Loft Story (Quebec)

Loft Story was a Canadian French television series broadcast on the TQS television network, and was an adaptation of the show Loft Story in France, which itself was an adaptation of the Big Brother franchise. TQS became V and replaced Loft Story with a new Big Brother series for Québec in 2010.

During the first season (2003), the show had TVA's Occupation Double as its main competitor, and was a success in terms of viewership, but was not as financially successful as the French version. Therefore, the program was discontinued the following season, but was resurrected three years later in January 2006. In response to criticism of year 1, year 2 toned down the sexual content and replaced it with daily games and truth/dare events. The loft was also changed to include a "stunt room" the size of a basketball court, which serves for games and entertainment. A third season started in September 2006, a fourth on September 26, 2007, a fifth in Fall 2008 and an All-Star season subtitled La Revanche in Spring 2009.

Contents

Concept and rules

Unlike many other versions, the housemates are able to discuss openly about the nominations.

Season 1

Start Date: October 5, 2003 End Date: December 7, 2003 Duration: 64 days

Contestants

Celebrity Home Occupation Age
Brigitte Bourdeau Ottawa Theatre 25
David Tousignant Montreal Journalist 28
Hugues Dubé Chicoutimi Operater 23
Julie Lemay Carignan Teacher 23
Léa Raby-Gauthier Montreal Designer 20
Marie-Laurence Drouin St Jean Sur Richelieu Theatre 20
Mathieu Gaudet Gatineau Musician & singer 23
Mélanie Leclaire Outremont Data processing 27
Nadia Bonnette Saint Mathias Hairdresser 21
Nicolas Daigle Montreal Student 30
Samuel Tissot Laval Biology Student 22
Sébastien Chalifoux Montreal Fireman 23
Steve Quévillon St Cuthbert Fitter of racks 24
Yanick Dufour LaSalle Policeman 31

Nominations table

Each week one sex was Immune, alternating each week. In the first week only the men were eligible for Nomination, and the next week only the women were eligible for Nomination. This continued to alternate. In the finale two winners were crowned – one male, and one female.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 FINAL (Week 9)
Julie Not
Eligible		 – Not
Eligible		 Nominated – Not
Eligible		 – Not
Eligible		 Nominated Nominated Winner
(Female)
Samuel – Not
Eligible		 Nominated Not
Eligible		 Not
Eligible		 – Not
Eligible		 Nominated Not
Eligible		 Nominated Winner
(Male)
Brigitte Not
Eligible		 Nominated Not
Eligible		 – – Not
Eligible		 Nominated Not
Eligible		 Nominated Nominated Runner-Up
(Female)
Hugues Nominated Not
Eligible		 – Not
Eligible		 Not
Eligible		 Nominated Not
Eligible		 – Not
Eligible		 Nominated Runner-Up
(Male)
Mélanie Not
Eligible		 – Not
Eligible		 – – Not
Eligible		 – Not
Eligible		 Nominated Evicted
(Day 57)
Mathieu – Not
Eligible		 – Not
Eligible		 Not
Eligible		 – Not
Eligible		 Nominated Evicted
(Day 50)
Marie-Laurence Not
Eligible		 Nominated Not
Eligible		 – – Not
Eligible		 Nominated Evicted
(Day 43)
Nicolas Not In
House		 Nominated Nominated Evicted
(Day 36)
Sébastien Not In
House		 Nominated Evicted
(Day 32)
Léa Not
Eligible		 – Not
Eligible		 Nominated Evicted
(Day 29)
David – Not
Eligible		 – Walked
(Day 17)
Yanick – Not
Eligible		 Nominated Walked
(Day 17)
Nadia Not
Eligible		 Nominated Evicted
(Day 15)
Steve Nominated Evicted
(Day 8)
Notes – – – – 1 – – – – –
Nominated
For Eviction		 Hugues,
Steve		 Marie,
Nadia		 Samuel,
Yanick		 Julie,
Léa		 Nicolas,
Sébastien		 Hugues,
Nicolas		 Brigitte,
Marie		 Mathieu,
Sammuel		 Brigitte,
Julie,
Mélanie		 Hugues,
Samuel		 Brigitte,
Julie
Evicted Steve Nadia Evicted
Cancelled		 Léa Sébastien Nicolas Marie Mathieu Mélanie Hugues
48%
to win		 Brigitte
45%
to win
Samuel
52%
to win		 Julie
55%
to win
  • ^1 Nicolas and Sébastien entered the House to replace David & Yanick who voluntarily left the House the week before. The girls had to choose one of them to evict, and they chose Sébastien.

The winners of the first season were Julie Lemay and Samuel Tissot and the finalists were Brigitte Bourdeau and Hugues Dubé. Lemay subsequently published two books: "Un automne au Loft: Le journal de la gagnante de Loft Story" and "L'envers de la téléréalité".

