Survivor New Zealand: Thailand is the second season of competitive reality TV show Survivor New Zealand.
After a hard-fought season with constant blindsides, Lisa Stanger ultimately won over Tess Fahey and Dave Lipanovic in a close 4-3-0 vote. Eve Clarke won the "People's Choice" award earning $10,000 over Brad Norris and Lipanovic.
Production[]
Twists/Changes[]
- 18 Castaways: For the first time in the New Zealand series, the season will begin with 18 castaways.
- Hidden Immunity Idols: For the first time in the New Zealand series, Hidden Immunity Idols will be hidden around the camps and contestant will be given or find clues to help locate the Immunity Idols.
- Schoolyard Pick: The contestants start the game by competing in a Reward Challenge. The winner then selects another contestant to join them where the reward is revealed to be the task of selecting members to join their respective tribes until no contestants were left to be picked.
- The Outpost: When called upon, tribes will send a representative to "The Outpost" where castaways will receive a challenge for reward and/or a dilemma to complete.
- Vote Steal: A vote steal advantage was offered as the reward from The Outpost on Day 19.
Castaways[]
| Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Votes Against | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Tribe | Switched Tribe | Merged Tribe | ||||
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Jose Maasdam 23, Blenheim, MBH Audio Post Producer |
Chani | 1st Voted Out Day 3 |
6 | ||
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Karla Karaitiana 37, Palmerston North, MWT Reporter |
Chani | 2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
10 | ||
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Franky March 24, Auckland, AUK Journalist |
Chani | 3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
6 | ||
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Kaysha Whakarau 24, Horowhenua, MWT Social Worker |
Khangkhaw | 4th Voted Out Day 12 |
5 | ||
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Liam Hose 23, Tauranga, BOP Videographer |
Chani | Khangkhaw | 5th Voted Out Day 15 |
5 | |
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Josh Hickford 27, New Plymouth, TKI Chartered Accountant |
Khangkhaw | Chani | 6th Voted Out Day 18 |
4 | |
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JT Muirhead 32, Ashhurst, MWT Project Manager |
Chani | Khangkhaw | Quit Day 20 |
0 | |
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Dylan Conrad 26, Whangarei, NTL Retail Manager |
Khangkhaw | Chani | 7th Voted Out Day 20 |
9 | |
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Arun Bola 30, Hamilton, WKO Dairy Farmer |
Chani | Chani | Phsan | 8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24 |
5 |
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Brad Norris 27, Nelson, TAS Secondary School Teacher |
Khangkhaw | Khangkhaw | 9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 26 |
8 | |
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Renee Clarke 28, Auckland, AUK Real Estate Agent |
Chani | Chani | 10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 29 |
7 | |
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Eve Clarke 26, Auckland, AUK Hiking Guide |
Chani | Khangkhaw | 11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 31 |
7 | |
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Matt Hancock 25, Auckland, AUK Rocket Technician |
Khangkhaw | Chani | 12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 33 |
4 | |
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Adam O'Brien 28, Auckland, AUK Self Employed |
Khangkhaw | Chani | 13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 36 |
4 | |
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Tara Thorowgood 44, Hamilton, WKO Mother |
Khangkhaw | Khangkhaw | 14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38 |
3 | |
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Dave Lipanovic 26, Auckland, AUK Clinical Pharmacist |
Chani | Chani | Second Runner-Up |
11 | |
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Tess Fahey 24, Christchurch, CAN Office Manager |
Khangkhaw | Khangkhaw | Runner-Up | 3 | |
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Lisa Stanger 38, Christchurch, CAN School Librarian |
Khangkhaw | Khangkhaw | Sole Survivor | 5 | |
Season Summary[]
The 18 castaways were split into two tribes via Schoolyard Pick: Chani and Khangkhaw. Khangkhaw were dominant early on, winning five of the first six challenges, including the first three Immunity Challenges. A Tribe Switch occurred on Day 13, which saw the original Chani members in a 4-3 minority on both sides. On the new Chani tribe, original Khangkhaw outsider Dylan turned on his original tribe-mates and blindsided Josh alongside the original Chani members.
The original Chani found themselves in a 6-4 minority at the merge after key member JT left the game due to medical reasons. But it wasn't long until the original Khangkhaw started turning on each other, as Matt set to place himself in the power position by blindsiding his ally, Brad Norris. Matt also worked to keep the target off his real-life friend Dave, a relationship that was kept a secret from the rest of the cast. His control of the game continued until his ally Lisa turned on him and convinced Dave to flip on him on Day 33.
At the final five, Adam and Tess found themselves the outsiders, but Tess fought her way by winning the last two Immunity Challenges and secured a spot in the Final Three alongside Dave and Lisa after Tara voluntarily stepped down in a historic 2-1-1 vote on Day 38. Unbeknownst to Dave, Matt revealed their secret relationship at Jury Villa. At the Final Tribal Council, Dave was heavily questioned by the jury over the secret relationship. In the end, Lisa's strategic game edged out in favour of Tess' plucky underdog story, and she won the title of Sole Survivor in a 4-3-0 vote.
