SA5: Champions
SA9: Return of the OutcastsChallenges: MPF percentile
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Seasons: 2 | Days played: 48 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1
- SurvivorSA 5: Champions (2014) - 15th place, 6th out.
- Voted out in Episode 6 (Day 11).
- SurvivorSA: Return of the Outcasts (2022) - 4th place, 17th out - 8th juror.
- Voted out in Episode 22, "No Tools in My Toolkit" (Day 37).
Phil Dickson on social media: Instagram
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall stats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| SA5: Champions | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | NA | NA |
| SA9: Return of the Outcasts | 6.15 | 11.39 | 0.54 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 0.69 | 2.77 | - | - | - | 1.23 | 8.91 |
| Career | - | - | - | 12 | 13 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | NA | NA |
Phil Dickson - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
78%
Tribal: rVAP percentile
10%
Challenges: MPF percentile
88%
Tribal: VFB% percentile
71%
Tribal: rVAP percentile
98%
Performance ranks are a quick visual measure of the contestant's season vs. historical data from all prior contestants, in three basic (scorable) categories:
1. Performance in individual challenges (MPF), as a measure of "physical game";
2. Ability to vote people out consistently (VFB%, or VFB/TCA), or "strategic game"; and
3. Ability to avoid being voted against (rVAP, or TCA-VAP) - which scales better than a percentage would - for "social/strategic game."
See also: Full glossary for all these abbreviations.
Phil Dickson - Challenge record
Tribal/team challenge record (3-for-5):
- SA: Champions Ep. 1 IC: (Swim, grappling hook) - Selatan has a lead on the swim, loses.
- SA: Champions Ep. 3 RC: "Hitching a Ride" - Rides a crate, and Selatan wins.
- SA: Champions Ep. 3 IC: (PKs at sea) - Misses on his shot(s); Selatan loses.
- SA: Champions Ep. 4 RC: "Swing Break" - Breaks the final pot, and Selatan wins.
- SA: Champions Ep. 4 IC: (Jail Break plus) - Helps retrieve and raise mast, Selatan wins.
Individual challenge record (0-for-0):
- SA: Champions: None tabulated yet.
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- SA: Champions Ep. 1 RC: (Captain's duels) - Did not participate.
- SA: Champions Ep. 2 RC: (Fire race) - Did not participate.
Tribal/team challenge record (6-for-13):
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 1 RC: "Water Slaughter" - Not shown competing; Yontau loses.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 2 IC: (Obstacles, ladders) - Crosses obstacles; Yontau wins.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 3 RC/IC: "Hitching a Ride" - Retrieves a fish trap; Yontau wins.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 4 RC/IC: "Nut Bucket" - Tosses sandbags; Yontau loses.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 5 RC/IC: (Gauntlet) - Not shown competing; Yontau loses.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 6 RC: (Cart ride, puzzle) - Pushes cart; Yontau wins.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 6 IC: (Ropes, key, slide puzzle) - Retrieves letters, but Yontau narrowly loses.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 8 RC/IC: "Bog Roll" - Not shown competing; Yontau loses.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 9 RC/IC: (Blindfolds, maze, word puzzle) - Gathers bags, yells over Thoriso; Yontau wins.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 10 RC/IC: (Wrecking ball) - Helps haul ball; Yontau wins.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 11 RC/IC: "Perch" plus - Final Yontau to drop out, lasting over 130 minutes; Yontau loses.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 17 RC: (Bouncing sandbags) - With Felix, winning pair.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 22 RC: "Always on the Run" - Slips in the mud, can't recover, and he and Dino are the losing pair.
