Survivor: Apartheid
I kid you not. Although, I’m not talking about the first season of South African Survivor, heading soon to local TV screens. Rather, I’m talking about Survivor: Cook Islands, the 13th instalment of the long-running original American series.
Yep, in a bid to shake things up, and be controversial, the Survivor tribes are being divided along racial lines! From Comingsoon.net:
CBS today announced the 20 new castaways who will compete in "Survivor: Cook Islands" when the 13th installment of the Emmy Award-winning series premieres Thursday, Sept. 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
"Survivor: Cook Islands" will feature the series' most ethnically diverse cast to date. The castaways will initially be organized into four tribes divided along ethnic lines (African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic and White) before merging in a later episode.
In addition, throughout the series, at least one castaway each episode will be banished to a separate island (Exile Island) miles away from camp. While being separated from the tribe is not desirable, the castaways will learn that there is a hidden Immunity Idol somewhere on Exile Island. If found, this Immunity Idol could save an individual from being voted out at a future Tribal Council.
South African TV viewers have quite a wait for Cook Islands. We still have a whole series of Survivor: Exile Island to watch before that, as well as the SA series in its own timeslot on another channel.
Yep, in a bid to shake things up, and be controversial, the Survivor tribes are being divided along racial lines! From Comingsoon.net:
CBS today announced the 20 new castaways who will compete in "Survivor: Cook Islands" when the 13th installment of the Emmy Award-winning series premieres Thursday, Sept. 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
"Survivor: Cook Islands" will feature the series' most ethnically diverse cast to date. The castaways will initially be organized into four tribes divided along ethnic lines (African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic and White) before merging in a later episode.
In addition, throughout the series, at least one castaway each episode will be banished to a separate island (Exile Island) miles away from camp. While being separated from the tribe is not desirable, the castaways will learn that there is a hidden Immunity Idol somewhere on Exile Island. If found, this Immunity Idol could save an individual from being voted out at a future Tribal Council.
South African TV viewers have quite a wait for Cook Islands. We still have a whole series of Survivor: Exile Island to watch before that, as well as the SA series in its own timeslot on another channel.
Comments