Koh-Lanta season 1

Koh-Lanta
Season 1
Presented by	Hubert Auriol
No. of days	43
No. of castaways	16
Winner	Gilles Nicolet
Runner-up	Guénaëlle Biras
Location	Koh Rok Island, Thailand
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original release	August 4 (2001-08-04) – September 22, 2001 (2001-09-22)
Season chronology
Next → Nicoya

Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta was the first season of the French version of Survivor, titled Koh-lanta . This season took place in Thailand on the island of Koh Rok, and was broadcast on TF1 from August 4, 2001 to September 22, 2001 airing on Saturdays and Sundays at 6:55 p.m.

The winner of this season of Koh-lanta was Gilles, who took home the prize of €100,000.

Contestants

List of Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta contestants

Contestant				Tribe		Finish
Name	Age	Residence	Occupation	Original	Merged	Placement	Jury	Day
Marie Besnier	22	Saint-Marcellin	Communications student	Lanta-Naï		1st voted out		Day 3
Guillaume Noël	24	Saint-Brieuc	Car salesman	Korok		2nd voted out		Day 6
Jean-Luc Florina	50	Toulon	Retired naval officer	Lanta-Naï		3rd voted out		Day 10
Gaël Gollen	18	Brest	Management student	Korok		4th voted out		Day 13
Harry Levy	44	Marseille	Dental technician			5th voted out		Day 16
Sandra Acabado	19	Athis-Mons	Foreign language student	Lanta-Naï		6th voted out		Day 19
David Noël	24	Estérençuby	Musician		Koh-Lanta	7th voted out		Day 22
Stéphane Bertheau	24	Nanterre	Graduate in town planning		8th voted out	1st member	Day 25
Géraldine Doyen	27	Avignon	Temporary employment in insurance		9th voted out	2nd member	Day 30
Michèle Valembois	58	Toulon-sur-Allier	Pensioner	Korok	10th voted out	3rd member	Day 33
William Lecomte	32	Tours	Postgraduate student		11th voted out	4th member	Day 36
Françoise Avignon	41	Arras	Municipal employee	Lanta-Naï	12th voted out	5th member	Day 40
Romain Bissol	27	Vigneux-sur-Seine	Electrician	Korok	Eliminated	6th member	Day 41
Patricia Tanguy	31	La Garenne-Colombes	Executive secretary		13th voted out	7th member	Day 42
Guénaëlle Biras	25	Paris	Graphic designer		Runner-up		Day 43
Gilles Nicolet	35	Bordeaux	Freelance writer	Lanta-Naï	Sole survivor

Season summary

Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta season summary

Episode		Challenge winner(s)		Eliminated
No.	Air date	Reward	Immunity	Tribe	Player
1	August 4, 2001	None	Korok	Lanta-Naï	Marie
2	August 5, 2001	Lanta-Naï	Lanta-Naï	Korok	Gillaume
3	August 11, 2001	Korok	Korok	Lanta-Naï	Jean-Luc
4	August 12, 2001	Lanta-Naï	Lanta-Naï	Korok	Gaël
5	August 18, 2001	Lanta-Naï	Lanta-Naï	Korok	Harry
6	August 19, 2001	Lanta-Naï	Korok	Lanta-Naï	Sandra
7	August 25, 2001	None	William	Koh-Lanta	David
8	August 26, 2001	Françoise	William	Stéphane
9	September 1, 2001	Gilles	Michèle	Geraldine
10	September 2, 2001	Romain	Gilles	Michèle
11	September 8, 2001	William	Guénaëlle	William
12	September 15, 2001	Guénaëlle	Gilles	Françoise
13	September 22, 2001	None	Gilles, Guénaëlle, Patricia	Romain
			Gilles	Patricia

Voting history

Original tribes Merged tribe Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Day 3 6 10 13 16 19 22 25 30 33 36 40 41 42 Tribe Lanta-Naï Korok Lanta-Naï Korok Korok Lanta-Naï Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Eliminated Marie Guillaume Jean-Luc Gaël Harry Sandra David Stéphane Géraldine Michèle William Françoise Romain Patricia Votes 6-1-1 4-3-1 5-1-1 4-3 4-2 4-2 6-5 5-3-1 7-1 4-3 4-2 3-2 None [a] 1-0 Voter Vote Challenge Vote Gilles Marie Jean-Luc Sandra Michèle Romain Géraldine William William Romain 1st Patricia Guénaëlle Michèle Gaël Harry David Stepháne Géraldine Michèle William Françoise 2nd None Patricia Michèle Gaël Harry David Stepháne Géraldine Michèle William Françoise 3rd None Romain Harry Gaël Harry David Stepháne Géraldine Michèle Gilles Françoise 4th Françoise Marie Sandra Sandra Michèle Michèle Géraldine William William Romain William Guillaume Michèle Patricia David Stéphane Géraldine Michèle Gilles Michèle Guillaume Gaël Harry David Stéphane Géraldine William Géraldine Marie Jean-Luc Françoise Michèle Michèle Romain Stéphane Marie Jean-Luc Sandra Michèle Michèle David Marie Jean-Luc Sandra Michèle Sandra Marie Jean-Luc Françoise Harry Guillaume Michèle Patricia Gaël Guillaume Michèle Jean-Luc Sandra Françoise Guillaume Michèle Marie Gilles Ambassadors David

Jury vote Episode 13 Day 43 Finalist Gilles Guénaëlle Votes 4-3 Juror Vote Patricia Romain Françoise William Michèle Géraldine Stéphane

1. The contestant who placed last in the challenge was automatically eliminated.

Ratings

Episode	Date	Viewers	Rating Share
1	Saturday, August 4, 2001	4 200 000	38,6%
2	Sunday, August 5, 2001	4 500 000	40,0%
3	Saturday, August 11, 2001	3 500 000	37,2%
4	Sunday, August 12, 2001	4 100 000	41,5%
5	Saturday, August 18, 2001	4 000 000	35,0%
6	Sunday, August 19, 2001	5 700 000	44,0%
7	Saturday, August 25, 2001	3 900 000	38,5%
8	Sunday, August 26, 2001	4 800 000	44,5%
9	Saturday, September 1, 2001	4 600 000	39,5%

External links

• (Official Site Archive) (in French)