Kaoh Rong Episode 6: New Kid On The Blocks

Tai feels bad for voting Anna out but thanks the tribe for keeping him. Peter tells Tai he has no allegiance to the Brains and wants to get Joe out, since he knows he's bottom there. Oh boy, this plan is sure to work.

Debbie is slobbering over Nick over on Chan Loh, and Nick is happy to exploit that. We also hear about another of Debbie's jobs, modelling, which shows up under her name right on cue. The tribe are not enthused when treemail indicates a basketball challenge is up next since they're facing an NBA player, but Nick vows to give it his best shot.

Pollard under pressure

At the reward challenge, Julia gets to join her new tribe and Michele sees her closest ally is gone. The challenge is to dive down and release a bunch of buoys, then take them to shore and shoot them into a tube. Michele and Aubry dive for their tribes, and Aubry gets it much quicker. Scot starts the shooting, but Nick is able to catch him and even take the lead. As Scot starts to get nervous, he eventually pulls it back. Cydney tries to distract him by asking him what he's doing and he simply replies "winning" as the last ball drops. BOOM, now that was badass! But if Scot had lost that, he'd never be able to show his face on a basketball court again.

Bringing food back to camp is the perfect introduction for Julia to her new tribe, and Peter is already sizing her up as someone he can work with. Aubry and Joe see this conversation going on and are not impressed.

Scheming in the water, again

Michele accepts responsibility for the loss and walks into the water to the point where Debbie thinks she's trying to drown herself. Michele and Debbie have a talk where Debbie says she wants Jason out and that she wants a female winner. Michele recounts this to Nick, but he shoots her down and says Debbie is not trustworthy. Michele doesn't take kindly to him being condescending, but isn't gonna tell him that to his face right now.

Putting his detective skills to good use

So now Joe catches Peter talking to Scot about getting the Brains out, and has finally had enough. He tells Aubry he's going to confront him directly and that if he lies, he's done. Joe pulls Peter aside to interrogate him, but Peter waffling on and refusing to answer a simple question tells him all he needs to know.

Nick needs some of that Greek God strength

The immunity challenge is to get over an obstacle course that includes a barrel and a climbing frame, then to push blocks off a net which they will then stack on top of eachother. Chan Loh are first to get everyone over the barrel and make it to the climbing part. Nick goes up first for Chan Loh, whilst Gondol keep their tallest member on the ground to help up others. Scot and Peter then knock their blocks out first, allowing them to take a lead in the building. Peter's strategy is to lift up their tower to put their last few in, but it fails, and Joe takes a blow to the head. Debbie stands on Nick's shoulders whilst Scot boosts up Tai. Gondol come up one block short, and Chan Loh win immunity.

Though she's mad at him for losing them the challenge among other things, Aubry thinks it doesn't make sense to take Peter out right now and convinces Joe to go for Julia. Joe and Peter even talk it out and declare a truce. Peter tells Scot he's not flipping after all, so now the three non-Brains are trying to work to flip Aubry on Peter, by revealing what he's been saying to them. Whilst Joe is now committed to staying solid, Aubry is undecided...and we go into tribal council with things still up in the air.

Stick to the (original) plan

At tribal council, new girl Julia hints at splits within the group. which Aubry doesn't deny. Peter owns up to his part in the challenge loss, since it was his block-stacking idea that didn't work. Julia then outs Peter for plotting with her, which he is more hesitant to own up to. Scot and Tai debate whether to vote Peter or Julia, whilst Aubry appears to be asking Joe the same. But whilst Joe is staying solid, Scot shouts "original plan" to Julia. I love a little chaos right before the vote!

Aubry takes a minute to consider her vote, but we eventually see her write down Julia. But just when it looks like it's going to a tie, Jeff flips the last vote to reveal she crossed out Julia and put Peter down after all. I guess she didn't have much a choice once it was clear the other three were voting together, but it'll be interesting to see what repurcussions this has. Has the nerdy girl taken out a bad apple or just kickstarted the downfall of the Brains?

STAR OF THE WEEK: MICHELE FITZGERALD

Michele's finally getting some solid content, giving us a clear explanation of how she plans to move forward now that her original plans are down the drain, and it's exactly what I needed to get back on her bandwagon. Her babysitter Nick could learn a thing or two from her about how to handle people.