Nicolas Brunette

Nicolas Brunette is the Sole Survivor of .
==Profile==
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Age: 24
Emplacement: Gatineau
Occupation: Agent en communications et marketing
Malgré l’intimidation et l’homophobie qui ont teinté son parcours de vie, Nicolas a su développer une confiance en lui grâce à ses proches qui l’ont toujours encouragé à être lui-même et appuyé dans ses divers projets. Son côté sensible et attachant feront sans doute de lui un joueur aimé par ses pairs. La danse est bien présente dans sa vie, c’est la chose qui le fait le plus bouger. Bien qu’il ne soit pas le plus grand des sportifs, il ne faut pas le sous-estimer. Sa rapidité, son agilité et sa détermination pourraient nous surprendre!https://plus.noovo.ca/emissions/survivor-quebec/candidats/nicolas
==Survivor Québec==
Nicolas was placed on the Kalooban tribe. While he seemed a bit like a fish out of water, he came out to his tribemates on the first day, which helped him gain social standing. Nicolas sometimes found himself on the chopping block, but this would never last and he was in the know about every vote before the tribe switch. On Day 16, the tribe switch took place and Nicolas became a member of the second Kalooban tribe alongside Sylvain Béland, who had been saved from elimination earlier due to a twist, Pierre-Alexandre Guillot, Justine Turpin, and three original Tiyaga tribe members. Nicolas, Pierre-Alexandre, and Justine were concerned about their numerical disadvantage against Sylvain and the original Tiyaga members, but there was some hope for them as Joël Dandurand felt that voting Kimberly Fortin out would weaken the dominating alliance on the opposing tribe. Fortunately for the tribe, they were never forced to draw any lines as they did not lose any Immunity Challenges for the remainder of the tribal phase.
When the tribes merged into Pag-Asa, Christophe Tiffet's majority alliance, which now also included Maryse Lauzon and Karine Lavigne-Fortin, was able to regroup; they recruited yet another new member into their fold, Justine. Joël was their first target for elimination, but when he won the first individual Immunity Challenge, they split the votes between Sylvain and Nicolas instead. Sylvain was voted out for a second time and, without the Pag-Asa tribe's knowledge, sent to Redemption Island. In a surprise Double Elimination, the Tiyaga Alliance immediately had another chance to vote out Joël after he lost the intervening Immunity Challenge. The alliance split their votes between Nicolas and Joël; Joël played his Hidden Immunity Idol for himself and Sango Bien-Aimé played his own for Kimberly in order to establish loyalty. As a result, Nicolas was eliminated as collateral damage.
Over the cycles, Sylvain and Nicolas bonded on Redemption Island as the pair survived the first three duels. After Sandrine Fortier arrived following her own elimination, the trio learned that a fourth duel would be taking place the following day and that it would be the last. Nicolas won this duel and returned to the main game, eliminating Sylvain and Sandrine for good and making them the fourth and fifth members of the jury, respectively.
As most of the tribe seemed to have the same short-term headspace to simply concentrate on voting Nicolas back out of the game, Karine, wanting to bolster her resume, made a misguided plan in what would turn out to be a big show rather than a big move. This involved convincing Nicolas to vote against Christophe at the next Tribal Council, while in reality, she would play her expired Hidden Immunity Idol on Nicolas to no effect and play her still active one on Christophe, effectively protecting Christophe and eliminating Nicolas again. Meanwhile, what really happened was that Nicolas ultimately worked with Kimberly and Christophe to blindside Jean-Junior Morin instead, with Karine and Justine being left out of the plan as well. With this new trio forming the majority and wanting to stick together, they all made it to the Final Three.
At the Final Tribal Council, Nicolas highlighted his journey which contrasted that of his adversaries and dropped a bombshell of information regarding his social positioning during the tribal phase. He revealed that he was aware of the duos of Sylvain and Maryse, Pierre-Alexandre and Karine, and Martine Larose Reda and Denis Potapov and that he earned the trust of one member of each of these duos while trying to split them up via elimination before the merge. With most of the jury being more impressed with Nicolas' gameplay, he won against Christophe and Kimberly in a 6-1-1 vote.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan="16" 	Race to Shore/Losing Face	Reward 	No 	
1 	Rock n' Roll 	Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Nut Bucket 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	 	Immunity 	No 	 	
7 	Blind Cube Crisis 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
9 	Brain Food 	Reward 	No 	 	
11 	Mazed and Confused 	Immunity 	No 	 	
13 	United We Stand 	Immunity 	No 	 	
15 	Slip, Slide & Score	Reward 	No 	 	
17 	Shoulder the Load 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
19 	Phish Farm 	Immunity 	No 	 	
21 	Idol Hands 	Reward 	No 	 	
23 	All Mixed Up 	Immunity 	No 	 	
25 	Octopus' Garden 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
27 	Shut Your Trap 	Reward 	No 	 	
29 	Hot Pursuit 	Reward 	No 	 	
colspan="6"	 	 	 	 	
31 	rowspan="2" 	Keep on Your Toes 	Immunity 	No 	
33 	C.A.T. 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
40 	rowspan="7" 	Jail Break 	Duel 	 	
45 	House of Cards 	rowspan="2" 	Duel 	 	
46 	House of Cards 	 	Duel 	 	
51 	Tromp Stomp 	rowspan="2" 	Duel 	 	
52 	Tromp Stomp 	 	Duel 	 	
57 	Pinball Wizard 	rowspan="2" 	Duel 	 	
58 	Pinball Wizard 	 	Duel 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
59 	rowspan="4" 	Ram-Ball On 	Reward 	 	
61 	Got a Hunch 	Immunity 	 	 	
63 	Get a Grip 	Immunity 	 	 	
65 	Blind Maze 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
Episode 	Nicolas'sVotes 	Voted AgainstNicolas
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13 	colspan="2" 	
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25 	 	
31 	 	
33 	 	
 	 	
34 	rowspan=5 colspan=2	
40 	 	
45 	 	
51 	 	
57 	 	
 	 	
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64 	 	
65 	 	
Jury Votesfor Nicolas	colspan=2 	
 	 	
 In Episode 13, the Kalooban tribe was subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the player they voted out was switched to the other tribe. In Episode 33, Joël used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Nicolas' vote against him.</tabber>
==Post-Survivor==
==Trivia==
* Nicolas is the youngest member of Kalooban.
* Nicolas is the first person to be voted out of Survivor Québec as a direct result of a Hidden Immunity Idol being played.
* Nicolas is the first person on Survivor Québec to return from Redemption Island.
** By extension, he is the first person from Survivor Québec to return from Redemption Island and win the season.
* Nicolas is the first person to win Survivor Québec.
==References==
Category:Contestants
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Category:Survivor Québec (2023) Contestants
Category:Finalists
Category:Kalooban Tribe
Category:Pag-Asa Tribe
Category:Winners
Category:Survivor Québec
Category:Survivor Québec Contestants
Category:Survivor Québec (2023)
Category:1998 births
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