{"id":6991,"date":"2018-06-21T21:20:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T19:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=6991"},"modified":"2018-06-21T21:20:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T19:20:22","slug":"survivor-south-africa-philippines-serial-survivor-josie-meets-her-tribal-council-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/06\/21\/survivor-south-africa-philippines-serial-survivor-josie-meets-her-tribal-council-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivor South Africa: Philippines | Serial Survivor Josie Meets Her Tribal Council Match"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Serial Tribal Council survivor Josie\u2019s luck finally ran out on Thursday\u2019s (21 June) episode of M-Net\u2019s Survivor South Africa: Philippines as her sixth visit proved a bridge too far for her in the game.\u00a0Having survived a rock draw in the second episode after two tied voting rounds and been voted out of Luzon \u2013 but not out of the game \u2013 during a surprise tribe swap in the sixth, her charmed torch was finally snuffed when she wasn\u2019t able to break the contentious \u2018Mindanao Strong\u2019 bond between Toni and PK this time around.<\/p>\n

Josie certainly led a charmed life on Survivor SA after repeatedly finding herself in the minority: first in her original Luzon tribe as the \u2018Big Five\u2019 took charge and again at the Tribe Shuffle in Episode Four when a former Mindanao majority moved across to Luzon. Expecting to go home during last week\u2019s seventh episode, she won a reprieve when PK grew tired of Tevin dismissing his plans and he drew her into a new alliance with Toni, to send the Doctor home instead.<\/p>\n

It seemed like she may have done enough to extend her stay in the game this week, after Toni and PK expressed their disappointment after the Tribal Immunity Challenge that the blue-blooded former Mindanao members in the other tribes were making them do all the hard work in forcing them to eliminate \u2018reds\u2019 single-handedly. With an eye on an impending Merge, Josie tried to sway Toni with information about how her long-standing alliance with Palesa and Vusi could help bring in alliance numbers, but it wasn\u2019t to be.<\/p>\n

The appearance of a Tevin-less Mindanao at the Reward Challenge sent shockwaves through the scattered \u2018Mindanao Strong\u2019 alliance, with the alliance members pondering which of Toni and PK had turned on him, or whether Josie was a stronger player than they thought. The \u2018Snake\u2019 Reward Challenge saw Visayas claim a Chocolate Feast back at camp, thanks to Tom deploying serious dance moves to earn them a lead and to Vusi for completing the final puzzle ahead of Luzon\u2019s Katinka, with Josie unable to finish off the puzzle in time for Mindanao.<\/p>\n

At Luzon, Werner bemoaned the fact that he\u2019d spent more than half the game outnumbered by women, but declared that his role as a Pastor set him up as the man who understood women best, in the game. With Katinka coming out of her strategic shell and Jeanne talking to her and Annalize about protecting Werner long enough to keep him on the jury, his position seems relatively safe \u2013 especially bearing in mind that he has two Immunity Idols in his bag.<\/p>\n

While celebrating their victory by gorging themselves on brownies, milkshakes, marshmallows and strawberries, Tom once more drew Chan\u00e9\u2019s ire with his eating habits, sending her off to the waterline to be sick and affirming her decision to side with Vusi and Palesa.<\/p>\n

At the Tribal Immunity Challenge, Annalize and Chan\u00e9 sat out for their tribes, and immediately set about strategizing for the future as their tribemates toiled through a challenging obstacle course and a game of skill, under the hot Philippines sun. Chan\u00e9 revealed her alliance with Vusi and Palesa and corrected Annalize\u2019s assumption that Tom had an Immunity Idol, putting an inter-tribal target on his back. In the challenge, Vusi again took charge and victoriously finished things off for Visayas for the third consecutive time, with Katinka securing second place for Luzon as PK struggled to find the dexterity required to keep Mindanao from losing their third Tribal Immunity Challenge in a row.<\/p>\n

Tune in to Survivor South Africa: Philippines next week (Thursday 28 June, 19:00 on M-Net 101) to see if the castaways\u2019 Merge hopes will be realised. Also make a note to catch the fun-filled YouTube episode of Survivor South Africa: Philippines #LiveAfter on the DStv Online YouTube page<\/a>, where the voted-off castaway will be in conversation with host Phil Mphela at 20:05 each week, directly after the show airs on M-Net 101.<\/p>\n

There are also some magnificent prizes up for grabs on the\u00a0Survivor SA: Philippines\u00a0website:<\/p>\n