'Survivor' 2016 Cast: Will Tai Trang's Amazing Life Experience Help Him Win? [POLL, VIDEO]
San Francisco native Tai Trang has lived an incredible life thus far, and now his latest adventure is being one of 18 new players on CBS's Survivor: Kaoh Rong.
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Tai is a 51-year-old gay gardener with a whole bunch of life experience. Born in Vietnam, Tai and his family moved to America in 1980, as Inside Survivor reports, eventually moving to San Francisco and becoming a gardener and beekeeper.
Now, he is set to compete in in Survivor: Kaoh Rong, the show's 32nd season. He is part of the "Beauty" tribe, dedicated to castaways with outer and inner attractiveness.
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In his CBS bio, Tai expands further upon his greatest claim to fame before Survivor.
"Being a part of the AIDS Life Cycle ride for the past 13 years. A 545-miles, 7-day camping and bicycle ride from SF to LA to benefit HIV and AIDS services," he said. "In total, I've raised over $75,000 for the LA LGBT Center and SF AIDS Foundation. I love this grueling, but fun, mental and physical challenging experience."
As for why he thinks he will be the Sole Survivor at the end of the game, Tai described his past life experience of living in poor conditions, in addition to his general attitude.
"I am short and non-threatening, most people seem to like me and often are drawn to me for whatever reason," he said. "I am genuinely nice and will treat everyone well (but don't cross me, not even once). I will do whatever it takes to become the Sole Survivor. Even though it'll be difficult and devastating to betray my alliance, my ultimate goal is to win. I want to be a winner that everyone thinks is a little odd, but endearing, who plays a smart and interesting game with some spicy drama."
How well do you think Tai will do in the game? Vote in our poll below:
Survivor: Kaoh Rong premieres Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
Watch Tai's cast introduction video through CBS below:
