Nicolas Brunette

Nicolas Brunette is the Sole Survivor of Survivor Québec (2023).

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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!^[2]

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.

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Kalooban	Race to Shore/Losing Face	Reward	No	Lost
1		Rock n' Roll	Immunity	No	Lost
3		Nut Bucket	Reward	No	Lost
5		Sumo at Sea	Immunity	No	Won
7		Blind Cube Crisis	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
9		Brain Food	Reward	No	Lost
11		Mazed and Confused	Immunity	No	Won
13		United We Stand	Immunity	No	Lost
15		Slip, Slide & Score	Reward	No	Lost
17		Shoulder the Load	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
19		Phish Farm	Immunity	No	Lost
21		Idol Hands	Reward	No	Lost
23		All Mixed Up	Immunity	No	Won
25		Octopus' Garden	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
27		Shut Your Trap	Reward	No	Lost
29		Hot Pursuit	Reward	No	Lost
Tribes Merged, Day 23
31	Pag-Asa	Keep on Your Toes	Immunity	No	Lost
33	Pag-Asa	C.A.T.	Immunity		Lost
Voted Out, Day 23
40	Pag-Asa	Jail Break	Duel		1st
45		House of Cards			1st
46		House of Cards			1st
51		Tromp Stomp			1st
52		Tromp Stomp			1st
57		Pinball Wizard			Won
58		Pinball Wizard			Won
Returned, Day 38
59	Pag-Asa	Ram-Ball On	Reward		Lost
61		Got a Hunch	Immunity		Lost
63		Get a Grip	Immunity		Lost
65		Blind Maze	Immunity		Won
Sole Survivor, Day 44

Episode	Nicolas's Votes	Voted Against Nicolas
1	Martin	-
6	Kalooban Tribe Immune
7	Vicky	-
12	Kalooban Tribe Immune
13	Mock Vote¹
18	Kalooban Tribe Immune
19	Martine	-
24	Kalooban Tribe Immune
25	Kalooban Tribe Immune
31	Kimberly	Christophe, Maryse, Sango
33	~~Joël~~²	Christophe, Jean-Junior
Voted Out, Day 23
34	On Redemption Island
40
45
51
57
Returned, Day 38
61	Jean-Junior	Jean-Junior
64	Justine	-
65	Karine	Individual Immunity
Jury Votes for Nicolas	Joël, Justine, Karine, Maryse, Sandrine, Sango
Sole Survivor, Day 44

^1 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.
^2 In Episode 33, Joël used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Nicolas' vote against him.

Post-Survivor[]

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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[]

Preceded by Title Established	Sole Survivor Titleholder Survivor Québec (2023) Nicolas Brunette	Succeeded by Survivor Québec (2024) Ghyslain Octeau-Piché