Michaela Bradshaw

Michaela Bradshaw is a contestant from and.

In her debut season, Michaela was known for her incredible athleticism and talents in challenges, and her successes in aspects of camp life. Michaela is remembered for being a strong physical competitor with dedicated loyalty to her Millennial Alliance, as well as for her sassy and often harsh personality. However, her overall strength and potential scheming made her a threat to her alliance members Jay Starrett and Will Wahl, causing them to flip to blindside Michaela, fearing her success at the approaching merge.

In Game Changers, Michaela came in as an unknown player and was shown to be more explosive and emotionally driven. She had a rocky start to the game, but eventually found her footing, finding trust in Sandra Diaz-Twine, before being relegated to the minority before the merge. Michaela then managed to gain a new mentor and ally in Cirie Fields, and their tight bond allowed Michaela to further herself in the game. Nonetheless, Michaela constantly walked on thin ice due to certain tribemates' outward dislike of her. Ultimately, her alliance with Cirie proved to be the driving factor in her blindside at the Final 7 from the hands of Sarah Lacina.

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Millennials vs. Gen X
Michaela started on Vanua. On Night 4, she caught Figgy Figueroa and Taylor Stocker. She outed them the next day. Michaela made her dislike of Figgy very obvious, and they got into an argument. Vanua lost the immunity challenge on Day 6. Michaela and Figgy made amends. At Tribal Council, Michaela joined the majority in blindsiding Mari Takahashi. Vanua won the next two challenges.

When the Tribe switch occurred Michaela along with Jay Starrett, Will Wahl, and Hannah Shapiro were switched to the Ikabula tribe. They were joined my Takali members Bret LaBelle and Sunday Burquest. On Ikabula, Michaela made fire, and caught Will and Jay finding a Hidden Immunity Idol, but she promised them not to rat them out.

Ikabula finally lost on Day 20. At camp, Michaela told her old Vanua tribemates they should split their votes between Bret and Sunday in case one of them has an idol and vote out Bret in the revote. However, Jay and Will were scared of Michaela's athleticism, intelligence and the fact that she knows about their idol. At Tribal Council, Jay and Will sided with Bret and Sunday and blindsided Michaela. She screamed and asked Jay if he voted against her and he said yes. When leaving Tribal Council, she angrily hit a tree on her way out. Despite being angry with Jay, she did not reveal his that he currently had the idol.

Game Changers
Michaela started on Mana. Mana lost the first immunity challenge. Ciera Eastin was the target. However, after Tony Vlachos told Michaela that she was he decoy target; Michaela became uneasy. The majority taught about voting out Michaela for her volatility. At tribal council, Ciera was voted out in a unanimous 9-1 vote with Ciera voting against Michaela. Mana lost immunity on day 6. At camp, Tony was a target, but Michaela said she wanted to keep him because she wanted to keep the tribe strong. However, at tribal council, Michaela joined the majority in voting out Tony.

As a result of the Tribe Switch, Michaela along with Malcolm Freberg, Aubry Bracco, Sandra Diaz-Twine and Jeff Varner were switched to Nuku. They were joined by original Nuku JT Thomas. Michaela faced a heavy blow on night 11 as JT was blindsided. After the next reward challenge, J.T. and Michaela squabbled over the latter's consumption of the sugar they had previously won. In order to keep the two fighting, Sandra ate the rest of the sugar, causing J.T. to accuse Michaela of the act. Nuku lost immunity. Michaela and Sandra decided to blindside JT while she was targeted by JT and Aubry so Varner was the swing vote. While she received votes from Aubry and JT, Varner sided with her and Sandra so JT was blindsided.

The next day, another tribe switch occurred. Michaela and Aubry were switched back to Mana. She along with Aubry, Troyzan Robertson and Hali Ford were the only original Mana's to reach the merge. However, she was targeted my most of the others for her attitude. She then had a conversation with Cirie Fields. She told Cirie that she wants both of them to be the first pair of African American woman to make it to the end. Cirie then began mentoring her. Cirie ultimately saved her from elimination. At the merged tribal council, Michaela received four votes but Hali was voted out.

On day 29, Michaela and her ally Sarah Lacina were that deciding votes that sent Zeke Smith to the jury. She narrowly lost the immunity challenge to Brad Culpepper on day 35. At tribal council, Brad and Troyzan voted against her, her ally Sarah  voted for her as well, but she then used her vote steal advantage to steal Tai Trang's vote and put that vote on Michaela so Michaela was blindsided.

At the Final Tribal Council, she accused Brad of not getting to know the jury, and said she does not understand why certain jurors are taking things personally. She ended up voting for Sarah to win which she did in a 7-3-0 vote over Brad and Troyzan.

Voting History
In The Tables Have Turned, Tai used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Sierra, negating Michaela's vote against her.

Trivia

 * Michaela is the only castaway to have been voted out of Ikabula.
 * Michaela is one of fifteen castaways (the others being Rob Mariano, Shii Ann Huang, Bobby Jon Drinkard, Michael Skupin, Russell Swan, Francesca Hogi, Monica Culpepper, Colton Cumbie, Kimmi Kappenberg, Jeff Varner, Andrew Savage, Kelley Wentworth, Brad Culpepper, and Caleb Reynolds) that returned for a second season despite not reaching the jury phase in their original season.
 * Michaela is one of four castaways to compete on two seasons before their first seasons aired. The others are: Russell Hantz, Malcolm Freberg, and Zeke Smith.
 * Michaela is one of eleven castaways to compete in back-to-back seasons (the others are Rupert Boneham, Stephenie LaGrossa, Bobby Jon Drinkard, Amanda Kimmel, James Clement, Russell Hantz, Malcolm Freberg, Shirin Oskooi, Joe Anglim, and Zeke Smith).
 * Michaela is the youngest castaway to compete on.
 * In, Michaela and Mana tribemate Aubry Bracco, were the seventh and eighth castaways to share a tribe with every castaway on a season. The first six were Rob Mariano, Sean Rector, and Vecepia Towery in , Denise Stapley in , and Kelly Wiglesworth and Spencer Bledsoe in.
 * Michaela lost 19 lbs. during her time on.
 * Michaela was the 7th person voted out in her first season, placing 14th. She was then the 14th person voted out in her second season, placing 7th.