Seychelles to make debut appearance in one of Madagascar's most popular reality shows |11 December 2015

Seychelles will feature for the first time ever in one of Madagascar’s most popular televised shows, Kopi Kolé.

With more than 30,000,000 viewers Kopi Kolé reality show staged and broadcasted on TV Plus Madagascar attracted more than 5000 candidates this year.

This year is the third time that the show is broadcast.

From the month of June to September, the candidates battled on TV Plus Madagascar to secure a place in the grand final with only five candidates remaining in the race.

Nomenjanahary Samilahy Joseph, one of the winners of Kopi Kolé reality show and who walked away with a fabulous trip to Seychelles was recently in the country.

Winner of the People’s Choice award, Nomenjanahary Samilahy Joseph imitated Koike, a native singer from the South of Madagascar, interpreting ‘Hiezaka’, one of Koike's famous songs.

From December 2-6 Hobiniaina Andriamparany, Miora Roger, presenter of Kopi Kolé, a cameraman and a sound man took Nomenjanahary Samilahy Joseph  to the island’s most amazing spots on Mahé and Praslin and filmed his entire journey. He also had some fascinating encounters with the country’s highest government officials, including Alain St Ange, the Seychelles Minister for Tourism and Culture and Nathalie Didon, deputy chief executive of the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB).

On their first day of their trip in Seychelles, TV Plus Madagascar was welcomed in the minister’s office for a courtesy call. Hobiniaina Andriamparany, Miora Roger, said “it is the first time that the winner of the show is welcomed by a high government official”.

She was moved by the welcome and thanked the STB for assisting TV Plus Madagascar and the winner while they were in Seychelles.

Minister St Ange welcomed the group in Seychelles, saying the “islands have so much to offer visitors”.

Shots of Nomenjanahary Samilahy Joseph’s visit in Seychelles will be broadcast in next year’s Kopi Kolé reality show.

Kopi Kolé can also be viewed on You Tube, Canal Plus and Canal Sat in the Indian Ocean and is a clear sign that the concept of the Vanilla islands is bringing the islands more together.