"I'm gonna teach these Aussies how to play" *cuts to the previous 2017 season; arguably one of the all-time greatest international survivor seasons with some of the greatest strategic moves and players*
They played him well. He actually thought that Aussies who went to play Survivor would not know who he was and how he plays. And then goes out and plays like he always did. (That only worked when the other players didn't know who he was) His ego is his greatest flaw. He also never learned that relationships are the most important part to actually win.
yeh, he was full of himself “i’m the best player here” and i think he should’ve not shone the rest of his team members his immunity idol, it probably wouldn’t of mattered cause he’d put such a big target on himself, but i think australians see him different like a bad side of him , but the americans think of him as a god. he played shocking, and that’s why you never celebrate early
Agreed, but he didn't get idoled out, right? He just went home with an idol around his neck because he didn't play it. I'm a fairly new Survivor fan, but my understanding is that if you get idoled out, it's because you go home after someone else's successful idol play.
Russell played so hard that the players got so scared of him that they wanted him out as soon as possible. The fact that he did everything he could not to play the idol sealed his fate. Russell in Australian survivor is like rob in winners at war. Russell was saying rob was bad at WAW for treating the winners like newbies, and I say Russell was bad in this for treating the newbies like dogs
Well said. I feel like he does that a lot with rob. He’s very hypocritical. He makes a whole video talking about rob being fat and then goes on Australian survivor being just as if not even more fat
Russell may be a Survivor Legend, but I just don’t think his style of play really “works” anymore (even if Tony proved that you can aggressively bulldoze everyone like Russell and still win)
First time he played he was in final three and didnt win because the jury were a bunch of salty bitches. 2nd time he played he was in the final three with legendary players and he was a newer player to the game. 3rd time he couldnt even get of the ground because his tribe were shitting there pants because of him. And this time he was just having fun. If it would have been the normal survivor he would take it much more srs. Also, he had a massive target on his back because he is RUSSEL HANTZ! Watch his first 2 season and you'll realise he is one of the best players to have ever played!
xd_ crashie the second time he lost because he had easily the worst jury management in survivor history. Yes, he completely deserved the first season he was on and it was stupid for zapatera to throw the challenge but he just was way too rude to the heroes.
@@winterrys I've watched all of his seasons. He is indeed a phenomenal player, but he lacks social prowess, which explains why he lost both times he made it to the final tribal council. If he had a good social game, he would've been collecting those jury votes instead of burning them. A good social game is just as important as a good strategic game.
His ego got in his way every single time he had played post HvV. He should have known to sit back a little here. Actually this reminds me of Tony's gamechangers preformance.
The fact that his social game and jury management is in fact exactly WHY I can easily deny he's a good player and call him a terrible one instead. Social IS strategic. The good players realize that.
@@SpanishFly120 there are flaws in his game obviously but he is still one of the best players to play and not win. The moves he made with idols, being able to flip coach and Jerri on their alliance to give him the majority and not to mention playing back to back with like 10 days in between season 19 and 20 but still making it to the final tribal in both….theres no way you could call him a terrible player
I love him as a player but whenever he loses it’s always someone else’s fault.... Samoa...he blames jury and Natalie HvV....jury and Sandra Redemption island...Zapatera tribe CvC......Australian survivor
well, it needs to be acknowledged that the times he lost in the finals, it was the jury. they voted bitterly, not based on gameplay. he was the most deserving in HvV and Samoa and that’s undeniable
Russell truly is the greatest player ever. Who else can make it to the end back-to-back and then get a total of 2 jury votes? Who else can manage to convince a tribe of newbies to completely tank their own games and throw a challenge just to vote him out? Who else can go out wearing an idol around his neck? Only King Russell, the greatest player, could ever do that.
He still managed to do what only one other person did, make it to the very end in two back to back seasons. Plus, not counting the WaW final three since the entire point was that the season was all former winners, only four other people made it to the end twice. Also let's be honest, the reason that Russell lost both of his seasons was because of a bitter Jury. They were more voting against Russell than they were voting for Natalie or Sandra. Let's be honest, HvV was Russell or Parvati's season to win.
@@faultyvideos2215 Oh I partially agree. Anyone who says Russell is the best is wrong. Anyone who says Russell is the worst is wrong. He has fairly good challenge performance and is a MASTER of manipulation and strategy, building alliances and breaking rival ones, and hunting for idols. He's unfortunately atrocious at the more personal social game of forming genuine bonds and terrible at jury management. He deserves the credit for making it to the end back to back, especially in Samoa. He hustled to get his alliance to the finish line. He imploded in HvV though and tanked his alliance's chances at winning and he was seen as a goat. However, he doesn't deserve to win either season because he was too arrogant and came off like a bully when he consistently alienated others, causing the jury to be bitter towards him.
@@faultyvideos2215 Oh and no matter what, Russell is 100% a legend in the show and one of its icons. Russell heavily changed how the game is played and evolved it to a faster and more aggressive game.
