Villains

The Villains is one of the two competing tribes in Heroes vs. Villains.

The tribe is composed of 10 handpicked former castaways that were known for their previous acts of manipulation, deception and duplicity. Despite being weaker physically than their rivals and somewhat dysfunctional, they remained a strong force due to their teamwork and puzzle solving abilities. Their tribe color is red.

Members

 * Randy Bailey, most notable for being a "wedding planner who hates love" in Gabon.
 * Tyson Apostol, most notable for his humorous, acid-tongued confessionals in Tocantins.
 * Rob Mariano, mostly known as Boston Rob from Marquesas and All-Stars, most notable for his aggressive, cut throat game play and his wedding proposal to Amber Brkich during the live finale of All-Stars.
 * Benjamin Wade, popularly known as Coach from Tocantins, notable for his seemingly pretentious life stories (such as his previous relationships and his claimed abduction by Amazonian tribesmen) and his eccentric behavior.
 * Courtney Yates, notable because of sharp wit that compensates her frail body in China.
 * Danielle DiLorenzo, notable for blindsiding Terry Deitz at the penultimate Tribal Council of Panama. Anticipating a deadlock tie (which leads to a fire-starting challenge tiebreaker) with Cirie Fields during the previous episode, Danielle asked Deitz to teach her how to make fire before the final four Tribal Council, and in return she will take him to the Final Two. Terry did teach her, with Danielle eventually winning the challenge (leading to Cirie's elimination). But Danielle did not return the favor, as she voted Terry out when she won the final Immunity Challenge.
 * Jerri Manthey, returning for her third time since Australia and All-Stars, most notable for having a love-hate relationship with fellow ex-Australia comrade Colby in Australia and being considered the first Survivor "Villainess."
 * Russell Hantz, notable for being branded as the most devious player yet. Known for sabotaging his tribe from Day 1 by claiming he is a Hurricane Katrina victim, draining all of the tribe's water canteens, burning Jaison's socks and successfully finding three Hidden Immunity Idols without any clues in Samoa.
 * Parvati Shallow, returning for her third time since Cook Islands and Micronesia. She flirted her way though the game, and led a very successful all-women alliance by orchestrating a long string of blindsides which eventually made her the winner of Micronesia.
 * Sandra Diaz-Twine, most notable for taking revenge for Rupert's blindside in Pearl Islands by secretly dumping all the fish Rupert caught and framing her tribemate Christa for the incident.

Tribe History
At the start of the game, every Villain, aside from Jerri, wondered why they were on the Villain tribe, and what they had done to be labeled as such. During the first reward challenge, though, they proved themselves as the injury tally for the Heroes kept rising; Stephenie LaGrossa's shoulder was dislocated, Rupert Boneham broke his toe, and Russell nearly broke Tom Westman's leg. Despite their determination, however, the Heroes prevailed.

When they first went to camp, Boston Rob took charge, igniting the flame for his and Russell's conflict. Meanwhile, Russell was up to his old tricks by forming seperate alliance with both Parvati and Danielle, which eventually became one due to Danielle and Parvati's friendship. The Villains redeemed themselves at the Immunity Challenge on Day Three, thanks to Rob's puzzle solving skills.

The Villains proved to be one of the most dysfunctional tribes ever, as lots of tension tainted the air around camp. They won the next Immunity Challenge, again because of Boston Rob. The tribe did falter at the third Immunity Challenge, however, where they were destroyed in a sumo-style battle tournament. That night at Tribal Council, they tribe voted off Randy because of his age making him a liability.

As the tribe won the next two Immunity Challenges, the tribe was obviously split into two clear-cut alliances: Russell, Parvati, and Danielle, and Rob, Coach, Tyson, Sandra, Courtney, and Jerri. On Day 15, both tribes had to vote somebody out, and Rob decided to split his alliance's votes to insure that either Parvati or Russell would go home, in case one of them had a Hidden Immunity Idol.

Sure enough, Russell had already found the idol, and was aware of Rob's plan. He approached Tyson, lying right through his teeth that he thought it would be a great time for Parvati to be voted off. Tyson agreed to vote off Parvati, instead of Russell (who Rob had assigned as his vote). That night at Tribal Council, Tyson was shocked when Russell gave Parvati the Hidden Immunity Idol, which she played. With Parvati's four votes being extinguished, Tyson had the next most, with three. After he was voted off, Tyson called himself the victim of his own stupidity.

The Villains seemed to crumble for the rest of the Tribal phase after Tyson's blindside, losing the next Immunity Challenge. Russell managed to swing Jerri over to his alliance with his charisma, and his target being Rob. With Jerri's help (and Coach voting off the weakest Villain, Courtney) Russell was able to eliminate his biggest rival in a 4-3-1 vote.

After returning from camp, Sandra and Courtney harboured anger towards Coach for not voting with them and causing a tie. Russell was satisfied with how perfectly his plan had worked out, however. When the tribe lost their second Immunity Challenge in a row, Russell decided to play around the idea the Heroes had percieved as an all female Villains alliance. Wanting to toy with their heads more, Russell, Parvati, and Danielle agreed to vote off Coach at Tribal Council. They already had two Sandra and Courtney. Coach was voted off at Tribal Council 4-3.

At the following Reward Challenge, Coach's oust furthered the Heroes' belief of a girls' alliance on the Villain tribe. The Villains pulled off a win and won a trip to Outback Steakhouse, where Sandra was reminiscent of times with her husband and Parvati uncovered a clue to another Hidden Immunity Idol, telling only Danielle about it. Once they got back to camp, the girls quickly found it. At the Immunity Challenge, the Villains lost and J.T. Thomas slipped Russell the Heroes' Hidden Immunity Idol, in-order to ensure his safety and that he would join the Heroes when the looming merge occurred.

The Hidden Immunity Idol slip gave both Parvati and Russell a laugh, as it came with a note saying to use it to blindside Parvati that evening. Russell decided to keep the idol and vote off Courtney that night at Tribal Council, letting the Heroes think he played it, only to eliminate Courtney.

On Day 25, the Villains left their camp and relocated at the Heroes' camp for the merger.

Trivia

 * Russell Hantz was not known by cast members of the earlier seasons because his season hadn't been aired yet when the 20th season was being filmed because Heroes vs. Villains and Samoa were filmed back-to-back, with only a 20-day break in between. Additionally, since his season had yet to air before Heroes vs. Villains was filmed, Russell was forbidden to divulge anything about his season to the other castaways.
 * Of the ten Villains, six tribemates (Parvati, Courtney, Sandra, Danielle, Rob, and Russell) had made it to the Final Tribal Council at least once before their appearence on the season. In addition, Coach made the Final Tribal Council in a subsequent season, Survivor: South Pacific.