Koh-Lanta: L'Île des Héros

Koh-Lanta: L'Île des Héros
Season Information
Version	France
Season No.	24
Filming Location	Kadavu Group, Fiji
Filming Dates	October 2019 - November 2019
Season Run	February 21, 2020 - June 5, 2020
No. of Episodes	15
No. of Days	32
No. of Castaways	20
Winner	Naoil Tita
Runner(s)-Up	Inès Loucif
Tribes	Héros Lawaki Nacomo Merged Tribe
Cast
Season Chronology
Previous	La Guerre des Chefs
Next	Les 4 Terres

Koh-Lanta: L'Île des Héros is the sixth special season of Koh-Lanta and the twenty-fourth season overall. It was broadcast on TF1 from February 21 to June 5, 2020.

Naoil Tita defeated Inès Loucif in a 7-2 jury vote to become the Sole Survivor.

Production

This season was originally planned to run 11 episodes. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, four episodes (5-6, 8-9, 12-13, and 14-15) were divided in two parts, in hopes that lockdown would be over in time for the live finale reunion. This decision payed out, as lockdown in France ended in May and the reunion was able to be held on June 5.

Twists/Changes

• Heroes Island: While fourteen new castaways enter the season, five former castaways return for another chance to win, starting the game as the Heroes and living on an island apart from the two tribes of new players. In order to enter the main game, they must compete in two entry challenges where the two winners earn a spot in one of the two tribes, along with individual immunity at the following Tribal Council should their new tribe lose the corresponding Immunity Challenge. The first entry challenge is held on Day 2, with the two winners joining a tribe after the Day 4 Reward Challenge. Heroes Island ends on Day 9 with the second entry challenge, as the two winners immediately join a tribe and the remaining Hero who finished last in the challenge is eliminated from the game.
• Immunity Necklaces: The first two Immunity Necklaces (equivalent of Hidden Immunity Idols in Koh-Lanta) are up for grabs at an opening challenge held at the marooning, before the formation of the tribes. The first one is only playable at the first Tribal Council attended by its holder, while the second one, which is harder to retrieve, is last playable at the first post-merge Tribal Council. Two other Immunity Necklaces are hidden afterwards, one on each tribe's camp, and those are also valuable until the first post-merge Tribal Council. Finally, other Immunity Necklaces with no limited valuability are hidden after the merge.
• Ambassadors: At the merge, both tribes must appoint a returning castaway and a new castaway from the opposite tribe to attend the ambassadors meeting, where their purpose is to directly eliminate a castaway from the game. If the four ambassadors do not agree on a name, a rock draw is held between the two pairs representing each tribe, and the pair that loses the draw competes in a duel where the loser is eliminated from the game.
• Black Vote: The Black Vote retains the mechanics introduced in Cambodge: starting from the first post-merge Tribal Council, the person voted out gives to a remaining castaway the power to vote twice at the following Tribal Council. The Black Vote does not extend through a revote.
• Penalty Vote after Challenge: At three different challenges, the person or pair who comes in last receives an extra vote against them at the following Tribal Council. Those challenges are the Immunity Challenge in Episode 6, the Reward Challenge in Episode 8 (with the penalty vote taking effect in Episode 9 due to the original episode being divided in two parts), and the Immunity Challenge in Episode 10. Penalty votes do not extend through a revote.
