Survivor (Tamil TV series) season 1
| Survivor | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
| File:Survivor Tamil season 1 logo.jpg Logo of season 1 | |
| Presented by | Arjun Sarja |
| No. of days | 1196/90 |
| No. of castaways | 18 |
| Location | Zanzibar, Tanzania |
| No. of episodes | 1197/91 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Zee Tamil |
| Original release | September 12, 2021 – present |
| Season chronology | |
Survivor 1 is the first season of the popular Tamil-language reality show Survivor Tamil. The show is hosted by actor Arjun Sarja.[1] The show is set to be located in a remote island in Zanzibar in the country of Tanzania east of Africa, with 18 celebrity contestants known as "Survivors". The show was premiered on 10 September 2021 on Zee Tamil but episodes were uploaded on Zee5 for uncut portions of the show which weren't telecast on television.[2][3] The show will run for 90 days which is roughly 12 weeks. On the 'Launch Day' of the show its classified as 'Day 0', The prize money for the winner is ₹ 1 crore (US$1,34,000) and the 'Survivor' trophy.
Like most of the other versions of Survivor, the Tamil version's elimination process is coping other version script. The show follows the similar format that was shown on the American version called Survivor: Redemption Island, where once after the cast away is voted out by their peoples choice, they will be sent to a dead island called Nangam Ulagam where they will be asked to compete in a challenge, if they lose the challenge they will be temporarily eliminated from the game where else if they win the challenge they will have to keep on competing in the upcoming challenges. On the final day the people watching this show will vote for the winner of the show.
Contestants
Before the show started Zee Tamil revealed 8 out of the 16 contestants, some of the notable celebrities joining the show as contestants such as Vijayalakshmi, Nandha Durairaj, Vikranth, Besant Ravi, V. J. Parvathy, Gayathri Reddy, Umapathy Ramaiah, Srushti Dange and Lady Kash.[4] While Inigo Prabhakaran and Vanessa Cruez joined as wildcard contestants on Day 19, Vijayalakshmi and Amzath re–entered the game on Day 50 as wildcard contestants. Overall 18 contestants appeared in the season as castaways.[5]
| Contestant | Joined | Original tribe | Switched tribe | Outcast twist | Merged tribe | Main game[a] | Moondram Ulagam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Srushti Dange 29,Actress |
Day 1 | Vedarkal | Moondram Ulagam [b][c][d][e][f][g][h][i] |
1st voted out Day 5 |
Lost duel 1 Day 8[j] | ||
| Indraja Shankar 19, Actress |
Day 1 | Kaadargal | 2nd voted out Day 5 |
Lost duel 2 Day 15[k] | |||
| Gayathri Reddy 25, Model / Actress |
Day 1 | Kaadargal | 3rd voted out Day 8 |
Lost duel 6 Day 43[l] | |||
| V. J. Parvathy 27, YouTuber / Actress |
Day 1 | Vedarkal | 4th voted out Day 14 |
Lost duel 4 Day 29[m] | |||
| Ram. C 25, Model / Actor |
Day 1 | Kaadargal | 5th voted out Day 21 |
Lost duel 3 Day 22 [n] | |||
| Besant Ravi 51, Stunt Choreographer / Actor |
Day 1 | Vedarkal | Vedarkal | 7th voted out Day 35 |
Lost duel 5 Day 36[o] | ||
| Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli 37, Cricketer / Actress / Social activist |
Day 1 | Vedarkal | Kaadargal | 9th voted out Day 49 |
Lost duel 7 Day 50[p] | ||
| Aishwarya Krishnan 29, Fitness Trainer / Sportsperson |
Day 1 | Vedarkal | Vedarkal | Kombarkal | 10th voted out Day 56 |
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| Amzath Khan 34, Actor Returned to game |
Day 1 | Vedarkal | Kaadargal | Moondram Ulagam | |||
| Inigo Prabhakaran 36, Actor |
Day 19[q] | Vedarkal | Vedarkal | ||||
| Lady Kash 31, Rapper |
Day 1 | Kaadargal | Kaadargal | ||||
| Nandha Durairaj 43, Actor |
Day 1 | Vedarkal | Vedarkal | ||||
| Narayan Lucky 33, Actor |
Day 1 | Vedarkal | Vedarkal | ||||
| Saran Shakthi 23, Actor |
Day 1 | Kaadargal | Vedarkal | ||||
| Umapathy Ramaiah 30, Actor |
Day 1 | Kaadargal | Kaadargal | ||||
| Vanessa Cruez 25, Malaysian Model |
Day 19 [r] | Kaadargal | Kaadargal | ||||
| Vikranth Santhosh 37, Actor |
Day 1 | Kaadargal | Kaadargal | ||||
| Vijayalakshmi 38, Actress Returned to game |
Day 1 | Kaadargal | Vedarkal | Moondram Ulagam |
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.
- ^ Elimination order is based on when the contestant was voted out at Tribal Council.
- ^ Upon being voted out of the game from a respective tribal leaders, Indraja and Shrusthi were taken to the Moondram Ulagam tribe for a chance to return to the game.
- ^ Upon being voted out of the game, Indraja and Shrusthi, and then Gayathri, who was faced tribal council elimination were also taken to the Moondram Ulagam tribe for a chance to return to the game.
- ^ Upon being voted out of the game, Gayathri and Indraja and then Parvathy, who was faced tribal council elimination were taken to the Moondram Ulagam tribe for a chance to return to the game.
- ^ Upon being voted out of the game, Gayathri and Parvathy and then Ram, who was faced tribal council elimination were taken to the Moondram Ulagam tribe for a chance to return to the game.
- ^ Upon being voted out of the game, Initially, Saran was eliminated from the tribe by his tribemates. But he was saved by gold pearl crystals. So he selected Vijayalakshmi to eliminate from the tribe. Gayathri and Parvathy, and then Viji were also taken to the Moondram Ulagam tribe for a chance to return to the game.
- ^ Upon being voted out of the game, Gayathri and Vijayalakshmi, and then Ravi, who was faced tribal council elimination were also taken to the Moondram Ulagam tribe for a chance to return to the game.
- ^ Upon being voted out of the game, Gayathri and Viji and then Amzath, who was faced tribal council elimination were taken to the Moondram Ulagam tribe for a chance to return to the game.
- ^ Initially, Saran and Lakshmi Priyaa were eliminated from the tribe by their tribemates. But he was saved by black stone. Upon being voted out of the game, Amzath and Viji, and then Lakshmi Priyaa were also taken to the Moondram Ulagam tribe for a chance to return to the game.
- ^ Gayathri, Indraja and Srushti were given a chance to return to the game however Srushti failed in a challenge and was permanently eliminated from survivor
- ^ Gayathri, Indraja and Parvathy were given a chance to return to the game however Indraja failed in a challenge and was permanently eliminated from survivor
- ^ Amzath, Vijayalakshmi and Gayathri and were given a chance to return to the game however Gayathri failed in a challenge and was permanently eliminated from survivor
- ^ Gayathri, Parvathy and Vijayalakshmi were given a chance to return to the game however Parvathy failed in a challenge and was permanently eliminated from survivor
- ^ Gayathri, Parvathy and Ram were given a chance to return to the game however Ram failed in a challenge and was permanently eliminated from survivor
- ^ Gayathri, Vijayalakshmi and Ravi were given a chance to return to the game however Ravi failed in a challenge and was permanently eliminated from survivor
- ^ Amzath, Vijayalakshmi and Lakshmi Priyaa were given a chance to return to the game however Lakshmi Priyaa failed in a challenge and was permanently eliminated from survivor
- ^ Inigo joined the game on day 19 as wildcard contestant.
