Who will be the Sole Survivor?

Survivor South Africa: Philippines Final

Thursday 16 August 2018, 19:00 on M-Net 101

Who will be the Sole Survivor?

After 39 days of Outwitting, Outplaying and Outlasting their fellow Castaways, the Final 3 on M-Net’s Survivor South Africa: Philippines are just two hours away from the R1 Million prize and title of ‘Sole Survivor’. And in a season which was all about vicious twists, unexpected turns and cataclysmic blindsides, the epic two-hour Final episode of Survivor South Africa: Philippines (Thursday 16 August) is set to turn up the heat, like never before.

Annalize, Jeanne and Tom must face one final Immunity Challenge, with the winner securing an epic advantage – not just a guaranteed ticket to the Final, but also the ability to vote one member off the Jury as they prepare to make their case for the Million. To win the ultimate advantage, they’ll have to combine speed, skill and stamina – and keep their wits about them.

After a strong start to the game as a member of the ‘Big 5’ at Luzon before a comeuppance in episode 2 when she almost went home, herself, Annalize played mostly under the radar – and managed to earn herself a prominent role amongst the ‘blues’ at Mindanao and later, at Araw. She joined Mindanao during Episode 4’s Tribe Shuffle and was voted out in Episode 6 – but instead found herself heading across to Luzon, instead of out of the game altogether. Staying close to Werner helped her cause all the way through to Episode 15, where she heeded Jeanne’s warning that none of them stood a chance at the prize if they found themselves alongside the Pastor, before the Jury and duly helped vote out the ‘Godfather’.

Survivor Superfan Jeanne entered the game hoping that people would underestimate her because of her stature, declaring: “They have got to think that they can beat me”. She and Stacey thrashed Tom and Ace in the first fire-making challenge, marking her out as a fierce competitor. The tribe shuffle in Episode 4 helped Jeanne, when finding herself in a former Mindanao-led majority alongside Toni and Werner, versus Ace and Josie, gave her a stay of execution. She was in camp when Werner picked up the Idol that Ace had so frantically been digging for, meaning he had to take her into his confidence and giving her yet another lifeline. She milked that bond with Werner all the way up to Episode 15, where she completed an amazing come-from-behind victory in the ‘Dragon’s Breath’ challenge and engineered Werner’s departure via Tom and Annalize.

Despite Tom continually irking almost everyone in the game – even those outside his tribes – he made it to Merge on the back of a combination of his outdoor survival skills and being in the right place at the right time. Despite being the third-oldest of the castaways this season (behind Neil and Annalize), Tom’s ability to find food, build shelter and make fire won him several reprieves in the game – despite losing out to Jeanne and Stacey-Lee in the fire-making challenge in episode 1, which he described as “a humbling experience”. With an Immunity Idol in his pocket, Episode 4’s tribe shuffle saw him partnered with Chané at new tribe Visayas and up against former Luzon members Vusi and Palesa, with Murishca the sole newcomer. His behaviour around camp – in particular, his eating habits – pitted Chané against him but he made it to Merge and when his former tribemates failed to approach him, the ‘blue blood’ bloc gleefully swooped in and made him one of them, as he slowly helped vote out his former red tribemates one by one. His sworn allegiance to Werner saw him snitch on Katinka to help send her home – but he finally capitulated in sight of the Final and helped vote the Pastor out last week to give himself a shot at the R1 Million prize.

It all comes down to this week – who can claim the final, pivotal advantage of the season, and what can the Final Two say to convince the Jury to hand them R1 Million and the title of Sole Survivor? Tune in to Survivor SA: Philippines this Thursday (16 August) for the epic two-hour Finale at 19:00 on M-Net 101 to see who Outlasts after Outwitting and Outplaying their fellow Castaways.

A Live Chat will be running on the DStv Online YouTube page during the Final this week, from 19:00 on Thursday 16 August and a special Live After: Survivor South Africa episode will be streamed from 18:05 after Sunday 19 August’s repeat of the Survivor South Africa: Philippines Final on M-Net 101, featuring the winner of Season 6 and a host of surprises. Get your questions for the winner in, by tweeting using #LiveAfter and @survivor_sa and Phil get them to answer it in the ‘Ask Me Anything’ segment of the show.

