Koh-Lanta: Le Retour des Héros

Koh-Lanta: Le Retour des Héros is the first special season of Koh-Lanta and the ninth season overall. It was broadcast on TF1 from January 13 to February 13, 2009.
Romuald Lafite defeated Jade Handi in a 5-2 jury vote to become the Sole Survivor.
==Twists/Changes==
*Shortened Game: Compared to all previous seasons which ran for between 39-43 days, this season ran for only 21 days.
*Fewer Contestants: All previous seasons featured 16 castaways to begin with. This season started with only 14 castaways.
*Returning Players: All the castaways had competed on a previous season.
*Sudden Death Challenge: On Day 1, a challenge occurred where the last two mixed-gendered pairs to finish its first portion would subsequently compete in a footrace to stay in the game. The last man and woman to finish this footrace would be automatically eliminated.
*New Tribe Member: At the first Reward Challenge on Day 4, the winning tribe would be given the opportunity to chose one of the eliminated castaways at the Day 1 challenge to join their tribe. By a 3-2 vote, Jean-Bernard Hauton-Arnaud returned to the game and joined Tupan.
* Ambassadors Elimination: At this season's summit, instead of agreeing on a castaway to receive an extra vote at the first post-merge Tribal Council, the ambassadors must unanimously agree to eliminate one castaway from the game. If they fail to come to a consensus, one of the ambassadors would be eliminated in a rock draw.
==Castaways==
Contestant 	Contestant 	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Finish	VotesAgainst
Contestant 	Contestant 	Original Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Finish	VotesAgainst
 	Amel Fatnassi34, Paris 	 	rowspan="5" 	 	0
 	Jean-Luc Fiorina58, Toulon 	 	 	3 	
 	Moundir Zoughari35, Paris 	 	 	4 	
 	Christelle Gauzet28, Bordeaux 	 	 	4 	
 	Philippe Bordier42, Puy-de-Dôme 	 	 	1 	
 	Clémence Castel24, Toulouse 	 	rowspan="10" 	 	5
 	Émilie Frahi27, Bouches-du-Rhône 	 	 	9 	
 	François-David Cardonnel24, Bouches-du-Rhône	 	 	4 	
 	Tony Sanchez64, Pyrénées-Atlantiques 	 	 	6 	
 	Catherine Ehret-Mader40, Isère 	 	 	8 	
rowspan="2"	Jean-Bernard Hauton-Arnaud41, Marseilles 	rowspan="2" 	 	2 	
 	Jean-Bernard Hauton-Arnaud41, Marseilles 	 	 	2 	
 	Filomène Mendonca37, Boulogne-Billancourt 	 	 	4 	
 	Jade Handi26, Haute-Garonne 	 	Runner-Up 	0 	
 	Romuald Lafite31, Calvados 	 	Sole Survivor 	2 	
==Season Summary==
==Voting History==
==Trivia==
* Many former Koh-Lanta castaways were present for the live reunion and final tally. They were seen celebrating onstage following Romuald's victory.
* Le Retour des Héros is the fourth consecutive season of Koh-Lanta whose final five all belonged to the same starting tribe, following Vanuatu, Palawan and Caramoan.
* This is the most-watched season of Koh-Lanta, averaging 8,288,000 viewers per episode (33.75% of French television viewers) and peaking at 9,169,000 viewers during the finale (39.3% of French television viewers).
* This season featured at least one castaway from every previous season of Koh-Lanta. The highest number of returnees (3 in total) are from Panama.
==References==
Category:Koh-Lanta
Category:Koh-Lanta Seasons
Category:Koh-Lanta: Le Retour des Héros
Category:Seasons
Category:Returning Player Seasons