The 37 Most Surprising Secrets of Survivor: Samoa

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  • @OnceUponAnIsland
    @OnceUponAnIsland  2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Which season do you want me to cover next for a secrets video?
    Watch all that I have done so far here - th-cam.com/play/PL-J4ldj2BdE2McwzPjDDJAuBDHZriyYOG.html

    • @reginamachamer821
      @reginamachamer821 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nicaragua or Worlds Apart.. although I'm having trouble remembering which ones you already did off the top of my head lol

  • @kirstybrown1185
    @kirstybrown1185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I understand Russell’s frustration, but he also needs to understand that he can’t treat people so poorly, then expect them to want him to win because they don’t personally see him as a worthy winner and that’s not surprising. I enjoy him on screen, I would never, as a player vote for him to win. A lot of people mess about in their alliance and still win because they aren’t just arrogantly nasty. Whether he deserves a win more than others is irrelevant, you can’t understand the rules enough to go onto a show and then demand they be changed for your version of gameplay, instead of creating an effective gameplay within the rules already set. Again though, entertaining.

  • @elitettelbach4247
    @elitettelbach4247 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The Natalie and Russell voting confessionals montage at the end was really cool!

  • @MariaThePotterNut
    @MariaThePotterNut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    The confessionals really showcase exactly why Natalie won. Russel is very emotional, vindictive and every reason he lists is an emotional one. Natalie is calm, logical, and has very gameplay related reasons, even if the gameplay is don't be on the wrong side of her alliance. She was on the correct side of every single vote, and only got any votes cast against her once, and that was the same time she found the crack and saved Foa Foa from being picked off one by one. She knew about every vote, and voted correctly, meaning she was completely in the know the entire game, no one made any big or meaningful moves (at least not successfully) without her. No one wanting to ever vote her out is a testament not to her being weak and a goat, but to her social game of becoming close to everyone. Even when they targeted Foa Foa, it was never her because they liked her, she was pleasant to be around at camp. And that is incredibly good social gameplay.
    Natalie set aside her own feelings to do the vote that was in her best interest (unlike Russel, who again was very emotional every vote), and put worth behind the connections she made with people and kept her word. She made such strong emotional/social connections yet didn't let how she may have felt about someone change her vote if she couldn't influence the majority about it in advance. And she clearly saw each of the people she eliminated as a person rather than a pawn. And her last vote, between Mick and Brett really showed it as well. She had formed a strong connection with Brett at the end, but if she had voted for Mick instead, she likely would have lost to Brett with the sheer number of Galu on the jury and how liked he was, or it would have been a MUCH tighter vote. Voting him out solidified her win.

    • @AllRequired
      @AllRequired 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      There has also never been a season before or since where any contestant had been forced to play the absolute barest bare bones of a game. She had literally zero room for error.
      But it was a blessing in disguise, as it kept Russell's heat-seekers off her and protected her against the need to explain any kind of blindside.
      I should also add that Natalie was the _only_ player that never advocated for Russell's elimination. In fact, and just look at her interaction with Betsy for proof, she was fully active in the cause of protecting him since the start.

    • @Shutterbun4
      @Shutterbun4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The confessionals also revealed that Kelly was 100% riding Russell's coattails. Half of her explanations amounted to "this is who I was told to vote for".

    • @ItsAMeJoldie
      @ItsAMeJoldie ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Shutterbun4 That's mostly cuz she was using Russell as a meatshield. Her belief is that "the person with the most jury votes is who wins." and everyone, EVEN JEFF, knew he wasnt winning jack shit.

    • @DukeHalliday-cv4fx
      @DukeHalliday-cv4fx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What Crack

  • @Vaidulis
    @Vaidulis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    And Russel is nicest of his all family! Mind-blowing!

  • @mutt8553
    @mutt8553 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    “John Fincher is a Poser” might be my favorite Jeff Quote

  • @philbuttler3427
    @philbuttler3427 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Russel turning his head to face the camera like a super model in Jeff's predictions is so funny to me. I just imagine a photography director off camera being like you're evil you're evil give the camera a little smirk yeah. you're powerful and malicious russell give us a lil pout.

  • @TheDizzleHawke
    @TheDizzleHawke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I love how Jeff calls him Russel Haunts.

