Koh-Lanta: La Guerre des Chefs

Koh-Lanta: La Guerre des Chefs
Season Information
Version	France
Season No.	23
Filming Location	Kadavu Group, Fiji
Filming Dates	October - November 2018
Season Run	March 15, 2019 - June 21, 2019
No. of Episodes	14
No. of Days	39
No. of Castaways	21
Winner	Maud Bamps
Runner(s)-Up	Cindy Poumeyrol
Tribes	Ikalu Kama Tabuo Merged Tribe
Season Chronology
Previous	Le Combat des Héros
Next	L'Île des Héros

Koh-Lanta: La Guerre des Chefs is the 23rd season of Koh-Lanta, the French version of Survivor. It is the first season to air after the cancellation of the series in May 2018 due to a sexual harassment scandal.

Twists

• War of the Chiefs: for once, this season will start with the famous "Poles Challenge" (a classic in Koh-Lanta). The three castaways who will remain the longest on their pole will get to spend the night together and decide how the tribes will be divided. Each of them will then become the "Chief" of a tribe. They will be able to attend the other tribes' Tribal Councils, until the merge. Each chief has an important role during the Challenges. They have to lead their tribe to victory, and accept the defeat for their tribe. At each Reward Challenge, the chief of the winning tribe must make a choice between two rewards. The one which they have not picked then goes to the tribe which arrived in second place.
• Chief Immunity Bracelet: Each chief starts the game with a Chief Immunity Bracelet which functions just like a Hidden Immunity Idol and once they play out their bracelet, they lose their special status. Their tribes need to agree unanimously on the name of a new chief who will then receive a new bracelet. If a tribe fails to agree, the chiefs of the other two tribe need to decide for them.
• Three Tribes: For the second time in Koh-Lanta history, the game starts with three tribes instead of the usual two. A blue tribe, Ikalu​, is added in the mix with the traditional red and yellow tribes, Kama​​​​ and Tabuo​.
• Ambassadors: At the merge, all tribe chiefs become the ambassadors to a special meeting. Their purpose is to directly eliminate a castaway from the game, and if the three ambassadors do not agree on a name, one of the three is eliminated by a rock draw.
• Black Vote: The black vote keeps 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.
• Tied Destinies: On Day 23, the twelve people remaining are divided into six 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.
• Elimination Challenge: On Day 33, all remaining castaways, take part in a special challenge where the person finishing last is directly eliminated from the game.
• Replacements: Due to two evacuations, two castaways returned into the game after being voted out.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation			Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Day 9 Tribe	Merged Tribe
File:Aliséakohlanta23.jpg	Aliséa Lecomte 20, Ille-et-Vilaine	Ikalu			Evacuated Day 5	1
File:Carinnekohlanta23.jpg	Carinne Fossey-Elka 45, Calvados	Tabuo			Evacuated Day 9	0
File:Emiliekohlanta23.jpg	Emilie Dubernet 35, Gironde	Kama	Kama		3rd Voted Out Day 9	3
File:Victorkohlanta23.jpg	Victor Rollinger 25, Bas-Rhin	Kama	Tabuo		2nd Voted Out Day 6	8
					4th Voted Out Day 12
File:Chloékohlanta23.jpg	Chloé Chaize 32, Landes	Kama	Kama		5th Voted Out Day 14	9
File:Xavierkohlanta23.jpg	Xavier Vançon 53, Oise	Kama	Kama		6th Voted Out Day 16	5
File:Frédérickohlanta23.jpg	Frédéric Blanchard 52, Pas-de-Calais	Ikalu	Ikalu		1st Voted Out Day 3	5
					Eliminated 1st Jury Member Day 18
File:Alexandrekohlanta23.jpg	Alexandre André 28, Seine-Saint-Denis	Kama	Kama	Merged Tribe	7th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 19	7
File:Béatricekohlanta23.jpg	Béatrice Kabore 28, Ille-et-Vilaine	Tabuo	Tabuo		8th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 22	8
File:Bricekohlanta23.jpg	Brice Chauvinc 24, Pyrénées-Atlantiques	Ikalu	Ikalu		9th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 25	9
File:Sophiekohlanta23.jpg	Sophie Chevalier 34, Portugal	Tabuo	Tabuo		Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 25	2
File:Angéliquekohlanta23.jpg	Angélique Mastio 24, Alpes-Maritimes	Tabuo	Tabuo		10th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 28	7
File:Mohamedkohlanta23.jpg	Mohamed Siaaliti 37, Bas-Rhin	Ikalu	Ikalu		11th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 31	4
File:Nicolaskohlanta23.jpg	Nicolas Van Brabandt 35, Belgium	Tabuo	Tabuo		Eliminated 8th Jury Member Day 33	8
File:Maximekohlanta23.jpg	Maxime Berthon 32, Vienne	Ikalu	Ikalu		12th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 34	7
File:Cyrilkohlanta23.jpg	Cyril Rouanne 37, Paris	Kama	Kama		13th Voted Out 10th Jury Member Day 37	19
File:Clokohlanta23.jpg	Clo Dessard-Arribas 28, Maine-et-Loire	Ikalu	Ikalu		Eliminated 11th Jury Member Day 38	8
File:Aurélienkohlanta23.jpg	Aurélien Soulimant 23, Côtes-d'Armor	Tabuo	Tabuo		Eliminated 12th Jury Member Day 38	3
File:Steevekohlanta23.jpg	Steeve Demana 46, Alpes-Maritimes	Tabuo	Tabuo		14th Voted Out 13th Jury Member Day 39	1
File:Cindykohlanta23.jpg	Cindy Poumeyrol 31, Gironde	Ikalu	Ikalu		Runner-Up	0
File:Maudkohlanta23.jpg	Maud Bamps 50, Belgium	Kama	Kama		Sole Survivor	7

