The Cutthroat Pre-Merge Blindside! | Survivor South Africa

The Cutthroat Pre-Merge Blindside! | Survivor South Africa

Previously on Survivor. Drop your buffs.  When the tribes split into two, Stephy was left out and sent to the Island of Secrets. I’m just happy that I don’t have to make the decision. The game chooses for me. The new Soler consisted out of three pairs, Marilynn Dante, Maba and Jeffrey, and Nicole and Nathan.

As the outsider, Durao was trying to find his place.  I’m sorry your man Phillip  had to go. What happened? He blindsided him completely. He was He was completely unaware.  By spilling secrets. Chuck right. Trust him really well and he has advantage in the game and he has an idol. Durao opened up and told me about Chuck’s idol, opening himself up for massive failure.

Nathan  added a cut on his hand to his list of injuries. Ah. Shame. I like Nathan,  he’s an incredibly dramatic boy and he’s always looking for sympathy.  At the new Talo, Rocco stirred the pot by revealing alliances. Okay, so Robin and Nicole are really really really close. Very close. They can’t trust Dante and Miro. Okay.

Mike and Rob started  becoming closer. If we start an alliance with each other, then it should be open cards.  Yeah, there’s obviously idols in favor but as the game progresses Yeah. Um, I’ll fill you in on things more and more. And Seipei voiced her opinion about how the game should be played.  All weak people, or rather everybody that seemed to be weak, is leaving the game.

At which point are you going to start thinking that’s not strategy and that’s not playing the game, right? How patronizing is this? This woman starts telling us about her Survivor expertise. After Talo lost the immunity challenge Talo wins immunity. The big guys were targeting each other. Let’s take out the biggest threat while we still can.

Maybe Rob is a good choice because he have has a lot of friends at other places. At Tribal Council, the tension built. At this point of the game, Nico, um, trust yourself  and keep your cards against your chest. No one wants to go to merge with Superman. Rocco’s flame was extinguished.  I have spoken. And Stephy joined the Ta’alo tribe.

Hey girl, hey. Who will be voted out tonight? There’s so many individuals, if you

listen to them talk, that is too happy to just make merge and then uh be voted out. That’s it. That’s their goals. It It pisses me off. But isn’t this a rock and a hard place where we are sitting now? So, where Maba and Jeffree is as useless as you can find anyone um at this point. Uh they literally have nothing to provide and give to the tribe.

This guy is sitting on with two injuries, second injury, and he’s still here because he wants he wants to be here. But now But now you’ve got other individuals that’s literally fallen into the the the right places. They’ve never been to Tribal Council and they’re sitting here top of team making important decisions.

I mean, that’s my problem at this point. This is what I think. I think, especially before merge, that we need to take control of the game. Meryl came up with the idea that we should vote for Jeff because she feels that Jeff is the glue. He has to go, guys.  That’s why That’s why he’s so dangerous, exactly.

If you’re going to have those two going to lining off the merge, it’s going to be chaos. So, now that I know Meryl is gunning for Jeff, I immediately go to Jeff and tell Jeff that Meryl is gunning for him. After we were saying like you two I don’t trust my chair. I don’t trust my chair. Of course they’re going to say that.  even been to a tribal council.

Yeah, but they just did it to us. All right, you just found yourself on the mat. So, what are we supposed to do for challenges?    Automatically, Jeff gets really nervous and now he’s gunning for Meryl and he’s gunning for Dante. Jeff and Dante, it’s it’s all they’ve got. Oh, nasty. Yeah, it’s all they’ve got.

This works out perfectly for me because it seems like no one seems to be putting my name forward as someone that’s pulling strings.  Do you guys want to go for a walk? Yeah, let’s go. I am offended by Dante and Meryl. I feel as if the things that they’re saying about us is dirty. They’re playing a dirty game.

I mean, in actual fact, I would also play dirty game, but at least I’d have to keep it under the wraps. At this stage, I mean, I want to win every single immunity, but I don’t even think I’d be heartbroken to go to tribal because I want one of the two of them out. Are you guys are definitely with me, though? Cuz you know I’ve got you.

You know for a fact my reasoning as to why I trust you. There’s a couple of pairs here. There’s like three pairs and I’m the odd one out. Uh I feel like everybody in my tribe needs me as a swing vote. Everybody’s just going to be hoping that I vote with them. I’m so happy to be on the Sa’ula tribe because I’m reunited with Seipei and with Rob. I really missed them.

These are my people. And how you feeling going forward? Who do you think you should Who to first? I think Mikey should go. The main one on the other side there is Jeff. And Maba. And Duran.  Duran. And they’re all And they’re all Lame. Because Jeff and Mikey, they like Siamese twins. They joined at the Is it? Yeah, they’re very very tight.

I never seen them together. Literally the first conversation I’m having with her is her talking about game play, strategizing, who’s out next.    And she always runs too fast. Her pace is way too quick.  Yeah, can I tell you it was a struggle with Nathan.  What is going on like uh No, he he’s struggling. He’s really struggling.

I really need to get to this man. It’s seriously I I can’t wait for merge. You know, I’m not very sympathetic when it comes to because I would say man up. Just man up. It’s very dangerous for someone to come  to me and say they have a problem with mate. Uh already you’ve just lost me there and then.