While fans of the show enjoy all the action in the episode, there are also some magnificent prizes up for grabs on the Survivor SA: Philippines website:

•   A Huawei P20 Pro phone valued at R15 499.

•   A 1-year supply of Bio-Strath products valued at R10 000.

•   A delicious Steers Wacky Wednesdays voucher for one year, valued at R2800.

•   A brand new DStv Explora 2.

All you have to do is to go to www.mnet.tv/survivorsa and answer the weekly quiz question. Every entry then also goes into the draw for the grand prize of a tropical island holiday experience for four, brought to you by Cathay Pacific and Club Med. And, if you’d like to earn additional points, explore the island and find the Huawei P20 Pro phone in our 360 VR experience.

Survivor South Africa: Philippines is also streamed live on DStv Now and available on DStv Catch Up within 24 hours of the live show. You can also catch the repeat on Sunday afternoons at 17:00 on M-Net Channel 101.

Survivor SA is powered by the Huawei P20 Pro and is produced by Afrokaans Film and TV.

Loose Lips Sink Katinka’s Ship on Survivor SA: Philippines

19 year-old Social Media Influencer Katinka’s Survivor South Africa: Philippines game went down in flames this week (2 August) as a failed coup attempt against ‘Mafia Don’ Werner cost her a shot at the R1 Million prize. When Tom leaked news to Werner that Katinka had approached him to vote out the Pastor, the ‘fireballs’ rained down as he played his Hidden Immunity Idol at Tribal Council to save Jeanne and dump Katinka out of the game.

After her overtures to the other Castaways about voting Werner out been met with cool responses, Katinka toed the party line and decided to vote for Jeanne instead. Unfortunately for her, she underestimated the power of Tom’s loyalty to Werner, whose show of clout in choosing not to use his Idol for himself, but rather for Jeanne, has further entrenched his position at the top of the food chain. Not that he made the move out of the goodness of his heart – Werner had previously decided to vote Jeanne out, with an eye on placing her on the Jury to prime them for his bid for the prize.

Once the votes at Tribal Council had been cast – including an additional one via the extra parchment Annalize picked up at Exile Island – Werner played his second Hidden Immunity idol (which Jeanne had seen him unearth at Luzon) for the Radio Producer, effectively negating any votes against her. The move shocked everyone – but nobody more than Annalize, who immediately believed her time in the game was up. The first three votes out of the urn bore Jeanne’s name – and were all rendered invalid. Annalize’s name duly came up next, followed up Katinka’s – and when host Nico Panagio read out the latter’s name a second time to complete one of this season’s most epic blindsides, Annalize couldn’t believe her luck.

Katinka, the youngest castaway in the game this season, had declared herself happy to let the others think she was ‘a dumb blonde’ and bided her time when it came to committing her allegiance to a particular group, despite playing a pivotal role in helping Mindanao win the very first challenge. An unfortunate habit of spilling the beans – from the early days of the “girls’ alliance” through to carelessly giving PK the low-down on her Top 3 alliance – ultimately cost her a place in the game after Tom took news of her coup attempt straight to Werner this week.

After moving across to Luzon with Annalize as part of the tribe shuffle in Episode 6, Katinka put herself on the map in Episode 7 when she helped Luzon come from behind in the Immunity Challenge by showing some impressive hoop-shooting skills to beat Visayas and trounce Mindanao. In Episode 8, when Jeanne was trying to rally the women to use Werner as a shield to get them to Merge, Katinka declared that Werner was someone she’d love to see on the jury, but not someone she’d like to find herself sitting alongside at the Final Two – marking her strategic emergence in the game. Despite making Jeanne happy by finally seeming to start playing, Katinka’s affinity for Annalize lead her to declare that she’d like to send the former home and take the latter with her to the final. After discussing her move with Annalize, Katinka approached Werner about voting Jeanne out the next time Luzon headed to Tribal Council. The move impressed him and the resultant trust saw him take her under his wing, right until the moment that he found out that she’d been plotting against him this week.