- ^ Vanessa joined the game on day 19 as wildcard contestant.
Castaways status
| Sr | Castaways name | Day arrived on main island | Day exited island | Current Status of the castaways |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amzath | Day 1 | Playing | Kombarkal |
| 2 | Inigo | Day 19 | ||
| 3 | Kash | Day 1 | ||
| 4 | Nandha | Day 1 | ||
| 5 | Narayan | Day 1 | ||
| 6 | Saran | Day 1 | ||
| 7 | Umapathy | Day 1 | ||
| 8 | Vijayalakshmi | Day 1 | ||
| 9 | Vikranth | Day 1 | ||
| 10 | Vanessa | Day 19 | ||
| 11 | Aishwarya | Day 1 | Day 56 | Eliminated |
| 12 | Lakshmi | Day 1 | Day 50 | |
| 13 | Gayathri | Day 1 | Day 43 | |
| 14 | Ravi | Day 1 | Day 36 | |
| 15 | Parvathy | Day 1 | Day 29 | |
| 16 | Ram | Day 1 | Day 22 | |
| 17 | Indraja | Day 1 | Day 15 | |
| 18 | Srushti | Day 1 | Day 8 |
Castaways sent to Moondram Ulagam
I feel very proud of myself... I have proved it and done it and i think i deserve the name, Queen of Third Island.
I played fair, I played well, I am very happy...
After a castaway is voted out of tribal council they are sent to Moondram Ulagam also known as Third Island. each castaway there will need to win a challenge each week until 1 castaway is eventually sent to merger and resume their game in the main island. If a castaway loses a challenge they will be OUT of the island and game permanently. On day 50 the Moondram Ulagam finally shut down and the remaining castaways merged into the main game castaways again.
- The castaways names are all in order from who got out of the island.
| Castaways sent to Moondram Ulagam | Status | Days spent in island |
|---|---|---|
| Srushti | OUT | 3 days |
| Indraja | 10 days | |
| Ram | 1 day | |
| Parvathy | 15 days | |
| Ravi | 1 day | |
| Gayathri | 35 days | |
| Lakshmi | 1 Day | |
| Vijayalakshmi | Re-entered main game |
22 days |
| Amzath | 8 days | |
| Moondram Ulagam Closed Permanently @ (Day 50) | ||
Format changes
Although the main format is the same, this season introduced several notable differences from the American version of Survivor:
- Filming length: This season is filmed over 90 days, compared to the 39-day length of most American seasons.
- Airing format: This season airs daily with a focus on a task or tribal council. The American version largely produces one episode for every 1 day, culminating in an elimination; This season has 100 episodes. The first episode of the week features the Leader selection for the tribes, Reward and Immunity challenges, while the second featured Island of the Dead (Moondram Ulagam), battle and Tribal Council.
- Island of the Dead (Moondram Ulagam): A secluded area where voted out contestants competed against each other in duels to remain in the game. When only three contestants remained in the main game, the winner of the final Island of the Dead duel returned to the game. This twist has been used in other international versions of Survivor, and later appeared in the American version as Redemption Island.
Survivor Uncut
Daily after the airing of the episode on television, Zee5 releases Survivor Uncut which provides the unseen events or footage taken place which wasn't aired on television which has a longer episode running time. Usually the uncut versions are 2 hr long rather then 45 mins on TV.
Survivor – Ennadhan Nadakkuthu Kaattukulla
Survivor – Ennadhan Nadakkuthu Kaattukulla is an Indian Tamil-language television talk show about the reality television series Survivor Tamil. The host Jagan conducts the talk show with the weeks summary every Sunday.
Season summary
Sixteen castaways embarked on the journey of a lifetime in the pristine yet treacherous island in Zanzibar in the country of Tanzania. The contestants were divided into two tribes, Kaadargal, which was represented by the color yellow, and Vedarkal, which was represented by the color red. Eventually as the game goes on the remaining castaways will unite as one tribe. In first week, Gayathri from Kaadarkal and Lakshmi from Vedarkal are tribe leaders after facing challenges. Kaadarkal's first inaugural victory in the reward challenge caused them to underestimate their opposing tribe's mettle. On Day 5, Indraja and Srushti were eliminated from each of their tribes by each of their tribe leaders votes for being as a weak contestant of their tribe. However both of them were later sent to an unknown island called Moondram Ulagam which is an outcast twist tribe. When they arrived on the island they received a note saying "The Game Is Not Over Yet" which indicated that both Indraja and Srushti are not eliminated from the game but however on an unknown exile island away from their co contestants and original tribes. Here, the first immunity challenge was won by Vedarkal, which was a massive comeback of that tribe. At the first tribal council faced by the Kaadarkal tribe, Gayathri was blindsided by her fellow mates and was voted off. After the tribal council ended with Gayathri receiving the highest amount of votes to be voted out, There was another twist. After Gayathri being voted out by her tribe she was sent to the island Moondram Ulagam. In Moondram Ulagam Indraja and Srushti, now Gayathri competed in a challenge but the contestant out of the three who loses the challenge will be permanently eliminated from the game. However Srushti failed the challenge and was eliminated from the show. In second week, Vijayalakshmi from Kaadarkal and Amzath from Vedarkal are the tribe leaders. Again Vedarkal tribe won the successive challenges gaining consecutive rewards. Each tribe members were thought that skill to protect and defend themselves from any danger in the future of the game. Later each tribe members were compete and to expose their skills and hidden talents. Finally, Kaadarkal won the advantage for their upcoming immunity challenge. With a great comeback the Kaadarkal tribe won the successive challenges gaining their first immunity which resulted in elimination of the Vedarkal tribe. During tribal council Parvathy received the highest amount of votes to be eliminated and was eliminated, but however she also joined Moondram Ulagam and was not permanently eliminated. In Moondram Ulagam Indraja and Gayathri, now Parvathy competed in a challenge, however Indraja failed the challenge and was permanently eliminated from the show. In third week, Umapathy from Kaadarkal and Nandha from Vedarkal are the tribe leaders.
