LAST EDITED ON 03-30-11 AT 09:27 PM (EST)>>> And the RI duel winner rejoins the game.
That's what I've been expecting.
The loser of the duel should be out of the game completely. It would be unfair to have one person get two shots.
This would be a perfect time for a double boot to replenish RI for Ep 9 duel, but there's never been a true double boot post-merge.
What they could do, I suppose, is make Ep 9 two TC cycles. The first one would not have a duel, because only the Ep 8 VO (voted off) would be on RI (similar to Ep 2).
The second cycle would feature the Ep 8 VO and the first VO of Ep 9. Then in Ep 10, the winner would duel the VO of the second Ep 9 TC, and so forth.