Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina

Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina
Winner	Perle "GiGi" van Schalkwyk
Presented by
No. of episodes	15
No. of days	27
No. of castaways	18
Production
Location(s)	Santa Carolina, Mozambique
Filming dates	November 2009 – December 2009
Release
Original release	20 January 2010 – 21 April 2010
Chronology
Preceded by	Malaysia
Followed by	Maldives

Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina^[1] is the third season of the South African reality television show Survivor South Africa. With Nico Panagio replacing Mark Bayly as host, the show premiered on 20 January 2010 and aired on Wednesdays for fourteen weeks on M-Net until the ninety-minute live season finale on 21 April 2010. M-Net also commissioned a 15th episode that had a look at the whole series with retrospective views from all the contestants.

The season was filmed on the small island of Santa Carolina, a member of the Bazaruto Archipelago off the southern coast of Mozambique. The castaways (eight women and ten men) lived amongst white sand beaches, coral reefs and buildings left abandoned by the Mozambican Civil War, including a prison and a hotel. The two original tribes were named Chibudu and Timbila, after local Chopi words for "harmony" and "togetherness", and the merged tribe name, Kululama, means "strength."

Several new twists were introduced to the established Survivor formula. In a departure from the first two seasons, the cast was made up entirely of South African celebrities, each of whom was playing the game to raise money for a charity of their choice. The number of castaways was increased to eighteen. Exile Island and the hidden immunity idol were imported from the American version of the show. Also, for the first time the viewing public was able to influence the outcome of the game. The audience was allowed to vote for a winner out of the two finalists via internet or text message voting. The finalist with the most votes received one jury vote.

In the end, 42-year-old exotic dancer and club owner Perle "GiGi" van Schalkwyk was crowned the Sole Survivor in a 6-3 decision over television presenter Ashley Hayden, winning R500,000 for her charity, a Hospice in Johannesburg.

Contestants

Contestant	Original Tribe	Episode 6 Tribe	Merged Tribe	Charity	Finish	Total Votes
Christina Storm 35, Cape Town Actress and Model	Chibudu			Lucinda Greyling Help Fund	Quit Day 3	0
Garth Collins 43, Johannesburg Actor and Comedian	Chibudu			South African Guide Dogs Association	1st Voted Out Day 3	7
Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye 29, Johannesburg Rapper and Musician	Chibudu			Ithuteng Trust	Quit Day 6	1
Cindy Nell 28, Johannesburg Model and Presenter	Timbila			WAG & The Chrysalis Foundation	2nd Voted Out Day 6	8
Craig Jacobs 35, Cape Town Designer	Chibudu			The Trust	3rd Voted Out Day 9	5
Lea "Lady Lea" Moscou Barrett 29, Johannesburg DJ and Music Producer	Timbila			The Wet Nose Animal Rescue Center	4th Voted Out Day 11	6
Darren Maule 37, Johannesburg Actor, Comedian and TV Host	Timbila			Wesley Flavell Heart Foundation	5th Voted Out Day 12	6
Sandra "Sandi" Schultz 45, Johannesburg Actress	Timbila	Timbila		RCCTT	6th Voted Out Day 14	6
Hanna Grobler 28, Johannesburg Actress and Entrepreneur	Chibudu	Chibudu	Kululama	Hanna Charity and Empowerment Foundation	7th Voted Out 1st Juror Day 15	6
Louw Venter 34, Cape Town Actor and Comedian	Timbila	Timbila		MyLifE Foundation	8th Voted Out 2nd Juror Day 17	10
Okkert Brits 36, Port Elizabeth Former Athlete and Entrepreneur	Chibudu	Chibudu		Give Me a Chance Foundation	9th Voted Out 3rd Juror Day 19	8
Gys de Villiers 49, Knysna Actor, Writer and Voice-Artist	Chibudu	Timbila		HOKISA	10th Voted Out 4th Juror Day 21	4
Izak Davel 26, Johannesburg Singer, Actor and Dancer	Timbila	Chibudu		Ons Huis Trust	11th Voted Out 5th Juror Day 23	3
Kaseran Pillay 34, Johannesburg Comedian and Actor	Timbila	Timbila		Durban Children's Home	12th Voted Out 6th Juror Day 25	7
Sade Giliberti 24, Johannesburg TV Host	Chibudu	Chibudu		Childline	13th Voted Out 7th Juror Day 26	7
Tebogo "ProVerb" Thekiso 28, Johannesburg Recording Artist, TV and Radio Host	Timbila	Timbila		Bophelo Care Center, Kimberly	14th Voted Out 8th Juror Day 27	9
Ashley Hayden 42, Johannesburg TV Host and Businesswoman	Timbila	Timbila		The Homestead-Projects for Street Children	Runner-Up Day 28	0
Perle "GiGi" van Schalkwyk 42, Johannesburg Dancer, Businesswoman and Actress	Chibudu	Chibudu		Hospice Houghton, Johannesburg	Sole Survivor Day 28	2

The Total Votes is the number of votes a castaway has received during Tribal Councils where the castaway is eligible to be voted out of the game. It does not include the votes received during the final Tribal Council.