• Tied Destinies: On Day 22, the ten remaining castaways are divided into five pairs by a rock draw. Until the next Tribal Council, the fate of each contestant is linked to their partner: the challenges are competed by pairs, and the person voted out at Tribal Council causes their partner's demise.
• Sudden Death Challenge: On Day 29, the castaway who comes in last in the Immunity Challenge is directly eliminated from the game.
• Replacements: Due to Claudia Chatel being evacuated before the first Tribal Council, Marie Ovaere entered the game on Day 3 to replace her. Also, due to two other evacuations, two castaways returned in the game after being eliminated.
• Final Five: The last five adventurers will go to the orienteering race.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation					Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	First Entry Tribe	Second Entry Tribe	Day 13 Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Claudia Chatel 21, Meurthe-et-Moselle Communications Student	Nacomo					Evacuated Day 2	0
	Joseph Farret 27, Calvados Furniture Salesman	Nacomo					1st Voted Out Day 3	5
	Valérie Gernigon 58, Loire-Atlantique Sports Club President	Lawaki	Lawaki				2nd Voted Out Day 7	6
	Marie Ovaere 37, Belgium Physical Trainer	Nacomo	Nacomo	Nacomo			Evacuated Day 10	0
	Sara Tallon 50, Var Malaisie & La Nouvelle Édition	Héros	Héros	Lawaki			Evacuated Day 13	0
	Benoît Fourmont 43, Morbihan Entrepreneur	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki		4th Voted Out Day 13	6
	Delphine Hergault 36, Yvelines Communications Officer	Nacomo	Nacomo	Nacomo	Nacomo		5th Voted Out Day 15	5
	Pholien Systermans 29, Belgium Physiotherapist	Nacomo	Nacomo	Nacomo	Nacomo	Merged Tribe	6th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 16	13
	Ahmad Abadie 30, Rhône Restaurant Manager	Nacomo	Nacomo	Nacomo	Nacomo		7th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 18	13
	Sam Haliti 20, Haut-Rhin Cabinetmaker Apprentice	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki		8th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 21	9
	Charlotte Caron 27, Seine-Saint-Denis Real Estate Agent	Nacomo	Nacomo	Nacomo	Nacomo		9th Voted Out Evacuated from Jury Day 24	16
	Teheiura Teahui 41, Hérault Raja Ampat, La Revanche des Héros, & La Nouvelle Édition	Héros	Nacomo	Nacomo	Lawaki		3rd Voted Out Day 10	6
							Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 24
	Jessica Potel 35, Essonne Johor	Héros	Héros	Nacomo	Nacomo		Eliminated Day 9	6
							10th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 27
	Éric Peyrache 56, Haute-Loire Car Junkyard Owner	Nacomo	Nacomo	Nacomo	Nacomo		Eliminated 6th Jury Member Day 29	28
	Régis Rappailles 40, Yonne Sports Store Manager	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki		11th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 30	4
	Alexandra Leveau 46, Côtes-d'Armor Sports Coach	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki		Evacuated Day 31	7
	Moussa Niangane 38, Hauts-de-Seine Bocas del Toro & La Revanche des Héros	Héros	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki		Eliminated 8th Jury Member Day 31	0
	Claude Dartois 40, Paris Viêtnam & La Revanche des Héros	Héros	Héros	Nacomo	Nacomo		12th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 32	1
	Inès Loucif 25, Paris Nurse	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki		Runner-Up	1
	Naoil Tita 37, Hauts-de-Seine Professional Boxer	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki	Lawaki		Sole Survivor	0