Tribes
The Game
| Day | Episode | Air date | Challenges | Eliminated | Vote | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reward | Immunity | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 13 September 2021 | Kaadargal | None | No Vote out | None | Kaadargal won the Reward Challenge and got flint and then Vedarkal got map | |||
| 3 | 4 | 15 September 2021 | Vedarkal | Vedarkal won the Reward Challenge | ||||||
| 6, 7 | 7 & 8 | 18 & 19 September 2021 | None | Vedarkal | Vedarkal won the Immunity Challenge and Kaadargal faced Tribal Council and Elimination. Gayathri is Safe and Sent to Moondram Ulagam along with Indraja and Srusthi | |||||
| 8 | 9 | 20 September 2021 | None | Srushti | None | Srushti was permanently eliminated by challenge (Day 8), Gayathri won the challenge and Indraja saved by black immunity rock | ||||
| 10 | 11 | 22 September 2021 | Vedarkal | No Vote out | Vedarkal won the Reward Challenge | |||||
| 13, 14 | 14 & 15 | 25 & 26 September 2021 | None | Kaadargal | Kaadarkal won the Immunity Challenge and Vedarkal faced Tribal Council and Elimination. Parvathy is Safe and Sent to Moondram Ulagam along with Indraja and Gayathri | |||||
| 15 | 16 | 27 September 2021 | None | Indraja | None | Indraja was permanently eliminated by challenge (Day 15), Gayathri yet again won the challenge and Parvathy saved by black immunity rock | ||||
| 17 | 18 | 29 September 2021 | Kaadargal | No Vote out | Kaadargal won the Reward Challenge | |||||
| 20, 21 | 21 & 22 | 2 & 3 October 2021 | None | Vedarkal | Vedarkal won the Immunity Challenge and Kaadargal faced their 2nd Tribal Council and Elimination. Ram is Safe and Sent to Moondram Ulagam along with Gayathri and Parvathy | |||||
| 22 | 23 | 4 October 2021 | None | Ram | None | Ram was permanently eliminated by challenge (Day 22), Parvathy won the challenge and Gayathri had won 2 challenges, so she was saved | ||||
| 24 | 25 | 6 October 2021 | Kaadargal | None | No Vote out | Kaadargal won the Reward Challenge | ||||
| Switched Tribe (Day 25) | ||||||||||
| 27, 28 | 28 & 29 | 9 & 10 October 2021 | None | Kaadargal | After team swapped, Kaadarkal won the Immunity Challenge and Vedarkal faced Tribal Council and Elimination. Initially, Saran was eliminated from the tribe by his tribemates. But he was saved by gold pearl crystals. | |||||
| Saran voted against Vijayalakshmi to eliminate from the tribe. Later, Viji is Safe and Sent to Moondram Ulagam along with Gayathri and Parvathy | ||||||||||
| 29 | 30 | 11 October 2021 | None | Parvathy | None | Parvathy was permanently eliminated by challenge (Day 29), Gayathri won the challenge and Vijayalakshmi was saved | ||||
| 31 | 32 | 13 October 2021 | Kaadargal | No Vote out | Kaadargal won the Reward Challenge | |||||
| 34, 35 | 35 & 36 | 16 & 17 October 2021 | None | Kaadargal | Kaadargal won the Immunity Challenge. Vedarkal faced Tribal Council and Elimination. They choose Ravi to eliminate from the tribe. Later, he is Safe and Sent to Moondram Ulagam along with Gayathri and Viji. | |||||
| 36 | 37 | 18 October 2021 | None | Ravi | None | Ravi was permanently eliminated by challenge (Day 36), Viji won the challenge and Gayathri was saved | ||||
| 38 | 39 | 20 October 2021 | Kaadargal | No Vote out | Kaadargal won the Reward Challenge and Got a BBQ set. | |||||
| 41, 42 | 42 & 43 | 23 & 24 October 2021 | None | Vedarkal | Vedarkal won the Immunity Challenge. Kaadargal faced Tribal Council and Elimination. Kash used her secret scroll and cased double vote, Lakshmi Priya got immunity idol and votes cast against her turned invalid. | |||||
| Number votes secured by Amzath and Vanessa got tied. Finally, they decided for re-voting. For re-voting process, except Amzath and Vanessa cast their votes. They choose Amzath to eliminate from the tribe. Later, he is Safe and Sent to Moondram Ulagam along with Gayathri and Viji. | ||||||||||
| 43 | 44 | 25 October 2021 | None | Gayathri | None | Gayathri was permanently eliminated by challenge (Day 43), Amzath won the challenge and Viji was saved | ||||
| 45 | 46 | 27 October 2021 | Vedarkal | No Vote out | Vedarkal won the Reward Challenge | |||||
| 48, 49 | 49 & 50 | 30 & 31 October 2021 | None | Nandha | Vikranth and Nandha won immunity in a pair challenge. Both Kaadargal and Vedarkal faced Tribal Council and Elimination. They choose Saran and Lakshmi Priya to eliminate from the tribe. Later, However Saran received a black stone and was safe while Lakshmi Priya received a white stone and sent to Moondram Ulagam along with Amzath and Vijayalakshmi. | |||||
| Vikranth | ||||||||||
| 50 | 51 | 1 November 2021 | None | Lakshmi Priya | None | Lakshmi Priya was permanently eliminated from the game (Day 50) | ||||
| Merged into Kombarkal (Day 51) | ||||||||||
| 53 | 54 | 4 November 2021 | Umapathy | None | None | None | Umapathy and Saran won the Individual Reward Challenge. | |||
| Saran | ||||||||||
| 55, 56 | 56 & 57 | 6 & 7 November 2021 | None | Nandha | Aishwarya | Nandha won the individual immunity challenge, and __ got voted out of the game permanently on (Day 56) | ||||
Episodes
| Day | Episode | Challenge | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | Introduction | Arjun Sarja, the host of Survivor Tamil, welcomes 16 competitors who are to be marooned for 90 days in the exotic yet dangerous Zanzibar islands in Tanzania, without food, drinking water, shelter, technology and civilization. The competitors must salvage food and shelter and survive the island and each other. The 16 competitors are divided into two tribes of eight, celebrities against ordinary people, and they will reside in two separate islands. The Catan tribe named Kaadargal (காடர்கள்), with the yellow bandana, consists of Vikranth, Viji, Saran, Gayathri, Indraja, Umapathy, Kash and Ram. The Tayak tribe named Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்), with the red bandana, consists of Lakshmi, Nandha, Amzath, Shrusthi, Lucky, Parvathy, Ravi and Aishwarya. |
| Kaadargal: Gayathri, Indraja, Kash, Ram, Saran, Umapathy, Vikranth and Viji. | |||
| Vedarkal: Aishwarya, Amzath, Lakshmi, Nandha, Shrusthi, Lucky, Parvathy and Ravi. | |||
| 1 | 2 | Reward Challenge | The tribes were given their first task to take whatever food they need from a boat in the middle of the ocean, during the task Vikranth needed medical help and attention after finding difficulty to breath in the ocean. [6]
After each tribe got back they had to dig around a circle to find a map which would lead them to the good island (which provides food and basic needs) or a flint for fire (which offers them heat and for cooking meals). Once the Vedarkal tribe reached their good island they found a mystery box which had a knife to cut vegetables up for food and rice to cook for their meal. Each tribe needs to select a tribe member to be a tribe leader by voting for them, however the top 2 highest voted tribe members from each tribe will compete in a challenge in the upcoming days and the winner of the challenge will be selected as the tribes leaders for each tribe. Reward: a knife to cut vegetables up for food and rice to cook for their meal. |
| Won: Kaadargal | |||
| Lost: Vedarkal | |||
| 2 | 3 | Tribe Leader Selection | Each tribe had to choose vote for a tribe member among themselves to be nominated as a tribe leader how ever from Kaadargal Viji, Gayathri, Indraja and Kash were nominated for tribe leader. However there was a re voting system where Kash and Gayathri received the highest amount of votes to participate in the leadership task. The task was each opposing candidate from the same tribe needs to knock out glasses from the other candidate who is running for leadership. In the task Gayathri saved 14 glasses while Kash saved only 8, Gayathri was elected leader of the Kaadargal tribe. In the Vedarkal tribe Amzath, Aishwarya, Lucky and Lakshmi where nominated with Lakshmi and Aishwarya received the highest votes to be in the challenge. Lakshmi saved most glasses compared to Aishwarya and was elected leader for the Vedarkal tribe. |
| Leader: Gayathri Reddy | |||
| Leader: Lakshmi Priya | |||
| 3 | 4 | Reward Challenge | Both tribes needed to participate in the reward challenge. In the reward challenge both tribes needed to push a massive wooden stand across in order to collect wood from one side to the other, after the wood is transferred across the tribes need to make a fire to burn the rope on top in order to win the reward challenge. The Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe completed the challenge and won the reward challenge. Reward: The reward was a chair, swing, bed and a bed cover.[8] |
