In Survivor South Africa: Malaysia episode 5, lazy Lisa somehow avoided being eliminated. Again. She’s one of the luckier Survivors ever. Instead, they voted out Nichal. I don’t know how she’ll continue to hang in there, as the alternatives are getting fewer.
The next day, Lisa discusses what happened at tribal council. Her concern is working on alliances and agreements. She makes no mention of what’s been the sore spot since day one: the fact that she does nothing.
On the other tribe, Irshaad talking too much is starting to get on the girls’ nerves. He tries to not get into an argument with them for strategic reasons. He does have a potential ally in Rijesh, who’s getting tired of Amanda.
At the reward challenge, Dyke’s not happy to hear Nichal is gone. The challenge is a tug of war. Tribes must pull against each other to reach three sections of a totem pole. Reward is a live goat, giving them a choice between milk or meat. Right away, half the people are grossed out. I’d think milk would probably be better just for storage reasons, though having to watch the goat for a few weeks may be a pain. Iban does what one would expect in a tug of war, putting their strongest at the back. Bajau puts the strongest in the middle. Not that it matters since Bajau is overwhelmingly stronger, making the challenge nothing more than just for show. Toward the end of the complete blowout, Irshaad is disqualified for grabbing Hein rather than the rope, and Bajau wins as expected.
With ex-Iban now up in numbers 4-2 at Bajau, Grant continues to try to do whatever he can to make sure Lisa is safe. Lorette is (still) fed up with her, as is Mandla, though he’s concerned about Hein, who is untouchable no matter what Grant thinks unless they’re all just idiots, and his relationship with Angela. He also, however, says he’s concerned about Angela and Lisa getting close, but I don’t see why Hein would tolerate Lisa any more than anyone else wants to. Next time they go to tribal, the two targets will probably be Lisa (as usual) and Angela.
Iban’s concerned they’re running low on food. The potato source is only enough for one more meal.
When Bajau gets the communique about how to care for the goat, it makes the decision a lot easier. They decide it sounds like too much work, so they’re just going to use it for meat.
Immunity is a relay rope obstacle course. Since it’s more about speed and thought rather than just brute force, Iban actually has a prayer. Lorette gets off to an early lead. Grant extends this lead, finishing as Amanda finally completes the first obstacle for Iban. Hein retains a slight lead at the third obstacle, but Dyke quickly hooks the chest to almost catch up. It’s dead even heading into the fourth obstacle. It comes down to the final obstacle, where Mandla easily beats Rijesh, and Bajau wins immunity.
When they get back, the tribe prepares the goat to be cooked. Well, the tribe minus Lisa, who does nothing.
Despite her pitiful challenge performance, Amanda should be safe, though that doesn’t prevent Rijesh from trying to boot her. Likewise, she wants to get rid of him as well. Angie says they’re stupid if they don’t vote Angie off. Oddly enough, she’s the only person to mention voting out an ex-Iban member. One thing we know for sure is that Dyke’s not going anywhere any time soon.
Votes:
Rijesh
Amanda
Rijesh
Rijesh
Rijesh finally played himself out of the game by being stupid. By voting out one of their own, ex-Bajau has shifted the numbers in ex-Iban’s favor, 6-4. While I do believe there’s a lot of potential for voting across tribal lines post-merger, it’s still a foolish move to be eating their own this early.
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