  • @juanmora9190
    @juanmora9190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    John: "She still thinks I sent her home."
    *Previous Tribal Council* John switches his vote from Natalie to Laura 🤦‍♂

    • @stogerat
      @stogerat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      well yeah most people probably wouldn't go to rocks with their own game for Laura Morett

    • @juanmora9190
      @juanmora9190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@stogerat well seeing how things went for him it mightve been the better thing to do

    • @stogerat
      @stogerat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@juanmora9190 Possibly, but at that point I think Dave and Laura and Monica were all tighter with each other than they were with John

    • @mildtotemperate
      @mildtotemperate ปีที่แล้ว

      You have to be willing to go to rocks for your alliance, otherwise you'll lose numbers advantage and you'll all be out next, which is what happened here.

    • @juanmora9190
      @juanmora9190 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mildtotemperate Yeah especially when your competition is willing to do that. But John is an asshole for not taking responsibility for Laura going he wasnt owning that he did that.

  • @sackeshi
    @sackeshi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    The season that changed survivor for ever. It started the end of bitter juries, made the game much more strategic, and idols became a big deal and were found without clues.

    • @ethangc081
      @ethangc081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Juries can definitely be bitter, and they have every right to be, but still, this season didn’t change that. But Russell definitely changed the strategic game for good

    • @roger_towny_jr
      @roger_towny_jr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      You forgot to mention how it made all future players inately aware how important a good social game was, and why we no longer see any intentionaly sadistic players anymore.

    • @thefinisher2913
      @thefinisher2913 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      russell change the pace of the game everyone started to play fast because of him the jury are defiantly less bitter because they get more fans to play and they understand the game unlike before where they wanted to stay with the people they first started with

    • @akarinova
      @akarinova 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Thesportsmusicgodto be fair, the jury was going to vote for Coach if he admitted he used his religion as strategy

    • @066kshitizvsingh4
      @066kshitizvsingh4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Idk. There is a high chance that juries can still be bitter. It's just that hardly any FTC player treated them as bad as Russell did. Had Russell been just a bit humble, he would've probably won Samoa.

  • @robertscott3732
    @robertscott3732 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    That Laura M and Russell scene (#30) about lying and blindsiding was so good, surprised it didnt make the edit

  • @AGJ117
    @AGJ117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Parvati said in her post HvV interview that Russell brainwashed the audience to want to root for for Russell because they kept showing him over everyone else all of the time, making him the only person people would want to root for. Even she didn't like him and she was his main ally. Seeing people who still think Russell should have won Samoa and Heroes vs Villains, she's probably right.

  • @reginamachamer821
    @reginamachamer821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    13:00 this is what bothers me.. in Russell's preseason interviews and even some of his early game confessionals, he seemed to understand that there is a social game involved. That you can't just blatantly be an asshoIe to people's faces. So what happened? How did he forget that part?

    • @kirstybrown1185
      @kirstybrown1185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      His arrogance played up that because he didn’t want to admit that he just played a pretty crappy game where survivor is concerned. Getting to the end and winning aren’t the same thing and he didn’t seem to understand that you need more than a goat besides you to win. He blamed everyone else for that. Giant man baby.

    • @AllRequired
      @AllRequired 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kirstybrown1185 The mechanics of Survivor he is fine with. It is the core that trips him up.

    • @stogerat
      @stogerat ปีที่แล้ว

      He didn't forget it in Samoa he just got a bitter jury. In Samoa his social game wasn't great but it wasn't bad either, the only juror who wouldn't even consider voting for him was Laura. In HvV he was deprived from doing two seasons back to back and got hangry after the merge and spoiled his own strong pre-merge performance.

    • @stogerat
      @stogerat ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like he had Foa Foa voting however he wanted the entire pre-merge without using idols and he even showed that he was capable of being diplomatic and doing what his alliance wanted when he let Ben Browning go.

  • @markjackson6431
    @markjackson6431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    great video. can’t wait for the Russell character video

  • @benlol3023
    @benlol3023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    3:30 and thats the beggining of the curse for J.T

  • @reginamachamer821
    @reginamachamer821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Don't kiss me, Grandma. I'll punch you in the face!" Lmao I need to find this in gif form 😂

  • @OhSkyeLanta
    @OhSkyeLanta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Russel Hantz is the evil gremlin love child of Henry 8th and Napoleon

  • @iamskippy
    @iamskippy ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I loved the side by side or rather one after the other comparison at the end.
    #RussellIsALegend

    • @mikerock621
      @mikerock621 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Voted correct every time.

