Modupe Gbadeyanka
By Modupe Gbadeyanka
There was tension among contestants and viewers of the Gulder Ultimate Search (GUS) Season 12 last Sunday as there was a fear of possible eviction.
The three clans; Iroko, Irin and Amo, had their first task, the slippery slope, given to them by their taskmaster, Kunle Remi, after the main anchor, Toke Makinwa, held talks with them.
The task was won by Clan Iroko and was followed by Clan Amo, while Clan Irin lost. At that point, the taskmaster said one of the members of the losing team would be leaving the jungle when they later meet at the talking drum.
This announcement left all six members of the clan; Mikel, Damilola, Chidimma, Ishmael, Omokhafe and Godswill devastated as none of them knew who it would be.
But before leaving the place of the task, Kunle Remi inquired from the team why they failed, and Chidmma suggested that the male-female ratio of their team left them with less manpower to help them complete the task. To that, Kunle said, “what a man can do, a woman can do better”, citing that having fewer men was not an excuse for them to lose.
At the place of the talking drum, there is a black calabash filled with black stones and one white stone and whoever picked the white stone was to go home. One after the other, Clan Irin members blindly picked stones from the pot.
This caused apprehension among the contestants and the viewers but as fate would have it, they all had black stones when the clan members revealed their stones.
The council of elders had decided to give them another chance to prove their worth as warriors worthy of becoming the ultimate craftsman. All the clans went back to the camp with joy in their hearts to prepare for another day.
