Abby Nichols

**Abigail Brooke "Abby" Nichols** is a contestant from *Zovivor: Yap*.

A quieter player, Abby started in the Kanifay tribe forming immediate connections with Ari Yokoyama, Eugene Kim, and Melissa Schultz. Finding herself in a stable majority position, Abby was able to get to the merge with numbers, and after eliminating Torrance Butler and Aadi Madhwesh, she was able to coast to the endgame with a path to the final tribal council and a chance to win due to her strong social game and lack of enemies on the jury. However, when Ari and Melissa formed an alliance with Gillian Habersberger due to her being a minor physical threat for the final immunity challenge, Abby was left on the outs at the final 4, and she was eliminated.

## Profile

**Pronouns**: She/Her
**Age**: 34
**Location**: Manchester, NH
**Occupation**: Immigration Lawyer
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**Pet Peeves**: ---
**What are three words to describe you?** ---
**What is one accomplishment you're most proud of?** ---
**Why will you be the Sole Survivor?** ---
 **Which previous player do you identify with the most?** ---

## Survivor

Brett was initially placed on the Galu tribe, which dominated in Immunity Challenges, only losing once. During this time, Brett became a member of the Galu Alliance, which was itself divided into two factions: one with Brett, Dave Ball, Kelly Sharbaugh, and Monica Padilla, with Laura Morett as its leader, and the outsiders consisting of Erik Cardona, John Fincher, and Shambo Waters.

After the tribes merged on Day 19, Brett was the one to name the merged tribe Aiga. Due to their pre-merge success, the Galu Alliance held a comfortable 8-4 majority over their rival Foa Foa Four alliance. After John and Laura both won individual immunity, the alliance initially conspired to target the Foa Foa Four's Russell Hantz. However, after word got out that Russell H. had a Hidden Immunity Idol, Erik began strategizing with the Foa Foa Four to vote out Monica, Natalie White informed Monica and Laura's faction of this, which led to their entire faction, along with John, to side with the Foa Foa Four and blindside Erik. At the next Tribal Council, the Galu Alliance stuck together to vote against Russell H. Unbeknownst to them, however, Shambo leaked this plan to the Foa Foa Four, leading Russell H. to play his idol, sending Kelly to the jury.

With Shambo now openly siding with the Foa Foa Four, it seemed that the next Tribal Council would result in a tie between the two alliances. The next Tribal Council did in fact result in a tie between Laura and Natalie, with the tribe facing the possibility of drawing rocks if the revote resulted in a deadlock. Brett stuck with his alliance in the revote, but John ended up flipping to avoid drawing rocks, sending Laura home, and leaving Brett, Dave, and Monica in the minority. Although Brett joined the Foa Foa Four in blindsiding John at the next Tribal Council, he and Monica were forced to vote out Dave at the following Tribal Council in order to save themselves.

With just Brett and Monica remaining on the outside, the Foa Foa Four and Shambo targeted Brett next, seeing him as the biggest threat to win the Galu-majority jury's votes. However, Brett managed to win the next Immunity Challenge, and Monica was voted out. Over the next few days, Brett began developing stronger relationships with Natalie and Mick Trimming, seemingly driving a wedge in the majority. He then saved himself by winning two more Immunity Challenges, forcing the Foa Foa Four to vote out Shambo and Jaison Robinson to ensure that they had the strongest members remaining to beat Brett. At the Final Immunity Challenge, Brett barely lost to Russell H. and while Russell H. after asked him if he knew how to make fire, and considered forcing a tie and firemaking challenge with Mick, the trio of Mick, Natalie, and Russell H. stuck together and voted Brett, becoming the final jury member.

At the Final Tribal Council, Brett asked Mick what a "bro date" would be like with him. Unsatisfied with Mick's answer, Brett revealed that he asked this question to see to what level Mick invested in Brett as a human being. Brett voted for Natalie to be the Sole Survivor, because of the friendship they had formed, giving her the win in a 7-2-0 vote.

At the live Reunion Show, the jury revealed that Brett would have won had he made it to the end.

* Challenge History
* Voting History

**^1** In Template:Ep, Russell H. used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Brett's vote against him.
**^2** In Template:Ep, the vote ended with a 5-5 tie between Laura and Natalie, forcing a revote. Brett did not change his vote on the revote.