So we got this mate. I’m glad we together. I’m thinking to myself, is she really still part of the Amigos? That is  the big question when it comes to Steffi. Um and it scares me. She is way too volatile and I need to be careful of her. I’m so glad that we don’t have to ration. I’m sorry. Where’s the machete? Oh, can I use a spoon? Having Steffi around kind of brings back a lot of the intense emotions that I felt at Solela.

We’re going to be like machines today, guys. Where everything was consistently annoyed in my soul. Guys, I’m just adding some water because What? I lost that. I I know, but that’s why I’m adding it so that it comes loose. I know that I must speak to Rob because him and Steffi have it out last before and Steffi wasn’t too fond of me at Solela.

So listen. She’s going to be keen to spread some vitriol about me and I need to make sure that he’s aware of that before she gets to him. She’s going to probably say some stuff about me to try and make sure that there’s a division. Yeah. And I’d rather you are aware of it before it even happens.

Yes, Tiffany plays very fast and very rigorously. And we had a bit of issues as well with Seoula as well as well originally, yeah. Yeah. She was just playing the game a bit too soon, you know, we were still getting to know each other and she’s really starting. So, yeah, Tiffany also speaks to me, don’t worry. She also reveals to me that she was a bit too trigger happy at the original Seoula and that she was the next person out. So, maybe there’s a crack there.

She’s here to win and she’s playing a very aggressive game. I still need to think and decide what I need to do going forward. Um, I am  close to Mike. And then again, I shouldn’t say I trust Mike. I I kind of trust him. Let’s put it that way cuz in this game I only trust two people and that’s Nicole and Nate.

I trust him with my life. Okay, well, the conversation essentially was we need to get Jeff out and then my butt. At the moment, I’m in the middle of a tug-of-war, really. Um, Meryl and Dante are trying to get myself and Nicole to go over to their side to vote against Jeff. As much as I want Dante out, Meryl seems to be the snake. I agree.

Dante seems to be a henchman. They They are running this game from fear. Every single decision they make is motivated by fear. Every walk they have, every conversation they have. And it It really is manipulative and it’s not a real human connection and it annoys me. Jeff is rearing for a blindside like regards to Meryl. Wouldn’t make sense for him to flip.

Wouldn’t. And if it does, I mean, cool, blindside. I have to believe him. If it costs us, costs us. Yeah. We You have to trust someone at some point in this game. There comes points in this game where you have to be vulnerable. And if it costs me my game and gets me sent home, I’m happy with that because I have to choose who to trust.

I trust Nate. I trust Rob. I trust, to some extent now, Geoffrey and Maba.  That’s what you need to hear, huh? Just a suggestion. It’s definitely not in the pipeline and don’t think that I’m I’m a flipper or anything. This is just something I’ve been mulling over. What do you think about blindsiding Nate? We can make Meryl believe we’re all voting for Meryl so that she plays her idol, we flush her idol, and we get Nate out at the same time, and then we’re all Meryl strong.

But let’s see how he plays. I want to see how he performs only because only because he’s making us lose. So let’s see how he performs today. If he performs well, it’s great because I like him as a person. Dante’s coming. This man’s even weirder. If we blindside Nathan, it means we’re losing Nicole in our alliance.

And at this point, I don’t think I’d want to do that um because, you know, we need the numbers going into merge or into the future. Where is he? He’s everywhere. He’ll be hanging from a tree, right now. Whether Jeff makes good or bad decisions, I’ve made up my mind about him and I’m with him till the end.

Um but hopefully, you know, we’ll make good decisions. Guys, I just feel like we’re on the verge of making merge. We just need to stay steadfast, stick to our guns. We’re all Meryl. Come on in, guys. Survivors, getting your first look at the new Ta’alo tribe. Rocco voted out at the last tribal council, and Steffi joining them from the Island of Secrets.

Let’s talk about the food situation at camp Maba.  Things are still good. We still have some rice. So, food-wise, you guys are happy, you’re comfortable? We do need We need a a birthday cake.  Maba, it’s your birthday.  Yes, it is. Lo and behold, we have a reward challenge today. All right, let’s see if we can blow your mind.

Are you guys ready to get to the next reward challenge? Here’s how it’s going to work. One member of each tribe will wrap themselves around a pole and hang on. On my go, two members of the opposing tribe will race in and try and get them off that pole and pull them across the finish line. You do that, you  score a point for your tribe.

First tribe to three wins this challenge and the reward. Guys, want to know what you’re playing for? What’s the first thing that comes to mind when I say the word cheese? The winning tribe will return to camp to enjoy    a program pizza, cheese, meat, and loads of carbs, and of course, ice-cold cold drinks to wash it all down with.

Worth playing for? In addition to this, winning tribe will get to send one person from the losing tribe to the island of secrets. You guys ready to do this? I’ll give you a moment to strategize. We’ll get to it.    Solana, you won the draw, which means you get to watch who to allow puts up first so you can match them.

Talo, who’s it going to be? Kwebus, Rob, and Mike. Solana, who’s it going to be? Dante, Nathan, Durão, take your position. You You pull him from here, and then when I first open with the hands, then you pull him away, and then I’ll go with the feet, okay? Go get it. Fight, boys. Playing for reward. First tribe to three wins this.

