Occupation Double

''Occupation Double'' (sometimes referenced as OD) is a Canadian French language reality show which first aired in 2003. It is broadcast on V, following a decade during which it was broadcast on TVA. As of 2023, the hosts of the show are former contestant Frédéric Robichaud and partner, singer Alicia Moffet. The show was previously hosted by Jay Du Temple.

The sixth edition of ''Occupation Double'' premiered on September 27, 2009. For the first time, the entirety of the show took place in a foreign country, the Dominican Republic. The seventh season took place in Whistler, British Columbia; the eighth, in Portugal; the ninth, in the United States; the tenth, in Spain and French Polynesia; the eleventh, in Indonesia; the twelfth, in Greece; and the thirteenth, in South Africa. In 2020, it was announced that the show would be filmed in Quebec due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec in a season entitled, "OD: Chez Nous".

Seasons

Season 1 (2003)

Miscellaneous information

*The host was Éric Salvail.
* Finalist Natacha made an impression when she ran in her underwear through the streets of the suburbs to join the boys' house.

Winning couple

Éric and Isabelle (are no longer together)

Season 2 (2004)

Miscellaneous information

*The host was Éric Salvail.
* Bérangère left the adventure to join Maxime, with whom she was in love, after the latter was eliminated. Maxime was eliminated after his ex-girlfriend testified that she and Maxime were still a couple at the beginning of the show.

Winning couple

Hugo and Marie-Ève (no longer together)

Season 3 (2006)

Miscellaneous information

* The host was Joël Legendre.
* Maripier Morin is, among the candidates of the 3rd season, the one who stood out the most. A few years after her time on OD, she got various roles on TV, in shows like Le banquier, Sucré salé, District V and Ça commence bien!

Winning Couple

Robin and Isabelle (no longer together)

Season 4 (2007)

Winning Couple

Stéphanie and Gabriel (no longer together)

Season 5 (2008)

Winning Couple

Jessica and Samuel (no longer together)

Season 6 (2009)

Winning Couple

Marie-Ève and Guillaume (are no longer together)

Season 7 (Whistler), 2010)

Miscellaneous information

* While the public was aware, Judith was unaware that her boyfriend Jimmy was a dancer at 281, a strip club in Montreal. He finally confessed to her during the final trip to Bora Bora, at which point Judith exclaimed "Is there any cognac here?"
* The host of this season was Pierre-Yves Lord.

Winning Couple

Nathalie and Charles (are no longer together)

Season 8 (Portugal, 2011)

Miscellaneous information

The finale was marked by major controversy. Couples Dave and Odile and Georges-Olivier and Nancy were the finalists of Occupation Double Portugal. Before the winning couple was announced, Nancy said she wanted to withdraw and that she was not up to the prizes, considering them "too big." As she tried to leave, the host Pierre-Yves Lord, Georges-Olivier and her own family urged her to stay until the winning couple was announced. Although she and Georges-Olivier were the winners, they did not kiss.

Season 9 (California, 2012)

Miscellaneous information

One of the highlights of this season was a party where Laurie, exasperated by Érika, shouted "Hey! Do you want me to get on my nerves?" ».

Winning Couple

Andréanne Marquis and Hubert Harvey (are no longer together)

Season 10 (Spain, 2013)

Winning Couple

Cintia and Kaled (are no longer together)

Season 11 (Bali, 2017)

The 11th season, commonly called "OD Bali", was hosted by comedian Jay Du Temple and aired from on V, after of absence.

Miscellaneous information

* The season was watched by more than a million viewers each week.
* On the way to the finale, the indonesian Agung volcano, located on the island of Bali, erupted. During his appearance on the show Tout le monde en parle, Jay Du Temple announced to the audience that the remaining candidates had been evacuated and were back on Canadian soil.
* Due to her reactions deemed excessive, candidate Joanie Perron shocked the audience both on television and on social media. In particular, she used a racist term when she complained about having to do the dishes. This incident gave rise to a petition on the Change.org website demanding her expulsion. The petition has collected more than 7500 signatures. The candidate's mother expressed in an interview with the Journal de Montréal her dissatisfaction with several aspects of the show: .

