M-Net recently revealed that the new 8th season of Survivor South Africa will play off on the lush Wild Coast of South Africa's Eastern Cape.
Filming for the latest season, titled Survivor SA: Immunity Island, stretched over 39 days and wrapped up last week.
DStv subscribers will be able to watch Survivor SA: Immunity Island on M-Net (DStv 101) from Thursday, 3 June 2021 after the production company Afrokaans and M-Net switched filming to a South African location when Covid-19 made filming at international destinations impossible.
Asked how difficult it was to find an alternative location, Handrie Basson, Survivor SA executive producer at Afrokaans, told Channel24 that "while Survivor SA was always typically positioned in a far-flung tropical location, it has always been an incredibly agile format.
"With this, the show has continued to strive in the face of Covid, with production becoming more localised without quality being hindered. On M-Net's initiative, the production team started scouting for suitable locations within South Africa's borders only days before Level 5 lockdown at the end of March."
