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Loft Story (French TV series)

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{{Infobox television

| image = Loft Story eye.jpg

| caption =

| genre = Reality television

| creator =

| presenter = Benjamin Castaldi

| country = France

| language = French

| num_seasons = 2

| director =

| writer =

| runtime =

| company = Endemol France
VIEW (Opening titles & logo)

| location = La Plaine Saint-Denis

| channel = M6

| first_aired = {{start date|2001|4|26|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2002|7|4|df=y}}

| related = Big Brother
Secret Story

}}

Loft Story was a French reality show, and it is the first French adaptation of Big Brother franchise. The show generally considered is the first of its kind in France. Loft Story presented by Benjamin Castaldi and broadcast on M6 from 26 April 2001 to 5 July 2001 for the first season and from 11 April 2002 to 4 July 2002 for the second season.

The French title of the show is a play-on-words on loft because the contestants are "locked up" in a loft during their adventure, and Love Story.

The initial 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.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1341239.stm|title=Loft Story under siege|date=20 May 2001|publisher=BBC News}}

Production

= Format =

Loft Story is a slightly re-tooled version of the original Big Brother, toned down slightly for the French market by production company Endemol.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQ2wzDullVkC&q=loft%2520story%2520based%2520on%2520big%2520brother%2520format&pg=RA1-PA1982 |title=Big Brother International: Formats, Critics and Publics |last1=Mathijs |first1=Ernest |last2=Jones |first2=Janet |date=2004 |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=9781904764182 |pages=105, 106 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ESVm6KiOvhUC&q=loft%2520story%2520based%2520on%2520big%2520brother%2520format&pg=PT83 |title=Audiences and Publics: When Cultural Engagement Matters for the Public Sphere |last=Livingstone |first=Sonia M. |date=2005 |publisher=Intellect Books |isbn=9781841501291 |pages=79 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KZBvAAAAQBAJ&q=loft%2520story%2520based%2520on%2520big%2520brother%2520format&pg=PA88 |title=Reality TV |last=Kavka |first=Misha |date=2012-02-15 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=9780748654352 |pages=88 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvaICwAAQBAJ&q=loft%2520story%2520based%2520on%2520big%2520brother%2520format&pg=PA132 |title=Celebrity Cultures: An Introduction |last=Barron |first=Lee |date=2014-12-01 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=9781473911369 |pages=132 |language=en}}

Eleven singles cut off from the outside world and must live in a loft where all rooms (except toilets and a room imposed by the CSA) are equipped with 26 cameras (including 3 infrared cameras, mostly hidden behind one-way mirrors) and microphones. They are filmed 24 hours a day.

= Broadcast =

The live stream is slightly delayed on one or more paid channels of the TPS offer, as well as on the Internet during the first season. A daily program is broadcast after editing this live footage.

= Presentation =

The show was presented by Benjamin Castaldi. Two hosts co-hosted the live show from the loft: Marie Guillaumond in 2001 and Séverine Ferrer in 2002.

In 2002, during the second season, there was also a show presented by Max and broadcast on Saturday at 23:55 summarizing the events of the week and welcomed the evicted contestants.

Series overall

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%; line-height:20px;"
SeasonsLaunch dateFinale dateDaysHousematesWinner(s)Grand prizeAverage ratingsRatings share
Loft Story 126 April 20015 July 20017113Loana Petrucciani and Christophe Mercyalign="center" | A house worth 3 million francsalign=center| 4,900,000align=center| 34.6%
Loft Story 211 April 20024 July 20028513Thomas Saillofest and Karine Delgadoalign=center| €250,000 eachalign=center| 4,300,000align=center| 31.8%

Season 1

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

=Nominations table=

All Housemates entered on Day 1 except for Fabrice and Kimy who entered on Day 7 and Day 11 respectively.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%; line-height:12px; width:100%;"

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"|

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 2

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 3

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 4

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 5

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 6

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 7

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 8

! style="width:10%" colspan="2"| Week 10

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Nomination
points
received

style="width:5%"| Females

! style="width:5%"| Males

Christophe

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| Kenza,
Laure

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Julie,
3-Kimy,
2-Laure,
1-Loana

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | No
nominations

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | No
nominations

| style="background:#73FB76;" colspan="2" | Male Winner
(Day 71) || style="background:#73FB76;" | 26

Loana

| Steevy,
Aziz

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-Jean-Édouard,
4-Christophe,
3-Fabrice,
2-Philippe,
1-Steevy

