Desperate Measures

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Desperate Measures
Episode Information
Version	United States
Season	Thailand
Episode Number	9/14 (065)
Original Release	November 14, 2002
Viewership (in Millions)	21.62
Ratings/Share (18-49)	8.6/22
Episode Chronology
Previous	"Sleeping with the Enemy"
Next	"While the Cats Are Away"
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Desperate Measures is the ninth episode of Survivor: Thailand.

Challenges

• Reward
• Immunity

Challenge: Wicker Ball Relay
Pairing up, each group of Survivors would race through an obstacle course, with various tasks to perform along the way. First team to successfully complete the course and cross the finish line wins and moves on to the next heat. This continued until the final round, where the last remaining pair would compete against each other on a puzzle. The first person to complete the puzzle would win reward.
Reward: A video of the winner's loved ones from home.
Winner: Brian Heidik

Reward Challenge: Wicker Ball Relay
Placement	Winner	2nd	3rd	4th
Castaway	File:S5 brian t.jpg Brian	File:S5 helen t.jpg Helen	File:S5 clay t.jpgFile:S5 ken t.jpg Clay, Ken	File:S5 jake t.jpgFile:S5 jan t.jpg Jake, Jan	File:S5 penny t.jpgFile:S5 ted t.jpg Penny, Ted
Round Breakdown
Round	Winners			Losers
Round 1	File:S5 clay t.jpgFile:S5 ken t.jpg			File:S5 jake t.jpgFile:S5 jan t.jpg
	File:S5 brian t.jpgFile:S5 helen t.jpg			File:S5 penny t.jpgFile:S5 ted t.jpg
Round 2	File:S5 brian t.jpgFile:S5 helen t.jpg			File:S5 clay t.jpgFile:S5 ken t.jpg
Round 3	File:S5 brian t.jpg			File:S5 helen t.jpg

Challenge: Thai Numbers
The Survivors had to compete in a mathematical test. First, a simple elimination round tested the Survivors' memory skills, matching Thai numbers with numbers in English. The second round requires problem solving, using Thai numbers as coordinates, the contestants had to find ten buried tiles. Each uncovered tile revealed the location of the next tile. The first contestant to recover all ten of their tiles wins immunity.
Winner: Clay Jordan

Immunity Challenge: Thai Numbers
Placement	Winner	2nd	3rd	4th
Castaway	File:S5 clay t.jpg Clay	File:S5 ken t.jpg Ken	File:S5 penny t.jpg Penny	File:S5 brian t.jpgFile:S5 helen t.jpgFile:S5 jake t.jpgFile:S5 jan t.jpgFile:S5 ted t.jpg Brian, Helen, Jake, Jan, Ted

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 9: Chuay Jai
Voted Against	Voter
File:S5 ken t.jpg Ken (5 votes)	File:S5 brian t.jpgFile:S5 clay t.jpgFile:S5 helen t.jpgFile:S5 jan t.jpgFile:S5 ted t.jpg Brian, Clay, Helen, Jan, Ted
File:S5 ted t.jpg Ted (3 votes)	File:S5 jake t.jpgFile:S5 ken t.jpgFile:S5 penny t.jpg Jake, Ken, Penny
VOTED OFF: File:S5 ken bw.jpg Ken Stafford

Voting Confessionals

Helen, Jake and Clay's votes were not shown to the camera when giving their voting confessionals. Ken's confessional is revealed during recap episode.

“	(voting for Ken) Hope to see you soon, and, uh, great player.	”
—Helen Glover

“	(voting for Ted) I really didn't know who to vote for. I really have enjoyed meeting you. I've really enjoyed knowing you. Bye.	”
—Jake Billingsley

“	(voting for Ted) I didn't wanna vote for you, but this is how your own tribe said that everybody should vote.	”
—Ken Stafford

“	(voting for Ken) You're a neat guy, but you gotta get rid of the strong for me to keep going.	”
—Clay Jordan

Final Words

“	This is definitely a life-altering experience. Um, you learn how to appreciate things like you never have before. Like a banana is like, that's such a life-giving, delicious, incredible thing. And if, uh, anybody feels sorry for me, you know, that I got kicked off, you know, chocolate chip cookies, ladies-- they, I love them, it's my favorite sweet thing. Anyway, I'll see you all soon. Bye bye.	”
—Ken Stafford

Still in the Running

John 16th File:S5 john bw.jpg	Tanya 15th File:S5 tanya bw.jpg	Jed 14th File:S5 jed bw.jpg	Ghandia 13th File:S5 ghandia bw.jpg	Stephanie 12th File:S5 stephanie bw.jpg	Robb 11th File:S5 robb bw.jpg	Shii Ann 10th File:S5 shiiann bw.jpg	Erin 9th File:S5 erin bw.jpg
Ken 8th File:S5 ken bw.jpg	Brian Chuay Jai File:S5 brian t.jpg	Clay Chuay Jai File:S5 clay t.jpg	Helen Chuay Jai File:S5 helen t.jpg	Jake Chuay Jai File:S5 jake t.jpg	Jan Chuay Jai File:S5 jan t.jpg	Penny Chuay Jai File:S5 penny t.jpg	Ted Chuay Jai File:S5 ted t.jpg

Trivia

• This episode marks the first time that two tribes merged at a Reward Challenge.
• This is the first (and so far only) merge at the final eight. All other merges have happened at the final nine or earlier.
• This is the only post-merge Tribal Council in Thailand where Jan Gentry does not receive exactly one vote.