Seasons: 2 | Days played: 51 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 2
- SurvivorSA: Maldives (2011) - 7th place, 13th out - 6th juror.
- Voted out in Episode 10 (Day 21).
- SurvivorSA: Return of the Outcasts (2022) - 7th place, 14th out - 5th juror.
- Voted out in Episode 18, "Goat Mode" (Day 30).
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall stats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| SA4: Maldives | - | - | - | 7 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | NA | NA |
| SA9: Return of the Outcasts | 0.82 | 7.46 | 0.11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0.59 | 1.87 | - | - | - | 0.70 | 2.68 |
| Career | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | NA | NA |
SA 9: Return of the OutcastsTribal/team challenge record (0-for-0):
- SA: Maldives: None tabulated yet.
Individual challenge record (0-for-0):
- SA: Maldives: None tabulated yet.
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- SA: Maldives: None yet.
Tribal/team challenge record (6-for-11):
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 1 RC: "Water Slaughter" - With Toni, loses a point to Tevin and Pinty, but Masu wins.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 2 IC: (Obstacles, ladders) - Crosses obstacles, but Masu loses.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 3 RC/IC: "Hitching a Ride" - Turns winch; Masu loses.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 4 RC/IC: "Nut Bucket" - Tosses sandbags, Masu wins.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 5 RC/IC: (Gauntlet) - Scores vs. Seamus; Masu wins, 5-0.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 6 RC: (Cart ride, puzzle) - Pushes cart, but Masu loses.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 6 IC: (Ropes, slide puzzle) - Pushes letters; Masu wins.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 8 RC/IC: "Bog Roll" - In first-round draw; Masu wins.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 9 RC/IC: (Blindfolds, maze, word puzzle) - Gathers bags, but thanks to Yontau's yelling, Masu loses.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 10 RC/IC: (Wrecking ball) - Helps haul ball; Masu loses.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 11 RC/IC: "Perch" plus - With Steffi, one of final two Masus to drop out, handing Outpost trip to Toni. Masu wins.
Individual challenge record (0-for-6): (Mean % Finish: 64.5%)
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 13 IC: "Splash Forward" - Ninth to drop out (13rd/11).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 14 RC/IC: (Dunes, keys, puzzle) - Gets to the puzzle, but does not win (tie-2nd/10).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 15 IC: (Go Round/Holey) - Has a lead, but drops his final ball through a hole, doesn't win (2nd/9).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 16 RC/IC: (Maze Gate/Block Puzzle) - Barely falls short of Marian's win (2nd/8).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 17 RC: (Trip hazard, blocks) - Racing Phil and Felix, doesn't win (tie-2nd/7).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 18 IC: "Keep on Your Toes" - Despite the 5-minute advantage, second person out (6th/7).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- SA: Return of the Outcasts: None.
| Wins: | 6 |
| Played: | 11 |
| Win%: | 0.55 |
| Sat out: | - |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 6 |
| Win%: | 0.00 |
| Mean % Finish: | 64.5% |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
Idols held/played (1/0; 0 votes voided):
- SA: Maldives, Ep. 5: Received an idol and a burger after losing a duel to Jacques, who chose tribal immunity for his prize (Day 10).
- SA: Maldives, Ep. 7: Played his idol for himself, voiding no votes (Day 15).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (7/8):
- SA: Maldives, Ep. 2: Tasleem Vally (voted black cowrie, 5-4).
- SA: Maldives, Ep. 3: Tsepho Maseko (voted out, 5-4-1).
- SA: Maldives, Ep. 4: Tasleem Vally (voted out, 8-1).
- SA: Maldives, Ep. 5: Carmel Fisher (voted out, 4-3-1).
- SA: Maldives, Ep. 7: Harry Wiggins (voted out, 4-1-1-1).
- SA: Maldives, Ep. 8: Simon Coetzer (voted out, 5-4).
- SA: Maldives, Ep. 9: Malusi Mbambo (voted out, 4-2-1-1).
VAP - Votes against (8):
- SA: Maldives, Ep. 8: Four votes, from MXO, Alison, Sean, and Simon.
- SA: Maldives, Ep. 10: Four votes, from Hykie, Bonnie, MXO, and Sean (voted out, 4-[0]).
Jury votes made (1/1):
- SA: Maldives, Ep. 18: Voted for Hykie Berg, who won, 8-3.
Idols held/played (2/1; 3 votes voided) | Advantages held/played (1/1):
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 7: Receives a clue (to the other tribe's idol) at the Outpost. Looks for it that day, but does not find it (Day 12).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 10: Finds the idol, has Toni transfer it to Dino after the immunity challenge (Day 16). It expires at the merge, unplayed (Day 19).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 13: Finds the merge idol after the IC. Plays it for himself, voiding three votes (Day 21).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 16: Receives the OUTsurance reward send token from Meryl, as promised (Night 25). Uses it for videos from home, Ep. 17 (Day 28).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (6/10):
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 2: Chappies Chapman (voted out, 5-4-1).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 9: Pinty Nkanjeni (voted out, 4-3).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 10: Thoriso M-Afrika (voted out, 2-2-2; 3-0 on revote).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 12: Palesa Tau (voted out, 10-2).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 14: Danté de Villiers (voted out, 7-1-1).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 15: Steffi Brink (voted out, 5-4).
