He has fishing, Denis Brogniart. And not only because "Koh-Lanta", which he has been leading for almost 20 years, is the boxing case for containment, with 7 million fans on Friday May 1 (28% of the public), a record since 2013. Confidences .
What to expect this Friday evening after the double elimination of Charlotte and Teheiura?
DENIS BROGNIART. It will be hot again! The adventurers are engaged in the final sprint. This elimination has left its mark. The opposition between new candidates and heroes will settle. This season is one of the best three, and I'm glad it's a small remedy for this containment.
How do you explain it?
This alchemy between strong personalities, adventures, strategy gives a breathtaking season. When a buddy comes out with two immunity collars, reality exceeds our imagination. It is enjoyable and it gives certain viewers the desire to return or to discover.
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When will the final take place?
I do not know. For now, the spread is spread over time. This is why the episodes have been shortened. But it will be without audience, confetti or candidates who kiss. We keep hoping to have adventurers on set in Paris, while respecting barrier gestures. If it could be the feast of deconfinement, it would be a great victory against the virus!
Sometimes you don't hesitate to press where it hurts for the candidates…
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My role is to ask questions, even embarrassing, when things are happening, to clarify a reaction, a feeling. But the adventurers are volunteers! We receive 25,000 applications for each casting. "Koh-Lanta" is what they remember after their marriage or the birth of their children. I envy them!
Have you ever dreamed of being a candidate?
It's the only show I could have subscribed to if I hadn't worked in this environment! Transforming myself into a Robinson Crusoe for 40 days would have pleased me.
Social networks ignite every Friday evening and some Internet users slip…
Even on the sofa with a pizza, we all live "Koh-Lanta" by proxy. This leads to epidermal reactions. 99.9% are not a problem but 0.01% morons express malice, bitterness, or have scandalous reactions with death threats. Their anonymity disgusts me. I would like the authorities to be able to find out who is behind the pseudonyms, that the law be stricter, that these people do not feel that they are in impunity. Finding them would be a game-changer.
The production went to court. Have you any news ?
No, it's in progress. Candidates who receive these threats are unprepared for and do not deserve this. It's a game, you have to keep it right.
Is the future season you shot in the fall canned?
Yes and the assembly will resume as soon as the sanitary conditions allow. I can tell you that it will still stir in the cottages! Its start will be unprecedented in "Koh-Lanta". The candidates were turned upside down. Some viewers may swallow a piece of pizza askew while watching…
And when will you start shooting the next one?
I do not know. We were on the lookout for before the epidemic, we are working on several hypotheses.
Will there be former game heroes?
Not this time, doing the same thing again would not surprise you!
Koh-Lanta will celebrate its 20th anniversary…
A competing producer wrote to me on Friday: "This is the show of the century. I am not sure that this is true, but which program brings together so many people with such longevity? It has returned to everyday language. Even Rachida Dati during the municipal debate launched to Agnès Buzyn: “You are not in Koh-Lanta ! Are there still people who don't know "Koh-Lanta"? This show has changed a lot of things in my life. I was 33, I am 52!
Which ones?
Traveling, my childhood dream. Gain confidence. And I'm not tired of it: with each season of new arrivals, different places, it's an eternal novelty. TF1 and production have never rested on their laurels. We want to be with the candidates, to love them, to hate them, to contradict them. People see that it is real. If I had been told this in 2001 at launch, I would not have believed it ...
Will you continue your interviews of former candidates live on Instagram from the deconfinement on Monday?
Yes, Friday, before the broadcast, and afterwards to react hot. And on Saturday, with the loser.
Does that make you want to live or talk on TF1?
It could tempt me. I do this in my sports broadcasts. Interrogating adventurers is exhilarating. I work with a large producer on an entertainment project on surpassing oneself and sport…
You have just launched the “Vie d'Aventure” podcast with TF1 ...
Yes, every 15 days, I offer a 50-minute conversation with pioneers who make me dream. Bertrand Piccard, Franky Zapata, Yann Arthus-Bertrand or Thomas Coville… They are the heroes of modern times.
Your confinement is hyperactive!
Yes, I even lost weight! I run, cycle, and fulfill a dream: I write my first novel, based on a true story. I did not see containment pass.