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Koh-Lanta: Le Retour des Héros is the first special season of Koh-Lanta and the ninth season overall. It was broadcast on TF1 from January 13 to February 13, 2009.

Romuald Lafite defeated Jade Handi in a 5-2 jury vote to become the Sole Survivor.

Twists/Changes[]

  • Shortened Game: Compared to all previous seasons which ran for between 39-43 days, this season ran for only 21 days.
  • Fewer Contestants: All previous seasons featured 16 castaways to begin with. This season started with only 14 castaways.
  • Returning Players: All the castaways had competed on a previous season.
  • Sudden Death Challenge: On Day 1, a challenge occurred where the last two mixed-gendered pairs to finish its first portion would subsequently compete in a footrace to stay in the game. The last man and woman to finish this footrace would be automatically eliminated.
  • New Tribe Member: At the first Reward Challenge on Day 4, the winning tribe would be given the opportunity to chose one of the eliminated castaways at the Day 1 challenge to join their tribe. By a 3-2 vote, Jean-Bernard Hauton-Arnaud returned to the game and joined Tupan.
  • Ambassadors Elimination: At this season's summit, instead of agreeing on a castaway to receive an extra vote at the first post-merge Tribal Council, the ambassadors must unanimously agree to eliminate one castaway from the game. If they fail to come to a consensus, one of the ambassadors would be eliminated in a rock draw.

Castaways[]

Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Votes
Against
Original Tribe Merged Tribe
FRS9 amel t Amel Fatnassi
34, Paris
Nicoya
Eliminated
Day 1
0
FRS9 jeanluc t Jean-Luc Fiorina
58, Toulon
Les Aventuriers
Tupan 1st Voted Out
Day 3
3
FRS9 moundir t Moundir Zoughari
35, Paris
Bocas del Toro
Jacaré 2nd Voted Out
Day 5
4
FRS9 christelle t Christelle Gauzet
28, Bordeaux
Caramoan
Jacaré 3rd Voted Out
Day 7
4
FRS9 philippe t Philippe Bordier
42, Puy-de-Dôme
Panama
Jacaré Eliminated
Day 9
1
FRS9 clemence t Clémence Castel
24, Toulouse
Pacifique
Jacaré Merged Tribe 4th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 10
5
FRS9 emilie t Émilie Frahi
27, Bouches-du-Rhône
Vanuatu
Jacaré 5th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 12
9
FRS9 francoisdavid t François-David Cardonnel
24, Bouches-du-Rhône
Vanuatu
Jacaré 6th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 14
4
FRS9 tony t Tony Sanchez
64, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Bocas del Toro
Tupan 7th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 16
6
FRS9 catherine t Catherine Ehret-Mader
40, Isère
Panama
Tupan 8th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 18
8
FRS9 jeanbernard t Jean-Bernard Hauton-Arnaud
41, Marseilles
Caramoan
Tupan Eliminated
Day 1
2
Eliminated
6th Jury Member
Day 19
FRS9 filomene t Filomène Mendonca
37, Boulogne-Billancourt
Palawan
Tupan 9th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 20
4
FRS9 jade t Jade Handi
26, Haute-Garonne
Palawan
Tupan Runner-Up 0
FRS9 romuald t Romuald Lafite
31, Calvados
Panama
Tupan Sole Survivor 2

Season Summary[]

Episode Air date Challenges Eliminated
(Vote)
Finish
Reward Immunity
1 January 13, 2009 None Jade,
Moundir
Amel
Jean-Bernard
(No Vote)1
Eliminated
Day 1
Jacaré Jean-Luc
(3-2-1)
1st Voted Out
Day 3
2 January 20, 2009 Tupan Tupan Moundir
(4-1-1)
2nd Voted Out
Day 5
3 Tupan Tupan Christelle
(4-1)
3rd Voted Out
Day 7
4 January 27, 2009 Jacaré François-David Philippe
(No Vote)2
Eliminated
Day 9
Clémence
(5-1-1-1-1)
4th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 10
5 February 3, 2009 Émilie,
François-David
François-David Émilie
(6-2)
5th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 12
6 Jade
[Filomène]
Jade François-David
(4-1-1-1)
6th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 14
7 February 10, 2009 Romuald,
Tony
Jade Tony
(3-1-1-1)
7th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 16
8 Filomène Jean-Bernard Catherine
(4-1)
8th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 18
9 February 13, 2009 None Filomène Jean-Bernard
(No Vote)3
Eliminated
6th Jury Member
Day 19
Jade
Romuald
Jade Filomène
(1-0)
9th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 20
Jury Vote Jade
(5-2)
Runner-Up
Romuald
(5-2)
Sole Survivor
Notes:

