Koh-Lanta: La Légende

Koh-Lanta: La Légende is the seventh special season of Koh-Lanta and the twenty-seventh season overall. It was broadcast on TF1 from August 24 to December 14, 2021.
This season featured twenty of the show's most iconic former contestants to commemorate its 20th anniversary. 
Initially, Claude Dartois defeated Laurent Maistret in a 9-4 jury vote to become the Sole Survivor. However, due to accusations of both the finalists (among several others) cheating by means of stealing food from the production's base of operations, neither was awarded the title of Sole Survivor. Production instead donated the €100,000 grand prize to the Bertrand-Kamal Foundation in remembrance of Les 4 Terres castaway Bertrand-Kamal Loudhiri, who passed away during his respective season's broadcast from pancreatic cancer.https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/divertissement/article/koh-lanta-la-legende-ce-que-l-on-sait-des-tricheries-avant-la-finale_189807.htmlhttps://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2021/12/koh-lanta-la-legende-no-winner/ 
==Production==
The production flew in four alternates for this season, consisting of two men and two women: 
* Loïc () and Sandro ().
*Béatrice () and another undisclosed person. 
Loïc entered the game following Freddy's evacuation during Episode 1.https://www.programme-tv.net/news/tv/281738-koh-lanta-all-stars-2021-decouvrez-lidentite-des-aventuriers-remplacants-de-cette-saison/
==Twists/Changes==
* Legends: Twenty former Koh-Lanta castaways return for another chance at the Sole Survivor title.
* Battle of the Sexes: At the start of the game, the castaways are divided into two tribes based on gender. Those tribes don't have any color, flag, or buff.
* Double Tribal Council: In the first two episodes, both tribes attend Tribal Council to each vote out one person. In both occurrences, they compete separately for individual immunity in two different challenges, with both the first and second-place finishers earning immunity in each challenge. The first-place finishers also gain an additional power to be used at the next Tribal Council:
** For the first Tribal Council, they can give an Extra Vote to a castaway on the opposite tribe.
** For the second Tribal Council, they can give immunity to a member of the opposite tribe after the votes have been cast.
* Penalty Vote after Challenge: In the individual Immunity Challenges of the first two episodes, the castaways that finish in the last two places receive a penalty vote against them at the next Tribal Council. Penalty votes do not extend through a revote.
* Isle of the Banished: After departing Tribal Council, the voted out castaways are given the choice to permanently leave the game or go into the unknown for a chance to come back. If they choose the latter option, they are taken to the Isle of the Banished, a small island with little resources. The residents of the island compete in an elimination duel every three days until the merge, where the last two castaways standing return to the main game.
* Tribe Switch: On Day 6, the men's and women's tribes are dissolved. A Reward Challenge is held, with the first phase being a relay race: starting with the two winners of the previous Immunity Challenge, each castaway picks a torch corresponding to another player, who becomes their tribemate and goes on to pick another torch. The Reward Challenge then continues with the two new tribes formed.
* Pre-merge Individual Challenge: On Day 12, an individual Reward Challenge is held. Two castaways per tribe could qualify for the final phase, with the first three finalists winning reward.
* Impromptu Tribal Council: On Day 13, Tribal Council is held immediately after the Immunity Challenge, at the challenge site.
* Replacement: Due to Freddy Boucher being evacuated before the first Tribal Council, Loïc Riowal entered the game on Day 2 to replace him.
* Ambassadors: At the merge, both tribes must appoint a castaway from the opposite tribe to attend the ambassadors meeting, where their purpose is to directly eliminate a castaway from the game. If the ambassadors do not agree on a name, one of the two regular ambassadors is eliminated by a rock draw.
** Secret Ambassadors: : Following the last Duel of the Banished, both winners of the challenge joined the Ambassadors as Secret Ambassadors. Unbeknownst to the other castaways, they can then participate in the decision of eliminating a castaway from the game and they will then joined the merged tribe.
* Tied Destinies: On Day 23, the ten remaining castaways are divided into five pairs by a rock draw. Until the next Tribal Council, the fate of each contestant is linked to their partner: the challenges are competed by pairs, and the person voted out at Tribal Council causes their partner's demise.
==Castaways==
Contestant 	Contestant 	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Finish 	Isle of theBanished Status	VotesAgainst
Contestant 	Contestant 	Original Tribe 	Switched Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Finish 	Isle of theBanished Status	VotesAgainst
 	Freddy Boucher36, , ,, & 	 	 	 	 	 	1
 	Patrick Merle51, & 	 	 	 	 	 	7
 	Cindy Poumeyrol33, 	 	 	 	 	 	6
 	Karima Najjarine32, 	 	 	 	 	 	6
 	Maxime Berthon34, 	 	 	 	 	 	10
 	Candice Boisson24, & 	 	 	 	 	 	6
 	Clémentine Jullien29, & 	 	 	 	 	 	5
 	Namadia Thaï Thaï38, 	 	 	 	 	 	4
 	Coumba Baradji38, , ,& 	 	 	 	 	 	4
rowspan="2"	Clémence Castel36, , ,& 	rowspan="2" 	rowspan="2" 	rowspan="15" 	 	 	22
 	Clémence Castel36, , ,& 	 	 	 	 	 	22
 	Teheiura Teahui43, , ,, &	 	 	 	 	0 	
 	Alexandra Pornet34, 	 	 	 	 	6 	
 	Loïc Riowal21, 	 	 	 	 	0 	
 	Christelle Gauzet41, & 	 	 	 	 	8 	
 	Alix Noblat30, 	 	 	 	 	19 	
 	Sam Haliti23, 	 	 	 	 	8 	
 	Jade Handi39, & 	 	 	 	 	8 	
 	Phil Bizet50, & 	 	 	 	 	3 	
rowspan="3"	Ugo Latriche40, 	rowspan="3" 	rowspan="3" 	 	 	14 	
 	Ugo Latriche40, 	 	 	 	 	14 	
 	Ugo Latriche40, 	 	 	 	 	14 	
 	Laurent Maistret39, & 	 	 	 	Runner-Up 	4 	
 	Claude Dartois42, , ,& 	 	 	 	Sole SurvivorTitle Revoked	0 	
==Season Summary==
==Voting History==
==Trivia==
*With this season, Christelle Gauzet and Jade Handi currently hold the record for the largest gap between appearances in two different seasons (including special seasons), with 18 seasons.
**Meanwhile, Clémence Castel and Coumba Baradji currently hold the record for the largest gap between their first and most recent appearances (including special seasons), with 22 seasons.
*Although the "Isle of the Banished" twist is similar to the name of the twist used in Malaisie, it works in a very different fashion (similar to Exile Island from Le Combat des Héros).
*This was the first aired season in the Survivor franchise that finished without an official winner, as Claude Dartois had his title revoked for cheating.
==References==
Category:Koh-Lanta
Category:Koh-Lanta Seasons
Category:Koh-Lanta: La Légende
Category:Seasons
Category:Returning Player Seasons