Abdellah Akriche

Abdellah Akriche is a contestant from Koh-Lanta: Viêtnam.

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Positif, déterminé, avec une terrible envie de gagner, Abdellah résume sa grande motivation en un mot: la grinta! Si lui-même est parfois mauvais perdant, il essaye de transmettre les valeurs du sport et du fair-play à ses élèves. Educateur sportif en milieu scolaire, Abdellah est passé maître dans l'art de diriger avec diplomatie. Charmeur et beau parleur, Abdellah aime plaire à tout le monde, et en particulier aux femmes.

Koh-Lanta[]

Before the contestants even got on the boat, Denis Brogniart informed them that they would have to immediately decide upon two among them to not join the rest on the boat. Believing that this was an elimination, Véronique Bègue and Boris Deltell sacrificed themselves for the other contestants. The other sixteen contestants said their goodbyes and got on the boat, which was headed to an island where they would be divided into two tribes the next day. When swimming to this island from the boat, Alain Merdel almost drowned, but Claude Dartois saved him and helped him get to the island. As the contestants trekked towards the north side of the island, Virginie Mercadal Pioli cut her upper eyelid by bumping into a branch. That night, Vivien Escouflaire and Alain found the island's watering hole and the sixteen contestants settled in for the night. The next day, they finished their trek and Denis Brogniart revealed that the two tribes would be divided by gender. Thus, Abdellah was assigned to the Do tribe and they immediately competed against the Vang tribe in their first Reward Challenge, which they lost. Upon arriving at their camp, they encountered Véronique, who had arrived there the day before by helicopter and who would be their sole female tribemate instead of being eliminated. Within the same hour, the Do tribe succeeded, in huge part thanks to Philippe Duron, in making fire. Meanwhile, Vivien seemed helpless throughout the day as he didn't contribute much around camp, he felt unwell due to fatigue and the heat, and he even got lost in the darkness when fetching water before the tribe went to sleep. The next day, the Do tribe won the first Immunity Challenge, earning them safety from Tribal Council.

The Do tribe won the second Reward Challenge and, in turn, selected Abdellah, Véronique, and Kunlé M'Babacéré Pakorona to purchase fruits for them from a Vietnamese market as part of the reward. Meanwhile, the remaining members of the Do tribe, with the exception of Vivien, resumed work on the shelter that they had started constructing the day before upon returning to camp. The next day, the Do tribe lost the second Immunity Challenge. Upon their victory, the Vang tribe was offered the right to exchange Boris for Véronique, however, they turned down this offer. Though Vivien knew that Tribal Council was looming and that he may be in danger, he remained withdrawn from doing camp chores. In spite of this, he woke up early the next morning and began to contribute more. At Tribal Council, Denis Brogniard commented that he had never seen a tribe as tight as the Do tribe before on Koh-Lanta. However, someone had to be eliminated and Vivien was voted out unanimously for his inactivity around camp and his weakness. The beginning of the next cycle worked out positively for the Do tribe as they won the third Reward Challenge, Blind Leading the Blind, against the Vang tribe and, in turn, won fishing equipment. Additionally, they were able to send Philippe and Jean-Pierre Pigato to go fishing for squid with some local fishermen. The next day, Claude, Philippe, and Kunlé formed an alliance and agreed to incorporate Alain and Jean-Pierre into the fold, with the common factor for the five being that they were the most active among their tribemates around camp, especially concerning the tribe's shelter.