VAP - Votes against (5):
- [SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 13: Three votes, from Dino, Felix, and Phil, all voided by Tejan's idol play.]
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 14: One vote, from Felix.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 18: Four votes, from Felix, Killarney, Phil, and Shane (voted out, 4-3).
Jury votes made (1/1):
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 24: Voted for Dino Paulo, who won, 7-2.
| Advantages held/played: | 1/1 |
| Idols found: | 3 |
| Idols played: | 1 |
| Votes voided: | 3 |
| VFB: | 13 |
| Tribals: | 18 |
| VAP: | 13 |
| Made: | 2 |
| For winners: | 2 |
| Received: | - |
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SA: Return of the Outcasts intro shot -
SA: Return of the Outcasts intro shot -
On the boat, Day 1 -
Greeting Nico -
Excited to play again -
Pleased with Steffi and Shane's Outpost report, Ep2 -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 IC -
Watching PK struggle with the knots -
Plotting at the well -
Masu, Ep2 Tribal Council -
The losing Masus again, Ep3 RC/IC -
Toni wants Marian out -
Talking about his preferences -
Masu, Ep3 Tribal Council -
Listening to Steffi -
Tossing sandbags, Ep4 RC/IC -
Masu wins! -
Reward feasting -
About to score vs. Seamus, Ep5 RC/IC -
Masu wins! -
Reward feasting -
Visitor for Yontau's reward feast, Ep6 RC -
Toni told them everything! -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep6 IC -
Masu wins! -
Listening to the swap treemail, Ep7 -
Swapping tribes to ... blue again -
The new Masu tribe -
Negotiations with Danté, Ep7 Outpost -
A clue in the rice! -
Back in camp, time to look for an idol -
It's not up there -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep7/8 RC/IC -
Tackling Danté -
Masu wins, Ep8 -
Reward feasting again -
Showing the clue to Toni, Ep9 -
Listening to Thoriso, Ep9 RC/IC -
The losing Masus -
Trying to pull in Felix -
Masu, Ep9 Tribal Council -
Finally found the idol, Ep10 -
Ah, but it has to be given to someone on Yontau -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 RC/IC -
Hauling balls -
I'll vote with you, Thoriso and Felix -
Ep10 Tribal, he doesn't -
You're safe, Felix. Ep11 -
Starting line, Ep11 IC -
Masu wins -
Masu (and Yontau), Ep12 Tribal -
It's the merge! -
Merge RC/feast thing, Ep13 -
More eating -
Challenge underway, Ep13 IC -
Still going... -
Time to look for an idol -
Ah, there it is -
Salan, Ep13 Tribal Council -
Playing this for myself, Nico -
Happy to still be here, Ep14 -
Starting line, Ep14 RC/IC -
Working the puzzle -
Salan, Ep14 Tribal -
Listening to Nico -
Starting line, Ep15 RC/IC -
Racing Dino, final stage -
So hungry, wish Dino had taken me -
Salan, Ep15 Tribal -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep16 RC/IC -
Plotting -
Salan, Ep16 Tribal -
Taking a wizard's staff to the Ep17 RC -
Maybe it's working? -
Using (Meryl's) reward send token to join Phil on reward -
Food! Videos from home! -
Can't talk, eating -
Video from home -
Enjoying the 5-minute late start advantage, Ep17/18 IC -
Already out again -
Heading to Tribal, Ep18 -
Salan, Ep18 Tribal -
Listening to Felix -
Trying a fake idol play -
Fifth member of the jury ... -
Snuffed, Day 30 (Episode 18) -
With the jury, Final Tribal Council -
Full cast, reunion show (Day 40)
Pre-game interviews
- None found.
Post-game interviews
- None found.
Pre-game interviews
- Shannon Guss & Mike Bloom at RHAP (7/1/22): "Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts | Pre-Season Interviews, part 4: Masu (Post-Merge) Men"
Post-game interviews
- Shannon Guss & Mike Bloom at RHAP (8/22/22): "Week 5 (Eps 17-20) Exit Interviews | Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts"
Official SurvivorSA: Maldives bio:
(None found.)
Official SurvivorSA: Return of the Outcasts M-Net bio (6/5/22):
"Tejan Pillay is a 40-year-old electrical engineer with a master’s degree in engineering – originally from Verulam but now living in Johannesburg. The self-proclaimed Prince of Darkness has worked for Eskom for 21 years and has been with his partner for 11.
He says he lives and loves life, considering himself something of a renaissance man and jack of all trades who enjoys the simple things in life. Pillay is in the best physical shape of his life and has trained hard for this moment to return to Survivor SA. He has a black belt in karate, a final brown in kickboxing, and did some cage fighting.
He took pride in his status as one of Survivor SA’s early villains, getting a lot of validation from being part of the world’s greatest game. He’s accepted his Survivor Conniver nickname and embraced the fact that his play made him a castaway to be reckoned with. He’ll be keeping a keen eye out to see who he can trust – but doesn’t plan to give his trust away cheaply."