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Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island
Presented byNico Panagio
No. of days39
No. of castaways20
LocationWild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Release
Original networkM-Net
Original release3 June 2021 (2021-06-03)
Additional information
Filming dates6 November (2020-11-06) –
14 December 2020 (2020-12-14)[1]
Season chronology
← Previous
Island of Secrets

Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island is the eighth season of the South African reality competition show, Survivor South Africa. Before the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa this would have been the first time in the show's history that a third season been ordered by M-Net would have aired in back-to-back years. Originally shelved due to budget and broadcast scheduling[2] after the end of the seventh season, Survivor South Africa's social media announced a Season 8 audition call on 8 December 2019.[3] Applications were open from then until the 20th of January 2020, with the season airing in the second half of 2020. Immunity Island will be the sixth season hosted by Nico Panagio, and will yet again be produced by Afrokaans Film & Television.

Production was initially set to take place from March to May 2020;[4] however, M-Net and Afrokaans had to reassess the season's location and timeline for filming due to the COVID-19 pandemic potentially putting the production and full cast at risk of exposure.[5] Series director Leroux Botha assured fans that Afrokaans were making a plan to navigate the pandemic.[6] On the 16th of April 2020, M-Net announced that the season would be postponed indefinitely as a result of the global measures in preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. To ensure the safety of the film production, crew and contestants that had been cast, M-Net felt the need to halt production before it began.[7] On December 17th, Afrokaans and M-Net announced that they managed to finish filming a season locally in South Africa,[8] with a following announcement on December 20th that the season was filmed in the Wild Coast region of the Eastern Cape, with a premiere date set for 3rd June 2021.[9]

Immunity Island

This season introduced Immunity Island, similar to the titular Island of Secrets in the previous season. The winners of the immunity challenge would select one castaway to be sent to Immunity Island, granting that person the immunity island necklace for the upcoming Tribal Council.[10] The exiled castaway would then be given two options:

  • Stay and Play: In which the exiled player would participate in a solo Immunity Island challenge for an advantage offered. Succeeding in the challenge would award the player with the advantage while failing would give the player a disadvantage in the game. Additionally, while the exiled player is immune from elimination (by virtue of the Immunity Island Neckalce), they do not participate in that night's Tribal Council.
  • Give Up and Go: In which the exiled player would immediately return to their tribe. While they can participate in the Tribal Council (being able to strategise with their tribe and cast a vote), they must bequeath their immunity island necklace to one of their tribemates at Tribal Council, making their selection immune.

Contestants

The cast is composed of 20 players that form the two tribes, Vuna and Zamba.[11][12]

List of Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island contestants
Contestant Original tribe Switched Tribes Finish
Jason Brookstein
27, Johannesburg, Gauteng 		Zamba 1st Voted Out
Day 3
Noleen "Pinty" Nkanjeni
30, Cape Town, Western Cape 		Vuna 2nd Voted Out
Day 6
Amy Eliason
33, Johannesburg, Gauteng 		Zamba
Anela Majozi
25, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal 		Zamba
Anesu Mbizvo
29, Johannesburg, Gauteng 		Vuna
Carla Gubb
29, Cape Town, Western Cape 		Vuna
Francois "Chappies" Chapman
32, Centurion, Gauteng 		Vuna
Dino Paulo
30, Johannesburg, Gauteng 		Zamba
Kiran Naidoo
29, Johannesburg, Gauteng 		Vuna
Marisha du Plessis
35, Tulbagh, Western Cape 		Zamba
Mike Laws
32, Cape Town, Western Cape 		Vuna
Nicole Wilmans
26, Somerset West, Western Cape 		Zamba
Paul Cupido
29, Johannesburg, Gauteng 		Vuna
Qieän Wang
35, Cape Town, Western Cape & Hong Kong, PRC 		Zamba
Renier Louwrens
30, Secunda, Mpumalanga 		Zamba
Santoni Engelbrecht
39, Strand, Western Cape 		Vuna
Shaun Wilson
40, Cape Town, Western Cape 		Zamba
Thoriso M-Afrika
36, Kariega, Eastern Cape 		Zamba
Tyson Zulu
24, Johannesburg, Gauteng 		Vuna
Wardah Hartley
39, Johannesburg, Gauteng 		Vuna
Notes

Season summary

Challenge winners and eliminations by episode
Episode Challenge winner(s) Immunity Island Eliminated Finish
No. Air date Reward Immunity Immune Scenario Result
1 June 3, 2021 Zamba[a] Vuna Thoriso Idol Clue Lost Jason 1st Voted Out
Day 3
Vuna Dino[b]
2 June 10, 2021 Zamba Zamba Santoni Idol Clue Won Pinty 2nd Voted Out
Day 6
3 June 17, 2021 3rd Voted Out
Day X
  1. ^ Both tribes received supplies in the reward challenge. However, Zamba won camping supplies by grabbing a tribe advantage during the challenge.
  2. ^ Dino won individual immunity for his first Tribal Council in the reward challenge.

Episodes

No. in series Episode No. Title Timeline Original air date
1081"Episode 1"TBAJune 3, 2021 (2021-06-03)

Arriving in the Wild Coast, the castaways took part in a random draw to select the two tribes, Vuna and Zamba.

  • Marooning Challenge: The two tribes were given 2 minutes to grab as many supplies as they can and place it on their tribe mats. At the end of the challenge hung two individual immunity necklaces, one for each tribe. Any castaway who grabbed a necklace would be immune at their first Tribal Council. A hidden Tribe Advantage discovered gave the castaway's tribe camping supplies to go with their winnings.

