Loft Story (French TV series)

This article is about the France version of Loft Story. For the Quebec French version of Loft Story, see Loft Story (Quebec).
The famous eye logo of Loft Story.

Loft Story is a French reality show started in 2001 on the M6 channel.

Description

Loft Story is a slightly re-tooled version of the Dutch-created Big Brother, toned down slightly for the French market by production company Endemol. The initial French Loft Story inspired the creation of a similar show of the same name in Quebec. The famous eye logo is used by both Loft Story versions. It evokes the voyeuristic eye of the television viewer as she or he watches the Lofteurs live in front of the cameras. Some of them get gradually voted off the show by viewers on their phones and the last couple win a house. It caused great controversy in France and the house was attacked by protesters.[1]

Series 1

Start Date: 26 April 2001
End Date: 5 July 2001
The prize: 3,000,000-franc₣ worth house (€450,000)

Loft Story
First series (2001)

Nominations Table

Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 10 Total
nominations
/points
Females Males
Christophe Not
eligible		 Kenza,
Laure		 Not
eligible		 4-Julie,
3-Kimy,
2-Laure,
1-Loana		 Not
eligible		 No
nominations		 No
nominations		 Male Winner
(Day 71) 		26
Loana Steevy,
Aziz		 Not
eligible		 5-Jean-Édouard,
4-Christophe,
3-Fabrice,
2-Philippe,
1-Steevy		 Not
eligible		 4-Jean-Édouard,
3-Christophe,
2-Philippe,
1-Fabrice		 No
nominations		 No
nominations		 Female Winner
(Day 71) 		10
Jean-Édouard Not
eligible		 Kenza,
Laure		 Not
eligible		 4-Laure,
3-Kimy,
2-Loana,
1-Julie		 Not
eligible		 No
nominations		 No
nominations		 Male Runner-Up
(Day 71) 		26
Laure Aziz,
Jean-Édouard		 Not
eligible		 5-Philippe,
4-Christophe,
3-Jean-Édouard,
2-Fabrice,
1-Steevy		 Not
eligible		 4-Fabrice,
3-Jean-Édouard,
2-Philippe,
1-Christophe		 No
nominations		 No
nominations		 Female Runner-Up
(Day 71) 		14
Fabrice Not
eligible		 Kenza,
Laure		 Not
eligible		 4-Kimy,
3-Loana,
2-Laure,
1-Julie		 Not
eligible		 No
nominations		 No
nominations		 Evicted
(Day 57) 		16
Kimy Exempt Not
eligible		 5-Christophe,
4-Jean-Édouard,
3-Philippe,
2-Fabrice,
1-Steevy		 Not
eligible		 4-Christophe,
3-Philippe,
2-Fabrice,
1-Jean-Édouard		 No
nominations		 Evicted
(Day 50) 		12
Philippe Not
eligible		 Kenza,
Laure		 Not
eligible		 4-Julie,
3-Loana,
2-Laure,
1-Kimy		 Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 43) 		21
Julie Aziz,
Jean-Édouard		 Not
eligible		 5-Christophe,
4-Philippe,
3-Jean-Édouard,
2-Fabrice,
1-Steevy		 Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 36) 		10
Steevy Not
eligible		 Kimy,
Loana		 Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 29) 		5
Kenza Aziz,
Jean-Édouard		 Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 22) 		4
Aziz Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 15) 		4
Delphine Walked
(Day 11) 		0
David Walked
(Day 6) 		0
Notes none none 1 none
Walked David,
Delphine 		none
Against Public Vote Aziz,
Jean-Édouard		 Kenza,
Laure		 Fabrice,
Steevy		 Julia,
Laure,
Loana		 Fabrice,
Philippe		 Kimy,
Laure,
Loana		 Christophe,
Fabrice,
Jean-Édouard		 Laure,
Loana		 Christophe,
Jean-Édouard
Evicted Aziz
49.6%
to save		 Kenza
46%
to save		 Steevy
47%
to save		 Julie
28.4%
to save		 Philippe
49.5%
to save		 Kimy
18%
to save		 Fabrice
28%
to save		 Laure
34%
to win		 Jean-Édouard
43%
to win
Loana
66%
to win		 Christophe
57%
to win

The contestants released a music single under the name 'Les Lofteurs'; 'Up and Down' reached number one in the French charts.

Notes:
^Note 1 : From now on they will award each Lofteur points, their favourite will receive maximum points and their least favourite will receive 1 point. The 2 or more with the least number of points will be up for nomination.

