Catherine Ehret-Mader

Catherine Ehret-Mader is a contestant from and .
==Profile==
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*Age: 40 ans
*Profession: Gérante de société de prêt-à-porter
*Ville: Isère
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Qu'a bien pu pousser cette maman de 3 enfants, gérante de société de prêt-à-porter, à venir sur Koh-Lanta? Sans doute un passé d'infirmière militaire élevée au scoutisme et au camping! Suffisant pour surmonter les épreuves?
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==Koh-Lanta==
===Panama===
In Panama, Catherine, a devout Catholic, was one of the two scouts of the all-female tribe assigned to travel to camp by helicopter and get a head start on setting up their tribe for camp life, the other being SL. The two did not get along and, sometime after the whole tribe reunited at Chapera beach, SL became close with Linda Alario and Sophie Eeckhout and the trio teased and criticized Catherine for the next few days due to her charisma, appearance, and demeanor. In response, Nathalie Lapicque and Vicky Lemarié defended Catherine against the girls and the former three eventually formed a voting bloc with Amélie Grégoire and Odile Héritier. After losing the second Immunity Challenge, the five voted against Sophie as she was seen as the ringleader of the trio.
On Day 8, the Chapera tribe sent Linda and their two scouts, SL and Catherine, to what they thought was going to be a challenge for reward, but it turned out to be a tribe switch. As a result, they were reassigned to the Mogo tribe and their representatives, Raphaël Andrès, Romuald Lafite, and Alban Mbossoro were reassigned to the Chapera tribe. When Vidéli Dittmar was evacuated and eliminated from the game on Day 10 because his heel wound was worsening, Sophie returned to the game on the Mogo tribe in his place. With Linda and SL reuniting with Sophie and their newfound alliance with Jean-Bernard de Cools and Guillaume Brauer, it seemed that Catherine would be going home due to her challenge weakness and friction with the other women when the Mogo tribe lost the third Immunity Challenge. However, Jean-Bernard and Guillaume weren't trustworthy of Linda and SL and SL had earned the ire of her tribemates, including Linda and Sophie, because they felt that her nastiness towards Catherine had gone too far. Therefore, at the corresponding elimination, SL was voted out unanimously. Soon after Jean-Bernard was voted out unanimously for his laziness, Guillaume became closer to Catherine and began to see her as an older sister. Meanwhile, Philippe Bordier, who had criticized Guillaume earlier for wanting to keep a pearl that the former had retrieved from a mollusk, formed an alliance with Linda and Sophie, who still had a tense relationship with Catherine. Thankfully for Guillaume and Catherine, the Mogo tribe won the sixth Immunity Challenge and made it to the merge.
Surprisingly, at the merged tribe's first elimination, Catherine joined the majority of the second Chapera tribe members in voting out Guillaume, who had received the Ambassadors' vote earlier in the cycle, because she realized that Guillaume was emotionally drained and would benefit from leaving the game. Over the next few days, many of the contestants became ill, with Catherine being one of the more serious cases. Many of the second Chapera tribe members blamed their sickness on eating the moray eel that Raphaël had caught earlier. Being viewed as a traitor to the second Mogo tribe members, Catherine showed her loyalty as an affiliate to the second Chapera tribe members by joining them in the vote against Linda at the next elimination. The loss of Linda resulted in Sophie and Catherine arguing more than ever before. To make matters worse for Catherine, when Odile was evacuated and eliminated from the game on Day 26 due to persisting illness, Linda returned to the game in her place with immunity at the upcoming elimination. Linda happily reunited with Sophie and they argued with Catherine some more, with the latter mentioning that she was furious that two of her biggest enemies in the game, of all people, were given second chances. Sophie was the next intended target of Catherine and the majority alliance because of her injured finger and because Linda was immune, but she and Linda argued to the majority alliance that Catherine did not actually deserve to go any further because of her consistent weakness in challenges. With this, the majority alliance realized that tensions between Linda, Sophie, and Catherine would end right away and the camp would be peaceful if Catherine were eliminated next, so all of Catherine's tribemates, except for Alban, voted out Catherine at the next elimination.
At the Final Tribal Council, Catherine voted for Philippe, who won in a unanimous 7-0 vote.
====Voting History====
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===Le Retour des Héros===
For the first portion of the opening sudden death challenge, Catherine was paired up with François-David Cardonnel. François-David and Catherine were the second pair to finish and, therefore, were safe. After the eliminations of Amel Fatnassi and Jean-Bernard Hauton-Arnaud, François-David and Catherine were assigned to the and Tupan tribes, respectively. Catherine was generally liked by her tribemates, but she was also seen as a weak link in challenges throughout the season. When the Tupan tribe lost the first Immunity Challenge, which was also the first Reward Challenge, Denis Brogniart informed the Tupan tribe that they would have the opportunity to send two people, who ended up being Jade Handi and Romuald Lafite, to retrieve fire for their tribe from a muddy lake later that night. Also, right after the tribe's defeat, Filomène Mendonca called out Catherine as the weakest link of the challenge. Though they thought that Filomène was being too harsh on Catherine, the tribe's men ultimately agreed with her about Catherine back at camp. Conversely, Catherine and Jade believed that Jean-Luc Fiorina was the weakest link of the challenge and, eventually, Filomène changed her mind and agreed with them. Therefore, it was evident that the tribe's allegiances would be split along gender lines going into Tribal Council, with the men planning on voting against Catherine and the women planning on voting against Jean-Luc. However, not appreciating Filomène's sharp tongue, Jean-Luc and Tony Sanchez voted against her instead of Catherine at Tribal Council. Because Romuald was not aware of this new plan, Jean-Luc was ultimately voted out in a 3-2-1 vote.
