Phan

Phan, also known as Phan Dương Gia Bảo was one of the first six newcomers to compete on Bowser Party in season 2. They also returned for season 3, and later came back for seasons 6, 7 & 8.

Prior to the Series
Phan was one of the newcomers whom I don't remember meeting beforehand, and if I were to assume correctly was invited by one of the fellow veterans returning that season.

Bowser Party
Season 2:

Phan was one of the brand new contestants to be introduced in the start of the second season, and he was placed on Team Heroic Creatures. Phan's team managed to do quite a solid job in the season, winning most of the pre-merge challenges. All except for one, where Phan was the one given the boot, leaving him in 10th place.

Season 3:

Phan later returned in Season 3, joining onto Team Mysterious Mushrooms. Once again, his team managed fairly well for itself early in the game, but soon the team began to have several losses, however, Phan did not end up getting booted off of the team around that point, and actually managed to make his first merge. That did not keep him safe for long as he was voted out alongside Liam, making him tied for 9th/10th.

Season 6:

Phan did not end up returning for Season 4, and due to his poor placements ended up not invited to the first All-Stars either. However, Phan managed to make a return come the sixth season, joining Team Ninja Assassins. Phan managed to do extremely well for himself this time around, with the team only losing two members, a good majority ultimately made it to merge. However, Phan ended up losing his luck and received the merge boot, putting him in 7th place.

Season 7:

With new luck ahead of him, Phan returned for the seventh season as well, but the luck was not too kind to him, he ultimately did not last too long in the game and got his worst placement, 11th place.

Season 8:

After the poor run in the previous season, Phan gave it one last go and returned in the eighth season, starting off on Team Guardians. His team did quite good for themselves, never losing a challenge for six episodes. However, due to someone quitting the game, Phan was placed onto Team YOLOSWAG, and remained on there for the rest of the pre-merge. His team managed to end up losing a member as he was gone, however shortly after the teams merged and Phan managed to go fairly deep, beating his record and making it quite far. However, once the quitter returned later on, Phan ended up getting the boot and wrapped up his time in the series with 6th place.

Current Status and Overall Thoughts
Phan did not return to the ninth season, and shortly after vanished from Skype, he has not been heard from since.

While arguably one of the weakest newcomers of the season, that's not to say Phan's the weakest newcomer of the series. He had a phenomenal redemption run throughout his time, and I think if it wasn't for timezones he could have had a solid chance of making it to the finale, maybe even as a winner. However, he still managed to prove himself and that's why I give Phan a lot of props for his time and service for the series.

Other ORGs
Phan did end up competing in one other ORG of mine, which was the infamous Total Drama All-Stars Take II, he competed as Dawn and ended up going fairly deep, placing in 9th.

Trivia

 * Phan's first two placements ended up being 10th.
 * He ended up being the 7th person voted out of Season 6, where he ended up getting 7th.
 * Phan is the only non-returning contestant who swapped teams in a Skype season.
 * Ironically, the only other playe r who swapped in a Skype season ended up getting out with him in a double, the same season where the other player was swapped.
 * Phan has competed as the same character for all of his seasons, making him one of the few contestants to do so for all the seasons they were in.