In Survivor South Africa: Malaysia episode 6, Iban lost immunity, and instead of trying to keep the numbers advantage, ex-Bajau voted off one of their own, Rijesh, who’s been playing too hard the whole time and hasn’t kept it as secret as he’s hoped. Whether you like each other or not, at least pretend so you don’t get Pagonged. Oh, and in case you missed it, Lisa did nothing. Again.
As they mentioned in last episode, Iban’s out of food, which is bad news with Bajau having just eaten a goat. Dyke tells Irshaad that he may not necessarily vote him off. I wouldn’t completely trust the girls either if I were him, but I don’t think he can trust Irshaad for that matter.
They believe the communique is about a food eating challenge. Bajau is afraid because, beyond the fact that food challenges are always gross, they’re all completely full. Mandla doesn’t have a problem with Hein but continues to be frustrated by Angela being what Mandla considers Hein’s right hand woman. Hein and Angela come up with the concept of giving a gift of food to the other tribe. Makes more sense than throwing it away because the meat’s shelf life with no storage is quite limited. Then again, it may also give the other tribe a boost in the immunity challenge, which is most dangerous for Angela and Lisa.
Reward is a bunch of items to get clean (portable shower, soap, body lotion, etc.) or a wok and rice. As expected, it’s a gross eating challenge. Grant and Dyke are up first, who must eat a dried frog, fried cockroaches, and dried beetles. Dyke wins pretty easily. Angie and Hein must eat a raw baby squid, hardly a fair matchup. Hein obviously wins to tie it 1-1. Irshaad then goes against Angela, and they must eat fish eyes. Irshaad easily wins to retake the lead. Amanda and Lorette are up next, and they must eat live prawns. Amanda wins. Iban wins reward. They’ll take the food. After that, Angela goes up and gives them the goat meat they brought with them. Grant is displeased with this gift and lets it be known.
Angie’s slowly getting tired of her tribe, most notably Irshaad. If they lose immunity, it’s going to come down to a choice between the two.
While he’s out fishing, Hein catches a shark. Not the first shark we’ve seen in Survivor, but always a welcome sight.
The immunity challenge has runners on a balance beam trying to get torches past people throwing sandbags at them, light the torches, then run back with them still lit and without falling in the water. Lisa, who originally was supposedly being kept around because she was good at challenges, sits out again. Dyke takes a 1-0 lead over Mandla. Mandla ties it, but Dyke scores again for a 2-1 lead. Dyke’s strategy proves very effective, and he returns his third and final torch to give Iban the immunity win.
After the win, Angie seems unimpressed because she would have liked to be able to vote off Irshaad.
Grant, who’s been the reason Lisa’s made it this far, as he’s been dragging her instead of just dropping her when he should have, now says he feels like she’s joined up with Hein and Angela, leaving himself somewhere in the middle. When making his case, he refuses to give out a name and says he needs to be told who Hein and Angela want to vote for first.
The two names that keep coming up are Angela and Lisa. Everybody else is safe. Tribal council is mostly a debate over why Lisa’s sitting out of challenges, whether she’s volunteering or being forced.
Votes:
Lisa
Lisa
Hein
Lisa
Lisa
Lisa votes for Hein to be an asshat, but she finally gets voted out after hanging on for about 4 episodes too long. This makes the numbers 5-4 in favor of ex-Iban, but with loyalties being questioned and changed, it’s still anybody’s game.
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