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Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains II is the fortieth season of the CBS competitive reality television series .

This season was a celebration of the twenty 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.

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: Two idols were hidden for the contestants to find, one at each camp.
 * Double Tribal Council: On Day 15, both tribes competed for individual immunity for an elimination later that night.
 * 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
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Trivia

 * This is the first season to feature three-time Returning Players.
 * This is the only all-returning player season where no Tribe Switches occurred.
 * 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.
 * This is currently the last season where the merged tribe only consists of ten players and in which the jury included players who did not make the merge.
 * This season marks the first time a previous winner has won for the second time.
 * This season's logo featured silhouettes of the castaways from the Heroes and Villains tribes.
 * This season holds the record for the most Hidden Immunity Idols played, with six (four successfully negated votes, of which three influenced the outcome of that Tribal Council).
 * This is the only season where four-time players Rob Mariano and Cirie Fields did not make the merge. This is also the only season of theirs where three-time players Stephenie LaGrossa, James Clement, Coach Wade, and Tyson Apostol did not make the merge.
 * This season is tied with  for the most former winners playing at the time of production with four; Sandra Diaz-Twine, Tom Westman, Parvati Shallow, and J.T. Thomas.
 * Amanda Kimmel is the first player to achieve the record of playing Survivor for 100 days, achieving this milestone on Day 22.
 * The "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast" slogan was replaced by "Return, Revenge, Redemption" for this season.
 * Both returning players from, Sugar Kiper and Randy Bailey, were voted out first from their tribes, and were both voted out 9-1.
 * All contestants this season made it to the jury phase of the game at least once when they previously competed.
 * All players who reached the jury phase have, at some point in their careers, been finalists, except for Candice Woodcock, Rupert Boneham, and Jerri Manthey.
 * This is the first season where the Final Three was entirely composed of previous finalists from other seasons.
 * 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.