Bertrand-Kamal, candidate for the new season, has died

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Currently broadcast on TF1, the new season of Koh-Lanta has just lost one of its candidates. The television channel announced the death of Bertrand-Kamal.

The broadcast of the 20th season of Koh Lanta started two weeks ago. We discovered new candidates, including Bertrand-Kamal. The 30-year-old adventurer appeared on the Eastern Team show. In a press release published this Thursday, September 10, TF1 announced the death of the latter. A terrible loss for the fans of the show, but also for the other participants who shared so much with him in Fiji. Denis Brogniart, meanwhile, also confided his sentence upon learning of the death of Bertrand-Kamal: "Am devastated by the passing of Bertrand-kamal last night. He was 30 years old. I knew him as an adventurer from Koh Lanta and I loved him as a friend afterwards, a loved one with whom I shared so much privileged moments. He moved me in Fiji, he moved me. "

The candidate for this new season, still being broadcast, had been transparent about his illness. On August 28, he confided in the daily The public good : "I fell ill after the adventure; I am in the middle of the fight against the disease. I prefer to say it. I'm not ashamed of it. It’s a fight against cancer this time around. The trials are not over yet on my side. " Indeed, the shooting of Koh-Lanta took place between October and November 2019. The young man was diagnosed with cancer after participating in the show. If it was necessary to face another test, he often confided to have realized a dream by participating in the Koh-Lanta show: "You only believe when you're in it. I didn't expect it to be so hard. It's harder and more beautiful than I thought. We take full eyes. We don't know the destination. that at the last moment. We are cut off from the world. We wonder what we are going to fall into. The stress is present long before the start. "

If the second season of Koh-Lanta is released recently, Bertrand-Kamal had already conquered the hearts of viewers by his bravery and his endearing personality. Many people have paid tribute to him on social networks.

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