This is what winners look like. Not! Lucas Cordalis was the favorite for the jungle throne before the start. But so far there is hardly anything to see from the singer and producer. On day 11, “the man from the Katzenberger” showed an extremely unpleasant side of all things – and torpedoed himself.
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Day 11 in the jungle or day 1 after Tessa: One would think that the mood among the remaining campers would be relaxed, super or at least relaxed. But the opposite is the case: everyone is hanging around on the ropes or on their greasy camp beds and hammocks. The mood: Just stop me!
Only one still has a lot of elemental power: Jana, the girl formerly known as Pallaske. She drums and sings highly motivated against the leaden tiredness. Alone, nobody wants to hear it. Especially not Papis Loveday. The male model snaps at the tree friend from the side: “I don’t think we need that, Jana!” All of a sudden, the support of the primal force is over: “You can also say it nicer if I try something to raise the spirits,” she hisses, offended.
Later, the 43-year-old complained to Jolina Mennen about Dad’s behavior: “He definitely lost my vote for the jungle king!” The nastiest insult she can think of is sweet again: “That mushy diva!” Jana’s half-hearted attempt to start a revolution in the camp (“It’s inhuman here! We could ritually burn the towels!”) fizzles out – Dad’s has the last word there too: “You can also say the sentence and go home.” discussion ended.
Gigi complains: “Lucas has definitely graduated from high school. I have secondary school, but I’m better!”
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A team of three takes part in the jungle test called “Nightmare Ride”: Papis, Gigi Birofio and Lucas Cordalis. You have to collect stars in a rocket with three floors and pass them from the bottom to the top, you have ten minutes to do this. Daddy is downstairs and has to fish the stars out of boxes filled with all kinds of creatures. He passes the stars on to Lucas (middle position), who maneuvers them with his fingers behind a lattice to Gigi. He has to take the stars behind Plexiglas with a magnet and secure them – he and Lucas also get company from ants, cockroaches and Co.
While papis and Lucas are delivering, Lucas keeps making mistakes: the star keeps slipping out of his hand and falling down. “I can’t get to that stupid star!” he curses. Dad warns: “Keep calm!” Gigi yells: “I’m ready! I’m ready! Next, next, next!” The culprit is quickly found on Twitter: the man who constantly talks about wanting to follow in the footsteps of his father Costa Cordalis, the first king of the jungle.
The trio returns to the camp with six out of a possible nine stars. Gigi can’t resist a saying: “Lucas has definitely graduated from high school. I have secondary school, but I’m better!” Papis also “saw anger in Lucas’ eyes”. The two suspect something: Did they discover the Achilles heel of the “strongest man in the camp” (Lucas about Lucas)? Daddies: “He lacks the subtlety … um, what’s that called? … Delicacy! The instinct!”
Lucas Cordalis commands in a sergeant tone
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As the acting team boss, Lucas then orders Cosimo Citiolo, who is already exhausted, to do a job that nobody wants to do: empty the toilet barrel. Cosimo has to choke at the fecal stench (“sewerage is nothing against it”). Lucas acknowledged this in a sergeant’s tone: “Stop it! Don’t puke on the stairs!” He “doesn’t know what’s going on with the guy,” he etches on the jungle phone. Cosimo “certainly has his sides, where he is also hard: But not with animals, not with insects and certainly not with the toilet service”. Team spirit looks different.
Then Claudia Effenberg also joins in the Cosimo bashing and gives a taste of her “humor”: She apes the tired Cosimo at the campfire. Suddenly Papis shoots at Cosimo: “You’re bitchy! You’re sensitive!” Lucas grins: “Cosimo, the princess and the pea.” The reality TV contestant has had enough. He distances himself from the others. “People are looking for a reason to offend me,” he says.
All on the weakest – that has never worked in the jungle camp!
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That’s not understandable, because Cosimo had previously confessed that the bad conscience “eats him up inside” – after he and Gigi had eaten a pizza instead of sharing a handful of eggs with the team. The real culprit, Gigi, sat laughing with the group while Cosimo shared his chips with the others. Note: All on one and then on the one who shows weakness – that has never worked in the jungle camp.
After all: Djamila Rowe – next to Cosimo the hottest contender for the jungle crown – was honestly worried: “I hope that he doesn’t get stupid ideas and throw them away.” Relief then when Sonja Zietlow and Jan Köppen surprisingly announced: Nobody is flying out of the camp today. Why? Because there is one more broadcast day this year. Or as Sonja Zietlow offered as an alternative option: “Because we can, hashtag #isso.”
