Seasons: 1 | Days played: 39 | Wins: 1
- SurvivorSA: Immunity Island (2021) - Winner, 8 jury votes.
- Visited Immunity Island 1 time; won a fire idol (Day 30).
- Received 8 jury votes in Episode 16, "The Final Countdown," to win, 8-1.
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall stats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| SA8: Immunity Island | 3.35 | 11.76 | 0.28 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0.50 | 2.00 | 8 | 9 | 0.89 | 1.67 | 10.68 |
| Career | 3.35 | 11.76 | 0.28 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0.50 | 2.00 | 8 | 9 | 0.89 | 1.67 | 10.68 |
Nicole Wilmans - Challenge record
SA:
Immunity Island challenges 
Tribal/team challenge record (10-for-12):
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 1 IC: (Rope rungs, puzzle) - Swims, retrieves rungs; Zamba loses.
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 2 RC: (Fish traps, cog puzzle) - Helps retrieve a trap; Zamba wins.
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 2 IC: (Obstacles, sandbags, block puzzle) - Crosses obstacles, Zamba wins again.
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 3 RC: "Battle Dig" - Wins a hammock vs Carla, both tribes win?
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 3 IC: "The Cruel Sea" - Retrieves a ring, and Vuna wins, 5-4.
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 4 IC: "A Crate Idea" - Directs the crate rolling; Vuna wins.
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 5 RC: (Rice balance) - Nicole is last standing, and Vuna wins.
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 6 RC: "In Deep Thought" - Collects her piece, Vuna wins.
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 6 IC: "Basket Brawl" - Part of a point-scoring team, Vuna wins.
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 7 RC/IC: (Keys, climb, puzzle) - Swims, climbs; Vuna wins.
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 9 RC: (Ball on disc, targets) - Part of the losing green team.
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 11 RC: (Coconuts, puzzle) - Part of the green winning team.
Individual challenge record (2-for-10): (Mean % finish: 52.3%)
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 8 IC: "Get a Grip" - Eighth person out, last Zamba (5th/12).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 9 IC: "Living Color" - Third person eliminated, in 1st round, eighth tile (9th/11).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 10 RC/IC: "A Leg Up" - Holds on for over 90 minutes, and Nicole wins (1st/10).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 11 IC: "Keel Hauling" - Behind Chappies, but competes (2nd/8).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 12 IC: "Rope-A-Dope" - Eliminated in 1st round (tie-6th/7).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 13 RC: "Audio Slave" - Third out, in under 5 minutes (4th/6).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 14 RC: (Bucket cascade) - One of 4 filling the bucket (tie-2nd/5).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 14 IC: "Might As Well Jump" - Can't grab her key (5th/5).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 15 RC/IC: "Step Brothers" - Last to puzzle (tie-3rd/4).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 16 IC: "Hand on a Hard Idol" - Hangs on for over 2 hours, and Nicole wins (1st/3).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 1 Hero RC: (Fire-making) - Did not participate.
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 4 Hero RC: (Turnstile) - Did not participate.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 10 |
| Played: | 12 |
| Win%: | 0.83 |
| Sat out: | -- |
| Wins: | 2 |
| Played: | 10 |
| Win%: | 0.20 |
| Mean% Finish: | 52.3% |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | -- |
| Mean% Finish: | -- |
Nicole Wilmans - Tribal Council record
SA:
Immunity Island Tribal 
Idols held/played (0/0) | Advantages held/played (1/1):
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 8: Convinces Renier to play his idol for her at the Merge Tribal Council. He does, voiding zero votes (Day 21).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 12: Wins the fire idol at Immunity Island (Day 30).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 13: Plays the fire idol; Tyson & Santoni must make fire (Day 33).
VFB - Votes for the person booted (5/10*):
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 1: Jason Brookstein (voted out, 7-2).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 11: Anesu Mbizvo (voted out, 5-2).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 14: Kiran Naidoo (voted out, 3-2).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 15: Tyson Zulu (voted out, 2-1-1).
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 16: Chappies Chapman (voted out, 1-0 or 2-1).
*Present, but immune and unable to vote at Ep12 Tribal, thanks to Immunity Island.
VAP - Votes against (3):
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 14: Two votes, from Kiran and Tyson.
- SA: Immunity Island, Ep. 15: One vote, from Tyson.