@@mrjollyguy25 ill concede that perhaps Parvati should've won HvV, but Russell should've won Samoa. He fucking CARRIED that season on his shoulders! He and Shambo are the only reasons that Samoa is as great as it is. He objectively played the best game, managing to pull a Pagonging on a tribe that was double the size of his own come the merge. Natalie was nothing more than a goat and Mick was a terrible leader. The only possible threats to Russell by the final episode were Jaison and Brett, and he eliminated both of them, so that takes care of that. Like I said, they weren't voting FOR Natalie. They were voting AGAINST Russell. The jury was just bitter. Like Tina said way back in the Australian outback, the jury shouldn't vote for someone just because the other person fucked them over. But if Samoa and HvV are anything to go by, they did not listen at all.
@@faultyvideos2215 Late reply, but yolo. Actually no I legit don’t agree that the jury was bitter in Samoa. Throughout the season the players were impressed with Russell‘s gameplay and kept saying he was a massive jury threat because of how he was leading his minority alliance to the end through strategy. They would have been more than fine admitting they got beaten by a skillful player because that player didn’t even betray them! Russell was completely loyal to Foa Foa. The Galus weren’t pissed about losing, they just straight up hated Russell as a person. If you’re on the jury, you’ve lost the game, and you get a say in who you’re gonna lose the game to. No one wants to reward someone they see as arrogant, condescending, and slimy, and that’s what they saw Russell as. They no doubt saw his tenacity and strategic brilliance and idol hunting skills and also his final immunity win over Brett, but at the end of the day, they still want to vote for someone they like. If Russell did all that but talked to people on a personal level, he would’ve won. But he didn’t. And Natalie built real relationships with them and laid it all out during that FTC, and much of it was edited out. Russell carried Natalie and Mick to the FTC, but Natalie was the one who had the correct read on the jury. She knew she needed to befriend them early in the game and then gave the right arguments in the FTC fully knowing how they were thinking and what they were looking for. Oh, let’s also give credit to Natalie for being pivotal in voting out Erik. She was using her bonds with the women of Galu to get the dominant alliance to fracture, which it did. That was Natalie’s only major strategic move, but it was vital to Foa Foa’s success. Russell did everything else.
Russell, love him or hate him, still has one title that no one is going to take anytime soon. Russell is the King of Hidden Immunity Idols. 7 in a career, probably is never going to be touched.
It's sad that he still thinks his the best player in the game. He went to the end twice and lost both times. He went home early twice too. What a record!!
@@blum3721 His bad too but at least Colton never claimed to be one of the best survivor contestant ever. Plus this video is not about him. It's about the self proclaim King of Survivor.
paula it's not that he is bad it's just that he comes off as over confident and he just comes off as a jerk and everything and people can be butthurt lol
@@kingwinifred4393 I wouldn't say it's necessarily bad gameplay I think it just depends on how the people actually take it if they take it personally then yes it's bad gameplay if they don't take it personally then that's then do I think it depends on the person
@@kingwinifred4393 it's not that he wasn't nice it was more he was cocky he wasn't he rude towards other people but he was trying way to hard to control the game too early and he got caught
On RHAP, Rob once said that Russell seems to think he's going on The Bachelor every time he plays Survivor. It is true that almost no matter what, he tries to align with the pretty young girls on his tribe. Even in Australia.
Just started watching Australian Survivor and just watched his vote out episode. I just once wanted Russell to make it on the jury because he would be hilarious. Oh well, don't think we'll ever see that unless he drastically changes his play style.
Not sure how he expects to ever do well on Survivor again when he deploys the same "intimidate a pretty girl" strategy that's either cost him a win or making it to merge multiple times.
@@ElectrikkPaperClipxx they dont really survive, is the answer, and maybe im wrong but i swear most people in this seasondidnt even play a good/proper game
The problem I had with Russell being on Australian Survivor is no one knew who he was, because all the American seasons he was on was shown at like 11:30pm on a Tuesday night here in Australia.
Actually Australians know who Russell was, I lived in Australia from 2011 to 2015 and Survivor, the American TV show, used to run on air so Australians were actually familiar with the players of the American TV series. Being that said, I don't know what you are talking about, specially when you watch this season of Australian survivor and you notice that the Australian players do know who Russell is and why they decide to get rid of him as fast as they can.
In my opinion, there are two main aspects of survivor that makes a great player. Strategic game, and social game. Russell was ahead of his time in terms of strategic gameplay but can’t seem to comprehend that social game plays the part of who wins. It’s very possible he could have won back to back US seasons if he had built relationships with the jury. But he is under the strange belief that the jury *has* to vote for the person who played the best game. It will forever be his downfall as he now has the reputation of being such a devious player
I’d say in his prime he was easily a top 3 player of all time. He should have absolutely won his first season and deserves more recognition for being a runner up in Heroes vs Villains.
Russell has the unusual distinction of having played four times and never being on the jury. Until recently Sandra and Boston Rob were I believe the only other people who achieved this “feat” although Rob ended up on the jury in S40
Yes he would’ve survived that tribal, but he would’ve been gone the next tribal. Hell his tribe could’ve thrown the next challenge like in Redemption Island just to get him out right away. The only move he had was hope he swayed them and keep his idol
Russell, I know you’re reading this so hears a free tidbit for you that you’re not going to use: It’s harder to manipulate someone when they know that they’re being manipulated.
