One Of 'Survivor's' Most Notorious Players Wants To Come Back For Season 50, And I'm All For It For Two Big Reasons

Since the moment 'Survivor' host Jeff Probst announced Season 50 would feature returning players, fans and former castaways have been fantasy casting who should be on the island and what the show’s format should look like. We likely won’t have any answers for a while, given Season 46 just wrapped on the TV schedule, but that hasn’t stopped plenty of ex-players from publicly pitching themselves (and forming alliances). The latest is maybe the most legendary straight-up villain of all time: Russell Hantz.

The two-time finalist hasn’t played the American version of the show since Season 22. In fact, he famously said at the time of his elimination, after his tribemates intentionally threw the challenge to vote him off, that he’d never return again. Time has a way of healing those hard feelings, however, and Hantz now says he’d be willing to return for Season 50. He left himself an out to change his mind, but in Russell speak, it’s clear he wants to come back.