Chiefs History

The three castaways who stood the longest on their pole during the opening "Poles Challenge" earned the right to become Tribe Chief. More than just the chiefs composed the tribes on Day 2 and have important roles to play in every challenges : they have to lead their tribe to victory, and accept the defeat for their tribe. For example, at each Reward Challenge, the chief of the winning tribe must make a choice between two rewards. The one which they have not picked then goes to the tribe which arrived in second place.

The chiefs start the game with an Immunity Bracelet (which works just like a regular Hidden Immunity Idol) and also have the opportunity to attend the other tribes' Tribal Councils, until the merge. Thus, they gain important insight on the dynamics of their rival tribes.

A chief can be dethroned by being voted out or by playing their Chief Immunity Bracelet. The following day, the remaining tribe members need to choose a new chief unanimously. If they cannot come to a unanimous agreement, then, the chiefs from the opposite two tribes must decide for them. Once a new chief is chosen, they receive their own Chief Immunity Bracelet.

Teams	Day 1-3	Day 4-6	Day 7-9	Day 10-12	Day 13-14	Day 15-16	Day 17-18
Ikalu	File:Maximekohlanta23.jpg Maxime
Kama	File:Emiliekohlanta23.jpg Emilie		File:Chloékohlanta23.jpg Chloé	File:Alexandrekohlanta23.jpg Alexandre
Tabuo	File:Béatricekohlanta23.jpg Béatrice

