Stephanie interview (Koh Lanta 2022), second elimination: ‘I was excited to be back in the game’

Following the departure of Jean-Philippe, who was forced into medical retirement, Stephanie, the last to be eliminated from the yellow team, was able to return to the game in the episode that aired on Tuesday, April 5. Despite her best efforts to convince her new team not to eliminate her, the merchant with an ominous hand had to bow out again.

The misfortune of some is the happiness of others. Having been knocked out of the yellow ring in the episode that aired last week, Stephanie was able to get back into the match thanks to the departure of Jean-Philippe, with a medical decision. The Director of Play, who saw its flame extinguished by Denis Bruniart again after the red team’s defeat in an immunity test, agreed to trust in here is.fr in his adventure. Especially suitable for evoking the five black balls drawn in a row in the tests, never before seen in Koh Lanta !

Here is.fr: Stephanie, we wonder if you’re the luckiest or the luckiest person in the world! What was your reaction when you were told that you would rejoin the adventure after Jean-Philippe’s departure?

Stephanie: I was told I was going back into the adventure, but I didn’t know I was going to replace Jean-Philippe, so I didn’t know which team I would find myself in. hallucination immediately. I thought this game didn’t want me with the black balls (laughs) Finally, I told myself that they wouldn’t get rid of me!

What state of mind were you in when you arrived at the comfort test, with all the other participants finding out that you were back in the game?

I was so excited. Arriving at the comfort test, I see in the distance that there are rays on the sea. I said to myselfFinally a test I’m going to rip, that’s it, it’s my moment!It wasn’t my moment (laughs).

Is merging complicated when you replace a strong and respected member of the team?

It would have been easier if I played. I could have shared a strong moment with them, but by not playing it was impossible for me to fit in.

Would you have preferred to return to the yellow team that eliminated you but know you well, or were you happy to start over on a new team?

At the time I was happy to join the red team because the day before, as I said, I was eliminated by the yellow. We don’t want to go somewhere we don’t want you. Then I like to meet new people. It was cool to take the tests and win them with your thumb yellow.

“The black balls? They are starting to crumble.”

At the beginning of this rest, you draw a fourth black ball! You both look frustrated and annoyed but you both have a little fun too…

I started cracking in my head. At the third black ball, I was crying for three-quarters of an hour. There I could not believe it, I was almost drugged.

When you arrive at the Cursed Island after defeating the Reds in the comfort test, we see you active in the camp. How did your integration into the team go?

I felt welcome. I arrived in an atmosphere of defeat, it wasn’t crazy but they came to talk to me. I privately exchanged with Pauline and Geraldine, and we were able to tell each other who we were, and why we did Koh Lanta. And I adored François, who is always in a good mood. Only Maxim had a colder and more distant personality.

Regarding immunity, you draw your fifth black ball in a row! Never seen like him! You even left Dennis speechless!

Poor guy! Aside from telling me “poor Stephanie” (laughs) at this point in the game, I didn’t play six events, with my five black balls and a doctor stopped…

With the defeat of the Reds, you were necessarily in danger due to your late arrival at the camp. We see that you tried to get close to girls, can you believe it?

Yes, I had hope. I told Luana that I was fixing someone in red both physically and morally, which I thought would work.

“I was a bit disappointed with Jean Charles’ vote”

The Reds finally voted unanimously against you…

I was expecting that because after talking about it with Luana who told me she was going to meet the rest of the team, no one came back to me. When everyone ignores you for a day of advice, it stinks (laughs). But it proves that they all talk together and are soldered.

Have you ever been disappointed by the Pauline sounds with whom you began to make connections, or even the Amber and Jean Charles sounds you rubbed your shoulders with in violets?

Pauline had told me she would try to talk to others but would follow the majority to protect herself because of her cursed bracelet. She was straight and honest, I knew she would vote against me if others decided so I totally understood that. I didn’t have an affinity for Ambre but was a little disappointed by Jean Charles’ vote who was a former Violet.

You who knew three combinations, violet, yellow, and red, in which did you feel the most comfortable?

I loved being with Violet because I loved everyone, it was a bit like the Care Bears world. Among the yellow, there were many characters with whom things went the least. We got into strategy, thinking, feuds, clashes and it became tactical.

I was recently in Greece where I found Anne-Sophie, your teammate in purple and yellow. Who are the people who made your adventure even more beautiful and who do you connect with today?

Anne Sophie is a female favorite in adventure. Matthew is my little darling. Yannick and Samira are two people I really appreciate. Others remain acquaintances, and then we all live very far. I will gladly see some of them again when in Paris.