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SA gets its own Survivor
11/04/2006 21:13 - (SA)
Cape Town - South Africans now have a chance to show off their survival skills - and, maybe, win R1m - on the local version of the Survivor reality series, to be shot in Panama.
In a coup for MNet, the channel announced on Tuesday it would be producing the hit reality-format Survivor, in Panama, with 14 South African contestants.
Filming of the South African version of the show is due to start in June this year.
It will be filmed over 27 days on the Pearl Islands in the Gulf of Panama, 90km south of Panama City and will feature 14 South Africans battling it out for a grand prize of R1m.
The first episode is due to be screened on Sunday, August 27, at 18:00 in MNet open time, and the winner will be announced in the same time slot on November 26.
Entry forms are available in You, Huisgenoot, Drum, the Sunday Times and City Press, or on the MNet website: www.mnet.co.za.
Stringent tests for entrants
From the initial entries, 560 people will be chosen for auditions in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg with the final 14 contestants being selected by May 15.
Wannabe survivors will be subjected to physical, medical and psychological tests before being selected.
Carl Fischer, MNet's head of Original Productions, confirmed that the series would be MNet's flagship for the 2006 season, which meant there would be no Idols or Big Brother South Africa this year.
Entries are open to anybody over 21 who thinks they have the ability to outsmart, outwit and outlast their way to victory.
To be eligible to take part in Survivor South Africa, you need to be:
Over 21;
Have a passport that is valid until March 2007;
Be fit and healthy;
Be able to swim; and
Be available from June 1 until July 3 (and then again on and around November 27 2006).
- News24
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