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. Their tribe color is red.

Members

 * Tyson Apostol from the  Tocantins. Most notable for his humorous, acid-tongued confessionals.
 * Randy Bailey from Gabon. Most notable for being a "wedding planner who hates love."
 * Sandra Diaz-Twine from Pearl Islands. Most notable for making revenge for Rupert's blindside in their first season by secretly dumping all the fish Rupert caught and framing her tribemate Christa for the incident.
 * Rob Mariano, mostly known as Boston Rob from Marquesas and All-Stars. Most notable for his aggressive game play and his wedding proposal to Amber Brkich during the live finale of All-Stars.
 * Courtney Yates from China. Notable because of sharp wit that compensates her frail body.
 * Parvati Shallow from 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.
 * Danielle DiLorenzo from Panama. Notable for blindsiding Terry Deitz at the penultimate Tribal Council. 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 taught 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 from Australia and All-Stars. Most notable for having a love-hate relationship with fellow ex-Australia comrade Colby. She was also considered the first female Survivor "Villain."
 * 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.
 * Russell Hantz from Samoa. 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.

Tribe History
After a brief chat with Jeff, the Villains were pitted against the Heroes in their first Reward Challenge. Sandra made a bold move when she undid Sugar's bikini top during their round, yet to be thwarted when Sugar decided to leave her top and carried the bag toward their mat topless. After a very close competition, the Heroes won the first challenge, earning flint for their team.



Following their first challenge loss, the Villains arrived at their camp to discover a basket full of supplies, including fishing gear. The tribe then agreed to make a shelter first. As they begin constructing the shelter, Russell also started to work his dark magic, as he did the same strategy he did on Samoa. He made alliances with both Danielle and Parvati (one of the most manipulative women in the history of the game). Though Danielle agreed for the pact, Parvati became suspicious. During their first night, the tribe noticed Jerri and Coach becoming more fond of each other, having slept with each other. The next day, Russell and Courtney heckled about the "Black Widow" and the "Dragon Slayer's" flirtatious behavior towards each other.

The next day, Boston became the de facto leader of the tribe for leading the tribe in doing camp chores, but later felt disappointed for his tribemates' lack of work ethic, even deeming that he is again on a buffoon tribe (same as his previous tribes in the past). Realizing that he must take initiative, Boston Rob did the unthinkable, as he ignited fire by improvising a fire saw (much to Coach's amazement). Rob's leadership and good challenge performance (both physical and puzzle solving), made the Villains win the first two Immunity Challenges.

On Day 4, still disappointed by his tribemates lack of work ethic, Rob wandered off into the jungle to cool off. Jerri found him collapsed on the jungle floor and called in the Survivor Medical Team, who, as they found nothing more than a slight flu, cleared Rob to continue on the competition.

On Day 8, Rob and Coach warned Russell about having an alliance with the flirtatious Parvati. Annoyed by Rob's machismo, Russell sabotaged the tribe by hiding the machete during their sleep. Randy on the other hand became the unofficial sole food provider for the tribe, which he became frustrated later for not being appreciated.

During the third Immunity Challenge on Day 8, the Heroes obliterated the Villains by winning in a 8-0 wipe-out win. After the loss, the tribe was torn between Parvati for having potential ties with the other tribe and Randy's weakness in challenges, but in the end, a very angry Randy (to the point of throwing his buff into the fire pit) was unanimously voted out, 9-1.

After winning the the next Reward Challenge (a full-stocked tool kit), Russell accidentally unfurled a clue to the whereabouts of the Hidden Immunity Idol that was buried somewhere in their camp (much to his dismay). Upon reading it, Sandra and Rob plead that no one should be found digging for it, or else they will be "marked." The rest of the tribe agreed, except Russell, who was later caught by Sandra while scouring for the idol, much to the anger of the tribe. After the incident, Rob created an alliance with Jerri, Tyson, Courtney, Sandra and Coach to oust him immediately, though this was not necessary as they have won the next Immunity Challenge.

Russell later found the Hidden Immunity Idol. And after winning yet another Reward Challenge, Russell told Parvati that he had found it. Knowing that numbers were still against him, Russel approached Coach and revealed his secret to him, which a gullible Coach accepted, with Russell "knighting" him (with Russell secretly laughing at him). With Rob's knowledge on puzzles, the Villains rallied to their fourth successive challenge win.

