Loft Story is a Quebec 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 Quebec 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.
Season 1 Season 1 aired from October 5, 2003 to December 7, 2003 for a total of 64 days.
Contestants Celebrity Home Occupation Age Brigitte Bourdeau Ottawa Theatre 25 David Tousignant Montreal Journalist 28 Hugues Dubé Chicoutimi Operator 23 Julie Lemay Carignan Teacher 23 Léa Raby-Gauthier Montreal Designer 20 Marie-Laurence Drouin Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Theatre 20 Mathieu Gaudet Gatineau Musician & singer 23 Mélanie Leclaire Outremont Data processing 27 Nadia Bonnette Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu Hairdresser 21 Nicolas Daigle Montreal Student 30 Samuel Tissot Laval Biology Student 22 Sébastien Chalifoux Montreal Fireman 23 Steve Quévillon Saint-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 Week 9Final Replace Nomination Julie SteveDavid Noteligible DavidSamuel Sébastien Nominated Noteligible Nominated Female Winner(Day 64) Samuel Noteligible JulieNadia Nominated Noteligible JulieLéa Noteligible Nominated Nonominations Male Winner(Day 64) Brigitte HuguesSteve Noteligible DavidYanick Nicolas Noteligible Nominated Nominated (Day 64) Hugues Nominated JulieNadia Noteligible Noteligible JulieLéa Nominated Noteligible Nonominations Male Runner-Up(Day 64) Mélanie HuguesSteve Noteligible DavidSamuel Sébastien Noteligible Noteligible Nominated Evicted(Day 57) Mathieu Noteligible Nadia Noteligible Noteligible Julie Noteligible Nominated Evicted(Day 50) MathieuHughes Nominated DavidYanick Sébastien Noteligible Nominated Evicted(Day 43) Nicolas Not inHouse Nominated Exempt Nominated Evicted(Day 36) Léa HuguesSteve Noteligible Noteligible Sébastien Nominated Evicted(Day 29) Sébastien Not inHouse Nominated Evicted(Day 25) David Noteligible JulieMarie-Laurence Noteligible Walked(Day 17) Yanick Noteligible Nadia Nominated Walked(Day 17) Nadia HuguesSteve Nominated Evicted(Day 15) Steve Nominated Evicted(Day 8) Notesnone none Nominated Hugues,Steve Marie,Nadia Samuel,Yanick Nicolas,Sébastien Julie,Léa Hugues,Nicolas Brigitte,Marie Mathieu,Samuel Brigitte,Julie,Mélanie Hugues,Samuel Brigitte,Julie Walkednone DavidYanick none Evicted SteveMost votesto evict NadiaMost votesto evict EvictionCancelled Sébastien 4 of 5 votesto evict Léa Most votesto evict Nicolas Most votesto evict Marie Most votesto evict Mathieu Most votesto evict Mélanie Most votesto evict Hugues48%to win Brigitte45%to win Samuel52%to win Julie55%to win
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 In alternate weeks the men will nominate the women, and the women will nominate the men, until there are 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 Week 9Final Female Male Stéphanie Benoît,Maxime Noteligible Étienne,Steve Noteligible Exempt Noteligible Stay Étienne Noteligible Maxime,Mathieu Female Winner(Day 64) Mathieu Exempt Nancy,Stéphanie Noteligible Elisabetta,Stéphanie Nominated Elisabetta,Lysandre Stay Noteligible Elisabetta,Stéphanie Noteligible Male Winner(Day 64) Dominique Maxime,Steve Noteligible Étienne,Jean Noteligible Exempt Noteligible Stay – Noteligible Étienne,Maxime (Day 64) Maxime Noteligible Elisabetta,Nancy Noteligible Isabelle,Stéphanie Nominated Lysandre,Stéphanie Leave Noteligible Dominique,Stéphanie Noteligible Male Runner-Up(Day 64) Étienne Noteligible Elisabetta,Nancy Noteligible Isabelle,Stéphanie Nominated Lysandre,Stéphanie Stay Noteligible Dominique,Elisabetta Noteligible Evicted(Day 57) Elisabetta Benoît,Steve Noteligible Étienne,Mathieu Noteligible Exempt Noteligible Stay Maxime Noteligible Evicted(Day 50) Alexandre Noteligible Nancy,Stéphanie Exempt Isabelle,Stéphanie Nominated Elisabetta,Lysandre Stay Noteligible Evicted(Day 43) Benoît Noteligible Evicted(Day 8) Nominated Evicted(Day 40) Lysandre Benoît,Steve Noteligible Maxime,Steve Noteligible Exempt Noteligible Evicted(Day 36) Jean-François Noteligible Elisabetta,Nancy Noteligible Elisabetta,Isabelle Nominated Evicted(Day 29) Isabelle Alexandre,Steve Exempt Étienne,Steve Noteligible Evicted(Day 29) Steve Noteligible Dominique,Elisabetta Noteligible Evicted(Day 22) Nancy Étienne,Jean-François Noteligible Evicted(Day 15) Notes none none none NominatedFor Eviction Benoît,Steve Elisabetta,Nancy Étienne,Steve Isabelle,Stéphanie Alexandre,Étienne,Jean-François,Mathieu,Maxime Elisabetta,Lysandre,Stéphanie Benoît Alexandre,Mathieu Dominique,Elisabetta,Stéphanie Étienne,Mathieu,Maxime Mathieu,Maxime Dominique,Stéphanie Evicted Benoît Most votesto evict Nancy Most votesto evict Steve Most votesto evict Isabelle Most votesto evict Jean Most votesto evict Lysandre Most votesto evict Benoît to evict Alexandre Most votesto evict Elisabetta Most votesto evict Étienne Most votesto evict Maxime Fewest votesto win Dominique Fewest votesto win Mathieu Most votesto win Stéphanie Most votesto win
