David Wright

David Wright is a contestant from and.

Though he was initially ostracized by his tribe for his anxious and paranoid conduct in the game's early days, David soon simmered and managed to pull off the blindside of the de facto leader of the Takali tribe, Paul Wachter, as well as find two Hidden Immunity Idols. After the merge, his game quickly gained momentum. Despite losing ally Jessica Lewis to a rock draw tiebreaker, David's alliance quickly regained numbers and proceeded to systematically take out the opposing alliance. Ultimately, he was seen as too big of a threat to win, and David was blindsided by his closest ally Ken McNickle the night before the Final Tribal Council.

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Millennials vs. Gen X
Starting off on the Takali tribe, David immediately came out as paranoid and small. His paranoia got to him early on and David made an attempt to find a Hidden Immunity Idol early on, but was unsuccessful and raised his tribemates' suspicion, causing him to be on the bottom of his tribe. He only succeeded in making some level of bond with Ken. After Takali lost the first Immunity Challenge on Day 4, David was certain that he was going home. He plead his case to the majority Takali Alliance, who decided to keep him and instead voted out Rachel Ako. The following day, David made another attempt to find the idol, and this time, was successful. The next day, David officially formed an alliance with Ken McNickle who he bonded with initially, and cemented their trust by showing Ken his idol.

On Day 8, a twist was introduced that had four people from each tribe come to a summit to represent their tribe. David went for Takali, along with CeCe Taylor, Chris Hammons, and Paul Wachter. During that summit, David noticed Paul's desire to always be the center of attention. He viewed Paul as the biggest obstacle to breaching the alliance in power, and even admitted it would not have been the worst case scenario for his game if Paul was evacuated due to the heart attack Paul suffered at camp. On Day 10, David's alliance of himself, CeCe, and Ken planned to blindside Paul alongside Jessica Lewis, Lucy Huang, and Sunday Burquest following Paul inadvertedly straining his trust with Jessica. At that Tribal Council, a confident Paul was blindsided. After this move, the majority alliance planned to blindside Jessica, and Lucy attempted to take control of the vote, telling David and Ken what they would do. This move led David's alliance planning to blindside Lucy. At the Reward Challenge, David shocked everyone with his excellent performance and scoring the winning point for Takali. However, Takali lost the succeeding Immunity Challenge. For the first time David was not an immediate target, with Cece, Jessica, and Lucy all higher on people's radars due to either challenge performances or recent actions. David and Ken were forcefully approached by Lucy to vote out Jessica, so they warned Jessica to no avail since she believed her alliance would vote out Cece. At Tribal Council, David played his idol for Jessica, sending Lucy home.

With the knowledge that David's idol had been rehidden, the Takali tribe scrambled across camp to try and find it and David ended up finding it once again. Later that day, a Tribe Switch occurred, and David, CeCe, and Chris moved to the Vanua tribe, joining Michelle Schubert and Zeke Smith. After losing the next Immunity Challenge in which both David and Cece really struggled (much to Zeke's frustration as part of the minority with his game on the line), the Gen-Xers planned to vote out Michelle. Chris however bonded with Zeke over their ties with University of Oklahoma football (Chris as a player and Zeke as a fan) and knew he had to take out one of David's numbers. David was faced with a tough decision as to whether he should go with the majority against Cece or play yet another idol and save her. Ultimately David kept his idol and let Cece be voted out.

Over the next few days, David grew closer to Zeke, and even showed Zeke his idol. At the Reward Challenge on Day 16, David nearly cost his tribe the challenge. Despite this, they ended up finishing first. They would later follow a winning streak, winning the next three challenges. When the tribes merged into the Vinaka tribe on Day 21, a super-majority alliance was formed with David's alliance with Jessica and Ken, the majority Takali Alliance remnants of Chris, Sunday, and Bret LaBelle, and Zeke's minority millennial alliance with Adam Klein and Hannah Shapiro, going against the Triforce alliance of Michelle, Jay Starrett, Taylor Stocker, and Will Wahl. The three alliances banded together, eliminating Michelle and Taylor in the next two Tribal Councils.

