Pascal Salviani is a contestant from Koh-Lanta: Thaïlande and Koh-Lanta: Le Combat des Héros.
In Koh-Lanta: Thaïlande, Pascal was notable for being the first person to attend every Tribal Council of the season, up until the Final Tribal Council. He spent much of his season as a target, but thanks to his strategy he was able to be part of the majority at the final four. He finished as the runner-up, having lost by one vote to Wendy Gervois.
In Koh-Lanta: Le Combat des Héros, Pascal took the lead strategically alongside Javier Rodriguez. Contrary to his previous season, Pascal was never a target at any Tribal Council and didn't receive any votes against him across the season. He then manipulated Javier during the orienteering race of the final four, eliminating him. Once again, Pascal made it to the Final Tribal Council and lost out by one vote, this time against Clémence Castel.
Pascal is remembered as being a strong contestant in all aspects of the show. He was one of only two contestants to win the Final Immunity Challenge twice (the Perch challenge) alongside Jade Handi. He is one of only five contestants to reach the final two twice, alongside Jade Handi, Clémence Castel, Claude Dartois and Laurent Maistret. Nicknamed "the Boss" ("le Patron" in French), Pascal is known for his numerous disputes with his tribemates, for his bloodthirsty character, and for his impressive strategical ability.
Profile[]
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- Prénom: Pascal
- Métier: Promoteur immobilier
- Ville natale: Alpes-Maritimes (06)
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51 ans, Alpes-Maritimes (06), Promoteur immobilier
Koh-Lanta l'a transformé! Mais il n'a rien perdu de sa gouaille légendaire !Il sait que tout le monde le voit comme un stratège et que sa tête sera mise à prix.
Cela tombe bien, la colère et le danger sont ses moteurs. Il aime se faire peur et bousculer les autres. Avec Pascal, on aura des surprises c'est sûr!
Toujours aussi stratège, il tient à prouver qu'il tient aussi son rang au plan sportif.
Attention, le nouveau Pascal arrive, encore plus redoutable!
Son parcours précédent:
Koh-Lanta[]
Thaïlande[]
Pascal was selected by Wendy Gervois to be a part of the Karwaï tribe. The most notable contestant of the season, Pascal became the first Koh-Lanta contestant to attend every single Tribal Council. Upon losing the third immunity challenge, the Karwaï tribe held the dishonour of losing six tribal challenges in a row, a Koh-Lanta record. Frustrated with all of these losses, Pascal volunteered to be voted off next.
On the bright side, the Karwaï tribe briefly celebrated Lolo Facione's birthday, but Pascal spoiled the lightened mood by brashly telling Lolo that, even though he would be the one voted off, he would be voting against her at Tribal Council for being a weak link. Regretting this throughout the night, Pascal apologized to Lolo the next morning and his attitude towards her changed, wishing her long-term success in the game and advising that she forms an alliance with Wendy and Laureen Hugel in order to survive. Meanwhile, Huw Francis still preferred for Lolo to be eliminated and he tried to convince Pascal to stay in order to keep the tribe strong. Realizing that Huw would continue to target Lolo and then likely the other women in upcoming cycles, Pascal changed his mind about volunteering to be voted off and instead, in an attempt to give Lolo an edge going forward, rallied his tribemates to blindside Huw. Pascal succeeded and Huw was voted off, much to the latter's surprise.
When the tribe switch occurred at the beginning of the fourth cycle, Pascal was selected by Karima Najjarine to be a part of the new Aopoh tribe, which consisted of five original Aopoh tribe members and three original Karwaï tribe members. The second Aopoh tribe lost the following four challenges and the majority of its members had clashed over personalities, challenge strategies, or ideas, including Pascal. After losing the fifth immunity challenge, the original Karwaï tribe members took part in Romain Palazzetti's plan to vote out Amir Doukhan in order to force the second Karwaï tribe to sit out one of their men during the next couple of challenges. However, ultimately deciding that he would rather remain loyal to his allies, Romain backed out of his plan when voting at Tribal Council. Instead, the original Aopoh tribe members successfully voted out Lolo. Regardless, Amir was voted out unanimously at the last Tribal Council before the merge as his tribemates felt that he had reached his limits in the competition.
With only five second Aopoh tribe members remaining going into the merge, Pascal began prioritizing his own survival and he thus proposed to the second Karwaï tribe members that they join him in splitting their votes between Karima and Romain at the merged tribe's first Tribal Council in order to flush out the former's Hidden Immunity Necklace. At said Tribal Council, Karima played her Hidden Immunity Necklace on herself, negating Pascal's vote against her, but this turned out to be a waste as the second Karwaï tribe members all voted against Romain, eliminating him.Still sensing that he was in danger going into the next cycle, Pascal forfeited his reward to Alain Chrisostome and Wendy after winning the first individual reward challenge in order to spend a day on the Island of Necklaces, where he succeeded in finding a Hidden Immunity Necklace.