Everyone Russell hates, wins the game. He hated Sandra, then boom Sandra won. He hated Shane, then boom, Shane won. He is such a blessing. I would love to play survivour with Russell and pray that he hates me because, that's is a direct $1M win for me
Mina Gee He’s not a champion of losing, he is the best player ever. If you watched his first season, you would know that he definitely deserved his win. If you lost 1,000,000 dollars to a goat, you’d be pissed as well
@@gotomymostpopularvideo3235 Bruh. You can''t actually make it to the end twice and not come anywhere close to winning either time and still be considered the best player. He's very skilled and could be the best in finding idols and strategically manipulating people, but his challenge performances are just average, his social game is ridiculously bad, and his jury management is probably even worse.
LMAO Russell thought he was the one playing everyone else, but *he* was the one who got played! He said that people all wanted to be in an alliance with him once he showed them the idol, but it's very clear now that *a majority* of them were clearly *pretending* to be in an alliance with him, making him falsely believe he was in control, and then voted him out (because let's be clear, if they're sure he's gonna play the idol, they don't vote for him and risk themselves going home. No, if you're sure someone is going to play an idol, you vote for someone else- almost surely an ally of that person. They obviously voted for him because they were confident he wouldn't play it, because they had brilliantly laid the groundwork for him to think he didn't need to)! No, they knew what they were doing. They were making him *think* he was the one running the show, feeding right into his belief, and then voted him out! And they did it *the right way* (they didn't throw a challenge to get rid of him), and the end result is that four of the final five were *their* members. And most important of all, the winner *and* runner-up (and third place for good measure) were members of their tribe! Russell thought he was the master of this game, but he got schooled by *true* champions (in Survivor *and* outside of Survivor! Congratulations to Olympic Gold Medalist *and* Survivor Champion, Shane Gold)!
Samoa was by far his best game(bar jury management). He made quite a few mistakes in HvV and RI as well. The only difference is that in HvV, his mistakes were covered by Parvati or the Heroes being even bigger dumbasses. RI and Aus Survivor, his mistakes got punished as there was no one to cover it, and they were fed up off him
I can't even finish this. I'm cringing every. Single. Second. But when I found out that he was voted out, I immediately went there like, seriously. Hahahaha
The fact this guy was one vote away from staying is pretty crazy. But yeah, its the same showing every time, and by now everyone can see it coming, hence why they feel like they have to vote him out
Monika becoming 5th or something and out lasting like 90% of them just fills my soul with happiness. Shonee, Monika and Fenela should be back on the same tribe.
For some reason when he found the idol I just though that production told him where it was and I still think that! I think that because I think that production wanted the show to be more exciting and suspenseful!
CHANNEL MUD Yeah it did seem a bit suspicious, if you go to his podcast RUclips channel (and i think there is a few videos on his main account to about it to) he reveals all the dirty truths that are on Australian survivor.
Russell needs a pinch hitter for his social game and jury management. Maybe if they do survivor pairs where if either of your teammates win you win, he could win, but he'll never win on his own.
Russell Hantz is my favorite player, hands down... but admittedly, he came into this season (Attempt number 4) way to Cocky! Sad to say, since I wanted him to do well in Champions vs Contenders. And I'm still wanting him to come back again for another USA Survivor season. Lol
He’s managed to do worse every time. Last time he played he was 3rd out. This time he was 2nd out. It’s nearly impossible to do any worse, but if he’s first boot on his next season it’d be insane
@@airhawkey He went: 2nd Place, 3rd Place, 3rd person voted out (2nd person to get fully eliminated, due to Redemption Island), then 2nd person voted out!
Smart play would've been to lay low and play up the "I'm old now" card but being a 4'9 midget along with being a 3x loser he's got a chip on his shoulder.
People are saying why didn't he win any season, winning is not up to the players making to the end is what they can do.but winning part is up to the jury
Classic Russell: If anyone else had been voted off with an idol on their neck, he would make a video about how stupid they were and his "we love the bad guy" followers would eat it up and sing his praises...because he did it, it was a good move...
Russell: "My best move was not to play the idol." Um.. your best move was to play the idol. He had a huge target on his back. 🎯 but his ego told him he was safe! 🙃
Rusell a great player but if he plays againg he is going home early i know he talk about returning in a legend season but aint no one wanna work with him unless you wanna be his follower and he will be the biggest threat by far on a legend season unless tony or rob are there.
I mean he wasn’t wrong for trying to getting Shane out since she won this season 🤷🏽♂️, but he should’ve known that they knew who he was and he should’ve played his idol.
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"I'm gonna teach these Aussies how to play"
*cuts to the previous 2017 season; arguably one of the all-time greatest international survivor seasons with some of the greatest strategic moves and players*
They played him well. He actually thought that Aussies who went to play Survivor would not know who he was and how he plays. And then goes out and plays like he always did. (That only worked when the other players didn't know who he was) His ego is his greatest flaw. He also never learned that relationships are the most important part to actually win.
