TVNZ reporter Matt Chisholm hosts Survivor NZ, which went to Thailand for its second season.

Contestants on the second season of Survivor NZ had to survive in an isolated part of Thailand.

TVNZ, the network broadcasting Survivor, has revealed the 18 Survivor hopefuls were transported to a "remote Thai jungle" for the series.

The contestants had to survive on islands in Lake Vajiralongkorn, in Khao Laem National Park western Thailand.

The series was filmed earlier this year and is due to hit screens in April. Survivor NZ season one, which aired last year, was filmed in Nicaragua in Central America.

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The 18 contestants were selected from over 5000 applicants. They were tasked with surviving for up to 40 days without basic comforts, while completing physical and mental challenges and attempting to outmanoeuvre their fellow contestants at Tribal Council, where contestants are voted off the show by their peers.

This season's winner takes home $250,000 – a big increase on season one's $100,000 prize, which was won by Avi Duckor-Jones.