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. As survivor of the eviction, Steve was allowed to give Immunity o a female Housemate – he chose Isabella and she was Immune this Week. Survivor Elisabetta gave Immunity to Alexandre. This week all the men automatically faced the Public Vote to evict. Jean-François was evicted with the most Public Votes. 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 six votes to one for him to stay, the person voting against was Maxime. As the vote was not unanimous, Benoît had to leave the house again. The two survivors – Elisabetta 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: 3 – Shawn-Edward, Jean-Philippe & Kim Les gagnants de Loft Story 3: Shawn-Edward, Kim et J-P! Losing Finalists: 3 – Brenda-Lee, David & Marie-Ève Evicted Lofteurs: 8 – André, Charles, Christiana, Jennifer, Mélissa, Nathan, Priscilla & Vanessa Walked Lofteurs: 1 – Kevins-Kyle
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10Final Day 44 Day 46 Day 60 Day 61 Vanessa,? Noteligible Priscilla NoNominations ?,? Noteligible Noteligible Brenda-Lee Noteligible Marie-Ève Male Winner(Day 71) Kim Noteligible ?,? Noteligible NoNominations ?,? Jean-Philippe,Nathan Mélissa Noteligible Jean-Philippe,Charles David Brenda-Lee Female Winner(Day 71) Not inhouse Noteligible Priscilla NoNominations ?,? Noteligible Noteligible Kim Noteligible Marie-Ève Brenda-Lee Male Winner(Day 71) Brenda-Lee Not inhouse Charles,?,? Nominated NoNominations ?,? Jean-Philippe,Nathan Mélissa Noteligible Jean-Philippe,Charles David (Day 71) David Jennifer,? Noteligible Jennifer NoNominations ?,? Noteligible Noteligible Kim Exempt Banned Male Runner-Up(Day 71) Marie-Ève Noteligible ?,? Noteligible NoNominations ?,? Jean-Philippe,Nathan Mélissa Noteligible Jean-Philippe, David Brenda-Lee Third Place(Day 71) Charles Christiana,Jennifer Nominated Brenda-Lee,Jennifer NoNominations ?,? Noteligible Noteligible Kim Noteligible Evicted(Day 57) Mélissa Noteligible ?,? Noteligible NoNominations ?,? Jean-Philippe,Nathan Mélissa Noteligible Charles Evicted(Day 50) Nathan Vanessa,? Noteligible Mélissa NoNominations ?,? Noteligible Evicted(Day 43) Charles Christiana Noteligible ?,? Noteligible NoNominations ?,? Evicted(Day 36) Charles Kevins-Kyle Kim,? Noteligible Mélissa NoNominations Walked(Day 30) Charles Priscilla Exempt ?,? Noteligible NoNominations Evicted(Day 29) Charles Jennifer Noteligible ?,? Noteligible Evicted(Day 22) Charles André Marie-Ève,Vanessa Noteligible Evicted(Day 15) Charles Vanessa Noteligible Evicted(Day 8) Charles Notes Againstpublic vote Kim,Vanessa André,Charles Brenda-Lee,Jennifer,Mélissa,Priscilla AllHousemates Christiana, Jean-Philippe,Nathan Kim,Mélissa Charles,Jean-Philippe David,Marie-Ève none AllHousemates Christiana,Kim Walkednone Kevins-Kyle none Evicted VanessaMost votesto evict André Most votesto evict Jennifer Most votesto evict Priscilla Most votes(out of 3)to evict Christiana Most votesto evict Nathan Most votesto evict Mélissa Most votesto evict CharlesMost votesto evict NoEviction Brenda-Lee 3 of 6 votesto fake evict Marie-Ève Fewest votesto win Brenda-LeeFewest votesto win DavidFewest votesto win Most votesto win KimMost votesto win Most votesto win Notes
This week the boys each had to nominate 2 of the girls. Priscilla is currently The Boss. The Boss has an immunity card which they can either use for themselves or give away to another housemate. Priscilla chose to make herself immune. This week the girls each had to nominate 2 of the boys. Brenda-Lee is currently The Boss. This week the Boss had to choose the first nominee. The person chosen will directly up for eviction. Brenda-Lee chose Charles.