Survivor South Africa: Panama

Survivor South Africa: Panama
Presented by	Mark Bayly
No. of episodes	13
No. of days	29
No. of castaways	14
Winner	Vanessa Marawa
Production
Production location(s)	Pearl Islands, Panama
Filming dates	June 2006 – July 2006
Release
Original release	September 3 – November 26, 2006
Chronology
Followed by	Survivor South Africa: Malaysia

Survivor South Africa: Panama is the first season of the South African reality television show Survivor South Africa, a spin-off from the popular US reality television series Survivor, which itself was a spin-off from the Swedish Expedition Robinson. It was set in Panama, with 14 castaways who competed in two tribes for 29 days, the winner's prize being R1,000,000.

Production of the show has been slated by critics, since it was screened on M-Net from September 2006. Critics have cited poor production quality, a weak host in Mark Bayly, and contestants that just simply all get along too well because they were picked from similar middle-class backgrounds and were in similar age brackets. Bayly has been singled out by newspaper columnists in The Star and Weekender for being staid and wooden who has difficulty delivering his lines on national television. The quality of the sound production, where waves often deafen out the talking of the contestants, has been singled out of criticism. The editing quality, which would often see tribal councils take up a quarter of the show, has also been slated.

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	Voted Out	Deadman's Island	Finish
Don Soper 55, Johannesburg, Gauteng	Rana			1st Day 3		14th Day 3
Sam Allerton 30, Cape Town, Western Cape	Aguila			2nd Day 6		13th Day 6
Jude Wilken 39, Kempton Park, Gauteng	Aguila			Quit Day 8		12th Day 8
Ncumisa Ngcaweni 30, Cape Town, Western Cape	Rana			3rd Day 10		11th Day 10
Sanele Gumede 27, Johannesburg, Gauteng	Aguila			Medically Evacuated Day 12		10th Day 12
Danielle Vuric 35, Cape Town, Western Cape	Rana	Aguila		4th Day 14		9th Day 14
Nico Hinis 43, Johannesburg, Gauteng	Aguila	Aguila		5th Day 16		8th Day 16
Lezel Crook 26, Johannesburg, Gauteng	Rana	Rana	Burba	9th Day 24	Lost Challenge Day 25	7th 1st Jury Member Day 25
Brigitte Willers 28, Cape Town, Western Cape	Aguila	Aguila		6th Day 19	Lost Challenge Day 25	6th 2nd Jury Member Day 25
Mzi Tyhokolo Returned to game	Aguila	Aguila		7th Day 20	Returnee Day 25
Vanessa Marawa Returned to game	Aguila	Aguila		8th Day 22	Returnee Day 25
Gareth Tjisank 27, Cape Town, Western Cape	Rana	Rana		10th Day 27		5th 3rd Jury Member Day 27
Zayn Nabbi 24, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	Rana	Rana		Eliminated^{[lower-alpha 1]} Day 28		4th 4th Jury Member Day 28
Mzi Tyhokolo 31, Johannesburg, Gauteng	Aguila	Aguila		Eliminated^{[lower-alpha 2]} Day 29		3rd 5th Jury Member Day 29
Jacinda Louw 25, Johannesburg, Gauteng	Rana	Rana				Runner-Up Day 29
Vanessa Marawa 27, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal	Aguila	Aguila				Ultimate Survivor Day 29

↑ The Final Four had to perform 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
↑ 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.

