Death threats, medical abandonment… Alexandra from “Koh-Lanta” confides

The stifling heat of the orienteering test and the fatigue of the 30 days of adventure had the effect of Alexandra's health. She returns to her journey for "20 Minutes"

Alexandra from "Koh-Lanta" could leave for a new season - © Philippe LEROUX / ALP / TF1

After 30 days of adventure, Alexandra was eliminated from Koh-Lanta for medical reasons during the orientation test.
Threatened with death on social networks, the candidate filed a complaint.
Today, she takes stock of her adventure and its extras, both positive and negative, for 20 Minutes .

It is a strange fate that has been reserved for Alexandra for this final of Koh-Lanta . Arriving until the orientation test, the candidate did not manage to go to the end and had to forfeit for medical reasons. Target of hate messages on social networks, the fifties learned to take a step back after filing a complaint. From now on, Alexandra keeps only the positive of her adventure, namely the surpassing of herself and the emotional ties with the team of the Yellow, as she explains to 20 Minutes .

What happened during the orientation test, when you left?

It was very, very hot that day, and after all the deprivation and lack of sleep for the past few days, my body said stop. I had a very, very bad headache, I started to stagger, so I called a doctor for a drug, it took my blood pressure. I had a bradycardia attack. He deemed it necessary to have me evacuated. Then I went to the clinic. We couldn't take the break, it was too late. It's hard to accept at this stage of the game but health is the most important.

This is the first time that there has been a medical abandonment during the orientation test…

Here it is… It's me… Denis Brogniart had told me that I had become legendary with the lazy ordeal, but I also entered legend with medical abandonment at the orientation ( laughs ). For a while now, I shouldn't have been focused on what I was looking for. I thought to myself, "If I call the doctor, he may get me out. I just wanted a stamp. When he saw my condition, he told me that it was impossible to continue.

During the orientation, Claude tells you several times that you were not in the right area. How did you feel at the time?

It's annoying because Claude didn't want us to walk on his territory. With Moussa, we were lost. The two objects to be identified must not be far from each other, so we walked on them. I think we may not have been in the right area either. When Claude gets angry, he gets angry, and I too got annoyed, because it was hot too. In this test, you have to control your nerves. It was a terrible heat, and it lasted a very long time, so at the least thing, it leaves.

You have received hate messages on social networks. Are you relieved that the broadcast stops to be able to blow?

To be honest, at one point I wish I had been eliminated before. After, I said to myself that I had no right to say that, I experienced a great thing. What was hard for me was the containment. Since the deconfinement, people who recognize me in the street are nice, they want to take pictures. These are the real people. Today, I tell myself that if I had to do another one, I would do another one. It is not haters and haters who will dictate anything to me. I spent several sleepless nights at the beginning, when I read messages saying that they were going to kill me and kill my children… When you participate in a game and it happens to the police station to file a complaint, there is something something is wrong. I was confused but I took a step back. I am so proud of my journey, that is what is most important.

You were very strong in the events, but you did not manage to win one. Is there frustration?

There is a question of age, we are not the same at 45 as at 25. After, I have a frustration on the bag test with Naoil. I was on the verge of success, I would have liked so much to end in style. But the bags were heavy, Naoil is not the same size as me, I had lost ten pounds. You can see that I'm skinny and I was already struggling, I struggled but I gave everything I had. I fought and I am proud of my journey.

In 30 days of adventure, we imagine that a lot has happened. What is the most memorable moment that you remember?

I think it's the lazy ordeal. It marked me because I told myself that I had a mind. We don't face that in everyday life. I am a sports coach and I always tell my members that it is the mind that counts, but we never go that far. There, it is in the extreme. This is perhaps what was most striking.

On the contrary, is there something you regret?

I may regret being too natural, especially when I say things in front of the cameras. I would turn my way of speaking differently. If I had to do it again, I would control what I say a little more. I am too frank, when someone asks me a question, I answer it. I didn't play a game, I stayed myself, but it got me so much criticism that if I did it again, I would have more control over my image.

After two months of confinement, you will finally be able to find the yellow team during the live final ...

We are still in contact, we have a group of Yellow people and we call each other regularly. It was a team united on the screen and united on a daily basis. It's a pretty special final, but we still have the right to a direct so we're happy, even if there will be security measures. This may be the only opportunity we will have to meet so we will savor it.

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