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How long can Gil Ofarim stand this? He finds himself in a luxurious situation: no one in the Jungle camp wants to have something to do with him. Ariel gave him a hard time, made him seem like a “criminal,” but ultimately she was rejected by his laziness. Everyone else noticed that. Ofarim talked about his children, for whom he does all this. What can you say against that?
The silence strategy is working
His strategy is working so far. The “scandal participant” remains silent day by day and has spoken of a “non-disclosure agreement” in the Star of David case – the topic is therefore off the table. The others accept it.
One could easily imagine Gil Ofarim and his team working out how to get through these rounds in a control center weeks before the trip to Camp Apollo Creed. The others just go in there, into the fight, turn their heads off. Not Gil. He reveals a marathon strategy. He won’t leave voluntarily, but his best case scenario might still be that he gets voted out. Being elected king of the jungle wouldn’t necessarily improve his image.
Honestly, if this were a show from, say, 2021, and you saw this Gil Ofarim the way he sells himself here – the man would become king of the jungle. He’s starting to show that certain Apocalypto Jungle Man touch like Costa Cordalis and Prince Damien once did. Someone who has always belonged in the jungle.
And here we go. Gil wants the jungle test to be successful – but he has to deal with Eva and Ariel. Gil asks to show team spirit at least once. “Tell me what you did!” Ariel throws back. Sure, he did something.
But Gil is right, that doesn’t belong in this moment.
When Eva and Ariel argue, Gil looks contrite. It seems to be bothering him. Hateful noise. Maybe he has in mind the comment columns that form on social media under every photo he posts there.
Ariel refuses the Kotzella test
The Kotzella exam is tough. Ariel refuses to take the test. She says it’s because of Eva – because she said something bad about Ariel’s daughter. “Do it for the others,” asks Eva. It would be the fourth jungle test that Ariel messes up. Old butterfly. Hubert’s stomach is already grumbling.
Even Sonja Zietlow and the barbershop presenter are angry about it. “She’s ruining everything for us here,” he says. No testing means everything is set up for free. A Doctor Bob who has probably already been waiting behind the hedge for his welcome run and now has to turn away again. But Ariel remains stubborn.
“Standing next to two people like that… next to this criminal,” Ariel says now, but looks down. Gil Ofarim might not want to put up with the “criminal” thing once the camp is over. For example, because he doesn’t have a criminal record.
It’s absurd: But precisely because Ariel’s accusations bounce off him, Gil could simply take care of her and calm her down.
Who has to take part in the next jungle test?
Stephen Dürr, the man with perhaps the straightest sitting posture we have ever seen in the camp, does not have to go into the jungle test again. He always sits on his log as if he were about to jump.
It has to go back in: Ariel.
Everyone groans. The fifth test. We know how this turns out.
“Man, no meat again!” Hubert can be heard saying tomorrow when Ariel returns without a star. The camp residents will lose weight.