| Won: Vedarkal | |||
| Lost: Kaadargal | |||
| 4 | 5 | Daily Challenge | Each tribe members were given a task to talk about their personal lives. [9] |
| 5 | 6 | Tribal Voting | Each tribe had to vote their weakest tribe member out of the game, Ram and Indraja were nominated for elimination from Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) Tribe. Srushti and Parvathi were nominated for elimination from Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) Tribe. Ram and Parvathy got maximum number of votes meanwhile Indraja and Srushti got minimum number of votes. Eventually the host Arjun Sarja revealed a massive twist saying that only the tribe leaders from each tribe's votes will determine the first elimination from both tribes. However from the Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe leader Gayathri voted Indraja and from the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe leader Lakshmi voted Srushti considering both of them the least active and weakest contestants in each tribe. Indraja and Srushti were eliminated from each of their tribes by each of their tribe leaders votes and the Decision made by Tribal Leader was final. Eventually Indraja and Srushti leave the game but later finding themselves in a brand new island and getting a note saying "The Game is not Over" declares that Indraja and Srushti have not been eliminated. Upon being voted out of the game, Indraja and Shrusthi were taken to the Moondram Ulagam tribe for a chance to return to the game.[10] |
| Tribal vote out: Indraja and Shrusthi | |||
| 6 | 7 | Immunity Challenge | Both tribes needed to participate in the very first immunity challenge of the season. Both tribes need to get pass a thin log from one side to another while balancing on their co tribe members to get to the end. The Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe manage to finish the challenge before the Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe won the immunity challenge, safe from tribal council and elimination. However the Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe lost the immunity, faced tribal council and elimination.[11] |
| Won: Vedarkal | |||
| Lost: Kaadargal | |||
| 7 | 8 | Tribal council | Members from the Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe faced tribal council after losing the immunity challenge. In the tribal council Arjun Sarja questioned everyone about their opinion on Gayathri as their tribe leader, members of the tribe gave mixed reviews about her leadership skills calling her selfish, arrogant and carefree from her duties. Eventually each members were told to vote out a member from their tribe out of the game, Vijayalakshmi, Umapathy, Vikranth and Saran voted for Gayathri. While Gayathri and Kash voted Ram and Ram voted Umapathy overall Gayathri got 4 votes, Ram 2 and Umapathy 1, while the remaining contestants received 0. At the end of the voting process and counting Arjun Sarja confirmed that Gayathri was the first contestant voted out from game. But however Gayathri also was sent to Moondram Ulagam and not permanently eliminated.[12] |
| Saved: Ram and Umapathy | |||
| Tribal Vote Out: Gayathri | |||
| 8 | 9 | Elimination Challenge | Gayathri, Indraja and Srushti arrived at the challenge location, however Arjun Sarja said only two contestants will participate in the challenge while the remaining one will directly return to the game and is safe. Arjun Sarja later drew out rocks if the contestant picks out a black immunity rock it means they are directly in the game again without competing in the challenge but if the contestant picks out a white rock it means that they will have to participate in the challenge. Indraja picked out the black immunity rock and was directly safe where else Gayathri and Srushti picked out white rocks. Later Gayathri and Srushti participated in the challenge and Gayathri passed the challenge and returned to survivor elsewhere Srushti failed to complete it in time and was permanently eliminated from survivor. [13] Members who were sent to the |
| Saved: Indraja | |||
| Passed: Gayathri | |||
| Failed: Srushti | |||
| 9 | 10 | Tribe Leader Selection | Each tribe had to choose vote for a tribe member among themselves to be nominated as a tribe leader how ever from Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) Vijayalakshmi, Kash and Saran were nominated for tribe leader. However there was a re voting system where Vijayalakshmi and Kash received the highest amount of votes to participate in the leadership task. The task was each opposing candidate from the same tribe needs to knock out a skull on a small stand from their opponents hands five times in order to win leadership. Vijayalakshmi knocked out Kash's skull five times where else Kash knocked out Vijayalakshmi's skull two times. Vijayalakshmi was elected leader of the Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe. In the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe Amzath, Ravi and Parvathy where nominated how ever Amzath and Ravi received the highest votes to be in the challenge. Amzath knocked out Ravi's skull five times where else Ravi knocked out Amzath's skull two times. Amzath was elected leader of the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe. |
| Leader: Vijayalakshmi | |||
| Leader: Amzath | |||
| 10 | 11 | Reward Challenge | The concept of the reward challenge is each tribe members need to get pass through a rope cage, and they will need to run to a platform next too the cage, only one person needs to climb the rope next to the bell and ring the bell, all of the members need to climb the hanging anni, and after that they need to cross a slim wooden path, and they need to untie knots on ropes at the end of the wooden path, after untying the rope they can get a big metal rod and open up the wooden path to make it easier to cross, eventually they need to solve a massive puzzle and they will win reward. At the end of the challenge the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe won reward.[14] Reward: The reward was Spice to add in their meals, and juice for the leader of the tribe Amzath and he choose Lakshmi to share his drink with. |
| Won: Vedarkal | |||
| Lost: Kaadargal | |||
| 11 | 12 | Punishment | After the Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe losing their reward challenge the tribe needed to blend and create Spices for Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe who won reward, as punishment for losing reward challenge. |
| 12 | 13 | Reward for Immunity Challenge | All the members from each tribe were trained archery by the native people of the land of Zanzibar, They were thought that skill to protect and defend themselves from any danger in the future of the game. Kaadarkal won that advantage for their upcoming immunity challenge. |
| Won: Vedarkal | |||
| Lost: Kaadargal | |||
| 13 | 14 | Immunity Challenge | Each tribe had to participate in the immunity challenge, the concept of the immunity challenge was two people from each tribes needed to be laid down in box, eventually members from their opposing tribe climbs a zig zag trail with a water bucket to fill up their box with water until they give up, the last person in each tribe still competing will win immunity for their tribe and will be safe from tribal council. The Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe won the immunity challenge and their very first victory challenge. While the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe has to face tribal council and vote out a member from their tribe to send to Moondram Ulagam.[15] |
| Won: Kaadargal | |||
| Lost: Vedarkal | |||
| 14 | 15 | Tribal council | Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe attended tribal council after losing their recent immunity challenge, host Arjun Sarja asked every member about their defeat in the immunity challenge. Every member were told to vote out a member from their tribe, everyone expect Parvathy voted out Parvathy while Parvathy voted Ravi. Overall Parvathy received 6 votes while Besant received 1. At the end of the voting process Arjun Sarja announced that Parvathy was the next person eliminated from the game.[16] But however Parvathy also was sent to Moondram Ulagam and not permanently eliminated. |
| Saved: Ravi | |||
| Tribal vote out: Parvathy | |||