When the two tribes arrived for the third Immunity Challenge, Denis Brogniart surprised them with a sudden tribe switch. With two tribes being formed with an equal number of men and women in each, Abdellah was selected by Jennifer Lieutaud to be one of the four men of her tribe. Jennifer's tribe won the third Immunity Challenge and they were given the right to select which camp to return to. Without hesitation, they chose to return to the Do camp, making them the second Do tribe. Philippe, now one of the members of the second Vang tribe, was upset by this turn of events because he and his other three male tribemates were essentially forced to start fresh on a comparatively empty camp while relinquishing the results of their hard work to a mostly laidback second Do tribe. At the Do camp, the four newcomer women relished what was essentially a steep upgrade of their former camp while Boris became more comfortable due to now having three other males to socialize with. The next day, the men realized that they were doing most of the work around camp while the women tended to relax and sunbathe often throughout the day and it became evident that the votes may be based on gender lines should the second Do tribe ever go to Tribal Council. Though they were safe for the third cycle, Claude and Valentin D'Hoore were concerned that Abdellah might flip on them in the future due to his tendency to flirt with the tribe's women. Going into the next cycle, the Do tribe lost the fourth Reward Challenge, Memory. Abdellah openly claimed that the Vang tribe got lucky, but Jean-Pierre of the Vang tribe argued back that his own tribe simply had a better strategy. The next day, the Do tribe constructed their raft for the fourth Immunity Challenge and, though it was inferior to that of the Vang tribe, they won said challenge the day after because they made a strategic risk during the race that paid off.

The fifth Reward Challenge began on Day 13 and consisted of the tribes going on a trek to retrieve as many of their own plaques as possible, which would be returned to the starting line on Day 14. Before the challenge began, the two tribes competed in a mini-challenge to determine which of them would be assigned to the easier path. The Do tribe lost this mini-challenge and, in turn, was assigned to the tiger path, which was the more taxing of the two paths. On their way to their checkpoint where they would be staying for the night, the Do tribe worked in a cacophonous matter but managed to get themselves organized towards the end of the day. After a rough night at their checkpoint, the Do tribe headed back to the starting line and, after the Vang tribe had mistakenly retrieved a plaque designated for the Do tribe, both teams arrived with 18 plaques that counted. In order to break the tie, the two tribes competed in another mini-challenge, which the Vang tribe won. Returning to camp already disappointed, the Do tribe was displeased to discover that their fire was almost extinguished and that they were almost out of rice due to proportioning their rice incorrectly before. The next day, things took a positive turn for the Do tribe because Claude managed to catch many crabs for the tribe to eat and because they won the fifth Immunity Challenge. In spite of this, Jennifer developed a desire to quit the competition due to missing the comforts of life outside of the game and her loved ones. She followed through on this that evening, which caused her now former tribemates to think of her as selfish for her decision. In spite of their prior concerns about being down in numbers now that Jennifer was gone, the Do tribe woke up the next morning as if nothing happened. At the sixth Reward Challenge, Marine Plissonneau reentered the game after having been voted off the Vang tribe the cycle prior and joined the Do tribe in Jennifer's place. Feeling excited about Marine joining them because they felt that she was more beneficial to have than Jennifer, the Do tribe won the sixth Reward Challenge. Marine excitedly joined her new tribemates in returning to Do camp and rekindled her relationships with the tribe's women. She also was admired by the tribe's men for her past showings in challenges and for her work ethic around camp. The next day, the two tribes competed in the sixth Immunity Challenge, Buggin' Out, which was won by the Do tribe mostly due to Boris making a successful bluff regarding his chewing time. Going into the next cycle, Laurence Pizzocchia began to increase her workload around camp slightly after observing Marine earn favour from the tribe's men for her efforts. Meanwhile, Wafa El Mejjad and Audrey Perez continued to be inactive around camp, which made Claude hope that his tribe would lose the upcoming Immunity Challenge in order to vote one of them off and to ensure the men a numerical advantage over the women going into the merge. The Do tribe quickly won the seventh Reward Challenge, which was for access to a cool bath along with chocolate and toiletries. Upon returning to camp from their reward, Wafa and Audrey talked about their cravings for delicious food at different points throughout the remainder of the day, which annoyed their tribemates, especially Laurence. After the Do tribe narrowly lost the seventh Immunity Challenge a couple of days later, the men, Laurence, and Marine strategized to blindsided one of either Wafa or Audrey by making them feel that Marine would be the target due to her status as the newest member of the tribe. At Tribal Council, Wafa and Audrey voted against Marine as the rest of the tribe had expected. Meanwhile, though Abdellah voted astray against Valentin, the rest of the voting bloc stuck to their plan and voted out Audrey as they felt she was weaker and more apathetic than Wafa.

