I Plan on Making it as Miserable as Possible

This season of Survivor came down to the age old battle of Good vs. Evil. On one hand you had Russell Hantz who more than lived up to the title of the biggest villain in Survivor history. On the other was Natalie White, the sweet Christian from the south who epitomized the Southern Bell. (Oh yeah, and there was Mick Trimming, possibly the most boring finalist ever in the show’s history and reason to go back to a two personal final.) My faith in humanity was restored when the Jury did not reward Russell’s evil behavior instead giving the million dollars to Natalie. Of course that faith in humanity was lost when America as a whole voted Russell the Player of the Season.

But the season belong to Russell who for some reason thought wearing his evilness on his sleeve would endear him to a jury of his peers which should go down as one of the worst strategies ever. If there were a runner up to Russell is was the mullet rocking former marine Shannon Waters who just goes by the moniker Shambo. She was the typical outsider (she was blindsided by half the votes because no one decided to tell her the plan) who lucked into a dominate team that didn’t lose to give them a chance to vote her out and Shambo then turned out to be the Galu downfall.

It is apropos that since the final vote came down to a battle between good and evil (and Mick) that for its twentieth season, Survivor is heading back to the South Pacific for a season called Heroes vs. Villains (yeah, the Real Road/Road Rules Challenge already did this three years ago). No word on what former players will be returning (except Richard Hatch won’t since he wasn’t allowed to leave Rhode Island) but I know which side I will be rooting for.

And Natalie over Russell managed not to be the biggest upset yesterday as CBS announced that Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains won’t get the coveted post-Super Bowl slot like the previous All Star edition and the second season (or even The Big Bang Theory, but something called Undercover Boss which sounds just slightly less lame than Kid Nation. Instead look for the new season of Survivor February 11.

Survivor: Samoa gets a on my Terror Alert Scale.