Samira “I learned a lesson that a little selfishness is not bad,” says Samira, who is eliminated in Episode 3.

The reconfiguration of teams resulted in a split of balances. During the third episode of the program Koh Lanta, the cursed totem Broadcasting Tuesday on TF1, the blue, green, and purple tribes had their day. Now I give way to reds, cadlaws, yellows, matinees… In this new formation, Samira, the former blues, bore the brunt of the strategies. The 34-year-old former French-Moroccan handball champion turned athletics coach hadn’t seen the low blow coming, she trusts. 20 minutes.

When you arrive at the municipality do you feel danger?

not at all. I feel there is a heavy atmosphere. It’s a bit tense. But I absolutely don’t feel like I’m leaving that evening.

In your opinion, your write-off is due to a consultation before the Council? Or was it the fact that it was explicitly referring to Pauline’s camp status that turned the voices against you?

I think they decided that before the council. It wasn’t my talk that changed things, but I think the fact that I was the blues spokesperson that evening, and my desire to take Pauline under my wing and speak smoothly at camp. I think that’s why they voted against me.

I wanted to help Pauline who I felt was not a good fit…

Pauline could not find her place. I saw her as a little sister and I wanted to help her thrive and integrate. I thought to myself that it might have to do with François and Jean-Philippe… and he turned against me. I often wanted to think of others to the detriment of myself. It shows quite a bit what happens in everyday life. Koh LantaIt’s a small community, a summary of what we experience every day. The lesson I took from this was that I wanted to take matters into my own hands, for Pauline to be able to express herself, I concluded that it was because there were strong personalities and this turned against me.

In front of the board, you present the idea to your teammates to vote against François. Voting against a big arm at this point in the adventure, is that still a taboo?

I didn’t pay much attention to statistics at this level. We feel that we should eliminate women who are less physically strong a priori, but that doesn’t mean anything because there are static and muscular resistance tests where women are much stronger than men. There, I wanted a guy out because he was going to open up the game and the atmosphere, and the team spirit a little bit. In this sense I imagined him, not eliminating man in principle.

What do you remember from your adventure?

Koh Lanta It brought me a lot in terms of personal development. I managed to calm my inner self. It’s very important. I’m hyperactive, I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and there are things I couldn’t do before. For example, meditate for thirty seconds. Before I moved in all directions, I wasn’t feeling well. There, I was able to do yoga, to take some time … I found the answer to certain questions: Can I control myself in extreme situations? It was the hardest thing because my first goal was to be myself. And you don’t know whether or not you will survive in harsh conditions. It happened, I’m very proud of it. Exit through the front door. The lesson is that I have to think more of myself, and a little selfishness isn’t bad.

You are an athlete used to the pressures and challenges of competition. Getting out of Koh Lanta early is a failure?

The competitor in me says he’s a failure. But I go out with pride. At the time, there was misunderstanding, injustice, anger, sadness… But failure is not a negative thing. I tell myself above all that I was myself.