Survivor South Africa: Panama

Survivor South Africa: Panama is the first season of the South African reality television show Survivor South Africa, based on the international reality game show franchise Survivor. It was filmed in Panama, featuring 14 castaways competing for R1,000,000 prize.

Survivor South Africa: Panama
Presented byMark Bayly
No. of days29
No. of castaways14
WinnerVanessa Marawa
Runner-upJacinda Louw
LocationPearl Islands, Panama
Country of originSouth Africa
No. of episodes13
Release
Original networkM-Net
Original releaseSeptember 3 (2006-09-03) –
November 26, 2006 (2006-11-26)
Additional information
Filming datesJune 2006 –
July 2006
Season chronology

The second season of the show, titled Survivor South Africa: Malaysia, was filmed and aired in 2007.

Contestants
List of Survivor South Africa: Panama contestants
Contestant Original tribe Switched tribe Merged tribe Main game Deadman's Island
Don Soper
55, Johannesburg, Gauteng		 Rana 1st voted out
Day 3
Sam Allerton
30, Cape Town, Western Cape		 Aguila 2nd voted out
Day 6
Jude Wilken
39, Kempton Park, Gauteng		 Aguila Quit
Day 8
Ncumisa Ngcaweni
30, Cape Town, Western Cape		 Rana 3rd voted out
Day 10
Sanele Gumede
27, Johannesburg, Gauteng		 Aguila Medically evacuated
Day 12
Danielle Vuric
35, Cape Town, Western Cape		 Rana Aguila 4th voted out
Day 14
Nico Hinis
43, Johannesburg, Gauteng		 Aguila Aguila 5th voted out
Day 16
Lezel Crook
26, Johannesburg, Gauteng		 Rana Rana Burba 9th voted out
Day 24		 Lost challenge
1st jury member
Day 25
Brigitte Willers
28, Cape Town, Western Cape		 Aguila Aguila 6th voted out
Day 19		 Lost challenge
2nd jury member
Day 25
Gareth Tjisank
27, Cape Town, Western Cape		 Rana Rana 10th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 27
Zayn Nabbi
24, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal		 Rana Rana Eliminated[lower-alpha 1]
4th jury member
Day 28
Mzi Tyhokolo
31, Johannesburg, Gauteng		 Aguila Aguila 7th voted out
Day 20		 Returnee
Day 25
Eliminated[lower-alpha 2]
5th jury member
Day 29
Jacinda Louw
25, Johannesburg, Gauteng		 Rana Rana Runner-up
Day 29
Vanessa Marawa
27, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal		 Aguila Aguila 8th voted out
Day 22		 Returnee
Day 25
Ultimate Survivor
Day 29
  1. The final four competed in an endurance challenge; the first to fall joined the jury while the winner of the challenge would automatically be in the final Tribal Council. Zayn was the first person to fall and was eliminated.
  2. The second and third castaway to fall in the Day 28 endurance challenge had to face off in one final immunity challenge to face Vanessa at the final Tribal Council. Jacinda beat Mzi and sent him to the jury.

Season summary
Challenge winners and eliminations by episode
Episode Challenge winner(s) Eliminated Finish
No. Original air date Reward Immunity
1 September 3, 2006 Aguila Aguila Don 1st voted out
Day 3
2 September 10, 2006 Aguila Rana Sam 2nd voted out
Day 6
3 September 17, 2006 Aguila Rana Jude Quit
Day 8
4 September 24, 2006 Aguila Aguila Ncumisa 3rd voted out
Day 10
Rana
5 October 1, 2006 Aguila Aguila Sanele Evacuated
Day 12
6 October 8, 2006 Aguila Rana Danielle 4th voted out
Day 14
7 October 15, 2006 Rana Rana Nico 5th voted out
Day 16
8 October 22, 2006 Gareth Brigitte 6th voted out
Day 19
9 October 29, 2006 Jacinda
[Lezel]		 Gareth Mzi 7th voted out
Day 21
10 November 5, 2006 Vanessa
[Gareth]		 Gareth Vanessa 8th voted out
Day 22
11 November 12, 2006 Gareth Gareth Lezel 9th voted out
Day 24
12 November 19, 2006 Mzi,
Vanessa[lower-alpha 1]		 Mzi Gareth 10th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 27
Zayn
13 November 26, 2006 Vanessa Zayn Eliminated[lower-alpha 2]
4th jury member
Day 28
Jacinda Mzi Eliminated[lower-alpha 3]
5th jury member
Day 29
Jury vote
Jacinda Runner Up
Day 29
Vanessa Ultimate Survivor
Day 29
  1. The castaways on Deadman's Island (Brigitte, Mzi, Vanessa, and Lezel) competed in a challenge to re-enter the game; Mzi and Vanessa won the challenge, while Brigitte and Lezel became the 1st and 2nd jury members.
  2. The castaways participated in an endurance challenge; the first to lose the challenge was sent to the jury, while the winner was granted a place at the Final Tribal Council. Zayn was the first to lose, and Vanessa won a spot in the Final Tribal Council.
  3. Jacinda and Mzi had to compete in a physical and mental challenge, where the winner would join Vanessa in the Final 2 and send the loser to the jury. Jacinda beat Mzi and joined Vanessa for the Final Tribal Council.