He came off to overconfident and cocky on this season so I wasn't surprised to see him go this early
THESURVIVORGUY charlie he never really stood a chance, no one was playing and he had a huge target on himself.
@@australiansurvivorinsights9624 I thought he should've played the idol
yeh, he was full of himself “i’m the best player here” and i think he should’ve not shone the rest of his team members his immunity idol, it probably wouldn’t of mattered cause he’d put such a big target on himself, but i think australians see him different like a bad side of him , but the americans think of him as a god. he played shocking, and that’s why you never celebrate early
@@bidzyyy6709 cant believe he thought he was better
Blake Kanavatoa yes, plated very stupid
This man literally does the same damn thing every time he plays 😂
He tried to play differently and redemption island. But nobody gave him a chance so he stuck to his old ways
Nah, that’s Boston rob
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LA Grove You obviously never watched redemption island. He changed his whole gameplay
@@gotomymostpopularvideo3235 The fuck he did.
I had no idea that he was even on an Australian survivor.
Neither did any one else lol.
@@seamino8329 lol
First time I've seen him on Australian Survivor
I didn't either
Same here
he looks like a magician a priest and a chef, at the start🤣🤣
Still looks like the same bandy-legged troll to me.
@@purplearies9746 haahaha
@@purplearies9746 Courtney Yates
The mental gymnastics he took to try and justify getting idoled out in his final words is hilarious! 😂
Eager Turtle OMG it’s u I watch your vids so much lol
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Eager Turtle hahaha 😂
Agreed, but he didn't get idoled out, right? He just went home with an idol around his neck because he didn't play it. I'm a fairly new Survivor fan, but my understanding is that if you get idoled out, it's because you go home after someone else's successful idol play.
#JeffProbstKingOfSass
Russell played so hard that the players got so scared of him that they wanted him out as soon as possible. The fact that he did everything he could not to play the idol sealed his fate. Russell in Australian survivor is like rob in winners at war. Russell was saying rob was bad at WAW for treating the winners like newbies, and I say Russell was bad in this for treating the newbies like dogs
Well said. I feel like he does that a lot with rob. He’s very hypocritical. He makes a whole video talking about rob being fat and then goes on Australian survivor being just as if not even more fat
Russell may be a Survivor Legend, but I just don’t think his style of play really “works” anymore (even if Tony proved that you can aggressively bulldoze everyone like Russell and still win)
@@addi543Tony also brought is goat Woo to the final, and in WaW he was nice to everyone, and no one stood a chance against him
@@idkwhatsgoingon4584 Tony didn't bring Woo. Woo brought Tony to the end
Too big of an ego... Brilliant player, just too big of an ego
Terrible player
@@chickenchicken9072 Agreed!!!
@@chickenchicken9072 Brilliant strategist, terrible player overall, will never win
Amazing strategy, poor social game, he is a great player and changed the game forever. Now everyone wants to see big moves, ONLY BECAUSE OF HIM.
It's true but he isn't like this as much anymore.
“I’m the greatest player ever” - Russell, who gets voted out with an idol around his neck, and who also lost all 4 times he played
First time he played he was in final three and didnt win because the jury were a bunch of salty bitches.
2nd time he played he was in the final three with legendary players and he was a newer player to the game.
3rd time he couldnt even get of the ground because his tribe were shitting there pants because of him.
And this time he was just having fun. If it would have been the normal survivor he would take it much more srs.
Also, he had a massive target on his back because he is RUSSEL HANTZ!
Watch his first 2 season and you'll realise he is one of the best players to have ever played!
xd_ crashie the second time he lost because he had easily the worst jury management in survivor history. Yes, he completely deserved the first season he was on and it was stupid for zapatera to throw the challenge but he just was way too rude to the heroes.
@@winterrys I've watched all of his seasons. He is indeed a phenomenal player, but he lacks social prowess, which explains why he lost both times he made it to the final tribal council. If he had a good social game, he would've been collecting those jury votes instead of burning them. A good social game is just as important as a good strategic game.
@@ianteoh60 True.
@@domchocolate9094 yea he should have won his first season.
Whenever he says "Ozzies" it makes me think of Ozzy
Aussies
His ego got in his way every single time he had played post HvV. He should have known to sit back a little here. Actually this reminds me of Tony's gamechangers preformance.
His ego got in the way in Samoa and HVV too
Tony learned by the third time (Winners at War) to lay low in the beginning. Russell seems to be incapable of that because of said ego.
And currently tony is a loose cannon in the merge phase of season 40
@@toshe67 well he won the thing so
Yeah but Tony actively didn’t care when he got voted since he knew he was screwed from the start. Russell was just cocky.