  • @mildtotemperate
    @mildtotemperate ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I don't blame Erik for lusting over Kelly. She was a cutie.

  • @MaxI-cn7vr
    @MaxI-cn7vr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    All I have to say to Russell is: Stay heated, little man.

  • @juanmora9190
    @juanmora9190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Something I was hoping to clarify about Natalie is that in a confessional not shown on the show she refers to being called "Survivor Barbie" I've always wondered who called her that.

  • @reginamachamer821
    @reginamachamer821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Luara" lmao

  • @cougar33333
    @cougar33333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Did you know that teenage daughter of Laura’s would go on to vote out her own mom?

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Was this on an international season or something? I don't recall anything like that on the show...

    • @AsraliaX2
      @AsraliaX2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@OnceUponAnIsland It was on South African Blood vs. Water.

    • @fredricknilsson3642
      @fredricknilsson3642 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was on the American Blood vs Water

  • @ptderu7349
    @ptderu7349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always thought Kelly could be the sister of Hayden Christensen. And now with that angry emotional Sith footage at 18:21 I'm convinced now.

  • @starwarsfan4283
    @starwarsfan4283 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve been waiting for this!!!!

  • @dojo3175
    @dojo3175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Russell Hantz has some great behind the scenes on both of his TH-cam channels, The Russell Hantz channel and Enhanzed Reality

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, I used one of his videos for Redemption Island.

  • @ianmiller6798
    @ianmiller6798 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So many great secret scenes in Samoa. Too bad some are gone forever :(

  • @SirChrisM_PH
    @SirChrisM_PH หลายเดือนก่อน

    In the confession video at the end, only Brett has a positive commentary from Russell. So, I think he respect that guy much for being such a game player!

  • @reginamachamer821
    @reginamachamer821 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    16:48 the irony in Jeff's assement of John is hilarious 😂

  • @reginamachamer821
    @reginamachamer821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Omg yay I love this series sooooo much I'm going to be so sad when you finish all the seasons lol

  • @mrpineapplecc5342
    @mrpineapplecc5342 ปีที่แล้ว

    18:05 the guy in the back does a lunge, I wonder if he was stopping Russel from coming back

  • @elliodh
    @elliodh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think Russell swan might have been able to win if he didn’t participate in the reward challenge that took him out

  • @nvm9040
    @nvm9040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Natalie is a underrated winner

    • @nathan4327
      @nathan4327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, her blindside of Jon Misch is one of the best ever

    • @Machinu5
      @Machinu5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Those voting confessionals don't make Natalie seem like an underrated winner.

    • @stogerat
      @stogerat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Machinu5 for real, every time she just says "I'm just going with what the group decided!" Just a literal stick in the mud who got lucky.

    • @tmm4195
      @tmm4195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@stogerat I mean she used Russell in a smart way though. She knew he was unliked by people. Of course she got lucky, but every winner does. Russell made the same dumb mistake with Sandra.

    • @nvm9040
      @nvm9040 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stogerat I mean I get that but I think she wasn’t trying to go against Russell because he pushed most of those votes

  • @Shutterbun4
    @Shutterbun4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    29:10 Doggie at the Ponderosa!

  • @mikerock621
    @mikerock621 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    19:37! Kelly!

  • @AllRequired
    @AllRequired 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Natalie was granted a measly 15 confessionals FOR THE ENTIRE DAMN SEASON!! And that record _still_ stands!
    By contrast, Russell received more than seven times as many, a record I think also still stands.

  • @OnwardSoldier
    @OnwardSoldier ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where can you find the Ponderosa videos?

  • @caidenmagill1006
    @caidenmagill1006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man literally sneaks a whole other vid into this vid😂

  • @Fitzbits687
    @Fitzbits687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Secret number 6 add on according to Russell willie was called back for some strange reason but said no because of money also willie hantz had the best downfall change my mind

  • @EddieAFool
    @EddieAFool 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    34:40 He can actually compliment a person

  • @alanw9620
    @alanw9620 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The biggest takeaway I had here was all the people watching the tribal council in the background of the vote confessionals lol

  • @sackeshi
    @sackeshi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If only he had left, maybe Phil would have been on survivor as well. :(

    • @Machinu5
      @Machinu5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was so close

    • @snuffedtorch3683
      @snuffedtorch3683 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wdym

    • @Machinu5
      @Machinu5 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@snuffedtorch3683 Not sure how Sackeshi knows about my audition, but I was being considered as a replacement in case The Jeff Probst Show took off. Obviously it didn't work out for me.

