Nick Wilson
The laid-back schmoozer who dodged a first-boot fate and turned a pile of advantages into a crown.
Sole Survivor
- Won Survivor 37: David vs. Goliath (2018) after 39 days.
Known for
Nick spent early David vs. Goliath chatting instead of working, and Carl Boudreaux had him lined up for the first vote until Pat Cusack's evacuation cancelled Tribal. Nick made the most of the reprieve: he formed an alliance with Christian Hubicki, survived as a David on a Goliath-heavy swap tribe, and built a final three pact with Mike White and Angelina Keeley. Post-merge, his Vote Steal combined with Carl's Idol Nullifier to take down Dan Rengering, and he snuck off at night to claim an idol, later staging a fake one for show. He won the last three challenges and took the title 7-3-0.
In Winners at War he started protected inside a Dakal coalition built by Yul Kwon and Sophie Clarke, with Wendell Holland alongside. After the merge he partnered with Tony Vlachos and cashed in his swing vote repeatedly, including the Jeremy blindside and a disadvantage bought from the Edge that he dropped on Ben Driebergen. All that flipping caught up with him, and Tony blindsided him.
Background: Survivor Wiki
Season by season
Photos and logos: CBS
Seasons played, finishing positions, day counts, jury status, ages and hometowns come from the contestant table in each season's Wikipedia article, cross-checked against the series overview before publication.
Sources (4)
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- “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
- “Nick Wilson,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Nick_Wilson.