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Jean-Édouard,
3-Christophe,
2-Philippe,
1-Fabrice

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | No
nominations

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | No
nominations

| style="background:#73FB76;" colspan="2" | Female Winner
(Day 71) || style="background:#73FB76;" | 10

Jean-Édouard

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| Kenza,
Laure

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Laure,
3-Kimy,
2-Loana,
1-Julie

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | No
nominations

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | No
nominations

| style="background:#D1E8EF;" colspan="2" | Male Runner-Up
(Day 71) || style="background:#D1E8EF" | 26

Laure

| Aziz,
Jean-Édouard

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-Philippe,
4-Christophe,
3-Jean-Édouard,
2-Fabrice,
1-Steevy

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Fabrice,
3-Jean-Édouard,
2-Philippe,
1-Christophe

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | No
nominations

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | No
nominations

| style="background:#D1E8EF" colspan="2" | Female Runner-Up
(Day 71) || style="background:#D1E8EF" | 14

Fabrice

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| Kenza,
Laure

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Kimy,
3-Loana,
2-Laure,
1-Julie

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | No
nominations

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | No
nominations

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="2" | Evicted
(Day 57) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 16

Kimy

| style="background:#FBF373;" | Exempt

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-Christophe,
4-Jean-Édouard,
3-Philippe,
2-Fabrice,
1-Steevy

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Christophe,
3-Philippe,
2-Fabrice,
1-Jean-Édouard

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | No
nominations

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="3" | Evicted
(Day 50) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 12

Philippe

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| Kenza,
Laure

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Julie,
3-Loana,
2-Laure,
1-Kimy

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="4" | Evicted
(Day 43) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 21

Julie

| Aziz,
Jean-Édouard

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-Christophe,
4-Philippe,
3-Jean-Édouard,
2-Fabrice,
1-Steevy

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="5" | Evicted
(Day 36) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 10

Steevy

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| Kimy,
Loana

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="6" | Evicted
(Day 29) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 5

Kenza

| Aziz,
Jean-Édouard

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="7" | Evicted
(Day 22) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 4

Aziz

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="8" | Evicted
(Day 15) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 4

Delphine

| style="background:#FFCCFF;" colspan="9" | Walked
(Day 11) || style="background:#FFCCFF;"| 0

David

| style="background:#FFCCFF;" colspan="9" | Walked
(Day 6) || style="background:#FFCCFF;"| 0

style="background:#000" colspan="11" |
Notes

| none || none || 1 || colspan="6" | none || rowspan="5" style="background:#CCC"|

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

Walked

| style="background:#FCF"|David,
Delphine || colspan="8"|none

rowspan="2" | Evicted

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Aziz
49.6%
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Kenza
46%
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Steevy
47%
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Julie
28.4%
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Philippe
49.5%
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Kimy
18%
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Fabrice
28%
to save

| style="background:#D1E8EF" | Laure
34%
to win

| style="background:#D1E8EF" | Jean-Édouard
43%
to win

style="background:#73FB76" | Loana
66%
to win

| style="background:#73FB76" | Christophe
57%
to win

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Notes:

  • {{note|1|Note 1}}: From now on they will award each Lofteur points, their favourite will receive maximum points and their least favourite will receive one point. The two or more with the fewest points will be up for nomination.

}}

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

Season 2

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

=Nominations table=

All Housemates entered on Day 1 except for Lauryne and Romain who entered on Day 7 and Day 14 respectively.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%; line-height:12px; width:100%;"

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"|

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 3

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 4

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 5

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 6

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 7

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 8

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 9

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Week 10

! style="width:10%" colspan="2"| Week 12
Final

! style="width:5%" rowspan="2"| Nomination
points
received

style="width:5%"|Females

! style="width:5%"|Males

Thomas

| 6-Karine,
5-Julia,
4-Sandra,
3-Angela,
2-Lesly,
1-Lauryne

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-Karine,
4-Sandra,
3-Lauryne,
2-Angela,
1-Lesly

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Karine,
3-Lauryne,
2-Sandra,
1-Angela

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 3-Karine,
2-Angela,
1-Sandra

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#73FB76" colspan="2" | Male Winner
(Day 85) || style="background:#73FB76;" | 40

Karine

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 6-Thomas,
5-Félicien,
4-David,
3-William
2-Romain,
1-Kamel