| 15 | 16 | Elimination Challenge | Gayathri, Indraja and Parvathy arrived at the challenge location, however Arjun Sarja said only two contestants will participate in the challenge while the remaining one will directly return to the game and is safe. Arjun Sarja later drew out rocks if the contestant picks out a black immunity rock it means they are directly in the game again without competing in the challenge but if the contestant picks out a white rock it means that they will have to participate in the challenge. Parvathy picked out the black immunity rock and was directly safe where else Gayathri and Indraja picked out white rocks. Later Gayathri and Indraja participated in the challenge and Gayathri passed the challenge and returned to survivor elsewhere Indraja failed to complete it in time and was permanently eliminated from survivor.[17] |
| Saved: Parvathy | |||
| Passed: Gayathri | |||
| Failed: Indraja | |||
| 16 | 17 | Tribe Leader Selection | Each tribe had to choose vote for a tribe member among themselves to be nominated as a tribe leader how ever from Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) everyone from the tribe were nominated for tribe leader. However there was a re voting system where Umapathy and Ram received the highest amount of votes to participate in the leadership task. The task was each opposing candidate from the same tribe needs to compete with the other candidate who is running for leadership. In the task Umapathy carried weights for a longer time compared to Ram who gave up, Umapathy was elected leader of the Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe. In the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe everyone where nominated how ever Aishwarya and Nandha received the highest votes to be in the challenge. Nandha carried weights for a longer time compared to Aishwarya who gave up, and Nandha was elected leader for the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe. [18] |
| Leader: Umapathy | |||
| Leader: Nandha | |||
| 17 | 18 | Reward Challenge & Celebration | Each tribe needed to participate in a obstacle course to win reward. The Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) won reward challenge while the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe lost their reward. But Lakshmi used her secret advantage which is steal a reward from the opposing tribe, and she stole eggs. Reward: Chicken breast, eggs, spices. Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe got an option to pick a member from the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe to cook a meal for. And the Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe choose Nandha. |
| Won: Kaadargal | |||
| Lost: Vedarkal | |||
| 18 | 18 | Entry of Wildcard Contestants | The Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) Tribe got in a heated argument with their co member Ram. New contestants Inigo and Vanessa joined the main game as wildcard contestants. |
| 19 | 20 | Reward Challenge (Moondram Ulagam) | Parvathy and Gayathri were given a reward task in Moondram Ulagam, they participated in the challenge and passed the challenge. Reward: Their reward was food and a hut. |
| 20 | 21 | Wild Card Entry & Immunity Challenge | Vaneesa Cruz and Inigo Prabhakaran had a challenge to choose their tribes. They had to stand in needle bed. Both won the challenge. Vaneesa Cruz - Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) and Inigo Prabhakaran - Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்). Both tribes needed to push a massive ball using the help of three members from their tribe to help them score a goal in the goal net. Overall there were three rounds and the tribe with the most amount of victory rounds will win immunity. Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe won the first and second round. The Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) used the advantage and they asked for re-match. In the re-match Vedarkal won the round. Finally, The Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe won immunity and the Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe had to face tribal council and vote out a member from their tribe. |
| New Contestant: Vanessa | |||
| New Contestant: Inigo | |||
| 21 | 22 | Tribal council | Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe attended tribal council after losing their recent immunity challenge, host Arjun Sarja asked all the tribe members about the recent heated argument between everyone vs Ram. After the discussion each members were told to vote, at the end of the voting Ram received 7 votes from everyone else expect him while Kash received 1 vote from Ram. But however Ram also was sent to Moondram Ulagam and not permanently eliminated. |
| Saved: Kash | |||
| Tribal vote out: Ram | |||
| 22 | 23 | Elimination Challenge | Gayathri, Ram and Parvathy arrived at the challenge location, however Arjun Sarja said only two contestants will participate in the challenge while the remaining one will directly return to the game and is safe. Gayathri won 2 challenges and she was saved. Parvathy and Ram participated in the challenge and Parvathy passed the challenge and returned to survivor elsewhere Ram failed to complete it in time and was permanently eliminated from survivor. |
| Saved: Gayathri | |||
| Passed: Parvathy | |||
| Failed: Ram | |||
| 23 | 24 | Tribe Leader Selection | Each tribe members needed to participate in the game challenge. The format of the challenge was to skip on one leg and carry a bean bag and throw it in a square similar to the game tic tac toe. The first member who gets the bean bag in a row wins the challenge. |
| Leader: Vikranth | |||
| Leader: Aishwarya | |||
| 24 | 25 | Reward Challenge | The concept of the reward challenge is each tribe members need to climb a wooden wall with a rope and get over the wall, after getting pass the wall each of the members need to break their way though a wooden tunnel and reach the other side, after that the members need to climb up another wall and eventually walk on small support steps, after that three members from each tribe needs to bring down a wooden blocking wall in order for the remaining to contestants to aim at the signs and knock them out. The Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe won reward challenge. Reward: Pancakes and chocolate syrup. |
| Won: Kaadargal | |||
| Lost: Vedarkal | |||
| 25 | 26 | Quiz Competition | Each tribe were given a task about questions. Two members from each tribe needed to answer to given questions, for example questions given where "In the two people which member would you give the sole survivor title too" and the opposite person needs to compromise and agree to a final answer. |
| Switched Tribe (Day 26) | |||
| 26 | 27 | Team Members Swapping Challenge | Arjun interrogates Aishwarya, Who fails to abide by the rules of the game. Arjun informs the teams about a quiz challenge. Later the teammates swap their places as mentioned below |
| Retained: Lady Kash, Umapathy, Vanessa and Vikranth | |||
| Swapped: Amzath, Lakshmi | |||
| Retained: Aishwarya, Besant Ravi, Inigo, Narayan and Nandha | |||
| Swapped: Vijayalakshmi and Saran | |||
| 27 | 28 | Immunity Challenge | Both tribes needed to untangle a ball of wool and throw it across until it lands on a steady cone, after that the contestants need to walk on a unstable wooden plank while using the rope as a support, after that all the members need to untangle knots on the wooden planks across, once undoing the knots, two members from each tribe needs to fit the wooden planks on a wall and eventually making they're way fixing it to the top, once everything is fixed all the members from the tribe needs to make they're way to the top and place they're tribal flag on top and win immunity. The Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe won immunity while the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe lost and had to attend tribal council. |
| Won: Kaadargal | |||
| Lost: Vedarkal | |||
| 28 | 29 | Tribal council | Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe attended tribal council after losing their recent immunity challenge, host Arjun Sarja asked every member about their defeat in the immunity challenge. Every member were told to vote out a member from their tribe, Except Aishwarya and Saran, others voted Saran to vote out because of doing some unwanted things, while Aishwarya and Saran voted Vijayalakshmi. Overall Saran received 5 votes while Viji received 2. At the end of the voting process Arjun Sarja announced that Saran was the next person eliminated from the game. But he was saved by gold pearl crystals. So he was saved. Instead of him, he selected Vijayalakshmi to eliminate from the tribe. But however Viji also was sent to Moondram Ulagam and not permanently eliminated. |
