Gerald Babin suffered a series of cardiac arrests while filming in Cambodia. Picture: Supplied
March 26, 2013news.com.au
A CONTESTANT on the French version of reality show, Survivor, has died on the first day of filming in Cambodia.
25-year-old Gerald Babin suffered a series of cardiac arrests after
competing in a tug-of-war challenge on the program, called Koh-Lanta.
Channel TF1 and Adventure Line Productions made an immediate decision to cancel the program.
"It is not really a question," said a spokesman for Channel TF1, "everyone is being flown back to France.”
"Adventure
Line Productions, TF1 and [host] Denis Broginart are devastated and
join in the profound sadness of Gerald’s family,” they added in a
statement.
Babin was reportedly attended to by a medic after complaining of cramps in his arms after the tug-of-war challenge.
He died while being airlifted by helicopter to a nearby hospital.
The production company said contestants had recieved extensive medical testing as part of the selection process.
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