Koh-Lanta: Bocas del Toro

Koh-Lanta: Bocas del Toro
Season Information
Version	France
Season No.	3
Filming Location	Bocas del Toro Province, Panama
Filming Dates	2003
Season Run	June 6, 2003 - August 28, 2003
No. of Episodes	13
No. of Days	40
No. of Castaways	18
Winner	Delphine Bano Isabelle Seguin
Tribes	Boro Machiga Merged Tribe
Prize for Winner	€100,000
Viewership (in Millions)	5.414
Cast
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous	Nicoya
Next	Panama

Koh-Lanta: Bocas del Toro is the third season of Koh-Lanta.

Bocas del Toro is remembered for its harsh living conditions that led to five medical evacuations and one quit. After 40 days, Delphine Bano and Isabelle Seguin tied in a 3-3 jury vote at the Final Tribal Council. As a result, both were declared Dual Survivors. To date, the season has produced three returning players (Antoine Sanchez, Moundir Zoughari and Moussa Niangane) for future seasons.

Production

Filmed in 2003, the season took place in the Bocas del Toro Province in Panama. The series later returned to Panama for the fourth season, which was filmed in the Pearl Islands.

The prize for the winner was €100,000, equivalent to roughly US$109,000 in 2023.

Twists/Changes

• Schoolyard Pick: The oldest male and female castaways would choose their tribemates in a Schoolyard Pick.
• Replacements: Due to the high amount of evacuations and quits that took place this season, two castaways returned after their initial elimination, and two new castaways entered midway through the game.
• Mock Vote/Exile Islet: As the season didn't have enough people to replace all of the evacuations and quits during the season, at the Day 31 Tribal Council, rather than being voted out of the game, the castaway with the most votes would be exiled for 48 hours.
• Late Merge: The tribes merged when only eight castaways remained.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation			Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Alexandra Denikine 27, Paris Wine Merchant	Boro			Evacuated Day 4	0
	Candice Cohen 23, Val-de-Marne Communications Student	Machiga			Quit Day 5	0
	Michel Jeandel 41, Meurthe-et-Moselle Roofer	Machiga	Machiga		Evacuated Day 10	1
	Sophie Guilloix 40, Alpes-Maritimes Disc Jockey	Machiga	Machiga		3rd Voted Out Day 10	7
	Julie Bourdon 22, La Garenne-Colombes Waitress	Boro	Boro		Evacuated Day 11	0
	Linda Penard 25, Rennes Hairdresser	Boro	Boro		4th Voted Out Day 13	6
	Philippe Huquet 43, Isère Former Entrepreneur	Boro	Boro		Evacuated Day 14	0
	Alexandre Bérard 22, Val-d'Oise Business School Student	Machiga	Machiga		5th Voted Out Day 16	5
	Richard Lecourt 32, Indre-et-Loire Farmer	Boro	Machiga		1st Voted Out Day 4 Evacuated Day 19	7
	Sylvie Rivoal 26, Gironde Secretary	Boro	Boro		6th Voted Out Day 22	4
	Sébastien Loew 29, Garges-les-Gonesse Bookseller	Machiga	Machiga	Merged Tribe	2nd Voted Out Day 7 7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 25	10
	Valérie Dot 31, Seine-et-Marne Flight Attendant	Machiga	Machiga		8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 28	5
	Hélène Patry 27, Nice Literature Teacher	Boro	Boro		9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 34	3
	Moundir Zoughari 29, Paris Sports Instructor	Boro	Boro		10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 37	7
	Antoine Sanchez 58, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Retired Police Officer	Boro	Boro		Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 38	3
	Moussa Niangane 22, Bagneux Video Club Manager	Machiga	Machiga		11th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 39	7
	Delphine Bano 32, Haute-Savoie Catering Waitress		Boro		Dual Survivors	0
	Isabelle Seguin 40, Bourg-en-Bresse Second-Hand Goods Dealer	Machiga	Machiga			3

Season Summary

Episode	Air date	Challenges		Eliminated (Vote)	Finish
		Reward	Immunity
1	June 6, 2003	None	Machiga	Alexandra (no vote)	Evacuated Day 4
				Richard (5-2)	1st Voted Out Day 4
2	June 13, 2003	Boro	Boro	Candice (no vote)	Quit Day 5
				Sébastien (5-1-1)	2nd Voted Out Day 7
3	June 20, 2003	Machiga	Boro	Michel (no vote)	Evacuated Day 10
				Sophie (6-1)	3rd Voted Out Day 10
4	June 27, 2003	Machiga	Machiga	Julie (no vote)	Evacuated Day 11
				Linda (4-2)	4th Voted Out Day 13
5	July 4, 2003	Machiga	Boro	Philippe (no vote)	Evacuated Day 14
				Alexandre (4-2)	5th Voted Out Day 16
6	July 11, 2003	Machiga	Boro	Richard (no vote)	Evacuated Day 19
7	July 18, 2003	Boro	Machiga	Sylvie (4-1)	6th Voted Out Day 22
8	July 25, 2003	None	Hélène	Sébastien (5-4)1	7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 25
9	August 1, 2003	Moussa	Antoine	Valérie (5-2)	8th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 28
10	August 8, 2003	Delphine, Moussa	Hélène	Antoine (3-2-1)2	Sent to Exile Islet Day 31
11	August 15, 2003	Hélène [Isabelle]	Moussa	Hélène (3-2-1)	9th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 34
12	August 22, 2003	Moundir [Moussa]	Moussa	Moundir (3-1-1)	10th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 37
13	August 29, 2003	None	Isabelle	Antoine (no vote)3	Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 38
			Delphine
			Moussa
			Isabelle	Moussa (1-0)	13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 39
		Jury Vote		Delphine Isabelle (3-3)4	Dual Survivors
Notes: ^1 At the ambassadors meeting, Isabelle and Delphine agreed to cast the extra vote against Moussa. ^2 Due to the high amounts of evacuations and quits during the season, the castaway who received the most votes at the Day 31 Tribal Council would be exiled for 48 hours. ^3 At the final four, the remaining castaways competed in an elimination challenge. Antoine came in last and was eliminated. ^4 According to the rules of Koh-Lanta, if a tie occurs at the Final Tribal Council, both finalists are declared winners.

