The Lightbulbs Are Switching On

The Lightbulbs Are Switching On
Episode Information
Version	South Africa
Season	Island of Secrets
Episode Number	15/19
Original Release	August 22, 2019
Episode Chronology
Previous	"The Biggest Mother"
Next	"Someone You Can Trust"
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The Lightbulbs Are Switching On is the fifteenth episode of Survivor South Africa: Island of Secrets.

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Survivor Yankee Swap
The castaways will participate in a "Yankee swap". Standing in a randomly determined order, each castaway will be presented with an item. The next castaway may choose to take that item, or trade it for an item that has already been introduced.

Participants (in order of play)
Nicole, Laetitia, Mike, Jacques, Durão, Steffi, Rob
Item History
Order	Item	Offered To	History	Winner
1	Chocolate cake	Nicole Capper	Rob Bentele	Rob Bentele
2	Bangers and mash	Laetitia Le Roux	None	Laetitia Le Roux
3	Covered Item (Visit to Island of Secrets)	Mike Venter	→ Jacques Burger → Steffi Brink	Steffi Brink
4	Right to beg for food from tribemates	Jacques Burger	→ → → Mike Venter → Durão Mariano → Rob Bentele → Nicole Capper	Nicole Capper
5	Letter from Home The winner will have the right to give the letter to one other person Mike shared the letter with Laetitia.	Durão Mariano	Mike Venter	Mike Venter
6	Covered Item (Breakfast Platter)	Steffi Brink	Jacques Burger	Jacques Burger
7	Biltong and beer	Rob Bentele	Durão Mariano	Durão Mariano

Challenge: Teeter Tower
The castaways will use one hand to hold on to a rope to steady a balancing board. With the other hand, they will build a house of cards with wooden tiles on one end of the balancing board. The first castaway to build a house of cards tall enough to reach the finish mark wins.
Winner: Mike Venter

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 15: Manumalo
Voted Against	Voter
Jacques (4 votes)	Laetitia, Nicole, Rob, Steffi
Steffi (3 votes)	Durão, Jacques, Mike
VOTED OUT: Jacques Burger

Voting Confessionals

No voting confessionals were aired.

Steffi “ (voting against Jacques) You voted for me twice in this game, and you have not been playing a great social game, so at this point you lost the one outwit part. Sorry. You have to go. ” Rob “ (voting against Jacques) I really hope this is the last time we have to get rid of you. Cheers, Jacques. Good game though, I really respect that. ” Laetitia “ (voting against Jacques) You played an excellent game, but you're just too strong for us. Take care. ” Nicole “ (voting against Jacques) Jacques, no one dangles my family like a carrot. That's that. ” Mike “ (voting against Steffi) If we have to go up against you at Final Three, it's tickets. But besides that, I just feel like it's your time. ” Durao “ (voting against Steffi) I know you're not gonna like this, not one bit, but it has to happen. ” Jacques “ (voting against Steffi) If this plan doesn't work, I'm going home. If it does work, I'll see you on the flip side. ”

Final Words

	Jacques	“	Playing Survivor has been a lifelong dream of mine, uh- I'm the happiest guy in the world right now. I've known for a while now my game was on life support for a number of different reasons: some of the people didn't like the way I played, some people viewed me as a massive threat, some people had personal vendettas against me. Sitting next to me at the end, it would've been a hard sell. Only regret I have is not making the loved ones visit and spending time with my wife. Other than that, I'm the most blessed man in the world right now.	”

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 9th	Mmaba 8th
Jacques 7th	Durão Manumalo	Laetitia Manumalo	Mike Manumalo	Nicole Manumalo	Rob Manumalo	Steffi Manumalo

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

• Jacques tried to use his Reward Steal to sway Nicole to his side, stating that he would use it for her at the family visit. She rebuked this offer in her voting confessional.

Others

• After this episode, with Jacques' elimination, the original Ta'alo tribe is extinct.