| Saved: Saran | |||
| Tribal vote out: Vijayalakshmi | |||
| 29 | 29 | Elimination Challenge | Gayathri, Parvathy and later Vijayalakshmi arrived at the challenge location, however Arjun Sarja said only two contestants will participate in the challenge while the remaining one will directly return to the game and is safe. Vijayalakshmi was saved by black immunity rock. Meanwhile, gayathri and parvathy participated in the challenge and gayathri passed the challenge and returned to survivor elsewhere parvathy failed to complete it in time and was permanently eliminated from survivor. [19] |
| Saved: Vijayalakshmi | |||
| Passed: Gayathri | |||
| Failed: Parvathy | |||
| 30 | 31 | Tribe Leader Selection | Two Members from each tribe had to stand in a stick with numbers are marked in a board. The Contestant had to remove the stick as per host's instruction and They had to move according to odd or even number position. The contestant who fails to remove the sticks or falls in between the challenge are disqualified. |
| Leader: Vanessa | |||
| Leader: Narayan | |||
| 31 | 32 | Reward Challenge | The concept of the reward challenge is each tribe members need to climb a wooden wall, after getting pass the wall each of the members need to get up using a slippery pole, after getting up all the members need to jump off and one member needs to swim across to untie the rope attached to the puzzle, once the puzzle is untied only two members from each tribe can complete the puzzle. The Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe won reward challenge. Reward: Survivor coins and Briyani.[20] |
| Won: Kaadargal | |||
| Lost: Vedarkal | |||
| 32 | 33 | Reward Challenge (Moondram Ulagam) | Gayathri and Vijayalakshmi were given a reward challenge in Moondram Ulagam, both of them had to swim to the middle of the ocean and find a bag in bottom of the ocean. Gayathri eventually found the bag and they're reward was a flint, rice and dhal. |
| 33 | 34 | Survivor Auction | Each members from each tribe were given a certain amount of survivor coins as a gift since it was the festival of Vijayadashami. Each member could bet on a certain item such as food, shower was and shampoo or a mattress and pillow, and a letter from they're family. |
| 34 | 35 | Immunity Challenge | Both tribes needed to get up a wooden wall and eventually get down the other side, after all the members on the opposite side, both tribes needed to dig through a massive sand pit and find a knife after finding the knife one member who has the knife needs to cut the ropes which is carrying coconuts, after that they will need to throw coconuts into a basketball net until it gets heavy, after that they will need to untangle the wooden planks and start fixing them on a staircase formed way, after that one members needs to go to the top and place their tribe flag and collect immunity. The Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe won immunity again while the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe had to yet again attend tribal council. |
| Won: Kaadargal | |||
| Lost: Vedarkal | |||
| 35 | 36 | Tribal council | Members who have more than 1 vote for elimination are in the table below and are considered voted contestants. [21] Finally, Ravi is voted out in tribal panchayat but however he moved to Moondram Ulagam along with Gayatri and Viji. |
| Saved: Narayan and Saran | |||
| Tribal vote out: Ravi | |||
| 36 | 37 | Elimination Challenge | Gayathri, Vijayalakshmi and later Ravi arrived at the challenge location, however Arjun Sarja said only two contestants will participate in the challenge while the remaining one will directly return to the game and is safe. Gayathri was saved by black immunity rock. Meanwhile, Vijayalakshmi and Ravi participated in the challenge and Vijayalakshmi passed the challenge and returned to survivor elsewhere Ravi failed to complete it in time and was permanently eliminated from survivor.[22] |
| Saved: Gayathri | |||
| Passed: Vijayalakshmi | |||
| Failed: Ravi | |||
| 37 | 38 | Tribe Leader Selection | Two Contestants each on either side had to pull the rope. Contestants had to pull rope one side with force and to rang the bell is the winner. It will be continued till the Contestant win 3 rounds. one who fail to ring the bell is loser of thr particular round. |
| Leader: Lady Kash | |||
| Leader: Saran Shakthi [23] | |||
| 38 | 39 | Reward Challenge | The concept of the reward challenge was one member from each tribe needs to sit on a wooden stand while the remaining members need to hold a rope attached to the wooden stand, every 5 mins a member will have to stop holding the rope, the last person holding the rope will need to hold the person sitting and try not to drop them in the ocean. The last person holding the person wins reward challenge. Reward: BBQ set. |
| Won: Kaadargal | |||
| Lost: Vedarkal | |||
| 39 | 40 | Celebration: | Inigo Prabhakaran was invited to the Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe for a meal since they won the reward challenge. However the Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe received a scroll saying that there is a immunity idol in the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) island and Inigo has the privilege to know where the idol is located in the island since he is the invited guest. |
| 40 | 41 | Advantage Task | Both tribes received a scroll saying that both tribes will have a advantage in the upcoming immunity challenge, each tribe was given a box for their opposing tribe, the tribe who has the box of the opposing tribe needs to hide their box in a certain location of their choice and two members from the opposing tribe will arrive at their opposing island and search for the box. At the end both of the tribes managed to find both the boxes in the opposite islands and also received a special advantage for immunity. |
| 41 | 42 | Immunity Challenge | Both tribes needed to participate in the immunity challenge. The immunity challenge is another major obstacle coarse. For the first time again the Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe won immunity while the Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) tribe had to face tribal council. |
| Won: Vedarkal | |||
| Lost: Kaadargal | |||
| 42 | 43 | Tribal council | Amzath is voted out in tribal panchayat but however he moved to Moondram Ulagam along with Gayathri and Viji. Members who have more than 1 vote for elimination are in the table below and are considered voted contestants. |
| Saved: Lakshmi and Vanessa | |||
| Tribal voted out: Amzath | |||
| 43 | 44 | Elimination Challenge | Gayathri, Vijayalakshmi and later Amzath arrived at the challenge location, however Arjun Sarja said only two contestants will participate in the challenge while the remaining one will directly return to the game and is safe. Vijayalakshmi was saved by black immunity rock. Meanwhile, Gayathri and Amzath participated in the challenge and Amzath passed the challenge and returned to survivor elsewhere Gayathri finally failed to complete it in time and was permanently eliminated from survivor. |
| Saved: Vijayalakshmi | |||
| Passed: Amzath | |||
| Failed: Gayathri | |||
| 44 | 45 | Tribe Leader Selection | |
| Leader: Vikranth | |||
| Leader: Aishwarya | |||
| 45 | 46 | Reward Challenge | The concept of the reward challenge four members had to carry two blocks every four times, after collecting two blocks the members will need to balance it on a wooden bridge and the blocks shouldn't touch the ground if not they will have to restart. After bringing all the blocks only two members will need to use a wooden stick to push few more blocks which are on a net above. After that each tribe will need to make a tower using the blocks the tribe who's tower stands up without falling for five seconds win reward challenge. The Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe won reward after completing the challenge.[24] Reward: Food feast and survivor coins |
| Won: Vedarkal | |||
| Lost: Kaadargal | |||
| 46 | 47 | Celebration | The Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்) tribe had a full feast meal after winning their recent reward challenge. |
