In Russell's defence, he had to start the game with a huge handicap. I do think that he made the right move tonight. The only way he would've survived the next TC was to:
A) Use the idol that he saved from the first TC, provided he survived
B) Find a new one between his first and second TC
Out of those two options, I'd say A) was far more realistic, and he was just shy of achieving it too. I think he spread the votes too thin, with the votes for Damion and Shane. As he said, he just got unlucky. Maybe he could've concentrated the votes on Jacquie a little better.
Either way, this TC did at least filter the tribe's ranking and now Shane, Damion and Jacquie will start becoming paranoid which should make for an interesting shift in the Champion's dynamic.