The game

Episode & air date	Challenges		Exiled	Kidnapped	Eliminated	Vote	Finish
	Reward	Immunity
20 January 2010	Timbila^1		Craig^2	None	Christina	No vote	Quit Day 3
			Kaseran^2		Garth	7-1	1st Voted Out Day 3
27 January 2010	Timbila	Chibudu	Gys^3	Izak^3	Jub Jub	No vote	Quit Day 6
					Cindy	8-1	2nd Voted Out Day 6
3 February 2010	Chibudu^4	Timbila	None		Craig	5-1	3rd Voted Out Day 9
10 February 2010	Chibudu	Chibudu	Darren^3	Okkert^3	Lady Lea	6-1-1	4th Voted Out Day 11
		Darren^6
17 February 2010	Chibudu^1		None		Darren	6-1	5th Voted Out Day 12
24 February 2010	Chibudu	Chibudu			Sandi	5-1	6th Voted Out Day 14
		Gys^6
3 March 2010	Okkert, Izak, Louw, Hanna, Kaseran, Sade, Ashley, GiGi	Kaseran	ProVerb^7	None^8	Hanna	5-5	7th Voted Out First Juror Day 15
10 March 2010	GiGi, Kaseran, Okkert	Kaseran	None		Louw	4-4-1	8th Voted Out Second Juror Day 17

In the case of multiple tribes or castaways who win reward or immunity, they are listed in order of finish, or alphabetically where it was a team effort; where one castaway won and invited others, the invitees are in brackets.

^1 : This challenge was a combined reward and immunity.
^2 : Before the tribes were picked, Craig and Kaseran were chosen to not make the journey to the island with the other contestants. Instead, they were flown to the island and isolated on a beach where they received a clue to a hidden immunity idol.
^3 : After the reward challenge, a contestant from the losing tribe was chosen by the winning tribe to go to Exile Island, where they received a clue to a hidden immunity idol. The exilee also chose someone to be kidnapped from the winning tribe to replace them at their camp until the next immunity challenge.
^4 : This reward challenge was a duel between Izak and Okkert in which they alone represented their tribes and no one else participated.
^5 : Darren played the hidden immunity idol at Timbila's tribal council, and therefore was immune from the vote.
^6 : After the reward challenge, each tribe selected an ambassador to go the other camp, take one item, and steal one castaway permanently onto their own tribe. The two contestants selected to switch tribes were given immunity for this round only.
^7 : Since ProVerb was ranked last in the reward challenge, he was isolated at camp while the rest of the tribe partook in the reward. At camp, he received a clue to a hidden immunity idol.
^8 : After the merge, kidnapping was no longer possible as there was only one tribe.

Voting history

Original tribes Switched tribes Merged tribe Episode # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Day # 3 6 9 11 12 14 15 17 19 21 23 25 26 27 Eliminated Christina Garth Jub Jub Cindy Craig Lady Lea Darren Sandi Hannah Louw Okkert Gys Izak Kaseran Sade ProVerb Votes None^9 7-1 None^10 8-1 5-1 6-1-1 6-1 5-1 5-5^11 4-4-1^12 4-4^13 3-2-1-1 2-2-2^14 3-2 3-1 1-0 Voter Vote GiGi Garth Craig Louw Louw ProVerb Kaseran Izak Kaseran Sade Ashley Cindy Lady Lea Darren Sandi Hanna Okkert Okkert Gys GiGi Kaseran Sade ProVerb ProVerb Cindy Lady Lea Darren Sandi Hanna Okkert Okkert Izak Sade Sade Sade Sade Garth Craig Louw Louw ProVerb Kaseran Izak Kaseran ProVerb Kaseran Cindy Lady Lea Darren Sandi Hanna Okkert Okkert Gys GiGi Sade Izak Cindy Lady Lea Darren Hanna Gys Okkert Gys Sade Gys Garth Craig Sandi Louw Louw ProVerb ProVerb Okkert Garth Craig Louw Louw ProVerb Louw Cindy Lady Lea Darren Sandi Hanna Okkert Hanna Garth Craig Louw Sandi Cindy Lady Lea Darren ProVerb Darren Cindy Sandi Louw Lady Lea Cindy ProVerb Craig Garth Hanna Cindy Kaseran Jub Jub Garth Garth Jub Jub Christina

Jury Vote Episode # 13 Day # 28 Finalist Ashley GiGi Votes 6-3 Juror Vote ProVerb Ashley Sade GiGi Kaseran GiGi Izak Ashley Gys GiGi Okkert GiGi Louw GiGi Hanna GiGi Viewers^15 Ashley

^9 : Christina voluntarily left the game before tribal council on Day 3 due to homesickness.
^10 : Jub Jub voluntarily left the game before the immunity challenge on Day 6, claiming he needed to seek outside medical attention for his infected penis.
^11 : Since Hanna and Louw tied with five votes each, and neither had previous votes from the Kululama tribe, they participated in a timing tiebreaker challenge. Hanna lost and was therefore eliminated.
^12 : Since Louw and Okkert tied with four votes each, Louw was eliminated due to having five previous votes to Okkert's zero.
^13 : Since Okkert and ProVerb tied with four votes each, Okkert was eliminated due to having four previous votes to ProVerb's zero.
^14 : Since GiGi, Izak, and Sade tied with two votes each, Izak was eliminated due to having one previous vote to GiGi and Sade's zero.
^15 : The viewing public was given the chance to vote for a finalist to win the game by means of internet and/or text message voting. Ashley received the most viewer votes, giving her one jury vote.

References

1. http://www.mnet.co.za/Survivor/Article/Article.aspx?ArticleID=10

External links

• Official Site