Voting History

		Original Tribes				Switched Tribes								Merged Tribe
Episode		1		2		3		4		5		6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Voted Out		Alexandra	Richard	Candice	Sébastien	Michel	Sophie	Julie	Linda	Philippe	Alexandre	Richard	Sylvie	Sébastien	Valérie	Mock Vote	Hélène	Moundir	Antoine	Moussa	Isabelle	Delphine
Vote		No vote1	5-2	No vote2	5-1-1	No vote3	6-1	No vote4	4-2	No vote5	4-2	No vote6	4-1	5-47	5-2	3-2-18	3-2-1	3-1-1	No vote9	1-010	3-311
►	Delphine											—	Sylvie	Sébastian	Valérie	Antoine	Antoine	Moundir	—	None	Jury Vote
►►	Isabelle	—	—	—	Sébastien	—	Sophie	—	—	—	Alexandre	—	—	Moussa	Moussa	Antoine	Antoine	Moundir	—	Moussa
►►	Moussa	—	—	—	Sébastien	—	Sophie	—	—	—	Alexandre	—	—	Sébastien	Valérie	Antoine	Hélène	Antoine	—	None		Delphine
►►	Antoine	—	Linda	—	—	—	—	—	Linda	—	—	—	Sylvie	Sébastien	Valérie	Isabelle	Hélène	Moundir	Eliminated		Isabelle
►►	Moundir	—	Richard	—	—	—	—	—	Linda	—	—	—	Sylvie	Sébastien	Valérie	Isabelle	Hélène	Isabelle			Isabelle
►►	Hélène				—	—	—	—	Moundir	—	—	—	Sylvie	Sébastien	Valérie	Moussa	Moundir					Delphine
►►	Valérie	—	—	—	Sébastien	—	Sophie	—	—	—	Alexandre	—	—	Moussa	Moussa							Delphine
►►	Sébastien	—	—	—	Sophie		Sophie	—	—	—	Richard	—	—	Moussa							Isabelle
►	Sylvie	—	Richard	—	—	—	—	—	Linda	—	—	—	Moundir
►	Richard	—	Linda			—	Sophie	—	—	—	Alexandre	Evacuated
►	Alexandre	—	—	—	Sébastien	—	Sophie	—	—	—	Richard
►	Philippe	—	Richard	—	—	—	—	—	Linda	Evacuated
►	Linda	—	Richard	—	—	—	—	—	Moundir
►	Julie	—	Richard	—	—	—	—	Evacuated
►	Sophie	—	—	—	Michel	—	Alexandre
►	Michel	—	—	—	Sébastien	Evacuated
	Candice	—	—	Quit
	Alexandra	Evacuated
Ambassadors														Moussa
Notes: ^1 Alexandra was medically evacuated due to an allergic reaction to sandfly bites. Hélène entered the game on Day 6 to replace her. ^2 Unable to handle the conditions of the game, Candice elected to quit the game. Richard returned to the game on Day 8 to replace her, switching tribes in the process. ^3 Michel had injured one of his fingers with a hammer shortly before the game which he hid from production. Valérie learned of the injury and informed production, prompting the medical team to look at it and deem it necessary for him to be evacuated from the game. Sébastien returned to the game on Day 10 to replace him. ^4 Julie was medically evacuated due to a kidney infection. No castaway returned to replace her, as the only castaway eligible, Sophie, had injured her feet during the game. ^5 Philippe passed out at the Immunity Challenge, causing him to undergo medical observation for a day, though he still voted at Tribal Council. However, it was determined that Philippe would need to be medically evacuated. Delphine entered the game on Day 18 to replace him as the most recently eliminated castaway, Linda, refused to return after a verbally violent altercation with Moundir. ^6 Richard was medically evacuated due to an insect bite causing his knee to swell. No castaway returned to replace him and no vote occurred at Machiga's Tribal Council. ^7 At the ambassadors meeting, Isabelle and Delphine agreed to cast the extra vote against Moussa. ^8 Due to the high amounts of evacuations and quits during the season, the castaway who received the most votes at the Day 31 Tribal Council (Antoine) would be exiled for 48 hours. ^9 At the final four, the remaining castaways competed in an elimination challenge. Antoine came in last and was eliminated. ^10 Delphine and Moussa did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Isabelle voted. ^11 According to the rules of Koh-Lanta, if a tie occurs at the Final Tribal Council, both finalists are declared winners.

Trivia

• This is the first season in any Survivor franchise to feature a tie at the Final Tribal Council. It would later be followed by Koh-Lanta: Palawan, Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown, Survivor: Ghost Island and Koh-Lanta: Le Totem Maudit.
• Bocas del Toro is the first Koh-Lanta season to feature a quit.