Survivor South Africa

Survivor South Africa, also known as Survivor SA, is the South African version of . The series was first broadcast on September 3, 2006.
==History==
==Format Variations==
The South African version of the show follows the same basic format of the American version.
===Tribes===
===Tribe Captains===
The fifth season of the show introduced two South African sports champions as captains of the tribes. They would live at the camps, compete in the challenges with the tribes, and made some decisions, but they couldn't be voted out nor have a vote at Tribal Council. However, both of them would vote at the Final Tribal Council to help to decide the winner.
===Immunity Idol===
===Hidden Immunity Idol===
Unlike the American version of the show, the players in Season 5, Survivor South Africa: Champions, were allowed to steal Hidden Immunity Idols from other's possessions.
===Exile Island===
Only in .
===Dead Man's Island===
Used only in , the castaways voted out after the merge were taken to an island without knowledge of the remaining players in the game, where they would wait for a chance to compete for two spots to re-enter the game at the Final Three.
===Tribal Council===
===Torches===
===Merge===
===Immunity Necklace===
===Final Tribal Council===
==Celebrity Seasons==
The cast of the third season of the show was compound of eighteen South African celebrities, each of whom was playing the game to raise money for a charity of their choice.
The fourth season had its cast made up by nine South African celebrities, competing with ten regular South African citizens.
==Seasons==
Season	Tribes	Number of Castaways	Filming Location	Filming Dates 	Season Run 	Sole Survivor
 	 	14 	, 	June 6, 2006 - July 5, 2006 	September 3, 2006 – November 26, 2006	
 	 	16 	, 	May 2007 - June 2007 	August 22, 2007 – November 14, 2007 	
 	 	18 	, 	November 2009 – December 2009 	January 20, 2010 – April 21, 2010 	
 	 	19 	, 	October 2010 	February 24, 2011 – May 26, 2011 	
 	 	20 	, 	October 2013 	January 19, 2014 – May 18, 2014 	
 	 	18 	, , 	January 15, 2018 - February 22, 2018	May 3, 2018 - August 16, 2018 	
 	 	21 	, 	January 28, 2019 - March 7, 2019 	May 16, 2019 - September 12, 2019 	
 	 	20 	, 	November 2020 - December 2020 	June 3, 2021 - September 16, 2021 	
 	 	20 	, 	January 24, 2022 - March 8, 2022 	July 18, 2022 - August 25, 2022 	
==Trivia==
* Since the sixth season, excerpts of various background music from Koh-Lanta has been used in numerous episodes, including excerpts of the show's theme song, Magheda Mamuere.
==References==
Category:Survivor franchises
Category:Survivor South Africa