At the Final Ten, the Tied Destinies twist took place and Pascal was paired with Carine Cazals. Due to Pascal's strategic gameplay, they became one of the pairs in the hot seat for elimination, alongside Steve Best and Laureen who had annoyed their tribemates with their bickering earlier. Meanwhile, Pascal knew that he was a target, so he planned to use his Hidden Immunity Necklace on Carine and himself at the corresponding Tribal Council and use Steve's, Laureen's, and his votes to blindside Alain and Karima. However, what Pascal was unaware of was that Gabriel Gubbels had checked his bag earlier and discovered his Hidden Immunity Necklace. Therefore, at Tribal Council, Gabriel and the majority of the tribe voted out Laureen and, in turn, eliminated Steve due to the Tied Destinies twist, causing Pascal to both waste his Hidden Immunity Necklace and lose two of his allies.
Winning numerous individual challenges, Nicolas Rouyé disappointed Gabriel, who was his closest ally, when he shared an individual reward with Cécilia Siharaj and then granted another one to Alain in spite of Gabriel never benefiting from an individual reward himself by that point. Taking advantage of this, Pascal got Gabriel on his side and the pair entered a Final Four alliance with Alain and Wendy. With the exception of Alain who was unanimously voted out at the Final Five for his continuously sloppy social gameplay, this alliance remained intact and its members entered the finale alongside Cécilia. Having made it to the finale, Pascal won the Perch challenge at the Final Three and took Wendy to the Final Two instead of Gabriel.
At the Final Tribal Council, Pascal narrowly lost to Wendy in a 6-5 vote.
Voting History[]
| Episode | Pascal's Votes |
Voted Against Pascal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurence | - |
| 2 | Lolo | - |
| 3 | Huw | Julien |
| 4 | Carole | Amir |
| 5 | Amir; Amir1 |
Amir; - |
| 6 | Amir | - |
| 7 | - | |
| 8 | Cécilia | Cécilia, Karima, Nicolas |
| 9 | Alain | |
| 10 | Carine | Carine, Karima |
| 11 | Karima | Carine |
| 12 | Nicolas | Cécilia, Nicolas |
| 13 | Alain | - |
| 14 | Gabriel | Individual Immunity |
| Jury Votes for Pascal |
Alain, Karima, Nicolas, Romain, Steve | |
| Runner-Up, Day 40 | ||
^1In Episode 5, the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Amir and Lolo, forcing a revote. Pascal did not change his vote on the revote.
^2In Episode 7, Karima used an Immunity Necklace, negating Pascal's vote against her.
^3In Episode 9, Pascal used an Immunity Necklace, negating 1 vote against him.
Le Combat des Héros[]
Voting History[]
| Episode | Pascal's Votes |
Voted Against Pascal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toa Tribe Immune | |
| Toa Tribe Immune | ||
| 2 | Toa Tribe Immune | |
| 3 | Toa Tribe Immune | |
| 4 | - | |
| 5 | Clémentine | - |
| 6 | Ineligible | - |
| Nathalie; Jérémy2 |
- | |
| 7 | Candice | - |
| 8 | Alban | Individual Immunity |
| 9 | Nathalie | - |
| 10 | Nathalie + |
- |
| 11 | Jérémy | Individual Immunity |
| Jury Votes for Pascal |
Cassandre, Javier, Jérémy, Nathalie | |
| Runner-Up, Day 32 | ||
^1 In Episode 4, Clémentine used a Hidden Immunity Necklace, negating Pascal's vote against her.
^2The vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Javier and Jérémy, forcing a revote. Pascal changed his vote to Jérémy on the revote.
^3After her elimination in Episode 9, Cassandre gave the black vote to Pascal, allowing him to vote twice this Tribal Council. In addition, Jérémy used a Hidden Immunity Necklace, negating Pascal's vote against him.
Post Koh-Lanta[]
Trivia[]
- Pascal and Steve Best are the first contestants on Koh-Lanta to make it to the merge without winning an Immunity Challenge. They would be followed by Dylan Thiry on Le Combat des Héros.
- Pascal is the first Koh-Lanta contestant to attend every pre-merge Tribal Council, as Steve was exempt from Tribal Council twice due to being exiled.
- Pascal holds the record for the most tribal Immunity Challenges lost in a season, with 11.
- Pascal is the oldest contestant to compete on Le Combat des Héros.
- Pascal is one of five Returning Players to make it to the Final Tribal Council twice. The others are Claude Dartois, Clémence Castel, Jade Handi and Laurent Maistret.
- Of the group, Pascal is the only who did not compete on La Légende.
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