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Episode Guide

Episode	Air Date	Challenges		Voted Out	Vote	Status
		Reward	Immunity
1	March 15, 2019	None	Tabuo	Frédéric	5-1-1	1st Voted Out Day 3
			Kama
2	March 21, 2019	Ikalu	Tabuo	Aliséa	No Vote	Evacuated Day 5
		Kama	Ikalu	Victor	4-3	2nd Voted Out Day 6
3	March 29, 2019	Kama	Tabuo	Carinne	No Vote	Evacuated Day 9
		Ikalu	Ikalu	Emilie	3-1-01	3rd Voted Out Day 9
4	April 5, 2019	Béatrice	Ikalu	Victor	4-3	4th Voted Out Day 12
		Alexandre	Kama
5	April 12, 2019	Tabuo	Tabuo	Chloé	4-1	5th Voted Out Day 14
		Kama	Ikalu
6	April 19, 2019	Kama	Ikalu	Xavier	3-1	6th Voted Out Day 17
		Tabuo	Tabuo
7	April 26, 2019	Tabuo	None	Frédéric	No vote	Eliminated 1st Jury Member Day 18
		Kama	Maud (Mohamed)2	Alexandre	6-5-3	7th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 19
8	May 3, 2019	Maxime	Maxime	Béatrice	8-3-2-1	8th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 22
9	May 10, 2019	Cindy Nicolas	Cyril Maud	Brice	9-2-2	9th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 25
				Sophie	No Vote3	Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 25
10	May 17, 2019	Cindy, Clo, Maud, Nicolas, Steve	Maxime	Angélique	6-3-3	10th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 28
11	May 24, 2019	Maxime (Mohamed)	Maxime	Mohamed	4-04	11th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 31
12	May 31, 2019	Maxime (Steeve)	Aurélien	Nicolas	No Vote5	Eliminated 8th Jury Member Day 33
				Maxime	6-2	12th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 34
13	June 14, 2019	Steeve (Cindy)	Aurélien	Cyril	3-3-1; 3-3 Tiebreaker6	13th Voted Out 10th Jury Member Day 37
14	June 21, 2019	None	Steeve	Clo	No vote7	Eliminated 11th Jury Member Day 38
			Cindy	Aurélien		Eliminated 12th Jury Member Day 38
			Maud
			Cindy	Steeve	1-0	14th Voted Out 13th Jury Member Day 39
		Jury Vote		Cindy	7-6	Runner-Up
				Maud		Sole Survivor
Notes: ^1 Chloé used her Chief Immunity Bracelet, negating two votes against her. ^2 During the Immunity Challenge, the castaways had the opportunity to forfeit the challenge and participate in a mini-challenge to earn a Immunity Necklace which could only work at the merge Tribal Council. Clo, Sophie, Alexandre and Mohamed took the chance and the latter won himself Immunity. ^3Sophie was Brice's partner during the pairs twist, therefore she was also eliminated when he was voted out. ^4Cyril played a Hidden Immunity Necklace on himself, therefore 6 votes cast against her were negated. ^5Nicolas came in last in the special Immunity Challenge and was directly eliminated from the game. ^6 With a deadlocked tie between Clo and Cyril, both of them were forced to draw rocks to determine who would be eliminated. ^7 At the final five, the remaining castaways competed in an elimination challenge, where two castaways were eliminated. Clo and Aurélien came in last and were therfore eliminated.