Season 2

Start Date: January 29, 2006 End Date: April 2, 2006 Duration: 64 days Season 2 was hosted by Isabelle Maréchal and Virginie Coossa, and was produced by Groupe Tele-Vision, under licence from Endemol.

Nominations Table

On alternate Weeks the men will Nominate the women, and the women will Nominate the men, until there is two of each gender left – there will then be a winner of each gender.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 FINAL
Week 9
Female Male
Stéphanie Benoît,
Maxime		 Not
Eligible		 Étienne,
Steve		 Not
Eligible		 Not
Eligible		 Not
Eligible		 Stay Étienne Not
Eligible		 Maxime,
Mathieu		 Nominated Winner
(Female)
Mathieu Immune Nancy,
Stéphanie		 Not
Eligible		 Elisabetta Fantone,
Stéphanie		 Nominated Elisabetta Fantone,
Lysandre		 Stay Not
Eligible		 Elisabetta Fantone,
Stéphanie		 Not
Eligible		 Nominated Winner
(Male)
Dominique Maxime,
Steve		 Not
Eligible		 Étienne,
Jean		 Not
Eligible		 Not
Eligible		 Not
Eligible		 Stay – Not
Eligible		 Étienne,
Maxime		 Nominated Runner-Up
(Female)
Maxime Not
Eligible		 Elisabetta Fantone,
Nancy		 Not
Eligible		 Isabelle,
Stéphanie		 Nominated Lysandre,
Stéphanie		 Leave Not
Eligible		 Dominique,
Stéphanie		 Not
Eligible		 Nominated Runner-Up
(Male)
Étienne Not
Eligible		 Elisabetta Fantone,
Nancy		 Not
Eligible		 Isabelle,
Stéphanie		 Nominated Lysandre,
Stéphanie		 Stay Not
Eligible		 Dominique,
Elisabetta Fantone		 Not
Eligible		 Evicted
(Day 57)
Elisabetta Fantone Benoît,
Steve		 Not
Eligible		 Étienne,
Mathieu		 Not
Eligible		 Not
Eligible		 Not
Eligible		 Stay Maxime Not
Eligible		 Evicted
(Day 50)
Alexandre Not
Eligible		 Nancy,
Stéphanie		 Immune Isabelle,
Stéphanie		 Nominated Elisabetta Fantone,
Lysandre		 Stay Not
Eligible		 Evicted
(Day 43)
Benoît Not
Eligible		 Evicted
(Day 8)		 Nominated Evicted
(Day 40)
Lysandre Benoît,
Steve		 Not
Eligible		 Maxime,
Steve		 Not
Eligible		 Not
Eligible		 Not
Eligible		 Evicted
(Day 36)
Jean-François Not
Eligible		 Elisabetta Fantone,
Nancy		 Not
Eligible		 Elisabetta Fantone,
Isabelle		 Nominated Evicted
(Day 29)
Isabelle Alexandre,
Steve		 Immune Étienne,
Steve		 Not
Eligible		 Evicted
(Day 29)
Steve Not
Eligible		 Dominique,
Elisabetta Fantone		 Not
Eligible		 Evicted
(Day 22)
Nancy Étienne,
Jean		 Not
Eligible		 Evicted
(Day 15)
Notes 2 3 4 – 5 – 6 7 – – –
Nominated
For Eviction		 Benoît,
Steve		 Elisabetta Fantone,
Nancy		 Étienne,
Steve		 Isabelle,
Stéphanie		 Alexandre,
Étienne,
Jean,
Mathieu,
Maxime		 Elisabetta Fantone,
Lysandre,
Stéphanie		 Benoît Alexandre,
Mathieu		 Dominique,
Elisabetta Fantone,
Stéphanie		 Étienne,
Mathieu,
Maxime		 Mathieu,
Maxime		 Dominique,
Stéphanie
Evicted Benoît Nancy Steve Isabelle Jean Lysandre Benoît Alexandre Elisabetta Fantone Étienne Maxime Dominique
Mathieu Stéphanie
  • ^2 On Day one six females and seven males entered – this meant that the gender balances were unequal, and the women were asked to Evict one of the men. They chose Mathieu and he secretly moved into a Secret Room. After three days he returned and, in return, won $1,000 and immunity from the first Nominations.
  • ^3 As survivor of the Eviction Steve was allowed to give Immunity o a female Housemate – he chose Isabella and she was Immune this Week.
  • ^4 Survivor Elisabetta Fantone gave Immunity to Alexandre.
  • ^5 This Week all the men automatically faced the Public Vote to evict. Jean-François was Evicted with the most Public Votes.
  • ^6 Benoît today was voted back into the house by the public. However, whether he could stay and become a Housemate again eligible to win, depended on the other Housemates. Each Housemate had to vote on whether he should stay or leave. Only if everyone voted for him to stay would he be able to stay. The result was 6 votes to 1 for him to stay, the person voting against was Maxime. As the vote was not unanimous, Benoît had to leave the house again.
  • ^7 The two survivors – Elisabetta Fantone and Stéphanie – were given the power this Week to save one male Housemate from Eviction. They chose to save Maxime and Étienne respectively – which left Alexandre and Mathieu to face the Public Vote.

