Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains

Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains is the twentieth season of the CBS competitive reality television series .
This season was a celebration of the ten year anniversary of the show and opted to have returning players who were known for their honor and integrity (Heroes) or their deception and duplicity (Villains). It also marked the first two-time winner: Sandra Diaz-Twine, who beat Parvati Shallow and Russell Hantz in a 6-3-0 vote. To date, it has produced ten returning players (Candice Woodcock, Cirie Fields, Coach Wade, J.T. Thomas, Parvati Shallow, Rob Mariano, Rupert Boneham, Russell Hantz, Sandra Diaz-Twine, and Tyson Apostol) for subsequent seasons.
==Production==
Unlike previous seasons where a break in production occurred between seasons, the twentieth season was shot twenty days after was completed, taking advantage of the existing infrastructure from that season. All challenges in this season were based on challenges used in previous seasons. Rather than the usual slogan "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast", the slogan for this season was "Return, Revenge, Redemption".
The occurred shortly after the completion of filming for this season; a CBS spokeswoman stated that no crew members were harmed from it.
The castaways eliminated pre-jury were sequestered in Australia.https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/counting-on-jinger-duggar-childhood-photo-sad.html/
===Casting===
Heroes vs. Villains featured ten former castaways known for their acts of integrity and honor, the Heroes, and ten former castaways known for their deeds of deception and duplicity, the Villains. The cast was officially announced during the on January 6, 2010. Jeff Probst, the show's host, stated that while they wanted to do another season where they brought back former players for the show's 10-year anniversary and 20th cycle, they did not want to simply do another "All-Stars" season. Upon reflecting on the most popular players, they realized that these players were either beloved or despised for those respective seasons, and opted to use that as the theme for this season.
Casting for Heroes vs. Villains was done simultaneously with casting for Samoa. According to Probst, the production initially selected 50 players from the past seasons, paring those down to twenty and keeping one spot open for a possible player from Samoa. Some selections were made to match players that production thought would be exciting to see, according to casting director Lynne Spillman. While the players had been classified as Heroes or Villains, creator Mark Burnett did not expect these players to maintain these roles in the game, and to instead do what they needed to survive to the end.
Richard Hatch, the winner of the original season, , was asked to return for this season. However, he had to apply to leave the country since he was under house arrest. His request was denied by a federal judge in Rhode Island.http://www.today.com/id/31870342#.WNm-LPnyvIU Corinne Kaplan of and Shane Powers of were also asked to return, but Corinne declined due to work obligations while Shane was replaced by Russell Hantz.http://www.unofficialsurvivorguide.com/?p=682 Natalie Bolton of was seen shooting promotional images on location, but was ultimately not chosen for the final cast.https://twitter.com/i/status/869212986044502016
Due to the back-to-back filming of Samoa and this season, the other players did not have an opportunity to see Russell Hantz's gameplay in Samoa. However, the players were told by the production crew that Hantz was considered "one of the five most notorious male villains of all time" prior to the start of the game.
==Twists/Changes==
*Heroes vs. Villains: Ten of the most heroic castaways battled against the ten most villainous castaways for the title of Sole Survivor and the million dollar prize, hence the season title.
*Hidden Immunity Idol: Idols were hidden at each tribe camp for castaways to find.
*Double Tribal Council: On Day 15, both tribes were forced to attend Tribal Council separately to vote out one of their own.
*Expanded Jury and Final Three: The Final Tribal Council had a Final Three and a nine-person jury, including two jurors from the pre-merge portion of the game.
==Castaways==
Contestant	Contestant 	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Finish	VotesAgainst
Contestant	Contestant 	Original Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Finish	VotesAgainst
 	Sugar Kiper30, Los Angeles, CA 	 	 	 	9
 	Stephenie LaGrossa29, Philadelphia, PA &	 	 	 	6
 	Randy Bailey50, Austin, TX 	 	 	 	9
 	Cirie Fields39, Norwalk, CT & 	 	 	 	3
 	Tom Westman45, New York City, NY 	 	 	 	8
 	Tyson Apostol30, Heber City, UT 	 	 	 	3
 	James Clement32, Lafayette, LA & 	 	 	 	7
 	Rob Mariano33, Pensacola, FL & 	 	 	 	5
 	Coach Wade37, Susanville, CA 	 	 	 	4
 	Courtney Yates28, New York City, NY 	 	 	 	9
 	J.T. Thomas25, Mobile, AL 	 	rowspan="10" 	 	5
 	Amanda Kimmel25, Los Angeles, CA & 	 	 	10 	
 	Candice Woodcock26, Washington, D.C. 	 	 	5 	
 	Danielle DiLorenzo28, Los Angeles, CA 	 	 	4 	
 	Rupert Boneham45, Indianapolis, IN & 	 	 	10 	
 	Colby Donaldson35, Los Angeles, CA & 	 	 	7 	
 	Jerri Manthey38, Los Angeles, CA & 	 	 	9 	
 	Russell Hantz36, Dayton, TX 	 	SecondRunner-Up 	5 	
 	Parvati Shallow26, Los Angeles, CA & 	 	Runner-Up 	8 	
 	Sandra Diaz-Twine35, Fayetteville, NC 	 	Sole Survivor 	3 	
==Season Summary==
The twenty returning castaways were pre-divided into two tribes of ten based on their previous style of gameplay. The Villains dominated the earlier challenges due to Rob's leadership, only going to Tribal Council once in the first 14 days, and the Heroes were quickly whittled down to six members. The Villains tribe was divided into two factions: Rob's alliance of six, and the minority alliance of Russell, Parvati, and Danielle. At a Double Tribal Council, Rob's alliance decided to split the vote between Russell and Parvati out of fear of the Hidden Immunity Idol which Russell had found. Rob's right-hand man Tyson, knowing that the minority alliance was voting for him, became uneasy and deviated from the plan, voting for Parvati instead of Russell. This error would prove fatal; Russell decided to play his Idol on Parvati, negating the four votes against her, and Tyson was voted out.
