Survivor South Africa: Malaysia

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Survivor South Africa: Malaysia
Filming location Malaysia
Original run August 2007
Filming dates May 2007
June 2007
No. of days 27
No. of survivors 16
Tribes Iban
Bajau
Empu
Season chronology
Previous Survivor South Africa


Survivor South Africa Malaysia is the second season of the reality television show Survivor South Africa. The series is very similar to the American version of the show, with two teams (and later one group) of contestants vying for a large sum of money while stranded in a remote location. Each episode, one contestant is voted off of the show by his or her comrades, wittling the group down until only one survivor remains.

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 and Marky Bayly returning as the host. It is unknown if some of the contestants are minor South African celebrities, which was true of the first season.

The application process ended on the 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 ([1]) between 23 - 30 April 2007. Filming began in mid-May and ended in June. The show was initially broadcast August 22 to November 14, 2007.

Contents

[edit] Contestants

Contestant Original Tribe Episode 4 Tribe Merged Tribe Finish Vote
Nomfundo Vilokazi
27, Pretoria & Cape Town
Iban 1st Voted Out
Day 3
4-3-1
Nicola
37; Harding, KZN
Bajau 2nd Voted Out
Day 5
5-3
Viwe
23, Melrose, Jhb
Iban 3rd Voted Out
Day 7
5-2
Elsie
24, Sunninghill, Jhb
Bajau Iban 4th Voted Out
Day 9
5-1
Nichal
25, Phoenix, Durban
Bajau Bajau 5th Voted Out
Day 11
6-1
Rijesh
30, Lyndhurst, Jhb
Bajau Iban 6th Voted Out
Day 13
4-1
Lisa
21, Durban & Stellenbosch
Iban Bajau 7th Voted Out
Day 15
5-1
Irshaad
29, Maitland, Cape Town
Iban Iban 8th Voted Out
Day 17
3-1
Hein
47, Manzengwenya, KZN
Bajau Bajau Empu 9th Voted Out
Day 29
4-4,
lost tiebreaker
Dyke
28, Marina Beach, KZN
Bajau Iban 10th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 21
4-2-1
Angela
23, Krugersdorp, Gauteng
Bajau Bajau 11th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 23
4-2
Angie
30, Mowbray, Cape Town
Iban Iban 12th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 25
3-2
Mandla
36, Glen Marais, Jhb
Iban Bajau Eliminated in challenge
4th Jury Member
Day 26
No vote
Amanda Hoosen
29, Weltevreden Park
Bajau Iban 13th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 27
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Grant Clarke
35, Tokai, Cape Town
Iban Bajau Runner-Up 2-3
Lorette Mostert
36, Middelburg, Mpumalanga
Iban Bajau Sole Survivor 3-2

[edit] Episodes

Episode title Air date Challenges Eliminated Vote Finish
Reward Immunity
Premiere 2007-08-22 Bajau Nomfundo 4-3-1
1st Voted Out
Day 3
Episode 2 2007-08-29 Iban Iban Nicola 5-3
2nd Voted Out
Day 5
Episode 3 2007-09-05 Iban Bajau Viwe 5-2
3rd Voted Out
Day 7
Episode 4 2007-09-12 Iban Bajau Elsie 5-1
4th Voted Out
Day 9
Episode 5 2007-09-19 Iban Iban Nichal 6-1
5th Voted Out
Day 11
Episode 6 2007-09-26 Bajau Bajau Rijesh 4-1
6th Voted Out
Day 13
Episode 7 2007-10-03 Iban Iban Lisa 5-1
7th Voted Out
Day 15
Episode 8 2007-10-11 Iban Bajau Irshaad 3-1
8th Voted Out
Day 17
Episode 9 2007-10-18 None Dyke Hein 4-4
9th Voted Out
Day 19
Episode 10 2007-10-24 Dyke Mandla Dyke 4-2-1
10th Voted Out
Day 21
Episode 11 2007-10-31 Mandla Angie Angela 4-2
11th Voted Out
Day 23
Episode 12 2007-11-08 Mandla Lorette Angie 3-2
12th Voted Out
Day 25
Finale 2007-11-14 None Lorette
Mandla
No vote
Eliminated in challenge
Day 26
Amanda
1-0
13th Voted Out
Day 27
Jury Vote
Grant
3-2
Runner-Up
Lorette
Sole Survivor

[edit] Elimination notes

Nomfundo - Voted out of her tribe 4-3-1. She was seen as a threat in keeping the numbers in the latter part of the game as she was weak in the water challenges so far by an alliance of Viwe, Grant, Lisa and Angie.

Nicola - Voted out of her tribe 5-3. With Elsie in the foreground speaking out and retaliating after Bajau lost their first immunity challenge, Rijesh changed the target from Dyke to the weakest out of the workers Nicola.

Viwe - Voted out of his tribe 5-2. He suffered from a lack of food and stated at tribal council he was not part of any alliances.

Elsie - Voted out of her tribe 5-1. A surprise tribal shuffle had placed Elsie in her opposing tribe Iban with three other of her Bajau tribemates. After the immunity challenge, she had injured her hand and arm. Since the whole tribe would have to partake in the challenges ahead, the former Bajau members decided to let Elsie go.

Nichal - Voted out of his tribe 6-1. After the tribal shuffle on day 9, Nichal was in a tribe of 3 former Bajau and 4 former Iban members. Despite being in a majority alliance, Nichal was voted out.

Rijesh - Voted out of his tribe 4-1. His clever removal of Nicola from the game was his downfall as his back then alliance partner Amanda saw a snake-like personality in him, which contributed to his ousting.

Lisa - Voted out of her tribe 5-1. Her lazy antics in the beginning of the game created a negative attitude towards herself and after seen the weakest in the new Bajau tribe as she sat out the last three challenges, her former Iban tribemates voted her off with support from the original Bajau members Hein and Angela.

Irshaad - Voted out of his tribe 3-1. His explosive personality which came out in previous challenges separated him from the rest of the new Iban tribemates remaining, especially his original Iban tribemate Angie. She thought he had to go and the others followed her lead.

Hein - Voted out of the tribe 4-4. In a four by four tie against Lorette, a sudden death tie breaker ensued. Lorette won, and Hein was eliminated. This was not revealed until the start of the next episode.

Dyke - Voted out of the tribe 4-2-1. The strongest castaway post merge and a big target. After losing the second individual immunity challenge, Dyke was eliminated.

Angela - Voted out of her tribe 4-2. In a minority alliance, she was targeted after Amanda won Immunity.

Angie - Voted out of the tribe 3-2. After betraying Lorette and Mandla's trust for targeting Lorette for the previous

tribal council, Angie created a rift in the Iban alliance. Amanda, seeing the opportunity of staying around the next couple of days, sided with Lorette to vote out Angie.

Mandla - Eliminated in the final 4 immunity challenge: a last-man-standing endurance contest where the first to fall into the water was eliminated. Surprisingly, Mandla hit the water first.

Amanda - Voted out of the tribe. Lorette had won the final immunity challenge. She had the choice of her alliance partner Grant or former Bajau member Amanda. Amanda's efforts to convince Lorette to take her to the final two were unsuccessful, and she became the final member of the jury.

Grant - Lost to Lorette 2-3. Despite being seen as a "true player of the game", he did not receive enough votes from the jury to win the game.

Lorette - Sole Survivor 3-2. Being a hard worker from day one had put Lorette in all her tribes' good books. She managed to keep her head when she needed to and she won crucial immunity challenges without once breaking her alliance with Mandla.

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