Talking with T-Bird: Yau-Man Chan
The time has come for the return of “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 fifty-seventh episode of “Talking with T-Bird,” Rob and T-Bird’s welcome two time contestant, from Survivor: Fiji and Survivor: Micronesia, Yau-Man Chan!
Yau-Man made his greatest strength known early in Survivor: Fiji; he used his intelligence over brawn to break open a crate that physically stronger competitors were unable to open. Although his first tribe was unsuccessful in winning challenges, Yau-Man was able to find an alliance who kept him safe until the merge. On the day 34 reward challenge, Yau-Man won a truck, and struck a deal with fellow castaway Dreamz Herd: Yau-man would swap the truck if Dreamz would give him immunity at final four. Yau-man was also sent to exile, where he found an idol clue, and subsequently the hidden immunity idol, which he used to keep himself safe successfully. When it came to final four, Dreamz did win the immunity, but went back on his deal to give it to Yau-Man. With Yau-Man being such a threat at final tribal council, he was voted out on Day 38.
In Survivor: Micronesia, Yau-Man returned as one of ten “favourites” from past seasons of Survivor, battling against ten superfans of the show. Although he quickly found an alliance, he was deemed to be a threat to finding immunity idols. He was voted out of the game early, on day 8.
You can check out Yau-Man’s statistics on the Survivor Wiki from their Survivor career here: Yau-Man Chan’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
- Talking with T-Bird: Michaela Bradshaw – July 18, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Sandra Diaz-Twine — September 16, 2021
- Talking with T-Bird: Taj Johnson-George — June 3, 2022
- Talking with T-Bird: “Timber” Tina Scheer — June 17, 2022
- Talking with T-Bird: Jaison Robinson — June 26, 2022
- Talking with T-Bird: Colton Cumbie — July 16, 2022
- Talking with T-Bird: Jan Gentry — July 29, 2022
- Talking with T-Bird: Caryn Groedel — August 6, 2022
- Talking with T-Bird: Denise Martin — August 22, 2022
- Talking with T-Bird: Jeremy & Val Collins — September 17, 2022
- Talking with T-Bird: Jenna Morasca – January 24, 2023
