In Survivor South Africa: Malaysia Episode 8, Hein was injured, but it doesn’t look like it’ll amount to much since his tribe won immunity, giving him time to heal. Angie gladly accepted defeat because it allowed her to vote off her former tribemate, Irshaad. Not the brightest move in the world for them to get rid of Irshaad but, well, let’s leave it at that.
As expected, it’s now time for the merger. Following people turning on their own on more than one occasion, we’ve got 4 ex-Iban and 4 ex-Bajau members left.
At the reward challenge, they must use a lasso to grab a stake, and the first two will move on. Mandla and Hein continue to the next stage, where they will again lasso, this time multiple stakes, followed by an idol. Both grab the three stakes in the same amount of time, but Mandla gets the idol first and wins reward. His reward is a camper bed to take back to the island.
Now that they’re a new tribe with a new name (Empu), they head to a new island, a tropical island. With great scenery and lots of food (bananas, pineapple, coconut, tapioca, etc.), they’re pleased. Angie’s so pleased that she says they don’t need Dyke and Hein any more. As expected, Dyke should have made a deal with Irshaad and tried to get rid of her. The old tribes rejoin together for the most part. Lorette and Angie seem like the most likely swing votes, either of which working nicely for ex-Bajau, and both potentially making for a girl power alliance to ultimately take out Dyke and Hein or a swing vote willing to float with them to the end.
Dyke and Hein, while discussing how the tribe already ate way too much of the food they found, decide they should take Angie with them, and Hein says to promise her final three. Angie, who got her way when they got rid of Irshaad, who she couldn’t stand, now decides she doesn’t like Angela or Amanda either and continues to whine.
At the first individual immunity, they will need to free themselves from a post but remained shackled. Angie and Amanda are eliminated. At the next obstacle, they must free themselves from their shackles with knives. Angela is eliminated there. The remaining Survivors must cross a balance beam and grab keys. Lorette and Grant have been eliminated. The final three comes down to Mandla, Hein, and Dyke. They must dig for a treasure chest. Dyke finds his chest first, with Hein closely behind. Hein loses his key, and Dyke wins immunity.
Grant tells Mandla he’ll be targetted because he’s a threat. Since he doesn’t have immunity, Hein is Grant’s target. Angie tells Dyke she can’t go against Grant because he was her first alliance, letting him know she’s not interested. Stupid move. Grant also tells Lorette Mandla’s the target, and says they need to get rid of Hein. The actual plan, however, is not Mandla. Rather, it’s Lorette. Makes more sense to try to swing her to me. After all’s said and done, the discussions seem pretty firm to accept a tie.
Votes:
Hein
Lorette
Hein
Lorette
Hein
Lorette
Hein
Lorette
Nobody budges from the original tribes. We have a 4-4 tie. The elimination game is called the skull. Mark pulls out two stopwatches and will time them. They must count down 30 seconds from when he says go and touch a skull. The person closest to 30 seconds will be safe. Almost as random as the purple rock.
To be continued…
Damn, they know how to do a cliffhanger right.
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