Russell Hantz finished seventeenth on
Survivor: Redemption Island in his third and final season on the show. A notorious villain who previously reached the Final Tribal Council twice without winning, he entered the game as a known threat. His Zapatera tribemates threw a challenge specifically to vote him out early, marking the only time Russell was eliminated before the merge. His legacy as one of
Survivor's most polarizing players was cemented despite never winning the game.