| 47 | 48 | Individual Challenge | Each tribes were given a individual challenge, Each members from each tribes were said to do a challenge in the island and if they manage to complete the challenge without failing the will win a special reward for themselves. |
| Won: Aishwarya, Inigo, Lakshmi, Nandha, Narayan, Saran, Umapathy, Vanessa and Vikranth | |||
| Lost: Kash | |||
| 48 | 49 | Immunity Challenge | Both tribes attended the immunity challenge, but however there was a major twist. All members will need to pair up with another member from the opposing tribe, and both members will need to use they legs to hold up a circle plate, if they lose balance and drop the plate they will lose immunity. Nandha and Vikranth won immunity as a pair and both of them can't be voted out in tribal council. The final pair who is still competing will win immunity and they will be safe from tribal council. |
| Won: Nandha and Vikranth | |||
| Lost: Aishwarya, Inigo, Kash, Lakshmi, Narayan, Saran, Umapathy and Vanessa | |||
| 49 | 50 | Tribal council | Members who have more than 1 vote for elimination are in the table below and are considered voted contestants. Finally, Saran was saved by black immunity stone. Lakshmi was voted out in tribal council but however she moved to Moondram Ulagam along with Amzath and Vijayalakshmi. |
| Saved: Inigo, Saran and Vannesa | |||
| Tribal vote out: Lakshmi | |||
| 50 | 51 | Return from Moondram Ulagam | Vijayalakshmi, Amzath and Lakshmi who were sent to moondram ulagam also known as dead island, have returned to the main island. But however out of the three members only two of them can return to the main game and the remaining member will be eliminated from the game. Amzath got maximum number of votes from both tribes. Vijayalakshmi and Lakshmi faced the challenge, The contestants had to prevent the disk from falling and they put back the disk in the starting position. Every 2 minutes a disk will be added. Finally Vijayalakshmi won the challenge. Lakshmi Priya was permanently eliminated from the show. Moondram Ulagam was closed.[25][26] |
| Returned:: Vijayalakshmi and Amzath | |||
| Eliminated: Lakshmi Priya | |||
| Merged into Kombarkal tribe (Day 51) | |||
| 51 | 52 | Tribe leader selection | After both of the tribes, Kaadargal and Vedarkal merged into one tribe called Kombarkal, a tribal leader selection happened. In that selection Vikranth, Vijayalakshmi, Aishwarya and Narayan self nominated into the tribe leader challenge. In that challenge Vikranth won the challenge and become the leader for the new merged Kombarkal tribe. |
| Leader: Vikranth | |||
| 52 | 53 | Deepavali Celebration | Every castaway gets a relief and stress state of mind during the occasion of Deepavali, every member gets new clothes and gets a massive feast of food to celebrate the special occasion.[27] |
| 53 | 54 | Reward Challenge | Everyone will be paired with another tribemate, the concept of the challenge is the first person needs to hold on to a wooden rope, the other partner will need to connect sticks to it in the shortest time possible. Saran and Umapathy won the reward challenge. |
| Won: Saran and Umapathy | |||
| 54 | 55 | Celebraion | The reward challenge winners Umapathy and Saran were given a spa treat as their reward. They were also welcomed to invite 2 more members to share their treat with, They both picked Nandha and Vijayalakshmi. |
| 55 | 56 | Immunity Challenge | All of the members got ready for their individual immunity challenge. In the reward challenge everyone needs to balance on a rope and hold it for a long period of time. The last person standing wins the immunity challenge. |
| Won: Nandha | |||
| Lost: Narayan, Aishwarya, Saran, Vanessa, Inigo, Vijayalakshmi, Amzath, Lady Kash and Vikranth | |||
| 56 | 57 | Tribal Voting | Everyone needed to vote out a member permanelty for the game. |
| Tribal vote out: Aishwarya | |||
Tribe leaders
Each week, tribe leaders are selected for each tribe.
| Week | Kaadargal | Vedarkal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominated Members | Highest Vote | Leader | Nominated Members | Highest Vote | Leader | |
| 1 | Gayathri, Indraja, Kash and Vijayalakshmi | Gayathri and Kash | Gayathri | Aishwarya, Amzath, Lakshmi and Narayan | Aishwarya and Lakshmi Priya | Lakshmi Priya |
| 2 | Kash, Shakthi and Vijayalakshmi | Kash and Vijayalakshmi | Vijayalakshmi | Amzath, Parvathy and Ravi | Amzath and Ravi | Amzath |
| 3 | Everyone | Umapathy, Ram | Umapathy | Everyone | Aishwarya, Nandha | Nandha |
| 4 | Vikranth, Shakthi | Vikranth | Aishwarya, Narayan | Aishwarya | ||
| 5 | Kash and Vanessa | Vanessa | Inigo and Narayan | Narayan | ||
| 6 | Kash and Vanessa | Kash | Saran and Aishwarya | Saran | ||
| 7 | Vanessa and Vikranth | Vikranth | Aishwarya and Narayan | Aishwarya | ||
| Both tribes dissolved (Day 51) | ||||||
Kaadargal (காடர்கள்) Vedarkal (வேடர்கள்)
| Week | Kombarkal | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominated Members | Leader | |
| 8 | Aishwarya, Vijayalakshmi, Narayan and Vikranth | Vikranth |
Kombarkal (கொம்பர்கள்)
Moondram Ulagam task history
In Moondram Ulagam there were some tasks which offer rewards for the castaways in the island if they manage to win the task.
| Castaways in Moondram Ulagam | Reward | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Indraja and Gayathri | Reward unknown | Failed Challenge |
| Parvathy and Gayathri | Rice and Chicken | Won Challenge |
| Vijayalakshmi and Gayathri | Salt and Spices | Won Challenge |
| Vijayalakshmi and Gayathri | Hamburgers and Juice | Won Challenge |
| Moondram Ulagam Closed Permanently @ (Day 50) | ||
Immunity idol
In Survivor, anyone can find a immunity idol with the help of scroll or various different hidden clues around the island. Immunity idols help to safe a castaway from getting them voted out of the game if the idol is with them.
| Day used | Castaway with idol | Status on idol |
|---|---|---|
| Day 42 | Lakshmi Priya | Used |
| Day 49 | Inigo | Used |
Twists
- On Day 5, Indraja and Srushti were eliminated from each of their tribes by each of their tribe leaders votes. However Indraja and Srushti were later sent to an unknown island called Moondram Ulagam which is an outcast twist tribe. When Indraja and Srushti arrived on the island they received a note saying "The Game Is Not Over Yet" which indicated that Indraja and Srushti are not eliminated from the game but however on an unknown exile island away from their co contestants and original tribes.
- On Day 7, After the tribal council ended with Gayathri receiving the highest amount of votes to be voted out, There was another twist. After Gayathri being voted out by her tribe she was sent to the island Moondram Ulagam.
- On Day 8 In Moondram Ulagam Indraja, Srushti and Gayathri competed in a challenge but the contestant out of the three who loses the challenge will be permanently eliminated from the game. However Srushti failed the challenge and was eliminated from the show.
- On Day 14, After the tribal council ended with Parvathy receiving the highest amount of votes to be voted out, There was another twist. After Parvathy being voted out by her tribe she was sent to the island Moondram Ulagam.
- On Day 15 In Moondram Ulagam Indraja, Gayathri and Parvathy competed in a challenge but the contestant out of the three who loses the challenge will be permanently eliminated from the game. However Indraja failed the challenge and was eliminated from the show.
- On Day 19 two new contestants joined the game as wild card contestants, one of them was actor Inigo Prabhakaran and the other was model Vanessa Cruez.
- On Day 21, After the tribal council ended with Ram receiving the highest amount of votes to be voted out, There was another twist. After Ram being voted out by his tribe he was sent to the island Moondram Ulagam.
- On Day 22 In Moondram Ulagam Gayathri, Parvathy and Ram competed in a challenge but the contestant out of the three who loses the challenge will be permanently eliminated from the game. However Ram failed the challenge and was eliminated from the show.
- On Day 28, After the tribal council ended with Saran receiving the highest amount of votes to be voted out, but he was saved by gold pearl crystals. There was another twist. Instead of him, he selected Vijayalakshmi to eliminate from the tribe. So, she was sent to the island Moondram Ulagam.
- On Day 29 In Moondram Ulagam Gayathri, Parvathy and Viji competed in a challenge but the contestant out of the three who loses the challenge will be permanently eliminated from the game. However Parvathy failed the challenge and was eliminated from the show.
