Loft Story (Canada)

Loft Story is/was a Québécois TV show on the Canadian network TQS, and is an adaptation of the French show by the same name.

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 two 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, and a fourth on September 26th, 2007.

Concept and rules

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eason 1

Start Date: 5th October 2003End Date: 7th December 2003

Duration: 64 days

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.

fnb|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".

eason 2

Start Date: 29th January 2006End Date: 2nd April 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 women, until there is two of each gender left - there will then be a winner of each gender.

fnb|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.
fnb|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.
fnb|4 Survivor Élisabetta gave Immunity to Alexandre.
fnb|5 This Week all the men automatically faced the Public Vote to evict. Jean-François was Evicted with the most Public Votes.
fnb|6 Benoît today was voted back into the house by the public. However, whether he could stay and become a Housemate again eligable 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.
fnb|7 The two survivors - Élisabetta 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, Élisabetta Fantone, Benoît Marier and Alexandre Ouellet.

eason 3

Start Date: 24th September 2006End Date: 3rd December 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

eason 4

Start Date: September 26th 2007End Date: December 5th 2007

Duration: 71 days

Winner: Mathieu "Cass" S.

Losing Finalist: Delphine, Élodie, Sébastien, Thomas, & Veronika

Evicted:Robert "Bob", Karine, Stéphanie, Marilyne, Vincent "Viny Boy", Francis "Frank", Yannick "Mimo/MimoFox", Crystal, Christelle, and Mathieu "Blond" R.

References

External links

* [http://www.loftstory.tqs.ca/ Official site of TQS's Loft Story] fr
* [http://loftstory.abotch.com/ Popular blog reporting last news about Loft Story] fr
* [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CP&Date=20060130&Category=CPGALLERIE02&ArtNo=130001&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=1 Pictures of participants of the 2006 Québécoise edition]