Davis Hofmann

**Davis Hofmann** is a contestant from *Worlds Collide* and *All-Stars*.

Davis began his *Survivor Winter Park* journey in *Worlds Collide* as a member of the brain (Vonaku) tribe, where his unthreatening manner would allow him to glide through the pre-merge in the majority. His aptitude for finding advantages allowed him to form the successful Extra Vote alliance with Owen Rimes and Zoey Thomas and take advantage of the Immunity Tickets twist to survive until the final four, where he would be cut as the bigger threat between him and Owen.

Davis would see much less success in *All-Stars*, largely due to his disconnection from the *Survivor Winter Park* community at the time. He would be the back-up target for a majority of his time on his original Alpha tribe and would meet his demise at the first vote at the tribe swap, finishing in 20th place.

## Survivor Winter Park

### Worlds Collide

Davis began the game on the Vonaku (Brain) tribe. His tribe would see early success, winning the first three immunity challenges. His main alliance would be with the other men in his tribe (Matthew Raines, Jesse Roldan, and Owen Rimes). At their only Tribal Council, he would join in on the unanimous decision against Livi Fry. Davis would join the Irikoma tribe upon the swap, only being joined by Hannah Arnold from his former tribe. He would once again fall into a majority alliance with Danyal Siddiqi, Marina Rentz, Pedro Kawamura, William Turner, and Zoey Thomas, with Hannah and Sarah Riess being the outsiders of their tribe. In Round 5, Davis would find the Vote Abstain advantage. For both of their Tribal Councils, the vote would be unanimous against either one of the two, with Davis receiving their vote for elimination.

On the merged Marumani tribe, Davis would take advantage of the three Immunity Tickets he had acquired (two from his starting tribe and one from his swap tribe) to turn himself into a smaller threat, winning the first two immunities through the additional immunity and eliminating his vote from Tribal Council for those two rounds. This would remove his association with Matt and Jesse R., both former allies who were the first two targets coming into the merge. He would form an alliance with Owen and Zoey through their shared association of their Vote Abstain advantages and find a separate idol on his own in Round 12. However, he would grow back into the limelight when consensus target Danyal was eliminated, forcing him to play his idol while still abstaining from voting for the round to activate his Extra Vote. His idol would eliminate Marina, leading into the final day of the game. Here, his alliance with Owen and Zoey would solidify with Daria Cuellar-Hernandez as an additional number. As an alliance, they would lead the charge against the perceived bigger threats of the season in Drew Desabrais, Pedro, and Will. While Pedro and Will would be eliminated with ease, Davis would develop another target and begin the split-vote target for Drew's elimination, narrowly surviving the re-vote. After losing immunity in the final four, Davis would attempt to turn the girls against Owen but would ultimately fail, resulting in his elimination in a 3-1 vote.

At Final Tribal Council, Davis would vote for his ally Owen Rimes, perceiving Daria as the season's weakest player who listened to whatever Zoey told her. He would contribute to Owen's near-unanimous victory.

#### Voting History

**^1** In Rounds 10 and 11, Davis lost his vote due to possessing the Immunity Ticket immunity necklace.

**^2** In Round 13, Davis played the Vote Abstain advantage, resulting in him not voting.

**^3** In Round 13, Davis used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 4 votes against him.

**^4** In Round 15, Davis used his Extra Vote from his Vote Abstain advantage, allowing him to cast an additional vote.

### All-Stars

Davis began the game on the Alpha tribe. His tribe would have an unsuccessful start, losing the first two challenges of the season. While he wasn't in the majority alliance of his tribe (consisting of Diego Lindauer, Griffin Hallemeier, Michael Collins, Ryan Hagerty, and Zoey Thomas), he was able to join alongside them for both votes, taking out his friend Bryant Richey and challenge liability Caroline Dentel. He was next in line for elimination, but his tribe managed to win both of the remaining challenges.

At the tribe swap, Davis would fall into the bottom ten of the individual challenge, joining the new Tavuko tribe, now aligned with his friend Reid Walker. Facing Tribal Council immediately, he would attempt to target Meaghan Schlossmacher, feeling the least connected to her. Believing himself to be in the good graces of Griffin, Jacob Thigpen, and Thorin Groth, the vote would quickly flip against him as he was the easiest target for the rest of the tribe. At Tribal Council, Davis would be blindsided in a 6-2-1-1 vote, with himself and Reid splitting their votes between Lyndsey Keith and Meaghan.

Davis earned his jury spot through the Fallen Stars twist by giving a detailed speech on his *Survivor Winter Park* history. Davis voted for Meaghan to win, being impressed with her ability to go the entire season while only receiving a single vote (which came from himself). He voted for Griffin to receive second place.

#### Voting History

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## Advantages

### Advantages played:

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* Davis holds the record for the most votes lost in a single season, with four instances in *Worlds Collide*:
	+ Round 10: Immunity Ticket immunity.
	+ Round 11: Immunity Ticket immunity.
	+ Round 13: Vote Abstain advantage play.
	+ Round 16: Tie vote.
* Davis is the third contestant to give up individual immunity, following Darcy Zobel in *Edge of Extinction* and Thorin Groth in *Exile Island*. He would be followed by Cole Groth in *Clash of the Champions*.