Russell is really good at complimenting himself
Immediately getting rid of someone who will potentially sabotage your own tribe and burn your personal properties is a no-brainer
0:25 That’s mistake number 1 Russell. Don’t tell them
He’s a good player, no one can deny that looking at his first two seasons but his social game/jury management is terrible
The fact that his social game and jury management is in fact exactly WHY I can easily deny he's a good player and call him a terrible one instead. Social IS strategic. The good players realize that.
@@SpanishFly120 there are flaws in his game obviously but he is still one of the best players to play and not win. The moves he made with idols, being able to flip coach and Jerri on their alliance to give him the majority and not to mention playing back to back with like 10 days in between season 19 and 20 but still making it to the final tribal in both….theres no way you could call him a terrible player
I love him as a player but whenever he loses it’s always someone else’s fault....
Samoa...he blames jury and Natalie
HvV....jury and Sandra
Redemption island...Zapatera tribe
CvC......Australian survivor
Dude Zapatera is pathetic.
Jarin I don’t disagree tbf, it’s just part of a pattern I see
He was right to blame the jury in Samoa and Zapatera. But yeah he is very delusional when it comes to loosing
well, it needs to be acknowledged that the times he lost in the finals, it was the jury. they voted bitterly, not based on gameplay. he was the most deserving in HvV and Samoa and that’s undeniable
j.p. I agree with Samoa but Parvati should have won HvV
Imagine Tony on this version of the show
I think he would do better expecially on how we are seeing him being a huge target but doing good
I would love to see Boston Rob on Aussie survivor
@@liamcastline He'd run circles around them
JMaster98 he’d be voted out first, his target is too big
@@JMaster9877 literally
Always interesting to see an huge ego deflate
Russell truly is the greatest player ever. Who else can make it to the end back-to-back and then get a total of 2 jury votes? Who else can manage to convince a tribe of newbies to completely tank their own games and throw a challenge just to vote him out? Who else can go out wearing an idol around his neck? Only King Russell, the greatest player, could ever do that.
He still managed to do what only one other person did, make it to the very end in two back to back seasons. Plus, not counting the WaW final three since the entire point was that the season was all former winners, only four other people made it to the end twice. Also let's be honest, the reason that Russell lost both of his seasons was because of a bitter Jury. They were more voting against Russell than they were voting for Natalie or Sandra. Let's be honest, HvV was Russell or Parvati's season to win.
@@faultyvideos2215 Oh I partially agree. Anyone who says Russell is the best is wrong. Anyone who says Russell is the worst is wrong. He has fairly good challenge performance and is a MASTER of manipulation and strategy, building alliances and breaking rival ones, and hunting for idols. He's unfortunately atrocious at the more personal social game of forming genuine bonds and terrible at jury management.
He deserves the credit for making it to the end back to back, especially in Samoa. He hustled to get his alliance to the finish line. He imploded in HvV though and tanked his alliance's chances at winning and he was seen as a goat. However, he doesn't deserve to win either season because he was too arrogant and came off like a bully when he consistently alienated others, causing the jury to be bitter towards him.
@@faultyvideos2215 Oh and no matter what, Russell is 100% a legend in the show and one of its icons. Russell heavily changed how the game is played and evolved it to a faster and more aggressive game.
@@mrjollyguy25 ill concede that perhaps Parvati should've won HvV, but Russell should've won Samoa. He fucking CARRIED that season on his shoulders! He and Shambo are the only reasons that Samoa is as great as it is. He objectively played the best game, managing to pull a Pagonging on a tribe that was double the size of his own come the merge. Natalie was nothing more than a goat and Mick was a terrible leader. The only possible threats to Russell by the final episode were Jaison and Brett, and he eliminated both of them, so that takes care of that. Like I said, they weren't voting FOR Natalie. They were voting AGAINST Russell. The jury was just bitter. Like Tina said way back in the Australian outback, the jury shouldn't vote for someone just because the other person fucked them over. But if Samoa and HvV are anything to go by, they did not listen at all.
@@faultyvideos2215 Late reply, but yolo.
Actually no I legit don’t agree that the jury was bitter in Samoa. Throughout the season the players were impressed with Russell‘s gameplay and kept saying he was a massive jury threat because of how he was leading his minority alliance to the end through strategy. They would have been more than fine admitting they got beaten by a skillful player because that player didn’t even betray them! Russell was completely loyal to Foa Foa. The Galus weren’t pissed about losing, they just straight up hated Russell as a person.
If you’re on the jury, you’ve lost the game, and you get a say in who you’re gonna lose the game to. No one wants to reward someone they see as arrogant, condescending, and slimy, and that’s what they saw Russell as. They no doubt saw his tenacity and strategic brilliance and idol hunting skills and also his final immunity win over Brett, but at the end of the day, they still want to vote for someone they like. If Russell did all that but talked to people on a personal level, he would’ve won.
But he didn’t. And Natalie built real relationships with them and laid it all out during that FTC, and much of it was edited out. Russell carried Natalie and Mick to the FTC, but Natalie was the one who had the correct read on the jury. She knew she needed to befriend them early in the game and then gave the right arguments in the FTC fully knowing how they were thinking and what they were looking for.
