{"id":7132,"date":"2018-07-05T21:27:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T19:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=7132"},"modified":"2018-07-05T21:27:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T19:27:30","slug":"a-tale-of-three-idols-in-survivor-sa-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/07\/05\/a-tale-of-three-idols-in-survivor-sa-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tale Of Three Idols In Survivor SA: Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three Immunity Idols played in one fell swoop forced a second round of voting during Tribal Council this week (5 July) on M-Net\u2019s Survivor South Africa: Philippines and saw Chan\u00e9 become the second castaway ousted from the Araw beach and sent to the Jury.<\/p>\n

At a fiery Tribal Council which saw the Mindanao-led Araw pecking order publicly laid bare by PK and had Jeanne vociferously defending Tom, host Nico Panagio\u2019s offer for the any castaway in possession of a Hidden Immunity Idol, to play it, saw three takers \u2013 Palesa, PK and Werner.<\/p>\n

Palesa famously picked hers up from Nico\u2019s plinth at Tribal Council in Episode 5 and Werner has 2 after picking one up at the Balance Beam challenge in Episode 3 and finding the 1 Ace had been frantically searching for, in Episode 6. PK picked up a clue while sitting out this week\u2019s Reward Challenge and subsequently unearthed the Idol near the Araw well.<\/p>\n

He must have been thanking his lucky stars as the 5 votes which went against him \u2013 enough to send him to Ponderosa \u2013 were nullified. Werner picked up 2 votes, vindicating his decision to play 1 of his Idols, leaving Tom and Chan\u00e9 tied with a single vote, each.<\/p>\n

A second round of voting was called \u2013 for the second time this season \u2013 with only the former allies in danger. Once Araw had voted again, Chan\u00e9 picked up 4 votes to Tom\u2019s 2 \u2013 enough to send her to join Vusi at Ponderosa.<\/p>\n

Chan\u00e9 had played a pivotal role in the formation of the \u2018Big Five\u2019 alliance at the original Luzon, when she floated the idea of blindsiding Seamus, to Annalize. In Episode 3, Chan\u00e9 and Tom grew close after she picked up the Hidden Immunity Idol under the platform for him at the Reward Challenge. When the tribe shuffle happened in Episode 4 and 4 former Luzon members assumed the majority at Visayas, Chan\u00e9\u2019s alliance with Tom pitted her against Vusi & Palesa, as they vied for the attentions of new tribe member Murishca as the swing vote.<\/p>\n

The blowout between Tom and Murishca during the challenge in episode 5 set in motion a chain of events which saw Murishca side with Palesa & Vusi, with Palesa telling Chan\u00e9 she was in danger of being voted out, in an attempt to get Tom to play \u2018his\u2019 Immunity Idol for her, so that they could vote Tom out. When Tom unnecessarily played the Idol to save himself at Tribal Council, Chan\u00e9 felt betrayed and started to consider switching allegiances. Having decided to side with Vusi and Palesa by Episode 6, she was distraught to see Tom make it to Merge in Episode 9, having been vociferous about the need to vote him out before that happened.<\/p>\n

Seeking a leg up with the Mindanao majority at Araw who had seized the opportunity to recruit Tom after his former tribemates left him isolated at Merge, she even offered herself up to Annalize in his place this week, swearing allegiance and assuring compliance – but Tom\u2019s strengths as a provider played a major role in the Tribe voting to keep him with them, instead.<\/p>\n

This week, the castaways played for the Reward of a Gourmet Hot Dog feast and pitchers of cold beer \u2013 as well as letters from their loved ones – back at camp. Divided into \u2018red\u2019 and \u2018blue\u2019 with Palesa and Tom randomly selected to play Captains, a \u2018schoolyard pick\u2019 saw odd number PK left to sit the game out. The snub turned into a reward of its own though, as he discovered a clue to the location of a Hidden Immunity Idol nestling under the plate of hot dogs he enjoyed, as the other castaways fought for supremacy in an anagram game. A few false starts saw the \u2018blues\u2019 prevail, meaning that Palesa, Chan\u00e9, Werner and Toni would enjoy the reward.<\/p>\n

Tensions ran high on the Araw beach after the challenge, with Tom and PK trading insults. While Tom took a walk to cool off afterwards, PK made the most of half the tribe being preoccupied with celebrating their win to scout around and pick up his Hidden Immunity Idol.<\/p>\n

At the Immunity Challenge, the castaways had to outlast each other by clinging onto ropes at the edge of a platform, over the opalescent ocean. Nico offered them two opportunities to tap out \u2013 first in exchange for a basket full of chocolate and later on, for a bowl of spaghetti and a glass of wine. While there were no takers for the first offer, Werner, Chan\u00e9, Annalize & Tom voluntarily leapt at the second to secure sustenance \u2013 and indicate that they felt certain enough of their status at Araw to not have to fight for Immunity. Their surrender left PK and Katinka as the last castaways standing, and it wasn\u2019t long before the Mining Technician capitulated to hand the latter the Individual Immunity necklace \u2013 and proclaim the win \u2018better than spaghetti and wine\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to outlast, you need to outwit and outplay to the very end,\u201d Nico told the castaways after Chan\u00e9 had departed the Tribal Council area. Tune in to Survivor South Africa: Philippines next week (Thursday 5 July, 19:00 on M-Net 101) to see which castaways heed his advice.<\/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

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