Talking with T-Bird: Michaela Bradshaw
For everyone who wanted more T-Bird in the Survivor off-season, your wish has been granted as we once again start up the series “Talking with T-Bird.” Each episode, Rob Cesternino (@robcesternino) and Survivor: Africa‘s Teresa “T-Bird” Cooper (@tbirdcooper) will catch up with a former Survivor player and talk about anything and take listener questions. In the forty-sixth episode of “Talking with T-Bird,” and in conjunction with Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X‘s appearance this week on the RHAP All-Time Survivor Season Rankings, Rob and T-Bird’s guest is none other than Michaela Bradshaw.
Rob and T-Bird speak with Michaela Bradshaw, who was one of the most dynamic players on Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X, and so much so that she was immediately brought back on for Survivor: Game Changers. On Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X, the thirty-third season, she started out on the orange Millennial tribe, and immediately became known for her challenge prowess and her honest and sometimes harsh personality. Despite some conflicts, she was never targeted at this stage of the game and she made it to the swap on day 13, landing on the newly formed green Ikabula tribe, where she initially could not hide her anger over the results but made solid inroads with all her tribemates. However, on day 20, she showed Jay and Will how intelligent she was with the way she was planning for the merge and was viciously blindsided by everyone in a 4-1 vote, leaving her the seventh person voted out, the final pre-juror, and finishing in fourteenth place.
Two weeks after Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X wrapped up, Michaela was invited back for the show’s thirty-fourth season and fourth all-returnee season, Survivor: Game Changers. As one of the only two players whose season had not yet aired, Michaela was a wildcard for everyone involved and that’s why first boot Ciera attempted to target her right away. While she didn’t make the best relationships early on, her tight relationship with Sandra allowed her to survive the pre-merge part of the game. At the merge, she pivoted and worked closely with Cirie, who took Michaela under her wing. While she wasn’t popular with some of her tribemates, she was always respected as a strategic and physical threat. At the final seven, after Cirie’s failed attempt at stealing Sarah’s advantage, Sarah blinsided Michaela because of her closeness with Cirie, leaving her in seventh place.
You can check out Michaela’s statistics on the Survivor Wiki from her Survivor career here: Michaela Bradshaw’s Survivor Wiki Profile.
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Past Episodes of “Talking with T-Bird”:
- Talking with T-Bird: Helen Glover – May 30, 2019
- Talking with T-Bird: Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick – June 20, 2019
- Talking with T-Bird: Gretchen Cordy – July 2, 2019
- Talking with T-Bird: Kelly Goldsmith – July 11, 2019
- Talking with T-Bird: Judd Sergeant – July 22, 2019
- Talking with T-Bird: Sean Rector – July 29, 2019
- Talking with T-Bird: Scout Cloud Lee – August 3, 2019
- Talking with T-Bird: Robb Zbacnik – August 13, 2019
- Talking with T-Bird: Rodger Bingham – August 18, 2019
- Talking with T-Bird: Ami Cusack – August 25, 2019
- Talking with T-Bird: Frank Garrison – August 31, 2019
- Talking with T-Bird: Shii-Ann Huang and Natalie Bolton – September 19, 2019
- Talking with T-Bird: Vecepia Towery – January 19, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Tom Westman – June 6, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Heidi Hamels – June 21, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Debbie Wanner – July 8, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Michael “Frosti” Zernow – July 14, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Kathy Vavrick-O’Brien – July 25, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Randy Bailey – August 8, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Keith Famie – August 18, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Ian Rosenberger – September 4, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Lindsey Richter – September 19, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Robert “The General” DeCanio – September 26, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Gervase Peterson – October 12, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Katie Gallagher – October 20, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Jerri Manthey – October 30, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Dreamz Herd – November 16, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Brandon Quinton – November 23, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Cindy Hall – December 1, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: NaOnka Mixon – December 10, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Cindy & Mindy Hall – December 17, 2020
- Talking with T-Bird: Julie Berry – January 10, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Kelly Wiglesworth – January 24, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Ghandia Johnson – January 31, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Lex van den Berghe – February 7, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Holly Hoffman – February 21, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Todd Herzog – February 28, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Maralyn “Mad Dog” Hershey – March 7, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Dawn Meehan – March 27, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Anthony Robinson – April 4, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Danni Boatwright – April 11, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Rory Freeman – May 11, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Clarence Black – May 23, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Keith and Wes Nale – June 26, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Shane Powers – June 29, 2021
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