Originally Posted by
Ryan_InsideBB:
“I know nothing of Survivor so any Survivor talk or segments will turn me right off. He does have an 'invitation' though so maybe he is involved in some other way.
Or we can hope he does a 'Jason BB13' and let them make a creative decision to axe him before they move in
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If he's anything like his relatives, I hope he gets the old-heave ho before it begins.
Russell Hantz is one of the most polarizing contestants on Survivor ever. He played twice back to back, doing an outstanding job both times to make it to the final jury, but an atrocious job of actually making to the end with a shot of getting jury votes. He's abrasive, brash and ended up pissing off the jury unncessarily both times. He could have been a fun contestant to watch, but they rammed him in the viewers faces to unprecidented extents in his first series. When he lost, some people called it the worst decision ever, others called it the best. He was then a real sore loser on both times, and tried to rally the show to change the way the winner is decided, to little avail.
He then returned for his third series out of a possible four shortly afterwards, and tried to play the game in the exact same way. His tribe saw sense and voted him out at the first oppurtunity, leading to a hilarious emotional breakdown.
His nephew Brandon appeared on the show in the next season. At first, he appeared to be like a mini-Russell, but it soon became apparent that the boy had some serious issues. I think he was a reformed gangmember turned christian, and the game just really messed with his head. He became a total trainwreck of a player, and limped his way to around sixth place. At the reunion, he implied that his family were very disappointed with the way he had behaved, which was absolutely appaling. His heart was in the right place most of the time, he just had serious demons.
As far as I'm aware, this Willie isn't Brandon's father. (I think that there is a third brother who is Brandon's father)
In any case, I'd hate to see this awful family be moved into BB. Their not endearing - they just don't seem to be very nice people.