Episode 9 · Power brief
Kamu takes power. Jason becomes the hidden target.
Kamu wins HOH, puts Lyric, Mallory, and LaTrice on the block, and keeps Jason behind them as the backdoor plan. Jason senses the danger but cannot move it. Devens receives a Diamond Veto and tells only Dee.
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Power snapshot
Terminal: Ashley remains terminal at 7. Rome remains terminal at 8. Both are excluded from the active ranking.
She nominates three pawns while her inner circle keeps Jason as the hidden target.
He offers himself to Devens as a number, but the plan does not move before the cutoff.
He receives the Diamond Veto, tells Dee, and follows her advice to stay quiet.
Episode action sequence
Kamu wins the office, chooses the target, and hides him behind three allies.
- 1Kamu wins HOH
Formal authority moves to her
- 2The inner circle names Jason
Three pawns protect the backdoor route
- 3Devens gets the Diamond Veto
He tells Dee and keeps it unused
- 4Jason pitches Devens
Awareness does not become protection
- 5Kamu makes nominations
Lyric · Mallory · LaTrice
What changes
The HOH office gives Kamu the week’s strongest mix of authority and information.
Legitimate rises 2 → 4, Reward 2 → 3, Coercive 1 → 4, and Informational 2 → 3. The office lets Kamu nominate, offer protection, threaten a replacement, and control who hears the real plan.
The hidden-target plan
Jason sees the backdoor plan coming, but Kamu still controls the week.
- Kamu names a target privatelyJason stays off the initial block
- Three allies absorb the pressureLyric, Mallory, and LaTrice become pawns
- Jason asks Devens for a pathHe offers future numbers for protection
- Nothing changes before nominationsKamu keeps Jason concealed and nominates the pawns
Jason’s read is accurate, but recognition alone does not protect him. Kamu has the office, the replacement threat, and a group willing to help her keep the plan narrow.
Claim stop: Episode 9 stops before veto selection, the veto result, any replacement nomination, or any use of Devens’s Diamond Veto.
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Where this Episode sits in the season
The frame stays consistent. The values show only what is established through Episode 9.She rises seven points and takes first through role-backed authority and selective information.
He identifies the threat without yet changing another player’s decision.
Dee’s advice changes how Devens handles the resource; the unused veto remains separate from Power.
Members center the plan, while overlapping ties and private distrust keep durability open.
The people inside the numbers
Players in this Power story
Featured cards are limited to the strongest Episode-level Power changes, uses, responses, or closures.
HOH · Rank 1
Kamuela “Kamu” Kirk
32 · Phoenix, Arizona · MMA fighter
Kamu puts three allies in front of the player she wants out.
Kamu rises slowly from 9 to 12 through relationships and reciprocity. The Episode 9 HOH raises her to 19 and gives those ties a formal decision point.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 4
- Reward
- 3
- Coercive
- 4
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 3
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 19
- Current
- 19
- Episodes 1–2 · Holds at 9
- Episode 7 · Reaches 12
- Episode 9 · Rises to 19
- Episode position
- HOH with a Safety Lock and control of the initial and replacement nominations.
- What they do
- Coordinates a Jason backdoor, gives selective assurances, and nominates Lyric, Mallory, and LaTrice as pawns.
- Result
- The pawn structure reaches the nomination ceremony with Jason still concealed as the target.
- Power change
- Total Power rises 12 → 19. Legitimate, Reward, Coercive, and Informational Power all increase.
Diamond Veto holder · Rank 2
Rick Devens
Macon, Georgia · Father and former news anchor · Survivor 38 and 50
Devens keeps the Diamond Veto secret from most of the house.
His HOH peak ends at 15 in Episode 8. The Diamond Veto gives him a future intervention option in Episode 9, but possession does not change his measured influence.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 2
- Reward
- 3
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 4
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 20
- Current
- 15
- Episodes 6–7 · Peaks at 20
- Episode 8 · Settles at 15
- Episode 9 · Holds at 15
- Episode position
- Holder of a concealed Diamond Veto with a future use window.
- What they do
- Tells Dee about the power and follows her advice to keep the disclosure narrow.
- Result
- The Diamond Veto stays unused and secret from the wider house at the cutoff.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 15. A resource with no demonstrated response remains separate from the six Power ratings.
Active · Rank 3
Dee Valladares
Miami, Florida · Survivor 45 winner · Survivor 50
Devens trusts Dee with the Diamond Veto, then takes her advice.
Dee peaks at 19 as the first HOH and settles at 13 when the office ends. Episode 9 adds another example of someone using her judgment without clearing a new global threshold.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 1
- Reward
- 2
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 4
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 19
- Current
- 13
- Episode 3 · Rises to 18
- Episode 4 · Peaks at 19
- Episodes 5–9 · Holds at 13
- Episode position
- Devens’s only known confidante on the Diamond Veto.
- What they do
- Advises Devens to keep the power secret after he discloses it to her.
- Result
- Devens follows the advice and limits the information to Dee.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 13. The response supports Dee’s existing Informational position without adding a new score.
Hidden target · Rank 10
Jason De Puy
35 · West Hollywood, California · Drag queen · RuPaul’s Drag Race 15 and All Stars 11
Jason names the danger before he finds a way around it.
Jason returns to 11 after an Episode 6 relationship repair and survives through safety in Episode 8. In Episode 9 he sees the threat early, but his warning produces no protection before nominations.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 2
- Reward
- 2
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 2
- Informational
- 2
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 11
- Current
- 11
- Episodes 4–5 · Falls to 8
- Episode 6 · Returns to 11
- Episode 9 · Holds at 11
- Episode position
- Concealed backdoor target outside the initial nominee group.
- What they do
- Tells Devens that the backdoor is coming and offers himself as a future number.
- Result
- The read is accurate. No protection, access, or target reversal follows before the cutoff.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 11. Awareness does not become Informational Power until it changes someone’s behavior or access.
Nominated · Rank 3
Lyric Medeiros
25 · Honolulu, Hawaii · Attorney
Lyric accepts a place on the block inside Kamu’s hidden-target plan.
Lyric rises to 13 when her Episode 7 veto pitch works and holds there after following through in Episode 8. Episode 9 puts that position under direct pressure without changing the rating.
Power profile
- Legitimate
- 2
- Reward
- 2
- Coercive
- 1
- Expert
- 2
- Referent
- 3
- Informational
- 3
Season Power
Episode checkpoints- Start
- 9
- Peak
- 13
- Current
- 13
- Episode 5 · Reaches 12
- Episode 7 · Reaches 13
- Episode 9 · Holds at 13
- Episode position
- Initial nominee presented as a pawn in the Jason backdoor plan.
- What they do
- Receives mixed safety and veto assurances from Kamu before accepting the pawn role.
- Result
- Lyric reaches the cutoff on the block. The veto has not been selected or played.
- Power change
- Total Power holds at 13. Nomination increases pressure without erasing her existing relationships or information.
Cast details: Paramount+ official Season 28 cast guide. Official cast portraits: Evan Mulling / CBS. Episode analysis: S28E09 Technical Episode Report v1.
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