The 5 Best Villains in Modern Survivor

Despite modern Survivor’s ideology of trying to give everyone’s edit a more holistic meaning resulting in us having less villains compared to Survivor 40 and before there still have been some individuals. Since villainous figures are so few and far between nowadays I figured we should celebrate them and their legacy in this video...
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[@BanditSurvivorContent]

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[@trezalkapeliskova2121]

Shoutout to Karla from 43. While she wasn't as cutthroat and calculated as Jesse, she was willing to flip on her allies and wasn't afraid to use her emotions to manipulate them.

[@mariofan1337]

Karla fake crying to try and get Cassidy on side is still a moment I remember often and this comment brought it up again

[@tommymcphee3777]

She’s awful

[@ShoopityDoopity]

I disliked her so much

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

I think the most amount of comments to me after this video has been that Karla should have been on the list so I'll definitely be covering her for the 2.0!

[@uglyaniimals]

fans: wE wAnT mOrE vIlIaNs also fans: wE hAtE kArLa anyways she's a great shout, would've personally put her on the list over jesse but i can see the arguement for both !

[@jaiko7544]

This video is honestly genius. Take something people on social media hate people on and turn it into a positive subject.

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

Thank you my friend! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@Serraph108]

This list just made me sad. Compare any of these "villains" to Sandra knocking down the other tribe's shelter, Fairplay lying about his grandmother dying, Rob using his real life friendship with Lex as a bargaining chip, or Russell lying about having his dog drown in hurricane Katrina. Like, none of this even compares.

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

Almost 2 weeks less in game and the risk of being completely bombed my social media for doing something slightly villainous definitely creates barriers nowadays

[@crazyinsanepenguin]

Unpopular opinion, but I think I prefer the more three-dimensional portrayals of players on the show rather than just a one-dimensional complete asshole type of person (a couple exceptions of course: Randy, JFP, Abi)

[@TrackMasterAsh]

@@crazyinsanepenguinthe 3 dimensions being positive, happy, and kumbayah? Modern survivor is too soft. It really doesn’t do a good job at showing the real world

[@izzyjoshuadavis]

​@@crazyinsanepenguinI would argue that past Survivor is more three-demensional than new era Survivor any day. Just look at Sugar. We saw her be a hero, a villain and just plain fun or sad some days. That is how I want my players portrayed. I want to see their perfections and imperfections. Did we have players like Russell who may appear as more one-dimensional? Sure. But that is because he actually was playing and behaving that way most of the game.

[@ashen_roses]

Twitter's a thing and a lot of women/PoC get basically doxxed and threatened for even having an unhappy attitude MAYBE, someone might legitimately get stalked and killed for any of that

[@XanderMatthews-nv9zf]

Honestly Kenzie and Tiffany are a breath of fresh air, like Bhanu repeatedly screwed them over and made their future gameplay harder. They should be frustrated, and they’re a nice balance as a reality tv villain Like they aren’t going on misogynistic rants like Russell or Zach, they aren’t telling people to jump into a fire like Colton.

[@realteamwall]

my first name is matthew and my middle name is xander

[@XanderMatthews-nv9zf]

@realteamwall It’s because I’m stalking you 😂 Fr tho, just search up Xander Matthews

[@eastonburnor4018]

Who’s Zach? Was he from international survivor?

[@XanderMatthews-nv9zf]

It’s because I’m stalking you 😂 Fr tho just search up Xander Matthews

[@braydenguy907]

@@eastonburnor4018 zach wurtenburger notorious misogynist obviously

[@Hainaut183]

I have trouble accepting people like Omar and Jesse as villains because the edit makes them too likable or at least establish some sort of moral high ground, and their power plays are justified as being par for the course in a game where you'll never earn the jury's respect without a resume. People like Fairplay, Angelina, and Russell were characters you'd love to hate, not sympathize with over their troubled backstory.

[@ingodube4519]

Omar was anything but a Villain.

[@shockwave5947]

​@@ingodube4519there's literally a scene in the final 8 including him laughing at Mike for believing his lie about his closest ally coming after him?

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

I can definitely see their sympathetic side making it hard to fully rationalize them as villains but they do have some of the most "cutthroat" modern moves on the show at least.

[@lordoflaziness7775]

Omar and Jesse were the fan favorites. Loved how Omer booted victim racist blamer Drea ❤

[@ingodube4519]

@@shockwave5947 Is this what classifies someone as Villain in the "New Era"? Just this? What is a Russell, or Parvati, or Corinne, or Tyson, or a Missy from S39 compared to those people lol.

[@kingofthorns203]

Honorable mention: Cody's barber, for convincing him that mullet would look great on TV.

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

Ngl I actually didn't mind it although that may be more credit to Cody for being able to rock just about anything

[@fatseal9999]

Aside from Shan these are just cutthroat strategic players, some of which are even portrayed overwhelming positively. I would not call these people villains at all 😭

[@sebastianmcclain1602]

Yesss! Another fantastic Bandit Survivor video!

