{"id":7064,"date":"2018-07-02T21:08:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T19:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=7064"},"modified":"2018-07-02T21:08:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T19:08:35","slug":"survivor-south-africa-philippines-do-the-castaways-not-understand-the-meaning-of-merge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/07\/02\/survivor-south-africa-philippines-do-the-castaways-not-understand-the-meaning-of-merge\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivor South Africa: Philippines | Do The Castaways Not Understand The Meaning Of “Merge”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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M-Net 101,\u00a0Thursday 5 July at 19:00<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week, the remaining Survivors\u00a0celebrated the long-awaited merge of the three tribes in\u00a0M-Net\u2019s\u00a0Survivor South Africa: Philippines, and at their first Tribal Council, the newly-formed Araw decided to vote Vusi off their tribe and onto the jury.<\/p>\n

The game has certainly changed, but it seems as if the Araw members, who now stand a\u00a01 in 9 chance of claiming the R1 Million prize and the title of \u2018Sole Survivor\u2019, are not\u00a0fully comprehending what \u201cmerge\u201d means. It was obvious from the second they stepped onto their new beach that pre-existing tribal alliances have divided Araw along original Mindanao and Luzon lines. Why are they not shifting their focus to their individual games? Or are these\u00a0superfans of the Survivor franchise smarter than what we give them credit for?<\/p>\n

If last week is anything to go by, the \u2018blue\u2019 majority \u2013 and new member Tom \u2013 are in a prime position to pick off the \u2018reds\u2019, one by one. But the spanner in the works is Toni, who has felt that her loyalty to the \u2018Mindanao Strong\u2019 bloc hasn\u2019t been rewarded, and with PK constantly agitating for a \u2018big move\u2019, their former tribemates had better keep an eye on them \u2013 or face a potential internal blindside.<\/p>\n

This week, the Immunity Necklace will literally go to the last castaway standing, in a grueling Immunity Challenge \u2013 with some temptation along the way to test the castaways\u2019 sense of security in the game.<\/p>\n

Tune in to Survivor SA: Philippines this Thursday at 19:00 on M-Net 101.<\/p>\n

Also make a note to catch the fun-filled YouTube episode of Live After: Survivor South Africa on the DStv Online YouTube page, where the voted-off castaway will be in conversation with host Phil Mphela at 20:05 each week, directly after Survivor SA airs on M-Net 101. Want to ask a castaway a burning question? Tweet using #LiveAfter and @survivorsa and Phil could get it answered in the \u2018Ask Me Anything\u2019 segment of the show.<\/p>\n

While fans of the show enjoy all the action in the episode, there are also some magnificent prizes up for grabs on the\u00a0Survivor SA: Philippines\u00a0website:<\/p>\n