Cut Off the Head of the Snake

Cut Off the Head of the Snake is the ninth episode of.

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Jump Shot

One member of each team will be the defender standing on a perch in the water while one at a time, members of the other tribe leap off a platform into the water and attempt to throw a ball past the defender and into the net. The first tribe to get four balls in the net wins.

Reward: A trip down a waterfall and a picnic lunch.

Winner: Erik, Cochran, Eddie, Reynold, and Michael.

Immunity Challenge: Last Gasp

The players must swim under a steel grate and stay above the water. As the tide rises, player will run out of breathing room. If the fear of drowning is too much, that person can bail out. The last person still under the grate wins the challenge.

Winner: Brenda

Day 23
On Day 23, Malcolm planned to split the vote with Reynold and Eddie. He tried to convince Sherri and Dawn to get the others to go along with his idea, but Dawn planned on voting Malcolm out instead.

Day 25
At the Day 25 Immunity Challenge, the remaining 11 competed for immunity. Eventually, Brenda won using a handmade (literally) snorkel. Eddie flirted with Andrea back into the game, and Reynold foolishly handed his idol to Malcolm so he could get rid of the idol. Malcolm had no votes at all, upsetting the mistaken Reynold. Eventually, Michael Snow was blindsided by Phillip's dominating alliance.

Other

 * The Reward Challenge was used in.
 * The Immunity Challenge was used first in and later in.
 * Both challenges feature a returning player participating in a challenge they have already participated in.
 * Brenda Lowe participated in Jump Shot in Nicaragua, where she also lost the challenge.
 * Erik Reichenbach participated in Last Gasp in Micronesia, where he also lost the challenge.
 * Ironically, both of these returning players won the challenge they had not participated in, with Erik on the winning team in Jump Shot and Brenda winning immunity in Last Gasp.
 * With Michael Snow's elimination, all Fans switched to the Bikal tribe have been eliminated.
 * As of this episode, every single Fan has had a vote count against them.
 * This episode marks the first time that Malcolm Freberg did not participate on the reward post-merge.

Episode Title

 * The title is quoted by Malcolm Freberg commenting how the majority alliance thought that they voted off the rebel leader of the alliance, but Malcolm states that they missed.