Nick was a castaway on Survivor: Kaôh Rōng and he was originally a member of the Gondol (Beauty) tribe. Nick initially was (unbeknownst to him) in the minority of his Beauty Tribe, as the women formed an alliance together and sought out Tai and Caleb as allys over him, with Anna in particular wanting him out. His cold and strategic persona rubbed them the wrong way. Gondol won every immunity challenge, protecting him from being eliminated by them potentially. On Day 12, Nick and Michele were swapped to the Chan Loh tribe, where Nick’s tribe continued to win and survive, while his biggest adversary, Anna, was eliminated. Debbie started flirting with Nick to entertain herself, which he took with stride.
He made the merge on Day 17, merging into the Dara tribe. Nick and Michele were the swing votes at the first Tribal Council, having relations with both tribes. Debbie tried way too hard to recruit Nick and his side to the Brains, so they opted to work with Brawn instead. His new alliance with Scot and Jason proved informative, as Drunk Jason told Nick about the super Idol existing. Nick even won the first individual immunity, but after Neal was evacuated, Tribal Council was canceled. A paranoid Nick confronted Julia about a possible all-female alliance forming, which offended Cydney, who proceeded to consider forming an all-female alliance. He lost the second immunity challenge. His alliance decided to orchestrate a split vote and asked Aubry to vote for Debbie. Cydney went forward with her all-girls alliance plan and together they targeted Nick. At Tribal Council, he was blindsided when the women banded together with Joe to vote him out 7th, becoming the 2nd jury member on Day 22. After Neal was voted out of the jury, he thus became the 1st jury member. Despite being closely aligned with Michele after the swap, he was one of two people who voted for Aubry to win.
Although he looks like a recruit, Nick has applied to Survivor multiple times and was even a blogger for Rob Has a Podcast before the show. He and Eddie Fox were the alternates for Pete during Survivor: Philippines, but were cut and carried over to the Survivor: Caramoan finals. Nick was once again cut, in favor of Eddie being cast. Persistence paid off though and he finally made it onto the show. He and Michele are the 9th and 10th castaways in Survivor history to reach the merge without attending Tribal Council, after the Philippines Tandang tribe (#1-6), Joe Anglim and Keith Nale in Cambodia (7th & 8th). Although, since Kaoh Rong filmed first, technically Nick and Michelle are #7th and 8th. Nick and Michele hold the record for most days survived without attending Tribal. He is also the second castaway to reach the merge and only attend one Tribal, after R.C., as both were voted out in their only Tribal visit.