Loft Story (Canadian TV series)

This article is about the Quebec French version of Loft Story. For the France version of Loft Story, see Loft Story (France).

The logo of the 4^th season of Loft Story.

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

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

Season 1

Start Date: 5th October 2003 End 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.

	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

Template:Fnb 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: 29th January 2006 End 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 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	Élisabetta, Stéphanie	Nominated	Élisabetta, Lysandre	Stay	Not Eligible	Élisabetta, 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	Élisabetta, Nancy	Not Eligible	Isabelle, Stéphanie	Nominated	Lysandre, Stéphanie	Leave	Not Eligible	Dominique, Stéphanie	Not Eligible	Nominated	Runner-Up (Male)
Étienne	Not Eligible	Élisabetta, Nancy	Not Eligible	Isabelle, Stéphanie	Nominated	Lysandre, Stéphanie	Stay	Not Eligible	Dominique, Élisabetta	Not Eligible	Evicted (Day 57)
Élisabetta	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	Élisabetta, 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	Élisabetta, Nancy	Not Eligible	Élisabetta, Isabelle	Nominated	Evicted (Day 29)
Isabelle	Alexandre, Steve	Immune	Étienne, Steve	Not Eligible	Evicted (Day 29)
Steve	Not Eligible	Dominique, Élisabetta	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	Élisabetta, Nancy	Étienne, Steve	Isabelle, Stéphanie	Alexandre, Étienne, Jean, Mathieu, Maxime	Élisabetta, Lysandre, Stéphanie	Bonoît	Alexandre, Mathieu	Dominique, Élisabetta, Stéphanie	Étienne, Mathieu, Maxime	Mathieu, Maxime	Dominique, Stéphanie
Evicted	Benoît	Nancy	Steve	Isabelle	Jean	Lysandre	Benoît	Alexandre	Élisabetta	Étienne	Maxime	Dominique
											Mathieu	Stéphanie

Template:Fnb 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.
Template:Fnb As survivor of the Eviction Steve was allowed to give Immunity o a female Housemate - he chose Isabella and she was Immune this Week.
Template:Fnb Survivor Élisabetta gave Immunity to Alexandre.
Template:Fnb This Week all the men automatically faced the Public Vote to evict. Jean-François was Evicted with the most Public Votes.
Template:Fnb 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.
Template:Fnb 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.

Season 3

Start Date: 24th September 2006 End 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

Season 4

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

Duration: 71 days

Winner: Mathieu "Cass" S.

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

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

External links

• Official site of TQS's Loft Story Template:Fr
• Popular blog reporting last news about Loft Story Template:Fr
• Pictures of participants of the 2006 Québécoise edition