Oh, let’s also give credit to Natalie for being pivotal in voting out Erik. She was using her bonds with the women of Galu to get the dominant alliance to fracture, which it did. That was Natalie’s only major strategic move, but it was vital to Foa Foa’s success. Russell did everything else.
Russell: I am the best
Proceeds to be the 2nd person voted off
Reaction: LMAO
Loser🤣
He was voted off 3rd in Survivor Redemption Island
@@snuffedtorch3683 yep
Russell, love him or hate him, still has one title that no one is going to take anytime soon. Russell is the King of Hidden Immunity Idols. 7 in a career, probably is never going to be touched.
It's sad that he still thinks his the best player in the game. He went to the end twice and lost both times. He went home early twice too. What a record!!
Chris Albert Samiana better than Colton for sure still
@@blum3721 His bad too but at least Colton never claimed to be one of the best survivor contestant ever. Plus this video is not about him. It's about the self proclaim King of Survivor.
@@nasierbrown8974 don’t disrespect cirie like that
@@connorlogan9800 Samoa maybe but not heros vs villains
@@nasierbrown8974 probably top 30-20
Some people are gonna love hearing this but I actually love Russell and his game plan.
paula it's not that he is bad it's just that he comes off as over confident and he just comes off as a jerk and everything and people can be butthurt lol
@@imchris4668 yes, and coming across like that is bad gameplay.
@@kingwinifred4393 I wouldn't say it's necessarily bad gameplay I think it just depends on how the people actually take it if they take it personally then yes it's bad gameplay if they don't take it personally then that's then do I think it depends on the person
@@imchris4668 It's his fault they take it personally. He could be a lot fucking nicer.
@@kingwinifred4393 it's not that he wasn't nice it was more he was cocky he wasn't he rude towards other people but he was trying way to hard to control the game too early and he got caught
I’m so happy he got voted out like this
lol he is okay
I think he was far too aggressive for a newbie season
On RHAP, Rob once said that Russell seems to think he's going on The Bachelor every time he plays Survivor. It is true that almost no matter what, he tries to align with the pretty young girls on his tribe. Even in Australia.
Rob did the same thing in the only season he managed to win. A bunch of girl followers. Weakest victory in Survivor history.
@@jotunblod grant? phillip?
@Kane Phillip truly one of Boston Robs best female goat allies
This video was longer than his time in the jungle lol. I remember this was one of the most satisfying moments of AU Survivor. He was hard to stomach
Just started watching Australian Survivor and just watched his vote out episode. I just once wanted Russell to make it on the jury because he would be hilarious. Oh well, don't think we'll ever see that unless he drastically changes his play style.
Not sure how he expects to ever do well on Survivor again when he deploys the same "intimidate a pretty girl" strategy that's either cost him a win or making it to merge multiple times.
Monica is just a pretty face, Poor thing. That killed me🤣
He should've played the idol, if not for the fact it would have made the show more interesting for at least 1 more episode
He probably woulda Found another one and another and so on.
Although he was cocky I wanted to see what he was capable of in this season
Spider Fury Justice?
When he lost, he whined about this version being fake.
He's right that's not real survivor
EnglishMuthaFucka what’s fake about this exactly, as opposed to him being buttmad that he was second boot again?
ElectrikkPaperClipxx they have bathrooms and non boiled water
@@ElectrikkPaperClipxx they dont really survive, is the answer, and maybe im wrong but i swear most people in this seasondidnt even play a good/proper game
Ben Allen does that change the fact that the aussies cancelled his ass without throwing a challenge this time?
You gotta love Russell, I love him so much. xd
The problem I had with Russell being on Australian Survivor is no one knew who he was, because all the American seasons he was on was shown at like 11:30pm on a Tuesday night here in Australia.
Actually Australians know who Russell was, I lived in Australia from 2011 to 2015 and Survivor, the American TV show, used to run on air so Australians were actually familiar with the players of the American TV series.
Being that said, I don't know what you are talking about, specially when you watch this season of Australian survivor and you notice that the Australian players do know who Russell is and why they decide to get rid of him as fast as they can.
He still thinks he’s first person to find an idol without a clue in survivor history. Very first idol in Guatemala: Gary found it without a clue
In my opinion, there are two main aspects of survivor that makes a great player. Strategic game, and social game. Russell was ahead of his time in terms of strategic gameplay but can’t seem to comprehend that social game plays the part of who wins. It’s very possible he could have won back to back US seasons if he had built relationships with the jury. But he is under the strange belief that the jury *has* to vote for the person who played the best game. It will forever be his downfall as he now has the reputation of being such a devious player
I’ll never understand how people back him in saying he’s the best to ever play the game
he is he is a evil genius but his social game is ass
XWE PODCAST That’s a big flaw in someone’s game so he’s not the best. He’s definitely top 5 tho
I’d say in his prime he was easily a top 3 player of all time. He should have absolutely won his first season and deserves more recognition for being a runner up in Heroes vs Villains.
in his first 2 seasons he was an amazing player but after that he got over cocky
hockeysong I mean he’s always been cocky 😂 but so have a lot of really good players.