The winners of the second season were Mathieu Baron and Stéphanie Bélanger. Each of them won a car and $50 000. The other participants were Dominique Julien (finalist), Maxime Hébert (finalist), Steve Carrier, Nancy Bouzi, Lysandre Maillot-Perron, Jean-François Janelle, Isabelle Perreault, Étienne Gagnon, Elisabetta Fantone, Benoît Marier and Alexandre Ouellet.

Season 3

Start Date: September 24, 2006 End Date: December 3, 2006 Duration: 71 days Season 3 was hosted by Marie Plourde and Virginie Coossa, and was produced by Groupe Tele-Vision, under licence from Endemol. The Winners: 2 – Jean-Philippe & Kim Losing Finalists: 4 – Brenda-Lee, David, Marie-Ève & Shawn-Edward Evicted Lofteurs: 9 – André, Charles, Christiana, Jennifer, Kevins-Kyle, Mélissa, Nathan, Priscilla & Vanessa

Season 4

Start Date: September 26, 2007 End Date: December 5, 2007 Duration: 71 days Winner: Mathieu "Cass" :) J.l Losing Finalist: Delphine, Élodie, Sébastien, Thomas, & Veronika Evi Robert "Bob", Karine, Stéphanie, Marilyne, Vincent "Viny Boy", Francis "Frank", Yannick "Mimo/MimoFox", Crystal, Christelle, and Mathieu "Blond" R.

Season 5

Loft Story
Season 5 (2008)

