Ajdarpasic Punches Milicevic on Exatlon Serbia After Duel
After losing a duel in the second elimination, a Blue Team contestant hit his Red Team opponent in the head, and sources differ on what happens next.
Mensur Ajdarpasic, a Blue Team contestant on Exatlon Serbia, hit Veljko Milicevic of the Red Team in the head after a duel in the episode aired on October 7. Whether he will be punished is still unclear, because the outlets covering the show describe the outcome differently.
What happened in the second elimination?
The incident took place in the second elimination, where the men were up this week. The winner was the team that first reached eight points. In the duel against Milicevic, Ajdarpasic started with a ten-second head start, but Milicevic caught up and won.
According to Informer, the provocations between the two contestants began before the start, and swearing was heard from Ajdarpasic’s side. Republika reports that Red Team members called Ajdarpasic a little girl and sang him lines from a Viki Miljkovic song: “You, a man, you’re more of a woman than I am.”
After the duel, Milicevic criticized Ajdarpasic’s behavior. Ajdarpasic then walked up to him and hit him in the head.
Host Aleksa Erski went straight to the contestants and told Ajdarpasic that such behavior was unacceptable. The elimination continued, and the Red Team won 8-6. Ivan Markioli did not compete because of an injury.
Removed, or waiting on a production decision?
The sources part ways here. Informer writes that the production will only now decide what happens to Ajdarpasic, and that the decision will be announced in the next episode. Republika, on the other hand, claims Ajdarpasic has already been removed from the competition over the punch.
The next episode airs on October 8 at 9:30 p.m. on Informer TV, which should settle which version is right.
Dragojevic takes Ajdarpasic’s side
Dejan Dragojevic, a former reality show participant, responded to a video of the incident posted on Instagram. In a comment under the clip he sided with Ajdarpasic and criticized the Red Team for its provocations.
“Classic villains who provoke someone into attacking them, then back off and call in witnesses just like themselves.”
In the same comment Dragojevic added a question: “What would they be like if there were no cameras and they had to tell what happened?”
According to Republika, Dragojevic criticized the Red Team’s behavior before the punch, not the punch itself. Republika also reports that after winning, Milicevic told Ajdarpasic that even a ten-second head start had not helped him, and the punch followed.
The episode opened with the fight for the advantage, which the Blue Team won, followed by the elimination, in which Ajdarpasic’s team lost. One question remains for tonight’s episode: will Ajdarpasic still be in the competition?