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

Ayeee thank you so much!

[@StripesZB]

I think the pair of Shan and Ricard were the latest villains of survivor. I don't really see anyone else getting that edit.

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

Rìcard definitely had points of being villainous (like being the orchestrator of the Naseer blindside) but he was propped up by the edit so many times and had 3 pieces of content pertaining to outside of the game making it hard to include him.

[@mattforrest9574]

The way four of them are my favorite new era players 😂

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

Having villains as your favourites is not a bad thing!

[@mattforrest9574]

@BanditSurvivorContent I watch a lot of Survivor yt channels but I only found yours this week. New sub liking the videos 👍

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

@@mattforrest9574 ayee thanks dude! I have a lot of diverse content on this channel from ORGs to Australian Survivor so feel free to browse if anything takes your fancy :)

[@memphismcfall5543]

i think venus perfectly fits the villain role but is also rootable at the same time

[@uglyaniimals]

my hot take is i love how complex edits are nowendays ! we still get people that embody various sides of villainy but we really get to see the good and bad abt them and decide how we feel abt them ourselves -- if you prefer the more heavy handed style of editing there's always aus survivor for that also -- i genuinely think there's a decent amount of villains in the new era ! 41 was arguably a villain led season, with shan and ricard being two of the main characters and unapologetically villainous, then hai tapped into similar energy next season but never gets brought up in these convos for some reason. then we have bruce being an old school OTTN camp menace style villain, dee genuinely being the closest thing we've ever gotten to a parvati 2.0 and WINNING, omar / jesse / karla all embracing villainous cutthroat gameplay (with the latter also having some shan-esque intensity), tori / jamie / venus all having angelina-esque delusional girlboss energy but putting their own spin on it (with jamie getting probably the most old school edit of anyone on this list), jonathan having a fascinating hero turned villain arc, danny having tony-esque scheminess, and even q from the current season getting drunk with power + causing chaos both strategically and socially this isn't even getting into some of the mini villain arcs like elie, james, geo (who even had an entire downfall episode), gem, maddy, emily (who had a reverse jonathan arc), etc

[@shockwave5947]

Danny Massa is soooo underrated.

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

I agree!

[@ingodube4519]

I believe the last two real villains of Survivor were Shan and Deshawn, and even then they were more "anti hero" than villains themselves. But at least they brought a real antagonism to the season in comparison to some unsucessful attempts from Hai, Drea, Elie, Josh, the Ratus from 44 who were portrait as "villains" for some reason...

[@tmozzz]

Jeff has specifically said he doesn’t want “villains” on the show anymore . Which I think is a terrible move , but that’s why there’s not clear villains anymore , and it’s moreso plotters that are considered villains now

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

The ratus may have been more successful villains if they were actually shown. Both Lauren and Jaime had some of the biggest visibility bumps in modern Survivor.

[@ingodube4519]

@@tmozzz terrible move. Yeah, some Survivor villains have terrible behaviour (Like Russell or Corinne) but some of them are just sneaky players with an abrasive/snarky personality.

[@noviceprichard3003]

I feel bad for Bhanu. Was he great at Survivor? Not really. But outwardly hating him for getting upset for not eating for over a week, having no fire and having to vote out his tribemates are out of line.

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

Agreed!

[@TrackMasterAsh]

No he was annoying and didn’t deserve to be on the show, much less forced down my throat

[@TrackMasterAsh]

Also all the things you described are things that happen on Survivor. Your argument is just a bunch of emotion and doesn’t have actual legs. Bhanu should have just stayed at home, whether that be America or India

[@anguspangus]

It's so annoying how people watching edited reality tv show for entertainment get toxic as soon as it's not weenie hut juniors

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

100% I think it goes back to the mentality of remembering these are actual human beings and not just characters. They come off the show and live normal lives (mostly) only to get attacked by people behind a screen for their looks ect.

[@warrencroom7621]

why is jeff varner on it or russell hantz

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

Because this is modern Survivor (41-46) exclusively for this video

[@realteamwall]

i think on every new era season half the cast can be considered a villain and half can be considered a hero

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

I think an interesting concept would be to try dividing Survivor 46's cast into Heroes vs Villains after the season is done

[@itacryan]

That’s why I don’t want 45 because of Dee and her villain attitude.

[@JMaster9877]

Jeff say they don't cast villains for the show saying "we're past that era of the show"

[@societyman7526]

Real. The casting hasn’t been nearly as good ever since Jeff took full control of that department. He’s gone on record to say he’ll only cast people that he would want to talk to. So potential Survivor villains like your Johnny Fairplays or your Russell Hantzs are extremely unlikely to be cast

[@Hainaut183]

Honestly, people like Sean, Brandon, and Bhanu are just as likely to get harassed on social media as the full-blown villains of yesteryear like Lacina were.

[@Kyler.Mellen]

I think somebody needs to talk to Jeff about the wording he uses when he says that.... What they're actually saying is that they don't cast objective pieces of shit anymore... You can be a villain in the game of survivor while still being a good person. I feel too many people forget that though.