Survivors ready? Go! Sohola racing in. Right back on Mike holding on for dear life. Dante not wasting any time. Nice Mike. I can tell you I can tell you I can tell you. Go for the arms. Go for the arms. Right back on Nathan is on Go go go go go. Right back on him. My leg my leg my leg. Dig in Nate. DIG IN. GUYS ON NATE. COME ON NATHAN.

GO GUYS. GO J’RAO. GET UP J’RAO. GET UP. FIGHT NATE. NATHAN IS NOT GIVING IN. He’s fighting his way away from that line. Robbie and Rob struggling to get in there. They go they do. Sohola Good night guys. Scores a point. Thank you Nathan. Sorry it’s all right. I’m not comfortable with you. It’s between you two you two.

Whatever. Yeah just you and Dante. Are you okay with that Jeff? I am. Going for our next round. So far one point to Ta’alo. Sohola you need to put up your players for the next round. Who’s it going to be? Two guys one girl. Dante, J’Rao and Nicole Ta’alo. Match it up. Mike going in, Rob going in and Steffi.

Yeah that’s Mikey. On the pole for Ta’alo it’s Mike. For Sohola J’Rao. In the field Steffi and Rob. For Ta’alo Dante and Nicole for Sohola. Yes. Playing for reward. Survivors ready. Go. Both tribes rushing in. Sohola wasting no time GETTING MIKE UP J’RAO IS UP AS WELL. ROB AND STEFFI DRAGGING J’Rao but he’s not giving in easily.

COME ON MIKEY. COME ON MIKEY. COME REFUSE, MIKEY. REFUSE, MIKEY. REFUSE, MIKEY. ROB JUST DRAGGING HIM TOWARDS THE LINE. TALO, YOU GOT to fight back. He’s out. TALO TALO SCORES AGAIN. Oh man, Mikey. Well done, Mikey. Thanks. Think I’ll pull something. After the second round, here’s where we’re at. Talo two points to Saula zero.

That means this is a match point for Talo. Talo, this time you guys have to put them up first. Three ladies. Nicole Siphiwe Leticia Steffi going in for Talo. Saula, match it up. We’ve got Leticia. Siphiwe Thanks, Steffi. Good luck, ladies. Yes.  Meryl Yes. Yes, girls. Can Saula score and even it up and take the win? On the ball for Talo, it’s Siphiwe.

At Saula, it’s Nicole. In the field for Talo, Leticia and Steffi. For Saula, it’s Meryl and Mamba. Survivors ready? Yeah. Go. Go, girls. Go, girls. The ladies dashing in. They have to get Nicole with that ball. Yes. Yes. Okay, Steffi, put your back into it, Steffi. Siphiwe not giving in. Not letting go. Mamba Mamba, you need TO HELP, MAMBA.

NICOLE IS OFF. THEY HAVE HER OFF the ball. Leticia now grabbing Nicole’s arms. Siphiwe not even letting go for a beat. Meryl and Mamba, have they work cut OUT FOR THEM. MAMBA, OPEN THE ARMS. Siphiwe unmovable in this challenge. MAMBA, THEY GOT ARMS. TAKE DOWN THE ARMS. STEFFI NOW DRAGGING Nicole backwards while she grips the sand down to prevent herself from sliding back.

Leticia, a dead weight in the ground, an anchor. Great strategy at Ta’alo. BRING IT. SUPERB. ONE HAND HAS COME OFF. THEY’RE all working away, but she’s back and locked IT IN.  LETITIA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? MAMBA, Letitia now dragging Nicole by the leg. Stephanie getting IN THERE. SHE’S BREAKING. SHE’S FINISHED.

I’M NOT BROKEN. NO. MAMBA, STAND UP. NICOLE HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE. DON’T LET THEM MAKE THIS easy for them. TA’ALO WINS REWARD. BUT NOT EASILY. Well done, ladies. Good effort. I’m sorry. Well done, girl. Ta’alo, clear win in this challenge. Three points to zero. What a win, and the payoff  is huge. Those pizzas and the cold drinks will be waiting for you when you get back to camp, but before you go, you need to send one member from Sa’ula to the Island of Secrets.

Who’s  it going to be? Sa’ula, who’s it going to be? Ta’alo sends Starah. Starah, that means you get to spend the night on the Island of Secrets, but you will be back in time for the next Tribal Immunity Challenge. Grab your stuff and off you go. You guys all the best to Ta’alo. Don’t just stand there looking at me. Your pizza’s getting cold.

Grab your stuff, head back to camp, enjoy  every bite. Mamba, sorry about your birthday present. I wish I had better news for you, but I don’t. This is Survivor. Hope your tribe can come up with something  to make it better. Sa’ula, I’ve got nothing for you. Grab your stuff, head back to camp. We went into the challenge today losing.

I’m tired, I’m hungry, pissed off. I really wanted pizza. So, now to go feed the person who wants to vote me out. The band of misfits is still together. It just shows me that A C vouch  for me, and she actually has a power of influence. Now, I’m excited to be uh I just hope that I would find something that could benefit me in this game.

Open the box, here’s your secret. Merge will happen the day after the next Tribal Council. You have been gifted an immunity idol. It may only be played at the next Tribal Council. This idol will guarantee the person whoever it is played for a spot in the merge tribe. Yes! That means I’m making it to merge.

