as the saying goes the older you get and the more things life throws at you
the more you can relate to the villain and while we all love our favorite survivor heroes
such as rupert colby and cerri sometimes we can't help but root for the villains of survivor
as well whether you can just simply relate to them more they're the underdog of the season
or there's just something about them that makes them rootable despite their villainous persona
what's going on guys i'm flint masters and today we'll be going through the most readable villains
in survivor history players who are without doubt villains but there's something about
them that makes them rootable for a niche or even the general survivor fandom now obviously there's
so many players in survivor history who are ambiguous when it comes to if they're a villain
or not so i'm going to try to keep this to people who are without question considered villains in
the survivor fandom there's also plenty of villains through the years who are loved
despite not really having any readable qualities for example the hardcore fandom absolutely loves
courtney yates for snarky comments with absolutely no remorse or feelings for others however i don't
think the general person would ever root for a girl like her so with all that said let's take
a look at the most readable villains throughout the years in survivor and we'll start off with
one of the most iconic players in survivor history russell hance i mean russell is probably the most
notorious villain in survivor history calling people names lying non-stop and backstabbing
people even over the pettiest of things and yet despite russell being an iconic survivor villain
people couldn't help but root for him due to his unreal gameplay the man found three idols without
clues in samoa when it was unheard of to even find one without a clue and survivor he neglected at
the time the most amount of votes ever in seven and made it to the final three in two straight
seasons yet despite his ruthless gameplay when russell was loyal he was loyal as could be as he
stayed strong to his 404 alliance despite entering the merge at an 8-4 numbers disadvantage and then
in heroes versus villains instead of playing as idol or voting for party to survive another day
with an idol in his pocket he risked it off for his alliance with danielle and poverty
and duke tyson into voting for poverty only for him to play his idol on party
all of this at the final 15 with so much gameplay left this unreal gameplay and loyalty made russell
respected by pretty much all survivor fans and was able to win fan favorite two straight years so
while russell was absolutely a villain during his survivor run you couldn't help but root for him
to stay and root for him to continue to do amazing things in seemingly every single survivor episode
now i don't even have to find idols people are actually giving me idols you don't
hand the enemy the idol especially when his name is russell hands you don't do that that's a no no
we now move on to brad culpepper a man who is constantly crapped on in every single episode in
his short blood versus water run brad took control of his tribe right out the gate something we had
seen numerous times in survivor history but due to the nature of the season brad became not just
disliked but absolutely hated by pretty much every single person out there since brad was the obvious
leader he was the default man to blame when explaining why that person went home and with this
season being full of loved ones it was not only a double whammy when blaming culpepper but this was
also personal for the opposing team's loved ones who had just as much hate for culpepper whereas in
a normal season the opposing tribe wouldn't care the hate for culpepper escalated in each episode
as he continued to be the decision maker on the newbies tribe and the players voted out continued
to rally not only themselves but their loved ones against culpepper and i mean you couldn't help but
feel bad for the guy he was just simply playing the game and for that matter playing it hard
something you have to respect but with all the emotions of this season players needed a scapegoat
and brad was that goat it got to the point where you were almost rooting for brad to beat
the players that were insulting him at redemption island as satisfying revenge now to be fair it's
not like culpepper was a super level-headed person and wore his emotions on his sleeve along with
making it clear to everyone that he was the leader but still you couldn't help but feel bad for the
guy constantly being crapped on by everyone for simply just playing the game of survivor i mean he
was more hated by players this season than some of the biggest douches to ever play survivor it's one
thing to feel betrayed by someone but it's another thing to treat someone like garbage for playing
the game and that was culpepper's experience during his entire blood versus water run
making him very rootable for survivor fans who did respect his gameplay and knew what the things the
eliminated players were saying about him weren't true in the slightest just just you know look away
you're a child monica every time we come here your husband gets drilled all i can say is
there's not just one person voting there's an entire trade one voting and four to one