  • @benafferton8123
    @benafferton8123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    anyway russell lost 4 times and natalie is 1/1 stan Natalie White

  • @ryanmurphy4901
    @ryanmurphy4901 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Natalie deserved her win and Eric summarized is perfectly at FTC

  • @survivorturnover
    @survivorturnover 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    russell hantz legacy

  • @mikerock621
    @mikerock621 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Russell Haunts

  • @corvusclones
    @corvusclones 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "I control my family" is a big red flag for domestic abuse

  • @joncross8483
    @joncross8483 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RIP Russell Swann (only in the game thank God) I really loved watching that guy and wish he had stayed in longer

  • @donniejohnson1232
    @donniejohnson1232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love Danger Dave

  • @awakenedsoul
    @awakenedsoul 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Reading the comments just show how stupid people are.
    Russell Hantz deserved to win and should have won. Very bitter jury...and Laura was trying to get everyone not to vote for Russell. This isn't hearsay, more then a handful on the jury said the same thing .

    • @OnceUponAnIsland
      @OnceUponAnIsland  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I made a few in depth videos showing why Natalie won and what Russell did wrong.

  • @TheDizzleHawke
    @TheDizzleHawke 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yay!

  • @brettkot5309
    @brettkot5309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    John Fincher is such an underratedly bad player

  • @nathandanczak7822
    @nathandanczak7822 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The conservatives are better players 3/4 of the time.

  • @isabellaearnhardt6380
    @isabellaearnhardt6380 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤️

  • @tjsam8103
    @tjsam8103 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Russel should have won. Natalie fans don’t @ me. That whole season was decided by Russell. On winners at war suddenly people voted based on playing the best game. This season was decided by sore losers. Spiteful vote for the 2nd place to make 1st angry

  • @reginamachamer821
    @reginamachamer821 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That would suck to get voted out and be the only non-bitter jury member at ponderosa lmao

  • @daariankhan1129
    @daariankhan1129 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The last segment has me dead lmaooo Natalie had 0 strategy just going with the majority every vote 😂😂

    • @AllRequired
      @AllRequired 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Relationships are a strategy.

  • @joshuasimber8588
    @joshuasimber8588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Russel deserved to win season 19 he was dominant and took the other team out from being down 4-8. Most of the times he was mean was behind the scenes or during confessionals that other players don't see.

    • @AllRequired
      @AllRequired 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dominant doesn't make you deserving to win.
      You should read "Offending Many Who Do Not Understand Survivor."

    • @joshuasimber8588
      @joshuasimber8588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AllRequired I know that's why I said season 19. Season 20 he was a dick so he lost. But everything he did that was mean in 19 was behind their backs or by himself on camera. People just didn't like him because he outplayed him. Which is why most of that jury regrets voting for Natalie

  • @joshuacoleman1037
    @joshuacoleman1037 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Natalie is the least deserving winner ever, she did nothing, had no guts, and only got won because she was nicer than Russell. You should never win by being nice and by outwitting, outplaying, and out lasting which Russell did and Natalie didn't. She didn't even deserve to be on WaW which is why she wasn't.

    • @AllRequired
      @AllRequired 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Fall of Russell Hantz, Part 1. Get reading.

    • @JarinCOD
      @JarinCOD ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly, she would have been voted out before Amber if she was on WaW, LMAO.

  • @adonm6998
    @adonm6998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video just proves what a bottom tier winner Natalie is. Still exciting to see russels downfall. Great video

    • @kevwwong
      @kevwwong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah she didn't so much win the game as Russel lost it. But at the end of the day, it still counts as a victory.

  • @armanclark2401
    @armanclark2401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    jeff needs to GO! retire/fire.... dont care just needs to go to fix the show

    • @JarinCOD
      @JarinCOD ปีที่แล้ว

      Just remove woke shit.