Survivor: Samoa's Russell Hantz is back! So are 19 other fierce and famous competitors, who will compete in the 20th edition of Survivor, beginning with a two-hour premiere on Feb. 11.

Photos: "Survivor: Samoa" Russell continues the cocky behavior that appears to have alienated him from some viewers by wearing the immunity idol - the third he has found - around his neck at ...

From the very first episode of “Survivor Samoa,” Russell Hantz, 36-year-old multimillionaire owner of an independent Texas-based oil company, has been the guy to beat.

Survivor: Samoa debuts on Thursday with dramatic backdrops of thundering waterfalls, lush rain forests, and wide, sandy beaches. Survivor challenges can be giant obstacle courses, violent brawls, ...

He was the runner-up on “Survivor: Samoa” in 2009, finished in third place on “Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains” in 2010, and he was eliminated second on “Survivor: Redemption Island” in ...

Russell Hantz was the runner-up on Survivor: Samoa and the second runner-up on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains Russell Hantz made a name for himself competing on CBS’s Survivor — but it came at ...

THE 19TH EDITION of “Survivor” screams onto your television screen Thursday, bringing with it 20 contentious and clueless contestants. This season the gang is in Samoa, which guarantees at ...

“Survivor Samoa” Season 19, Episode 3: TV Recap. By . Raymund Flandez. Share. Resize. Foa Foa is a big fail. The yellow-banded tribe just can’t get its act together.

In Samoa, Russell Swan, the relentless leader of Galu, had to be medevaced from the game.In Survivor 48, two potential villains were cut too early: Thomas Krottinger and Sai Hughley. Had these ...

Survivor: Samoa's Russell Hantz has been called everything from a liar and cheater to the biggest villain and possibly the best Survivor player ever.

"Survivor: Samoa" players competing in a challenge. CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images. Although "Survivor" is technically a reality TV show, there's a lot you don't see when the cameras stop rolling.