Boris Deltell

Boris Deltell is a contestant from Koh-Lanta: Viêtnam.

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Boris a quitté la Sarthe pour s'installer Paris. Et dans la capitale, il s'épanouit! Autoproclamé "Nicolas Hulot du Clubbing" Boris aime faire la fête et en promouvoir l'esprit... Boris est un jeune cadre dynamique, responsable marketing dans la téléphonie mobile. Il aime quand ça bouge... Sûr de lui, Boris doute rarement de lui-même...

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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 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. Denis Brogniart revealed to Véronique and Boris that they were not being eliminated and instead would be heading by helicopter to what would soon be the Do camp and the Vang camp, respectively. The next day, Boris met the rest of the Vang tribe which turned out to be all-female save for himself. Having won the first Reward Challenge just earlier, the women arrived at their camp with three matches and the Vang tribe succeeded in making fire. Due to having sustained an injury earlier in the cycle, Virginie Mercadal Pioli's eyelid was stitched up earlier at the first Reward Challenge and she was required to wear a bandage over her eye throughout the remainder of the first cycle and, in turn, couldn't participate in the first Immunity Challenge, which was in the water. This temporary handicap, along with her already strong personality, encouraged Virginie to be hyperactive around camp, which earned her the ire of some of her tribemates, especially Frédérique Brugiroux. On the other hand, Frédérique also had a strong personality and annoyed some of her tribemates by not contributing around camp that much and by being negative about not having more men in the tribe. Frédérique and Virginie clashed on a few occasions throughout the remainder of the cycle and, after the Vang tribe lost the first Immunity Challenge, the two made it clear to one another that they would be voting against each other at Tribal Council. With the rest of the tribe wanting to have more peace at camp and realizing that Virginie would be more of an asset to them than Frédérique, Frédérique was voted out unanimously at Tribal Council.

Early in the next cycle, the women of the Vang tribe initially followed Boris on his idea about building a quick shelter near a thicket, however, they realized that this wasn't a good idea and restarted construction of the shelter somewhere else. This, along with a few other strange ideas to improve the Vang tribe's camp life and a couple of unideal challenge performances, provoked the tribe's women to think that Boris might not be necessary for their survival in the game. The Vang tribe lost the second Reward Challenge, which notably upset Wafa El Mejjad who felt like she could've performed better. The next day, the Vang tribe won 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 in spite of their prior concerns with Boris, agreeing that a good team should stay strong and stick together. Upon returning to camp, Virginie cooked periwinkles for her tribemates, however, they turned out burnt and the Vang tribe did not enjoy this meal. Virginie continued to work a lot throughout the cycle, but her mostly laidback tribemates felt that her efforts were becoming excessive and that she needed to slow down. With a few rats invading their camp, the Vang tribe had a mediocre start of the next cycle. Furthermore, they lost the third Reward Challenge, Blind Leading the Blind, against the Do tribe.

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, Boris 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 Duron, 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 Dartois and Valentin D'Hoore were concerned that Abdellah Akriche 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 Pigato 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 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 M'Babacéré Pakorona 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.

Voting History[]

Episode	Boris's Votes	Voted Against Boris
1	Frédérique	-
2	Vang Tribe Immune
3	Do Tribe Immune
4	Do Tribe Immune
5	Do Tribe Immune
6	Do Tribe Immune
7	Audrey	-
8	Ineligible	Claude, Kunlé¹
Voted Out, Day 22