I was unenthusiastic by the idea of having a lot of these people play yet again, so I've known the entire boot list since the end of last summer. I won't spoil anything, but I will say that given the information about a lot of what happens in the game, this season will
not disappoint. It's mind boggling the level of play going on in Heroes vs Villains although they're pretty much all professionals at this sort of crap.
I did a survey over at Sucks to find out which contestants are considered to be the 40 greatest players. They don't take too kindly to Russell over there, especially since he lacks a great social game which is necessary to win (and usually to get yourself far). Otherwise, the list is pretty acceptable.
Winners in bold. Bob and Aras both didn't make the list with Bob being disqualified outright.
1. Richard Hatch, Borneo
2. Cirie Fields, Panama
3. Brian Heidik, Thailand
4. Cirie Fields, Micronesia
5. Tom Westman, Palau
6. Parvati Shallow, Micronesia
7. Rob Cesternino, Amazon
8. Jon "Johnny Fairplay" Dalton, Pearl Islands
9. Rafe Judkins, Guatemala
10. Rob Mariano, All Stars
11. Tina Wesson, Australian Outback
12. Natalie White, Samoa
13. Stephen Fishbach, Tocantins
14. Ami Cusack, Vanuatu
15. Chris Daugherty, Vanuatu
16. Todd Herzog, China
17. Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, Marquesas
18. Sandra Diaz-Twine, Pearl Islands
19. Twila Tanner, Vanuatu
20. Colby Donaldson, Australian Outback
21. Amanda Kimmel, China
22. James "J.T." Thomas Jr., Tocantins
23. Danni Boatwright, Guatemala
24. Earl Cole, Fiji
25. Yau-Man Chan, Fiji
26. Vecepia Towery, Marquesas
27. Erinn Lobdell, Tocantins
28. Deena Bennett, Amazon
29. Cassandra Franklin, Fiji
30. Ken Hoang, Gabon
31. Stephenie LaGrossa, Guatemala
32. Kelly Wigglesworth, Borneo
33. Peih-Gee Law, China
34. Amber Brkich, All Stars
35. Jenna Morasca, Amazon
36. Yul Kwon, Cook Islands
37. Teresa Cooper, Africa
38. Amanda Kimmel, Micronesia
39. Ethan Zohn, Africa
40. Clay Jordan, Thailand