^1 Amel and Jean-Bernard were eliminated on Day 1 for losing the first challenge.
^2 At the ambassadors meeting, Catherine and Philippe could not decide on a castaway to eliminate. Because of this,
they drew rocks, and Philippe was eliminated as a result.

^3 At the final four, the remaining castaways competed in an elimination challenge. Jean-Bernard came in last and
was eliminated.

Voting History[]

Pre-Tribes Original Tribes Merged Tribe
Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Voted Out FRS9 amel tFRS9 jeanbernard t
Amel & Jean-Bernard
FRS9 jeanluc t
Jean-Luc
FRS9 moundir t
Moundir
FRS9 christelle t
Christelle
FRS9 philippe t
Philippe
FRS9 clemence t
Clémence
FRS9 emilie t
Émilie
FRS9 francoisdavid t
François-David
FRS9 tony t
Tony
FRS9 catherine t
Catherine
FRS9 jeanbernard t
Jean-Bernard
FRS9 filomene t
Filomène
FRS9 jade t
Jade
FRS9 romuald t
Romuald
Vote None1 3-2-1 4-1-1 4-1 None2 5-1-1-1-1 6-2 4-1-1-1 3-1-1-1 4-1 None3 1-04 5-2
Romuald Catherine Clémence Émilie François-David Catherine Catherine None Jury Vote
Jade Jean-Luc Clémence Émilie Jean-Bernard Tony Catherine Filomène
Filomène Jean-Luc Clémence Émilie François-David Tony Catherine None Romuald
Jean-Bernard Eliminated Clémence Émilie Catherine Filomène Catherine Eliminated Romuald
Catherine Jean-Luc Émilie Émilie François-David Tony Romuald Jade
Tony Filomène Clémence Émilie François-David Jean-Bernard Jade
François-David Moundir Christelle Romuald Tony Tony Romuald
Émilie Moundir Christelle Jean-Bernard Tony Romuald
Clémence Moundir Christelle Catherine Romuald
Philippe Moundir Christelle Eliminated
Christelle Émilie Émilie
Moundir Philippe
Jean-Luc Filomène
Amel Eliminated
Notes:

^1 Amel and Jean-Bernard were eliminated on Day 1 for losing the first challenge.
^2 At the ambassadors meeting, Catherine and Philippe could not decide on a castaway to eliminate. Because of this, they drew rocks, and Philippe was eliminated as a result.
^3 At the final four, the remaining castaways competed in an elimination challenge. Jean-Bernard came in last and was eliminated.
^4 Filomène and Romuald did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Jade voted.

Trivia[]

  • Many former Koh-Lanta castaways were present for the live reunion and final tally. They were seen celebrating onstage following Romuald's victory.
  • Le Retour des Héros is the fourth consecutive season of Koh-Lanta whose final five all belonged to the same starting tribe, following Vanuatu, Palawan and Caramoan.
  • This is the most-watched season of Koh-Lanta, averaging 8,288,000 viewers per episode (33.75% of French television viewers) and peaking at 9,169,000 viewers during the finale (39.3% of French television viewers).
  • This season featured at least one castaway from every previous season of Koh-Lanta. The highest number of returnees (3 in total) are from Panama.

References[]

Koh-Lanta Seasons
Les Aventuriers · Nicoya · Bocas del Toro · Panama · Pacifique · Vanuatu · Palawan · Caramoan · Le Retour des Héros · Palau · Le Choc des Héros · Viêtnam · Raja Ampat · La Revanche des Héros · Malaisie · La Nouvelle Édition · Johor · Thaïlande · L'Île au Trésor · Cambodge · Fidji · Le Combat des Héros · La Guerre des Chefs · L'Île des Héros · Les 4 Terres · Les Armes Secrètes · La Légende · Le Totem Maudit · Le Feu Sacré · Les Chasseurs d'Immunité
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