Yau Ayuba

**Yau Ayuba** is a contestant from *Survivor: South Africa* and *Survivor: All-Stars*.

From the get-go on *South Africa*, Yau was easy for people to work with because of his kind, laid-back, and respectful demeanor. Early on, Yau was included in pivotal conversations which advanced his position in the game. Once at the merge, Yau schemed to blindside his former Kubu tribemate, Aaron Rosenfeld, at the first post-merge Tribal Council in which he succeeded. For many Tribal Councils after that, Yau was deemed a threat but the rest of the tribe felt there were stronger players they needed to target, pushing Yau into more of a backseat position while still fabricating the moves he wanted to make. However, at the Final Three, after losing Individual Immunity, Tatyana Kuzmina decided to vote him out due to him being a strong player the entire season.

On *All-Stars*, Yau took more of a laid-back approach to the game to diffuse the target from his strong game on *South Africa*. This strategy proved to work, as Yau voted with the majority and kept his name off the block. At the merge, Yau seemed to be in a good spot, but Adam Brower threatened his spot in the game using his Vote Steal advantage to cast two votes against Yau, causing Yau to use his Hidden Immunity Idol. Two votes later, Yau was voted out after Adam convinced the rest of the tribe he was too large of a threat.

## Profile

* All-Stars
*Retrieved from survivorthesims.fandom.com*
* **Name (Age):** Yau Ayuba (24)
* **Hometown:** Kano, Nigeria
* **Current residence:** Houston, Texas
* **Occupation:** Insurance Agent
* **Three words to describe you:** Hardworking, determined, and worthy.
* **When did you first watch *Survivor*?** *Survivor: Samoa***.**
* **Reason For Being on *Survivor*:** I moved to the U.S. when I was 4, and ever since my family and I have worked really hard to be where we are today. I now feel stable enough here that I can go out and have the adventure of a lifetime.

## Trivia

* Yau is the first contestant from Nigeria to play *Survivor*.
* Yau is the highest placing castaway on *South Africa* to not attend a single reward, up until Day 38 of the game. Yau neither won a challenge or was picked to go on reward.
* Yau is the first castaway to be voted out at the Final Three since Tyler Lobdell on *Survivor: Thailand*.
	+ By extension, Yau is the first to get third before the Final Tribal Council and be a member of the jury since *Thailand*.
	+ He is also the first contestant to be the sixteenth person voted out of a season. Although Tyler was the first person overall to be the sixteenth person eliminated, Shamar got eliminated from a rock draw, rather than being voted out.
* By the final five, Yau was the only male contestant remaining on *Survivor: South Africa*.
* Yau lost 25 lbs (11.34 kg) during his time on *South Africa*.

## References

1. ↑ https://survivorthesims.fandom.com/wiki/Survivor:\_The\_Sims\_Wiki
2. ↑ This vote resulted in a tie, requiring a revote.
3. ↑ After losing the Immunity Challenge on Day 38, Yau was unable to vote as Tatyana won Individual Immunity, and the only two not immune were Angelina and Yau. Tatyana cast the only vote at Day 38's Tribal Council.