I’m super excited. The feeling of having a real immunity idol gives me power right now. And this power is going to guarantee me a place in merge. Everybody’s speculating right now, but I’m the one person knows  the truth. All my days of trying to make a fake idol is no longer necessary. We arrive back at camp, and I see pizza boxes.

I see cool drinks. Can I be barman and open up a chair? I realized it. What actually happened?  I died at that challenge, and now I’ve landed in heaven. That’s your immunity. Welcome everybody. Okay, I wanted to kiss you. All I could see was you were just holding on for dear life. Look at the pizza, baby.

Winning a challenge always is a booster. It makes everyone a happy tribe. Yeah, let’s sit down. We’re standing like eating like giraffes. Just to eat something that’s salty, that’s got a little bit of spice in, was absolutely divine. Today, baby, let me tell you, new found respect from me. I swear to God, let me tell you, no, well done, Latasha.

I knew that I did my best, and they didn’t expect that from me. Okay, can we do this in the water now? Yeah, yeah, let’s go sit in the water. Guys, I’m I’m burning out of water. The spirits are up at Ta’alo. Generally, we do things in pairs here. We  do things together. It was really something special for us, all of us to jump into the ocean and wash off all that sand after eating.

I look at the deep dive, like, “Oh my goodness.” If I don’t get this right, I’m going to be publicly humiliated. I took  time to approach Cydney, spoke to her about the next person on the chopping block. Tell Tell me this. So, presumably, we don’t win tomorrow. Yeah. Um so, we go to Tribal Council.

Mike goes, because I’ve been on the tribe with Mike and Jeff. And to separate two, because Jeff is Mike’s Achilles’ heel. Yeah. And if we get If we get Mike out, Jeff would feel alone. Because we also need to get a get rid of all the La Mina members. Steffi, for me, is She’s all over the place, and she’s not genuine. This serves her agenda.

Rob’s  sore. What up? All good, man. And when it comes to Mike, wow, what a nice character. I love the guy. He’s got the personality that I vibe with. And so, lying to him would just destroy potential um alliance. Okay. So, Mike, I wanted to speak to our family. Um remember earlier we had a conversation, and it touched up about the idol. Yeah.

And I said I stepped it. Yeah. And I moved away from it. I know you know that we in possession of one. But obviously, I’ll let you know who’s got Honestly, I have no idea. Whenever you feel like you’re ready, and we we’ve in a position of comfort, then we can chat about it. For a few minutes. Perfect, man.

I want to go far with you in this game, man. I realize that. What else do we have? Yeah, so he obviously does assume that either myself or Nicole or possibly even Seipei has an idol. Thanks very much.  very secure. Shut up. I feel much better about things. Um it’s pointless lying about it because it then destroys uh potential relationship that can get me numbers at merge, which I need.

Thank you guys for all fighting today. It still would have been nice, but you guys really all gave it 100% actually. At this top point we’re obviously sitting with two many social players, which is literally just sitting around camp talking the whole day and not providing any way to the to the tribe.

You can’t uh settle with with individuals that you can’t put in the game. I mean, we had to put you with Steeches instead of someone that’s reliable, but he’s not up for the job. You know, so it’s frustrating. Tell me about it. Maba and Jeff are literally zero on the contract at this point. Um the best things they could do is sit around and wait for someone  to start the fire, someone to bring the food, someone to start the rice, someone to feed.

Um but they’re very quick to to  want to uh vote. He’s upset with you with you for not trying. How often do you try? I know you don’t. He’s upset with you because you didn’t perform well enough. Let’s go. Today’s loss    created more of a rift between Dante and then as a result of that Meryl and um Jeff and Maba.

the two previous Lame members and the two previous Tilo members  are already knocking heads and then myself and Nicole are kind of just in the middle, which is a good spot to be in.    What I need from you though, cuz I am worried cuz I’m putting a lot of faith in you and you guys is once they’re out, I need to know that Nicole and I are safe.

After hours of I’m not going to tell you that. I really am. I really mean it. No one is throwing my name around as a potential threat, as a potential favorite because first of all, I’m always injured, so I’m I’m never a physical threat. And then also, I’m very subtly allowing people to think that they’re coming up with the plans, although I’m planting the seeds.

I feel like I have quite a lot of say in this game. If and when we get to merge, I know that some people think that we’re tight. But I mean, you guys are so tight with me. And I’m so tight with mine. So we go in with the 3-3 alliance. We’ve got a six strong, and once we get these people out, Yeah.

I’m okay to go deep my dude as well. I promise you. I can I mean, all I can give you is my word. Jeff, you have my word. Jeff, cuz believe me, if you think it’s ugly already, it’s going to get much uglier. There’s going to be a lot of insults thrown all over the show, so. Come on in, guys. We’re now bringing Durao from the Island of Secrets.

Hey, welcome back. Welcome back. I missed you guys. Welcome. Right, are you guys ready to get to your next tribal immunity challenge? First things first, I’ll take that back, don’t I? Once again, tribal immunity is up for grabs. Here’s how it’s going to work. In today’s challenge, four members of each tribe must maneuver two balls through an obstacle course by balancing each ball on top of a pole.

