This week, after a series of beach challenges, the teams got to experience a whole lot of what Curaçao has to offer as they embarked on an adventure through the country’s picturesque capital Willemstad, where they needed to race to complete four unique tasks. Only once the first task had been completed, could the teams move on to the next stage. Once all four stages were complete and the teams had returned their items of value onto their podiums, they could start working on the fifth and final stage of the game – a puzzle.

To kickstart the challenge, the teams picked one of four items out of a bag which helped pave the way their game was played. #TeamCoolRed (Nadia Jaftha and Trevor Lagerwey) picked a maraca which saw them being tasked to start with the arts and culture challenge. #TeamPeach (Kay Sibiya and Caldine Wyngaard) picked up a souvenir which saw them starting with the tourism challenge,

while #TeamMangoPeach (Siphesihle Vazi and Darren Solomon) picked up a doll having them start with the love challenge. Finally, #TeamPineapple (Ntando Duma and Siphosethu Colo) picked a compass which saw them embark on a maritime expedition first.

Each of the four teams got off to a quick start. However, after not reading a clue correctly, Team Mango Peach and Team Peach got ahead of themselves and found themselves competing in challenges that did not form part of their respective task – a mistake that meant they would not find the fourth and final trinket. Both teams needed to retrace their steps and complete the correct tasks in order to bring back the correct trinket – an error which saw them encounter a massive time delay.

After completing all four of the tasks, Team Mango Peach arrived back at the starting point first and immediately started working on their puzzle. Team Cool Red came in a few seconds later and were first to complete their puzzle scoring them four points. Team Peach subsequently arrived with their final item and started working on their puzzle but the time difference saw Team Mango Peach clinch second place scoring them three points. Team Pineapple were the fourth team to return with their final item but quickly solved their puzzle scoring them two points, while Team Peach ended the challenge with a single point added to the leader board. After one of the most intense challenges of the season so far, Team Cool Red scored themselves a second long-life charm which can be used to give them a 30-second head start should they make it to the grand finale.

The challenge proved that the game has a lot more in store for the teams than they had imagined, and next week the game gets even tougher as the teams fight harder than ever before to score as many points as possible and avoid the looming elimination.

Catch Tropika Island of Treasure Curaçao on SABC3 every Tuesday at 19h30 with the repeat every Saturday at 20h00.

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Dunk n’ Dive

#TeamPineapple (Ntando Duma and Siphosethu Colo) found themselves at the top of the scoreboard at the beginning of the episode before the teams embarked on the ‘Dunk n’ Dive’ challenge. The teams needed to work together to retrieve three balls that were hidden underwater in a steel cage. Once all three balls had been retrieved, the teams were required to shoot them into a basketball hoop. The team that got all three balls in first would be the winner.

#TeamCoolRed (Nadia Jaftha and Trevor Lagerwey) were the first team to retrieve the balls and ultimately won the challenge before any of the other teams even retrieved their balls, cementing their place as front-runners in the competition. #TeamPeach (Kay Sibiya and Caldine Wyngaard) came in second with Team Pineapple coming in third place. #TeamTropical (Simphiwe Ngema and Siyasanga Mfenyana) and #TeamMangoPeach (Siphesihle Vazi and Darren Solomon) struggled with the challenge and came in fourth and fifth place respectively.

Caddy Carnage

Where the previous challenge tested the teams’ diving skills, this challenge tested their driving skills. Each team was given a golf cart with a bucket attached to the back of it. Their task was to continue onto the obstacle course spilling as little water as possible out of the bucket. The bucket, however, had holes at the bottom of it meaning each team needed to stop at one of three filling stations across the course to ensure their bucket was topped up. Each cone that was knocked down during the challenge resulted in a five-second penalty while each Tropika bottle knocked down resulted in a ten-second penalty. At the end of the challenge, the teams with the most water remaining in their bucket would be the winner.

After an entertaining race to the finish, Team Tropical bagged fifth place while Team Pineapple ended the race in fourth place. In third place was Team Cool Red, Team Mango Peach in second and Team Peach emerging as the winner of the race.

Tropika Long-Life Ceremony

The second Tropika Long-Life Ceremony took place at the end of the episode where the teams gifted each other with a point. Alliances cemented themselves as Team Cool Red and Team Pineapple exchanged a point while Team Peach received points from Team Mango Peach and Team Tropical, while giving a point to Team Mango Peach. Ultimately, Team Cool Red and Team Peach found themselves tied at the top with 13 points each. After challenging their minds in a puzzle game, Team Peach won themselves a Long-Life Charm which, should they make it to the finale, will give them a 30 second head start. This means that both Team Cool Red and Team Peach each hold a Long-Life Charm.

Tune in next week to see which of the teams gets voted out next as the second elimination looms.

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