Old and New Bonds

**Old and New Bonds** is the ninth episode of *Survivor: Borneo*.

## Story

### Day 25

Following Tribal Council, the former Pagong tribe, with the exception of Viktor, were in good spirits, having voted in the majority to eliminate Michael together, and being at a 5-3 advantage against the former Tagi.

However, the Tagi tribe and Vitkor were stunned from the results of the vote, questioning their place in the game moving forward.

### Day 26

The Rattana tribe finds information at Tree Mail about their upcoming Reward Challenge.

The remaining members of Rattana met Jeff Probst in the middle of the jungle for their next challenge, where Jeff first revealed the prize (a BBQ feast with letters from home) before the mechanics of the challenge itself. After a closely-contested challenge, Viktor ended up victorious. Jeff then revealed that he can choose one tribe mate to join him at the reward. And with no hesitation, Viktor picked Stephan. After the challenge, Viktor and Stephan enjoyed the barbecue that Jeff cooked himself, while the scene was constantly changing from the barbecue feast and back at Rattana camp, where the other tribe members were eating rice.

### Day 27

Heading into the next Immunity Challenge of the season, the contestants were informed that the Challenge would require strategic planning in order to win. At the first *Survivor* mental challenge, Anne outsmarted everyone else, thus securing herself a spot in the final seven, leaving Erika vulnerable for the first time in the merge.

After the challenge, the tribe was in disarray again, trying to come to a decision about who to target. Iskra used this time of uncertainty to work around the camp, impressing the rest of the tribe. However, amidst this, alliances quickly began to shift. Erika and Seema were able to strengthen a connection with one another, with the pair deciding to solidify a Final Two deal moving forward. Conversely, Erika and Stephan got into a small fight, leading to their Final Two dissolving.

At Tribal Council, the tribe's division was clearer than ever, resulting in a 3-3 tie-vote between Gabrielle and Stephan, with Iskra receiving 2 votes. At the re-vote, Julienne switched her vote to Stephan, resulting in a 4-2 vote, making Stephan the 9th person voted off from *Survivor*, and the second jury member.

## Challenges

* Reward
* Immunity
**Challenge:** *Out on a Limb*
Castaways must collect medallions on a web course with 16 legs, each leg having a medallion with the castaways' number on it. The first castaway to get back to the center of the course with all of their 16 medallions wins. If they fall off the course, they are automatically out from the challenge.
**Reward:** A barbecue feast and letters from home.
**Winner:** Viktor *(shared with *Stephan*)*

**Challenge:** *Squared Off*
The castaways will start on a square and move one square at a time. As they move, they have to flip over the square they were just on, which they may not return later. Each castaway would go until they could no longer move. Last person standing wins immunity.
**Winner:** Anne

## Tribal Council

* First Vote
* Revote

 Stephan (3 votes)
 Gabrielle (3 votes)
 Iskra (2 votes)
 TIE:Stephan, Gabrielle (3 votes each)

 Stephan (4 votes)
 Gabrielle (2 votes)
 VOTED OUT:Stephan

## Trivia

* Anne becomes the youngest person to win individual immunity.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.spottedratings.com/2011/12/spotvault-survivor-cbs-summer-2000.html