Once you get both balls to the other side, you can go ahead and drop them into a vertical circular maze operated by two blindfolded tribe members guided by a third. First tribe to drop both balls into the basket wins this challenge and tribal immunity. Losing tribe, I’ll see you at tribal council where this journey will come to an end for one of you.

Give you guys a moment to strategize and we’ll get to it. Saula, Ta’alo, playing for tribal immunity. Survivors ready? Go. Go, lady. Steffi and Mike at Ta’alo heading up this challenge. At Saula, it’s Mambakwena and Merrell carelessly making their way up that first obstacle.  You got this. She’s Oh, you dropped it. Mamba’s down.

She’s got to go back. Go back. Great balancing skills.  Looking good. Good, Steffi. Steffi makes it to the mat, hands over to Rob. Nice, Steph. Nice, Steffi. Mamba is over for Saula. Big smile on her face handing over to Jeffrey. That’s it. Rob getting to the center part of the seesaw  where it flips forward.

Make or break moment on this obstacle. That’s it. Beautiful. Beautiful. Now you got it. Rob moving on Beautiful, Rob. to the next part of this obstacle. Jeffrey now going on to the seesaw. No rush. Slow and steady, Jeff. Beautiful. Beautiful. Keep your core active. Keep your core active. Beautiful.

Beautiful, Rob. Beautiful.  There we go. You got this. You’re doing good, Jeff. Beautiful. Beautiful, Jeff. Very good, Jeff. YOU’RE HERE. YEAH. YOU’RE HERE. COME. COME. COME. You’ve got to come here. Yeah. Rob crosses the line. Rob, the first BALL IS SAFE. SECOND BALL, GO. Mike now getting into this at Ta’alo.  concentration on your feet.

Keep feeling all the balls. You’ve got this,  Maro.  Jeffrey making his way beneath the last crossbar. Can he get across and safe without the ball dropping? Run it through. He does. It’s safe. Go, Maro. Go. You’re great. Bring it home. Bring it home. gets it across safely, handing over to Kubis. Maro, this is your chance to catch Tialo. Take your time. And run.

Tialo now feeling the pressure. Kubis to keep the ball has to make this happen. Keep the ball. Keep the lead for his try. Slow it down. Have to keep the ball straight. Get your balance. Kubis is through. He’s off the seesaw. Lekker. Maro is off that first obstacle. Can she get to the mat and keep the ball  safe? She does.

Handing over to Dante. Sowela, this is where you pick up the pace. No time to waste. Dante now precariously making his way across. Dante drops the ball back to the mat. All righty. Kubis almost at the end of this obstacle for Tialo, which means they’re about to go on to the last section. They can. YOU ARE SAFE, TIALO.

Place your first ball and get going on that maze. Where’s the ball? Where did it go? Okay. Eyes on the ball. Eyes on the ball when you’re ready. There we go. Got Get yourself. Shake those arms out. Sowela, you are safe. Get going with your first ball. Go, Nicole. Go. It’s Sowela blindfolded is Durao and Nathan. Nicole calling guidance.

Nathan on the rope with an injured hand. Is that a good decision now? Sowela wondering about that, I’m sure. On the maze wheel at Tialo, Jacques and Letitia blindfolded Siphe calling guidance. See as Jacques, so is Letitia. See? I’ve just said see. Left. More right. Left. More right. Left. More right. LEFT. LEFT. LEFT.

A BIGGER? SAW. SEE? SAW. YES. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP NOW. STOP. Full length. Ah, guys are doing well. Soula now getting the hang of this.  That’s looking good, guys. Great. Moments away. Fantastic. Getting to the next level. Can they do it this time?  That’s right. Oh, yeah. You beauty. I love you, guys.

Soula moving on to the next level in the maze. They’re now feeling THE HEAT. STOP.   Moments away from landing it. They missed it by Go. Go. Go. millimeter. They are on to the next level. Okay, Leticia, keep it as strong as you can. But don’t don’t break me. Just keep it tight. Go, guys. Go. Go. Go. Go.

Stop. Stop. Leticia, off. Keep going. Left. Right. Left. Right. See. Saw. See. Yes. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Don’t move. Don’t move now. It’s It’s too tight. I can’t pull it. You can pull it, Nate. You have to. There’s no other option. Soula now moments away from landing their first ball. Can they do it? They do it.

Soula scores that first point. Now Jacques, I need you to slowly sweep up.  Slowly. Sweat of your tribe on your hands. SOULA SCORES THEIR FIRST POINT. GO. GO WITH THE SECOND BALL. NATE, put your feet underneath you and stop breaking your back. Nathan nursing an injured hand. Why they made nobody knows.

And see. Saw. See. Saw. See. Saw. Easier saw. Yes. Stop. Stop. Stop. Right. Oh, all right. Right. Left. Right. Stop. Stop. Despite Nathan’s injury, Soula moving into the lead in this challenge. See. Listen to me. Saw. See. Yes. Saw. Slowly, Jacques. Slowly. Jacques, keep going. Keep going, jog, keep going. Sola, now moments away.

One more turn. Can they do it? No, they don’t. Keep going. They throw, they fall out. Yeah, no one’s communicating. Guys, no one’s communicating. Tebello, moments away from scoring.  Keep going, jog, keep going. Jog, go. Slowly, whoops, stop. Tebello, shoot. They score. Tebello wins immunity. How we win? How we won. You can’t undo.

