The tribes met Jeff Probst for the first Immunity Challenge, and he explained the rules. As the pirates of Old needed to move and conceal their artillery, so now would the tribes of New. Each tribe was to transport an excruciatingly heavy cannon along a jungle course from one side of the island to the other, negotiating certain obstacles along the way. The first tribe to complete the course would win Immunity and would be safe from the looming Tribal Council. The race began as both tribes struggled to transport the heavy artillery across the uneven jungle terrain. The Drake tribe took an early lead as they reached their first obstacle and had to disassemble their cannon to advance. Meanwhile, the Morgan tribe fell further behind.
As the Challenge continued, Osten removed his shorts, which had been falling off him for quite some time. In an act of unity, other male members of the Morgan tribe removed their shorts, causing Jeff Probst to declare, "Osten, you are a first, my man. A totally nude Challenge!"
Upon reaching the beach, the Drake tribe got bogged down in the sand as the Morgan tribe took the lead. Just before the finish line, the Morgan tribe's cannon stuck in the sand. They pushed and pulled the enormous object with all their strength, but the sand would not release the cannon, and the Drake tribe regained the lead and crossed the finish line first. The loss would send the Morgan tribe to the game's first Tribal Council, where they would have to vote one of their own out of the tribe.
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"When I turned around and saw them idiots bouncing around naked in the mud, in the muck, in the stickers and the thorns, it was hilarious," laughed Drake member Rupert as his tribe returned victorious to their island.
Meanwhile, the mood at the Morgan camp was somber, as 40-year-old attorney Andrew Savage from Chicago inspired his tribe with a pep talk: "We learn from it. We move on, and we kick their butt the next time, and we remember how cocky they were when they won."
Faced with the unenviable task of having to vote out one of their own, Morgan alliances formed, and the finger-pointing began. Nicole conspired to rid the tribe of 27-year-old pharmaceutical rep Tijuana Bradley. Catching wind of Nicole's plot to vote her out, Tijuana confronted her and later stated " As far as Nicole, I think it is enemy status; it's gotten to that point. I can't trust her." 
"The people that I think are at risk? Skinny Ryan: he just hasn't been pulling his weight at camp or at the Challenge. Nicole, with the high drama today, she's been labeled, in some people's eyes, as being dishonest, so her neck's on the line because we don't know if we can trust her. And Lilly: is her neck on the chopping block? Yeah, she's definitely a contender to being voted off tonight," noted Andrew, as the tribe prepped for Tribal Council. In the end, it was Nicole Delma, the 24-year-old massage therapist from Hermosa Beach, California, who received seven out of eight votes at Tribal Council and became the first person to be voted out of SURVIVOR: PEARL ISLANDS