Individual challenge record (5-for-9): (Mean % Finish: 77.0%)
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 13 IC: "Splash Forward" - Outlasts everyone, pees on himself, and Phil wins! (1st/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) - One of three eliminated on the table maze (tie-4th/9).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 16 RC/IC: (Maze Gate/Block Puzzle) - One of six working the puzzle as it ends (tie-3rd/8).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 17 RC: (Trip hazard, blocks) - Racing Tejan and Felix, and Phil wins! (1st/7).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 18 IC: "Keep on Your Toes" - Uses his advantage for a 5-minute late start, and Phil wins! (1st/7).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 20 IC: (Ball chute, puzzle) - Second to the puzzle, but Phil wins! (1st/6).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 21 RC/IC: "Combo Platter" - Despite the other four colluding on a clue, Phil wins! (1st/5).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 22 IC: "Giant Tick" - First to the puzzle, but it takes hours to complete; does not win (tie-2nd/4).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- SA: Return of the Outcasts: None.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 9 |
| Played: | 18 |
| Win%: | 0.50 |
| Sat out: | - |
| Wins: | 5 |
| Played: | 9 |
| Win%: | 0.56 |
| Mean % Finish: | 77.0% |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean% Finish: | - |
Phil Dickson - Tribal Council record
Idols held/played (0/0):
- SA: Champions: None.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (3/4):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep2 | Ashleigh | Ashleigh Bryant (voted out, 7-3) | Yes |
| Ep3 | Marsha | Marsha Wessels (voted out, 5-4) | Yes |
| Ep5 | Shona | Shona MacDonald (voted out, 7-1) | Yes |
| Ep6 | Moyra | Phil Dickson (voted out, 6-1) | - |
| 4 | TOTALS | 3 | |
VAP - Votes against (10):
- SA: Champions, Ep. 3: Four votes, from David, Zavion, Moyra, and Marsha.
- SA: Champions, Ep. 6: Six votes, from Graham, David, Zavion, Altaaf, Moyra, and Gena (voted out, 6-1).
Jury votes made (0/0):
- SA: Champions: None.
Idols held/played (1/1; 0 votes voided) | Advantages held/played (0/0):
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 12: Had a shot at a half-idol from the Outpost, but his and Toni's bet on Shane being the Ep12 boot did not pay off.
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 19: Finds two clues in camp, the second directing him to an idol at Tribal Council. He gets it from under the urn (Day 30).
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 20: Plays his (expiring) idol for Dino, voiding no votes (Day 33).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (9/13):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep4 | Tania | Tania Copeland (voted out, 9-1) | Yes |
| Ep5 | Tevin | Tevin Naidu (voted out, 5-4) | Yes |
| Ep6 | Killarney | Seamus Holmes (voted out, 6-1-1) | - |
| Ep8 | Shona | Shona MacDonald (idoled out, [0]-3-2) | Yes |
| Ep12 | Palesa | Palesa Tau (voted out, 10-2) | Yes |
| Ep13 | Tejan | Toni Tebbutt (voted out, 6-[0]-1-1) | - |
| Ep14 | Dante | Danté de Villiers (voted out, 7-1-1) | Yes |
| Ep15 | Steffi | Steffi Brink (voted out, 5-4) | Yes |
| Ep16 | Meryl | Meryl Szolkiewicz (voted out, 5-2) | Yes |
| Ep18 | Tejan | Tejan Pillay (voted out, 4-3) | Yes |
| Ep20 | Felix | Felix Godlo (voted out, 3-3-1; 5-0) | Yes |
| Ep21 | Dino | Killarney Jones (voted out, 3-2) | - |
| Ep22 | Dino | Phil Dickson (voted out, 3-1) | - |
| 15* | TOTALS | 11 | |
VAP - Votes against (3):
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 22: Three votes, from Dino, Marian, and Shane (voted out, 3-1).
Jury votes made (1/1):
- SA: Return of the Outcasts, Ep. 24: Voted for Dino Paulo, who won, 7-2.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Idols found: | 1 |
| Idols played: | 1 |
| Votes voided: | 0 |
| VFB: | 12 |
| Tribals: | 17 |
| VAP: | 13 |
| Made: | 1 |
| For winners: | 1 |
| Received: | - |
Phil Dickson - Pictures
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SA: Champions intro shot -
Watching the captain's duels, Ep1 -
Swimming, Ep1 IC -
Selatan loses, Ep1 IC -
Listening to Corné -
Talking about the vote, Ep2 -
Selatan, Ep2 Tribal Council -
Riding a crate, Ep3 RC -
Selatan, Ep3 Tribal Council -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC -
Smashed the final pot, Selatan wins! -
Happy about the win (and sugarcane) -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 IC -
Racing out to the mast -
Saletan wins!
