Playing with the Devil

Playing with the Devil
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
Episode Number	8/14 (522)
Original Release	November 15, 2017
Viewership (in Millions)	8.85
Ratings/Share (18-49)	1.7/6
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Get to Gettin'"
Next	"Fear of the Unknown"
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Playing with the Devil is the eighth episode of Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers.

Story

“	One player finds a secret advantage with a special twist, and concentration is key in the individual immunity challenge.	”
—Episode Synopsis

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Air Raid
Divided into two teams of five, castaways must race to the top of a tower. At the top of the tower, they will have to use a slingshot and sandbags to hit five targets. The first team to hit all five targets, indicated by a flag being released, wins.
Reward: A spaghetti dinner on a private island.
Additional Stipulation: Each member of the winning team will eat their meal alone, taking as much as they want from a shared portion of food. The order will be determined by the person who drew the white rock and consequently sat out of the challenge.
Winner: Blue Team (Chrissy Hofbeck, Cole Medders, Devon Pinto, JP Hilsabeck, and Ryan Ulrich) (joined by Joe Mena)

Challenge: Ten Foot Pole
Standing on a narrow beam, and using a long pole, castaways must balance a statue. At regular intervals, they will move further away from the statue. If at any point, they fall from the beam or drop their statue, they are out of the challenge. The last person left standing wins.
Winner: Cole Medders

Tribal Council

• First Vote
• Revote

Tribal Council 8: Solewa
Voted Against	Voter (Lauren opted to use voting advantage)
Desi (4 votes)	Ben, Devon, JP, Ryan
Joe (4 votes)	Ashley, Chrissy, Cole, Mike
Ben (1 vote)	Joe
Lauren (1 vote)	Desi
TIE: Desi, Joe (4 votes each)

Revote (Desi, Joe, and Lauren ineligible to vote)
Voted Against	Voter
Desi (7 votes)	Ashley, Ben, Chrissy, Cole, Devon, JP, Ryan
Joe (1 vote)	Mike
VOTED OUT: Desi Williams

Voting Confessionals

	Lauren	“	(using voting advantage) I hope using this works for me somehow, someway.	”

Final Words

	Desi	“	(tearfully) It didn't go as I had hoped or-or planned. It's truly heartbreaking. And I'm certainly not used to losing. It's not part of what I typically do, but, I guess, in this game I wasn't part of anybody's plan moving forward, so I have to just realize that's part of the game and somebody has to go home. And I don't think I have anything else to say.	”

Still in the Running

Katrina 18th	Simone 17th	Patrick 16th	Alan 15th	Roark 14th	Ali 13th	Jessica 12th	Desi 11th	Ashley Solewa
Ben Solewa	Chrissy Solewa	Cole Solewa	Devon Solewa	JP Solewa	Joe Solewa	Lauren Solewa	Mike Solewa	Ryan Solewa

Trivia

Life at Ponderosa

• Desi's Ponderosa

Secret Scene

• Cole Misses Jessica: Cole shares his feelings for Jessica with the rest of the Solewa tribe.

Behind the Scenes

• The first five castaways voted out from this season — Katrina, Simone, Patrick, Alan, and Roark — were invited back to help test run the Reward Challenge along with the Dream Team.

Other

• This is the only time this season a male contestant wins individual immunity.
• This is the last episode this season in which no Hidden Immunity Idols are played.
• After the episode, Jeff Probst explained that he wanted the cast to notice that only ten votes were cast instead of the expected eleven.
• This episode was originally titled "Knights of the Round Table", the same as an episode from Heroes vs. Villains. The reason for the change is unknown.