Christophe and Kimberly’s elimination of Jean-Junior was the most significant gesture of Survivor Quebec season 1.
On the other hand, the decision was not easy for Chris, since he had sworn allegiance to his friend.
“This week was awful,” Christophe recalls. “One day I’m for the Three Musketeers, the other day I’m fighting for Kim, then I’m back with the Three Musketeers, I was so messed up, it was so hard for me, I felt trapped between the two.” Finally I confessed everything to Kim. She tried to find a strategy. There were many times where the strategy worked to the end and eventually someone got an immunity chain and that changed our plans, we had to find another option. The goal was absolutely not to take my best friend JJ out of the adventure, but to save Kim. Ultimately, the path was to take it a step further and do it before you might have finished it. »
He clearly remembers the moment he made his decision. “I was with Kim at the sea, it was night. There was a crazy starry sky. We find a possible option which is to eliminate JJ. It doesn’t excite me that much, but I have to do something. I say to Kim, “I don’t know, I don’t think it can work, but it would be so good.” And at the same time, a gigantic shooting star passes overhead. Then I look at Kim and say to him: “That’s it! I’ll do it, I won’t reverse my decision.”
He adds: “We’re walking and about 30 meters away from us is JJ looking at the stars. There he said to me, “Have you seen the mega rising star?!” In my head, there’s no telling how bad I was. I was like, ‘If you knew what she meant, JJ…'”
“I had such a hard time turning off my best friend,” he admits. “He left as a gentleman. In all the scenarios I’ve dreamed up, I never thought he could make me feel so good. Every time we went before the jury after that, he would smile at me and say, “I love you,” but I could clearly see from his face that he wasn’t feeling well. [Jean-Junior nous racontait récemment que son élimination avait été plus difficile qu’il l’avait laissé transparaître]. He just wanted me to feel good, he didn’t want me to feel bad that I eliminated him. Seriously, JJ will always be my friend. I have so much respect for this guy. »
The friendship between JJ and Chris was inspiring. Moreover, an unprecedented moment from the last tribal council proves it all the more. See it here.
We also invite you to read our interview with Kimberly, with whom we spoke about representativeness, here.