Tuesday, December 7, 2021, TF1 broadcast the penultimate episode of Koh-Lanta, The Legend. Claude, Phil, Laurent, Ugo and Jade competed in the legendary orienteering event, hoping to win their place on the posts and perhaps even in the final. Finally, the three qualified are Ugo, Claude and Laurent. Jade, the last woman still in the running, is eliminated. A sad end for the one who already saw herself among the last two survivors. In interview for Purepeople.com, the adventurer indulges in this third experience on the other side of the world. The separation with her adorable little girl, the truth about Claude’s last vote, his resemblance to a famous footballer, the reasons for his desire to give up or his clashes with Alix, Jade says it all.
What goes through your head when you realize that it’s over for you?
I say to myself: “But what was it that I sucked!” (laughs). I was disappointed with myself. I only had this step to go, and I had already passed it twice successfully. The third time, I was unsuccessful. I wanted to go there without stress, I wanted to take my time. Maybe that’s what made me lose. If I had passed the orientation stage, I was sure to be a finalist. I was sure I would win the posts. I master the art of staying still like that. And then, facing boys it would have been that much easier.
Do you think the pole test is easier for a girl?
The girls’ center of gravity is much lower. So stability and balance are better than for a boy, obviously.
You are the last woman of this Koh-Lanta, The Legend, how do you live it?
What I was looking for was above all victory, not to be the last woman. I tried to bring a little femininity to this final bob. I managed to get into an alliance of men that was super strong. When I see Phil voting against Ugo for my benefit, I tell myself that I have created strong bonds. But it goes beyond the male / female differences, at this point we are adventurers with no gender difference.
During the last council, Claude voted against you because “you had the easiest adventure“. What do you think ?
It makes me laugh! (laughs) I think Claude said that in comparison to the journey of Ugo, who spent time on the Island of the Outcast. But Claude’s vote was not necessarily necessary. I know the truth (laughs).
What is this truth?
I think we understand it in the episodes. Claude is for the elimination of Ugo, just like Phil and Laurent. But he wanted to play it sport, especially since his vote was not going to change the situation. He must have told himself that he didn’t want to overwhelm Ugo, put all the voices on him.
Earlier in the adventure, you don’t seem to get along with Alix. An argument even broke out … What happened?
With Alix, we just didn’t get along. It didn’t match, maybe it’s a question of energy. It has to happen in quite a few seasons. We did not have the same vision of the game. She wanted to advance at all costs by any means. I didn’t see things like that, I had a certain ethic and certain values. The mere fact that she put my first name – when she could have told me … Trust was broken from that point on.
This Koh Lanta seemed very difficult for you emotionally speaking, why?
The strategy is so strong. We are a little under the influence of the adventures already experienced and we hope to find the same serenity, the same difficulty. I was carried by my two adventures and I thought to find the same balance. That was not the case. I was the only one of my season. I was quite confused by it. And then I couldn’t find a connection, already on the girls’ camp. When I saw that Karima, sportingly ready, was eliminated, I did not understand why. Eliminate the strongest, is that the mentality? And the elimination of Namadia, that was the hammer blow. He didn’t want to vote against a red so not against Alix, it was me who insisted. I have my share of responsibility for his departure. I had the impression of having stolen the adventure of Namadia which still had a long road to follow.
You left your little girl. How did you experience the separation?
At first, I didn’t want to leave because I was still breastfeeding my daughter. I didn’t know how she was going to react. I am very close to her. So the fact of not having your mom to sleep with her every night … That made me hesitate a lot. And then also not knowing if she is well … It is a perpetual anguish. There, I wondered why I was doing this to myself. Knowing that I had already won Koh-Lanta! In the game, you are facing yourself, facing the emotions, the pain away from my daughter. A lot of things are going on in the head.
On social networks, some compare you to footballer Matteo Guendouzi! What do you think ?
(Laughs)! It made me laugh a lot! Maybe it’s curly hair … It’s true that there was a little air. I may be his hidden sister (laughs). More seriously, I don’t know him at all, we really don’t have any connection.
Still on social networks, some threaten candidates with death and insult them. What do you think about that ?
It’s terrible. I better understand the strategies on the island that are complicated to set up. Because we risk taking a lot of money afterwards. When I see Coumba threatened with death and insulted, it hurts my heart. I wonder if people react the same way to a series or a movie. Think, I don’t mind. But how can they go so far as to write all this down? And then the racial insults have nothing to do there. There is no connection between the strategies and the fact that she is black. It makes no sense. There is no such thing as this kind of insult.
Among the three finalists, who do you think will win this Koh-Lanta, The Legend ?
All three have the level to win Koh Lanta. I think that it will be played with the affinities during the final council. It will be up to the one who has the best to manage the social aspect. Me, my favorite is Laurent.
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