Guys, we win and lose together. I’m so damn proud of you. We were so close. I hope you know how close we were. Moments away. Possibly one of our toughest challenges on the end there. And a fierce battle for this win. Nathan, you battled through the pain. Missed it by a hair’s breadth. But of course the win goes to Tebello.

That means tribal immunity is yours. Come and grab it. Well done, guys. Tebello, that means you are safe for another day in this game. You have the afternoon off. Grab your stuff, head back to camp. Thanks, Nico. Sola, fierce fight and unfortunately not in your favor on this one. That means I see you guys later at Tribal Council where one of you will be the eighth person voted out of this season of Survivor SA.

Grab your stuff, head back to camp. Let’s follow where they go. He’s just going to take us to the water. We and we’re taking the reward again tomorrow. I don’t know about you guys, but I I I’m taking the We were getting food. Steffi wants to get rid of Mike and and I understand why. However, in my mind I’m more worried about Cobus.

So, the tea for my tannies. Cobus worries me because he’s uncontrollable and I fear what I cannot control. What’s your view on Mel? If Dante and Mel doesn’t make it to merge, I’ll be more happy. Cuz I don’t have ties. And I can just focus on us. Yes, indirectly I’m I’m telling you I would love to play this game as far as possible with you.

I like what you’re saying because I I would love to do the same with you. You know what I mean? I was just saying a a virtual reality will be awesome if we can all stick together. I I wouldn’t mind it. We had a legit discussion over a pot of tea, Leticia, myself, and Seipei, which was beautiful. And I felt grounded in the idea  of let’s just mention it to the tribe members and see what happens.

You wanted to skin us something, tell us. Ah, Louie, please come skin us for us. Whenever merge comes and let’s say theoretically speaking, we are seven strong, let’s not vote off one of us on the first tribal council we get as a merged group. He believes that playing the game with just the seven would make for a great story.

As it stands, we would be at an advantage because they’re going to be six. For me, it’s a seven thing. It’s a no-brainer. Yes, I’m feeling anxious about the idea because I might be putting my foot in my mouth. To share it, it’s very real. I’m actually going to make it even more real, check. Ah. I’m serious, guys. Spit shake.

I’ll spit shake.  I’m serious. Oh, gross. Guys, below this    SPIT SHAKE SEVEN. WE ACTUALLY REALLY spat on our hands and shaked up on this thing. Okay. Okay, so now we’re a spit shake seven.  Yep. It was a risky suggestion and we made the suggestion  and it went perfect.  So, it’s done.

I think everyone’s committed. Yes! SPIT SHAKE SEVEN! CAN I WASH my hands now? The seven strong is a fairy tale that they’re telling themselves. It’s it’s a bedtime story, a lullaby to help them go to sleep later at night. That thing will be disintegrated the second I get to Nathan and the corp. We’ll shut it down. I miss you, babe.

So, I’m in possession of a one-time idol, which means it can only be played at Tribal Council tonight. It was nice to join you again, $1. Oh, welcome, babe.  missed you, babe. I had such an empty space next to me last night. Actually, I was given an option to Yeah, from my family Yeah.

or devour a juicy pizza. Oh, no. You want a pizza now? We were so worried about you. We were worried about you having no fire and no rice. No, we actually did say we hoped that he’s got food there. So. He definitely did not get the choice between a message from home and a pizza. Cuz first of all, the message from home is the lie I told.

So,    you can’t double up on lies. Okay, shall we eat some rice? Let’s do that. How invested are you in your squab? Huh? So, you don’t want to come and have a chat with me quickly at the bar. And then I’ll come and chat with you. At this point, I think majority of the tribe members will vote Jeff. By eliminating him, um Baba will will be obviously very exposed going into merge, and then she’ll be knocked off quite easily.

He hasn’t looked me into the in my eyes since since I arrived to camp. Honestly. So, obviously you don’t feel like you can trust him. Well, obviously if you can’t look me in my eyes, why why even bother? You know, cuz it’s almost like he has a pre uh Preconceived notion as to who you are, what you want.  My fate lies in the hands of Meryl, Nathan, and Nicole.

And whatever they decide to do will determine if I go or not. But we have a clear  plan. The four of us. We have the numbers. Yeah. Well, you know, for me it’s it’s unfortunate that it can’t be Meryl above first, cuz I think she’s even less uh useful, but obviously he is much more dangerous in in the game later, as where she will fall apart eventually when he’s gone. Mhm.

You know, so he’s nothing to me. Because he he doesn’t look me in the eyes. I mean, what person is that? No, that’s that’s that show. It’s a clear indication. Yes. It would have been nice to win, don’t get me wrong, but I’m I can’t wait to play this game. And I really I’m formulating all these plans in my head and I’m I’m so excited to start playing, cuz I haven’t had a chance yet.

I haven’t had a chance to go to Tribal Council, so I’m just so excited. I really am. Don’t think I’m a terrible person. Um I was I was thinking about it. It’s very hard for me to even say it. Um and I don’t want you guys to think that I’m flipping on on an alliance or anything like that. But um Nathan really cost us the advantage today.

