Thirteen candidates started filming “Bad Players” last year in Mexico without knowing anything about the concept of the show. In this game, the Grail is materialized by the occupation of the villa while the less fortunate live like scouts in a rudimentary camp.
Access to comfort requires alliances, strategic choices, and elimination tests. A quest that proves more addictive over the course of nine episodes. At the end of the game, only the six candidates residing in the villa will be eligible to win 150,000 euros. Netflix contacted the producers of “Koh-Lanta” to adapt the “Surviving Paradise” format in France, knowing our know-how for outdoor filming, for designing challenges in game mechanics, and our ability to tell stories. “We wanted authenticity in the strategic game with simple and effective mechanics, emotions, and progression throughout the episodes.