SurvivorSA contestant Cobus Hugo

Cobus Hugo - SurvivorSA: Island of Secrets

Cobus Hugo on social media: Instagram

Seasons: 1 | Days: 30 | Wins: 0 | Jury: 1

SurvivorSA: Island of Secrets (2019) - 9th place, 13th out - 5th juror.

Sent to Island of Secrets 2 times. Cumulative time: In-game - 28 days; IoS - 2 days.
Voted out in Episode 13 (Day 30).

Cobus Hugo - Career statistics
	Challenge stats	Tribal council stats	Jury stats
Season	ChW	ChA	ChW%	VFB	VAP	TCA	TC%	wTCR	JVF	TotJ	JV%	SurvSc	SurvAv
SA7: Island of Secrets	1.75	8.56	0.20	4	8	7	0.55	1.33	-	-	-	0.76	3.09
Career	1.75	8.56	0.20	4	8	7	0.55	1.33	-	-	-	0.76	3.09

SA: Island of Secrets challenges
Tribal/team challenge record (7.5*-for-14; 3 2nds):
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.1 IC - Helps disassemble, carry, and re-assemble puzzle pieces, Ta'alo wins! (1st/3).
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.2 RC/IC - Helps lift the bag of coconuts, and Ta'alo doesn't lose (2nd*/3).
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.2 IC "Water Slaughter" - With Dante, wins twice vs. Rob and Paul, and Ta'alo wins! (1st/2).
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.3 RC/IC "Mud Slide" - Loses twice, and Ta'alo loses (3rd/3).
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.4 RC/IC - Part of the Sa'ula plank train, and Sa'ula doesn't lose (2nd*/3).
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.5 RC "Concentration" - Makes two matches, but Sa'ula loses (3rd/3).
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.5 IC - Overrides Nathan's attempt to throw it, and Sa'ula doesn't lose (2nd*/3).
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.6 RC - Makes all three Sa'ula catches, but they lose (5-3-2).
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.6 IC - Helps place blocks, and Sa'ula wins easily (1st/3).
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.7 RC "Spoon Man" - Helps transfer the balls along, and Ta'alo wins.
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.7 IC "Hot Pursuit" - Carries two bags for Ta'alo, but Ta'alo loses.
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.8 RC "Kicking and Screaming" - Helps drag Nathan for a point; Ta'alo wins, 3-0.
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.8 IC - Successfully carries a ball on a pole, and eventually, Ta'alo wins.
- SA: Island of Secrets: Ep.10 RC - Navigates the obstacles, but lands no discs; yellow team loses.
*Note: Second-place finishes in the three-tribe phase count as half a win.

Individual challenge record (0-for-5; 1 sit-out): (Mean % finish: 55.0%)
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 9 IC: "When It Rains" - Lasts over an hour, 8th to drop out (6th/13).
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 10 IC: "Last Gasp" - Sits out for nachos and margaritas (tie-12th/12).
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 12 RC: (Cylinders) - Falls just short (by inches) of the final round (4th/10).
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 12 IC: "Flash Back" - Sixth person out, on third symbol in Round 2 (5th/10).
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 13 IC: (Bow, snake maze) - Racing Rob and Jacques to place the third ball, loses (tie-2nd/9).
Island of Secrets/split RC duel record (1-for-2): (Mean % finish: 80.0%)
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 11 duel: (Tangrams) - Beats Nicole in the rain, and Cobus wins immunity! (1st/2)
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 13 RC: "Push Me, Pull You" - Third person to drop out, letters-from-home duel (3rd/5).

Career challenge totals

Team/tribal challenges
Wins:	6
2nd place:	3
Played:	14
Win%:	0.54
Sat out:	-

Individual challenges
Wins:	0
Played:	5
Sat out:	1
Win%:	0.00
Mean% Finish:	55.0%

Duels
Wins:	1
Played:	2
Win%:	0.50
Mean% Finish:	80.0%

SA: Island of Secrets Tribal
Idols held/played (0/0):
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 1: Takes the idol clue from Island of Secrets, shares it with Jacques (who quietly pockets the idol).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (4/7):
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 3: Ting Ting Wong (voted out, 4-2).
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 7: Rocco van Rooyen (voted out, 6-1).
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 10: Geoffrey Cooke-Tonnesen (voted out, 9-2-1).
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 12: Dante de Villiers (voted out, 5-3-1).
VAP - Votes against (8):
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 3: Two votes, from Jacques and Ting Ting.
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 12: One vote, from Dante.
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 13: Five votes, from Durao, Mike, Nicole, Rob, and Steffi (voted out, 5-2-2).
Jury votes made (0/1):
- SA: Island of Secrets, Ep. 18: Voted for Nicole Capper, who finished second (6-4-0).

