Survivor NZ: Thailand

Survivor NZ: Thailand was the second and final season of Survivor NZ, a television series based on the popular reality game show Survivor. This season took place in Khao Laem National Park in Thailand.[1] Here, 18 contestants fought to survive for 39 days to try and win $250,000.[2][3][4][5]

Survivor NZ: Thailand
Season 2
Presented byMatt Chisholm
No. of days39
No. of castaways18
WinnerLisa Stanger
Runner-upTheresa "Tess" Fahey
LocationKhao Laem National Park, Thailand
Country of originNew Zealand
No. of episodes15
Release
Original networkTVNZ 2
Original releaseApril 22 (2018-04-22) –
July 29, 2018 (2018-07-29)
Additional information
Filming datesJanuary 2018 –
March 2018
Season chronology

This season featured several alterations from the previous season, Survivor NZ: Nicaragua. The cash prize was increased from $100,000 to $250,000 and Redemption Island — which allowed voted out contestants to return to the game — was removed. This season also introduced hidden immunity idols, small trinkets that, when played on a castaway after the votes were cast at Tribal Council but before they were read, negated all votes cast against them at that Tribal Council, and the Outpost, where tribal representatives were to compete in head-to-head competitions for rewards and tote.

Contestants

Two of the eighteen contestants — Francesca "Franky" March and Kaysha Whakarau — were chosen by fans.[6][7][8] In the premiere episode, it was revealed that David "Dave" Lipanovic and Matthew "Matt" Hancock were friends and had attended high school together.

List of Survivor NZ: Thailand contestants
Contestant Original Tribe Swapped Tribe Merged Tribe Finish
Josefien "Jose" Maasdam
23, Blenheim		 Chani 1st voted out
Day 3
Karla Karaitiana
37, Palmerston North		 Chani 2nd voted out
Day 6
Francesca "Franky" March
24, Auckland		 Chani 3rd voted out
Day 9
Kaysha Whakarau
24, Shannon		 Khangkhaw 4th voted out
Day 12
Liam Hose
23, Tauranga		 Chani Khangkhaw 5th voted out
Day 15
Joshua "Josh" Hickford
28, New Plymouth		 Khangkhaw Chani 6th voted out
Day 18
Jeremy "JT" Muirhead
32, Ashhurst		 Chani Khangkhaw Quit
Day 21
Dylan Conrad
26, Whangārei		 Khangkhaw Chani 7th voted out
Day 21
Arun Bola
30, Hamilton		 Chani Chani Phsan 8th voted out
1st jury member
Day 24
Bradley "Brad" Norris
27, Nelson		 Khangkhaw Khangkhaw 9th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 27
Renee Clarke
28, Auckland		 Chani Chani 10th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 29
Evelyn "Eve" Clarke
26, Auckland		 Chani Khangkhaw 11th voted out
4th jury member
Day 31
Matthew "Matt" Hancock
25, Auckland		 Khangkhaw Chani 12th voted out
5th jury member
Day 33
Adam O'Brien
28, Auckland		 Khangkhaw Chani 13th voted out
6th jury member
Day 36
Tara Thorowgood
44, Hamilton		 Khangkhaw Khangkhaw 14th voted out
7th jury member
Day 38
David "Dave" Lipanovic
26, Auckland		 Chani Chani 2nd runner-up
Theresa "Tess" Fahey
24, Christchurch		 Khangkhaw Khangkhaw Runner-up
Lisa Stanger
38, Christchurch		 Khangkhaw Khangkhaw Sole Survivor

Season summary

Eighteen new castaways arrived in Thailand and were divided into two tribes of nine: Chani and Khangkhaw. Chani proved to be inefficient in challenges whilst Khangkhaw dominated (though their members frequently bickered amongst themselves). After a tribe swap, JT's health started to deteriorate, and he opted to pull himself from the game as the new Khangkhaw and Chani tribes took opportunities to vote out newer members of their groups in an effort to retain a majority at the tribal merger.

When the tribes merged, the original Khangkhaw members, under the control of Lisa, used their majority to systematically eliminate the former Chani members. Khangkhaw's rocky tribe dynamic caused their numbers to dwindle as Dave stayed alive. He won a crucial immunity challenge and maneuvered his way to the Final Tribal Council alongside Tess and Lisa. At the Final Tribal Council, Dave was criticized for keeping his friendship with Matt being viewed as an unfair advantage in the game. Tess had many friends on the jury, though she was deemed to be an inferior strategist to Lisa, who was named the Sole Survivor in a 4-3-0 decision.

Challenge winners and eliminations by episode
Episode Original air date Challenge winner(s) Outpost challenge Eliminated Finish
Reward Immunity Winner Loser
1 April 22, 2018 Jose
[Matt][lower-alpha 1]		 Khangkhaw None Jose 1st voted out
Day 3
Khangkhaw
2 April 29, 2018 Khangkhaw Khangkhaw Tess JT Karla 2nd voted out
Day 6
3 May 6, 2018 Chani Khangkhaw Kaysha Eve Franky 3rd voted out
Day 9
4 May 13, 2018 Khangkhaw Chani Arun & Josh were
given a dilemma[lower-alpha 2]		 Kaysha 4th voted out
Day 12
Josh[lower-alpha 2]
5 May 20, 2018 Khangkhaw Chani None Liam 5th voted out
Day 15
6 May 27, 2018 Chani Khangkhaw Renee Tara Josh 6th voted out
Day 18
7 June 3, 2018 Khangkhaw Khangkhaw Lisa Dave JT Quit
Day 21
Dylan 7th voted out
Day 21
8 June 10, 2018 Khangkhaw Matt None Arun 8th voted out
1st jury member
Day 24
9 June 17, 2018 Brad
[Dave,
Matt,
Tess]		 Eve Brad 9th voted out
2nd jury member
Day 27
10 June 24, 2018 Dave,
Lisa,
Matt,
Tess		 Adam Renee 10th voted out
3rd jury member
Day 29
11 July 1, 2018 Eve
[Adam,
Dave]		 Matt Eve 11th voted out
4th jury member
Day 31
12 July 8, 2018 Survivor
Auction		 Dave Matt 12th voted out
5th jury member
Day 33
13 July 15, 2018 Tess
[Adam]		 Tess Adam 13th voted out
6th jury member
Day 36
14 July 22, 2018 Dave
[Tara]		 Tess Tara 14th voted out
7th jury member
Day 38
15 July 29, 2018 Final vote
Dave 2nd runner-up
Tess Runner-up
Lisa Sole Survivor
  1. For winning the opening challenge, Jose and another castaway of her choice would earn the right to choose their tribes; she chose Matt.
  2. In lieu of an Outpost Challenge, chosen castaways Arun and Josh had to pick someone from their tribe to remain at camp during the Immunity Challenge. This person would have immunity at their next Tribal Council should their tribe lose the Immunity Challenge. Josh chose himself and Arun chose Eve.

Voting history
  1. JT chose to quit due to an illness on Day 20.
  2. Lisa used her vote stealer on Arun, therefore Arun was ineligible to vote whereas Lisa cast two ballots.

References
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