Loft Story (French TV series)

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Loft Story
Loft Story eye.jpg
Genre Reality television
Presented by Benjamin Castaldi
Country of originFrance
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons2
Production
Production location La Plaine Saint-Denis
Production companies Endemol France
VIEW (Opening titles & logo)
Original release
Network M6
Release26 April 2001 (2001-04-26) –
4 July 2002 (2002-07-04)
Related
Big Brother
Secret Story

Loft Story was a French reality show, and it is the first French adaptation of Big Brother franchise. The show generally considered is the first of its kind in France. Loft Story presented by Benjamin Castaldi and broadcast on M6 from 26 April 2001 to 5 July 2001 for the first season and from 11 April 2002 to 4 July 2002 for the second season.

Contents

The French title of the show is a play-on-words on loft because the contestants are "locked up" in a loft during their adventure, and Love Story.

The initial Loft Story inspired the creation of a similar show of the same name in Quebec. The famous eye logo is used by both Loft Story versions. It evokes the voyeuristic eye of the television viewer as she or he watches the Lofteurs live in front of the cameras. Some of them get gradually voted off the show by viewers on their phones and the last couple win a house. It caused great controversy in France and the house was attacked by protesters. [1]

Production

Format

Loft Story is a slightly re-tooled version of the original Big Brother , toned down slightly for the French market by production company Endemol. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Eleven singles cut off from the outside world and must live in a loft where all rooms (except toilets and a room imposed by the CSA) are equipped with 26 cameras (including 3 infrared cameras, mostly hidden behind one-way mirrors) and microphones. They are filmed 24 hours a day.

Broadcast

The live stream is slightly delayed on one or more paid channels of the TPS offer, as well as on the Internet during the first season. A daily program is broadcast after editing this live footage.

Presentation

The show was presented by Benjamin Castaldi. Two hosts co-hosted the live show from the loft: Marie Guillaumond in 2001 and Séverine Ferrer in 2002.

In 2002, during the second season, there was also a show presented by Max and broadcast on Saturday at 23:55 summarizing the events of the week and welcomed the evicted contestants.

Series overall

SeasonsLaunch dateFinale dateDaysHousematesWinner(s)Grand prizeAverage ratingsRatings share
Loft Story 1 26 April 20015 July 20017113Loana Petrucciani and Christophe MercyA house worth 3 million francs4,900,00034.6%
Loft Story 2 11 April 20024 July 20028513Thomas Saillofest and Karine Delgado€250,000 each4,300,00031.8%

Season 1

Nominations table

All Housemates entered on Day 1 except for Fabrice and Kimy who entered on Day 7 and Day 11 respectively.

Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 10Nomination
points
received
FemalesMales
ChristopheNot
eligible		Kenza,
Laure		Not
eligible		4-Julie,
3-Kimy,
2-Laure,
1-Loana		Not
eligible		No
nominations		No
nominations		Male Winner
(Day 71)		26
LoanaSteevy,
Aziz		Not
eligible		5-Jean-Édouard,
4-Christophe,
3-Fabrice,
2-Philippe,
1-Steevy		Not
eligible		4-Jean-Édouard,
3-Christophe,
2-Philippe,
1-Fabrice		No
nominations		No
nominations		Female Winner
(Day 71)		10
Jean-ÉdouardNot
eligible		Kenza,
Laure		Not
eligible		4-Laure,
3-Kimy,
2-Loana,
1-Julie		Not
eligible		No
nominations		No
nominations		Male Runner-Up
(Day 71)		26
LaureAziz,
Jean-Édouard		Not
eligible		5-Philippe,
4-Christophe,
3-Jean-Édouard,
2-Fabrice,
1-Steevy		Not
eligible		4-Fabrice,
3-Jean-Édouard,
2-Philippe,
1-Christophe		No
nominations		No
nominations		Female Runner-Up
(Day 71)		14
FabriceNot
eligible		Kenza,
Laure		Not
eligible		4-Kimy,
3-Loana,
2-Laure,
1-Julie		Not
eligible		No
nominations		No
nominations		Evicted
(Day 57)		16
KimyExemptNot
eligible		5-Christophe,
4-Jean-Édouard,
3-Philippe,
2-Fabrice,
1-Steevy		Not
eligible		4-Christophe,
3-Philippe,
2-Fabrice,
1-Jean-Édouard		No
nominations		Evicted
(Day 50)		12
PhilippeNot
eligible		Kenza,
Laure		Not
eligible		4-Julie,
3-Loana,
2-Laure,
1-Kimy		Not
eligible		Evicted
(Day 43)		21
JulieAziz,
Jean-Édouard		Not
eligible		5-Christophe,
4-Philippe,
3-Jean-Édouard,
2-Fabrice,
1-Steevy		Not
eligible		Evicted
(Day 36)		10
SteevyNot
eligible		Kimy,
Loana		Not
eligible		Evicted
(Day 29)		5
KenzaAziz,
Jean-Édouard		Not
eligible		Evicted
(Day 22)		4
AzizNot
eligible		Evicted
(Day 15)		4
DelphineWalked
(Day 11)		0
DavidWalked
(Day 6)		0
Notesnonenone 1 none
Against
public vote		Aziz,
Jean-Édouard		Kenza,
Laure		Fabrice,
Steevy		Julia,
Laure,
Loana		Fabrice,
Philippe		Kimy,
Laure,
Loana		Christophe,
Fabrice,
Jean-Édouard		Laure,
Loana		Christophe,
Jean-Édouard
WalkedDavid,
Delphine		none
EvictedAziz
49.6%
to save		Kenza
46%
to save		Steevy
47%
to save		Julie
28.4%
to save		Philippe
49.5%
to save		Kimy
18%
to save		Fabrice
28%
to save		Laure
34%
to win		Jean-Édouard
43%
to win
Loana
66%
to win		Christophe
57%
to win
Notes:
  • ^Note 1  : From now on they will award each Lofteur points, their favourite will receive maximum points and their least favourite will receive one point. The two or more with the fewest points will be up for nomination.

