Canadian Survivor: Tanzania

*****Canadian Survivor: Tanzania***** is the third season of *Canadian Survivor*.

Shehan Themiya became the third consecutive Asian-Canadian Sole Survivor, defeating Karl van Engelen in a 4-3 vote.

## Production

The season was filmed in Tanzania, where the contestants had to put up with extreme heat conditions and dangerous wildlife. Because there were man-killing animals in the area, the tribes lived in thorny enclosures as local tribal Tanzanians do.

## Format

* **Tribe Composition:** The sixteen castaways were divided into two tribes of eight.
* **Tribe Switch:** Three members from both tribes were selected to join the other tribe.
* **Merged Tribe Composition:** The merged tribe was composed of ten members.
* **Final Tribal Council Format:** Two finalists faced a jury of seven. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.

## Season Summary

The 16 new castaways were divided into two tribes named after regions of Tanzania: Arusha and Morogoro. During the first twelve days, Arusha dominated in challenges, winning all 7 and sending Morogoro to four consecutive Tribe Councils.

On Day 13, a vague clue tasked both tribes to elect 3 members to converge, only to learn they will be subjected to the first *Canadian Survivor* Tribe Switch. Jenna, Nafi and Shehan was switched to Arusha, while Angel, Grant and Shauna were switched to Morogoro much to their chagrin as their new camp was under-maintained. New members didn't change fate, when new Morogoro was sent to a fifth consecutive Tribal Council, with three new castaways attending, Angel would take this opportunity to vote out Shauna. On Day 18, Arusha would go to it's first Tribal Council, where once again, Arusha would target one of its own - sending Yannis home.

The tribes merged on Day 19 to form the Njombe tribe, with the original Arusha outnumbering the original Morogoro, 6-4, despite winning 5 of 6 Immunity Challenges and controlling all votes. Shehan was able to put himself in a good position after the tribe swap and heading into the merge that allowed him to influence many of the merge votes and he brilliantly formed a tight connection with Karl and then created layered alliances with Angel, Grant and Nina.

At Final Six, Angel disassociated herself with Shehan and instead of removing Ronny as planned, Shehan switched the plan to Angel and disposing of Ronny next. Shehan and Karl would take Grant to the Final Three and when Karl won the Final Immunity Challenge, he decided to eliminate the easy win, Grant, and take his closest ally (Shehan) to the end.

At the Final Tribal Council, Shehan was praised for being a mastermind - influencing so many votes and convincing Karl to take him to the end. However, a bitter jury almost gave Karl the win, when he received votes from Nina, Ronny and Angel. It was Shehan's decisive and strategic game that won him the title of Sole Survivor, earning the votes of Grant, Nafi, Aimee and Marisa.

## Trivia

* *Tanzania* is the first season to be set on the African continent.
* This season featured the first amputee contestant, Marisa Xu.
* *Tanzania* is the first season where a man was the first person voted out.
* The Arusha tribe won ten challenges in a row, setting the record for most consecutive tribal challenges won.
* *Tanzania* marks the first tribe switch.
* *Tanzania* is the first season in which we see the same gender voted out in five consecutive tribal councils, from Jenna to Angel.
* Only two men were on the jury this season, the fewest men on any jury.
* For the first time, two different contestants won the penultimate and final Immunity Challenges.
* *Tanzania* is the first season in which both finalists had votes against them during the game.
* *Tanzania* is the first season where all contestants received a vote against them at one point during the game.
* This was the third consecutive season where an Asian-Canadian became Sole Survivor.
* This was the second consecutive season to feature an all-male Final Two and the third consecutive season to feature a same gender Final Two.
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