Season Summary

Episode	Air Date	Heroes Island			Challenges		Eliminated (Vote)	Finish
		Winners	Eliminated	Finish	Reward	Immunity
1	February 21, 2020	None			Benoît	Lawaki	Claudia (No Vote)	Evacuated Day 2
					Delphine
							Joseph (5-1)	1st Voted Out Day 3
					Nacomo
2	February 28, 2020	Teheiura	None		Nacomo	Moussa1	Valérie (6-2)	2nd Voted Out Day 7
		Moussa				Nacomo
3	March 13, 2020	Claude	Jessica	Eliminated Day 9	Nacomo	Claude1	Marie (No Vote)	Evacuated Day 10
		Sara				Lawaki	Teheiura (6-2)	3rd Voted Out Day 10
4	March 20, 2020				Lawaki	Nacomo	Sara (No Vote)	Evacuated Day 13
							Benoît (6-1)	4th Voted Out Day 13
5	March 27, 2020				Nacomo	None	Delphine (4-0)2	5th Voted Out Day 15
6	April 3, 2020				None	Sam	Pholien (5-5-4; 8-5)3	6th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 16
7	April 10, 2020				Teheiura [Sam]	Claude	Ahmad (9-3-1)	7th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 18
8	April 17, 2020				Teheiura (All)	No Elimination
9	April 24, 2020				None	Naoil	Sam (6-4-3)	8th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 21
10	May 1, 2020				Charlotte, Teheiura	Claude, Naoil	Charlotte (6-6-1; 6-4)3	9th Voted Out Evacuated from Jury5 Day 24
							Teheiura (No Vote)4	Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 24
11	May 8, 2020				Claude, Jessica, Naoil, Régis	Claude	Jessica (6-3)	10th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 27
12	May 15, 2020				Naoil [Inès]	No Elimination
13	May 22, 2020				None	Claude	Éric (No Vote)6	Eliminated 6th Jury Member Day 29
							Régis (4-3)	11th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 30
14	May 29, 2020				None	Claude	Alexandra (No Vote)7	Evacuated Day 31
						Inès
							Moussa (No Vote)7	Eliminated 8th Jury Member Day 31
						Naoil
15	June 5, 2020				None	Naoil	Claude (1-0)	12th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 32
		Jury Vote					Inès (7-2)	Runner-Up
							Naoil (7-2)	Sole Survivor
Notes: ^1 At both of the Héros's entry challenges, the castaways who won entry into the game would be awarded immunity valid for only the following Tribal Council. ^2 At the ambassadors meeting, the four ambassadors agreed to vote Delphine out of the game. ^3 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Koh-Lanta rules, a revote would commence. ^4 Teheiura was Charlotte's partner during the Tied Destinies twist, therefore he was also eliminated when Charlotte was voted out. ^5 Charlotte was evacuated from the jury for medical reasons. ^6 The castaway who finished last in the sixth individual Immunity Challenge would be eliminated from the game. Éric came in last and was eliminated. ^7 At the final five, the remaining castaways competed in an elimination challenge where two castaways would be eliminated. Alexandra was evacuated mid-challenge while Moussa came in last and was eliminated.

