebrity Seasons

The cast of the third season of the show was compound of eighteen South African celebrities, each of whom was playing the game to raise money for a charity of their choice.

The fourth season had its cast made up by nine South African celebrities, competing with ten regular South African citizens.


Seasons

  • Survivor South Africa: Philippines was filmed in the Palawan Province of the Philippines in January/February 2018. The season will feature 18 castaways of which 1 was chosen through marketing campaign run by the broadcaster, M-Net . Eight (8) potential Castaways, chosen by the Survivor SA Casting Team from entries by two radio stations (KFM & 947), were involved in a 3-day Event, where they took part in different Survivor Style Challenges on a Billboard in Johannesburg. The winner of this "Billboard Survivor SA" event won a spot as a castaway in the new season. The Billboard Event was a Live Stream on The Survivor SA Facebook Page.


Survivor franchises
Americas

Argentina · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Mexico · Mexico (Unofficial) · Quebec · United States · Venezuela


Africa and the Middle East

Africa · Lebanon · Israel · South Africa


Asia-Pacific

Australia · Azerbaijan · China · Georgia · India (Hindi) · India (Tamil) · Japan · New Zealand · Pakistan · Philippines


Europe

Austria · Baltics · Belgium · Bulgaria · Denmark · Ex-Czechoslovakia · Ex-Yugoslavia · Finland · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Italy · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania (2009) · Romania (2016) · Romania (2020-present) · Russia · Scandinavia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · United Kingdom

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