He didn’t cost us He gave his entire heart and his entire soul, but his injury Uh you make you make me cry. His injury um was an issue for us and it’s going to be an issue going forward. Um so I’m thinking of an epic blindside. I can still throw Meryl’s  Meryl and Dante’s name out. I’m happy to be the villain. Um if we go to Tribal Council, I’ll blatantly say to them straight to their faces, “I’m gunning for you.

” So that hopefully if they’ve got idols they can still flash we can still flash their idols out. Um I think Um then no matter  what the next time we’re at tribal  then we have to get them out. No matter what it means, but we have to be at tribal before merge. To break Dante and Miro off because they’re very dangerous guys.

hopefully if we play our cards right at tribal tonight and I can say ugly things, I’ve got no problem because I’m so bitter against them at the moment. Uh Nate is a dead loss in the tribe at the moment. Um I could possibly feel sorry for him if I had that emotion in me. Um but yeah, I mean he’s not contributing to the tribe because of his injury.

He’s not pulling his weight at challenges and he’s losing the challenges for us even though he’s putting all into it. So, yeah, my ideal tonight would be to get Nate out. Initially when you told me about it, I was like, but do we are we guaranteed they will have Nicole on our side because you know I know how much Yeah, Dante is like that all the time.

I mean he’s such a solid oak. He’s such a nice guy as well. But I think he’ll know where it’s coming from. I hope he does. I’m not going to play my hidden immunity idol tonight. I’m going to save it for a later stage in the game. Where I could maybe trick someone into believing I have a legit idol.

But honestly, can we all trust each other, yeah? I mean, can we trust each other with tonight?  Can we trust because that’s the thing. We voted in I’ll look every one of you in the eye. I don’t have to say it. I am selling out a brother. Yeah. Like literally Yeah. I’m sure he’ll understand that. He will understand. I know he will.

But to do that, it’s because I trust you guys and it is best for our tribe. And remember, we’re not just going to trust each other right now. We have to trust each other when the merge comes. Cuz then we’re nice and solid, eh? We really have a a good solid base and the tribe is strong.  bonds are made, through tough times like this.

Yeah. Okay? I put my trust in Geoffrey right now, because he is the glue between Maba and Durao and myself. It is all I have to stand on right now. And I’m hoping that it’s enough to get me to merge, to get me back with Seipei and Durao. So, we still good, hey? And we still good with the whole thing, everything is as I envisioned it? The shakes.

I’m under the impression Three boys go in on Meryl, so it’s me, you and Durao going on Meryl. Two girls go in on Dante, so it’s going to be Maba and Nicole. So, if we stick to that, we sorted. 100%. I’m freaking excited, actually. I’ve got your brother. Cool, cool. That’s a man. My most epic trouble tonight would definitely be to get Nite out.

And at the same time, I’m going to throw Meryl and Dante right under the bus. I can’t wait for it. That’s my most exciting thing, because I’m going to butcher them at the trouble council. I’m going to go in there guns a blazing. I’m going to say straight out, I know for a fact they’re gunning for me and I’m gunning for them as well.

It’s actually going to be epic. I can’t wait. Raise your torches, take a seat. Geoffrey, Maba, grab a torch, light it in the fire. As you know in Survivor, fire represents your life. As long as you have it, you’re in the game. If your torch goes out, so do you. We have some newcomers here tonight. Geoffrey, Maba, and if you’re a first-timer, it’s a little bit different at camp, I would imagine.

There was a lot of scrambling going on today, Nico, hey? We’ve got Meryl and Dante that are gunning for me and Maba.  And in our defense, we’re gunning for them straight back. So, I suppose it’s going to all boil down to who has the better social game at the end of the day. Wow. Meryl, right off the bat. Right off the bat.

I just think the people who are fighting to be in here, the people who deserve to be in here, the people who are contributing overall should stay. Dante, you agree with that? 100%. If a social game is your only way of coming into the game, then maybe move yourself to a coffee shop and be social with friends, but here you need  to contribute to the to the tribe as well after challenges.

Jeffrey, is there perhaps an underlying tension that’s spilling over from alliances into this tribe and preventing that tribal effort at challenges? There’s definitely animosity and there’s mudslinging going along where people are saying that uh some people aren’t contributing and other people are. The previous challenge, we might not have been as strong and I sat out.

In actual fact, I’m so upset about the fact that I was made to feel like I should sit out. Then we had a new one today and I was better than  Dante for instance. He fell off the beam and I didn’t. So, I mean it’s that’s how it is. Listen, I haven’t sat out in any single challenge since day one.

All my losses was with millimeters and if he wants to blame me Like we’re all playing the blame game. You’re blaming me, so I’m blaming you. Listen, give me a chance. If if you want to blame me for the loss we had today because I I fell off a balancing beam, then he needs to go back to his social group and and rethink what he’s he’s saying because obviously that was not the case.

We struggled in the end and it was a struggle to as a tribe. So, we lost as a tribe and we we forget about it. Yesterday we lost as a tribe yesterday, Dante, or was it my fault? Excuse me? Did we lose as a tribe yesterday or was it my fault?  slightly uh less social more physical, maybe we could have used you for something in the tribe, obviously.

Keep your social game for for home. Jeffrey, what’s he talking about the social game? Uh he maybe is feeling threatened because I’ve got the social game and he feels like he’s got the physical game, but I can say that he’s a physical threat and he must go. He can say that I am a social threat or maybe I know the game too well, but then there’s other people here as well that know the game very well.