to the people who get voted off about how he's shushing the women and telling them telling them
when she came to our camp she felt about this ask your husband if i've hushed anybody has you heard
me hush anybody didn't hush me no he didn't hush a man that's bigger than him that can beat his ass
done does brad have
if there's anyone who certain people can relate to when it comes to a survivor villain it's mr
randy bailey for most people he was just seen as a grumpy old man who had some less than pc friendly
things to say but for a lot of people they could simply relate to randy he made it clear he hadn't
lived the best life and had been hurt by pretty much everything throughout the years they saw
randy as an introverted guy who had been living a painful 50 years and related to him whether it was
due to being misunderstood or having their heart broken at one point or another in life as well
and most importantly people who solved their randy saw that he was a very smart and funny guy who did
care about people it's just that it was super hard for him to get invested in any sort of positivity
since he had experienced so much negative in life again people who haven't experienced any sort of
negative in life or simply are super positive in general couldn't relate to randy but for a large
niche of survivor fans they not only related to randy but also saw that there was some good in him
giving him a cult-like following in the survivor community have you had much tragedy in your life
well i think that's what help has helped me stuff like this didn't matter
if i'd been first booted off or winner of this game
in the long run neither one matters it really doesn't what was the biggest charge of your family
i mean everything you know one one tops the other the the dog you know the dog replaced
the family thing my dog johnson uh meant more to me than any of these people will
he's been dead five years and i miss him to this day so the family thing was huge yeah yeah and the
dog helped me deal with it and when the dog was gone you know the dog was five years ago and uh
you know all i've done is deal with it i'm not the nicest guy in the world i've i've had a tough 49
years but uh maddie knows if you get me you're not offended by me if you don't get me you go crying
home to mama i thought i was gonna die i swear to god i did after your dog yeah yeah i mean
it i didn't eat for about a week ended up in the hospital did you yeah you know and then i just
decided you know this this isn't worth it you know me starving to death is not going to bring him
back nothing to be ashamed of what do you want in your life now i want to get a new dog next month
it's not like a wife or anything if that happens it happens but no i'm not planning on it i'm
planning on the dog i know i know i can trust the dog a similar instance to russell here as we move
on to tony blacho's tony was a man who got into constant fights backstabbed his alliance multiple
times and swore on his family and cop's badge only to break it with no regret whatsoever yet
despite all of this negativity he was able to win survivor their first and only over-the-top
winner in survivor history and because of that tony became a beloved character even before
coming back in winners at war to cement himself as the greatest to ever play not only were fans
in love with his gameplay that made for one of the greatest seasons in survivor history
but unlike russell there was an even more hated player in kaguyan in cast that tony had some of
his best fights with also the hero of the season in spencer was saved multiple times as tony worked
with him sporadically throughout the game using his vote to blindside people and his alliance
when the time was right tony is definitely one of the most villainous winners in survivor history
but nobody can deny how entertaining he was and how entertaining he made kogi on
and even more so now that he's won twice he's not only respected by the survivor fandom but loved
for being such a big part of survivor history i need to talk to you all love him or hate him
tony played his ass off out here wu tries to excuse his passive play on not having idols
and tony finding three idols why do you think tony found three idols it's because he looked more than
everyone else combined tony was behind every great strategic decision he blinded his alliance to what
was going on around them in the game like a puppet master he took a slew of goats deep put some on
the jury he took one to the end tony played with a ferocity this game very rarely does c and so
when you put pin to parchment tonight vote for the only guy sitting there that actually played
this game and played it in a way that honors it we now have one of the only true rootable
underdog villains in survivor history and that is jay start from survivor millennials vs gen x
jay was the typical surfer bro who was very cocky and created the cool kids alliance on the
millennials tribe early in the game and pulled off one of the most ruthless blind sides ever right
before the merge on michaela millennials vs gen x has won the most likable cast in survival history
with jay and taylor being the only real villains of the season due to their shenanigans from the
merge on jay slowly became a rootable underdog as he was outcasted right when the merge started