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SA: Return of the Outcasts intro shot -
SA: Return of the Outcasts intro shot -
Opening sequence confessional -
Greeting Nico, Day 1 -
Listening to the Outpost treemail -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 IC -
Watching Pinty untie knots -
Yontau wins! -
Tania complains about Pinty, Ep3 -
Yontau wins! Ep3 RC/IC -
Tossing sandbags, Ep4 RC/IC -
Yontau, Ep4 Tribal -
Listening to Dino -
The losing Yontaus again, Ep5 RC/IC -
Talking about the upcoming blindside -
No BS meeting -
Asking Pinty to play up her conflict with Killarney at Tribal -
Yontau, Ep5 Tribal -
Yontau wins! Ep6 RC -
Reward feasting, with guests -
Yontau loses, Ep6 IC -
Talking to Shona and Killarney -
Yontau, Ep6 Tribal -
The new Yontau, Ep7 swap -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep7/8 RC/IC -
Yontau eventually loses, Ep8 -
Checking in with Dino -
It's not great that we're outnumbered by ex-Masus -
Dino has a plan to flip Palesa -
Yontau, Ep8 Tribal -
Whoops, I screwed up the plan -
Explaining his confusion -
Blindfolded, gathering stuff -
Yontau's reward feast will be one at a time -
Hauling balls, Ep10 RC/IC -
Reward feasting -
Starting line, Ep11 IC -
Last Yontau standing, then out -
Talking about the Outpost trip -
We have to guess who'll get voted out? -
Yontau (and Masu), Ep12 Tribal -
It's the merge! -
Thrilled to make merge, Ep13 -
Ready for the merge feast/RC thing -
Phil's rice for the tribe included beer, at least -
No BS, reunited -
Challenge in progress, Ep13 IC -
Still going... -
Phil wins first immunity! -
Safe at Tribal Council -
Liking the feeling of this thing -
Salan, Ep13 Tribal -
Starting line, Ep14 RC/IC -
Picked for reward! But there's a dilemma... -
Returning to camp with blankets -
Salan, Ep14 Tribal -
Starting line, Ep15 RC -
Picked to reward feast with Dino -
Felix has a plan -
Salan, Ep15 Tribal -
No BS: Whee! Ep16 -
Starting line, Ep16 IC -
Ooh, good idea, Meryl! -
Salan, Ep16 Tribal -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep17 RC -
Phil wins reward! -
Tejan plays his reward send advantage to tag along -
Eating and plotting -
Video from home -
So far, so good. Ep17/18 IC -
Phil wins immunity! -
Just found a clue... -
Asking Dino for help -
Found a second clue -
The idol is at Tribal -
Salan, Ep18 Tribal -
Picking up his idol -
Phil and Felix win! Ep19 RC -
Spa day for the boys -
Final two! -
I totally plan to vote Felix out -
Challenge in progress, Ep20 IC -
Phil wins! -
Challenge beast -
One last No BS meeting -
Salan, Ep20 Tribal -
Whee. Ep21 -
Starting line, Ep21 RC/IC -
Despite collusion against him, Phil wins! -
Reward feasting -
Salan, Ep21 Tribal -
On the run, Ep21/22 RC -
Non-rewardees talking things out back at camp, Ep22 -
Starting line, Final 4 IC -
We have to vote for each other -
Salan, F4 Tribal -
The eighth member of our jury... -
Snuffed, Day 37 (Episode 22) -
With the jury, Final Tribal Council -
Addressing the finalists -
Full cast, reunion show (Day 40) -
Talking to Nico
Phil Dickson - Interviews
Pre-game interviews
- None found.
Post-game interviews
- Damon at East Coast Radio (2/25/14): "Chatting to a Durban Survivor"
Pre-game interviews
- Shannon Guss & Mike Bloom at RHAP (6/17/22): "Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts | Pre-Season Interviews, Part 2: Yontau (Pre-Merge) Men"
Post-game interviews
- None yet.
Phil Dickson - Bios
Official SurvivorSA: Champions bio:
(None found.)
Official SurvivorSA: Return of the Outcasts M-Net bio (6/5/22):
"Phil Dickson is a firefighter and paramedic, originally from KwaZulu-Natal but now working as a fire risk assessment manager in Johannesburg. He has two young children with his wife. Before graduating in the Top 5 of his firefighting class, Phil lived in the USA for a while, where he was part of a popular church band. He counts fishing, running, and training among his hobbies and studied game theory to prepare for Survivor SA.
He is a likeable guy with a mischievous streak. Although he is now a dedicated husband and father, he still resembles that naughty trickster he was more than a decade ago in Survivor SA: Champions.
Phil says that you cannot compare the Survivor game of Survivor SA S5 to the current version. He feels that in previous seasons, the castaways had a lot to learn about gameplay – which meant he was unprepared for the game and struggled at first to adapt."