This week’s Reward Challenge turned into the highest-stakes game of the season, as the Castaways were tearfully reunited with their loved ones after 34 days in isolation. The prize? The chance for the winner to spend an afternoon on the Araw beach with their guest, enjoying a traditional Filipino Barbecue. The Castaways couldn’t believe their eyes as Werner’s wife Juné, Jeanne’s friend Ziningi, Annalize’s husband Paul, Tom’s wife Nicky and Katinka’s mother Maria appeared for the warmest of reunions – and took their will to win the challenge to unprecedented levels.

The chance to spend the afternoon with Juné sent Werner racing through the obstacle course, tethered to a rope, into a lead he never relinquished. He claimed the win ahead of Tom, with Katinka a distant third. When Nico offered him the chance to select two fellow Castaways and their loved ones to join him, he named Katinka and Tom – leading Jeanne to the realization that perhaps PK had been right about the ‘real’ Top 3 as she lay under the shelter with fellow ‘loser’ Annalize, who had to say goodbye to her husband before leaving the challenge. Indeed, as Werner said in an interview: “It’s a line drawn. These people are not only going with me to the Reward – they’re going with me to the end”.

Nico also handed Werner a Huawei P20 Pro to document the afternoon’s revelry, telling him that a brand-new one would be waiting for him at home as well, once the game was over. Back at Araw, the ‘winning’ Castaways feasted on Filipino Barbecue and caught up with news from home – but also took time out to test their home-stretch strategies with their most-trusted sounding-boards.

This week’s Immunity Challenge saw the Castaways manoeuvring a bowl through a series of channels on a spring-loaded metal structure and stacking them atop it. The first Castaway to leave all ten bowls standing for three seconds would win Immunity – and a guaranteed 1-in-4 shot at the Sole Survivor title. As Tom and Werner almost simultaneously placed their final bowls, Werner’s stack tantalizingly toppled over, giving Tom a fist-pumping, hat-throwing, sobbing win.

Despite all the feel-good moments this week, Nico sent the Castaways back to Araw after Tribal Council with a reminder that there are no more Idols and no more advantages to be had in the game from this point, onwards. “This is where the gloves come off,” he said. Tune in to Survivor South Africa: Philippines next week (Thursday 9 August, 19:00 on M-Net 101) to see which of the Castaways’ game is ignited by the Tribal Council ‘fireballs’.

Also make a note to catch the fun-filled YouTube episode of Live After: Survivor South Africa on the DStv Online YouTube page, where the voted-off castaway will be in conversation with host Phil Mphela at 20:05 each week, directly after Survivor SA airs on M-Net 101. Want to ask a castaway a burning question? Tweet using #LiveAfter and @survivorsa and Phil could get it answered in the ‘Ask Me Anything’ segment of the show.

There are also some magnificent prizes up for grabs on the Survivor SA: Philippines website:

•   A Huawei P20 Pro phone valued at R15 499.

•   A 1-year supply of Bio-Strath products valued at R10 000.

•   A delicious Steers Wacky Wednesdays voucher for one year, valued at R2800.

•   A brand new DStv Explora 2.

All you have to do is to go to www.mnet.tv/survivorsa and answer the weekly quiz question. Every entry then also goes into the draw for the grand prize of a tropical island holiday experience for four, brought to you by Cathay Pacific and Club Med. And, if you’d like to earn additional points, explore the island and find the Huawei P20 Pro phone in our 360 VR experience and explore  the Survivor SA islands, living area,s as well as each challenge site, as the weeks progress.

Survivor South Africa: Philippines is also streamed live on DStv Now and is available on DStv Catch Up within 24 hours of the live show. You can also catch the repeat on Sunday afternoons at 17:00 on M-Net Channel 101.

Survivor SA is powered by the Huawei P20 Pro and is produced by Afrokaans Film & Television.

Can Anyone Stop the Blue Bloc Blitz?

Can Anyone Stop the Blue Bloc Blitz?

 

The power constantly shifts within Survivor South Africa: Philippines – and the emergence of a specific blue-tinted bloc at Araw during last week’s Tribal Council saw Chané voted off in a tie-breaker vote with Tom.

