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| What the f*** guys!? Jozi Biker Chick Seipei Mashugane |
I was gobsmacked by last week Thursday’s
Survivor SA: Island Of Secrets episode. How they “killed off” the mother hen
was a shock to the system. I choked on my rice cookie (nudge nudge…Survivor,
rice…). She’s the strong one. The leader of the pack. The queen of the island.
But alas, anything can happen in the game of Survivor. No-one is ever safe. Not
even those who are ruling the roost and calling the shots! Strong-a-steel Jozi
Biker Chick Seipei Mashugane (40), who was confidently gearing up for a spot in
the show’s Final Three, exited the game in a shocking, slam-bang blindside.
This means Seipei will join ousted players Meryl and Geoff as the third member
of the jury who will choose this season’s winner.
After talking her way out of being the
first voted-off castaway at the show’s very first Tribal Council when Tribe
Sa’ula found her to be way too bossy, Seipei repositioned herself as a lovable,
hospitable Mother Hen – the one to serve and take the Survivor brood under her
wing. And, at the start of this week’s
episode, she was indeed sitting pretty in the island coop. She was part of two strong alliances (the
“Amigos” from the original Tribe Sa’ula and “The Misfits”, which was formed
after the second Tribal Shuffle); as a token of trust Nicole gave her the one
half of the Nathan/Nicole Immunity Idol which was supposed to protect the
Amigos; and the pecking order for the next couple of Tribal Councils was all
worked out. So how and why did the majority of Tribe Manumalo decide to butcher
and blindside their seemingly staunch Mother Hen? Was her clucking getting too
much, or was she perhaps kicking up dust in the wrong places?
In a great twist, some of the vulnerable
players received a great life-line this week. While Cobus won a duel against
Nicole for an Immunity Idol on the Island of Secrets, there were also three
Immunity Necklaces up for grabs at the combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
The three pieces of sought-after jewellery which would safeguard them at Tribal
Council went to Dante, Mike and Jacques who also enjoyed a scrumptious meal at
one of Samoa’s most beautiful waterfalls.
With Aquaman Danté having Immunity,
Geoff’s bestie Mmaba was next in line to be voted off. But then an
over-confident Seipei, who believed that she was setting the tone for
departures even though some Survivors suspected it was Rob, made a fatal
mistake. While Rob made it clear that he was paving the way for a Sa’ula Final
Four finish, Seipei envisioned one members from each of her alliances sitting
next to her at the Final, namely Rob and Jacques. She also thought it would be
best to oust Ouma Laetitia instead of her new friend Mmaba.
Seipei’s plan to break his vision didn’t
sit well with Rob. It meant she wanted both Nicole and Steffi out – which Rob
revealed to them. To top it off, Seipei also stated that Rob’s new trusted
ally, Durāo, should leave even before Mmaba. His conclusion, after Durāo sowed
more seeds of doubt: Seipei is a snake who is gathering an army in front of
them; Sa’ula means nothing to her; and he will probably be on the chopping
block when it’s convenient for her. She had to go!
One by one, Durāo, Laetitia, Steffi,
Mike, Nicole and Mmaba became part of the conspiracy. Ironically, Seipei who
believed she was plugged into everything happening at camp, did not pick up any
signs. Not even when Rob, Nicole and Steffi concocted a story to get her to
hand over her half of the Immunity Idol. She was under the impression it was
her idea to give it to Rob as it would alleviate future tension between her and
Nicole!
It was also important to keep the
blindside a secret from Jacques. He still had an Immunity Idol and could ruin
their plans if he decided to play it for Seipei.
In the end, the surprised Seipei received
seven votes against her name at Tribal Council. Interestingly, Seipei stuck to
the original plan and voted for Mmaba.
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