Three Male Contestants For GUS 8 Finals

The male contestants of Gulder Ultimate Search 8 Batch B cemented their winning streak, as three of them qualified for the Contest of Champions. Sadly, Sandra Iwu, the last surviving female in the batch, lost out to Tony Horsfall, Christopher Okagbue and Anthony Igwe in the group’s last task.

Prior to Sandra’s eviction, two other female contestants, Chigozie and Theodora, joined the eviction list after they failed in the task before them. With this development, the men seem to be bouncing back from the setback experienced by their peers in Batch A.

Just before the task was set before them, the contestants were surprised by the appearance of Bob Manuel Udokwu. Bob was taking over from Darey who hitherto had supervised the contenders during their previous tasks. The task in question required the contenders to pick up two bundles of slates from a basket; scale over a pyramid; cross a beam; go over a wall and then form the picture of Thor, the Norse god of thunder, by arranging wooden slates on a box. It turned out to be the most difficult for the men.

Christopher Okagbue was the first to solve the riddle followed by Anthony Igwe while Tony Horsfall finished in third place. For the males, it was a well deserved victory even after a slow start to the competition.

For Sandra Iwu, it was a sad end of the road in the Gulder Ultimate Search. The Imo State born model had polarized opinion among her fellow contenders who were torn between liking her and alienating her. Her eviction evokes memories of Geraldine Obi of Batch A, another model in the competition. Geraldine, like Sandra, was the last to be evicted from her Batch. However, all is not lost for Sandra. She stands a chance of being voted back in to compete for the last slot in the Contest of Champions like Geraldine.

—Funsho Arogundade