Fourteen anonymous candidates and five former stars of the show are gathered in this new season of "Koh-Lanta". Friday evening, the unexpected abandonment of one of the participants moved the viewers very much.

"I had never known a moment like this": the presenter of Koh Lanta Denis Brogniart admitted Friday evening his surprise on social networks, confronted during the fourth episode of the special season The island of heroes, broadcast Friday March 20 on TF1, departing from one of the emblematic candidates of the show

Injured in the abdomen during the comfort test, Sara, in her fifties whose watchword is "There is no fatigue whatsoever", was forced to leave the game on medical decision. She tried to endure the pain, but her condition did not allow her to stay in the game.

Sara had already given up in 2012 due to an ear infection

The adventurer had already participated in the show for the first time in 2012, during a shooting in Malaysia. However, she was forced to abandon the eleventh day due to an ear infection. Two years later, in the new edition special season, she was eliminated at the first council before returning to the game after another candidate abandoned. However, it was eliminated again at the next council.

The departure of Sara, however, benefits another iconic adventurer from Koh Lanta . Teheiura, eliminated at the end of the third episode by the red team, will therefore return, within the yellow team.