TF1 launched on Tuesday evening
Koh-Lanta, the legend
, the 20-year anniversary season of the adventure game.
This season brings together twenty iconic adventurers, including Freddy.
The thirty-something is participating in the show for the fifth time.
Freddy had to quit the game on the first day of filming, after being injured in an event.
“I had envisioned a lot of things but this was not one of them.
I was rather worried about being eliminated first for not having been strategic enough, ”he told
20 Minutes
.
The frustration is immense for Freddy.
The thirty-something, who was participating for the fifth time in
Koh-Lanta
, was forced to leave the anniversary season,
The Legend
, on the first day of filming, for medical reasons.
As the faithful of the show saw during the episode broadcast Tuesday on TF1, the adventurer was injured during the very first test, a particularly difficult obstacle course.
"I had prepared this adventure, I wanted to live it", he confides to
20 Minutes
.
When you participate in "Koh-Lanta", do you imagine the possibility of having to give up due to injury?
I had envisioned many things but this was not one of them.
I was rather worried that I would be eliminated first for not being strategic enough.
It's super hard to start with an injury, especially on the first test of the first episode.
I have the impression of not having lived my
Koh-Lanta
.
I haven't eaten a single piece of coconut, I haven't even bathed in Tahitian water.
When the doctor announces to you that you will not be able to resume the adventure, was it the hammer blow or you had prepared yourself for it as soon as you were taken over by the emergency services?
It was not the doctor who told me that.
After I injured myself, I was evacuated to the hospital.
I had an X-ray and was diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder.
A doctor put it back in place and suddenly it got better.
I had the impression that I could resume the adventure the next day.
I spent the night at the medical center and, in the morning, Denis Brogniart arrived to tell me that, for medical reasons, I will not be able to join the adventure again.
And there, my world collapsed.
I had prepared this adventure, I wanted to live it.
You say in your portrait that you had been preparing for a year ...
More than that: I trained for the show for almost over two years.
For the record, the production contacted me in January 2019 to participate in
The Island of Heroes
[season broadcast last year during the first confinement], so I started my preparation by joining a bootcamp, a summer camp. training supervised by former soldiers, during four months in Australia.
For personal reasons, I was unable to participate in
Island of Heroes
- my older brother's wedding was happening at the same time.
But I told myself that the production was necessarily going to organize something for Koh-Lanta's twenty years.
So I decided to continue my training, to be ready in case someone called me back.
Did you take time to recover from this hasty departure?
It was hard at the time, a big blow to morale.
This adventure, I was waiting for it.
But I knew, and I had warned my darling about that, that
Koh-Lanta
always has surprises in store and that I could be the first to be eliminated.
I didn't expect it to be an injury, but I had it in mind, even though I was going to win.
I'm still disappointed, but I got over it.
Would you be up for a sixth participation?
If I am offered it, it is a direct yes!
I don't have the impression of having lived this adventure apart from having been on the starting line.
Are you going to watch this season or are you going to avoid?
I can't wait to see her on TV because suddenly I don't know what happens after I leave.
Out of all the adventurers in the cast who do you think deserves to win?
I will give a Top 3, the one I would like to see on the posts: Laurent, Claude and Clémentine.
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