Trouble Council

Trouble Council
Episode Information
Version	South Africa
Season	Island of Secrets
Episode Number	13/18
Original Release	August 8, 2019
Episode Chronology
Previous	"One Trick Pony"
Next	"The Biggest Mother"
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Trouble Council is the thirteenth episode of Survivor South Africa: Island of Secrets.

Challenges

• Reward
• Reward/Immunity

Challenge: Free Will
The castaways will each have two handles that they will pull on to keep tension on a steel bar. If at any point, they release the tension, the bar will drop and break a tile below them, which puts them out of the challenge. The last person left standing wins their chosen reward.
Additional Stipulation: There would be three different winners in this challenge, where the castaways would be categorized based on which type of reward they chose.
Reward: A choice between "Food" (steak with mashed potatoes, vegetables, and wine), "Love" (a letter from home), or an advantage (revealed on the Island of Secrets to be an advantage in the next Immunity Challenge).
Winners (in order of competition): Nicole Capper ("Food"), Steffi Brink ("Love"), Rob Bentele (Advantage)

Challenge: Roll Away the Dew
Each castaway will have to balance a ball on a bow while traversing several obstacles. After getting through the obstacles and reaching a snake-shaped table maze, they will place their ball down before returning to the start to retrieve another ball. Once a castaway has all three of their balls, they will use a steering wheel to control their maze and land their balls in three slots along the maze. The first castaway to land all their balls wins.
Reward: The winner also gets a Mahindra XUV300 car for a month back in South Africa.
Winner: Rob Bentele

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 13: Manumalo
Voted Against	Voter
Cobus (5 votes)	Durão, Mike, Nicole, Rob, Steffi
Jacques (2 votes)	Laetitia, Mmaba
Steffi (2 votes)	Cobus, Jacques
VOTED OUT: Cobus Hugo

Voting Confessionals

No voting confessionals were aired.

Cobus “ (voting against Steffi) I'm really sorry about this, but you've kept me in the dark one too many times. ” Jacques “ (voting against Steffi) If this works, as you say, we're going for a blindside. If it doesn't, I'm going down as one of the worst players in Survivor history. ” Laetitia “ (voting against Jacques) Counting the sleeps. Counting the sleeps. ” Mmaba “ (voting against Jacques) Sorry, but it was just a little bit too late. ” Mike “ (voting against Cobus) This plan has been lying in the wait since we were in Sa'ula. You are a strategic player and you're very strong. But, you just couldn't make it on, man, and this is the way it ends. Cheers. ” Steffi “ (voting against Cobus) If you vote for me I vote for you. I've heard it that you and Jacques are gunning for me. So, it's either you or me, bru. Sorry. ” Nicole “ (voting against Cobus) Cobus, this is a horrible but necessary strategy right now. Thank you for letting me into your heart. I look forward to catching up on the promenade soon. ” Durao “ (voting against Cobus) I admire your hospitality and work ethic around camp, I still think you're going to be missed. ” Rob “ (voting against Cobus) You really are a great person, you played a great game, and this is all strategy. Take care. ”

Final Words

	Cobus	“	At this moment I'm a bit bummed, I don't know what happened. Once again another Tribal Council where I'm not sure what was coming down. WTF? I had to jump ship which I did and it got me here. I'm not regretting one single thing, this was an amazing journey. Sad that it ended nine days to go, you don't always get what you want, but I'm grateful.	”

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	Durão Manumalo
Jacques Manumalo	Laetitia Manumalo	Mike Manumalo	Mmaba Manumalo	Nicole Manumalo	Rob Manumalo	Steffi Manumalo

Trivia

• All three remaining original Sa'ula members won reward. This mirrors the outcome the previous time the "Free Will" challenge concept was used back in Survivor: Kaôh Rōng.
• After Cobus' elimination, Jacques is the only original member of the Ta'alo tribe remaining.
• The episode title is said by Laetitia as a description of the high-pressure environment of Tribal Council.