It's Psychological Warfare

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It's Psychological Warfare
Episode Information
Season	Kaôh Rōng
Episode Number	9/14 (449)
Original Release	April 13, 2016
Episode Chronology
Previous	"The Jocks vs. the Pretty People"
Next	"I'm Not Here to Make Good Friends"
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It's Psychological Warfare is the ninth episode of Survivor: Kaôh Rōng.

Challenges

Reward

Challenge: Knot Your Fault
Working together, the teams must untangle ropes tied to the contestants. Once their ropes have been untangled they will open a box containing sandbags and use the sandbags to knock over wooden blocks on a platform. The first team to knock off all their blocks wins reward.
Reward: Chinese Takeout delivered to camp
Winners: Yellow Team

Reward Challenge: Knot Your Fault
Outcome	Team	Competitors	Sit-Out
Won	Yellow Team	File:S32 kyle t.png Jason, Julia, Scot, & Tai
Lost	Blue Team	Aubry, Cydney, Debbie, & Michele	File:S32 joseph t.png Joe

Immunity

Challenge: Domino Effect
The contestants must stack wooden blocks along a platform while avoiding tripping hazards. Once all of their blocks are stacked the contestants must knock them over like dominoes. The first contestant to topple all of their blocks, such that the final block hits a gong at the end, wins immunity.
Winner: Julia Sokolowski

Immunity Challenge: Domino Effect
Placement	Winner	Competitors
Castaway	Julia	File:S32 kyle t.pngFile:S32 joseph t.png Aubry, Cydney, Debbie, Jason, Joe, Michele, Scot, & Tai

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 8: Dara
Voted Against	Voter
Debbie (4 votes)	Aubry, Cydney, Julia, & Michele
Cydney (3 votes)	File:S32 kyle t.png Jason, Scot, & Tai
Scot (2 votes)	File:S32 joseph t.png Debbie & Joe
VOTED OFF: Debbie Wanner

Voting Confessionals

Unavailable.

Final Words

“	The big surprise to me here was that, uh, the girls chose to get rid of a girl. It just boggles my mind, and it’s only going to make it more difficult for them to now defeat Scot, Jason and Tai. And it totally stinks that those three wankers have made it further than me, but they played a better game.	”
—Debbie Wanner

Still in the Running

Chan Loh			Gondol			To Tang
Aubry	Debbie	File:S32 joseph t.png Joe	Anna	Caleb	Julia	Alecia	Cydney	Darnell
Liz	Neal	Peter	Michele	Nick	Tai	File:S32 kyle t.png Jason	Jennifer	Scot

Trivia

Life at Ponderosa

Debbie enjoys a "fabulous" welcome to Ponderosa, and it is revealed that she had lost 13 pounds during her time in the game. She states that, should Aubry make it to the Final Tribal Council, she would not vote for her to win. As she enjoys the food at Ponderosa, she shares stories with its other residents, Neal and Nick, who react in disbelief and annoyance. Debbie later states that she had formed close bonds with several of the castaways, including Aubry and Cydney, who she hoped to be friends with after the game. Debbie's grating attitude rubs Neal and Nick the wrong way, as they state in confessionals their mixed reactions toward her. Nick finds her to be a nice lady with an over-the-top personality. Debbie is grateful for the "epic adventure" that was Survivor, and is looking forward to return to her normal life filled with people who love her for who she is.

Secret Scene

• Kill The Chicken: The secret scene takes place immediately after Dara returns from the Reward Challenge. The losers and Julia contemplate killing and eating Mark the chicken to spite the men, especially Tai. Debbie describes in a confessional the graphic details of how she would like to devour Mark. Meanwhile, Tai overhears the tribe talking about eating Mark, and worriedly calls out for it.

Other

• This is the first episode of the season where the Brawns outnumber the Brains still in the game.
• Aubry Bracco had the most confessionals this episode, with 10.
  • Debbie Wanner, Kyle Jason, Joe del Campo, and Michele Fitzgerald had the fewest, with 2 each.

Episode Title

• The episode title was said by Kyle Jason in regards to his and Scot Pollard's revenge against the women of the tribe after Nick Maiorano's blindside.