Start Date: September 28, 2008. End Date: December 7, 2008. Duration: 71 days. The Finalists: Charles-Éric (The Winner), Kevin (Runner-up), Geneviève (3rd), Mihaela (4th) and Cynthia Sa (5th). Evicted: Arcadio (twice), Claude-Alexandre, Cynthia Sc, Isabelle, Jason, Manuel, Maude, Myriam & Rémi.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
Day 3 Day 4 Day 9 Day 11
Charles-Éric Isabelle Not
known		 Not
known		 Not
known		 Not
eligible		 Nominated Not
known		 Not
known		 Geneviève,
Manuel		 Not
known		 Not
known		 Winner
(Day 71)
Kevin Jason Not
known		 Claude-Alexandre Not known
Charles-Éric		 Jason,
Not known		 Nominated Not
known		 Not
known		 Geneviève,
Manuel		 Not
known		 Arcadio Runner-Up
(Day 71)
Geneviève Exempt Nominated Isabelle,
Kevin		 Arcadio,
Charles-Éric		 Exempt Not
known		 Not
known		 Arcadio,
Mihaela		 Not
known		 Not
known		 Third place
(Day 71)
Mihaela Myriam Maude Geneviève Isabelle,
Not known		 Jason,
Manuel		 Nominated Not
known		 Not
known		 Geneviève,
Charles-Éric		 Not
known		 Not
known		 Fourth Place
(Day 71)
Cynthia Sa Myriam Not
known		 Claude-Alexandre Arcadio,
Manuel		 Not
eligible		 Nominated Not
known		 Not
known		 Manuel,
Geneviève		 Not
known		 Nominated Fifth Place
(Day 71)
Arcadio Kevin Cynthia Sc Not
known		 Isabelle,
Not known		 Manuel,
Not known		 Exempt Not
known		 Not
known		 Geneviève,
Manuel		 Not
known		 Nominated Re-Evicted
(Day 64)
Manuel Isabelle Not
known		 Not
known		 Not
known		 Not
known		 Exempt Not
known		 Not
known		 Charles-Éric,
Cynthia Sa		 Not
known		 Evicted
(Day 57)
Cynthia Sc Myriam Maude Geneviève Isabelle,
Arcadio		 Arcadio,
Charles-Éric		 Exempt Not
known		 Not
known		 Arcadio,
Geneviève		 Evicted
(Day 50)
Claude-Alexandre Exempt Nominated Evicted
(Day 9)		 Not
known		 Not
known		 Re-Evicted
(Day 43)
Rémi Kevin Isabelle Not
known		 Geneviève,
Not known		 Not
eligible		 Exempt Not
known		 Evicted
(Day 36)
Myriam Isabelle Isabelle Not
known		 Isabelle,
Kevin		 Not
eligible		 Nominated Evicted
(Day 29)
Jason Kevin Cyntha Sc Nominated Isabelle,
Not known		 Not
eligible		 Evicted
(Day 22)
Isabelle Myriam Maude Not
known		 Mihaela,
Kevin		 Evicted
(Day 15)
Maude Mihaela Not
known		 Claude-Alexandre Evicted
(Day 8)
Notes 8 9 10 See note
1112		 13 14 None 15 See note
1516		 1517 18
Nominated
for eviction		 Isabelle,
Maude,
Myriam		 Claude-Alexandre,
Geneviève,
Jason		 Isabelle,
Manuel		 Arcadio,
Charles-Éric,
Jason		 Charles-Éric,
Cynthia Sa,
Kevin,
Mihaela,
Myriam		 Arcadio,
Charles-Éric,
Kevin,
Rémi		 Claude-Alexandre,
Manuel		 Cynthia Sc,
Geneviève,
Manuel		 Arcadio,
Manuel		 Arcadio,
Cynthia Sa		 Charlies-Éric,
Cynthia Sa,
Geneviève,
Kevin,
Mihaela
Evicted Maude Claude-Alexandre Isabelle Jason &
Arcadio		 Myriam Rémi Claude-Alexandre Cynthia Sc Manuel Arcadio Cynthia Sa &
Mihaela
Geneviève
Kevin
Charles-Éric
  • ^8 Claude-Alexandre and Geneviève were taking part in a secret mission, and as a result were exempt from this round of nominations. As Isabelle received most nominations, this means that Males will be given automatic immunity for following day.
  • ^9 Since Day 1, Claude-Alexandre and Geneviève were taking part in a secret mission, which later included Jason, as the mission has completed, it was announced that one of them must go, and the housemates voted to evict either Claude-Alexandre, Geneviève or Jason, they were not permitted to vote. Even though evicted, Maude was allowed to nominate.
  • ^10 This week housemates voted twice, first, to determine the first nominee, then, second time, to determine the second nominee. Initially it was Isabelle and Kevin who had the most votes, but after Geneviève won the Power of Veto, she was able to save one of the nominees and she chose to save Kevin, she could also replace the nominee, and she choose Manuel.
  • ^11 Cynthia Sc and Kevin were immune as they are the current Heads of House. This week only the males could be nominated, meaning that all the females were immune. In the recent Canadian General Election there was a 58% turnout. The Master (Big Brother) decided that there should be a 58% turnout in the nominations, meaning that only 6 Housemates were allowed to nominate. Cynthia Sc and Kevin, the Heads of House, had to choose the 6 Housemates that could nominate and they chose themselves, Arcadio, Geneviève, Manuel and Mihaela. This meant that Charles-Éric, Cynthia Sa, Jason, Myriam and Rémi were not allowed to nominate.
  • ^12 During last week, Jason broke a number of rules and was put up for eviction. The public could choose either to evict him, punish him for the next 3 week, or punish the whole house, the public choose to evict him. Arcadio was also evicted, but as Jason was previously evicted, Arcadio was given the power to bring either himself, or Jason back into the house, and he choose himself, therefore he is now a full housemate again.
  • ^13 This week all housemates automatically faced the public vote, Arcadio, Cynthia Sa, Geneviève, Manuel and Rémi won immunity, meaning that Charles-Éric, Cynthia Sa, Kevin, Mihaela and Myriam faced the public vote.
  • ^14 Claude-Alexandre re-entered the house Loft as a Mole for The Master, he cannot win, but can be nominated and evicted, as it is unknown whether he is exempt or not. As Head of House, Geneviève was immune from this eviction.
  • ^15 Kevin won 'eternal immunity' which gave him a free pass to the finale. Cynthia Sc obtained 'eternal nomination', which gave her automatic nomination for the rest of her stay.
  • ^16 Mihaela was immune as she was the current Head of House.
  • ^17 This week, the public were nominating, and the housemate were evicting, Arcadio and Cynthia Sa received the most public votes and were nominated for eviction.
  • ^18 The public was voting for who to win.

Season 6

Loft Story 6: La Revanche
Season 6 (2009)

The 6th season of Loft Story, titled Loft Story : La revanche (an All-Star edition), competed housemates of the last five seasons. The show started on March 29, 2009 on TQS.[1]

Housemates

Housemates choice by the public:

Housemates choice by the channel TQS:

Housemates has been in the casting process:

References

  1. ^ LOFT STORY 6 : LA REVANCHE – 15 FINALISTES DÉVOILÉS, Press release, March 12, 2009. (French)

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