yet was somehow able to make it to the final six through some incredibly ballsy idol holds
a mutiny wins and using his million dollar smile to find a way back into the majority many viewers
also gained a newfound love for jay after he and adam bonded over their alien mothers while jay was
definitely a guy with a high ego who was easy to root against especially when going against
the likes of david and adam everyone loves a good underdog and jay was exactly that in millennials
versus gen x and was able to make it to the finale when it looked like making the final 10 would be
a stretch you have to respect his never say die attitude which for a lot of people made up for
his over-the-top attitude in the pre-merge i feel as though i'm the protector of of my family so
why not protect everybody just go out there and just have as much fun as you possibly can
and uh make sure you know to just show love just show love to everyone i mean i've been afraid
many many many many many times and uh the strength just came from basically my family just my mother
always reinforcing like you can do anything you can be the best you are the best you are the best
and the thing is with with with uh life you can't be thinking to yourself oh i'm going to do this
you just say you did it and then the universe will give it to you like you can't you can't say
you know i'm going to be the best no you just say i am the best
let's end this list with a couple female villains shall we you know it's tough for female villains
because while some men who play villainous are loved by the community females that play the
same way are despised especially by the casuals however the first female we'll be talking about
has nothing to hide and she'll be the first one to tell you who the queen of survivor
is and that is of course sandra diaz twine sandra became known for her sassy personality
telling lies to make others to target over her and got into many fights in her survivor career but
these fights are exactly what made sandra so loved by the survivor community similar to tony and cass
stranger got into an iconic fight with fairplay in the pearl islands who was far and away the most
hated villain of that season and then in heroes versus villains for the first time ever someone
stood up to wrestle hands and that person was in fact miss sandra diaz twine flat out telling him
she was against him but what also makes sandra so beloved despite her less than friendly attitude
is the fact that she owns up to her flaws she doesn't try to prop herself up like most villains
would and get upset when she always has to sit out in challenges in fact she embraces being known as
the sit out bench queen she's not the flashiest player in the world but that's exactly her game as
long as it isn't her then she can live with that and it was this type of self-awareness gameplay
that made sandra the first ever two-time winner in survivor history sure there's some fans who
think sandra is overrated but many survivor fans absolutely respect sandra's gameplay
and live for her sassy attitude especially when going against the likes of russell and fair play
and best of all no matter what anyone says about her nobody props up sandra as much as she props
herself up and you just gotta love it so sandra does that does the fact that you're the only
person who've won who has won twice does that make you best player ever it makes me the queen
the best ever yes without question without question i mean i have two titles
what else can you ask for i always i go out there and my goal is to make it to the end
and i make it to the end and i win you can't beat that
and finally how can you not include miss parvati shallow i mean it's rumored that she wasn't even
supposed to be on the villains tribe and was only switched due to production wanting to avoid
the obvious black widow brigade alliance on the heroes tribe and let's be honest she was obviously
a lot more villainous than saree and amanda as she was one of the first female players to use
her body to her advantage in survivor and was the one to create the black widow brigade the most
dominant and ruthless alliance in survivor history but still how can you not love poverty whether
it's her endearing smile and laugh or the fact that she inspired an entire generation of female
survivor players she is on the mount rushmore of survivor and is still brought up to this day
when it comes to a possible poverty 2.0 she was a main focus of two of survivor's best seasons
in micronesia and heroes versus villains as she was responsible for some of the best moments in
survival history such as ozzy's blindside and her double idol play at the merge in heroes versus
villains poverty used her sweet personality to her advantage to play some of the best survivor
we've ever seen and is a franchise face in survivor history for her cutthroat gameplay
despite her appearance she truly did revolutionize the game and the fans will always love her for
that except for when the rootable young female is taken out due to being a potential poverty 2.0
coming back and playing really aggressively and pretty much no holds barred for me so i haven't
been here miserable going through all this crap to not win this game
the winner of survivor fans versus families
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