Survivor South Africa: Malaysia

Survivor South Africa: Malaysia
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No. of episodes	14
No. of days	27
No. of castaways	16
Winner	Lorette Mostert
Production
Location(s)	Johor, Malaysia
Filming dates	May 2007 – June 2007
Release
Original release	22 August – 14 November 2007
Chronology
Preceded by	Survivor South Africa: Panama
Followed by	Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina

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

Many changes were announced for the second season by M-Net, which airs the show. This included the addition of two contestants, a shorter filming period (27 days), the change in location (Johor, Malaysia), and a pre-show vote by South African citizens to choose one of the contestants. However, the show's format remained much the same, with the prize set at 1,000,000. Mark Bayly hosted this season.

The application process ended on 2 April 2007. According to M-Net's website, two thirds of the entries in 2007 were from males. The percentage of applicants in the 40-59 age group was also higher than in 2006, and the 20 oldest applicants were 77 years old. This may quell another concern that emerged in the first season: that all of the contestants had backgrounds that were too similar. The 16th contestant, Lorette Mostert, was voted in by South Africans via M-Net's website () between 23–30 April 2007. Filming began in mid-May and ended in June. The show was initially broadcast 22 August – 14 November 2007.

Contestants

Contestant	Original Tribe	Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe	Finish	Total Votes
Nomfundo Vilokazi 27, Pretoria & Cape Town	Iban			1st Voted Out Day 3	4
Nicola Windt 37; Harding, KZN	Bajau			2nd Voted Out Day 5	5
Viwe Soga 23, Melrose, Jhb	Iban			3rd Voted Out Day 7	5
Elsie Smith 24, Sunninghill, Jhb	Bajau	Iban		4th Voted Out Day 9	8
Nichal Ramchander 25, Phoenix, Durban	Bajau	Bajau		5th Voted Out Day 11	6
Rijesh Govender 30, Lyndhurst, Jhb	Bajau	Iban		6th Voted Out Day 13	4
Lisa Atkinson 21, Durban & Stellenbosch	Iban	Bajau		7th Voted Out Day 15	11
Irshaad Ally 29, Maitland, Cape Town	Iban	Iban		8th Voted Out Day 17	3
Hein Vosloo 47, Manzengwenya, KZN	Bajau	Bajau	Empu	9th Voted Out Day 19	5
Dyke Higginson 28, Marina Beach, KZN	Bajau	Iban		10th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 21	5
Angela Beck 23, Krugersdorp, Gauteng	Bajau	Bajau		11th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 23	4
Angie Bennett 30, Mowbray, Cape Town	Iban	Iban		12th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 25	6
Mandla Mbau 36, Glen Marais, Jhb	Iban	Bajau		Eliminated in challenge 4th Jury Member Day 26	2
Amanda Hoosen 29, Weltevreden Park	Bajau	Iban		13th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 26	3
Grant Clarke 35, Tokai, Cape Town	Iban	Bajau		Runner-up Day 27	3
Lorette Mostert 36, Middelburg, Mpumalanga	Iban	Bajau		Ultimate Survivor Day 27	5

Episodes

Episode title	Original Air date	Challenge Winners		Eliminated	Finish
		Reward	Immunity
Premiere	2007-08-22	Bajau		Nomfundo	1st Voted Out Day 3
Episode 2	2007-08-29	Iban	Iban	Nicola	2nd Voted Out Day 5
Episode 3	2007-09-05	Iban	Bajau	Viwe	3rd Voted Out Day 7
Episode 4	2007-09-12	Iban	Bajau	Elsie	4th Voted Out Day 9
Episode 5	2007-09-19	Iban	Iban	Nichal	5th Voted Out Day 11
Episode 6	2007-09-26	Bajau	Bajau	Rijesh	6th Voted Out Day 13
Episode 7	2007-10-03	Iban	Iban	Lisa	7th Voted Out Day 15
Episode 8	2007-10-11	Iban	Bajau	Irshaad	8th Voted Out Day 17
Episode 9	2007-10-18	None	Dyke	Hein	9th Voted Out Day 19
Episode 10	2007-10-24	Dyke	Mandla	Dyke	10th Voted Out 1st jury member Day 21
Episode 11	2007-10-31	Mandla	Angie	Angela	11th Voted Out 2nd jury member Day 23
Episode 12	2007-11-08	Mandla	Lorette	Angie	12th Voted Out 3rd jury member Day 25
Finale	2007-11-14	None	Lorette	Mandla	Eliminated in challenge 4th jury member Day 26
				Amanda	13th Voted Out 5th jury member Day 26
				Jury vote
				Grant	Runner-Up
				Lorette	Ultimate Survivor