Chané joins Vusi on the Jury at Ponderosa – and they’ll be keeping a keen eye on proceedings at Tribal Council as the remaining 8 Castaways bid to Outwit, Outplay and Outlast each other on the road to the R1 Million prize and the title of ‘Sole Survivor’.

With Tom having been taken in by the Mindanao bloc, the writing could be on the wall for Palesa – the only other original Luzon member – especially since she was forced to play her Immunity Idol to protect herself last week. She’s shown in the past that she’s a wily operator though, and won’t be shy of pulling out all the stops if she sniffs blood in the water.

There’s dissention in the blue ranks, too, as PK’s seemingly-unquenchable thirst for a ‘big move’ and Toni’s unhappiness about the level of support she received from her former Mindanao tribemates in ousting the ‘reds’ is threatening to unsettle things. But they need to be wary of rocking the boat too much – or face the kind of ‘Operation: Discipline’ that Tevin & PK used to take Marthunis to task.

This week, the Castaways are playing for an epic, luxurious reward if they can outlast in a physical challenge which will have them testing their dexterity and negotiating a precipitous slope while keeping their wits about them. To lay claim to the Immunity Necklace, they’ll need to match mind power with a gentle touch, for a Tribal Council lifeline.

Tune in to Survivor SA: Philippines this Thursday at 19:00 on M-Net 101 to see the Castaways balance risk, reward and stamina in their bid for glory.

Also make a note to catch the fun-filled YouTube episode of Live After: Survivor South Africa on the DStv Online YouTube page, where the voted-off castaway will be in conversation with host Phil Mphela at 20:05 each week, directly after Survivor SA airs on M-Net 101. Want to ask a castaway a burning question? Tweet using #LiveAfter and @survivorsa and Phil could get it answered in the ‘Ask Me Anything’ segment of the show.

While fans of the show enjoy all the action in the episode, there are also some magnificent prizes up for grabs on the Survivor SA: Philippines website:

•    A Huawei P20 Pro phone valued at R15 499.
•    A Cape Union Mart voucher valued at R10 000.
•    A delicious Steers Wacky Wednesdays voucher for one year, valued at R2800.

All you have to do is to go to www.mnet.tv/survivorsa and answer the weekly quiz question. Every entry then also goes into the draw for the grand prize of a tropical island holiday experience for four, brought to you by Cathay Pacific and Club Med. And, if you’d like to earn additional points, explore the island and find the Huawei P20 Pro phone in our 360 VR experience.

Survivor South Africa: Philippines is also streamed live on DStv Now and available on DStv Catch Up within 24 hours of the live show. You can also catch the repeat on Sunday afternoons at 17:00 on M-Net Channel 101.

Survivor SA is powered by the Huawei P20 Pro and is produced by Afrokaans Film and TV.

Survivor SA: Philippines Episode 7 teaser| Trust no-one in the game of Survivor!

This week, Survivor South African fans can look forward to a tribal council that will go down as one of the most epic blindsides in the history of the game. Who will see his or her torch snuffed by Survivor host Nico Panagio?

Last week’s shock Tribe Switch and Marthunis’ dramatic exit on Survivor South Africa: Philippines changed the game yet again for the Castaways – and the Visayas members are certainly in for a shock when the new Mindanao and Luzon arrive at the next challenge.

At Mindanao, Josie must try to establish relationships with Tevin and PK after taking Toni across with her from Luzon – but will she be able to break their original Mindanao bond? Tevin’s admission at Tribal Council that he admired more than her strategic game could work in her favour – if she’s willing to use that information.

Annalize also finds herself outnumbered at the new Luzon, with Werner, Jeanne & Katinka all ex-blues. Werner has discussed cutting Jeanne loose in the past to make the tribe stronger in physical challenges – will the new arrivals force him to reassess that stance? The two Hidden Immunity Idols in his pocket have definitely emboldened him – but he’ll need to be wary of overconfidence.

Visayas looked like healing their relationship rifts at last week’s challenge, when bitter enemies Tom and Palesa rallied to outlast all the other contestants in a grueling challenge and claim the Tribal Immunity Idol together, with clasped hands. But Tom’s eating habits – of all things – irked one-time alliance member Chané and may have driven her over to Palesa and Vusi’s side.