Voting History

Koh-Lanta: La Guerre des Chefs Voting History
		Original Tribes									Merge Tribe
Episode #:		1	2		3		4	5	6	7		8	9		10	11	12		13			14
Voted out:		File:Frédérickohlanta23.jpg Frédéric	File:Aliséakohlanta23.jpg Aliséa	File:Victorkohlanta23.jpg Victor	File:Carinnekohlanta23.jpg Carinne	File:Emiliekohlanta23.jpg Emilie	File:Victorkohlanta23.jpg Victor	File:Chloékohlanta23.jpg Chloé	File:Xavierkohlanta23.jpg Xavier	File:Frédérickohlanta23.jpg Frédéric	File:Alexandrekohlanta23.jpg Alexandre	File:Béatricekohlanta23.jpg Béatrice	File:Bricekohlanta23.jpg Brice	File:Sophiekohlanta23.jpg Sophie	File:Angéliquekohlanta23.jpg Angélique	File:Mohamedkohlanta23.jpg Mohamed	File:Nicolaskohlanta23.jpg Nicolas	File:Maximekohlanta23.jpg Maxime	Tie	Deadlock	File:Cyrilkohlanta23.jpg Cyril	File:Clokohlanta23.jpg Clo	File:Aurélienkohlanta23.jpg Aurélien	File:Steevekohlanta23.jpg Steeve	File:Cindykohlanta23.jpg Cindy	File:Maudkohlanta23.jpg Maud
Vote:		5-1-1	No vote1	4-32	No vote3	3-1-04	4-3	4-1	3-1	No Vote	6-5-3	8-3-2-1	9-2-2	No Vote5	6-3-36	4-07	No Vote8	6-2	3-3-19	3-310	Lottery11	No vote12		1-013	7-6
►	Maud	—	—	Victor	—	Xavier	—	Chloé	Xavier	—	Nicolas	Béatrice	Brice	—	Angélique	Mohamed	—	Maxime	Clo	Clo	—	—		None	Jury Vote
►	Cindy	Frédéric	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Cyril	Béatrice	Brice	—	Angélique	Cyril	—	Maxime	Maud	Cyril	—	—		Steeve
►	Steeve	—	—	—	—	—	Nicolas	—	—	—	Alexandre	Maud	Brice	—	Aurélien	Cyril	—	Maxime	Cyril	Cyril	—	—		None	Cindy
													Brice
►	Aurélien	—	—	—	—	—	Victor	—	—	—	Alexandre	Nicolas	Brice	—	Maud	Mohamed	—	Maxime	Clo	Clo	—	Eliminated				Maud
																Mohamed
►	Clo	Frédéric	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Cyril	Béatrice	Sophie	—	Angélique	Cyril	—	Maxime	Cyril	Cyril	Saved				Cindy
																			Cyril
►	Cyril	—	—	Victor	—	Emilie	—	Chloé	Xavier	—	Nicolas	Béatrice	Brice	—	Angélique	Mohamed	—	Maxime	Clo	Clo	Eliminated					Maud
												Béatrice
►	Maxime	Aliséa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Frédéric	Cyril	Béatrice	Sophie	—	Angélique	Cyril	—	Cyril								Maud
																		Cyril
►	Nicolas	—	—	—	—	—	Victor	—	—	—	Alexandre	Angélique	Brice	—	Angélique	Cyril	Eliminated								Cindy
►	Mohamed	Frédéric	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Cyril	Béatrice	Brice	—	Aurélien	Cyril									Cindy
															Aurélien
►	Angélique	—	—	—	—	—	Victor	—	—	—	Alexandre	Nicolas	Brice	—	Maud											Maud
►	Sophie	—	—	—	—	—	Nicolas	—	—	—	Alexandre	Maud	Clo	Eliminated												Maud
►	Brice	Frédéric	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Cyril	Béatrice	Clo		Maud										Cindy
►	Béatrice	—	—	—	—	—	Victor	—	—	Frédéric	Alexandre	Maud														Maud
►	Alexandre	—	—	Victor	—	Emilie	—	Chloé	Xavier	Frédéric	Nicolas															Maud
	Frédéric	Maxime	Returned	—	—	—	—	—	—	Eliminated															Cindy
	Xavier	—	—	Chloé	—	Chloé	—	Chloé	Alexandre
	Chloé	—	—	Victor	—	Emilie	—	Xavier
►	Victor	—	—	Chloé	Returned	—	Nicolas
	Emilie	—	—	Chloé	—	Chloé
	Carinne	—	—	—	Evacuated
	Aliséa	Frédéric	Evacuated
Notes: The votes in italics are "black votes": the castaway voting was given the power to vote twice by the person voted out at the previous Tribal Council. ^1 Aliséa was medically evacuated. No vote occurred for her removal and Frédéric came back into the game to replace her. ^2 Emilie used her Chief Immunity Bracelet, but no votes were cast against her. ^3 Carinne was medically evacuated. No vote occurred for her removal and Victor came back into the game to replace her. ^4 Chloé used her Chief Immunity Bracelet, negating two votes against her. ^5Sophie was Brice's partner during the Tied Destinies twist, therefore she was automatically eliminated at Tribal Council. ^6 Maud had an extra vote cast against her at Tribal Council due to finishing last in the Immunity Challenge. ^7Cyril played a Hidden Immunity Necklace on himself, therefore 6 votes cast against her were negated. ^8Nicolas came in last in the special Immunity Challenge and was directly eliminated from the game. ^9Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie. ^10A deadlock tie occurred, thus forcing the tied castaways to draw rocks to determine who would be eliminated. ^11Cyril lost the rock draw against Clo and was eliminated from the game. ^12 At the final five, the remaining castaways competed in an elimination challenge, where two castaways were eliminated. Clo and Aurélien came in last and were eliminated. ^13 Maud and Steeve did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Cindy voted.

Trivia

• This is the first time in Koh-Lanta history that 21 contestants all start their adventure at the same time (in previous seasons with 21 contestants, they started with only 18 or 20 of them and the other(s) came in the game after day one).
• This is only the second time that both finalists were female castaways, fifteen years after Delphine Bano and Isabelle Seguin from Bocas del Toro.
  • As both women were tied and considered Sole Survivors, Maud is the first female castaway to beat another female at the Final Tribal Council.