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Tejan Pillay is a contestant from Survivor South Africa: Maldives and Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts.

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[]

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.[1]

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.[2]

Survivor South Africa[]

Maldives[]

Voting History[]

Episode Tejan's
Votes
Voted Against
Tejan
1 Immune
2 Raituhn Tribe Immune
3 Tshepo -
4 Tasleem -
5 Carmel -
6 Raituhn Tribe Immune
7 Harry -
8 Simon Alison, MXO,
Sean, Simon
9 Malusi -
10 Hykie1 Bonnie, Hykie,
MXO, Sean
Voted Out, Day 21
Voted for
Ultimate Survivor
Hykie

^1 In Episode 10, Bonnie used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Hykie, negating Tejan's vote against him.

Return of the Outcasts[]

Voting History[]

Episode Tejan's
Votes
Voted Against
Tejan
2 Chappies -
3 Marian -
4 Masu Tribe Immune
5 Masu Tribe Immune
6 Masu Tribe Immune
8 Masu Tribe Immune
9 Pinty -
10 Thoriso;
Thoriso1
-
12 Palesa Masu Tribe Immune
13 Danté Dino, Felix, Phil2
14 Danté Felix
15 Steffi -
16 Killarney -
18 Felix Felix, Killarney,
Phil, Shane
Voted Out, Day 30
Voted for
Sole Survivor
Dino

^1 In "The Don", 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.
^2 In "Work for It", Tejan used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 3 votes against him.

Post-Survivor[]

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Trivia[]

  • Tejan is the only representative of Maldives 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[]

Survivor South Africa: Maldives Castaways
 Alison
Goma
ZAS4 alison t
 Bonnie
Raituhn
ZAS4 bonnie t
 Carmel
Raituhn
ZAS4 carmel t
 Harry
Raituhn
ZAS4 harry t
 Hykie
Raituhn
ZAS4 hykie t
 Jacques
Goma
ZAS4 jacques t
 Letshego
Raituhn
ZAS4 letshego t
 Lukhanyo
Goma
ZAS4 lukhanyo t
 Malusi
Raituhn
ZAS4 malusi t
 MXO
Goma
ZAS4 mxo t
 Philicity
Goma
ZAS4 philicity t
 Roxy
Goma
ZAS4 roxy t
 Sean
Goma
ZAS4 sean t
 Simon
Goma
ZAS4 simon t
 Sindi
Goma
ZAS4 sindi t
 Tasleem
Raituhn
ZAS4 tasleem t
 Tejan
Raituhn
ZAS4 tejan t
 Tshepo
Raituhn
ZAS4 tshepo t
 Vanessa
Goma
ZAS4 vanessa t
Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts Castaways
 Chappies
Masu
ZAS9 chappies t
 Danté
Masu
ZAS9 dante t
 Dino
Yontau
ZAS9 dino t
 Felix
Yontau
ZAS9 felix t
 Killarney
Yontau
ZAS9 killarney t
 Marian
Masu
ZAS9 marian t
 Meryl
Masu
ZAS9 meryl t
 Palesa
Masu
ZAS9 palesa t
 Phil
Yontau
ZAS9 phil t
 Pinty
Yontau
ZAS9 pinty t
 PK
Masu
ZAS9 pk t
 Seamus
Yontau
ZAS9 seamus t
 Shane
Masu
ZAS9 shane t
 Shona
Yontau
ZAS9 shona t
 Steffi
Masu
ZAS9 steffi t
 Tania
Yontau
ZAS9 tania t
 Tejan
Masu
ZAS9 tejan t
 Tevin
Yontau
ZAS9 tevin t
 Thoriso
Yontau
ZAS9 thoriso t
 Toni
Masu
ZAS9 toni t
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