After such a tumultuous week on Survivor South Africa: Philippines, the Castaways could be forgiven for wanting time to regroup, but in the words of host Nico Panagio: “Just when you think you have this game figured out – think again!” Tune in to Survivor South Africa: Philippines this Thursday at 19:00 on M-Net 101. Also make a note to catch the fun-filled YouTube episode of Survivor South Africa: Philippines #LiveAfter on the DStv Youtube page.

While fans of the show enjoy all the action in the episode, there are also some magnificent prizes up for grabs on the Survivor SA: Philippines website:

•    A Huawei P20 Pro phone valued at R15 499.
•    A Cape Union Mart voucher valued at R10 000.
•    A delicious Steers Wacky Wednesdays voucher for one year, valued at R2800.

All you have to do is to go to www.mnet.tv/survivorsa and answer the weekly quiz question. Every entry then also goes into the draw for the grand prize of a tropical island holiday experience for four, brought to you by Cathay Pacific and Club Med. And, if you’d like to earn additional points, explore the island and find the Huawei P20 Pro phone in our 360 VR experience.

Survivor South Africa: Philippines is also streamed live on DStv Now and available on DStv Catch Up within 24 hours of the live show. You can also catch the repeat on Sunday afternoons at 17:00 on M-Net Channel 101.

Survivor SA is powered by the Huawei P20 Pro and is produced by Afrokaans Film and TV.

Survivor South Africa: Philippines | Mindanao & Luzon Rejigged as Marthunis Exits

Marthunis departed the game, Josie and Toni switched to Mindanao, Annalize and Katinka find themselves part of Luzon, Tom and Palesa have made up after their epic blow-out on the Visayas beach and Werner has two Hidden Immunity Idols in the bank… Thursday’s (7 June) episode of M-Net’s Survivor South Africa: Philippines was packed with more twists than a Parliamentary Q&A as the game was shaken up once more – just as the Castaways were starting to make sense of things after the tribe swap.

This week’s combined Reward and Immunity Challenge was the catalyst for the Visayas reconciliation, after Tom & Palesa found themselves the last pair standing after holding up a heavy wooden disc for over an hour, between them. One by one, the Castaways had let pain, pins & needles and outright exhaustion get the better of them and let their discs drop, with Luzon’s Werner & Toni capitulating last to hand Visayas the sole Tribal Immunity spot – and a Steers ‘Build Your Own Burger Bar’ feast at their camp, as a reward. Luzon and Mindanao would both be heading to Tribal Council…

The defeat spelled the end for Marthunis – having had declared himself impossible to blindside and vowing to quit before he could be voted out, after he ran out of goodwill, thanks to insulting almost everyone at Mindanao. His declaration to his tribe that he was effectively bored and wanted to leave meant a reprieve for Annalize, who would almost certainly have been voted out, otherwise. Having taken pains to teach his fellow Castaways how to spell his name correctly for the Tribal Council vote, they gleefully set about finding ways to deliberately misspell it – a parting shot, to irk him.

At Luzon, Josie’s tentative search for the Hidden Immunity Idol cost her dearly as Werner spotted the clue inscribed on the top of the day bed and scooped up the Idol at the first opportunity – ironically, while Josie was having an ill-fated discussion with Toni on the opposite endof the beach about voting the Pastor out. Jeanne saw Werner unearth the Idol – now the second in his possession, after he picked one up at the balance beam challenge – but he brushed off her offer to keep it safe in her own bag. He then shared the news of his find with tight ally Toni, cementing her resolve to stick with him and spurn Josie’s advances.

Pre-challenge, life at Visayas had been hotting up for Tom as Chané expressed her anger that he’d played his Hidden Immunity Idol to save himself at the previous Tribal Council – when he’d previously said he’d play it for her, when she needed it. Seeing her chances of survival as 50/50, she made overtures to Vusi and Palesa and offered to unite with them to send him home, declaring that “the Tom ship is sinking –  and he’s sinking it himself”. This, after Palesa and Tom had hugged it out after last week’s Tribal Council and talked about uniting to take the tribe forward.

