Emblematic figure of Koh Lanta For more than 20 years, Denis Brogniart has been inseparable from the famous adventure game. In an interview with Brut this Tuesday, January 14, the host revealed behind the scenes of his legendary phrases.
For two decades, Denis Brogniart has been the voice and face of adventure gaming Koh Lanta. The essential host also tried to diversify his career, notably by presenting Ninja Warriors. Most recently, he was the head of the show Gladiatorswhich did not meet with the expected success. This Tuesday, January 14, Denis Brogniart spoke at length to the media Brutdiscussing his career, his private life, and the little anecdotes behind the lines that marked fans of the show.
Denis Brogniart explains why he initially did not want to say “The sentence is irrevocable” at the end of the advice of Koh Lanta
Among these famous lines we find the famous phrase: “The sentence is irrevocable“. This formula which today symbolizes the advice of Koh Lanta and which makes it possible to indicate to an adventurer that he is definitively eliminated, however, did not immediately seduce Denis Brogniart. “The famous sentence is irrevocable (…) I speak of it with all the more distance and discernment, At first I wasn’t in favor of that.“, he explains. The idea actually came from the TF1 teams, as Denis Brogniart recounted: “The manager of Koh-Lanta at TF1 told me: ‘You know, we have to charter the thing.’ As in the United States, Jeff Probst, the American host, had very charted, very organized sentences, which came back.” Finally, Denis Brogniart agreed to use this formula from season 5 of the program.
The famous “Ah !” by Denis Brogniart: an exclamation that has become cult since season 10 of Koh Lanta
Besides “The sentence is irrevocable“, another gimmick has established itself over the seasons of Koh Lantathe famous “Ah !“. This exclamation, repeated millions of times on social networks, was popularized thanks to a montage by YouTuber Khaled Freak. The host and father returned to the origin of this expression: “There are plenty of people who think it was a gimmick I created, or that it was a language habit, but not at all! I didn’t have that way of speaking at all, I very rarely said Ah!“The origin of this”Ah !” comes from season 10 of Koh Lanta : “[Une candidate] told me that their team was short of men to build a cabin“, remembers Denis Brogniart. The host then replied: “And here I say something like ‘Ah good because women don’t know…’ and I say this famous ‘Ah!’ and it has been seen tens of millions of times.”
