Troy Davis

 is a contestant from Survivor: Gilbert Islands.

Profile
Name (Age): Troy Davis (20)

Tribe Designation: Abaiang

Current Residence: Birmingham, AL

Occupation: Student

Claim to Fame: I've been kinda fiddling around with DJing lately, and some of my beats sound okay. Maybe I can make a career out of it.

Inspiration in Life: My parents keep me going. They both started from nothing and had given up with the cruel world we live in, but they managed to make it work somehow. Now, their only son is going to college and they couldn't be more proud. It kinda tears me up if we're being real.

Hobbies: Along with the DJing thing, I like to hang out with my friends from college. They're really good people, a lot different from the people that went to my high school.

Pet Peeves: Elitist people that think they're better than everyone else because they have bigger muscles, a bigger brain, or more money. We're all just trying to live, the last thing anyone needs is someone else to tear them down.

3 Words to Describe You: Realistic, down-to-earth, & opinionated

If You Could Bring One Thing on the Island With You, What Would You Bring and Why?: Hm. Maybe my phone. I keep all the music I listen to on there, and music calms me down more than anything else. It's like an escape from the sh*t I have to face in the real world.

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: I want to prove that a young dumb guy can do this too. Everyone says you need to be the strongest, the smartest, or the richest in order to survive. I don't agree with that and I'm ready to prove them all wrong. The money would help my family out a lot, too. My parents need it to pay my tuition and it's about time I paid them back for everything they've done for me.

What is Your Strategy to Become the Sole Survivor?: I'm just going to be myself. That's it - no master manipulation or whatever. I just want to have a good time and make some friends. Yeah, I'll lie when I have to, but I'm not here to play everyone like a guitar. I'd rather people like me for me than a fake version of me, even with a million on the line. Not to say I wouldn't do anything for the money, though, but I'd rather do it without changing everything about myself.