South Africa To Air Own Version Of Survivor

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Trust no one... Survivor SA announced
By: Louise Marsland

be South Africa's own version of hit reality TV show, Survivor. Survivor
South Africa, with a R1 million prize tag, will be filmed on the Panama
islands and entries close on April 30. Shooting will be over June and
July this year and the show will be broadcast from August 2006.

The programming coup was announced by M-Net in a somewhat unprecedented
satellite media conference from its Johannesburg studios. Media from
Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth were included in the broadcast.

M-Net director: original productions, Carl Fischer, said many agonizing
months had gone into getting the rights to create a homegrown version of
the popular reality TV show. "We spent many months in debate, scouring
TV schedules around the world to see what was capturing the imagination
of viewers globally... before deciding on Survivor South Africa, with
South African contestants on an exotic island... somewhere in the world!"

That location has been revealed as Panama's Pearl Islands and entries
will be available in selected media from Friday: You/Huisgenoot, Drum,
City Press and Sunday Times. There are places for 14 contestants.

The show is being brought to South Africa by M-Net Original Productions,
together with Endemol South Africa, and will be broadcast from Sunday,
27 August 2006. Oracle Airtime Sales will shortly be going to market for
a headline sponsor.

For more info, go to the official Survivor SA website:
http://www.mnet.co.za/mnet/shows/default.asp?id=60

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