The contestants released a music single under the name 'Les Lofteurs'; 'Up and Down' reached number one in the French charts.

Season 2

Nominations table

All Housemates entered on Day 1 except for Lauryne and Romain who entered on Day 7 and Day 14 respectively.

Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 12
Final		Nomination
points
received
FemalesMales
Thomas6-Karine,
5-Julia,
4-Sandra,
3-Angela,
2-Lesly,
1-Lauryne		Not
eligible		5-Karine,
4-Sandra,
3-Lauryne,
2-Angela,
1-Lesly		Not
eligible		4-Karine,
3-Lauryne,
2-Sandra,
1-Angela		Not
eligible		3-Karine,
2-Angela,
1-Sandra		Not
eligible		Male Winner
(Day 85)		40
KarineNot
eligible		6-Thomas,
5-Félicien,
4-David,
3-William
2-Romain,
1-Kamel		Not
eligible		5-Thomas,
4-Félicien,
3-Romain,
2-David,
1-Kamel		Not
eligible		4-Thomas,
3-Romain,
2-Kamel,
1-David		Not
eligible		3-Thomas,
2-Kamel,
1-David		Female Winner
(Day 85)		61
David6-Angela,
5-Karine,
4-Sandra,
3-Lesly,
2-Julia,
1-Lauryne		Not
eligible		5-Angela,
4-Lesly,
3-Sandra,
2-Karine,
1-Lauryne		Not
eligible		4-Angela,
3-Sandra,
2-Karine,
1-Lauryne		Not
eligible		3-Angela,
2-Sandra,
1-Karine		Not
eligible		Male Runner-up
(Day 85)		49
AngelaNot
eligible		6-David,
5-Kamel,
4-Félicien,
3-Romain
2-Thomas,
1-William		Not
eligible		5-David,
4-Kamel,
3-Thomas,
2-Félicien,
1-Romain		Not
eligible		4-David,
3-Kamel,
2-Thomas,
1-Romain		Not
eligible		3-David,
2-Kamel,
1-Thomas		Female Runner-up
(Day 85)		58
Kamel6-Lesly,
5-Sandra,
4-Angela,
3-Lauryne,
2-Karine,
1-Julia		Not
eligible		5-Lesly,
4-Angela,
3-Sandra,
2-Lauryne,
1-Karine		Not
eligible		4-Angela,
3-Sandra,
2-Lauryne,
1-Karine		Not
eligible		3-Angela,
2-Sandra,
1-Karine		Not
eligible		Evicted
(Day 71)		48
SandraNot
eligible		6-David,
5-Kamel,
4-Romain,
3-Félicien
2-William,
1-Thomas		Not
eligible		5-Kamel,
4-David,
3-Thomas,
2-Romain,
1-Félicien		Not
eligible		4-Kamel,
3-David,
2-Thomas,
1-Romain		Not
eligible		Evicted
(Day 64)		52
Romain6-Lauryne,
5-Lesly,
4-Karine,
3-Sandra,
2-Angela,
1-Julia		Not
eligible		5-Karine,
4-Lauryne,
3-Sandra,
2-Angela,
1-Lesly		Not
eligible		4-Karine,
3-Lauryne,
2-Angela,
1-Sandra		Not
eligible		Evicted
(Day 57)		32
LauryneNot
eligible		6-Kamel,
5-David,
4-Romain,
3-Félicien,
2-Thomas,
1-William		Not
eligible		5-Félicien,
4-Thomas,
3-Romain,
2-Kamel,
1-David		Not
eligible		Evicted
(Day 50)		37
Félicien6-Angela,
5-Karine,
4-Julia,
3-Lesly,
2-Sandra,
1-Lauryne		Not
eligible		5-Karine,
4-Lauryne,
3-Sandra,
2-Angela,
1-Lesly		Not
eligible		Evicted
(Day 43)		30
Lesly Not
eligible		6-Kamel,
5-Romain,
4-David,
3-Félicien,
2-Thomas,
1-William		Not
eligible		Evicted
(Day 36)		32
William6-Julia,
5-Karine,
4-Sandra,
3-Angela,
2-Lauryne,
1-Lesly		Not
eligible		Evicted
(Day 29)		8
JuliaNot
eligible		Evicted
(Day 22)		19
MarleneWalked
(Day 7)		0
Against
public vote		Julia,
Lauryne		Thomas,
William		Angela,
Lesly		David,
Kamel,
Félicien,
Romain		Angela,
Karine,
Lauryne,
Sandra		Romain,
Thomas		Karine,
Sandra		David,
Kamel,
Thomas		Angela,
Karine		David,
Thomas
WalkedMarlenenone
EvictedJulia
42%
to save		William
47%
to save		Lesly
30%
to save		Félicien
24%
to save		Lauryne
21%
to save		Romain
42%
to save		Sandra
Fewest votes
to save		Kamel
Fewest votes
to save		Angela
49.58%
to win		David
48.71%
to win
Karine
50.42%
to win		Thomas
51.29%
to win

Criticism

Loft Story became a craze when it was screened, but as it went on, it became extremely criticized, mocked and belittled by the media: the premise of ordinary young people being filmed most of the time in a cozy loft (and letting themselves out, they got a reputation of being stupid), being voted off by people on phones and getting to win money at the end, got it called high-rated "garbage tv".

Loft Story is considered to be the precursor of reality shows in France where the contestants get voted off by viewers.

Like other Big Brother-style programs, the show's sexual content was criticized as several contestants were seen having intercourse on camera.

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