9.5/1011 votesLoading...#1 - The Puppetmaster
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 7/25/2019
While Rob and Seipei's plan to eliminate Geoffrey went down perfectly, Mmaba was left distraught with Mike's betrayal of their Day 1 alliance from the original Laumei tribe. Seipei's social game throughout the camp was becoming more apparent to Laetitia and Rob, with the latter learning that Seipei intended to get rid of the other women in the Amigo alliance after the Spit-Shake alliance takes out Danté and Laetitia.
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#2 - Icarus
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 9/5/2019
After successfully removing Mike from the game, Laetitia, Nicole, and Steffi gathered after returning to camp, solidifying their plans to blindside Rob next with an idol in his pocket. Meanwhile, a rattled Durão struggled to accept that he had been betrayed by Rob the entire merge and felt defeated.
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- 9.4/1015 votesLoading...
#3 - I Just Want to Fix Your Crown
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 5/16/2019
The three tribes were tasked to designate a tribe leader. Cobus, Paul, and Rocco were chosen for Ta'alo, Sa'ula, and Laumei respectively. The leaders had to pick their tribe's weakest player (Jacques, Seipei, and Laetitia were respectively chosen). However, the three leaders were informed they were being exiled to the Island of Secrets for the first night of the game immediately, while their tribe's weakest players were assigned to crucial roles for the reward challenge. Once at the Island of Secrets, the three leaders were given tribal dilemmas: a clue to a hidden immunity idol at their camps, or flint. While Rocco was the only one to choose flint for his tribe, he dug through Paul's jeans to have a look at the hidden immunity idol clue when he was alone.
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#4 - Are You Crying?
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 7/11/2019
After Tribal Council, Danté and Meryl argued with Nicole over Nathan's blindside and the plot to flush Meryl's idol. The next morning, the 13 remaining players were merged into a single tribe, Manumalo. Rob was stunned to see that Sa'ula had voted out Nathan. At the merge feast, Geoffrey took note of Danté and Meryl's strategizing, while Nicole tried to explain her betrayal to the remaining Amigos.
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#5 - Trouble Council
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 8/8/2019
Despite being included in the vote for Danté, Cobus and Jacques were frustrated that the Spit-Shake alliance were leaving them out of the loop, while Steffi was frustrated that Jacques didn't fall for the Amigos' pressure to flush out his idol. Trust within the Spit-Shake alliance left Cobus, Jacques, and even Nicole feeling vulnerable with how the last two Tribal Councils went.
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#6 - Action Speaks Louder
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 9/12/2019
Laetitia was left stunned at Nicole's betrayal at the previous Tribal Council, and dismissed Nicole's apology as lies. Meanwhile, Durão was still struggling to believe that he was in the game. Rob was happy with Nicole's poor jury management and felt that the only things left to survive were Laetitia's vote nullifier and the last immunity challenge.
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- 9.2/1010 votesLoading...
#7 - Episode 2
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 5/10/2018
In low spirits after nearly being eliminated at Tribal Council the previous night, Tom sought to solidify his position with the voting block of Ace, Annalize, Chané and Neil, all the while proving to his tribe that he could make fire by eventually starting the tribe's fire. Over at Mindanao, the mood of the camp was that Marthunis was the primary target if they went to Tribal Council to keep tribal morale up.
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#8 - It's Time for a Hail Mary
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 6/13/2019
Despite being on the bottom of the new Laumei, Durão started to bond with Jacques as a means of moving forward, while Felix expressed frustration about being forced to work with Jacques and Tania to survive the new Laumei.
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#9 - He's Delicious-Looking...
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 7/18/2019
Despite the close vote at Tribal Council, Geoffrey was in good spirits about his allegiances in the new Manumalo, while Rob was glad that the Spit-Shake Seven alliance had yet to be discovered. However, both Geoffrey and Nicole started to notice how allies were running towards Rob for strategic advice around camp.
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- 9.1/1019 votesLoading...
#10 - Episode 1
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 5/3/2018
Eighteen castaways were marooned in the Philippines and split into their tribes on a Bangka. Nico immediately introduced the first reward challenge of the season to the two tribes, Luzon (Red) and Mindanao (Blue).
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#11 - I'm Not Gonna Buy This B.S.
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 6/6/2019
After his blunder with the idol at Tribal Council, Jacques felt that he had completely burnt his game with the Ta'alo tribe, yet he chose to lie about how he found the idol by claiming that he got a clue during the first reward challenge. The men at Ta'alo were confounded by Jacques' idol reveal and play. Jacques' wishes for a tribe swap were granted that morning, with the tribes reshuffling into three tribes of six.
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#12 - The Game Chooses for You
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 6/27/2019
Day 15 started with treemail suggesting a tribe shuffle or merge. The Band of Misfits decided that whatever happened, no one else must know about the Laumei idol. Standing at the reward challenge, the players were tasked with picking between 15 bowls of paint, indicating their new tribe colours
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#13 - Putting My Foot in My Mouth
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 7/4/2019
Danté's frustration with the original Laumei members' lack of contribution at camp was beginning to create animosity in Sa'ula. Nathan decided to capitalize on the tension to shift any attention on him and Nicole, and to solidify a partnership with Geoffrey and Mmaba in a potential merge.
