His elimination was decided… by drawing lots. In two rounds of voting, the adventurers of the yellow team did not manage to decide between Stephanie and Benjamin. So it had to be left to chance. And this was unfavorable to the 24-year-old accountant from Loire-Atlantique who therefore saw his torch go out at the conclusion of the fourth episode of Koh-Lanta, the cursed totem broadcast Tuesday on TF1.
Going on a draw is it infuriating or is it comforting to say that it is due to chance?
I would not speak of chance but of destiny. It’s comforting to tell yourself that you’re not eliminated because people didn’t like you, but because fate decided so.
Did you feel in danger before the council?
Yes, Setha had come to tell me that Stéphanie, Anne-Sophie, Yannick – the former purples, overall – were ready to vote against me. That Alexandra votes against me, it was obvious, I had no doubt about it.
At the council, before the votes, you emptied your bag with Alexandra, whom you do not carry in your heart. Did you say to yourself that if you leave, it’s better to settle your accounts before?
It was not a calculated moment, my nervousness was not calculated. Alexandra was complaining about my behavior when she was responsible for our team’s loss in the immunity test. She hadn’t even understood the rule, in fact. On that, we break a lot of records because, the fact that she doesn’t know how to swim, still passes, it’s not her fault if she’s not trained, but for not having managed to understand a rule that has been explained several times – at least three – it must be done. Normally there should be no problem. That she tries to defend herself by talking about my inactivity when she is far from being as productive as me or as effective on the tests displeased me… There are times when I shone on the collective tests . She has never proven herself.
Did you understand that your aversion to her was mutual?
I felt it. When, after the lost immunity test, on the camp, I say to him several times “What do you mean, you didn’t understand the rules? » and she answers me : « Yeah, I didn’t understand », I’m taken aback. “No, but are you serious when you tell me that? Either all of her neurons weren’t connected at the time and, suddenly, she didn’t understand the rules. Either, it’s just that she messed up and is hiding behind an alleged misunderstanding. Honestly not understanding an ordeal on Koh Lanta, It has to be done. We cannot blame Denis Brogniart, he explains very well.
In your presentation portrait, you highlight your qualities as a strategist… It was more difficult than expected, if not impossible to demonstrate…
Yes, I overestimated my skills. Koh Lanta, it’s difficult. When you want to participate, you try to give your strengths and weaknesses by being as honest as possible. Frankly, I thought I had a sense of strategy but I realized that between theory and practice, there is a world. I couldn’t do everything I wanted the way I wanted because I had underestimated the frame Koh Lantalike having very little food.
Looking back, do you have any remorse?
No. And no regrets either. I didn’t feel like I was living half an adventure. I loved it all from start to finish.