Darrah Johnson

Darrah Johnson is a contestant from Survivor: Pearl Islands.

A solid member of the ill-fated Morgan tribe, Darrah stayed under-the-radar for the majority of the game until all of her allies were consecutively eliminated. From there, she emerged as a competition threat, winning three Immunity Challenges in a row and making it to the final four. Because of her strong physical game, she was voted out unanimously and sent to the jury.

Profile[]

Retrieved from CBS.com

Age: 22
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Mortician
Hometown: Liberty, MS

Darrah Johnson was born and raised in Liberty, Mississippi, and works as a mortician/funeral director. She previously worked as a salesperson, a fitness trainer and a waitress. She holds an Associate of Arts degree in mortuary science from the Southwest Mississippi Community College and Holmes Community College of Funeral Services. Her favorite hobbies include riding four-wheelers, working out and hunting. She describes herself as outspoken, daring and adventurous. She would love to be a coroner. She is most proud of passing her National Board of Funeral Service exam to become a certified mortician and is also proud of winning Most Beautiful at Holmes Community College. Her favorite sports are softball and basketball. Her dad is her hero because he's worked hard for the family and has always been there for her. Her primary motive for participating is for the challenge and the fact that she'd love to meet new people from all over the world with different personalities. She feels she could do well on Survivor: Pearl Islands because she considers herself hard working, competitive, athletic, ambitious, determined and in great physical and mental health. Her birth date is May 19, 1981.^[1]

Survivor[]

Though Darrah was a quiet presence during the early days of the competition, she was part of the Morgan majority alliance that comprised herself, Tijuana Bradley, Ryan Opray, Osten Taylor, and Andrew Savage. In the throes of Morgan's early losing streak against the rival Drake tribe, the five-person Morgan Alliance eliminated Nicole Delma, Ryan Shoulders, and Lillian Morris at the tribe's first three Tribal Councils, leaving only the five alliance members behind. Darrah and the rest of the Morgans then experienced their first victory, thanks to Burton Roberts who threw the Day 12 Immunity Challenge to supposedly eliminate Christa Hastie. With Drake losing their momentum, Morgan made a comeback to win the remaining tribal Immunity Challenges to even up the tribes with five members each after Day 18.

After losing the surprise challenge against The Outcasts (consisting of the first six eliminated contestants) on Day 19, Darrah, Andrew, Ryan O., and Tijuana granted Osten's wish to voluntarily exit the game. The same night, the last person eliminated by the majority, Lillian returned into the game. The next day, the two tribes merged into the Balboa tribe. While still being resented by Andrew, Lillian flipped to the Drake alliance, Darrah's alliance crumbled, with Andrew and Ryan O. being voted out. Despite the Drake's majority over Morgan, Burton and Jon planned to eliminate Rupert Boneham, whose popularity made him the biggest threat. With this, the two recruited the remaining Morgan tribe members, Darrah and Tijuana, to oust him. Though successful, Darrah's only remaining ally Tijuana went home next.

After Tijuana's elimination, Darrah had shown that despite her small frame, she would conquer in challenges by winning three consecutive Immunity Challenges, making her tribe mates brand her as a new threat. On Day 36, Sandra Diaz-Twine wanted to usurp Burton and Jon by making an all-girl alliance with Lillian and Darrah. Burton was disposed of (for a second time), leaving Jon alone.

The final four then competed in a high-stakes Immunity Challenge against the jury. With the jury successfully working as a unit to win the challenge, the Immunity Necklace was withheld from the remaining contestants, and Darrah was the next to go because of her status as a challenge threat.

At Final Tribal Council, she voted for Sandra, who was crowned Sole Survivor in a 6-1 vote.

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Morgan	Cannon Carry	Immunity	No	Lost
2		Bountiful Chest	Reward	No	Lost
2		All Tied Up	Immunity	No	Lost
3		Sprung A Leak	Reward	No	Lost
3		Pull Your Weight	Immunity	No	Lost
4		Float-It Notes	Reward	No	Lost
4		Boarding Party	Immunity	No	Won
5		Paddle For Paddles	Reward	No	Won
5		Survivor Smoothie	Immunity	No	Won
6		Ready, Aim, Fire	Reward	No	Lost
6		Shoulder the Load	Immunity	No	Won
7		Pirate Prison Break	Immunity	No	Lost
Tribes Merged, Day 20
8	Balboa	Keel Hauling	Immunity		Lost
9		Signal Fire	Reward		Lost
9		Mixed Nuts	Immunity		Lost
10		Rats In The Rigging	Reward		Lost
10		Killer	Immunity		Lost
11		Loved Ones Overboard	Reward		Lost
11		What Do You Make Of This?	Immunity		Won
12		Water Obstacle Course	Reward		Won
12		Musket Love	Immunity		Won
13		Let's Give It Another Go, Mate	Reward		Lost
13		Corks And Keys	Immunity		Won
14		Tribal Draft	Immunity		Lost
Voted Out, Day 37

Episode	Darrah's Votes	Voted Against Darrah
1	Nicole	-
2	Ryan S.	-
3	Lillian	Lillian
4	Morgan Tribe Immune
5	Morgan Tribe Immune
6	Morgan Tribe Immune
7	No Vote
8	Jon	-
9	Ryan O.	-
10	Rupert	Christa, Rupert
11	Burton	Individual Immunity
12	Christa	Individual Immunity
13	Burton	Individual Immunity
14	Lillian	Jon, Lillian, Sandra
Voted Out, Day 37
Voted for Sole Survivor	Sandra

Post-Survivor []

On January 9, 2010, Darrah attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.
Darrah has since married Bryan Sparacino and the couple had two children.^[2]

Trivia[]

Darrah initially planned to go on The Amazing Race. However, her partner, a friend, backed out at the last minute.^[3]
Darrah is the youngest contestant in Pearl Islands.
Darrah is the first Survivor contestant to reside in Mississippi during filming.
Darrah also went by the nickname "D".
Darrah was referenced in All-Stars, during a quiz-type Immunity Challenge about the show's first seven seasons. The question about her was "In "Pearl Islands", who was the mortician?" This prompted Lex van den Berghe to say "I remember Darrah!"