| Episode | Air Date | Challenges | Eliminated (vote) |
Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reward | Immunity | ||||
| 1 | April 22, 2018 | Jose1 [Matt] |
Khangkhaw | Jose (6-3) |
1st Voted Out Day 3 |
| Khangkhaw | |||||
| 2 | April 29, 2018 | Khangkhaw | Khangkhaw | Karla (7-1) |
2nd Voted Out Day 6 |
| Tess2 | |||||
| 3 | May 6, 2018 | Chani | Khangkhaw | Franky (6-1) |
3rd Voted Out Day 9 |
| Kaysha2 | |||||
| 4 | May 13, 2018 | Khangkhaw | Chani | Kaysha (5-2-1-1) |
4th Voted Out Day 12 |
| Josh3 | |||||
| 5 | May 20, 2018 | Khangkhaw | Chani | Liam (4-3) |
5th Voted Out Day 15 |
| 6 | May 27, 2018 | Chani | Khangkhaw | Josh (4-2-1) |
6th Voted Out Day 18 |
| Renee2 | |||||
| 7 | June 3, 2018 | Khangkhaw | Khangkhaw | JT (No vote) |
Quit Day 20 |
| Lisa2 | Dylan (5-1) |
7th Voted Out Day 20 | |||
| 8 | June 10, 2018 | Khangkhaw | Matt | Arun (5-3-2) |
8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24 |
| 9 | June 17, 2018 | Brad [Dave, Matt, Tess] |
Eve | Brad (5-3-1) |
9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 26 |
| 10 | June 24, 2018 | Dave, Lisa, Matt, Tess |
Adam | Renee (5-3) |
10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 29 |
| 11 | July 1, 2018 | Eve [Adam, Dave] |
Matt | Eve (6-1) |
11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 31 |
| 12 | July 8, 2018 | Survivor Auction |
Dave | Matt (3-2-1) |
12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 33 |
| 13 | July 15, 2018 | Tess [Adam] |
Tess | Adam (3-2) |
13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 36 |
| 14 | July 22, 2018 | Dave [Tara] |
Tess | Tara (2-1-1) |
14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38 |
| 15 | July 29, 2018 | Jury Vote | Dave (4-3-0) |
Second Runner-Up | |
| Tess (4-3-0) |
Runner-Up | ||||
| Lisa (4-3-0) |
Sole Survivor | ||||
| Notes:
^1 For winning the first individual reward challenge, Jose won the right to pick another person to help her divide the tribes in a schoolyard pick style. | |||||
Voting History[]
| Original Tribes | Switched Tribes | Merged Tribe | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| Voted Out |  Jose |
 Karla |
 Franky |
 Kaysha |
 Liam |
 Josh |
 JT |
 Dylan |
 Arun |
 Brad |
 Renee |
 Eve |
 Matt |
 Adam |
 Tara |
 Dave |
 Tess |
 Lisa | |
| Vote | 6-3 | 7-1 | 6-1 | 5-2-1-1 | 4-31 | 4-2-1 | No vote | 5-1 | 5-3-2 | 5-3-1 | 5-3 | 6-1 | 3-2-1 | 3-2 | 2-1-1 | 4-3-0 | |||
| ►► | Lisa | — | — | — | Dylan | Liam | — | — | — | Arun | Brad | Renee | Eve | Matt | Adam | Tara | Jury Vote | ||
| Arun | |||||||||||||||||||
| ►► | Tess | — | — | — | Kaysha | Liam | — | — | — | Dave | Dave | Dave | Eve | Tara | Lisa | Dave | |||
| ►► | Dave | Jose | Karla | Franky | — | — | Josh | — | Dylan | Lisa | Brad | Renee | Eve | Matt | Adam | Tara | |||
| ►► | Tara | — | — | — | Dylan | Liam | — | — | — | Dave | Brad | Renee | Eve | Matt | Adam | Lisa | Lisa | ||
| ►► | Adam | — | — | — | Kaysha | — | Dylan | — | Dylan | Arun | Dave | Dave | Eve | Tess | Lisa | Tess | |||
| ►► | Matt | — | — | — | Kaysha | — | Dylan | — | Dylan | Arun | Brad | Renee | Eve | Tess | Lisa | ||||
| ►► | Eve | Jose | Karla | Franky | — | Brad | — | — | — | Lisa | Brad | Renee | Dave | Lisa | |||||
| ►► | Renee | Jose | Karla | Franky | — | — | Josh | — | Dylan | Arun | Dave | Dave | Tess | ||||||
| ►► | Brad | — | — | — | Kaysha | Liam | — | — | — | Dave | Renee | Tess | |||||||
| ►► | Arun | Karla | Karla | Franky | — | — | Josh | — | Dylan | None2 | Lisa | ||||||||
| ► | Dylan | — | — | — | Tess | — | Josh | — | Matt | ||||||||||
| ► | JT | Jose | Karla | Franky | — | Brad | — | Quit | |||||||||||
| ► | Josh | — | — | — | Kaysha | — | Renee | ||||||||||||
| ► | Liam | Karla | Karla | Franky | — | Brad | |||||||||||||
| Kaysha | — | — | — | Adam | |||||||||||||||
| Franky | Jose | Karla | Eve | ||||||||||||||||
| Karla | Jose | Liam | |||||||||||||||||
| Jose | Karla | ||||||||||||||||||
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Trivia[]
- Thailand uses the Survivor: Kaôh Rōng rendition of "Ancient Voices."
- The pre-merge eliminations follow a certain pattern:
- Everyone eliminated before the switch was a woman.
- Everyone eliminated after the switch but before the merge was a man who switched tribes.
- This is the first season of Survivor New Zealand to produce a female winner.
References[]
| Survivor New Zealand Seasons |
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| Nicaragua • Thailand |