Survivor Africa: Panama

This article is about the African version of Survivor which is set in Panama. For the third U.S. Survivor season set in Africa, see Survivor: Africa. For the twelfth U.S. Survivor season set in Panama, see Survivor: Panama.

Survivor Africa: Panama is the first pan-regional season of the television show Survivor to air in central or southern Africa and it included contestants from the countries of Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The show was broadcast on the channel M-net from September 3, 2006 to November 19, 2006 over twelve episodes.

Contestants

Contestant	Original tribes	Merged tribe	Finish
Chipo Nzonzo 35, Harare	Kuna		1st Voted out Day 3
Ariomawha "Ario" Okenabirhie 32, Warri	Embera		2nd Voted out Day 6
Lloyd Kalipinde 25, Lusaka	Kuna		3rd Voted out Day 9
Frieda Karipi 29, Windhoek	Kuna		4th Voted out Day 12
Yagazie "Yaga" Chuwumerje 23, Lagos	Kuna	Nagual	5th Voted out 1st Jury Member Day 14
Nana Sarpong 30, Accra	Kuna		6th Voted out 2nd Jury Member Day 16
Leonard Mapuranga 24, Harare	Embera		7th Voted out 3rd Jury Member Day 18
Derrick Assetto 29, Nairobi	Embera		8th Voted out 4th Jury Member Day 20
Metasebia "Meti" Yilma 27, Dire Dawa	Kuna		Lost Challenge 5th Jury Member Day 21
Olanike "Nike" Gbolahan 24, Lagos	Embera		Lost Challenge 6th Jury Member Day 21
Jeremiah Zulu 26, Lusaka	Embera		Runner-Up Day 21
Tsholofelo "Tebby" Gasenelwe 24, Gaborone	Embera		Sole Survivor Day 21

Season summary

The contestants for this season were initially split into two tribes: Embera, named after Panama's semi-nomadic and heavily body-painted tribe, whose buffs were blue, and Kuna, named after a traditionally matriarchal and politically organised people of Panama, whose buffs were red. During the pre-merge portion of the game, Embera won a majority of the reward and immunity challenges, while Kuna saw their numbers dwindle from six to three. When the tribes merged into the Nagual tribe (wearing yellow buffs), their original tribal alliances remained, and the former members of Embera quickly voted out Yaga and Nana, leaving Meti as the only former Kuna member left in the game. Following the elimination of Nana, Tebby approached Meti and Nike about forming an all-girl alliance. This new alliance, along with Jeremiah, voted out Leonard and the leader of the former Embera alliance, Derrick. When it came time for the final four, the contestants competed in two challenges in order to determine the final two. The first of these challenges was the "plank" challenge. As Meti was the first person to fall off the plank, she was eliminated from the game. As Tebby was the last person to fall off the plank, she automatically advanced to the final two. The other two contestants competed in a second challenge which Jeremiah won, advancing him to the final two while Nike was eliminated. Ultimately, it was Tebby from Botswana who won this season over Jeremiah with a jury vote of 6–0.

Challenge winners and eliminations by episode

Episode		Challenge winner(s)		Eliminated	Finish
No.	Original air date	Reward	Immunity
1	September 3, 2006	Embera	None
2	September 10, 2006	Embera	Embera	Chipo	1st Voted Out Day 3
3	September 17, 2006	Kuna	Kuna	Ario	2nd Voted Out Day 6
4	September 24, 2006	Embera	Embera	Lloyd	3rd Voted Out Day 9
5	October 1, 2006	Kuna	Embera	Frieda	4th Voted Out Day 12
6	October 8, 2006	Yaga	None
7	October 15, 2006	Yaga, [Leonard]	Jeremiah	Yaga	5th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 14
8	October 22, 2006	Tebby, [Nike]	Tebby	Nana	6th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 16
9	October 29, 2006	Derrick, [Leonard]	Derrick	Leonard	7th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 18
10	November 5, 2006	Tebby, [Meti]	Jeremiah	Derrick	8th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 20
11	November 12, 2006	None	Tebby	Meti	Lost Challenge 5th Jury Member Day 21
			Jeremiah	Nike	Lost Challenge 6th Jury Member Day 21
12	November 19, 2006	Jury Vote		Jeremiah	Runner-Up
				Tebby	Sole Survivor

Voting history

		Original Tribes				Merged Tribe
Episode #		2	3	4	5	7	8	9	10	11
Eliminated		Chipo	Ario	Lloyd	Frieda	Yaga	Nana	Leonard	Derrick	Meti	Nike
Vote		4–2	4–2	3–1–1	3–1	4–3–1	5–1–1	4–2	4–1	Challenge	Challenge
Voter		Votes
	Tebby		Ario			Yaga	Nana	Leonard	Derrick	Won	Immune
	Jeremiah		Ario			Yaga	Nana	Leonard	Derrick	Safe	Won
	Nike		Derrick			Nana	Nana	Leonard	Derrick	Safe	Lost
	Meti	Chipo		Frieda	Frieda	Derrick	Derrick	Leonard	Derrick	Lost
	Derrick		Ario			Yaga	Nana	Meti	Nike
	Leonard		Ario			Yaga	Nana	Meti
	Nana	Chipo		Lloyd	Frieda	Derrick	Jeremiah
	Yaga	Chipo		Lloyd	Frieda	Derrick
Frieda		Meti		Lloyd	Meti
Lloyd		Chipo		Nana
Ario			Derrick
Chipo		Meti

Jury vote
Episode #	12
Day #	21
Finalist	Jeremiah	Tebby
Votes	6–0
Juror	Votes
Nike		Tebby
Meti		Tebby
Derrick		Tebby
Leonard		Tebby
Nana		Tebby
Yaga		Tebby

Notes

External links

• Official website