TF1 broadcasts Friday evening the final of the 22nd season (except special seasons) of Koh Lanta.
Producer Alexia Laroche-Joubert, guest of the "Culture Médias" show, she reveals at Philippe Vandel's microphone how the famous pole test was created, which punctuates each final episode of the adventure show.
INTERVIEW
Who says
Koh Lanta
says pole tests.
The final challenge of the TF1 adventure show has become, over the seasons, iconic.
To the point that it is unthinkable for French fans that a
Koh Lanta
season
turns out to be another event.
Season 22 of the show, "The Secret Weapons", ends on Friday with this challenge.
Invited on the very day of the
Culture Médias program
, producer Alexia Laroche-Joubert reveals at Philippe Vandel's microphone how the idea for this event was born.
>> Find Philippe Vandel and Culture-Médias every day from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Europe 1 as well as in replay and podcast here
An invention
made in France
"Nobody knows the story of what inspired the creation of the pole test," recalls the producer, on the verge of breaking the secret. “In the end, it comes from the flamingos. It's Yann Le Gac, who is the creator of most of Koh-Lanta's games, who one day sees flamingos standing on one foot. says he's going to invent the pole test. "
The famous Yann Le Gac is far from being an unknown. You have even inevitably seen it on television: it is he who plays Father Fouras in Fort Boyard. And his invention has spread throughout the international versions of Koh Lanta, even if not all countries make the same use as France. "We are the only country to systematically end the seasons with the pole test," observes Alexia Laroche-Joubert. "Other countries have other events, but it is true that she is iconic of Koh-Lanta."