by Gina Scarpa

 

Last night, on Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains, there was absolutely no reason that Tyson Apostol should have been heading home. Boston Rob had a foolproof plan. Throw three votes to Russell and three votes to Parvati and if either plays the idol, it gets flushed out. Russell's alliance would throw three votes to Tyson and in the revote, Rob's alliance of six would put everything on Russell and send him packing. In a last minute desperate attempt, Russell convinced Tyson he was going to vote for Parvati causing Tyson to change his vote. The flip flop cost Tyson the game and Russell watched with delight as he was sent packing from the game. Today, Tyson spoke to RealityWanted in an exclusive interview about being an all star, why he changed his vote, and who the best Survivor player is.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: What was your reaction when you found out you were being named an all star by Survivor? That's a pretty big title to bestow upon you.
A. Tyson: Well, I felt like I deserved it because I'm pretty awesome. Sometimes, people don't recognize awesomeness but I'm glad that Survivor did. To get invited back a second time was an honor.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: I was a little surprised that you and Coach were named villains. What was your reaction to it?
A. Tyson: I don't care. There's such a fine line, Rupert said it last night. There's such a fine line between heroes and villains. It's how people are perceived and I never cared what people thought of me. To be a villain was kind of fun. I'd rather be a villain than be on the boring heroes. That must've been a snooze fest.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: We didn't see much of your strategizing this season. What were you up to and who were you working with?
A. Tyson: Early on, I pulled Courtney aside and said let's do something. Rob walked up and said, "I want in," so we were like, "Ok we're going to do this, let's pull other people in to think they're in the core of the group." We immediately pulled Sandra in, that would've been the final four. I worked on Coach and Jerri as best I could. I had to distance myself from Coach because I didn't wanna make it look like I was working closely with him like I was during my season. That would've put a target on both of our backs. I stayed close enough with him and he was close enough with Jerri that I had those two. That made the group of six. Jerri actually wanted Rob gone and Coach wanted to go along with Jerri and I convinced them that we needed to get rid of Ruseell and Parvati before we did anything with Rob.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Why have the villains been so dominant in challenges? It looks like you guys have way more fire than the heroes.
A. Tyson: Rob, I think, brings the fire. He plays every challenge, full out, 100%. I don't know that I have that much fire in me. I'm talented enough that I can keep up with it, though. Between me and Rob, we carried that tribe. Rob was killin' on the puzzles and anything dealing with a ball or endurance, I would come through. I think that the problem with the heroes was that they didn't have anyone intelligent enough. That's not a nice way to put it. The nice way to put it would be that they didn't have anyone who could figure out a puzzle. The villains are the gameplayers for the most part. There's some people there that aren't really. The big bulk are the hardcore gameplayers who know how to play the game of Survivor. The heroes are more like, "Look at my muscles and my shiny white teeth. I'm just a good ol' country boy that doesn't know anything."

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: I feel like Courtney is going for a record for competing in the least amount of challenges.
A. Tyson: That's how she keeps your youthful appearance. It's like me with manual labor. I'd age rapidly. My hands are so soft and supple, I don't wanna mess them up.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Is it to the villains' disadvantage that you've never seen how Russell plays the game but he's seen all of you?
A. Tyson: Of course it's a disadvantage. He maybe wouldn't have lasted this long or maybe people would've started burning his stuff. I think it would've been hilarious to burn his shirt or his pants, or even his shoes and have him walk around barefoot all the time. He's not a hard person to read. You can tell he's up to no good every time you smell him or look at him. You knew he was a villain.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: In his blog for Entertainment Weekly, Probst said that you didn't have to change your vote in order to get rid of Parvati. Why did you change your vote?
A. Tyson: We told those three (Russell, Danielle, and Parvati) that we were going to split the votes on them. I thought, on my way to tribal, "If they're smart, they'll flop their votes onto Russell and vote him out." I felt like I could do more with Russell than Parvati. We knew there was an idol. Russell had told Coach, Coach told me. There was also a 20 foot trench around the trees. Russell's like, "I'm gonna take a dump and bring this shovel and be back in 3 hours."

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Who's the better player, Rob or Russell, and why?

A. Tyson: Rob. I vote Rob. He's handsomer, he's more charming, a better people person, and above average height.

 

Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains airs Thursdays at 8/7c on CBS.

 

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