- On Day 39 Inigo Prabhakaran went to the Kaadargal tribe as a special guest, however the Kaadargal tribe received a scroll which said that the special guest coming from the opposing tribe gets a special advantage to know where the hidden immunity idol is located in their island.
- On Day 42 Lakshmi Priya used her immunity idol in the tribal council the safe herself from being voted out of the game.
- On Day 48 The host Arjun Sarja announced that both tribes will not be playing as a team for the immunity challenge but however, they all will be playing the challenge as pairs. But each member will need to select a member from the opposing tribe and pair up with them, and the only pair who survives the challenge till the end will win immunity and be safe from tribal council.
- On Day 49 Host Arjun Sarja announced that since both of the tribes are in tribal council each tribe will need to vote out a member from the game. However Saran and Lakshmi where voted out but Arjun gave a chance for one member to be safe again, if the member receives a black stone they will be safe but if they receive a white stone they will be eliminated. Saran received the black stone while Lakshmi received the white stone.
- On Day 50 the Moondram Ulagam concept finally came to an end, and the remaining members in the island merged with the main game castaways yet again.
- On Day 51 Both tribes Kaadargal and Vedarkal were dissolved and everyone merged into a new tribe called Kombarkal.
Voting history
Tribal councils only happens once a week.
| Original tribes | Switched tribes | Merged tribe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tribe Leader(s) | Gayathri | Vijayalakshmi | Umapathy | Vikranth | Vanessa | Kash | Vikranth | Vikranth | |||||||||||||||||
| Lakshmi | Amzath | Nandha | Aishwarya | Narayan | Saran | Aishwarya | |||||||||||||||||||
| Eliminated by tribemates | Srushti | Indraja | Ram | Parvathy | Ravi | Gayathri | Lakshmi | Aishwarya | |||||||||||||||||
| Votes | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | 2-4-4 | 3-6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Voted out by | None | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permanently Eliminated | Srushti | Indraja | Ram | Parvathy | Ravi | Gayathri | Lakshmi | Aishwarya | |||||||||||||||||
| Voter | Vote | Challenge | Vote | Challenge | Vote | Challenge | Vote | Challenge | Vote | Challenge | Vote | Re-vote | Challenge | Vote | Vote | Challenge | Vote | Re-vote | Vote | ||||||
| Amzath | — | — | Parvathy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Vanessa | — | Passed [a] | — | — | Saved [b] | Saran | Saran | |||||||
| Inigo | Not in game yet [c] | — | — | Saran | — | Saran | — | — | — | — | Saran | — | — | Saran | Aishwarya | ||||||||||
| Kash | Ram | — | — | — | Ram | — | — | — | — | — | Amzath² | Amzath | — | — | Lakshmi | — | Saran | Aishwarya | |||||||
| Nandha | — | — | Parvathy | — | — | — | Saran | — | Narayan | — | — | — | Saran | — | — | Kash | Saran | ||||||||
| Narayan | — | — | Parvathy | — | — | — | Saran | — | Ravi | — | — | — | — | Saran | — | — | Saran | Saran | |||||||
| Saran | Gayathri | — | — | — | Ram | — | Vijayalakshmi | — | Ravi | — | — | — | — | Inigo | — | — | Kash | — | |||||||
| Umapathy | Gayathri | — | — | — | Ram | — | — | — | — | — | Lakshmi | Amzath | — | — | Vannesa | — | Aishwarya | Aishwarya | |||||||
| Vanessa | Not in game yet [c] | Ram | — | — | — | — | — | Lakshmi | — | — | — | Lakshmi | — | Aishwarya | Aishwarya | ||||||||||
| Vijayalakshmi | Gayathri | — | — | — | Ram | — | Saran | Saved[d] | — | Passed [a] | — | — | Saved[d] | — | — | Passed[a] | Aishwarya | Aishwarya | |||||||
| Vikranth | Gayathri | — | — | — | Ram | — | — | — | — | — | Lakshmi | Amzath | — | — | Lakshmi | — | Aishwarya | Aishwarya | |||||||
| Aishwarya | — | — | Parvathy | — | — | — | Vijayalakshmi | — | Ravi | — | — | — | — | Inigo | — | — | Vote Blocked [e] | Eliminated (Day 56) | |||||||
| Lakshmi | — | — | Parvathy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Vanessa | Vanessa | — | — | Vanessa | Failed[f] | Eliminated (Day 50) | ||||||||
| Gayathri | Ram | Passed [a] | — | Passed [a] | — | Saved[d] | — | Passed [a] | — | Saved[d] | — | — | Failed[f] | Eliminated (Day 43) | |||||||||||
| Ravi | — | — | Parvathy | — | — | — | Saran | — | Himself | Failed[f] | Eliminated (Day 36) | ||||||||||||||
| Parvathy | — | — | Ravi | Saved[d] | — | Passed [a] | — | Failed[f] | Eliminated (Day 29) | ||||||||||||||||
| Ram | Umapathy | — | — | — | Kash | Failed[f] | Eliminated (Day 22) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indraja | — | Saved[d] | — | Failed[f] | Eliminated (Day 15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Srushti | — | Failed[f] | Eliminated (Day 8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Passed challenge and Saved
- ^ Saved by voting
- ^ a b Inigo and Vanessa joined the game on day 19 as new wildcard contestants
- ^ a b c d e f Saved by black immunity rock.
- ^ Vikranth used his secret power and blocked Aishwarya's vote in tribal council.
- ^ a b c d e f g Lost Challenge and Eliminated
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| Day | 90 | |||
| Finalist | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
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Ratings, reception and viewership
Survivor Tamil managed to garner a TRP of 5.02 on its opening and an average of 4.06 for its first week, leaving behind debuts of some of India's popular reality shows such as Bigg Boss, Cooku with Comali, MasterChef India - Tamil and Super Singer. The show generally received positive reviews both from the media and the audience after its launch.
Controversies
Safety negligence controversy
On 6 October 2021, Lady Kash made a three minute statement on YouTube, talking about the production team not giving enough care about the health of the contestants participating. Lady Kash also said the team were making her go through sexual harassment and mental harassment. Kash also said the behaviours of the team members were inhumane and they were lacking on humanity. Kash also said that she exited the show in a injustice way on 28th September 2021 during the final days of the filming of the show. She also stated that three participants in the show were feeling unwell and were tested for COVID-19, and the results came out positive and everyone on set were feeling unwell but without any safety precaution the filming still took place. [28][29][30]
Phone use controversy
Saran Shakthi was accused and proven guilty of using a mobile phone from which he borrowed from a crew member in the island to connect to his girlfriend who is overseas. However he wasn't disqualified from the show and still competed which created unfairness towards the co-contestants. He also accused fellow contestant Vijayalakshmi of using a mobile phone too which is yet to be questioned.[31]
Voting basis criticism
Every week in Tribal Council a elimination must be done, People consider that the elimination basis is unfair and the main criteria - voting out is based on Friendship and is not based on gameplay and much more that should be in this show. Some Castaways pin point the same mistake which was done and apologised earlier. For example, Saran Sakthi who made a phone call to his girlfriend and he apologised the same day to the host Arjun but some Castaways tell that again and make him guilty.Aishwarya one of the strongest contender of the game than most of the otgers was also voted out by a heavy groupism within the tribe.This also caused a twitter trend
Even the elimination of Gayathri who survived a very long period on Moondram Ullagam was unfair. Lakshmi Priya who just sent to Moondram Ullagam and the next day she went to Main Island.
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