“What the fuck was dees maat?” William Boeva patted Slongs on the back after she braved Ingeborg’s frontal attack at the breakfast table. The ever-positivo had just heard that her buddy Wouter Torfs had gone home. However, the allies thought that no one would be killed. But the traitors sealed the fate of their next victim with the kiss of death. (Read more below the photo)
Roman was impressed by Ingeborg’s rant. — © vtm
When Staf Coppens was the last to enter the breakfast room, and not Wouter, you saw the gears in Ingeborg’s head turn in a matter of seconds. “God damn it, are you serious? My only certainty here. I’m going to get you, boys,” she shouted furiously. “The most horrible thing the traitors could do to me is kill Wouter. I’ve had it. If they hit Wouter, they hit me. I become all women full of poison. You won’t even dare to look into my eyes anymore. If one more traitor comes near me, I’ll spit on him!”
We have never seen Ingeborg so angry. And it was serious. You could see that in her face. Traitor Roman almost crawled under the table in fear. In her lashings she also targeted Slongs, who was also banished by Ingeborg later that day. What was supposed to be a pleasant breakfast degenerated into a rarely seen bitter moment where hardly anyone dared to bite their sandwich. (Read more below the photo)
Ingeborg was clearly on the warpath. Her well-known ‘gratitude’ was momentarily absent. — © vtm
Struggling
Slongs saw from miles away that she would be leaving that evening. “It was in the air all day. I struggled, even though you know those efforts are in vain,” she says. “I defended myself, but everyone is in such tunnel vision that it is no longer useful. You also saw this with previous exiles such as Joris and Astrid. Once all arrows are pointed at you, it’s game over.”
The situation escalated after Slongs decided a day earlier to play the game more fanatically with his own theories. Whereupon Ingeborg started to suspect her. “But the droplets had been running in her bucket for much longer. You also notice that in me, that I am gradually losing my cool. Oh well, it mainly shows how real and authentic we were, how real emotions took over.” (Read more below the photo)
Slongs was later able to resolve the awkward situation with Ingeborg — © vtm
At breakfast, Ingeborg targeted the entire group, but she specifically targeted Slongs. “She was so sure that I was responsible for Wouter’s murder. Then you are inevitably the target. I kept strong, but that came in. I was momentarily distraught. But it has been made up for. After breakfast she took me aside, and we decided to bury the discussion. After all, that’s not how we are wired. Apologies have been made. So I have no grudges and vice versa. We also called after the recordings, because you don’t want something like that to linger. Oh, I might have done the same if my friend had been exiled.” (Read more below the photo)
William listened to Ingeborg’s argument with resignation. — © vtm
Real ones emotions
The participants live completely isolated from the outside world. Partly because of the fatigue, you become captivated by the game. “I saw that Ingeborg was genuinely emotional after Wouter’s exit. I get that. It’s just a game, but it will totally get to you. Emotions pile up and at some point everything explodes. I know that Ingeborg was shocked at herself. She never expected that something like this could happen, and that she would react so emotionally.”
How does Slongs look back on her adventure a year later? “When you’re in the middle of it, you’re not always aware of how you’re reacting. Sometimes I see myself acting out and I close my eyes with pity. (laughs) In France I was completely sure of certain theories. But I was completely wrong and yet I stubbornly tried to be right. A year later it is especially laughable.” (Read more below the photo)
Wouter Torfs received the kiss of death and was allowed to go home. — © vtm
The hilarious thing about that infamous breakfast is that Ingeborg tells traitor Roman that he is at the top of her list of confidants. Slongs also blindly trusted traitor Sean. “Stupid. But again: immediately after I knew what was going on, I quickly saw the humor in it.”
At her last Round Table, Slongs voted for William. She got that name right after all. “Yes, but did you know that just before I had been worked on by William and Roman? They whispered to me that Ingeborg obtained an acting diploma with great distinction from Studio Herman Teirlinck, in the hope that I would vote her out. The bastards!” (laughs) (Read more below the photo)
Roman is in Ingeborg’s top drawer, but in reality plays the role of traitor. — © vtm
Last week, William Boeva suggested his next step: because suspicion would gradually fall on the people who could always escape the dance, he threw himself on the radar. “I don’t want to be that blind spot,” he analyzed. “Because that is the most suspicious in the long run.” But the trio of traitors were playing with fire. “I want to make a whole argument against William, but it is also up to me to estimate how and how much,” said Roman. “If we go too hard, he might get banned.” It effectively turned into a double whammy. This is how Slongs realized that William Boeva had pushed her towards Ingeborg. Roman and Sean played high game by also looking towards William. In the end, only Roman of the two of them actually dared to write down William’s name. Julie and Slongs also chose William, but everyone else chose Slongs. Hans Otten’s double was the death blow for Slongs.
‘The traitors’, Sunday at 8 p.m. on VTM and VTM GO
