“Not at ease”, “physical discrimination”: the photo in a swimsuit requested from the Koh-Lanta casting divides Internet users, Denis Brogniart responds

Barely the anniversary season of Koh Lanta ended – in a rather particular way it must be admitted – that the production of the show announced the opening of the castings for a future edition. What is this famous application file made of? After filling in the last name, first name, age, telephone number, address, marital status, number of children, nationality, profession and email address, the production asks candidates three questions to judge their motivation (describe themselves in a few lines, explain why this wish to participate in Koh-Lanta and why the production should choose them more than another). A close-up portrait photo, a full-length photo and a photo in a swimsuit must be attached to this form. This last request has given rise to many questions from Internet users.

“Why do we have to send a photo in a swimsuit?”

Indeed, on Twitter, Jazzy replied to Denis Brogniart who shared the call for candidates: “I would like to but why do we have to send a photo in a swimsuit? There are people who would love to participate but who don’t feel comfortable doing this.“. Very quickly, the host replied on the social network:”Because in #kohlanta we spend a lot of time in swimsuits! No? Beautiful evening“.

An answer that divides Internet users

The response of the star host of the front page has caused debate among Internet users. Some consider this request to be coherent, considering that if we do not feel comfortable sending the photo, we will not be more comfortable on the screen. “But they spend 3/4 of the time in swimsuits, so if you don’t feel comfortable that way, they don’t participate.“, wrote Matéo. Others imagine that this photo is necessary to verify that the participants do not have problematic tattoos … But for others, send a photo in a swimsuit and go on the adventure in a swimsuit bath has nothing to do with it and is simply discriminatory! “Yes in Koh-Lanta the candidates are often in swimsuits for the tests and life on the camp, one should not be modest but at the time of the preselections, it looks more like a judgment on the physical criteria of the candidates or this n is not a Miss contest“, wrote Romain.”Ok they are often in swimsuits but there is the connection between sending a photo in “swimsuit” and the casting on the other hand !!!“,”There is a form of discrimination in the physical, surely that it has to be photogenic to be selected “, “Because we have to be in a swimsuit ???? No, I do not think so!! Just to see if we look good on camera in a swimsuit !! Discrimination“, can we read in the comments.

Knowing how to swim: a more legitimate criterion than the photo in a swimsuit!

Netizens raised another inconsistency. “You take many candidates who cannot swim when there are a lot of tests in the water! No ? Beautiful evening“, wrote a Twittos, using the formulation of Denis Brogniart. And for good reason, we have already seen some adventurers disembark in Koh-Lanta without knowing how to swim. Cédric, former adventurer of the adventure game has also had fun answering to Denis Brogniart, mentioning a candidate who had marked by his lack of ease in the water: “@Ahmadkohlanta did you spend time in a swimsuit?“. One thing is certain: Koh-Lanta has not finished talking …