Voting History

Koh-Lanta: L'Île des Héros Voting History
		Original Tribes		First Entry Tribes		Second Entry Tribes			Day 13 Tribes		Merged Tribe
Episode #:		1		2	3			4		5	6		7	9	10			11	13		14		15
Voted out:		Claudia	Joseph	Valérie	Jessica	Marie	Teheiura	Sara	Benoît	Delphine	Tie	Pholien	Ahmad	Sam	Tie	Charlotte	Teheiura	Jessica	Éric	Régis	Alexandra	Moussa	Claude	Inès	Naoil
Vote:		No Vote1	5-1	6-2	No Vote3	No Vote4	6-2	No Vote5	6-1	4-06	5-5-47,8	8-5	9-3-1	6-4-37	6-6-17,8	6-4	No Vote10	6-3	No Vote11	4-3	No Vote12	No Vote12	1-013	7-2
►►►►	Naoil	—	—	Valérie	—	—	—	—	Benoît	—	Éric	Éric	Éric	Sam	Charlotte	Charlotte	—	Jessica	—	Régis	—	—	Claude	Jury Vote
►►►►	Inès	—	—	Valérie	—	—	—	—	Benoît	—	Éric	Éric	Ahmad	Sam	Charlotte	Charlotte	—	Jessica	—	Alexandra	—	—	None
►►►►	Claude	On Heroes Island				—	Éric	—	—	Delphine	Pholien	Pholien	Ahmad	Charlotte	Éric	Éric	—	Alexandra	—	Régis9	—	—	None		Naoil
																				Régis9
►►►►	Moussa	On Heroes Island		Valérie	—	—	—	—	Benoît	Delphine	Pholien	Pholien	Éric	Éric	Charlotte	Charlotte	—	Jessica	—	Alexandra	—	Eliminated		Inès
►►►►	Alexandra	—	—	Valérie	—	—	—	—	Benoît	Delphine	Éric	Pholien	Sam	Sam	Charlotte	Charlotte	—	Jessica	—	Régis	Evacuated
►►►►	Régis	—	—	Valérie	—	—	—	—	Benoît	—	Pholien	Pholien	Ahmad	Sam	Charlotte	Charlotte	—	Jessica	—	Alexandra				Inès
►►►►	Éric	—	Joseph	—	—	—	Teheiura	—	—	—	Ahmad	Pholien	Ahmad9	Sam	Charlotte	Charlotte	—	Jessica	Eliminated						Naoil
													Ahmad9
►►►►	Jessica	On Heroes Island			Eliminated		Teheiura	—	—	—	Éric	Éric	Ahmad	Éric	Éric	Éric	—	Alexandra9							Naoil
																		Alexandra9
►►►►	Teheiura	On Heroes Island		—	—	—	Éric		Exempt2	—	Pholien	Pholien	Ahmad	Charlotte9	Éric9	Éric	Eliminated								Naoil
														Éric9	Éric9
►►►►	Charlotte	—	Joseph	—	—	—	Teheiura	—	—	—	Ahmad	Éric	Ahmad	Sam	Éric	Éric
►►►►	Sam	—	—	Valérie	—	—	—	—	Benoît	—	Pholien	Pholien	Ahmad	Charlotte	Alexandra										Naoil
►►►►	Ahmad	—	Joseph	—	—	—	Teheiura	—	—	Delphine	Éric	Pholien	Éric	Charlotte	Éric										Naoil
►►►►	Pholien	—	Joseph	—	—	—	Teheiura	—	—	—	Ahmad	Éric													Naoil
►►►	Delphine	—	Joseph	—	—	—	Teheiura	—	—	Voted out	Ahmad
►►►	Benoît	—	—	Sam	—	—	—	—	Inès
►►	Sara	On Heroes Island				—	—	Evacuated
►►	Marie		Exempt2	—	—	Evacuated
►	Valérie	—	—	Sam
	Joseph	—	Delphine
	Claudia	Evacuated
Notes: ^1 Claudia was medically evacuated. No vote occurred for her removal and Marie entered the game to replace her. ^2 This castaway returned to the game during Tribal Council. Due to not spending the previous three days with their tribe, they were immune and could not cast a vote. ^3 Jessica finished last in the Héros's entry challenge and was eliminated from the game. ^4 Marie was medically evacuated. No vote occurred for her removal and Jessica came back in the game to replace her. ^5 Sara was medically evacuated. No vote occurred for her removal and Teheiura came back in the game to replace her. ^6 Ahmad, Alexandra, Claude, and Moussa were their tribes' ambassadors. At the meeting, they agreed to vote Delphine out of the game. ^7 A castaway(s) had a penalty vote cast against them due to finishing last in the Immunity Challenge. ^8 Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per Koh-Lanta rules, a revote was held. Both the Black Vote and any penalty votes do not carry over into the revote. ^9 This castaway was given the power to vote twice by the castaway voted out at the previous Tribal Council. ^10 Teheiura was Charlotte's partner during the Tied Destinies twist, therefore he was also eliminated when Charlotte was voted out. ^11 The castaway who finished last in the sixth individual Immunity Challenge would be eliminated from the game. Éric came in last and was eliminated. ^12 At the final five, the remaining castaways competed in an elimination challenge where two castaways would be eliminated. Alexandra was evacuated mid-challenge while Moussa came in last and was eliminated. ^13 Claude and Inès did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Naoil voted.

Trivia

• This is the second Koh-Lanta season to have a cast made up of both new contestants and returning players, following Le Choc des Héros.
  • However, while the new contestants in Le Choc des Héros were famous athletes, this season's new contestants are ordinary people.