Episodes

EPISODE 1

14 South Africans arrived in Panama, believing they were on their way to a media briefing, but were told that the game was starting. They were immediately split into two tribes (Rana and Aguila) and competed in their first reward challenge.

Reward Challenge: The tribes will run to the village, fill their container with fuel, and run down to the dock to ferry a boat. Once they are on the shore, the tribes will swim to the cove and up an embankment to their tribe flags. The first tribe to get all of their members to the flag will be allowed to stay on the Black Pearl Island beach and receive a survival kit.

The water was particularly rough on Sanele during the swim to the islands. Aguila won the challenge. On Aguila, Sam took on a leadership role, to Vanessa and Nico's concern, while Mzi caught fish for his tribe.

On Rana, the tribe was forced to trek to another beach and were exhausted upon arrival. Despite their setbacks, the tribe was getting along well.

Immunity Challenge: The tribes will attach themselves to a mast, feed the mast through hoops and navigate through the mangrove swamp course. The first tribe to make it back wins immunity.

Aguila won immunity. Back at Rana, the tribe agreed on voting Danielle out first, questioning her loyalty as they believed her wish was to be on Aguila. However, Don fell ill and rested while the rest of the tribe set up their camp. His tribemates were upset that he wasn't contributing to the tribe, and some of them wondered if keeping Danielle for tribe strength was better.

At Tribal Council, Danielle stated her willingness to stay in the game and that she would be loyal to Rana. Don remarked that the tribe made a mistake in the immunity challenge by putting a woman at the front of the mast instead of a man. Ultimately Don's physical weakness was deemed more dire to the tribe than their issues with Danielle's trust, and Don became the first person voted out.


EPISODE 2

Reward Challenge: One member from each tribe will meet in the circle; they will be harnessed to a rope, and try to make their way to their tribe stakes. The first tribe to score three points will win a fishing net and flint.

Aguila won their third straight challenge. Back at Aguila, Sam and Bridgette's closeness concerned their tribemates, but Sam didn't make many other friends; he lashed out and offended Jude and Vanessa when they tried to assist him in making fire. Sam also swore at Mzi, which nearly caused a physical confrontation between the two of them.

At Rana, the tribe decided to have daily tribe meetings in order for people to share their feelings and to organize themselves before the challenges. Jacinda was elected as the tribe's chairperson as people felt she was methodical and intelligent. The tribe had a terrible night in their shelter as sand fleas and mosquitoes bit them.

Immunity Challenge: The tribes will select one member who will attach themselves to a cannon. They will then maneuver their cannon through an obstacle course and down the beach to the finish line. The first tribe to cross the finish line wins immunity.

Rana won their first challenge. At Aguila, Sam knew he was a target because of his outburst the day before and tried to improve his relationships with his tribe members. Sam suggested to Nico and Jude that they should keep the tribe strong and get rid of Vanessa first, seeing her as the weakest link. Jude felt that Brigitte wasn't taking the game seriously, but Mzi believed the vote should unify the tribe, wanting to oust Sam for causing tension.

At Tribal Council, the tribe discussed their rifts, especially the one between Sam and Mzi. Mzi criticized Sam letting his temper strain his relationships. The tribe agreed that Sam and Brigitte have isolated themselves. Ultimately, the majority decided that Sam was too much for them to handle, and he was voted out.

Voting history
  1. Despite Jude leaving the game at Tribal Council, Aguila were asked to vote someone out of their tribe. Nico received the majority. Mark informed the cast that Nico will receive a penalty vote against him at the next tribal council he attends instead of leaving the game.
  2. Due to Sanele's medical evacuation the day before, his torch was not snuffed. Rana voted Danielle out of the tribe and to their surprise, Danielle took over Sanele's torch and moved to Aguila after tribal council.
  3. Jude voluntarily exited the game for concerns with her health.
  4. Sanele was medically evacuated from the game.
  5. Nico's extra vote against him occurred at this tribal council.
  6. Zayn was the first to fall from the Final Four challenge and was immediately eliminated.
  7. Mzi lost the Sudden-Death challenge against Jacinda, instantly eliminating him.
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