If you haven’t finished watching the Survivor Samoa finale, stop reading now.
Let me just start by saying - what a fantastic season of Survivor.
There were countless great moments that will go down in Survivor history.
In no particular order:
Russell’s sabotaging of his own camp, burning Jaison’s socks (and then burning them again at the reunion) and dominating his entire tribes voting decisions up until the merge.
Ben’s racial outburst (conveniently glossed over during the reunion show) and his grilling by Jaison at the tribal council where he was rightfully ejected. Moron got told.
Galu Russell’s dramatic collapse. The polar opposite of Mick, Russell led his tribe to the extreme and ended up paying for it with his health.
The complete turnaround after Galu dominated Foa Foa up until the merge. Watching the formerly smug tribe fall to pieces against all odds.
Russell’s persistent strategy and animal like ability to sniff out the hidden immunity idols without any clues not once, not twice, but three times throughout the game – and then, his reaction at the reunion show when ultimately he was robbed of his hard earned reward and was forced to sit there (obviously infuriated) while somebody he was responsible for carrying the entire game won the million dollars and title of sole survivor.
Betsy’s line to Jeff at the reunion show about making her sweat and Jeff’s reaction.
Overall, great season.
Even greater however is the announcement for next season.
Survivor Season 20: Heroes Vs Villains will pit two tribes of former castaways against each other in a unique season unheard of in survivor history. Separated into two tribes (heroes and villains) they will compete for the Million dollars divided by their past actions in previous seasons.
Apparently the tribes are as follows:
Heroes:
Rupert Boneham, James “J.T.” Thomas, Tom Westman, Colby Donaldson, James Clement, Stephenie LaGrossa, Amanda Kimmel, Jessica ‘Sugar’ Kiper, Cirie Fields and Candice Woodcock
Villains:
Jerri Manthey, Parvati Shallow, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Courtney Yates, Danielle DiLorenzo, Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano, Randy Bailey, Tyson Apostol, Ben “Coach” Wade and Russell Hantz
An absolutely spectacular lineup.
February 11th can’t come soon enough.