“We have all been very sad since Wednesday night.
Bertrand-Kamal whom you discovered during the last two weeks […] died after having struggled with courage and incredible strength of character for several months.
He was going to be 31 years old.
"This Friday evening, just before the start of the third issue of" Koh-Lanta: Les 4 Terres ", Denis Brogniart paid tribute to Bertrand-Kamal Loudrhiri, outstanding candidate since the launch of the new season of the game of adventures, died Wednesday evening of pancreatic cancer.
In a magneto recorded a little earlier in the day, the presenter of the front page did not hide his emotion.
“My Beka, I keep your sparkling eyes with me forever, our daily exchanges when it was hard.
I will never forget you.
We will never forget you.
And we obviously dedicate to you this Koh-Lanta season where you were unanimous.
I love you ", concluded two minutes later the host of TF 1, who remembered this candidate who" radiated by his good humor "and had imbued his teammates with" his humor, his spirit of completion, his tenderness, his smile and his appetite for sharing ”.
"A hymn to joy, a rare being, who united around him", added the host, facing the camera, even speaking of "friend" and "loved one".
“He moved me in Fiji.
He overwhelmed me and impressed me afterwards.
He believed until the end that he would succeed in conquering this cancer which was eating away at him ", added Denis Brogniart with a word for his family," who supported him and surrounded him to the end with so much love ".
A family who insisted that this season be broadcast to the end.
“Koh-Lanta” was the dream of this animation manager of a holiday club - including the Marmara Zorbas Beach hotel-club on the island of Kos in Greece.
Since the start of the adventure, his green team, made up of candidates from eastern France, has won the first two immunity tests.
Béka quickly established himself as the team leader.
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