Tejan Pillay

Tejan Pillay is a contestant from and .
In Maldives, Tejan was the commanding leader of the Raituhn Alliance. Alongside his fellow "Pleb" Letshego Moshoeu, Tejan controlled the Raituhn tribe and indiscriminately blindsided both his fellow "Plebs" and the rival "Celebs" to further his masterplan. However, his deceitful nature and penchant for reneging on promises earned him a poor reputation heading into the merge. With the explosive breakup of his alliance at the final seven, Bonnie Henna and Hykie Berg successfully turned the game against Tejan, leading to his elimination.
Tejan returned over a decade later in Return of the Outcasts. Despite hailing from the earliest season out of everyone in the cast, he kept pace with the modern gameplay of Survivor South Africa and survived all the way to the merge. However, having had many of his allies be voted out before this point, Tejan was left as a free agent having to fend for himself. Eventually, he was voted out once again at the final seven, after his gambit with a fake Hidden Immunity Idol backfired and caused the tribe to abandon their plot against Felix Godlo to neutralize the idol instead.
==Profile==
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Retrieved from mnet.co.za
Age: 32
Hometown: Durban
Occupation: Engineer
This engineer is also a cage fighter who loves pushing his mind and body beyond the limit. Analysing everything is the name of his game.https://web.archive.org/web/20110228041043/http://www.dstv.com/mnet/survivorsa/Profile/19/Tejan.html
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Retrieved from dstv.com/m-net/en-za
Name: Tejan Pillay
Previous season: Survivor South Africa: Maldives S4
Age: 40
Hometown: Johannesburg
Tejan Pillay is a 40-year-old electrical engineer with a master's degree in engineering – originally from Verulam but now living in Johannesburg. The self-proclaimed Prince of Darkness has worked for Eskom for 21 years and has been with his partner for 11.
He says he lives and loves life, considering himself something of a renaissance man and jack of all trades who enjoys the simple things in life. Pillay is in the best physical shape of his life and has trained hard for this moment to return to Survivor SA. He has a black belt in karate, a final brown in kickboxing, and did some cage fighting.
He took pride in his status as one of Survivor SA's early villains, getting a lot of validation from being part of the world's greatest game. He's accepted his Survivor Conniver nickname and embraced the fact that his play made him a castaway to be reckoned with. He'll be keeping a keen eye out to see who he can trust – but doesn't plan to give his trust away cheaply.https://www.dstv.com/m-net/en-za/show/survivor-south-africa/season/9/castaways/tejan/profile
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==Survivor South Africa==
===Maldives===
====Voting History====
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 In Episode 10, Bonnie used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Hykie, negating Tejan's vote against him.
===Return of the Outcasts===
====Voting History====
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Voted forSole Survivor	colspan="2" 	
 In , the vote ended with a 2-2-2 tie between Felix, Killarney, and Thoriso, forcing a revote. Tejan did not change his vote on the revote. In , Tejan used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 3 votes against him.
==Post-Survivor==
==Trivia==
* Tejan is the only representative of to return for another season.
* Both times Tejan competed:
** He was a member of a yellow tribe at some point.
** He placed seventh overall.
** He received eight votes cast against him.
** He voted for the season's eventual Sole Survivor.
* Tejan is the highest-ranking castaway in Return of the Outcasts to not improve on his finish. Everyone who finished above him did better than their last time playing the game.
==References==
Category:Contestants
Category:Male Contestants
Category:Contestants Appearing in Multiple Seasons
Category:Survivor South Africa
Category:Survivor South Africa Contestants
Category:Maldives Contestants
Category:Maldives Jury Members
Category:Return of the Outcasts Contestants
Category:Return of the Outcasts Jury Members
Category:Raituhn Tribe
Category:Eku Tribe
Category:Masu Tribe
Category:Salan Tribe
Category:7th Place
Category:Survivor South Africa: Maldives
Category:Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts