The loyal viewers of
“Koh-Lanta”
are getting impatient.
“We took a little break.
The Football World Cup obliges and it was an opportunity to let the teams rest a little
, ”explains Rémi Faure, director of streaming programs for the TF1 group.
This is how, exactly eight months after the victory of Bastien and François, the adventure game presented by
Denis Brogniart
is back.
From Tuesday, February 21 at 9:10 p.m., 20 new candidates will take part in the “Sacred Fire”.
"It's going to be the big comeback of the strategy
," promises the host.
How does the sacred fire talisman work in "Koh-Lanta"?
For this 24th regular season filmed in Caramoan, in the eastern Philippines, from August 9 to September 17, 2022, the production was inspired by an ancient legend to imagine a new mechanic.
"It is said that a benevolent god hid his sacred fire filled with power in the bowels of the Mayon volcano"
, reports Julien Magne.
Represented by a lava stone talisman, this sacred fire
"will play a major role, namely a protective power"
, assures the ALP program director.
The talisman of the sacred fire of “Koh-Lanta” on TF1.
A.ISSOCK/ALP/TF1.
In the event of his team's defeat in an immunity test, his holder can either protect himself or protect a teammate of his choice on the council.
On the other hand, in the event of victory for his team, he will benefit from a significant advantage since he will be able to go to the opposing camp, take the temperature, perhaps even interfere in the strategies of his opponents, attend the council without voting and finally protect an adventurer of his choice.
“It gives disrupted strategies, strategies with several shots, a two-three cushion game, which some adventurers will play wonderfully and others will suffer.
It brings a real novelty in the strategic part.
With this sacred fire, there are bridges between the two tribes and it's something that will play strong from the start and which will leave its mark on the whole season”
, assures Julien Magne.
The holy fire talisman is brought back into play with each comfort play.
Its holder can keep it if his tribe wins the event.
On the other hand, if his tribe loses, he will have to pass it on to an adventurer of his choice from the opposing tribe.
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The novelties of “Koh-Lanta, the sacred fire”
This is not the only novelty of this season.
New games are also planned as well as new rewards.
Some events have been made more complex like stones under water -
“We linked the stones in pairs.
To move one, you have to move the other"
, explains Denis Brogniart - or walking on water -
"The adventurers will have to progress on supports and access a platform in height"
, adds Julien Magne.
In addition to the traditional immunity collars, the production has integrated into the adventure strategic elements that have proven themselves in "The Secret Weapons" (2021) such as double voting or hijacking.
“Never, or at least rarely, have adventurers played with the rules so much as
, comments the host who warns:
“Never has the game been so present.
The candidates played without embarrassment, they enjoyed playing with different interpretations of the game, with different ways of justifying their ability to be a strategist at one time or another, to join one group or another.
There will be a release of the strategy at the end of this season”
.
Who are the 20 candidates for "Koh-Lanta, the sacred fire"?
If the last season "The Cursed Totem" counted 24 adventurers, "The Sacred Fire" brings together 20. Ten women and ten men aged 22 to 56 from the four corners of France but also from Belgium and Switzerland.
““Koh-Lanta” is a program by anonymous people for anonymous people.
It was important that we have a typology of people who were fairly representative of the French population.
I think of their origins, their lives, their ages.
There are very few television shows, all channels combined, which offer such a broad cast in terms of age and such a vast cast in terms of profile
,” emphasizes Denis Brogniart.
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Certainly "classic" profiles - a cheese maker, a sailor, a market gardener, a family assistant, a fiber splicer... - but far from being perfect strangers.
Indeed, some of these adventurers have a more atypical background such as Julie, professional footballer, Helena, candidate for “Ninja Warrior” or even Rudy, participant of “The Mud Day”.
The ten women:
Anne-Sophie
, 35, zumba teacher, Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Célia
, 49 years old, family assistant, Calvados (14)
Christine
, 49 years old, dog trainer, Gironde (33)
Clémence
, 27 years old, fiber optic splicer, Charente-Maritime (17)
Élodie
, 35, board game marketing and communication manager, Belgium
Grace
, 39, plastics technician, Ain (01)
Helena
, 27, physiotherapist and sports coach, Belgium
Julie
, 33 years old, footballer, Essonne (91)
Laura
, 32 years old, aquatic photographer, Charente-Maritime (17)
Tania
, 22, dietitian-nutritionist, Seine-Saint-Denis (93)
The ten men:
Alexandre
, 34 years old, automotive logistics manager, Seine-Maritime (76)
Benjamin
, 23, sailor, Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
Emin
, 56, operational director of Brussels Expo, Belgium
Esteban
, 40, salesman, manager of a tie and camelot store, Eure-et-Loir (28)
Frédéric
, 33 years old, commercial director, Hauts-de-Seine (92)
Gilles
, 31 years old, market gardener, farmer and cattle breeder, North (59)
Martin
, 30, cheese maker and trader, Switzerland
Nicolas
, 43, entrepreneur from a pharmaceutical consulting company, Corsica (2A)
Quentin
, 26, carpenter, Moselle (57)
Rudy
, 41, metro driver, Val-de-Marne (94)
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Why is "Koh-Lanta" still broadcast on Tuesday instead of Friday on TF1?
Despite protests from viewers, TF1 chose to program "Koh-Lanta" again on Tuesday evening.
“A program schedule is a sum of constraints, an extremely complex economic equation, where competition, legal issues, the stock of programs, openings and endings of rights, Arcom must be taken into account,”
, justifies Rémi Faure.
Among the many constraints, the number of entertainment to manage to fit and the shortage of American series which, a few years ago, occupied a hundred prime times per year.
«
“Mask Singer”
had the honors of the Tuesday box,
“La Grande Incruste”
Also.
It's not just “Koh-Lanta” that occupies this box but “Koh-Lanta” has occupied it with great success
,” he says.
To convince herself of this,
Alexia Laroche-Joubert
, who was not in favor of this change, made a comparison.
“In the Tuesday box, excluding sport, we gained 5 points for individuals aged 4 and over, we gained 10 points for housewives under 50, we gained 11 points for 15-24 year olds. , we won 12 points on the 25-49 year olds and we won 13 points on the 4-10 year olds.
We fulfill the contract of the box, that is to say that there is a power on this box that there was not before “Koh-Lanta” ”
, boasts the producer.
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It should be remembered, however, that the final of the “Cursed Totem”, broadcast on June 21, set the record for the least followed final in 21 years of existence with 2.97 million viewers, or 17.5% of share of hearing.
Just as the launch of this 23rd season, on February 22, had not attracted as many crowds as before.
Indeed, "only" 4.27 million people, or 23.4% of PDA, had discovered the first steps of adventurers in the Philippines.
This was the adventure game's weakest primetime launch.
It remains to be seen whether this eight-month break will be able to regain public interest.
Response on Tuesday, February 21.
