This is an announcement that no one expected! Franck, adventurer of the green Ilogs in Koh-Lanta, The Cursed Totem, feels out of place in the Philippines. After the failure of his team at the comfort game, he brings up the idea of leaving the filming. A few words that he ends up saying firmly and definitively: “I’m leaving the adventure now, on my own!“Unsurprisingly, this decision is like a bomb…
“You suspect that it is absolutely not against you, quite the contrary. But simply, I no longer take pleasure in the adventure. I’m no longer in it“, declares Franck, who had been intoxicated by a wild taro, in front of the rest of his team. This choice does not pass with his teammates! François then tries to reason with him, asking him to take the time to think about the situation. and above all not to give up in the face of the difficulties encountered… In vain… Franck’s decision is made.
The team judges this abandonment “self-centered” and “cowardly“. Especially since such a departure made by choice and not on medical decision does not lead to a replacement. Leaving Koh-Lanta, The Cursed Totem, Franck handicaps his team which will find itself understaffed. Nicolas even considers that it is a “knife in the back“. For his part, Louana is also angry. “You’re ruining our adventure“, she says to the fifty-year-old. Same observation with Captain Jean-Philippe: “He penalizes us, I get shivers… I had chosen him for his wisdom, his experience (…). I am disgusted.“
Franck’s abandonment, a question of ego?
Then, facing the camera, she gets annoyed: “He lost the first day in the puzzle, it hit him (…) then in the rubber band he was not necessarily efficient, he did not give everything then today he started on my hands. We still lost the race a little compared to him. So there is ego, he came to give everything and he realizes that he is not necessarily super good in the trials. He may also be going out because he feels in danger and doesn’t want to see his name on a piece of paper. But it’s very small, we don’t register for Koh-Lanta for that! It sucks!“
Finally, Franck is questioned by Denis Brogniart on his motivations. “I feel that my place is no longer here. I no longer feel that energy I had, helping other adventurers. Especially in difficulty. Maybe I’ll regret it, but I’ll know by doing ithe believes. I have no interest in staying if I don’t feel like it. Koh-Lanta is living your own adventure and I no longer feel that I am living my own adventure.“Goodbye Frank!