This edition of Koh-Lanta All Stars 2021 was special, and not just because only seasoned adventurers from previous seasons participated or the broadcast was on a Tuesday. The cheating business splashed this edition and made Claude Dartois lose his first victory in four participations. The charming 42-year-old brunette would have, like other of his comrades, violated the rules, and therefore did not receive his 100,000 euros. But is it legal?
At the end of the evening of December 14, no count was made and therefore, the winner was not crowned. “Recently, we became aware of breaches of the code of honor which appears in the rules of the game Koh Lanta, and this several months after the votes of the final jury. So we investigated and discovered that indeed, a small group of adventurers had not respected this code of honor.“, declared the 54-year-old presenter Denis Brogniart. The 100,000 euros promised to the winner will therefore be donated to the association for Bertrand-Kamal, dedicated to the search for the pancreas and created after the death of the adventurer of Koh-Lanta, The 4 Lands in September 2020.
An illegal decision?
And this winner, it was Claude Dartois who did not budge on the decision of the production. But, as revealed by lawyer Jérémie Assous, interviewed by The Parisian, deprive the adventurer of his earnings is “illegal and discriminatory“.”He could very well oppose this sanction in labor and criminal matters. You cannot make an employee work 24 hours a day or deprive him of food outside working hours, regardless of the candidates’ consent. It is forbidden to organize such working conditions“Says the specialist in employment contracts for this type of program. But the production says it has nothing to be ashamed of. It assumes”fully this decision which is perfectly legal and in line with the values and code of honor of Koh Lanta“. According to this code, candidates do not have the right to make racist or sexist remarks and must remain loyal. Otherwise, ALP reserves the right to temporarily or permanently eliminate the person in question or to deprive him or her of his earnings, so the sanction was dropped.
Claude Dartois was allegedly involved in the cheating affair concerning Teheiura. The latter was excluded after revealing that he had eaten twice thanks to generous fishermen. And he would have shared his booty, with Sam and Virginia’s husband in particular. A version denied by them. This is not all, the father of Marceau (1 year) and Andréa (6 years) would have participated in clandestine dinners, organized after the evenings of Council. Four to five adventurers (including Laurent and Claude) took advantage of the fact that the guards were sleeping to get to the Sunset Beach Motel, where they would have had the opportunity to eat every three days.
In order to prevent this from happening again, ALP has taken new measures for the next season, which will take place in the Philippines. “On the new edition, we hired two guards who had a boat to intervene if a boat arrived towards the island“, said Alexia Laroche-Joubert. And a member of the production to add:”The next season is a whole different story in terms of respect for the rules.“