Talking with T-Bird: Jeremy & Val Collins

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-fifth episode of “Talking with T-Bird,” Rob and T-Bird’s welcome the lovely couple from Survivor: San Juan del Sur, Jeremy & Val Collins. 

Jeremy and Val’s Survivor adventure began with a bang, as minutes after they were placed on opposing tribes, they found themselves pitted against each other in the first Duel Reward Challenge of the season. Val’s loss led to her exile, where she was granted a clue to the immunity idol. Although she lost an ally, Val made it through the first tribal council, only to run into trouble when she bluffed to have found two idols. When she was unable to produce at the next tribal council, the tribe decided to eliminate Val on the re-vote, finishing in 17th place.

Jeremy was a physical and strategic threat in San Juan del Sur, helping his tribe to five out of six pre-merge immunity challenges. When he made the first strike at merge and sent strategic rival Josh to jury, the rest of the merge tribe realized his major threat potential, and Jeremy was voted out in 10th place.

Jeremy returned just two seasons later for Survivor: Cambodia, the second chances season. He continued his dominance, quietly maintaining control of the game. His effective use of two immunity idols (for Val!) and his strong alliance led him to the final three, where he became the Sole Survivor in the first ever unanimous vote.

Jeremy came out one more time in season 40 for Survivor: Winners at War. His relationships with the other winners kept him safe for most of the game, but at the merge, his threat level was rising quickly. After saving himself with an advantage and then being spared at two tribal councils due to last minute scrambling, Jeremy was voted at the final seven. After failing to win the return challenge, his game ended in 8th place.

Outside of Survivor, Jeremy and Val’s greatest joy is raising their four beautiful children together.

You can check out Jeremy and Val’s statistics on the Survivor Wiki from their Survivor careers here: Jeremy Collins’ Survivor Wiki Profile. Val Collins’ 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

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