Elimination notes

• Nomfundo - Voted out of her tribe 4-3-1. She was seen as a threat in keeping the numbers in the latter part of the game as she was weak in the water challenges so far by an alliance of Viwe, Grant, Lisa and Irshaad.
• Nicola - Voted out of her tribe 5-3. With Elsie in the foreground speaking out and retaliating after Bajau lost their first immunity challenge, Rijesh changed the target from Dyke to the weakest out of the workers Nicola.
• Viwe - Voted out of his tribe 5-2. He suffered from a lack of food and stated at tribal council he was not part of any alliances.
• Elsie - Voted out of her tribe 5-1. A surprise tribal shuffle had placed Elsie in her opposing tribe Iban with three other of her Bajau tribemates. After the immunity challenge, she had injured her hand and arm. Since the whole tribe would have to partake in the challenges ahead, the former Bajau members decided to let Elsie go.
• Nichal - Voted out of his tribe 6-1. After the tribal shuffle on day 9, Nichal was in a tribe of 3 former Bajau and 4 former Iban members. Despite being in a majority alliance, Nichal was voted out.
• Rijesh - Voted out of his tribe 4-1. His clever removal of Nicola from the game was his downfall as his back then alliance partner Amanda saw a snake-like personality in him, which contributed to his ousting.
• Lisa - Voted out of her tribe 5-1. Her lazy antics in the beginning of the game created a negative attitude towards herself and after seen the weakest in the new Bajau tribe as she sat out the last three challenges, her former Iban tribemates voted her off with support from the original Bajau members Hein and Angela.
• Irshaad - Voted out of his tribe 3-1. His explosive personality which came out in previous challenges separated him from the rest of the new Iban tribemates remaining, especially his original Iban tribemate Angie. She thought he had to go and the others followed her lead.
• Hein - Voted out of the tribe 4-4. In a four by four tie against Lorette, a sudden death tie breaker ensued. Lorette won, and Hein was eliminated. This was not revealed until the start of the next episode.
• Dyke - Voted out of the tribe 4-2-1. The strongest castaway post merge and a big target. After losing the second individual immunity challenge, Dyke was eliminated.
• Angela - Voted out of her tribe 4-2 In a minority alliance, she was voted out by everyone except for Grant who voted for Amanda.
• Angie - Voted out of the tribe 3-2. After betraying Lorette and Mandla's trust for targeting Lorette for the previous tribal council, Angie created a rift in the Iban alliance. Amanda, seeing the opportunity of staying around the next couple of days, sided with Lorette to vote out Angie.
• Mandla - Eliminated in the final immunity challenge: a sudden death endurance challenge where the first to fall into the water was instantly eliminated. Surprisingly, Mandla hit the water first.
• Amanda - Voted out of the tribe. Lorette had won the final immunity challenge. She had the choice of her alliance partner Grant or former Bajau member Amanda. Amanda's efforts to convince Lorette to take her to the final two were unsuccessful, and she became the final member of the jury.
• Grant - Lost to Lorette 2-3. Despite being seen as a "true player of the game", he did not receive enough votes from the jury to win the game.
• Lorette - Sole Survivor 3-2. Being a hard worker from day one had put Lorette in all her tribes' good books. She managed to keep her head when she needed to and she won crucial immunity challenges without once breaking her alliance with Mandla.

Voting history

Original tribes Switched tribes Merged tribe Episode # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Day # 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 26 27 Eliminated Nomfundo Nicola Viwe Elsie Nichal Rijesh Lisa Irshaad Tie Hein Dyke Angela Angie Mandla Amanda Votes 4-3-1 5-3 5-2 5-1 6-1 4-1 5-1 3-1 4-4 None 4-2-1 4-2 3-2 None 1-0 Voter Vote Lorette Lisa Viwe Nichal Lisa Hein Win Dyke Angela Angie Amanda Grant Nomfundo Viwe Nichal Lisa Hein Dyke Angela Mandla Amanda Nicola Elsie Rijesh Irshaad Lorette Grant Grant Angie Mandla Lisa Viwe Nichal Lisa Hein Dyke Angela Angie Angie Nomfundo Viwe Elsie Rijesh Irshaad Hein Dyke Angela Mandla Angela Nicola Nichal Lisa Lorette Angie Grant Dyke Elsie Elsie Rijesh Irshaad Lorette Grant Hein Elsie Nichal Lisa Lorette Lose Irshaad Nomfundo Lisa Elsie Rijesh Angie Lisa Grant Viwe Nichal Hein Rijesh Nicola Elsie Amanda Nichal Nicola Lisa Elsie Nicola Angie Viwe Nomfundo Lisa Nicola Elsie Nomfundo Lisa

Jury vote Episode # 13 Day # 27 Finalist Grant Lorette Votes 3-2 Juror Vote Amanda Grant Mandla Lorette Angie Lorette Angela Grant Dyke Lorette

External links

• Official Site
• Sole Survivor Blog
• Survivor South Africa: Malaysia on TVSA
• Survivor South Africa Mini-Site on TVSA