Career Tribal Council totals

Hidden idols
Found:	0
Played:	-
Votes voided:	-

Voting record
VFB:	4
Tribals:	7
VAP:	8

Jury votes
Made:	1
For winners:	0
Received:	-

SA: Island of Secrets image gallery

Island of Secrets intro shot

Island of Secrets intro shot

On the boat, Day 1

Making a prediction about his chances

Greeting Nico

The starting Ta'alo tribe

Already picked as leader, about to be sent to IoS

With Rocco and Paul, reading the Island of Secrets instructions

The choice

Talking about his camp arrival plans

Finally greeting his tribe

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 IC

Starting line

Ta'alo gets started on the puzzle

Still going...

Ta'alo wins! First place!

Early morning idol hunt, Ep2

Explaining his decision to include Jacques

Fun times in the rain at Ta'alo

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC/IC

Lifting the bag of coconuts

Enjoying the fruits of the fishing gear

Pre-challenge lineup, second Ep2 IC

Watching Ta'alo score the winning point

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep3 RC/IC

Losing a point to Rob and Nate

Plotting to blindside Tania when she gets back from IoS

Learning that Tania will not be back for Tribal

Heading to Tribal

Ta'alo, Ep3 Tribal Council

Talking to Nico

Pre-swap lineup, Ep7

The new new Ta'alo tribe

Watching Rob place the ball, Ep7 RC

Ta'alo wins reward!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep7 IC

Ta'alo, about to get caught

Heading to Tribal

Steffi waits to join Ta'alo

Ta'alo, Ep7 Tribal Council

Listening to Laetitia

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 RC

Watching Ta'alo score a point

Ta'alo wins reward... cheers!

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 IC

Watching the wheel maze

Ready to finally merge, Ep9

Yay, merge, etc.

Merge feasting

Listening to Meryl's story about the Nate blindside

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep9 IC

Starting line

The IC non-winners

Planning out the misdirect vote

Manumalo, Ep9 Tribal Council

Listening to Nico

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 RC

Yellow team, starting line

Doing a lot of waiting

Watching Steffi slide the discs

Laetitia contemplates quitting

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 IC

Volunteering to sit out

Enjoying nachos and margaritas, instead of competing

Talking about the vote

Heading to Tribal

Manumalo, Ep10 Tribal Council

Talking to Nico

Listening to the Ep11 RC/IC treemail

Reading the IoS instructions with Nicole

Excited to have a chance at immunity

The duel begins...

Cobus wins!

Getting necklaced by Nico...le

Manumalo, Ep11 Tribal Council

Listening to Jacques

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep12 RC

Starting line

In the mix, second round

Watching the final round

The non-reward attendees, grumbling about Dante always winning food

Listening to the IC treemail

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep12 IC

Getting one right, while Dante does not

Manumalo, Ep12 Tribal Council

Listening to Steffi

Unhappy that he and Jacques were left out of the vote again, Ep13

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep13 RC

Starting line, letters from home duel

Still going...

Pre-challenge lineup, Ep13 IC

Starting line

Made it to the final stage

About to place the second ball...

Time to try a last-ditch attempt at keeping the spit-shake seven together

Heading to Tribal

Manumalo, Ep13 Tribal Council

Listening to Durao

Well... Jacques isn't playing his idol tonight

13th person voted out, and the fifth member of our jury...

Snuffed, Day 30 (Episode 13)

With the jury, Final Tribal Council

Asking his question

Waiting for the vote reveal

Full cast, reunion show

SA: Island of Secrets interviews
Pre-game interviews
- M-Net pre-game interview video (Instagram).
- M-Net official bio page.
Post-game interviews
- Kyle Zeeman at Timelive.co.za (8/9/19): "If I stayed a day longer, I would have won the immunity necklace - Survivor's Cobus"

SA: Island of Secrets bio

Official M-Net Island of Secrets bio excerpts (May, 2019):

"Cobus is a lively, happy-go-lucky and proudly gay young man who lives on the light side of life, but admits that there’s sometimes a bit of sarcasm behind his million-dollar smile. It always comes from a good place, though. This social butterfly channels his boundless energy into running marathons or working really hard to get what he wants. His biggest fear going onto Survivor SA is that he will be part of a boring tribe, but as his circle of friends know, Cobus will quickly be able to change the mood for the better in any group. Having a down day will indeed be a new experience for this loving and caring architect. And who would not want someone who can construct a proper shelter for his or her tribe?"