by Jan-Hendrik Botha
The stats are in for the five female castaways who will form the Yontau tribe. Do you think they will benefit their tribe?
Killarney
- Survivor nickname: None
- Previous season: Survivor South Africa: Champions S5
- Total days in the game: Seven days
- Total team challenges won: One
- Total individual challenges won: None
- Total tribal councils attended: One
- Total votes received: Six
- Total idols found: None
- What are you bringing to season 9:
Approachability, flexibility and an open mind and heart. I brought none of this to my previous season as I played a solid physical game and thought that would get me by.
- Why are you back?
I feel I can play a better social and strategic game and only go full out on a physical side towards the end of the game.
Pinty
- Survivor nickname: None
- Previous season: Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island S8
- Total days in the game: Six days
- Total team challenges won: Three
- Total individual challenges won: None
- Total tribal councils attended: One
- Total votes received: Six
- Total idols found: None
- What are you bringing to season 9:
Harder play.
- Why are you back?
This season, I want to focus on my gameplay. This is important to me because I want to get further in the game than my last season and, hopefully, through my flexible strategy, make it to merge.
Shona
- Survivor nickname: None
- Previous season: Survivor South Africa: Champions S5
- Total days in the game: Nine days
- Total team challenges won: Six
- Total individual challenges won: None
- Total tribal councils attended: Three
- Total votes received: 10
- Total idols found: One
- What are you bringing to season 9:
I want to create authentic relationships with people to have trust-based alliances.
- Why are you back?
In season 5, I was typecast as a “weak” player by our team Captain, Corne Krige, and immediately targeted by my tribe.
I expect to be underestimated as, in my last season, I was pegged from the get-go as a weak player by sports superhero Corne Krige.
In season 5, I blundered an idol in a flip-flop alliance. Due to this, I was waved off the game with a pair of stinky underpants in my face! I’ve been waiting eight years to redeem myself, and I am coming back with a vengeance, fire in my heart and a strong mental game. I’m not going to surrender to anyone. I am here to win.
Tania
- Survivor nickname: Mad Tania
- Previous season: Survivor South Africa: Champions S5
- Total days in the game: Fourteen days
- Total team challenges won: Four
- Total individual challenges won: None
- Total tribal councils attended: Three
- Total votes received: Five
- Total idols found: None
- What are you bringing to season 9:
You’ll have to wait and see.
- Why are you back?
I am going to try to speak less and make more genuine friendships. Work hard around camp and try to show my value as a non-threat player.
Thoriso
- Survivor nickname: None
- Previous season: Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island S8
- Total days in the game: Thirteen days
- Total team challenges won: One
- Total individual challenges won: None
- Total tribal councils attended: Two
- Total votes received: Two
- Total idols found: None
- What are you bringing to season 9:
I intend to talk more, my mouth is my biggest asset, and I didn’t use it the last time.
- Why are you back?
I intend to be intentional with relationship-building with fellow castaways.
Images: Charlie Sperring and Peter Russell
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