Dino managed to grabbed the Zamba necklace, with Renier reluctantly revealing he found the Tribe Advantage, winning camping supplies for Zamba. Following the challenge, the Zamba tribe sort to build a temporary shelter with Thoriso and Renier noticing Jason's hesistant approach at leading the tribe in camp building. Shaun and Qieän started sorting through the food supplies to look for idol clues, to the chagrin of Amy. On the Vuna beach, the tribe gravitated towards Anesu, while she and Wardah kept between them their real world connections through yoga. Despite Chappies' best efforts, the Vuna shelter was incomplete before the night rain started.

  • Reward Challenge: Each tribe sent forward a delegate to compete in a fire-making challenge. The first to build a fire and successfully burn through their rope won flint and fire-building supplies for their tribe.

Chappies volunteered for Vuna and outshone Jason from Zamba in the challenge. Along with winning the challenge, Nico informed both Chappies and James that attending the reward challenge gave each of them Diplomatic Immunity. Both of them were given bracelets that have the ability to let them mutiny from their tribe if they lose an immunity challenge before the merge. Both chose not to reveal this potential immunity to their tribes, with Mike being suspicious of Chappies on his return to Vuna with the reward.

  • Immunity Challenge: From the river shore, five tribe members must swim out to buoys to retrieve rope ladder rungs. The next two tribe members then must build a rope ladder to reach a platform, where one tribe member must unravel puzzle bags and build the second rope ladder. At the top of the platform, the last two tribe members must complete a puzzle to win immunity for their tribe.

Despite lagging through the beginning portions of the challenge, Vuna came from behind to blitz through the puzzle for the win. During the challenge, Dino tried to get in contact with Paul on Vuna to convince him to be sent to Immunity Island if Zamba lost, something Shaun had noticed. Vuna, however, decided to send Thoriso to Immunity Island, granting her immunity at Zamba's first tribal council.

At Immunity Island, Thoriso was given the option to play for a clue to her tribe's hidden immunity idol at the risk of losing her vote, or to leave Immunity Island immediately. She chose to compete and keep her immunity, but lost her vote from failing the challenge.

Returning from the immunity challenge, the tribe consensus was to either vote out Shaun or Qieän for their idol searching on Day 1, which didn't sit well with Jason, as he wanted to work with Shaun despite already forming a majority without him. When Jason tried to convince Reiner that the target could be Amy for failing the puzzle, Reiner started spreading the word throughout the majority of the tribe that Jason needed to go, with some doubts from Anela and Amy. Meanwhile, Shaun's behaviour had alienated him from the tribe, leaving him without a clue on what was going on.

At Tribal Council, Shaun started to point out suspicious things he noticed from Dino in the immunity challenge, trying to get the target off his back. However, Anela tried to explain the majority's rationale for not trusting Shaun. Upon returning from Immunity Island, Thoriso was forced to explain that she couldn't vote, having accepted the island's immunity necklace. While the Zamba tribe spoke about maintaining tribe loyalty, Shaun was left out of the loop with Reiner successfully blindsiding Jason out of the game for trying to save Shaun.

Voting history

Original tribes Switched tribes
Episode # 1 2 3
Day # 3 6 TBA
Eliminated Jason Pinty TBA
Votes 7–2 6–2–1 TBA
Voter Vote
Amy Jason
Anela Jason
Anesu Pinty
Carla Pinty
Chappies Mike
Dino Jason
Kiran Pinty
Marisha Jason
Mike Pinty
Nicole Jason
Paul Wardah
Qieän Jason
Renier Jason
Santoni None[a]
Shaun Qieän
Thoriso None[a] None[b]
Tyson Pinty
Wardah Pinty
Pinty Mike
Jason Qieän
  1. ^ a b This castaway did not vote as they Stayed and Played on Immunity Island.
  2. ^ This castaway lost their vote for losing an Immunity Island Challenge.

Notes

References

  1. ^ Shannon Guss; Mike Bloom (24 December 2020). "International Survivor | Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island Preview with Leroux Botha". Rob Has a Podcast (Podcast). Event occurs at 13:24. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. ^ "M-Net on why Survivor South Africa wasn't renewed for the 8th season". TVwithThinus. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Season 8 Announcement Tweet". Survivor SA Twitter Account. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Survivor SA: Season 8 FAQ's". M-Net Survivor SA. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  5. ^ Ferreira, Thinus (12 March 2020). "As the coronavirus pandemic spreads M-Net is reassessing Survivor SA 8th season filming and the location as the American Survivor delays production". TV with Thinus. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Series Director Statement on Season 8 production". Leroux Botha's Twitter Account. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  7. ^ "M-Net indefinitely postpones 8th season of Survivor SA over Covid-19 lockdown". News24. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  8. ^ Ferreira, Thinus. "M-Net's Survivor SA: Immunity Island wraps secret filming". News24. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  9. ^ Ferreira, Thinus. "MM-Net's Survivor SA: Immunity Island switches to the Wild Coast with 20 castaways". News24. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Immunity Island explained – Survivor SA". M-Net. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  11. ^ Morkel, Graye (2 May 2021). "Meet the cast of Survivor SA: Immunity Island". News24. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  12. ^ Birjalal, Alyssia. "Meet the Castaways for 'Survivor SA: Immunity Island'". IOL. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
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