Koh-Lanta: Pacifique Explained

Koh-Lanta: Pacifique was the fifth season of the French version of Survivor Koh-Lanta. This season was held in New Caledonia on the Isle of Pines. It was broadcast on TF1 from Tuesday July 5, 2005 to Tuesday August 31, 2004. The two tribes original tribes this season were Kanawa and Kumo. Episode one of this saw the first ever double tribal council to occur in the history of Koh-Lanta. The reason for this was because it was discovered that the Kumo tribe had all openly discussed who would be leaving at the first tribal council. Due to the voluntary exit of Aude, a joker, Caroline entered the game in episode two. This also caused the re-entrance of Francis into the competition.

The winner of this season of Koh-lanta was Clémence Castel, who took home the prize of €100,000.

Contestants

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Tribe	Finish
Name	Age	Residence	Occupation	Original		Switch	Merged	Placement	Jury	Day
				Day 1	Day 5
Aude Réant	30		Makeup artist				1st voted out		Day 3
Mathieu Huguin	21		Pharmacy student	2nd voted out
Francis Bordas				3rd voted out			Day 6
Sylvie Sébert	43		Funeral director	Evacuated			Day 9
Caroline Colusso	29		Fashion designer				4th voted out		Day 9
Marie-Cécile Maréchal	21		Unemployed						5th voted out	Day 12
Éliane Vigneron	40		Naval tailor	6th voted out	Day 15
Thierry Ramos	38		Butcher	7th voted out	Day 18
Sakhone Holaphong	23		Commercial agent			8th voted out	Day 22
Jérôme Villaseque	33		Police diver	9th voted out	1st member	Day 25
Christine Isoart	35		Driving school operator		10th voted out	2nd member	Day 28
Coumba Baradji	22		Waitress				11th voted out	3rd member	Day 31
Pierre Vaney	51		Graphic studio manager	12th voted out	4th member	Day 34
Véronique Lobjoie	37		Advertising manager	13th voted out	5th member	Day 37
Alexis Tournier	28		Seer/astrologer	Eliminated	6th member	Day 38
Mohamed Derradji	24		Bus driver	14th voted out	7th member	Day 39
Francis Bordas	59		Retired manager				Runner-up		Day 40
Clémence Castel	20		STAPS student				Sole survivor

Future appearances

• Clémence Castel returned for .
• Coumba Baradji and Mohamed Derradji returned for .
• Baradji later returned alongside Francis Bordas for .
• Castel later returned for a third time for , which she won.
• Castel and Baradji returned again for .

Season summary

Episode! colspan="2" scope="col"

Challenge winner(s)	Eliminated
No.	Air date	Reward	Immunity	Tribe	Player
1	July 1, 2005	rowspan="2"		Aude
				Mathieu
2	July 8, 2005				Francis
3		rowspan="2"		Sylvie
				Caroline
4	July 15, 2005				Marie-Cécile
5	July 22, 2005				Éliane
6	July 29, 2005				Thierry
7	August 5, 2005		Mohamed	rowspan="100%"	Sakhone
8	August 12, 2005	Jérôme [Pierre]	Mohamed	Jérôme
9	August 19, 2005	Alexis & Coumba	Mohamed	Christine
10	August 26, 2005	Clémence	Clémence	Coumba
11	August 30, 2005	Francis	Alexis	Pierre
12		Francis	Mohamed	Véronique
13	September 6, 2005	Mohamed, Clémence, Francis	Alexis
			Clémence	Mohamed

Voting history

	Original tribes					Switched tribes			Merged tribe
Episode	1		2	3		4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Day	3		6	9		12	15	18	22	25	28	31	34	37	38	39
Tribe
Eliminated	Aude	Mathieu	Francis	Sylvie	Caroline	Marie-Cécile	Éliane	Thierry	Sakhone	Jérôme	Christine	Coumba	Pierre	Véronique	Alexis	Mohamed
Votes	7–1	4–2–1	7–1		4–2–1	5–2	4–2	4–1	9–2	5–4	5–3	4–2–1	4–2	4–1		1–0
Voter	Vote														Challenge	Vote
Clémence	Aude	Sakhone			Caroline	Marie-Cécile			Sakhone	Jérôme	Christine	Coumba	Pierre	Véronique		Mohamed
Francis			Christine				Christine	Thierry	Sakhone	Jérôme	Christine	Coumba	Pierre	Véronique
Mohamed	Aude	Clémence			Caroline	Marie-Cécile			Jérôme	Jérôme	Christine	Véronique	Véronique	Véronique
Alexis	Aude	Mathieu			Marie-Cécile	Marie-Cécile			Sakhone	Jérôme	Christine	Pierre	Pierre	Véronique
Véronique			Francis				Éliane	Thierry	Sakhone	Coumba	Francis	Coumba	Pierre	Alexis
Pierre			Francis				Éliane	Thierry	Sakhone	Coumba	Francis	Coumba	Véronique
Coumba	Aude	Mathieu			Caroline	Marie-Cécile			Sakhone	Jérôme	Christine	Pierre
Christine			Francis				Éliane	Thierry	Sakhone	Coumba	Francis
Jérôme			Francis			Mohamed			Sakhone	Coumba
Sakhone	Aude	Mathieu			Caroline	Marie-Cécile			Jérôme
Thierry			Francis				Éliane	Francis
Éliane			Francis				Christine
Marie-Cécile	Aude	Mathieu			Sakhone	Mohamed
Caroline					Sakhone
Sylvie			Francis
Mathieu	Aude	Sakhone
Aude	Mathieu

Jury vote
Episode	13
Day	40
Finalist	Clémence	Francis
Votes	7–0
Juror	Vote
Mohamed
Alexis
Véronique
Pierre
Coumba
Christine
Jérôme

Controversy

During the broadcast of the second episode (July 8, 2005 in France and July 10, 2005, in New Caledonia),^[1] participants had to kill and cook Puffinus pacificus, a species of fully protected bird in New Caledonia. This caused that several spectators demanded explanations to the TF1 channel. TF1 responded that according to the LPO (in English; League for the Protection of Birds), Puffinus pacificus are not a protected species. LPO asked the CSA (broadcasting regulator in France) to take up the case, and the latter also decided to initiate legal action against TF1 and the producer of the Adventure Line Productions program.

The petition against the production company was accepted, therefore TF1 was ordered to pay the LPO €1,000 in damages and €2,000 for procedural expenses, while the TF1 channel lawsuit against the LPO was rejected.^[2]

External links

• (Official Site Archive)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://tele.premiere.fr/Koh-Lanta-saison-5.
2. Web site: Koh-Lanta et les animaux : La LPO attaque la chaîne TF1. news-de-stars.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130502115444/http://www.news-de-stars.com/koh-lanta/koh-lanta-et-les-animaux-la-lpo-attaque-la-cha-ne-tf1_art29923.html. 2013-05-02.