Winning couple

Alexandra and Adamo (are no longer together).

Season 12 (Greece, 2018)

Miscellaneous information

*The elimination of Maude and Jonathan, which occurred following a poisoned chalice from the production, caused discontent among many viewers, who circulated a petition that raised almost 13,000 signatures.
*The winning couple of this edition is composed of Andrew O'Reilly and Catherine Paquin, Alanis' best friend, former candidate of the last season in Bali.

Season 13 (South Africa, 2019)

Miscellaneous information

*Bullying was a major topic in season 13. Indeed, Kevin was the target of many insults from other candidates who had a bad perception of him. This situation gave rise to a petition that has collected more than 25,000 signatures. The production ended up apologizing to the public and some candidates expressed remorse during the finale.
*A first trans woman participated in the reality TV show Occupation Double: Khate Lessard, . She went there to support the LGBTQ+ community.

Audiences

The finale, which took place on December 1, 2019, was watched by people live and in replay the same evening. The next day, later, 177,000 people had watched the finale on Noovo.ca. The big winners of the final prize are Trudy Simoneau and Mathieu Robitaille. Kevin Lapierre won the prize for the favorite candidate.

= Record audience

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The daily Tuesday October 1, 2019 attracted nearly 631,000 viewers live on V. This is the best score for a daily reality TV show since its return in 2017. It should also be noted that the ratings do not include viewing of shows on Noovo.ca, which in 2017 attracted more than views.

On October 18, 2019, V published the audience results since the beginning of the adventure. On average, every Sunday, Occupation Double attracts 735,000 viewers. For the daily shows, it's an average of 650,000 people who follow the adventures of the candidates in South Africa. On Noovo.ca, the season's capsules and episodes, so far, have attracted views. V also mentions that the videos on the show's official Facebook page attract, on average, views each week.

Season 14 (Chez nous, 2020)

Miscellaneous information

*Candidate David was excluded before the adventure even began. His past run-ins with the law and the testimonies of certain women would have made the production decide to eliminate him from Occupation Double.
*After not being chosen on the red carpet, candidates Anne-Catherine and Cédrick formed a couple during their deconfinement in the house of the excluded.
*At the end of the 5th week, a controversial and unprecedented situation occurred when it was revealed that Éloïse, while she was in preventive isolation due to a fear of contamination with COVID-19, had watched videos about the current season of OD on YouTube, which is not allowed. The production did not immediately react and left it to the participants to eliminate the girl of their choice, and the latter eliminated Julie. Some discontent arose on social networks and the production had to block public comments on Éloïse's account. The following Sunday, shaken by the consequences of her action, Éloïse declared that she wanted to leave the adventure just before the announcement of which girl would be eliminated. The candidates had put her photo in the envelope anyway
* The public received the couple well, and several personalities such as Manon Massé. commented on this historic event for the show. *Candidates Marjorie and Cintia are the first female couple in the show's history.

Audience Favorite

Julie Munger won the $10,000 scholarship and the Audience Favorite Candidate Award.

Winning couple

The winning couple of this edition was the couple composed of Noémie Marleau and Vincent Beauregard.

Season 15 (''Dans l’Ouest'', 2021)

The 15th season, titled ''OD dans l'Ouest'', is hosted by comedian Jay Du Temple and airs from September 23, 2021 on Noovo.

Participants

Source: Noovo website

= Adventure 1

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= Adventure 2

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Miscellaneous information

* Only four boys were revealed to the public during the unveiling of the candidates to the public, while twelve girls were revealed.
*During the red carpet, the host, Jay Du Temple, announces that there will be 2 adventures in this version.
*Alexandre, a candidate from adventure 2 of this version, was ousted from the show by the production because of his behavioral problems. *At the end of the season, actors and actresses got together with Jay Du Temple to reinterpret certain scenes from various seasons of Occupation Double.