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-Thomas,
4-Félicien,
3-Romain,
2-David,
1-Kamel

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Thomas,
3-Romain,
2-Kamel,
1-David

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 3-Thomas,
2-Kamel,
1-David

| style="background:#73FB76" colspan="2" | Female Winner
(Day 85) || style="background:#73FB76;" | 61

David

| 6-Angela,
5-Karine,
4-Sandra,
3-Lesly,
2-Julia,
1-Lauryne

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-Angela,
4-Lesly,
3-Sandra,
2-Karine,
1-Lauryne

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Angela,
3-Sandra,
2-Karine,
1-Lauryne

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 3-Angela,
2-Sandra,
1-Karine

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#D1E8EF" colspan="2" | Male Runner-up
(Day 85) || style="background:#D1E8EF" | 49

Angela

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 6-David,
5-Kamel,
4-Félicien,
3-Romain
2-Thomas,
1-William

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-David,
4-Kamel,
3-Thomas,
2-Félicien,
1-Romain

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-David,
3-Kamel,
2-Thomas,
1-Romain

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 3-David,
2-Kamel,
1-Thomas

| style="background:#D1E8EF" colspan="2" | Female Runner-up
(Day 85) || style="background:#D1E8EF" | 58

Kamel

| 6-Lesly,
5-Sandra,
4-Angela,
3-Lauryne,
2-Karine,
1-Julia

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-Lesly,
4-Angela,
3-Sandra,
2-Lauryne,
1-Karine

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Angela,
3-Sandra,
2-Lauryne,
1-Karine

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 3-Angela,
2-Sandra,
1-Karine

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="2" | Evicted
(Day 71) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 48

Sandra

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 6-David,
5-Kamel,
4-Romain,
3-Félicien
2-William,
1-Thomas

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-Kamel,
4-David,
3-Thomas,
2-Romain,
1-Félicien

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Kamel,
3-David,
2-Thomas,
1-Romain

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="3" | Evicted
(Day 64) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 52

Romain

| 6-Lauryne,
5-Lesly,
4-Karine,
3-Sandra,
2-Angela,
1-Julia

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-Karine,
4-Lauryne,
3-Sandra,
2-Angela,
1-Lesly

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 4-Karine,
3-Lauryne,
2-Angela,
1-Sandra

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="4" | Evicted
(Day 57) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 32

Lauryne

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 6-Kamel,
5-David,
4-Romain,
3-Félicien,
2-Thomas,
1-William

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-Félicien,
4-Thomas,
3-Romain,
2-Kamel,
1-David

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="5" | Evicted
(Day 50) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 37

Félicien

| 6-Angela,
5-Karine,
4-Julia,
3-Lesly,
2-Sandra,
1-Lauryne

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 5-Karine,
4-Lauryne,
3-Sandra,
2-Angela,
1-Lesly

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="6" | Evicted
(Day 43) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 30

Lesly

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| 6-Kamel,
5-Romain,
4-David,
3-Félicien,
2-Thomas,
1-William

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="7" | Evicted
(Day 36) || style="background:#FA8072;"| 32

William

| 6-Julia,
5-Karine,
4-Sandra,
3-Angela,
2-Lauryne,
1-Lesly

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="8" | Evicted
(Day 29) || style="background:#FA8072;" | 8

Julia

| style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Not
eligible

| style="background:#FA8072;" colspan="9" | Evicted
(Day 22) || style="background:#FA8072;" | 19

Marlene

| style="background:#FFCCFF;" colspan="10" | Walked
(Day 7) || style="background:#FFCCFF;" | 0

style="background:#000;" colspan="12" |
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

| style="background:#CCC" rowspan="4"|

Walked

| style="background:#FFCCFF" | Marlene

| colspan="9" | none

rowspan="2" | Evicted

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Julia
42%
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| William
47%
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Lesly
30%
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Félicien
24%
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Lauryne
21%
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Romain
42%
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Sandra
Fewest votes
to save

| style="background:#FA8072" rowspan="2"| Kamel
Fewest votes
to save

| style="background:#D1E8EF" | Angela
49.58%
to win

| style="background:#D1E8EF" | David
48.71%
to win

style="background:#73FB76" | Karine
50.42%
to win

| style="background:#73FB76" | Thomas
51.29%
to win

Criticism

{{Expand section|date=June 2008}}

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-rated "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

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20010710035553/http://www.m6.fr/emissions/loftstory/ Official website of Loft Story]

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