The Villains lost the next Immunity Challenge and, due to Jerri aligning with Russell and Coach's inability to pick a side, Rob was voted out. During this time, the dominant alliance on the Heroes tribe was centered around the returning Micronesia players; Amanda, Cirie, and James prior to Cirie's blindside caused by Tom's idol and a flip by J.T.. This move, several immunity losses, and an injury to James would force alliances to eventually dissolve as the Heroes would go down to just five members.
During the challenges after Rob's elimination, the Heroes were led to believe that the women of the Villains tribe were methodically eliminating the men. J.T. found the Heroes' second Hidden Immunity Idol, and gave it to Russell, the last male Villain remaining, with hopes that Russell would use it to eliminate Parvati and align with the Heroes at the merge. Instead, Russell shared the idol with his alliance, unaware that Parvati and Danielle had also found the Villains' second Hidden Immunity Idol. Without Rob, the Villains lost the next two Immunity Challenges, leaving Sandra as the last remaining Villain outside of Russell's alliance of four.
With five Heroes and five Villains remaining, the tribes merged into the Yin Yang tribe. While the Heroes believed Russell was on their side, Sandra attempted to warn Rupert of Russell's distrustful behavior. Ultimately, the Heroes ignored Sandra's warnings, voting for Jerri as she was considered the least likely to have a Hidden Immunity Idol. Parvati played both idols on Jerri and Sandra to gain their loyalty, negating the Heroes' votes, sending J.T. out of the game, and giving the Villains the majority. 
Despite several attempts to align with the Villains, the remaining Heroes were consistently eliminated. However, after Russell realized that Parvati and Danielle's true loyalty was to each other, Russell betrayed Danielle, working with the remaining Heroes to vote her out. After this, the final Heroes were eliminated, leaving Sandra, Russell, Parvati, and Jerri as the final four. Russell, having won the Final Immunity Challenge, felt he would have a better chance in the Final Tribal Council against Sandra (whom he felt did little in the game) over Jerri, making her the final player voted out. This would ultimately be his downfall.
At Final Tribal Council, the jury blasted Russell for his numerous betrayals and poor social game, and he would go on to receive no votes. While Parvati was acknowledged for her strong challenge performances, she was criticized for her association with Russell, to which she rationalized by citing she had limited options for allies at the start of the game. Sandra was able to win over the Heroes' votes by pointing out that she tried to help them vote out the Villains and remained the last of Rob's core alliance, while also saying that despite the downfall of her alliance she continued to find ways to advanced herself in the game. Sandra won the title of Sole Survivor over Parvati and Russell, 6–3–0 respectively, and became the first two-time Survivor winner.
==Voting History==
==Trivia==
* Heroes vs. Villains is the first season to feature three-time returning players.
* Heroes vs. Villains is the only all-returning player season where no tribe switches occurred.
* Heroes vs. Villains is the only all-returning player season without a green tribe.
* After filming, the medical team stayed in Samoa to aid the locals who were affected by the 2009 Samoan tsunami. As told by host Jeff Probst in the preview of , some of the filming locations also took damage from the disaster.
* Heroes vs. Villains is currently the last season where the merged tribe only consists of ten players.
**This is the most recent season where the merge occurred with half the cast remaining.
* Heroes vs. Villains marks the first time a previous winner won the game for a second time.
* The season logo featured silhouettes of the castaways from the Heroes and Villains tribes.
** Additionally, the "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast" slogan was replaced by "Return, Revenge, Redemption" for this season.
* Outside of , this season is tied with for the most former winners playing at the time of production with four; J.T., Parvati, Sandra, and Tom.
** Along with future winners Rob () and Tyson (), Heroes vs. Villains also ties with All-Stars for the most either former or future winners, with six (outside of Winners at War).
* Amanda Kimmel is the first player to achieve the record of playing Survivor for 100 days, achieving this milestone on Day 22.
* Both returning players from , Sugar and Randy, were voted out first from their tribes, and were both voted out 9-1.
** Both tribes eliminated out people from China, James and Courtney, by a vote of 5-1 at their last tribal councils right before the merge.
* All contestants made it to the jury phase of the game at least once when they previously competed.
* Heroes vs. Villains is the first season where the Final Three was entirely composed of previous finalists from other seasons. It would be followed by Winners at War.
* Following Sandra's elimination in , Heroes vs. Villains became the third season (along with Game Changers) in which all contestants have been voted out at some point in their Survivor careers, following and .
* A misprint during the production of the Heroes vs. Villains Buffs resulted to an accidental pink Buff. The limited edition Buff, which only has 100 in stock, is made available for purchase.https://www.planetgearcompany.com/survivor-buff-0174-headwear/20/survivor-buffr-headwear-season-20-heroes-vs-villians-bright-pink-limited-time-limited-quantity.html
* Heroes vs. Villains has had the most castaways return in future seasons, with ten.
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