In Survivor South Africa: Malaysia episode 4, following a tribe shuffle, we finally saw the boot of Elsie, even if it was only because she was injured rather than her big mouth. Unfortunately, I fear we’re still stuck with Lisa for quite a while longer.
New Iban’s not at all sad to see Elsie go, and instead of working on getting the numbers in their favor, they immediately begin plotting to get rid of another member of ex-Bajau, Rijesh, who’s thought he’s been so smooth all along, despite the fact that everybody knows what he’s doing.
As expected, Lorette has gone from a provider with limited knowledge to happily going under Hein’s tutiledge. Grant is similarly blown away and willing to learn.
Angie appears to be flipping. She wasn’t too thrilled with Irshaad to begin with, and she is happy with Dyke’s fishing ability, so it’s an easy move to make, especially considering the other tribe’s still got the majority. Despite getting the shaft in the tribe shuffle in terms of island quality, Dyke remains positive.
The reward challenge is a combination of basketball and slip and slide. Reward is mosquito nets and pillows. Irshaad scores the first point. Grant gets the next point to tie. Dyke retakes the lead. Amanda and Nichal get into a marathon shooting fest, with Amanda coming out on top, to give Iban the victory. With this new gear, Iban is able to get lengthy, uninterrupted sleep, which should help prepare them for the immunity challenge.
Lisa says she feels like working when she’s on her new tribe. Huh? What happened to her? She blames it on not liking being told what to do on her old tribe. Not that she did anything when she wasn’t told either.
In the immunity challenge, one person must get into a hamster ball, which the rest of the tribe must push through a maze/obstacle course. Lorette and Lisa sit out for Bajau. Iban has a slight lead throughout the challenge. Nothing particular that I saw that caused this, but it was enough for Iban to win immunity.
Iban’s immunity win is followed by a bit of luck, with Irshaad stumbling upon some food in the form of potatoes of some sort.
The boot consideration comes down to a question of who’s pulling their weight. The choices brought forth are Lisa (ex-Iban) and Nichal (ex-Bajau). Lorette, a swing vote, is fully willing to consider either of them, regardless of ex-Iban’s current numbers advantage. I think they’ve got a greater shot at talking some sense into Nichal than Lisa. Mandla, similarly, doesn’t like Lisa either.
Votes:
Nichal
Lisa
Nichal
Nichal
Nichal
And Lisa skates by again. I’m hoping having a useless ally with him will come back to bite Grant in the ass eventually, but in the meantime, Nichal has been eliminated 6-1.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Survivor South Africa: Malaysia Episode 6, and don’t forget the live recaps of Survivor: China.