On the boat that takes them to the places of their adventure, the new class of Koh Lanta meet. Smiles are in order, but for how long? Because in their portrait broadcast this Tuesday on TF1, the candidates do not go hand in hand. Fouzi, who manages a hundred people, considers himself “the Mbappé of finance”. Benjamin is “convinced of not being stupid” and wants to watch “people’s sizes to find out who will be likely to last on the posts for a long time”. Jean-Philippe is “convinced that [ses] ideas are usually the best. That’s enough to set the tone for a good season.
When you have such a cast in your hands, you say to yourself that you could let the characters play without intervening. However, the production decided to activate a new lever by introducing the cursed totem. Presented as the “evil twin” of the immunity totem, it will punish the tribe that has it in its possession after each comfort game played by the three teams. Yes, because the yellows and reds are over too. This year, it is the blues, greens and purples who will compete in the events.
A cursed totem “fairly easy to understand”
After a season of The legend complicated, why Koh Lanta doesn’t she go back to the basics completely, with no cursed powers or strategic advantages? “If we came back too often to the classics, you would ask us if we weren’t too afraid of getting bored, answers Denis Brogniart to the question of 20 minutes asked during the press conference. If this program is 21 years old today, it is also because we make the choice, each year, to keep the fundamentals while bringing these surprises which will put this pepper which will avoid weariness. »
Before each new edition, the teams from TF1 and Adventure Line Productions, the production company, meet to find new ideas that will prevent adventurers and viewers from getting bored. “You have to surprise them otherwise they would have the impression of arriving on conquered ground”, assures Alexia Laroche-Joubert. The producer also emphasizes that the cursed totem “is quite easy to understand and very pure in its way of being played”, enough to remain “in respect of the fundamentals with a very simple guideline for dramaturgies. »
Apply and preserve the fundamentals every season
Fans of the first hour, be serene when zapping on TF1 Tuesday evening around 9:10 p.m. “It’s a return to basics with anonymous people of all ages and from all walks of life,” rejoices Rémi Faure, director of stream programs at TF1. On the program: the discovery of these strong characters, tests of comfort and immunity, unmissable advice, survival and strategies.
Applying and preserving the fundamentals each season, such is the line of conduct that Adventure Line Productions wishes to follow. “We are very careful to put elements that disturb but to always repeat the writing that was put in place twenty years ago”, specifies Alexia Laroche-Joubert.
After the gold ring, paradise lost, the immunity bracelet or even the secret weapons, it is up to the candidates to know how to embrace the rules of the cursed totem. “There are new things that work less well than others, says Denis Brogniart. But on a personal level, I believe that the cursed totem brought even a little more speed, surprise, and upset daily life and habits. » Will the curses change the course of the game? Answer from the first episode this Tuesday evening.