Episode Guide

Challenge winners and eliminations by episodes
Episode	Original air date	Challenge winner(s)		Eliminated	Finish
Episode	Original air date	Reward	Immunity	Eliminated	Finish
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
4	September 24, 2006	Rana	Aguila	Ncumisa	3rd Voted Out Day 10
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
12	November 19, 2006	Zayn	Mzi	Gareth	10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 27
13	November 26, 2006		Vanessa	Zayn	Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 28
			Jacinda	Mzi	Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 29
				Jury vote
				Jacinda	Runner Up Day 29
				Vanessa	Ultimate Survivor Day 29

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	8		10	12		14	16	19	20	22	24	27	28	29
Eliminated			Don	Sam	Jude	None^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Ncumisa	Sanele	None^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Danielle	Nico	Brigitte	Mzi	Vanessa	Lezel	Gareth	Zayn	Mzi
Vote			4-3	5-2	None^{[lower-alpha 4]}	4-1	4-2	None^{[lower-alpha 5]}	3-2	3–2–1^{[lower-alpha 6]}	3-1	4-3	4-2	4-1	3-1	3-1-1	Challenge^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Challenge^{[lower-alpha 8]}

Voter			Votes
		Vanessa		Sam		Nico				Danielle	Nico	Lezel	Lezel	Lezel		Gareth	Win	Immune
		Jacinda	Don				Ncumisa		Zayn			Brigitte	Mzi	Vanessa	Lezel	Gareth	Safe	Win
		Mzi		Sam		Nico				Danielle	Nico	Lezel	Lezel			Gareth	Safe	Lose
		Zayn	Don				Danielle		Danielle			Brigitte	Mzi	Vanessa	Lezel	Jacinda	Lose
		Gareth	Don				Ncumisa		Danielle			Brigitte	Mzi	Vanessa	Lezel	Zayn
		Lezel	Danielle				Ncumisa		Danielle			Brigitte	Mzi	Vanessa	Zayn
		Brigitte		Vanessa		Nico				Mzi	Nico	Lezel
	Nico			Sam		Brigitte				Danielle	Brigitte
	Danielle		Don				Ncumisa		Zayn	Nico
Sanele				Sam		Nico
Ncumisa			Danielle				Danielle
Jude				Sam
Sam				Vanessa
Don			Danielle

Jury vote
Episode	13
Day #	29
Finalist	Jacinda	Vanessa
Votes	3-2

Juror	Votes
Mzi		Vanessa
Zayn		Vanessa
Gareth	Jacinda
Lezel	Jacinda
Brigitte		Vanessa

↑ 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.
↑ Despite Jude leaving the game at Tribal Council, Aguila were asked to vote someone out of their tribe. Nico received the majority, however, Mark informed the cast that Nico will receive an extra vote against him at the next tribal council he attends instead of leaving the game.
↑ 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.
↑ Jude voluntarily exited the game for concerns with her health.
↑ Sanele was medically evacuated from the game.
↑ Nico's extra vote against him occurred at this tribal council.
↑ Zayn was the first to lose the Final Four challenge and was sent immediately to the jury.
↑ Mzi was eliminated by Jacinda in a duel for a seat in the Final Tribal Council alongside Vanessa.

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[1] The Final Four had to perform 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.

[Return-3] 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.

[Extra_Vote-4] Despite Jude leaving the game at Tribal Council, Aguila were asked to vote someone out of their tribe. Nico received the majority, however, Mark informed the cast that Nico will receive an extra vote against him at the next tribal council he attends instead of leaving the game.

[Tribal_Swap-5] 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.

[Jude_quit-6] Jude voluntarily exited the game for concerns with her health.

[Sanele_Evac-7] Sanele was medically evacuated from the game.

[8] Nico's extra vote against him occurred at this tribal council.

[Final_Four_Challenge-9] Zayn was the first to lose the Final Four challenge and was sent immediately to the jury.

[Final_Duel-10] Mzi was eliminated by Jacinda in a duel for a seat in the Final Tribal Council alongside Vanessa.

Survivor South Africa
Seasons	Panama (2006) Malaysia (2007) Santa Carolina (2010) Maldives (2011) Champions (2014) Philippines (2018) Island of Secrets (2019)
Winners	Vanessa Marawa (Panama) Lorette Mostert (Malaysia) Perle "GiGi" van Schalkwyk (Santa Carolina) Hykie Berg (Maldives) Graham Jenneker (Champions) Tom Swartz (Philippines)
Related	Survivor franchise Survivor (US) Survivor Africa Australian Survivor