"Koh-Lanta - The revenge of the 4 lands": it starts badly for the Western tribe

The new season of TF 1's adventure game got off to a flying start on Tuesday, February 25. The candidates from the South are leading the dance while those from the West are... in the west.
By Stéphanie GuerrinThe battle of the regions is back in " Koh-Lanta " since Tuesday, February 25. The new season of the TF 1 game, called " La Revanche des 4 Terres " sees as many tribes representing the North, East, South and West of France compete. It thus takes up a system that appeared in the edition broadcast in the second half of 2020, won by Alexandra and marked by the participation of Bertrand-Kamal, an adventurer who died of pancreatic cancer during the broadcast.
The sequence of the arrival of the 24 new candidates facing Denis Brogniart in the Philippines is particularly spectacular, in a landscape of rice fields contrasting with the usual jump from a boat into the open sea. As soon as the theme of the season is announced, the adventurers are delighted to represent their region. They immediately compete in a very intense comfort test. It is about the rubber bands, a classic of "Koh-Lanta" which usually takes place in the sand. But this time, it is directly in the rice field, and therefore stuck in the mud, that the members of the teams must advance tied up.
The South wins, ahead of the North and then the East, with the West finishing in last place. The winners have a choice between two rewards: three matches or 500g of rice. They choose fire, much to the surprise of their competitors, including the Northern purples, who are delighted to inherit the second prize. The losers, meanwhile, must travel to the island of exile, with its pebble beaches, for 24 hours. The Western orange candidates make the best of a bad situation, remembering that in 2020, the East had started out the same way before shining later.
On the other hand, Cynthiana, 32 and a real estate agent in Montauban, suffered from sunstroke, further complicating the start of her adventure. She also thought she heard a malicious conversation about her between her teammates Noémie, Maël and Romane on the first evening. Unfortunately, the words were not picked up by the microphones, leaving viewers in the dark. Cynthiana, for her part, is wound up like a cuckoo, thinking that Noémie, a business manager in Saint-Malo, has her in her sights. "The other blonde, there. We hadn't even been on the island of exile for eight hours, that other one was squawking like a hen, a guinea fowl, she'd better go back to the henhouse, that one," she fumes on camera.
An innovation of this season, the temperatures and humidity levels of the places where the candidates are located are regularly indicated on the screen. Enough to allow viewers to better understand the very difficult conditions that the adventurers face. Especially when the meters announce up to 40 °C or 92% humidity level!
The immunity test ends with an identical result to the previous game, with the blues triumphant and the oranges condemned to go to the council. It is therefore time for celebration and relaxation on three of the camps.
Among the Bleus du Sud, Adrien, a 29-year-old engineer, seems all fired up, which amuses some of his comrades. "I haven't known him for very long," says Pierre-Marie, 34, a business manager in Drôme. "But I have the impression that even my 7-year-old kid is more organized than him!" However, by monopolizing attention, he is already annoying Naïs, a 25-year-old from Marseille. Absolutely wanting to make a fire, Adrien misses his first attempt. The second is the right one on the third day, but in his enthusiasm, he didn't notice that he had left the box of matches right next to the fire and it goes up in smoke.
Among the Greens of the East, Christian, a 63-year-old second-hand dealer, and Maxime, a 29-year-old fan of second-hand shops, found each other. "But I don't think I would buy anything from him, because he seems expensive," jokes the latter. The two "will-o'-the-wisps of the Vosges and Jura", as Denis Brogniart nicknamed them in voice-over, taste everything they find between worms, termites and flowers.
On the other hand, among the oranges, some, like Mehdi, who did not perform well in the immunity game, and Cynthiana, are already spending time looking for an immunity necklace, in vain. The second feels that she is in danger and is very moved by the idea of being eliminated first, while remaining locked in her mistrust of Noémie.
At the council, without much surprise, it is indeed Cynthiana who ends up ousted. In tears, she calls Noémie a "viper". "She is the one who inspired everyone to eliminate me", she explains to the great surprise of the person concerned who defends herself, supported by her other teammates. In "Koh-Lanta", the slightest misunderstanding can be fatal.
Le Parisien