Survivor Philippines: Jarakay tribe member booted out

Members of the Jarakay Tribe sent home Friday night the 48-year-old man "trapped inside a 28-year-old’s body" in GMA-7’s "Survivor Philippines" on Friday night.

Cesar “Gigit" Sulit, the oldest among the 18 castaways, a freelance web designer and mountaineer, was the first member of the Jarakay tribe to be booted out of the competition. He was the third castaway to be sent home in the series.

The first two castaways who were sent home were “Naak" tribe members Emerson Dino, a sawing machine technician, and Chevyline Macias, the former “GRO" (guest relation officer) who now owns a second-hand clothes business.

Sulit got five votes from his tribe members, votes that ended his dream to be the first Pinoy “Survivor."

During the voting at the Tribal Council, Sulit wrote the name of “Patani," or Jervy Dano, the 20-year-old nanny, who admitted that she joined the “Survivor Philippines" hoping that it would open doors to showbiz stardom.

After he listed Dano’s name, Sulit whispered, “Hindi personal ito, sana makamit mo ang mga minimithi mo."

When Paolo Bediones, the host of the show started to count the votes, Dano’s name was the fist to be counted. But the next five votes were all for Sulit.

“By voting me out, I think mawawala ang competitive edge nila," Sulit said after the voting. “As far as I’m concerned ang ipino-provide ko sa team sa challenges ... is a strong and viable support."

In his “Survivor" profile, Sulit said: “Ang naiisip ko lang is I will approach the game in a very ethical way. Ang focus ko is to contribute to the betterment of the tribe. Walang susunuging tao, walang huhudasin… basta may basic tenet lang ako on how to conduct myself...What you see is what you get."

Meanwhile, John Anthony Lopez, the 27-year-old auto-mechanic and model who fell sick and had to be shipped out of the island and hospitalized last week is back in the Jarakay tribe.

Last week, Lopez was suddenly fell and his body started to stiffen while tending to the bonfire. His tribe members quickly attended to him while others called for a medical team.