Series 2

Loft Story 2
Second series (2002)

Start Date: 11 April 2002
End Date: 4 July 2002
Prize: €250,000 + €250,000

Nominations Table

Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 12
Final		 Total
votes
Females Males
Thomas 6-Karine,
5-Julia,
4-Sandra,
3-Angela,
2-Lesly,
1-Lauryne		 Not
eligible		 5-Karine,
4-Sandra,
3-Lauryne,
2-Angela,
1-Lesly		 Not
eligible		 4-Karine,
3-Lauryne,
2-Sandra,
1-Angela		 Not
eligible		 3-Karine,
2-Angela,
1-Sandra		 Not
eligible		 Male Winner
(Day 85) 		40
Karine Not
eligible		 6-Thomas,
5-Félicien,
4-David,
3-William
2-Romain,
1-Kamel		 Not
eligible		 5-Thomas,
4-Félicien,
3-Romain,
2-David,
1-Kamel		 Not
eligible		 4-Thomas,
3-Romain,
2-Kamel,
1-David		 Not
eligible		 3-Thomas,
2-Kamel,
1-David		 Female Winner
(Day 85) 		61
David 6-Angela,
5-Karine,
4-Sandra,
3-Lesly,
2-Julia,
1-Lauryne		 Not
eligible		 5-Angela,
4-Lesly,
3-Sandra,
2-Karine,
1-Lauryne		 Not
eligible		 4-Angela,
3-Sandra,
2-Karine,
1-Lauryne		 Not
eligible		 3-Angela,
2-Sandra,
1-Karine		 Not
eligible		 Male Runner-up
(Day 85) 		49
Angela Not
eligible		 6-David,
5-Kamel,
4-Félicien,
3-Romain
2-Thomas,
1-William		 Not
eligible		 5-David,
4-Kamel,
3-Thomas,
2-Félicien,
1-Romain		 Not
eligible		 4-David,
3-Kamel,
2-Thomas,
1-Romain		 Not
eligible		 3-David,
2-Kamel,
1-Thomas		 Female Runner-up
(Day 85) 		58
Kamel 6-Lesly,
5-Sandra,
4-Angela,
3-Lauryne,
2-Karine,
1-Julia		 Not
eligible		 5-Lesly,
4-Angela,
3-Sandra,
2-Lauryne,
1-Karine		 Not
eligible		 4-Angela,
3-Sandra,
2-Lauryne,
1-Karine		 Not
eligible		 3-Angela,
2-Sandra,
1-Karine		 Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 71) 		48
Sandra Not
eligible		 6-David,
5-Kamel,
4-Romain,
3-Félicien
2-William,
1-Thomas		 Not
eligible		 5-Kamel,
4-David,
3-Thomas,
2-Romain,
1-Félicien		 Not
eligible		 4-Kamel,
3-David,
2-Thomas,
1-Romain		 Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 64) 		52
Romain 6-Lauryne,
5-Lesly,
4-Karine,
3-Sandra,
2-Angela,
1-Julia		 Not
eligible		 5-Karine,
4-Lauryne,
3-Sandra,
2-Angela,
1-Lesly		 Not
eligible		 4-Karine,
3-Lauryne,
2-Angela,
1-Sandra		 Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 57) 		32
Lauryne Not
eligible		 6-Kamel,
5-David,
4-Romain,
3-Félicien,
2-Thomas,
1-William		 Not
eligible		 5-Félicien,
4-Thomas,
3-Romain,
2-Kamel,
1-David		 Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 50) 		37
Félicien 6-Angela,
5-Karine,
4-Julia,
3-Lesly,
2-Sandra,
1-Lauryne		 Not
eligible		 5-Karine,
4-Lauryne,
3-Sandra,
2-Angela,
1-Lesly		 Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 43) 		30
Lesly Not
eligible		 6-Kamel,
5-Romain,
4-David,
3-Félicien,
2-Thomas,
1-William		 Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 36) 		32
William 6-Julia,
5-Karine,
4-Sandra,
3-Angela,
2-Lauryne,
1-Lesly		 Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 29) 		8
Julia Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 22) 		19
Marlene Walked
(Day 7) 		0
Against Public Vote Julia,
Lauryne		 Thomas,
William		 Angela,
Lesly		 David,
Kamel,
Félicien,
Romain		 Angela,
Karine,
Lauryne,
Sandra		 Romain,
Thomas		 Karine,
Sandra		 David,
Kamel,
Thomas		 Angela,
Karine		 David,
Thomas
Walked Marlene none
Evicted Julia
42%
to save		 William
47%
to save		 Lesly
30%
to save		 Félicien
24%
to save		 Lauryne
21%
to save		 Romain
42%
to save		 Sandra
Fewest votes
to save		 Kamel
Fewest votes
to save		 Angela
49.58%
to win		 David
48.71%
to win
Karine
50.42%
to win		 Thomas
51.29%
to win

Criticism

Loft Story became a craze when it was screened, but as it went on, it became extremely criticized, mocked and belittled by the media: the premise of ordinary young people being filmed most of the time in a cozy loft (and letting themselves out, they got a reputation of being stupid), being voted off by people on phones and getting to win money at the end, got it called high-rate "garbage tv".

Loft Story is considered to be the precursor of reality shows in France where the contestants get voted off by viewers.

Like other Big Brother-style programs, the show's sexual content was criticized as several contestants were seen having intercourse on camera.

See also

Notes

External links

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