Koh-Lanta: Caramoan

Koh-Lanta: Caramoan was the eighth season of the French version of Survivor. This season took place on the Caramoan Peninsula, and was broadcast on TF1 from July 4, 2008 to September 20, 2008 airing on Fridays at 6:55 p.m. The two original tribes this season were Mingao and Tayak. Because Valérie and Céga left the game early, Irya came back into the game, and Alain joined later on.

Koh-Lanta: Caramoan
Presented by	Denis Brogniart
No. of days	40
No. of castaways	17
Winner	Christelle Gauzet
Runner-up	Frédéric Favier
Location	Caramoan Peninsula, Camarines Sur, Philippines
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original release	July 4 (2008-07-04) – September 20, 2008 (2008-09-20)
Season chronology

The winner of this season of Koh-Lanta was Christelle who won the prize of €100,000.

Contestants

List of Koh-Lanta: Caramoan contestants

Contestant				Tribe		Finish
Name	Age	Residence	Occupation	Original	Merged	Placement	Jury	Day
Irya Cissé[a]				Mingao		1st voted out		Day 3
Valérie Tartacède-Bollaert	43	Paris	Expert surveyor			Quit		Day 4
Céga Coulibaly	24	La Courneuve	Storekeeper			Evacuated		Day 5
Irya Cissé	23	Créteil	Model			2nd voted out		Day 6
Morgane Rodriguès	33	Landivisiau	Hairdresser	Tayak		3rd voted out		Day 9
Jessica Joullié	21	Bouzigues	Communications student	Mingao		4th voted out		Day 12
Alain Garcia	41	Grenoble	Baker			5th voted out		Day 15
Jean-Bernard Hauton-Arnaud	40	Marseille	Insurance agent		Koh-Lanta	6th voted out	1st member	Day 18
Hakim Djellali[a]						7th voted out	2nd member	Day 21
Christopher Lavaud	25	Nogent-sur-Marne	Dietary company manager	Tayak		Evacuated		Day 22
Christophe Guttatoro-Martin	39	Neuville-en-Avesnois	Pizzeria boss			8th voted out	2nd member	Day 24
Charlène Hoffness	20	Strasbourg	Literature student	Mingao		9th voted out	3rd member	Day 27
Hakim Djellali	38	Nantes	Garbage collector			10th voted out	Evacuated	Day 30
Régis Colombier	56	Pézenas	Merchant			11th voted out	4th member	Day 33
Carole Rapin	41	La Limouzinière	Jewelry designer	Tayak		12th voted out	5th member	Day 36
Nathalie Ensargueix	29	Montfermeil	Math teacher			Eliminated	6th member	Day 38
Bertrand Bolle	32	Perpignan	Helicopter pilot			13th voted out	7th member	Day 39
Frédéric Favier	31	Échirolles	Carpenter			Runner-up		Day 40
Christelle Gauzet	28	Gujan-Mestras	Police officer			Sole survivor

Future appearances

Jean-Bernard Hauton-Arnaud and Christelle Gauzet late returned for Koh-Lanta: Le Retour des Héros. Christophe Guttatoro-Martin returned for Koh-Lanta: Le Choc des Héros. Bertrand Bolle returned for Koh-Lanta: La Revanche des Héros which Bolle won. Nathalie Ensargueix later returned for Koh-Lanta: Le Combat des Héros. Gauzet returned for a third time in Koh-Lanta: La Légende.

Season summary

Koh-Lanta: Caramoan season summary

Episode		Challenge winner(s)		Eliminated
No.	Air date	Reward	Immunity	Tribe	Player
1	July 4, 2008	Carole, Christopher, Frédéric, Nathalie	None	Mingao	Irya
		Mingao	Tayak
2	July 11, 2008	Tayak	Tayak	Mingao	Valérie
				Mingao	Céga
				Mingao	Irya
3	July 18, 2008	Tayak	Mingao	Tayak	Morgane
4	July 25, 2008	Tayak	Tayak	Mingao	Jessica
5	August 1, 2008	Tayak	Tayak	Mingao	Alain
6	August 8, 2008	Mingao	Bertrand	Koh-Lanta	Jean-Bernard
7	August 15, 2008	Bertrand, Charlène	Christopher		Hakim
8	August 22, 2008	Christelle	Carole		Christopher
					Christophe
9	August 29, 2008	Bertrand [Frédéric]	Bertrand		Charlène
10	September 5, 2008	Frédéric	Frédéric		Hakim
11	September 12, 2008	Bertrand	Bertrand		Régis
12		Nathalie [Christelle]	Frédéric		Carole
13	September 20, 2008	None	Christelle, Frédéric, Bertrand		Nathalie
			Christelle		Bertrand

Voting history

Original tribes Merged tribe Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Day 3 4 5 6 9 12 15 18 21 22 24 27 30 33 36 38 39 Tribe Mingao Mingao Mingao Mingao Tayak Mingao Mingao Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Koh-Lanta Eliminated Irya Valérie Céga Irya Morgane Jessica Alain Jean-Bernard Hakim Christopher Christophe Charlène Hakim Régis Carole Nathalie Bertrand Votes 4-3-1 None None 4-1-1 7-1 4-2 3-2 7-3-1-0 5-3-1-1 None 8-1 6-1-1 5-1-1 5-1 4-1 None 1-0 Voter Vote Challenge Vote Christelle Morgane Jean-Bernard Hakim Christophe Charlène Hakim Régis Carole 1st Bertrand Frédéric Morgane Jean-Bernard Hakim Christophe Charlène Hakim Régis Carole 2nd None Bertrand Morgane Jean-Bernard Hakim Christophe Charlène Hakim Régis Carole 3rd None Nathalie Morgane Jean-Bernard Régis Christophe Charlène Hakim Régis Carole 4th Carole Morgane Jean-Bernard Hakim Christophe Charlène Hakim Régis Nathalie Régis Irya Irya Jessica Alain Hakim Nathalie Christophe Carole Bertrand Frédéric Hakim Valérie Charlène Jessica Charlène Jean-Bernard Charlène Christophe Charlène Nathalie Charlène Irya Irya Alain Alain Hakim Nathalie Christophe Nathalie Christophe Morgane Régis Hakim Hakim Christopher Morgane Jean-Bernard Nathalie Evacuated Jean-Bernard Irya Irya Jessica Alain Hakim Alain Jessica Charlène Jessica Irya Irya Alain Morgane Christophe Irya Valérie Jessica Céga Valérie Evacuated Valérie Hakim Quit Ambassadors Bertrand[b]

Jury vote Episode 13 Day 40 Finalist Christelle Frédéric Votes 6-1 Juror Vote Bertrand Nathalie Carole Régis Charlène Christophe Jean-Bernard

Notes

1. Returned to game.
2. As the two ambassadors for the merged tribe, Bertrand and Jean-Bernard had to cast an extra vote for someone at the first post-merge Tribal Council. They could not come to a decision and drew rocks. Bertrand drew the rock but won immunity, nullifying the extra vote.