[@societyman7526]

@@Kyler.Mellen Also real. I just meant that in the vein of the same kinds of people getting cast over and over again these past 6 seasons. The “happy to be here” crowd, if you get what I mean.

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

Unfortunately social media is too toxic now. If someone like All Stars Rob Mariano played now he would be completely nuked.

[@person9305]

And now we got Venus and Kenzie too

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

I'm still uncertain whether to call them villains until I see how the entire season plays out as well as exit press (especially considering Survivor 46 hasn't ended yet) for example for the first 3 episodes I would have said Kenzie was a villain but now she is getting a more sympathetic side as well as complex content which makes her less villainous.

[@person9305]

@@BanditSurvivorContent Yeah you’re right. The last episode definitely made her less villainous. Guess we’ll have to wait and see how it plays out. They’re both still potential villains though

[@Tbhyeah]

Shan isn’t really a villain, she’s just a wretched person. I hope to never see her again. She is also the reason we don’t have ponderosa videos anymore so if you want to give her credit for something you can always remember her as the castaway that only had bad things to offer for a viewing experience ✨

[@shockwave5947]

Wasn't Drea the reason we don't have them anymore?

[@Tbhyeah]

@@shockwave5947 So Shan initially filed an HR complaint about the producer who is in charge of creating the ponderosa videos due to being filmed “noticeably less than the other castaways” and successfully got him sent home resulting in no more ponderosa videos after Evvie. It was the start of the new era, Jeff was preaching inclusivity, he probably didn’t even hesitate before pulling the plug. Shan is a diva and I have no respect for her. Drea actually had a different issue at Pondy… and it was far worse… Drea had made up rumors about Omar to the castaways after they stated to get picked off one by one and made it clear that Omar had been lying to everyone about his father’s recent death, that he was exclusively hunting POC so the jury would be mostly POC and have a soft spot for him, and that he faked praying so he could get sympathy from the others in the game. Pretty vicious stuff. When Omar got booted, he was not well received at Pondy AT ALL and Hai apparently wouldn’t even speak to him for DAYS until it came to a head and it eventually was found out that Drea had been the one lying on his name from the jump. They couldn’t use any of this footage and so we have no ponderosa for 42 because of Drea. To summarize, yes you are correct and Drea is the reason we don’t have Pondy for 42, but Shan is the one who sent the actual producer of the show home for good and 42 was shot by extra crew members who volunteered. Once the producer was gone, I’m sure it would’ve been a wrap after 42 regardless if Drea did what she did or not.

[@Tbhyeah]

@@shockwave5947 I apologize for the long message I wish I could copy and paste from Reddit bc that is where this all just came from! You can still see the thread if you google it and it has much more info on it. CBS’s social media team tried HARD to get the Drea/Omar situation scrubbed because Drea was given money by Sia at the end of the season. Also Rob Cesternino and his podcast moderators had to re-edit Omar’s interview where he discussed it.

[@olivermensinger6022]

@@shockwave5947no. The ponderosa crew left between 41 and 42. By the time 42 had begun, the crew was gone,

[@crazyinsanepenguin]

Unpopular opinion, but I think I prefer the more three-dimensional portrayals of players on the show rather than just a one-dimensional complete asshole type of person (a couple exceptions of course: Randy, JFP, Abi)

[@bc5163]

To be frank - casting isnt very good anymore. My fave new era contestant is SYDNEY (s41). Unashamedly herself, and funny confessionals. And a REAL VILLAIN.

[@kentavoorhees9082]

very unpopular opinion, carolyn & carson were the true villains of 44. completely ruined the season with all of their extraneous bs & somehow managed to be bigger narcissists than jonathan of 42

[@njc84]

I stopped watching that season because of Carolyn and the Tika 3 as a whole. I can't really watch or enjoy if I don't like the players.

[@kentavoorhees9082]

@@njc84i know right?! it's just so embarrassing to watch a tribe of 3 control 8 other people at the merge, i swear the rest of the cast were very dumb to not target them sooner

[@amlive3560]

i dont think we have the same definition on villain lol

[@kentavoorhees9082]

@@amlive3560weird how opinions work

[@kentavoorhees9082]

@@amlive3560it's fine, was waiting for someone like you to respond, hence 'unpopular opinion'

[@lordoflaziness7775]

Where is Drea??? Hated how she called racism when people voted here out!

[@ashen_roses]

She didn't "make up racism" when she was sent home; you're just a pig who lashes out whenever They talk out of turn

[@HighShyGuy420]

Im sorry but this was a terrible list IMO! HOW was Cody given an honourable mention but not Karla??

[@mariofan1337]

It's a terrible list because Karla wasn't given an honorable mention?

[@BanditSurvivorContent]

I'm sorry you feel that way

[@HighShyGuy420]

@@mariofan1337 this list didn't include the top 5 villains of the new era is all