So, everybody has their strengths and weaknesses. To single one person out is ridiculous, and it’s playing a dirty game. Meryl, you’re shocked at that. I I don’t know that I’ve played dirty. Geoffrey, what’s playing dirty in the game of Survivor? Running around telling people that me and Meryl are the weakest, and we are pulling the tribe down, and we only got to this point because we coasting.

I’m sneaky, and I’m a snake because I know the game. A lot of things have been slung around. A lot of horrible things. Meryl, hypothetically, if that were true, is that playing dirty, or calling things as they are? I think some of it is calling things as they are. He is a student of the game. And we are playing a game, so we’re trying to get the heat off ourselves.

we’re playing a game, but what I’m saying is now Dante is saying we must all play as a tribe, tra la la la la, and that’s not what’s happening. You guys are undermining us behind our backs. I mean, obviously it’s going to get back to us, and it’s going to cause a divide  in the tribe. Dante, is there an individual game play going on in this tribe? Everyone has their little alliances, which is fine, but it’s merely the fact that it’s not only a social game, it’s also a physical game.

So, you need to be a little bit more well-rounded to be able to be at this stage, and not merely be here by luck. Mama. What was said about Geoff and I really broke me. To a point where I started crying yesterday. So, if I’m going to go because all I’ve done in this game is give my all. And so, to have people say that    I got here by luck or by chance is really upsetting.

Our feelings don’t change the facts. This is where we are because of a imbalance. There’s too much social, maybe, and not enough physical, or or more, just a a caring role towards the tribe.  After the challenge today when we lost, we all hugged. We said, “Come Dante, come hug.” He didn’t come and hug us. So, I mean, you can ask me and you can say  to hug? I can give you a hug if you need one.

Oh, I’d love a hug. Thanks, man. You got such a nice broad on. I’ll hug you with my first, man. Um but yeah, I mean, I just don’t understand how I can be outed for this and he’s sitting there like I’m supposed to be scrambling around him. Nicole, you’re shaking your head. This is traumatic and I’m worried that the fractures that have been caused tonight are permanent.

And it’s actually going to get worse, but we don’t know what to expect around the corner. We don’t know how much of a tribal game it is and how much of an individual game it is. And at which point conversations like these will become damaging. Nathan, everyone should be asking themselves, “How do I walk out of here stronger as a tribe as Dante has mentioned, but also going in the right direction for my personal interests?” I understand what Dante’s saying, where you need stronger tribe members in order to make it to merge, first of all. But

then also you need to go to merge with people that you can trust. So now, which which has more weight? Everyone has their own opinions, Nico. It’s  it’s it’s not a black-and-white question. It’s not a black-and-white answer. So, how do you go about finding people to trust when you’ve just been thrust into a new tribe, essentially evenly broken up with one free agent? You can trust someone and they can prove themselves to be trustworthy right up until a point and then they could backstab you at any given moment. I think to blindside

someone before merge maybe isn’t always the most logical approach. Explain that. Essentially, you’ve already proven to not be trustworthy, therefore people will struggle to trust your word going forward. Nicole, how much do you factor in the consequences of what happens here tonight going forward if merge is around the corner? It’s a dark night because I came into this game to be brave, to be true, and to be a hero.

But, I’m none of those things tonight.  Whatever decision I make, I end up being a villain. And, it’s not always about your best interests, Ziggy. It’s what’s best for the tribe, and what’s best for people that you care about. Nathan, do you agree with that? 100%. I agree with most of the things that come out of Nicole’s mouth.

Because she’s so wise? Because we formed a really great bond on this island, and I kind of see her as an older sister. Uh-huh. Well, with that, it is time to vote. Nathan, you’re up first. I’ll get the votes. If anyone is in possession of a hidden

immunity idol, and you would like to play it, now would be the time to do that. A little bit of insurance. All right. Well, that is indeed a hidden immunity idol. Question is, who you playing it for? I’m playing it for myself. Playing it for yourself. That means any votes cast for Meryl will not count. Once the votes are read, the decision is final.

Person voted out must leave the Tribal Council area immediately. I’ll read the votes. First vote. Jeffry. That’s one vote Jeffry. Meryl. Does not count. Jeffry. That’s two votes Jeffry. Nathan. Two votes Jeffry, one vote Nathan. Nathan. Two votes Nathan, two votes Jeffry. Nathan. Three votes Nathan. Two votes Jeffry. Eighth person voted out of Survivor is a Island of Secrets.

Nathan. Nathan. That’s four, that’s enough. You need to bring me your  torch. Thanks, guys. This is like    Nathan. Tribe has spoken.    Bye. Bye, Nate. See you, guys.    Well, lines have been drawn in the sand. The question is, who will survive the next round? It’s time for every  single one of you to watch your backs.

Grab your torches and back to camp. Next time on Survivor.  Listen, listen, listen, listen. They can’t stable emotions tonight to bed.  You need to learn a plan of going Big plans.  Because if we keep the seven, we are the most likely to win challenges.  And there’s nothing you can do about it, because the seven have spoken.

Call for big action. Drop your buffs. This is merge, and even bigger strategy. Run for individual immunity. Survivors ready?