The next morning, Claude approached Wafa and told her that he felt that Audrey was a bad influence on her and that was why she needed to go the night before. He also informed her that Abdellah had wanted the voting bloc to vote her out instead of Audrey because she would be a physical threat going into the merge. The eighth Reward Challenge was a Hero Challenge in which the winner would win a prime rib and fries reward for their tribe. Claude represented the Do tribe and won the challenge against Kunlé who represented the Vang tribe. After the challenge, Denis Brogniart announced that Claude and Kunlé would be the Ambassadors of their respective tribes and that the merge would be taking place the next day. Though the Do tribe enjoyed their reward, Valentin had burned his finger by accidentally touching a hot plate of fries resting over a grill. A medic arrived who determined that Valentin had sustained a third-degree burn and wrapped the finger in a thick bandage. Upon returning to camp, Claude consulted with each of his tribemates on who they would prefer he target at the Ambassadors' Meeting the next day. Though Boris informed Claude that he wouldn't mind being the Ambassadors' target because he felt fulfilled regarding his time spent in the game, Claude still intended to target a second Vang tribe member at the Ambassadors' Meeting, specifically Aurélie Gasser. In spite of this, at the Ambassadors' Meeting the next day, Kunlé informed Claude that he wanted for all of his tribemates to make it to the merge, considering that they were only four against Claude's tribe of seven, and that it would simply be better to eliminate someone who is ready to go. Claude ultimately agreed to this and the pair settled upon Boris, eliminating him from the game. After Claude and Kunlé returned to camp and broke the news, the merged tribe bid Boris a good farewell. In spite of this, Denis Brogniart and some of the contestants were somewhat disappointed in Boris as they felt that he had thrown in the towel. Later in the day, the medic present at the previous reward reexamined Valentin's burned finger and determined that Valentin needed to be temporarily evacuated from the game in order for his injury to be examined by a specialist. In Valentin's absence, Claude and Kunlé, having made a plan for a large merge alliance earlier at the Ambassadors' Meeting, recruited Véronique, Philippe, Wafa, and Laurence into their fold and informed them that they would be blindsiding Abdellah first at the next Tribal Council due to his challenge prowess. The next day, Claude won the first individual Immunity Challenge and he and his alliance determined that it would be better to work with Abdellah for the time being instead of targeting him. Therefore, at Tribal Council, Claude's alliance and Abdellah voted out Aurélie, who was the only remaining contestant to have never been on the Do tribe at any point, in a near-unanimous vote.

When Valentin was permanently evacuated and eliminated from the game on Day 24 after it was determined that Valentin's injury was too severe for him to return to the game at that time, Aurélie returned to the game in his place at the first individual Reward Challenge. Claude won said challenge and he was rewarded with a day tour of a Vietnamese city. While Claude was away, Aurélie approached Abdellah and Marine with a proposition to turn the tables on Claude. In turn, Abdellah approached Véronique and Laurence the next morning and tried to convince them to form a counter-alliance with himself, Aurélie, and Marine by arguing that Claude views them simply as sheep who would do his bidding for now and be easily slaughtered later. Though Véronique and Laurence were initially on board with this due to Claude's undiplomatic approach, especially concerning the women of his alliance, the pair eventually decided that sticking with Claude's alliance would be better for their games. This was made evident when Laurence opted to hinder Aurélie in the second individual Immunity Challenge when the former was eliminated from said challenge. After Claude won the second individual Immunity Challenge, Denis Brogniart revealed to the merged tribe that Tribal Council would be taking place right there and then. With their initial target having won immunity, Abdellah and Marine voted against Kunlé. Meanwhile, though it seemed that Claude's alliance would be targeting Aurélie for having just been voted out in the previous cycle and for her poor sportsmanship against Laurence regarding the second individual Immunity Challenge, they instead voted out Abdellah for his recent scheming.

Voting History[]

Episode	Abdellah's Votes	Voted Against Abdellah
1	Do Tribe Immune
2	Vivien	-
3	Do Tribe Immune
4	Do Tribe Immune
5	Do Tribe Immune
6	Do Tribe Immune
7	Valentin	-
8	Ineligible	-
8	Aurélie	-
9	Kunlé	Claude, Kunlé, Laurence, Philippe, Véronique, Wafa
Voted Out, Day 26
Voted for Sole Survivor	Philippe