Jury votes received (8/9):
- SA: Immunity Island:, Ep. 16: Received eight jury votes, from Marisha du Plessis, Amy Eliason, Renier Louwrens, Anesu Mbivzo, Santoni Engelbrecht, Kiran Naidoo, Tyson Zulu, and Chappies Chapman, to win, 8-1.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Advantages held/ played: | 1/1 |
| Idols found: | 0 |
| Idols played: | -- |
| Votes voided: | -- |
| VFB: | 5 |
| Tribals: | 10* |
| VAP: | 3 |
| Made: | -- |
| Received: | 8 |
| Total jurors: | 9 |
Nicole Wilmans - Pictures
SA:
Immunity Island image gallery -
SA: Immunity Island intro shot -
SA: Immunity Island intro shot -
SA: Immunity Island pre-game shot -
Hiking in, Day 1 -
Greeting Nico -
Picking buffs -
The new tribes, Zamba and Vuna -
Time to grab stuff -
Zamba tribe meet-and-greet -
Jason says he tried his best at the firemaking challenge -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 IC -
Starting line -
Watching the puzzle stage -
The losing Zambas, minus Thoriso -
Chatting with Dino -
Renier wants to target Jason -
Zamba, Ep1 Tribal Council -
Listening to Amy -
Zamba wins the Ep2 RC, thanks to Dino -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 IC -
Crossing obstacles -
Zamba wins immunity! -
Swapped to Vuna, Ep3 -
Winning a hammock vs. Carla -
Meeting the new tribe -
Pleased to still be with Marisha and Renier -
Watching Kiran toss rings, Ep3 IC -
Vuna wins immunity! -
Listening to Dino and Anesu's camp raid report, Ep4 -
Dino and Marisha won reward! -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 IC -
Arranging crates -
Vuna wins! -
Starting line, Ep5 RC -
So far, so good -
Nicole wins it for Vuna! -
Vuna, Ep5 Tribal Council -
Listening to Dino -
Ready to eat, while watching Zamba's Tribal -
Vuna wins! Ep6 RC -
Swapped again! Still Vuna -
Blocking as Marisha prepares to score, Ep6 IC -
Vuna wins immunity -
Gathering poles, Ep7 IC -
Vuna wins again! -
Getting merge buffs, Ep8 -
The new Osindile tribe -
Merge feasting -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 IC -
Starting line -
Talking about the upcoming vote -
Osindile, Ep8 Tribal Council -
Playing Marisha/Renier's idol -
But the votes are against Marisha... -
Devastated to have inadvertently had a hand in her friend leaving, Ep9 -
Green team in action, Ep9 RC -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep9 IC -
Dropping tiles -
Zambas, plotting -
Osindile, Ep9 Tribal Council -
Talking to Nico -
Anesu is ready to make a move, Ep10 -
But first, Tied Destinies -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 RC/IC -
Showdown with Amy -
Nicole wins immunity! -
Anela also gets a necklace, thanks to Tied Destinies -
Zamba day at the waterpark -
Reward feasting -
Osindile, Ep10 Tribal Council -
Teams picked, Ep11 RC -
Green team wins! -
Reward feasting -
The reward is also letters from home! -
Appreciating the reward experience -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep11 IC -
It's just Nicole vs. Chappies, as the rest eat -
Yes, it probably would -
Plotting with Anela -
Osindile, Ep11 Tribal Council -
Listening to Nico -
Auction time! Ep12 -
Purchased the 'beggars plate,' which comes with a tub and champagne -
Also purchasing a ticket to Immunity Island -
Not happy about Chappies' Diner -
Not making much progress, Ep12 IC -
Redeeming her Immunity Island ticket -
Happy to finally visit II -
Staying and playing -
Yay! Nicole wins a fire idol! -
Osindile, Ep12 Tribal Council -
Listening to Wardah -
With her brother, Ep13 loved ones visit -
Starting line, Ep13 RC -
Everyone gets to visit camp -
Reward feasting -
My brother helped Kiran get an idol?! -
At some point in Anela's on-again, off-again Kiran blindside plan -
Osindile, Ep13 Tribal Council -
Listening to Kiran -
Playing her fire idol -
Collecting water, Ep14 RC -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep14 IC -
Trying to grab the key (and trying...) -
I'm glad I gave it my all -
Talking with Smash -
Heading to Tribal -
Osindile, Ep14 Tribal Council -
Hey Chappies! We found a coconut! Ep15 -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep15 IC -
Starting line -
Just got started on the puzzle... -
Talking with Chappies -
Osindile, Ep15 Tribal Council -
Chappies removes Wardah as a juror -
Finale opening with Nico, Ep16 -
Pre-challenge lineup, final IC -
Starting line -
Over two hours later, Nicole wins! -
Guaranteed a spot in the final two -
Chappies makes his pitch -
Anela makes his pitch -
Ready to make a big decision, F3 Tribal -
(it's Chappies) -
Morning 39 breakfasting -
Heading to Final Tribal -
The final two -
Addressing the jury -
Reunion show -
Watching the vote reveal -
The winner of SurvivorSA: Immunity Island... -
Nicole wins! 8-1!
Nicole Wilmans - Interviews
SA:
Immunity Island interviews Pre-game interviews
- Shannon Guss & Mike Bloom at RHAP (5/7/21): "Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island - Pre-Season Interviews, Part 2"
Post-game interviews
- Mike Bloom at RHAP (9/18/21): "Survivor South Africa: Immunity Island | Winner Interview"
Nicole Wilmans - Bio
SA:
Immunity Island bio Official SurvivorSA: Immunity Island bio, from News24.com (5/2/21):
"Digital marketing manager Nicole Wilmans (26) from Somerset West, [says] 'I think I was born to be on Survivor - I love the thrill of the game and how it challenges you in every possible way imaginable. I am a passionate and enthusiastic woman. A go-getter and always up for a challenge,' she says. Having packed her bikini first – adamant she was going to get that "Survivor glow" - Nicole says she feels like she'd been preparing her whole life for the game."
Pre-game interview video: https://www.instagram.com/p/COYVvNBJZkW/