Russell has the unusual distinction of having played four times and never being on the jury. Until recently Sandra and Boston Rob were I believe the only other people who achieved this “feat” although Rob ended up on the jury in S40
Rob on the jury is due to the design of the game
“My best move was not playing it” but you’d still be in the game bud
Yes he would’ve survived that tribal, but he would’ve been gone the next tribal. Hell his tribe could’ve thrown the next challenge like in Redemption Island just to get him out right away. The only move he had was hope he swayed them and keep his idol
5:26 When Russell said that it was over
I wish he could have made it to the end but he should have played his idol
Russell Hantz is one of the best players ever but he's a pure villain. Would hate playing against him & is way too mean sometimes.
Is Russell allergic to learning from his mistakes?
It would be cool if Richard Hatch would appear on the Australian Survivor Showing his original gameplay on how to win the game
Russell, I know you’re reading this so hears a free tidbit for you that you’re not going to use: It’s harder to manipulate someone when they know that they’re being manipulated.
Man russel is entertaining
Everyone Russell hates, wins the game. He hated Sandra, then boom Sandra won. He hated Shane, then boom, Shane won. He is such a blessing. I would love to play survivour with Russell and pray that he hates me because, that's is a direct $1M win for me
He hated Boston Rob in heroes vs villains and then Boston Rob won redemption island.
"They starting off a little slow". Russell is made for Survivor 😂
This is Shaq in a Cavs jersey Jerry Rice in a Seahawks jersey type of energy here
Yeah
More like Ye in a NASA jacket.
Russel Hantz- A champion of losing consistently and being a poor sport about it because he lacks self awareness.
@@roryodonnell4119 i would believe that if he didnt crap on Sandra for the millionth time.
Mina Gee He’s not a champion of losing, he is the best player ever. If you watched his first season, you would know that he definitely deserved his win. If you lost 1,000,000 dollars to a goat, you’d be pissed as well
@@gotomymostpopularvideo3235 Bruh. You can''t actually make it to the end twice and not come anywhere close to winning either time and still be considered the best player. He's very skilled and could be the best in finding idols and strategically manipulating people, but his challenge performances are just average, his social game is ridiculously bad, and his jury management is probably even worse.
@@gotomymostpopularvideo3235 he is objectively not the best player
Matthew Enriquez He actually was pretty close in samoa if you watched the episode
LMAO Russell thought he was the one playing everyone else, but *he* was the one who got played! He said that people all wanted to be in an alliance with him once he showed them the idol, but it's very clear now that *a majority* of them were clearly *pretending* to be in an alliance with him, making him falsely believe he was in control, and then voted him out (because let's be clear, if they're sure he's gonna play the idol, they don't vote for him and risk themselves going home. No, if you're sure someone is going to play an idol, you vote for someone else- almost surely an ally of that person. They obviously voted for him because they were confident he wouldn't play it, because they had brilliantly laid the groundwork for him to think he didn't need to)!
No, they knew what they were doing. They were making him *think* he was the one running the show, feeding right into his belief, and then voted him out! And they did it *the right way* (they didn't throw a challenge to get rid of him), and the end result is that four of the final five were *their* members. And most important of all, the winner *and* runner-up (and third place for good measure) were members of their tribe!
Russell thought he was the master of this game, but he got schooled by *true* champions (in Survivor *and* outside of Survivor! Congratulations to Olympic Gold Medalist *and* Survivor Champion, Shane Gold)!
he is great TV and what he can do in the game is amazing at times but he made so many mistakes in this season
Samoa was by far his best game(bar jury management). He made quite a few mistakes in HvV and RI as well. The only difference is that in HvV, his mistakes were covered by Parvati or the Heroes being even bigger dumbasses. RI and Aus Survivor, his mistakes got punished as there was no one to cover it, and they were fed up off him
Really glad we could have Russell on to insult everyone and be cruel while also being horrible at the game. Inspired casting choice.
That ring move was Tony's game changer rock strategy that he didnt get to use
As soon as you expose your idol you might as well play it! Tsk Tsk would have wanted to see him stay longer
I can't even finish this. I'm cringing every. Single. Second.
But when I found out that he was voted out, I immediately went there like, seriously. Hahahaha
He got roasted so much in this season hahahha what a bloke
The fact this guy was one vote away from staying is pretty crazy. But yeah, its the same showing every time, and by now everyone can see it coming, hence why they feel like they have to vote him out
Dude went from saving himself with multiple idols to keeping them for himself
Just watched this moment and cheered so hard when he went out, what an absolute arrogant tool 😂
Monika becoming 5th or something and out lasting like 90% of them just fills my soul with happiness.
Shonee, Monika and Fenela should be back on the same tribe.
It makes me really sad knowing how production and this tribe treated him after the show for anyone curious look up Russell’s podcast on the show
TheGrayLink He still chocked. He is just complaining. If production doesn’t like him he must of done something :/
Mario Reality Shows 2 like I said look up his podcast and yeah I agree with you he played to hard and to fast
He’s just a sore loser
That’s if he’s telling the truth....