When Mindanao and Luzon converged for Tribal Council, the result seemed a foregone conclusion with Marthunis having declared his desire to depart the blue tribe and Josie out of favour at the reds. Survivor is a funny old game though, and after questioning Marthunis about his decision, Nico Panagio told him he could leave if he wanted to – denying him a ceremonial torch snuff – and declared that the vote would go ahead for both tribes, putting a previously-comfortable Annalize right back in the Mindanao firing line.

The two tribes duly voted, but once Nico read out the Luzon result – with three votes against Josie – he told them they’d voted her out of their tribe, but not the game. He invited her up to the plinth and ordered her to hand over her Luzon buff, replacing it with a Mindanao one and sending her across to her new tribe. Annalize had picked up three Mindanao votes, and Nico gave her the same instruction – switching her blue Mindanao buff for the red of Luzon. As if that hadn’t set the cat firmly amongst the Tribal pigeons, Josie and Annalize were offered the chance to bring one of their former tribe members across to their new tribe. Josie chose Toni and Annalize picked Katinka, meaning that Mindanao now comprises: Josie, Toni, Tevin & PK, while the Luzon members are now Werner, Jeanne, Katinka & Annalize. Ironically, that still leaves both Josie and Annalize in the minority their new tribes, with the original ‘Mindanao Strong’ bloc dominating both, 3-1.

The new tribes left the Tribal Council area with Nico’s final words ringing in their ears: “You never grow complacent and you never give up”. Tune in to Survivor South Africa: Philippines next week (Thursday 14 June, 19:00 on M-Net 101) to see if Josie and Annalize can break the Mindanao stranglehold in their new tribes – and if unity at Visayas can possibly last.

Survivor fans can also have great fun online. For the first time ever, M-Net has created a Virtual Reality experience for fans of the show. By simply logging on to www.mnet.tv/survivorsa viewers can click through to a full 360 degree experience of the Survivor SA islands, living areas as well as each challenge site as the weeks progress. Fans can now see and experience the surroundings of the exotic Philippines exactly as the Survivor contestants did, and stumble upon some clues along the way that could put them in line to win some great prizes while doing so!

Survivor SA is powered by the Huawei P20 Pro and is produced by Afrokaans Film and TV.

The show is also available on DStv Catch-Up and Catch-Up Plus within 24 hours.

Survivor SA: Philippines Episode 4 teaser M-Net 101, Thursday 24 May at 19:00

When Luzon finally snapped their challenge losing streak and Mindanao intentionally found themselves a tribe member lighter after Stacey-Lee departed last week, the castaways thought the game was wide open. But just when alliance lines were being solidified and a pecking order was emerging, host Nico Panagio uttered the phrase: ‘Drop Your Buffs’ – throwing the castaways into turmoil.

The new dawn – thanks to a first in Survivor South Africa history – will test friendships, stretch alliances to breaking point and offer some castaways a way back into the game, while others will have to scramble to re-establish themselves.

Will Mindanao embrace or expel a livid Marthunis after his alliance publicly dropped him at Tribal Council last week? Will the inspired Luzon find a new gear and even the tribal numbers themselves? Tune in to Survivor SA: Philippines this Thursday at 19:00 on M-Net 101.

While fans of the show enjoy all the action in the episode, there are also some magnificent prizes up for grabs on the Survivor SA: Philippines website:

•    A Huawei P20 Pro phone valued at R15 499.
•    A Cape Union Mart voucher valued at R10 000.
•    A delicious Steers Wacky Wednesdays voucher for one year, valued at R2800.

All you have to do is to go to www.mnet.tv/survivorsa and answer the weekly quiz question. Every entry then also goes into the draw for the grand prize of a tropical island holiday experience for four, brought to you by Cathay Pacific and Club Med. And, if you’d like to earn additional points, explore the island and find the Huawei P20 Pro phone in our 360 VR experience.

Survivor South Africa: Philippines is also streamed live on DStv Now and available on DStv Catch Up within 24 hours of the live show. You can also catch the repeat on Sunday afternoons at 17:00 on M-Net Channel 101.

Survivor SA is powered by the Huawei P20 Pro and is produced by Afrokaans Film and TV.