For its fourth season, “the fifty” upsets habits. Fifty new candidates joined the famous castle in an attempt to become “the elected official”, the one who will win the prize pool for one of his followers. But this year, it is impossible to play solo: as soon as they arrived, the players were divided into 10 teams of 5, a major change in this game known for its strategic brutality.
No more individual alliances: this season, survival goes through team cohesion. Each day, the five members of a group will have to unite to face the arena tests. A collective defeat, and it’s a whole section of the strategy collapses. But the candidates know this: if the game begins in a group, it can only end solo. Current alliances will therefore become threats to eliminate sooner or later.
The Panther enters the scene
Another major novelty: the panther enters the universe of the lion. Presented as her “fiancée”, she takes possession of a new space within the castle and embodies a dreaded power. Each day, a player of each team is summoned in their lair for a strategic duel: to climb the kitty … or avoid seeing it melt. And what benefits a team can harm another.
“Ferocious and mischievous”, the Panther already stands out as the relentless referee of this edition. His interventions spice up the dynamics of the game, pushing the candidates to make often cruel and calculated choices.
The cat, another key character of the season
By his side, a new animal makes a more discreet but no less formidable appearance: the cat. Tapie in the shadow of its den, this enigmatic figure manifests itself only to offer its “torturette”, a series of riddles at the uncertain outcome. Each team sends a representative there, and the time spent resolving these puzzles could well turn their future into the game.
Between forced alliances, the unpredictable interventions of the panther, the threat of the cat and the inevitable betrayals, this fourth edition of the fifty promises to be the most intense. The lion, always master of the game, remains more fierce than ever, ready to do anything to experience the nerves and the loyalty of the candidates.
Who are the new faces?
This fourth edition brings together an eclectic cast mixing ancient emblematic faces and recent figures of reality TV. Here are the 50 candidates of this season: Ania (the apprentice adventurers), Benoît (Secret Story), Benjamin (I am a celebrity), Carine (Star Academy), Cindy (New Star), Delphine (married at first glance), Enzo (The Detective Club), Esmeralda (Beijing Express), Eva (10 couples perfect), Florian (La Haneia (Les Anges), Hugo (L’Île de la temptation), Jade (La Villa), Jérémy (brother of Benjamin Samat), Jimmy (The Island of the Temptation), John-David (Secret Story), Jonathan (Secret Story), (Julia Mamans and famous), Katell (The Island of the temptation), Kelly H (the Ch’tis) (The island of the temptation), Keylan (Secret Story), Laura L (Secret Story), Laura M (Les Marseillais), Louison (Beijing Express), Ludivine (married at first glance), Mako (the island of the temptation), Manon (the Marseillais), Marco (the princes and the princesses of love), Marine (the island of the temptation), Martika ( Bachelor), Micha (Les Marseillais), Morgan (Secret Story), Neymar (Mamans and famous), Paul (L’Île de la temptation), Pele (Les Apprentis Aventuriers), Rémy (The Island of the Temptation), Robin (The Power), Romain (married at first glance), Ryad (Beijing Express), Sandra (Les Île de la temptation) Angels), Shauna (Hollywood Girls), Simon (married at all costs), Solène Favreau (The Brain), Solène Fouquez (La Villa des Coeurs Brisés), Thomas (10 perfect couples), Tom (Les Anges), Ulysse (Secret Story) and Zizou (Apprentis Aventuriers).
All hope to reach the final, but only one will be able to claim the title of elected official. The game is launched.
Find “the fifty” streaming on RTL Play and from Monday to Friday on RTL Plug.