Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta was the first season of the French version of Survivor , titled Koh-lanta Thailand on the island of Koh Rok, and was broadcast on TF1 from August 4, 2001 to September 22, 2001 airing on Saturdays and Sundays at 6:55 p.m.
Koh-Lanta Presented by Hubert Auriol No. of days43 No. of castaways16 Winner Gilles Nicolet Runner-up Guénaëlle Biras Location Koh Rok Island, Thailand
No. of episodes13 Original release August 4 (2001-08-04 ) – (2001-09-22 )
The winner of this season of Koh-lanta was Gilles, who took home the prize of €100,000.
List of Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta
Contestant
Tribe
Finish
Name
Age
Residence
Occupation
Original
Merged
Placement
Jury
Day
Marie Besnier
22
Saint-Marcellin Communications student
Lanta-Naï
1st voted out
Day 3
Guillaume Noël
24
Saint-Brieuc Car salesman
Korok
2nd voted out
Day 6
Jean-Luc Florina
50
Toulon Retired naval officer
Lanta-Naï
3rd voted out
Day 10
Gaël Gollen
18
Brest Management student
Korok
4th voted out
Day 13
Harry Levy
44
Marseille Dental technician
5th voted out
Day 16
Sandra Acabado
19
Athis-Mons Foreign language student
Lanta-Naï
6th voted out
Day 19
David Noël
24
Estérençuby Musician
Koh-Lanta
7th voted out
Day 22
Stéphane Bertheau
24
Nanterre Graduate in town planning
8th voted out
1st member
Day 25
Géraldine Doyen
27
Avignon Temporary employment in insurance
9th voted out
2nd member
Day 30
Michèle Valembois
58
Toulon-sur-Allier Pensioner
Korok
10th voted out
3rd member
Day 33
William Lecomte
32
Tours Postgraduate student
11th voted out
4th member
Day 36
Françoise Avignon
41
Arras Municipal employee
Lanta-Naï
12th voted out
5th member
Day 40
Romain Bissol
27
Vigneux-sur-Seine Electrician
Korok
Eliminated
6th member
Day 41
Patricia Tanguy
31
La Garenne-Colombes Executive secretary
13th voted out
7th member
Day 42
Guénaëlle Biras
25
Paris Graphic designer
Runner-up
Day 43
Gilles Nicolet
35
Bordeaux Freelance writer
Lanta-Naï
Sole survivor
Les Aventuriers de Koh-Lanta season summary
Episode
Challenge winner(s)
Eliminated
No.
Air date
Reward
Immunity
Tribe
Player
1
August 4, 2001
None Korok
Lanta-Naï
Marie
2
August 5, 2001
Lanta-Naï
Lanta-Naï
Korok
Gillaume
3
August 11, 2001
Korok
Korok
Lanta-Naï
Jean-Luc
4
August 12, 2001
Lanta-Naï
Lanta-Naï
Korok
Gaël
5
August 18, 2001
Lanta-Naï
Lanta-Naï
Korok
Harry
6
August 19, 2001
Lanta-Naï
Korok
Lanta-Naï
Sandra
7
August 25, 2001
None William
Koh-Lanta David
8
August 26, 2001
Françoise
William
Stéphane
9
September 1, 2001
Gilles
Michèle
Geraldine
10
September 2, 2001
Romain
Gilles
Michèle
11
September 8, 2001
William
Guénaëlle
William
12
September 15, 2001
Guénaëlle
Gilles
Françoise
13
September 22, 2001
None Gilles, Guénaëlle, Patricia
Romain
Gilles
Patricia
^ The contestant who placed last in the challenge was automatically eliminated.
Episode
Date
Viewers
Rating Share
1
Saturday, August 4, 2001
4 200 000
38,6%
2
Sunday, August 5, 2001
4 500 000
40,0%
3
Saturday, August 11, 2001
3 500 000
37,2%
4
Sunday, August 12, 2001
4 100 000
41,5%
5
Saturday, August 18, 2001
4 000 000
35,0%
6
Sunday, August 19, 2001
5 700 000
44,0%
7
Saturday, August 25, 2001
3 900 000
38,5%
8
Sunday, August 26, 2001
4 800 000
44,5%
9
Saturday, September 1, 2001
4 600 000
39,5%