At the Reward Challenge on Day 26, David mentioned that he thought no one would want him on his team because he of his poor swimming abilities. Despite this, everyone encouraged him to draw for a team, though David's team ended up losing the challenge. However, David won the next Immunity Challenge, to everyone's surprise. Despite David's success both in this challenge and the ensuing vote, this would be where David's threat status begins to emerge.

Despite successfully voting out Michelle and Taylor, the super-majority still had cracks in it, with Chris still targeting Jessica. David's alliance responded by teaming up with the minority to vote out Chris. After Chris' blindside, David told Bret and Sunday that even though he voted out Chris, it did not mean that he wanted them to go next. He later mentioned to them that he thought that Zeke was playing the best game, and that he should go next. Bret exposed this to Zeke, and the two aligned with Jay, Sunday, and Will to attempt to vote out David. However, in order to avoid a possible idol play by David, they decided to target Hannah. Zeke's former allies Adam and Hannah, however, teamed up with David, Jessica, and Ken, leaving the two alliances against each other. At the next Tribal Council, Bret and Zeke insulted and made fun of David's anxiety, which David described as a personal attack. Sunday's misdirection prompted Adam to tell David to play his idol for Ken, which ended up misfiring. After a tie between Hannah and Zeke forced a rock draw tiebreaker, David ended up losing Jessica, one of his closest allies.

Despite his alliance being outnumbered, Will approached David, saying that he was ready to blindside Zeke. David's alliance settled, and at the next Tribal Council, Will went with them and voted out Zeke (though Adam played his idol on Hannah just to be safe). After this move, more people were becoming paranoid of David, and Will attempted to get everyone to vote him out. However, Bret and Sunday joined David's alliance in voting out Will at the following Tribal Council, frustrated with the 18 year old's rash decision to flip on Zeke. The next day, both Adam and Jay plotted to eliminate David. However, Hannah managed to convince Adam to remain loyal, and the alliance instead voted out Sunday who Hannah was worried would take one of their spots at Final Tribal Council due to Sunday's status as a goat in Hannah's eyes.

On Night 35, David stayed up making a fake Hidden Immunity Idol and hid it, with Jay finding it the next morning. On Day 36, David claimed his second individual immunity, and a steak dinner reward. Jay used his Reward Steal advantage to steal the reward, but still picked David to join him, as well as Adam. At the reward, the three discussed the topic of who to vote out, and if the three should stick together for the Final Three. At Tribal Council, Jay played David's fake idol, while everyone else came together to send Jay out of the game.

With Jay gone, Adam began to separate from David's alliance and grew closer to Bret. The two attempted to get Hannah to flip on David. Despite this, Hannah stayed on David's side and voted out Bret, with Bret warning the others that they only had one shot left to take out David or that he would win. On Day 38, Adam and Hannah were both ready to blindside David, but while it seemed like David and Ken were settled on voting out Adam, Hannah convinced Ken to flip, and David was blindsided by his entire alliance.

At the Final Tribal Council, David asked the finalists what their motivation was for playing . In the end, David voted for Adam, who won in a unanimous 10-0-0 vote.

Voting History
In Million Dollar Gamble, the vote ended with a 5-5 tie between Hannah and Zeke, forcing a revote. David did not change his vote on the revote.

Voting History
In It's Like the Worst Cocktail Party Ever, the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Lauren and Wendy, forcing a revote. David did not change his vote on the revote. In Y'all Making Me Crazy, Rick used a Hidden Immunity Idol on David, negating 1 vote against him.

Trivia

 * David lost 10 lbs. during his time on.
 * David is the only contestant to be playing for the second time, as the other three returnees are third-timers.
 * David is the oldest man on the original Manu tribe.
 * David is one of five returning players to be an active player in the finale episode of every season they have competed in, along with Spencer Bledsoe, Keith Nale, Tai Trang, and fellow Edge of Extinction castaway Aubry Bracco.