One Trick Pony

One Trick Pony
Episode Information
Version	South Africa
Season	Island of Secrets
Episode Number	12/18
Original Release	August 1, 2019
Episode Chronology
Previous	"The Puppetmaster"
Next	"Trouble Council"
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One Trick Pony is the twelfth episode of Survivor South Africa: Island of Secrets.

Story

Night 26

Jacques and Cobus were blindsided by Seipei's elimination, meaning the remaining Amigos had to do damage control to rationalize the decision. Rob, in particular, reassured them that Danté was still the next target, though Cobus and Jacques were annoyed that they weren't told about the plan and Rob's excuse that there wasn't enough time.

Day 27

Danté won reward, taking Mmaba, Mike, and Laetitia with him. Durão was sent to the Island of Secrets, where he was given the option to give up his vote at the next Tribal Council for the chance to win the next Immunity Challenge. While on reward, Danté once again tried to get numbers to take out Rob or one of his core allies. They remained on the fence but entertained the idea. Durão accepted the offer from Island of Secrets and was given a "cheat code" to memorize for the challenge. This code was put into good use as Durão managed to defeat Nicole in a hard-fought Immunity Challenge.

Day 28

The majority alliance's plan was to vote out Danté but convince Jacques that he is in danger in order to flush his idol and take Jacques out in the following vote. Mike, in particular, unnerved Jacques, but Jacques remained uncertain. Jacques felt that if he had an idol flushed for the second time in this game tonight, he would just be an easy target the following vote. Danté put aside his plans to target Rob and tried to get the players he was on a reward with to vote out Jacques. Mmaba was happy to do so because the bigger alliance planned to split the votes anyway. At Tribal Council, Steffi attempted to subtly criticize Jacques for not telling the rest of the Spitshake Seven about his idol, while Jacques rebutted saying what Steffi, Rob, and Nicole did to vote out Seipei behind his back was a bigger betrayal and he does not owe them anything. As the conversation heated up thanks to Danté's probing, Jacques asked Cobus if he should play his idol. Cobus assured him he was safe, and Jacques held on to his idol. When Nico tallied the votes, he revealed Durão's "NO VOTE" parchment, and Jacques' gamble paid off as Danté was voted out 5-3-1.

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Push Your Luck
This challenge is run in three stages.
Stage 1: The castaways will maneuver a cylinder connected to a rope along a three-stage course. The first six to finish will move on to the next stage.
Stage 2: Each castaway will dig up eleven more cylinders from their respective sandboxes and slot them into holders next to their sandbox. The first three to finish move onto the final stage.
Stage 3: The remaining castaways will stack their cylinders on a tray and transfer them across a balance beam. They will then slot the cylinders into a box to solve a puzzle. The first castaway to complete their puzzle to display the season's logo wins.
Reward: An overnight stay at a Samoan village with food, entertainment, and lodging in a fale.
Winner: Danté De Villiers (shared with Laetitia Le Roux, Mike Venter and Mmaba Molefe; sent Durão Mariano to the Island of Secrets)

Challenge: Flashback
Nico would display a series of symbols to the castaways. When the sequence was finished, the castaways will use an answer cube to display the symbols in the correct order back to Nico. Any castaway who shows the wrong symbol will be eliminated from the challenge. The last person left without making any mistakes wins.
Additional Stipulation: In exchange for forfeiting his vote on the Island of Secrets, Durão was given the chance to study the symbols ahead of time.
Winner: Durão Mariano

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 12: Manumalo
Voted Against	Voter (Durão ineligible to vote)
Danté (5 votes)	Cobus, Jacques, Nicole, Rob, Steffi
Jacques (3 votes)	Laetitia, Mike, Mmaba
Cobus (1 vote)	Danté
VOTED OUT: Danté De Villiers

Voting Confessionals

No voting confessionals were aired.

Mike “ (voting against Jacques) Unless things so pear-shaped tonight you should be OK, but you're a fantastic backup plan because you're pretty sharp, and you've played yourself really well. ” Mmaba “ (voting against Jacques) Everything that made me want to vote with you Danté, but this is for my own game now. Sorry. ” Nicole “ (voting against Danté) Aquaman, from the outside it looks like you've got everything to be the Sole Survivor, but inside you're full of arrogance, selfishness and disrespect. All the best, man. ” Dante “ (voting against Cobus) Um- the only reason I'm voting for you is, um- if you can sit pretty, then I want to sit pretty too. You are way too physical and obviously the biggest threat at this point. ” Rob “ (voting against Danté) Um- we've had our differences in this game, however, you fought for your life in this game very hard, and that's commendable and I respect that. Well done, brother. Um- no hard feelings. ” Durao “ (shows no vote) I guess this decision wasn't hard after all. ” Cobus “ (voting against Danté) Thanks for a great game, you're a superstar, but just a tad too strong. ” Steffi “ (voting against Danté) I commend your gameplay for riding solo, but unfortunately, that is not- that doesn't work as far now. ” Laetitia “ (voting against Jacques) Nobody died and made you king of Survivor. You know too much. ” Jacques “ (voting against Danté) I'm calling your idol bluff, and going all in. Let the chips fall where they may. ”

Final Words

	Dante	“	I'm disappointed. For any reason I had to be voted out, um- being too physical for some players I think that's probably the best way out, so I'm- I'm very comfortable with the way I had to leave. I think Rob is probably a big part of it, um- seeing that he's complaining about not having food on the table, but I had an amazing experience and, um- yeah, I'll miss the island for sure.	”

Still in the Running

Lee-Anne 21st	Paul 20th	Ting Ting 19th	Rose-Lee 18th	Felix 17th	Tania 16th	Rocco 15th
Nathan 14th	Meryl 13th	Geoffrey 12th	Seipei 11th	Danté 10th	Cobus Manumalo	Durão Manumalo
Jacques Manumalo	Laetitia Manumalo	Mike Manumalo	Mmaba Manumalo	Nicole Manumalo	Rob Manumalo	Steffi Manumalo

Trivia

• The episode title is said by Jacques in his frustration towards Danté advancing in the game solely based on challenge strength.