When Jeff Probst revealed that there will be a double boot in Day 15, Rob won individual Immunity for himself and later when he battled against the Heroes' winner Candice, he also won a feast of hotdogs while watching the Heroes' Tribal Council. Later that day, Rob's alliance agreed that assuming that Russell possessed the Hidden Immunity Idol, organized his alliance members to split their votes between Russell and Parvati, so that they would hopefully flush out the idol and remove one of the two. As a strategy to put the numbers against Tyson and not himself, Russell approached Tyson and convinced him to vote for Parvati. Tyson, believing Russell would also vote Parvati, opted to switch his vote to her as well, when, in reality, Russell would be voting for Tyson. At their Tribal Council, Russell presented the Hidden Immunity Idol to Jeff, shockingly went back and gave the idol to Parvati to use it for herself. When she played the idol, the four votes cast against her were negated, thus blindsiding Tyson by a vote of 3–2–0.

The next morning, shocked by Russell's shocking play at the previous Tribal Council, Rob felt uneasy and suspicious about his alliance partners' loyalty. Meanwhile, Jerri started to waver her trust toward Rob, while she halfheartedly approached Russell, Parvati and Danielle to join their pact. But after losing the Day 16 Reward Challenge, Jerri accepted the offer and aligned herself with Russell, while Coach was skeptical of Russell's promises. Coach was hurt by Jerri's equal loyalties to himself and Russell as he thought he had a greater level of trust and loyalty from Jerri. When the Heroes won the next Immunity Challenge, Russell told Rob that either Courtney or Sandra, both of whom were sitting right beside, had to go home next. Rob tried to convince Coach to vote for Russell by appealing to his respect for loyalty; however, Coach wanted to vote for either Courtney and Parvati for performing poor in the challenge and being a social threat respectively. . Russell devised a plan to blindside Rob while talking with Coach, Danielle, and Jerri, but Coach disagreed and still wanted to vote out Courtney. At the Villains' Tribal Council, the votes were cast; while Coach stuck to voting for Courtney, Jerri joined Russell's alliance to send Rob home by a 4–3–1 vote. When Rob was about to give Jeff his torch, Coach tried to shake hands with him, but Rob ignored him.

Sensing danger, Sandra plotted to trick Russell into believing that Coach was gunning for him, in order to save Courtney. Russell, who was easily convinced, conspired with Parvati to vote out Coach, a move they hoped would further strengthen the misconception of an all-girl alliance. When the Heroes extended their winning streak to four at the Day 21 Immunity Challenge. Russell and Danielle had an argument over whether they should eliminate Courtney or Coach. At Tribal Council, Sandra and Courtney's plan came to fruition, and Coach was voted out 4–3, becoming the season's first Jury member.

The Villains rebounded when they won the next Reward Challenge, enjoying an Outback Steakhouse-sponsored smorgasbord. While feasting, During the feast, Parvati discovered a clue to another Hidden Immunity Idol tucked into her napkin at the dining table. Parvati showed the clue to Danielle in order to strengthen her loyalty to Parvati versus Russell and the next day, they successfully found the idol. With the Heroes completely convinced that there was an all-girl pact at the Villains tribe, JT foolishly gave the Heroes' Hidden Immunity Idol after the Immunity Challenge to Russell. When the Heroes won their second straight Immunity Challenge, JT then gave a letter to Russell stating that Russell must vote out Parvati, in which the two hysterically laughed it off (to the point of insulting his win in Tocantins). After the incident, Russell showed the Heroes' idol to Jerri and Danielle, much to the two's surprise. At their fourth successive Tribal Council, Courtney, an outsider of Russell's alliance was voted off in a 5-1 decision, leaving Sandra as the only remaining member of Boston Rob's alliance. After this, the Heroes and the Villains are even with five members apiece.

On Day 25, the Villains tribe moved to the Heroes' camp for the merge.

Trivia

 * Interestingly, Russell Hantz was not known by cast members of the earlier seasons because his season hasn't been aired yet when the 20th season was being filmed. It is because Heroes vs. Villains and Samoa was filmed back-to-back, with only a 20-day break. Additionally, since his season has yet to air before Heroes vs. Villains at the time, Russel was forbidden to divulge anything about his first season.
 * After playing the game for 3 seasons, Rob Mariano never became a part of a Jury. He was voted off three days shy from Marquesas' Jury Phase, then he faced the Jury during the All-Star season, while he won his fourth run, in Survivor: Redemption Island.