Koh-Lanta: Palawan

Koh-Lanta: Palawan
Season Information
Version	France
Season No.	7
Filming Location	El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
Season Run	June 29, 2007 - September 11, 2007
No. of Episodes	13
No. of Days	40
No. of Castaways	16
Winner	Jade Handi Kevin Cuoco Giudicelli
Tribes	Batang Guntao Merged Tribe
Cast
Opening Sequence
Season Chronology
Previous	Vanuatu
Next	Caramoan

Koh-Lanta: Palawan is the seventh season of Koh-Lanta. It was broadcast on TF1 from June 29 to September 11, 2007, airing at 8:55 p.m.

Jade Handi and Kevin Cuoco Giudicelli tied in a 3-3 jury vote at the Final Tribal Council. As a result, both were declared Dual Survivors.

Production

This season was filmed on the island of Palawan in the Philippines.

Twists

• Schoolyard Pick: Unlike previous seasons of Koh-Lanta, on Day 1, a challenge occurred, where the two winners would determine the two tribes for the season. Érick Africaa and Jade Handi won this challenge.
• Replacements: Due to two voluntary exits, two castaways (Pascale Bodin and Grégoire Delachaux) returned to the game after being voted out.
• Tribe Switch: After winning the Reward Challenge on Day 11, Batang could permanently take one of Guntao's members. They chose Érick Africaa.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation				Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Day 5 Tribes	Switched Tribes	Merged Tribe
	Ali Jaffar 35, Seine-Saint-Denis Metro Driver	Batang				Quit Day 5	0
	Pascale Bodin 39, Charente-Maritime Entrepreneur	Guntao	Batang			1st Voted Out Day 4 2nd Voted Out Day 7	12
	Marie-Laure Dagniaux 23, Paris Former Model	Batang	Batang			3rd Voted Out Day 10	6
	Mélanie Guyon 24, Besançon Hairdresser	Batang	Batang	Batang		4th Voted Out Day 13	6
	Véronique Lambert 50, Lille Financial Advisor	Guntao	Guntao	Guntao		5th Voted Out Day 16	8
	Chloé Vavasseur 25, Rouen Human Resources Officer	Guntao	Guntao	Guntao		6th Voted Out Day 19	3
	Érick Africaa 32, Nîmes Sports Coach	Guntao	Guntao	Batang	Merged Tribe	7th Voted Out Day 22	6
	Filomène Mendonca 35, Boulogne-Billancourt Insurance Manager	Guntao	Guntao	Guntao		8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 25	6
	Adrien Torrin 55, Savoie Retired SNCF Agent	Guntao	Guntao	Guntao		Quit Day 29	2
	Grégoire Delachaux 24, Yvelines Gardener	Guntao	Guntao	Guntao		9th Voted Out Removed from Jury Day 28 10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 31	9
	Laurent Boudes 34, Sète Shellfish Wholesaler	Guntao	Guntao	Guntao		11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 34	6
	Patrick Brasier De Thuy 40, Villeneuve d'Ascq Entrepreneur	Batang	Batang	Batang		12th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 37	16
	Simon Quintilla 26, Narbonne Lumberjack	Batang	Batang	Batang		Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 38	2
	Maryline Hemelsdael 36, Nord Farmer	Batang	Batang	Batang		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 39	6
	Jade Handi 24, Toulouse Leisure Center Manager	Batang	Batang	Batang		Dual Survivors	0
	Kevin Cuoco Giudicelli 21, Var Kart Racer	Batang	Batang	Batang			2