When the Tupan tribe won the second Reward Challenge on Day 4, they were rewarded with the right to integrate either Amel or Jean-Bernard as a new member of the tribe. The Tupan tribe chose Jean-Bernard, bringing the tribe's numbers back up to six. With three of each gender on the new Tupan tribe, allegiances still seemed to be split along gender lines with Catherine, Jean-Bernard, and Tony being the tribe members most in danger of being voted out. However, this would not matter as the Tupan tribe won the rest of the tribal Immunity Challenges.
Before the tribes merged, Denis Brogniart informed both tribes separately that it was time for them to appoint Ambassadors. He also informed them that the power of the Ambassadors has increased: instead of casting a vote against someone, the Ambassadors have to eliminate someone. Furthermore, if the Ambassadors do not reach a consensus, they would have to opt for a rock draw in which one of them would be eliminated instead. Feeling indebted to her tribe for being the weakest link in challenges, Catherine volunteered to become the Ambassador for the Tupan tribe. At the Ambassadors' Meeting, Catherine met with fellow Panama contestant Philippe Bordier, who became the Ambassador for the Jacaré tribe after drawing the short straw in a straw draw for the position. Philippe and Catherine failed to convince one another to turn on one of their respective allies and, after the consequential rock draw, Philippe was eliminated from the game.
When the tribes merged, the second Tupan tribe members made plans to vote out François-David at the merged tribe's first Tribal Council. However, François-David won the first Immunity Challenge, which prompted the second Tupan tribe members to switch their target to Émilie Frahi in order to potentially throw François-David off of his game in the next cycle. After the challenge, Catherine became faint and had to be temporarily evacuated from the game. As the corresponding Tribal Council approached, the second Tupan tribe members at camp realized that they should target Clémence Castel instead of Émilie because Clémence had already won the game, unlike Émilie, and because Clémence was stronger than Émilie in challenges. Therefore, the second Tupan tribe members, with the exception of Catherine, who was at the infirmary, changed their plans and voted out Clémence instead. At the Final Eight, Tony told François-David that he felt that a man should win the season. Subsequently, within hours, the tribe seemed to be in a subtle battle of the sexes and, the next day, Catherine told Émilie that the women should vote out Jean-Bernard at the next Tribal Council because, of the remaining men, he joined the Tupan tribe later than its other members. Émilie informed François-David about this new idea, realizing that he and the women could pagong the other men over the next few cycles and, in turn, allow the two of them to make it deeper into the game. However, after François-David won the second individual Immunity Challenge, Denis Brogniart revealed to the tribe that, like once earlier in the season, Tribal Council would be taking place right there and then. With no opportunity to confirm the other plan, François-David and Émilie voted against Tony and the second Tupan tribe members voted out Émilie. At the Final Seven, Tony won the individual Immunity Challenge, but later forfeited the immunity totem because he felt like he didn't properly earn this victory because he asked Jade to throw it for him. In spite of this and the tribe being annoyed by Tony's antics at camp, the second Tupan tribe members eliminated the last of the original Jacaré members, François-David, with the exception of Jade who chose not to vote against François-David as a show of respect.
At the Final Six, Catherine and Tony were in conflict at the beginning of the cycle over the way the tribe's shelter was constructed. In the first round of the third individual Reward Challenge, Buggin' Out, Catherine lost to Jade and Romuald. However, she was not eliminated from the challenge as Romuald chose her to be Jade's partner in the second round. Catherine and Jade lost this round and, in turn, the individual Reward Challenge. The next day, Jade won the fourth individual Immunity Challenge. At the corresponding Tribal Council, the women were unified in their votes, unlike the men, and they voted against Tony for his annoying behaviour and for his idea of an all-male alliance, eliminating him in a 3-1-1-1 vote. Going into the Final Five, Romuald, who shared Jade's hunger and passion to win competitions both inside and outside of the game, began to replace Catherine as the affiliate to Jade and Filomène's alliance. Catherine's loved one for the fourth individual Reward Challenge, Choose Your Weapon, was her daughter Clotilde. Romuald broke Jean-Bernard's arrow after winning the first round and, in turn, Catherine broke Romuald's arrow after winning the second round. When Romuald went to sit next to Jean-Bernard, the latter vented to the former that the contestants with significant others as their loved ones, Jade, Romuald, and himself, should have stuck together in the challenge. Overhearing this, Catherine and Filomène were annoyed and Catherine responded to Jean-Bernard that no loved one had priority over another. Ultimately, Filomène won the challenge. Back at camp, Catherine and Jean-Bernard continued to argue that day and the next over Jean-Bernard's opinion concerning the Loved Ones Challenge and Jean-Bernard's neglect of a fire, respectively. Jean-Bernard, who was in danger of being eliminated next, won the fifth individual Immunity Challenge. At the corresponding Tribal Council, Catherine was voted out unanimously as Romuald succeeded in solidifying his affiliation to Jade and Filomène better than Catherine did hers.
====Voting History====
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==Post-Koh-Lanta==
==Trivia==
* Catherine is the oldest woman to compete on .
==References==
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Category:Female Contestants
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Category:Koh-Lanta: Panama
Category:Koh-Lanta: Panama Contestants
Category:Chapera Tribe (France)
Category:Merged Tribe (Panama)
Category:Koh-Lanta: Panama Jury Members
Category:8th Place
Category:Contestants Appearing in Multiple Seasons
Category:Koh-Lanta: Le Retour des Héros
Category:Le Retour des Héros Contestants
Category:Tupan Tribe
Category:Merged Tribe (Le Retour des Héros)
Category:Le Retour des Héros Jury Members
Category:5th Place