{"id":7286,"date":"2018-07-26T21:25:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T19:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=7286"},"modified":"2018-07-26T21:25:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T19:25:49","slug":"pk-lights-the-araw-fuse-on-his-way-to-the-jury-in-survivor-south-africa-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/07\/26\/pk-lights-the-araw-fuse-on-his-way-to-the-jury-in-survivor-south-africa-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"PK Lights The Araw Fuse On His Way To The Jury In Survivor South Africa: Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mining Technician PK became the unlucky 13th Castaway to be voted off Survivor South Africa: Philippines this week (26 July) \u2013 but he\u2019ll be gleefully watching the results of the seeds of chaos he planted at Araw, from his vantage point on the Jury.<\/p>\n

When he realized that his overtures to Werner via Katinka to keep him for one more Tribal Council and send Jeanne home first had come to naught, he set about wreaking havoc within the majority alliance by using the information Katinka had volunteered to him when they were the only ones on the Araw beach last week. There are two groups who believe they\u2019re the \u2018Top 3\u2019 \u2013 Werner, Jeanne and Tom, and Werner Katinka and Tom \u2013 and PK attempted to laid several explosive charges between them by picking another fight with Tom, dropping Katinka in the deep end in front of Werner and publicly questioning Jeanne about her position.<\/p>\n

PK had been part of a powerful alliance since the start of the game, when he found himself part of the \u2018Original Five\u2019 at Mindanao. He formed a particularly close bond with Tevin and worked with him all the way until episode 7, when he seemed to tire of taking orders and his appetite for a big move led to him ousting his biggest ally. The tribe shuffle in episode 4 kept his \u2018Mindanao Strong\u2019 bond tight, as PK remained a \u2018blue\u2019 alongside Tevin, Marthunis and Katinka, with Annalize the only newcomer. When Mindanao lost the Immunity Challenge in episode 8, Toni\u2019s annoyance at their lack of fire \u2013 despite misgivings over the level of support they were receiving from the other \u2018Mindanao Strong\u2019 members in the other tribes \u2013 kept her and PK together to vote Josie out and leave them, a tribe of just 2. After Merge, he and Toni found themselves on the bottom of the former \u2018blue blood\u2019 bloc and despite his best efforts, he couldn\u2019t displace former reds Tom and Annalize in the pecking order. When Toni went home in episode 12, the writing was on the wall for PK.<\/p>\n

It was Survivor Auction time this week, with the Castaways each given 500 Philippine Pesos to use in the bid for reward and the hopes of an advantage. With Jeanne spending 400 Pesos on a fried chicken meal and Tom scooping a stack of doughnuts with a blind bid, Werner catastrophically spent 200 Pesos on another blind item, which turned out to be a bowl of rice – a food the Castaways are all too familiar with. When PK outbid the other Castaways for a plate of biltong and a tall glass of beer, Nico offered him the chance to take it \u2013 or give it to the tribe to share and instead take possession of a small box. He declined, and Katinka outbid the others to claim the box, the contents of which would give her an advantage in the game.<\/p>\n

That advantage was revealed the next day at the Individual Immunity Challenge, where the Castaways had to complete a block puzzle while working against time as a ball made its way down the slope of their Survivor-style pinball machines. If the ball passed through the pins and fell into the gutter before they could catch it, they\u2019d have to stop and wait until it ran its course before throwing it back into the machine and being allowed to start building the puzzle again. Katinka\u2019s advantage\u00a0 was that the time her ball would spend in the gutter would be halved, allowing her to hypothetically complete the puzzle faster. Ultimately, she couldn\u2019t take advantage as Werner managed to split his focus best and claim the Immunity Necklace \u2013 and a 1-in-5 shot at the R1 Million prize.<\/p>\n

Back at camp, a flurry of activity saw Annalize \u2013 with the extra vote she picked up on Exile Island last week, in her pocket – approach PK about partnering up and bringing on board one more Castaway to make a \u2018big move\u2019 that she couldn\u2019t explain to him. PK also took Jeanne to task about her \u2018adamant\u2019 attitude towards her position in the Top 3 and Katinka starting to make moves to get Jeanne out of the picture.<\/p>\n

Werner\u2019s confidence in his position within the game came to the fore at Tribal Council when he declared that he didn\u2019t like it when things were happening that he couldn\u2019t control \u2013 and that humans were difficult to control. He said that he was prone to making bad decisions when he was anxious, and that the fact that he was wearing the Individual Immunity Necklace game him enough peace of mind for the moment to help him make sound decisions.<\/p>\n

Despite all the chaos he created, PK seemed resigned to going home at Tribal Council \u2013 but not before he took one last parting shot by naming the two Top 3 variations and singling out Werner as the kingpin, but bemoaning the fact that nobody was willing to take a risk to break their stranglehold on the game. Once the tribe had voted, four votes were enough to send PK to Ponderosa. But as host Nico Panagio declared at the end of Tribal Council: \u201cIt seems to me that that may have been the last unanimous vote. From here on out, the only thing keep you safe at Tribal Council is that Immunity around your neck. So get out there and play hard\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tune in to Survivor South Africa: Philippines next week (Thursday 2 August, 19:00 on M-Net 101) to see if PK\u2019s feather-ruffling had any effect, and if any of the Castaways are bold enough to make a move against the kingpin.<\/p>\n

Also make a note to catch the fun-filled YouTube episode of Live After: Survivor South Africa on the DStv Online YouTube<\/a> 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