Episode Guide

Episode	Air date	Challenges		Eliminated (vote)	Finish
		Reward	Immunity
1	June 30, 2007	Érick1	None	Pascale (5-3)	1st Voted Out Day 4
		Jade1
		Batang	Batang
2	July 6, 2007	Guntao	Guntao	Ali (no vote)	Quit Day 5
				Pascale (7-1)	2nd Voted Out Day 7
3	July 13, 2007	Guntao	Guntao	Marie-Laure (6-1)	3rd Voted Out Day 10
4	July 20, 2007	Batang	Guntao	Mélanie (5-1-1)	4th Voted Out Day 13
5	July 27, 2007	Batang	Batang	Véronique (5-1)	5th Voted Out Day 16
6	August 3, 2007	Batang	Batang	Chloé (3-2)	6th Voted Out Day 19
7	August 10, 2007	Guntao	Grégoire	Érick (6-5)2	7th Voted Out Day 22
8	August 17, 2007	Patrick [Simon]	Grégoire	Filomène (5-4)	8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 25
9	August 24, 2007	Grégoire [Jade]	Jade	Grégoire (5-2-1)	9th Voted Out Removed from Jury Day 28
10	August 31, 2007	Laurent	Jade	Adrien (no vote)	Quit Day 29
				Grégoire (4-1-1-1)	10th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 31
11	September 4, 2007	Simon	Patrick	Laurent (5-1)	11th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 34
12		Kevin	Simon	Patrick (2-2-1; 3-2)3	12th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 37
13	September 11, 2007	None	Jade	Simon (no vote)4	Eliminated 5th Jury Member Day 38
			Kevin
			Maryline
			Jade	Maryline (1-0)	13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 39
		Jury Vote		Jade Kevin (3-3)5	Dual Survivors
Notes: ^1 A challenge occurred on Day 1 that would determine who would select the Batang and Guntao tribes. ^2 As the two ambassadors for the merge tribe, Laurent and Patrick had to cast an extra vote for someone at the first post-merge Tribal Council. They chose to cast an extra vote against Érick. ^3 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Koh-Lanta rules, a revote will commence. ^4 At the final four, the remaining castaways competed in an elimination challenge. Simon came in last and was eliminated. ^5 According to the rules of Koh-Lanta, if a tie for Sole Survivor occurs, both finalists are declared winners.

Voting History

		Original Tribes		Day 5 Tribes		Switched Tribes			Merged Tribe
Episode		1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12		13
Voted Out		Pascale	Ali	Pascale	Marie-Laure	Mélanie	Véronique	Chloé	Érick	Filomène	Grégoire	Adrien	Grégoire	Laurent	Tie	Patrick	Simon	Maryline	Kevin	Jade
Vote		5-3	No vote1	7-1	6-1	5-1-1	5-1	3-2	6-52	5-4	5-2-1	No vote3	4-1-1-1	5-1	2-2-14	3-2	No vote5	1-06	3-37
Ambassadors									Érick
►►►	Jade	—	—	Pascale	Marie-Laure	Mélanie	—	—	Érick	Filomène	Grégoire	—	Laurent	Laurent	Kevin	Patrick	—	Maryline	Jury Vote
►►►	Kevin	—	—	Pascale	Marie-Laure	Mélanie	—	—	Érick	Filomène	Grégoire	—	Grégoire	Laurent	Maryline	Maryline	—	None
►►►	Maryline	—	—	Pascale	Marie-Laure	Mélanie	—	—	Érick	Filomène	Grégoire	—	Grégoire	Laurent	Patrick	Patrick	—	None		Jade
►►►	Simon	—	—	Pascale	Marie-Laure	Mélanie	—	—	Érick	Filomène	Grégoire	—	Grégoire	Laurent	Patrick	Patrick	Eliminated			Jade
►►►	Patrick	—	—	Pascale	Marie-Laure	Érick	—	—	Érick	Filomène	Grégoire	—	Grégoire	Laurent	Maryline	Maryline			Kevin
►►►	Laurent	Pascale	—	—	—	—	Véronique	Chloé	Patrick	Patrick	Simon	—	Maryline	Kevin					Kevin
►►►	Grégoire	Pascale	—	—	—	—	Véronique	Chloé	Patrick	Patrick	Patrick		Patrick						Kevin
►►►	Adrien	Pascale	—	—	—	—	Véronique	Chloé	Patrick	Patrick	Patrick	Quit
►►►	Filomène	Véronique	—	—	—	—	Véronique	Adrien	Patrick	Patrick										Jade
►►►	Érick	Pascale	—	—	—	Mélanie	—	—	Patrick
►►	Chloé	Véronique	—	—	—	—	Véronique	Adrien
►►	Véronique	Pascale	—	—	—	—	Filomène
►►	Mélanie	—	—	Pascale	Marie-Laure	Patrick
►	Marie-Laure	—	—	Pascale	Simon
►	Pascale	Véronique		Mélanie
	Ali	—	Quit
Notes: ^1 Ali elected to quit the game due to missing his family. Pascale returned to the game to replace him, switching tribes in the process. ^2 As the two ambassadors for the merge tribe, Laurent and Patrick had to cast an extra vote for someone at the first post-merge Tribal Council. They chose to cast an extra vote against Érick. ^3 Adrien elected to quit the game, feeling Gregoire was eliminated unfairly. Gregoire returned to the game to replace him. ^4 Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where everyone could only vote for those involved in the tie. ^5 At the final four, the remaining castaways competed in an elimination challenge. Simon came in last and was eliminated. ^6 Kevin and Maryline did not vote as they could only vote for were each other. By virtue of winning the final Immunity Challenge, only Jade voted. ^7 According to the rules of Koh-Lanta, if a tie for Sole Survivor occurs, both finalists are declared winners.

Trivia

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