Audience Favorite

Frédérick wins the audience favorite award.

Winning couple

Ines and Stevens win with a prize worth including a loft refuge in the Eastern Townships.

Season 16 (Martinique, 2022)

The 16th season of Occupation double Martinique marks the show's return to normalcy. Due to COVID-19, the last two seasons had to take place in Canada only. This year, the participants have the opportunity to travel around the globe again. Once again, it is the comedian Jay du Temple who occupies the position of host of the show. However, the role of "Lady Pagaille" is occupied by the very first Board of Directors (CA) of OD. The CA is originally made up of 4 candidates whose mission is to control the adventure of the two other houses. During the adventure, they will have important and especially heartbreaking decisions to make. The lucky ones who were able to access the adventure of OD Martinique are the following:

Miscellaneous information

* Catherine's interest in Tommy has caused a lot of talk, especially for content creator Emy-Jade Greaves, since Tommy is her ex and Catherine is her friend.
* Félix, Isaack and Philippe were expelled for bullying other candidates. The latter three created an unhealthy climate and scared away sponsors of reality TV. The three Expelled candidates are no longer in the episodes as of October 20, 2022.
* Kiana and Florence abandon the adventure due to the tense situation since the expulsion of Félix, Isaack and Philippe.
* Koralie-Maya abandons the adventure due to Rami's infidelity.
* During the grand finale, host Jay du Temple announces that he is leaving his role as host of Occupation double.

Miscellaneous information

* Catherine's interest in Tommy has caused a lot of talk, especially for content creator Emy-Jade Greaves, since Tommy is her ex and Catherine is her friend.
* Félix, Isaack, and Philippe were kicked out for bullying other contestants. The latter three created an unhealthy climate and scared away sponsors of the reality TV show. The three Expelled candidates are no longer in the episodes as of October 20, 2022.
* Kiana and Florence are abandoning the adventure due to the tense situation since the expulsion of Félix, Isaack and Philippe.
* Koralie-Maya abandons the adventure due to Rami's infidelity.
* During the grand finale, host Jay du Temple announces that he is leaving his role as host of Occupation double.

Controversy surrounding bullying

Since the wave of bullying that Jonathan and Tommy experienced during their time on OD. Following the revelations, sponsors decided to break their partnership by way of press release: Shop Santé, Oraki, Polysleep, Twenty Compass, That'so, Nial Création, Lambert, Couche-tard, Guru as well as Finstar. Finstar was a sponsor mainly for the grand prize of the winning couple, therefore a condo in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts.

In addition, several candidates from previous editions have expressed having experienced intimidation and felt abandoned by the production, including Charle Montigny and Karine Saint-Michel.

Winning couple

* Couple: Claudia and Jimy
* Favorite candidate: Jonathan and Virginie
* Favorite CA candidate: Megan

Season 17 (Spain, 2023)

The 17th season will be hosted for the first time by a couple, namely Alicia Moffet and Frédérick Robichaud. Frédérick participated in season 15 (''OD in the West''). This season will take place for the second time in Spain.

Finalists: Simon and Mia, Lara and Vincent, Rebecca and Mathieu P

Winner of the season: Simon and Mia

Favorite candidate: Céline

Controversy of the season: Marie-Andrée and Anthony, the public's favorite couple, are eliminated before the final trip, so the public decides to vote for their friends who didn't vote to eliminate them, Mia and Simon. They therefore won the grand prize.

Season 18 (Mexico, 2024)

The 18th season, titled ''OD Mexico'', is hosted by Frédérick Robichaud and Alicia Moffet and broadcast from September 8, 2024 on Noovo

This year in Occupation Double, it's mixed houses. Later during the season six new candidates will join the adventure.

See also

*List of Quebec television series
*Television of Quebec
*Culture of Quebec
*Reality television

References

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2003 Canadian television series debuts
2000s Canadian reality television series
2010s Canadian reality television series
2020s Canadian reality television series
Television shows filmed in Quebec
TVA (Canadian TV network) original programming
Noovo original programming