François Descamp

François Descamp is one of the Dual Survivors of Koh-Lanta: Le Totem Maudit.

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François, 38 ans
Pompier, Hérault (34)

François est pompier depuis 17 ans ! Ce fou de sport a enfilé les bottes et ne les a plus jamais quittées. L'altruisme, la rigueur et la solidarité sont ses valeurs. Habitué à être l'homme fort qui prend en charge les siens, en famille, comme à la caserne, François est un pilier. Sur Koh-Lanta, il a peur de se faire avoir par son bon cœur, et compte sur son côté fédérateur pour faire la différence.

Koh-Lanta[]

François was selected by Jean-Philippe Masy to be a part of the Ilog tribe. François was positioned well socially on his tribe and made it to the tribe dissolution. When the tribe dissolution occurred, François was selected to be a member of the new Cadlao tribe by its captain, Louana Roy. As one of five original Ilog tribe members outnumbering four original Nacpan tribe members on this new tribe, François easily made it to the merge, though the Cadlao tribe only attended two Tribal Councils before then anyway.

With fellow original Ilog tribe member Nicolas Bellon leaking information to him, François joined his fellow original Cadlao tribe members in pagonging the original Matingi tribe members over the next few cycles. At the Final Ten, the Tied Destinies twist took place and François was paired with Olga Khokhlova. Because each of the remaining original Matingi tribe members was paired with an original Cadlao tribe member, at least one original Cadlao tribe member would be eliminated this cycle. As Louana, who was paired with Maxime Tournoux, felt unsafe due to Maxime's unpopularity, she rallied her fellow original Ilog tribe members to target original Nacpan tribe members Géraldine Nicolle and Fouzi Ould Bouamama at the corresponding Tribal Council. Though Maxime was initially on board with this, he ultimately did not want to lose Géraldine and Fouzi, so he informed them of this plot and suggested that they target Nicolas, and in turn Jean-Charles Chatelus as collateral damage, for his duplicity throughout the game. At Tribal Council, Géraldine, Fouzi, and Maxime executed one plan while Nicolas, Jean-Charles, and Louana executed another. However, the majority of votes, including François, were cast against Maxime, eliminating both Louana and Maxime from the game. As Louana and Maxime exited, Ambre Daudet and François emphasized that Maxime was their main target, but that Louana's strong challenge performances and recent bossy demeanour made it easier for them to accept that she would be collateral damage.

The next cycle, it became evident that the original Ilog tribe members would be working together going forward and they recruited Bastien San Pedro into their fold. Given that Olga had won the corresponding individual Immunity Challenge, this alliance made plans to split their votes between Jean-Charles and Géraldine at Tribal Council. Their plans seemed successful as only Jean-Charles had played a Hidden Immunity Necklace for himself at Tribal Council, however, they did not anticipate that Géraldine would be voting with Jean-Charles and Olga nor that Olga had an Extra Vote. Nicolas received all four of these outsider votes and was voted out.

The next cycle, at Tribal Council, Jean-Charles and Géraldine turned on each other out of self-preservation, however, Ambre and François were able to form a plurality thanks to the latter's Extra Vote and they voted out Olga due to both an injury she had sustained at the corresponding individual Immunity Challenge and her threat level going into the final stages of the game. At the Orienteering challenge, Denis Brogniart announced that four contestants would be competing in the Perch challenge instead of the usual three. François secured the third spot in the Perch challenge, but lost said challenge to Géraldine. After the Perch challenge, Denis Brogniart revealed that, for the first time ever, three contestants would advance to the Final Tribal Council instead of the usual two. Géraldine chose François as one of her opponents, who in turn chose Bastien to be the other, eliminating Jean-Charles. At the Final Tribal Council, all three finalists showed that they each had their merits for winning the game, but François and Bastien were crowned Dual Survivors after both narrowly won against Géraldine in a 4-4-3 vote.

Voting History[]

Episode	François's Votes	Voted Against François
1	Lili	-
2	Ilog Tribe Immune
3	Samira	-
4	Cadlao Tribe Immune
5	Cadlao Tribe Immune
6	Stéphanie	-
7	Cadlao Tribe Immune
8	No Tribal Council
9	Ineligible	-
9	Colin	-¹
10	Yannick	Individual Immunity
11	Anne-Sophie	-
12	Maxime	Individual Immunity
13	No Tribal Council
14	~~Jean-Charles~~²	-
15	Olga + Olga³	-
16	No Tribal Council
17	Saved
Jury Votes for François	Ambre, Fouzi, Nicolas, Pauline
Co-Dual Survivor, Day 39

^1 In Episode 9, François used an Immunity Necklace, but did not negate any votes against him.
^2 In Episode 14, Jean-Charles used an Immunity Necklace, negating François's vote against him.
^3 After his elimination in Episode 14, Nicolas gave the Black Vote to François, allowing him to vote twice at the following Tribal Council in Episode 15.

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Trivia[]

François is the highest-placing member of the original Ilog tribe.
Bastien and François are the third pair of finalists of Koh-Lanta to be declared Dual Survivors as a result of a tie at Final Tribal Council. The first two pairs are: Delphine Bano and Isabelle Seguin in Bocas del Toro; and Jade Handi and Kevin Cuoco Giudicelli in Palawan.