| Loft Story | |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Based on | Big Brother byJohn de Mol Jr. |
| Presented by | Benjamin Castaldi |
| Country of origin | France |
| Original language | French |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Production location | La Plaine Saint-Denis |
| Production company | Endemol France |
| Original release | |
| Network | M6 |
| Release | 26 April 2001 (2001-04-26) – 4 July 2002 (2002-07-04) |
| Related | |
| Big Brother Secret Story | |
Loft Story was a Frenchreality show, and it is the firstFrench adaptation ofBig Brother franchise. The show generally considered is the first of its kind in France.Loft Story presented byBenjamin Castaldi and broadcast onM6 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 aplay-on-words onloft because the contestants are "locked up" in a loft during their adventure, andLove Story.
The initialLoft Story inspired the creation of a similarshow of the same name in Quebec. The famous eye logo is used by bothLoft Story versions. It evokes thevoyeuristic eye of the television viewer as she or he watches theLofteurs 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. A limited television series following the creation of the show's first season, titledCulte, premiered in 2024 onAmazon Prime Video.[1]
Loft Story is a slightly re-tooled version of the originalBig Brother, toned down slightly for the French market by production companyEndemol.[2][3][4][5]
Eleven singles cut off from the outside world and must live in a loft where all rooms (except toilets and a room imposed by theCSA) are equipped with 26 cameras (including 3 infrared cameras, mostly hidden behind one-way mirrors) and microphones. They are filmed 24 hours a day.
The live stream is slightly delayed on one or more paid channels of theTPS offer, as well as on the Internet during the first season. A daily program is broadcast after editing this live footage.
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 byMax and broadcast on Saturday at 23:55 summarizing the events of the week and welcomed the evicted contestants.
| Seasons | Launch date | Finale date | Days | Housemates | Winner(s) | Grand prize | Average ratings | Ratings share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loft Story 1 | 26 April 2001 | 5 July 2001 | 71 | 13 | Loana Petrucciani and Christophe Mercy | A house worth 3 million francs | 4,900,000 | 34.6% |
| Loft Story 2 | 11 April 2002 | 4 July 2002 | 85 | 13 | Thomas Saillofest and Karine Delgado | €250,000 each | 4,300,000 | 31.8% |
All Housemates entered on Day 1 except for Fabrice and Kimy who entered on Day 7 and Day 11 respectively.
| Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 10 | Nomination points received | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | David, Delphine | none | ||||||||
| 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.
All Housemates entered on Day 1 except for Lauryne and Romain who entered on Day 7 and Day 14 respectively.
| Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 12 Final | Nomination points received | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 17% 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 | ||||||||||
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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 otherBig Brother-style programs, the show's sexual content was criticized as several contestants were seen havingintercourse on camera.
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