Ultimate Survivor Champion 2016: Round 1: Season 15: South Africa

Survivor: South Africa is the fifteenth season of Round 1 in the competition Ultimate Survivor Champion 2016. This season consisted of twenty-four former contestants returning for their shot at becoming the Ultimate Survivor Champion. The last twelve contestants remaining move on to the next round of competition, while the person in thirteenth place will compete in the Wild Card round.

The twenty-four castaways were divided into three tribes of eight. The three tribes were dissolved into two after seven had been voted out, and those two tribes merged into one after four more were voted out. Michael Snow as the Wild Card representative from this season. Aubry Bracco, Brendan Synnott, Edna Ma, Jake Billingsley, Jefra Bland, Jennifer Lyon, Jon Misch, Kelly Bruno, Leslie Nease, Ryan Aiken, Terry Dietz, and Tijuana Bradley were the twelve moving on to Round 2.

This season was preceded by Season 14: Halmahera and followed by Season 16: Baja.