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The Best Episodes of Survivor South Africa

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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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    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Episode 14

    S5:E14

    Altaaf was stunned that some of his alliance members turned on Moyra, while Shane celebrated staying in the game. However, he and Sivu agreed that they needed to make big moves instead of trusting others to make them so that they would stay in the game. Sivu sought to eliminate Zavion and Graham next. Zavion likewise targeted Shane, who considered bringing in Altaaf to make a move.

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    Director:Unknown
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    8.5/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Episode 16

    S5:E16

    Zavion affirmed his desire to reach the end alongside Graham and David, with Sivu as his first target for being a jury threat. David saw Zavion’s attempts to align with him for the final three as disingenuous; he was a swing vote between the alliances of Graham and Zavion, and Buhle and Sivu.

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    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Episode 9

    S5:E9

    Marian continued to privately taunt Stephen over his claim that he had nothing to do with Gena’s idol being stolen by the rest of the original Utara.

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    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #4 - Episode 12

    S5:E12

    After his closest ally was eliminated, Shane stated his embarrassment over playing with the tribemates he was playing with, calling them "children". He was especially disgusted with David, and plotted to sabotage his personal belongings just to get back at him. Shane proceeded to verbally accost David for going against him. Meanwhile, Graham pulled Altaaf aside with a plan to blindside Solly or Buhle to take control of the game. Shane attempted to sway Altaaf to his side. Sivu set up a cricket game for the tribe to bond over.

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    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Episode 4

    S5:E4

    After what came across as a surprise split vote for Philip the night before, he vowed to do whatever he could to improve his position in the Selatan tribe. His main focus was to prove his own worth around camp in comparison to David, the tribe's outcast.

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    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #6 - Episode 5

    S5:E5

    After their first Tribal Council, Buhle came clean to the entire tribe about her falling out with Sonette involving the hidden immunity idol. Selatan shared some sorely needed unity after avoiding Tribal Council for the first time.

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    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #7 - Champions Finale & Reunion

    S5:E18

    Buhle, Graham, and Sivu reflected on the game on the last day before attending the Final Tribal Council. The jury admonished Graham's lack of owning his game, due to the fact he orchestrated blindsides of two of his closest allies (Moyra and Altaaf) and for his loss of control of the game at the last two Tribal Councils to Buhle and Sivu.

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    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #8 - Episode 3

    S5:E3

    Returning from Tribal Council, Zavion lashed out at the rest of the tribe for voting out his closest ally, Ashleigh. Moyra and Gena explained that his and Marsha's gameplay forced a "Rugrats Alliance" to form to counter his own.

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    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Episode 6

    S5:E6

    After voting off their biggest provider in Zan, Utara’s morale was down; meanwhile, Selatan’s mood was better, as the tribe bonded over a yoga session.

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    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #10 - Episode 7

    S5:E7

    A rainstorm rolled into both camps, and on Utara, Sonette was injured by a falling beam from the shelter. Solly was infuriated by Shane’s careless construction of the shelter from earlier, which he felt led to the accident.

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    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Episode 15

    S5:E15

    Graham decided he would stand a better chance against David in the finals than he would against Sivu or Altaaf.

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    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Episode 11

    S5:E11

    The next morning, Shane buried one of his idols by the water well. Zavion contemplated between voting out Marian or David, while Sivu told Solly about the stolen idol, causing Solly to distrust Shane and Marian.

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    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Episode 17

    S5:E17

    After Sivu and Buhle's successful blindside of Zavion, Juara were informed at the final immunity challenge that this season will have a Final Three as opposed to a Final Two.

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    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Episode 10

    S5:E10

    Reduced to a tribe of four, Utara expressed concern of how the merge will play out with the seven-strong Selatan. Shane hoped that sending Stephen home before the merge would be enough of an olive branch to Buhle to reunite the Utara tribe with David as their number for a majority.

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    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Episode 13

    S5:E13

    Zavion disclosed to Shane that Vel and Buhle would likely be the next targets by the majority; Graham aligned with Zavion and Shane, planning to bring in Sivu and David. Graham worried about the possible four-person alliance of Vel, Buhle, Altaaf, and Moyra bringing in Sivu to take control.

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    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Episode 2

    S5:E2

    After the first immunity challenge, Utara celebrated their victory with Mark highlighting Solly's efforts in the challenge. Meanwhile, Corné advised Selatan to not give up and vote for the weakest tribe member at the first Tribal Council.

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    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Episode 8

    S5:E8

    David thanked the rest of the Utara tribe for keeping him in the game before Shane told him to keep the perception that he was on the outs. Sonette felt paranoid that she would be targeted for elimination before David due to her perceived weakness in challenges.

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    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #18 - Episode 7

    S1:E7

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    7.5/10(8 votes)

    #19 - Episode 1

    S5:E1

    The twenty civilian castaways were marooned on a raft off an island in the South China Sea. They were pulled onto a boat with supplies, where Nico instructed them to take the supplies onto their raft and reach the shore. Team captains Corné Krige and Mark Fish were awaiting the castaways' arrival. The team captains selected tribes by school yard pick, forming the tribes, Selatan (Krige) and Utara (Fish). Nico explained to the castaways that both Corné and Mark would partake in all challenges and Tribal Councils, but they won't be able to vote until the very end for the winner, alongside the jury.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Episode 10

    S1:E10

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    7.4/10(6 votes)

    #21 - Episode 12

    S1:E12

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Episode 3

    S4:E3

    Returning from Tribal Council, Goma appeared determined to turn their unfortunate challenge run as soon as possible. The next morning, the entire tribe expressed how MXO's naive approach to the game would be useful for both alliances. Over at Raituhn, Tejan, Malusi and Harry discussed how fellow Pleb Tasleem holding the Black Cowrie would affect them at Tribal Council. Harry nominated himself to divert the celebrities' attention to him, so that a 5-5 tie between Tasleem and a celeb would not occur.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Episode 13

    S4:E13

    MXO was the clear target of the Raituhn three. He retrieved treemail for the morning of Day 26, reading it before anyone else. He was shocked to discover that the next challenge was for immunity instead of reward, and he was excited at the prospect of potentially winning the challenge and staying in the game another day.

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    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    The mood in Aguila rose as the tribe's decision to keep Mzi for his role as food provider over the combatant Sam saw tribe morale return to normal. While Rana were starving as they still struggled to make fire after a week in the game.

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    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #25 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    Nico returned to camp furious that he was nearly voted out unanimously by the tribe, despite Aguila having no time to strategize after Jude's exit at Tribal Council. Rana's living situation continued to worsen as they were unable to make fire nine days into the game, with the women working hard to lift Gareth's morale to remain in the game.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 14" is the best rated episode of "Survivor South Africa". It scored 8.6/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/20/2014. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 16".