# Survivor Africa: Panama

Survivor Africa: Panama is the first pan-regional season of the television show Survivor to air in central or southern Africa and it included contestants from the countries of Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The show was broadcast on the channel M-Net from September 3, 2006 to November 19, 2006 over twelve episodes. The host for the season was Anthony Oseyemi The grand prize was $100,000 US Dollars and was won by Tsholofelo ‘Tebby’ Gasennelwe.

## Contestants

List of Survivor Africa: Panama contestants :
| Contestant | Original Tribe | Merged Tribe | Finish |
| Chipo Nzonzo 35, Harare, Zimbabwe | Kuna | | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
| Ariomawha "Ario" Okenabirhie 32, Warri, Nigeria | Embera | | 2nd Voted out Day 6 |
| Lloyd Kalipinde 25, Lusaka, Zambia | Kuna | | 3rd Voted out Day 9 |
| Frieda Karipi 29, Windhoek, Namibia | Kuna | | 4th Voted out Day 12 |
| Yagazie "Yaga" Chuwumerje 23, Lagos, Nigeria | Kuna | Nagual | 5th Voted out 1st Jury Member Day 14 |
| Nana Sarpong 30, Accra, Ghana | Kuna | Nagual | 6th Voted out 2nd Jury Member Day 16 |
| Leonard Mapuranga 24, Harare, Zimbabwe | Embera | Nagual | 7th Voted out 3rd Jury Member Day 18 |
| Derrick Assetto 29, Nairobi, Kenya | Embera | Nagual | 8th Voted out 4th Jury Member Day 20 |
| Metasebia "Meti" Yilma 27, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia | Kuna | Nagual | Lost Challenge 5th Jury Member Day 21 |
| Olanike "Nike" Gbolahan 24, Lagos, Nigeria | Embera | Nagual | Lost Challenge 6th Jury Member Day 21 |
| Jeremiah Zulu 26, Lusaka, Zambia | Embera | Nagual | Runner-Up Day 21 |
| Tsholofelo "Tebby" Gasenelwe 24, Gaborone, Botswana | Embera | Nagual | Sole Survivor Day 21 |

## Season summary

The contestants for this season were initially split into two tribes: Embera, named after Panama's semi-nomadic and heavily body-painted tribe, whose buffs were blue, and Kuna, named after a traditionally matriarchal and politically organised people of Panama, whose buffs were red. During the pre-merge portion of the game, Embera won a majority of the reward and immunity challenges, while Kuna saw their numbers dwindle from six to three. When the tribes merged into the Nagual tribe (wearing yellow buffs), their original tribal alliances remained, and the former members of Embera quickly voted out Yaga and Nana, leaving Meti as the only former Kuna member left in the game. Following the elimination of Nana, Tebby approached Meti and Nike about forming an all-girl alliance. This new alliance, along with Jeremiah, voted out Leonard and the leader of the former Embera alliance, Derrick. When it came time for the final four, the contestants competed in two challenges in order to determine the final two. The first of these challenges was the "plank" challenge. As Meti was the first person to fall off the plank, she was eliminated from the game. As Tebby was the last person to fall off the plank, she automatically advanced to the final two. The other two contestants competed in a second challenge which Jeremiah won, advancing him to the final two while Nike was eliminated. Ultimately, it was Tebby from Botswana who won this season over Jeremiah with a jury vote of 5-1.
Challenge winners and eliminations by episode :
| Episode | Episode | Challenge winner(s) | Challenge winner(s) | Eliminated | Finish |
| No. | Original air date | Reward | Immunity | Eliminated | Finish |
| 1 | September 3, 2006 | Embera | None | None | None |
| 2 | September 10, 2006 | Embera | Embera | Chipo | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
| 3 | September 17, 2006 | Kuna | Kuna | Ario | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
| 4 | September 24, 2006 | Embera | Embera | Lloyd | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
| 5 | October 1, 2006 | Kuna | Embera | Frieda | 4th Voted Out Day 12 |
| 6 | October 8, 2006 | Yaga | None | None | None |
| 7 | October 15, 2006 | Yaga, [Leonard] | Jeremiah | Yaga | 5th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 14 |
| 8 | October 22, 2006 | Tebby, [Nike] | Tebby | Nana | 6th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 16 |
| 9 | October 29, 2006 | Derrick, [Leonard] | Derrick | Leonard | 7th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 18 |
| 10 | November 5, 2006 | Tebby, [Meti] | Jeremiah | Derrick | 8th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 20 |
| 11 | November 12, 2006 | None | Tebby | Meti | Lost Challenge 5th Jury Member Day 21 |
| 11 | November 12, 2006 | None | Jeremiah | Nike | Lost Challenge 6th Jury Member Day 21 |
| 12 | November 19, 2006 | Jury Vote | Jury Vote | Jeremiah | Runner-Up |
| 12 | November 19, 2006 | Jury Vote | Jury Vote | Tebby | Sole Survivor |

## Voting history

| | | Original Tribes | Original Tribes | Original Tribes | Original Tribes | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe | Merged Tribe |
| Episode | Episode | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Day | Day | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | Chipo | Ario | Lloyd | Frieda | Yaga | Nana | Leonard | Derrick | Meti | Nike |
| Vote | Vote | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–1–1 | 3–1 | 4–3–1 | 5–1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | Challenge | Challenge |
| Voter | Voter | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| | Tebby | | Ario | | | Yaga | Nana | Leonard | Derrick | Won | Immune |
| | Jeremiah | | Ario | | | Yaga | Nana | Leonard | Derrick | Safe | Won |
| | Nike | | Derrick | | | Nana | Nana | Leonard | Derrick | Safe | Lost |
| | Meti | Chipo | | Frieda | Frieda | Derrick | Derrick | Leonard | Derrick | Lost | |
| | Derrick | | Ario | | | Yaga | Nana | Meti | Nike | | |
| | Leonard | | Ario | | | Yaga | Nana | Meti | | | |
| | Nana | Chipo | | Lloyd | Frieda | Derrick | Jeremiah | | | | |
| | Yaga | Chipo | | Lloyd | Frieda | Derrick | | | | | |
| Frieda | Frieda | Meti | | Lloyd | Meti | | | | | | |
| Lloyd | Lloyd | Chipo | | Nana | | | | | | | |
| Ario | Ario | | Derrick | | | | | | | | |
| Chipo | Chipo | Meti | | | | | | | | | |
Jury vote :
| Episode | 12 | 12 |
| Day | 21 | 21 |
| Finalist | Jeremiah | Tebby |
| Votes | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| Juror | Votes | Votes |
| Nike | | Tebby |
| Meti | | Tebby |
| Derrick | | Tebby |
| Leonard | | Tebby |
| Nana | | Tebby |
| Yaga | Jeremiah | |