He did it to himself
Russel was 2nd, 3rd, 4th.
And now he was 2nd!
Voted out
For some reason when he found the idol I just though that production told him where it was and I still think that! I think that because I think that production wanted the show to be more exciting and suspenseful!
CHANNEL MUD Yeah it did seem a bit suspicious, if you go to his podcast RUclips channel (and i think there is a few videos on his main account to about it to) he reveals all the dirty truths that are on Australian survivor.
No he just finds idol normally!
He watches the camera person and they indirectly show him where he should be looking
The only greatest player who has never won once.
Russell needs a pinch hitter for his social game and jury management. Maybe if they do survivor pairs where if either of your teammates win you win, he could win, but he'll never win on his own.
Russell Hantz is my favorite player, hands down... but admittedly, he came into this season (Attempt number 4) way to Cocky! Sad to say, since I wanted him to do well in Champions vs Contenders. And I'm still wanting him to come back again for another USA Survivor season. Lol
He’s managed to do worse every time. Last time he played he was 3rd out. This time he was 2nd out. It’s nearly impossible to do any worse, but if he’s first boot on his next season it’d be insane
@@airhawkey He went: 2nd Place, 3rd Place, 3rd person voted out (2nd person to get fully eliminated, due to Redemption Island), then 2nd person voted out!
Smart play would've been to lay low and play up the "I'm old now" card but being a 4'9 midget along with being a 3x loser he's got a chip on his shoulder.
well for champions and contenders season i would say Zach and Jackie was much worse than Russell although RUssell did shit and got 2nd boot
@@thefirespecialist9007 Redemption Island vote off for Russell was unfair tbh they threw on purpose
russel is a menace 😂
He’s such a narcissist. It’s the reason he always loses. If he would just cool it, he might win.
Ethan Snider I think it’s too late for him now. His reputation precedes him
Tone it down like Tony Vlachos in WaW
Dexter Angelcyk he’s definitely a narcissist. He can never be wrong in his mind. It’s been 10 years and he still talks about how he should have won.
People are saying why didn't he win any season, winning is not up to the players making to the end is what they can do.but winning part is up to the jury
Just watched the survivor version of the Titanic sinking. Such hubris.
He’s great tv, but I can’t imagine him being easy to be around in a game like this.
Some of them didnt even know who he was. He could've started fresh. But oh no, here comes the ego.
Why the fact do they keep on splicing his voice lines together?!
Classic Russell: If anyone else had been voted off with an idol on their neck, he would make a video about how stupid they were and his "we love the bad guy" followers would eat it up and sing his praises...because he did it, it was a good move...
I wished they should the other contestants confessions about Russell Hantz.
Next time I expect Russel to play a lot differently
If he plays again
On his RUclips channel he says he wants to play again and that he’ll play a lot differently
As a rule.... us Aussies don't do cocky attitudes well.
One decade later and he’s still attempting the “dumbass girls alliance”🤦♂️
I liked the part where he didn’t play his idol
Russell: "My best move was not to play the idol." Um.. your best move was to play the idol. He had a huge target on his back. 🎯 but his ego told him he was safe! 🙃
Samoa: 2nd place
Heroes vs Villains: 3rd place
Redemption Island: 3rd voted out
Survivor Australia Edition: 2nd voted out
Russel: "I am the best player
Sandra: *u sure about that?*
Russell just cannot stop talking about Russell
Sometimes i just wanna give this man a huge kiss for all the good moments he gives on this tv show
Survivor USA Super Player
Love Russel but I think his best move would’ve been to play it LMFAO
Agreed he should have played the idol it was dumb he didn't play it tho
He didnt stand a chance. He probably had the biggest target on him in the history of survivor
And worst gameplay.
@@IronMuffin89 honestly he did better than Zach and Jackie even if he was 2nd boot
the champions called his bluff
Very weird hearing him allowed to say "up shit creek" under different censoring standards
he is DADDY but that eggo XD
Sam apparently production made him say a lot of the stuff to.
@@australiansurvivorinsights9624 Proof?
"mY bEsT mOvE wAs NoT tO pLaY iT"
Boi, you cancelled, next
Anyone can play Monday morning quarterback and say he should've played it. I just don't understand why he didn't write Jackie's name down.
The gnome says hes the best and cant win shit
I hope they bring him back for Australian vs USA season
Russell refuses to go on Australian Survivor as he doesn't believe it's real Survivor
@@radioranger12 Well hes kinda right but as a viewer those things don't inhibit the experience for me.
@@brandonthompson548 me either
Rusell a great player but if he plays againg he is going home early i know he talk about returning in a legend season but aint no one wanna work with him unless you wanna be his follower and he will be the biggest threat by far on a legend season unless tony or rob are there.
Greatest player ever but needs to participate 1000 times in Survivor who he can get a chance..... same as Boston Rob
Feels bad
I mean he wasn’t wrong for trying to getting Shane out since she won this season 🤷🏽♂️, but he should’ve known that they knew who he was and he should’ve played his idol.