David Murphy

David Jones Murphy is a contestant in Survivor: Redemption Island.

Survivor: Redemption Island
Upon knowing that returning player Russell Hantz will be part of their tribe, he immediately expressed distrust for the villain, despite the latter's declaration that he will not be doing the same things he did in the past. While Zapatera enjoyed an early two-challenge winning streak, he, and five others (Julie Wolfe, Steve Wright, Ralph Kiser, Sarita White and Mike Chiesl) concocted a bold plan by purposefully throwing the third Reward/Immunity Challenge just to eliminate Hantz. The plan worked, and Hantz was voted out and was sent to Redemption Island, where was eventually sent home after losing the duel against current inhabitant Matt Elrod.

Russell's elimination proved fatal for the David's tribe. Not only they lost three of four subsequent challenges, the once-powerful alliance of six crumbled when Murphy and Sarita clashed about rashness and weakness respectively. After the elimination of Krista Klumpp (one of Russell's allies), David decided to help Russell's only remaining ally Stephanie Valencia by targeting Sarita. The plan backfired, as the five others eliminated the last alliance outsider, despite her strength in challenges. This left David as the new alliance outsider.

When Zapatera lost the Day 18 challenge, Sarita started targeting David for elimination. Though David's uncontrollable bouts of anger were pointed out, Sarita was eliminated instead, who went on losing the final pre-merge duel against Matt. Right after the duel, the merge occured, with Zapatera under a precarious position, merging with a 7-5 advantage. After sending Matt back to Redemption Island, the tight Ometepe six-person alliance turned on Zapatera, where David was the second to voted off.

During the first post-merge duel (also the show's first three-way duel), David lost within seconds, eliminating himself from the game, but he will return in subsequent Tribal Councils as the season's fist Jury member.

Post-Survivor
During the Survivor: Redemption Island reunion, David revealed to be in a romantic relationship with Survivor: Tocantins contestant, Carolina Eastwood. Much to everybody'ssurprise (including Eastwood), David proposed to her, in which she accepted. Just before the reunion show ended, Carolina was seated at the stage, beside David, along with the other castaways.

Trivia

 * With an IQ of 144, Jeff Probst confirmed that David is the smartest player to ever play Survivor.
 * On Ponderosa, David said that if there was something he wish he had done differently, it would be to not make an alliance before getting to know your alliance mates, likely referring to his conflict with Sarita White.