Darrah Johnson

Darrah Johnson is a contestant from .
Darrah is remembered for her consecutive Immunity Challenge wins at the later stage of the game at the merge. Because of this, she was branded as a major physical threat and would be voted out unanimously at the final four.
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
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 because she considers herself hard working, competitive, athletic, ambitious, determined and in great physical and mental health. Her birth date is May 19, 1981.https://web.archive.org/web/20230531201351/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/20701/
==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.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan=12 	Cannon Carry	Immunity 	No 	
2 	Bountiful Chest 	Reward 	No 	 	
2 	All Tied Up 	Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Sprung A Leak 	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	Pull Your Weight 	Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Float-It Notes 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Boarding Party 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Paddle For Paddles 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	Survivor Smoothie 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Ready, Aim, Fire 	Reward 	No 	 	
6 	Shoulder the Load 	Immunity 	No 	 	
7 	Pirate Prison Break 	Immunity 	No 	 	
colspan="6"	 	 	 	 	
8 	rowspan=12 	Keel Hauling	Immunity 	 	
9 	Signal Fire 	Reward 	 	 	
9 	Mixed Nuts 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Rats In The Rigging 	Reward 	 	 	
10 	Killer 	Immunity 	 	 	
11 	Loved Ones Overboard 	Reward 	 	 	
11 	What Do You Make Of This? 	Immunity 	 	 	
12 	Water Obstacle Course 	Reward 	 	 	
12 	Musket Love 	Immunity 	 	 	
13 	Let's Give It Another Go, Mate	Reward 	 	 	
13 	Corks And Keys 	Immunity 	 	 	
14 	Tribal Draft 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
Episode 	Darrah'sVotes	Voted AgainstDarrah
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Voted forSole Survivor	colspan="2" 	
</tabber>
==Post-Survivor ==
* On January 9, 2010, Darrah attended 's 10-year anniversary party.
* Darrah has since married Bryan Sparacino and the couple had two children.https://twitter.com/darrahsparacino
==Trivia==
* Darrah initially planned to go on The Amazing Race. However, her partner, a friend, backed out at the last minute.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdLQGjdD-bU
* Darrah is the youngest contestant in .
* Darrah is the first contestant to reside in Mississippi during filming.
* Darrah also went by the nickname "D".
* Darrah was referenced in , 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!"
==References==
Category:Contestants
Category:Female Contestants
Category:Youngest Contestants
Category:Pearl Islands Contestants
Category:Pearl Islands Jury Members
Category:Morgan Tribe
Category:Balboa Tribe
Category:4th Place
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Contestants
Category:Survivor: Pearl Islands
Category:1981 births
Category:Living people