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- 9.1/1010 votesLoading...
#14 - One Trick Pony
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 8/1/2019
While Danté was left frustrated with the original Laumei members in not voting out Rob, Jacques and Cobus confronted Rob about leaving them out of Seipei's blindside. The morning after, knowing that the others were not listening to him, Danté resigned himself to saving his strength for the immunity challenge.
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#15 - The Biggest Mother-
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 8/15/2019
As Manumalo returned to camp, Steffi told the tribe she accidentally voted for Cobus when the plan was to either vote Jacques out with the idol or flush it out of the game. While the tribe congratulated Jacques for his bold move, he openly declared that he would use his idol to take out the biggest player left if the rest of the tribe targeted him at the next Tribal Council, and the others reacted in shock and disgust by the language he used.
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#16 - The Lightbulbs Are Switching On
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 8/22/2019
As the tribe returned to camp, Rob initially did damage control with Mike, explaining that Mmaba had an advantage, but lied that the alliance didn't want to force Mike to betray another ally like Geoffrey. The Amigos and Laetitia were grateful that Jacques had finally used his idol and was left exposed.
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- 9.1/1022 votesLoading...
#17 - I Can Go 'Bos'... No Pun!
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 6/10/2021
After being left out of Jason's blindside, Shaun tried to work his way in with the men of Zamba, while Renier and Amy worked to solidify their secret duo. Meanwhile, unity over at Vuna was a bit wobbly with Carla getting annoyed with Pinty's commanding presence around camp.
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- 9.1/1020 votesLoading...
#18 - Gloat or Vote
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 6/24/2021
The outsider Vuna members on Zamba were happy with their decision to vote out Mike, to Carla and Wardah's misfortune. Day 9 saw Vuna's tribe raid of Zamba occur, with Amy having to reveal that it was her loss at Immunity Island that caused it to happen. During this, Anesu tried to reconnect with Paul and Chappies about Mike's elimination.
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#19 - Here for a Good Time
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 7/22/2021
Early on Day 19, Marisha and Renier found the Vuna tribe's hidden immunity idol, promising to use it for the original Zamba alliance come merge. A few hours later, the tribes merged to form the Osindile tribe, and celebrated with a merge feast. Chappies let slip that the Vuna tribe had received videos from their loved ones on a Reward, to the displeasure of Shaun and the last Vuna tribe, and proceeded to look for an idol clue in front of everyone.
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- 9.0/109 votesLoading...
#20 - Episode 10
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 7/5/2018
The Mindanao alliance comforted a crying Katinka, who received votes from the Visayas camp except for Tom. While the women supported her, PK rationalized why the Visayas alliance had voted the way they did.
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#21 - One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 5/23/2019
Paul approached Nicole after Sa'ula's first Tribal Council with concerns about a sub-alliance forming within the Amigos, suggesting that Nicole, Steffi, and himself align first. Cobus shared his idol clue with Jacques in the early morning, and the two started looking by their tribe's well. Jacques found the hidden immunity idol from under Cobus' nose and hid it with his secret advantage. Meanwhile Ta'alo's patience with Tania was wearing thin, as Felix and Tania clashed during the rain for space in the shelter. Rocco tried to lead the Laumei men to consider voting out Mmaba at the first opportunity, while Mike and Geoffrey initially targeted Laetitia for her age. However, once they noticed that Rocco was defending Laetitia, Mike rallied Geoffrey, Mmaba, and Rose-Lee against Rocco.
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#22 - The Gods Have Smiled Upon Me
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 5/30/2019
In awe of their sudden blindside of Paul, the Amigos officially brought Seipei into the alliance, but the relief was short-lived when it was discovered that Paul had possession of the tribe's flint as he left the game. This was yet another kick to Sa'ula's morale in desperate need of a challenge win.
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#23 - Someone You Can Trust
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 8/29/2019
After Jacques' ouster, a shellshocked Steffi decided that Rob's control of the votes was over, but that she had to make him see remaining loyalty from her. Rob tried to explain that he was trying to protect Laetitia and her in the event that Jacques had an idol, and that the Amigos were still tight.
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#24 - Philippines Finale & Reunion
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 8/16/2018
Jeanne came from behind to win her second immunity challenge, and the opportunity to vote out a jury member at Tribal Council. She tried to figure out whether Tom's role as social pariah throughout the game would be better to face than Annalize's favourable relationships with the entire jury.
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- 8.9/1018 votesLoading...
#25 - All in a Day's Work
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 8/19/2021
Despite Operation Destiny falling apart, Chappies and Santoni were prepared to use the Tribal Council Pass and Hidden Immunity Idol at the next Tribal Council to get revenge for Anesu. The remaining Vuna majority had figured Santoni managed to find the idol during her stint on Immunity Island.
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The Best Episodes of Survivor South Africa
Every episode of Survivor South Africa ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Survivor South Africa!
The South African edition of the Survivor reality television game show format in which contestants are isolated in a remote location and progressively eliminated by...
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Best Episodes Summary
"The Puppetmaster" is the best rated episode of "Survivor South Africa". It scored 9.5/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/25/2019. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Icarus".