TF1 innovates. For the 26th season of “Koh-Lanta” expected at the start of the school year on its antenna, the channel has decided to shake up the mechanics of its emblematic game, by no longer putting two but three tribes into competition. During its back-to-school press conference which was held this Thursday, June 27, 2024, the group revealed the outlines of this new edition called “The Cursed Tribe”.
So there will be a yellow tribe and a red tribe, as in previous seasons, but a third team will have to be added: the cursed tribe. The candidates’ objective: “Avoid the cursed tribe and its austere island“, explains the channel.
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Two former emblematic candidates returning
Another new feature: two former candidates who left their mark on the program will be making their comeback. They are Frédéric, the winner of “Koh-Lanta: the sacred fire”, broadcast in 2023, and Ugo, winner of “Koh-Lanta Malaysia” in 2013, who had already tried his luck again in the 20th anniversary edition of “Koh-Lanta: the legend”. A season that did not have a winner due to suspicions of cheating. These two “heroes” will be captains of the yellow and red teams.
But that’s not all. Fabrice Bailly, director of programs and acquisitions at TF1 Group, told puremedias.com his desire torenew the brands season after season“, while finding “the right balance between keeping the fundamentals of the existing brand and surprising viewers but also candidates“.
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A debrief of the candidate eliminated on TF1+
This is why the production decided to offer a new meeting on TF1+: the hot reaction of the outgoing candidate, interviewed by Denis Brogniart.This is exclusive content, extremely interesting for anyone who follows ‘Koh-Lanta'”. (…) We said to ourselves that we had extremely interesting material and that we were not using it enough, this is the reaction of the outgoing candidate, hot off the press just after Denis Brogniart extinguished his torch. This will allow us to offer a fairly new perspective“, says Fabrice Bailly.”We are deepening the Koh-Lanta experience (…) and this is also the strength of our platform: deepening the experience that we can have with TF1 brands“, he continues, citing the examples of “Dancing with the Internet Stars” or “The Voice Comeback”.
If the linear audiences had disappointed during the last season, the program had been a hit in replay. 24% of viewers had watched P1 in replay, or 1.1 million people. Which had made “Koh-Lanta” the number 1 stream brand in prime time.When we analyze the performance of ‘Koh-Lanta’, it’s really a hit. Today, 1/3 of under-fifty people watch the show in streaming. When we look at the overall figures, it’s almost 40% on the targets and 43% on the 15/49 so it’s huge” rejoices Fabrice Bailly
