Occupation Double is a Quebec

Quebec

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 reality show that started in 2003. It is broadcast by TVA

TVA (TV network)

TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media...

 and was the main competitor of the Quebec incarnation of Loft Story

Loft Story (Canada)

Loft Story was a Canadian French television series broadcast on the TQS television network, and was an adaptation of the show Loft Story in France, which itself was an adaptation of the Big Brother franchise...

. Ultimately, it was more financially successful than its direct competition. A second edition of the show was aired in 2004 and a third edition was aired in the Fall of 2006. After yet another successful fourth edition in 2007 and fifth edition in 2008 took place, also on TVA

TVA (TV network)

TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media...

.

The sixth edition of Occupation Double premiered on September 27, 2009. Things are different this time around, where the whole duration of the show is airing in Dominican Republic. Just like the other seasons, the contestants will travel around the world. The 7th season will air in the Fall of 2010, the show will take place in Whistler

Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...

, British Columbia

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Season 1 (2003)

• Caroline (Voluntary exit)
• Éric (winner)
• François
• Geneviève (Returned)
• Isabelle (winner)
• Jean-Michel
• Jonathan
• Livia
• Manuel
• Marielle
• Mikaël
• Natacha
• Nicolas
• Pascal
• Pierre
• Samuel

Season 2 (2004)

• Bérangère (Voluntary exit)
• Dania
• Éric
• Hugo (winner)
• Isabelle G
• Isabelle J
• Jean-François
• Jonathan
• Léo-Pierre
• Marie-Ève (winner)
• Martin
• Maxime
• Patrick
• Simon
• Sophie
• Vasilios (Ejected)

Season 3 (2006)

• Benjamin
• Cindy
• David
• Étienne
• Frédérique
• Gabriel
• Grégoire
• Isabelle (winner)
• Kym
• Marc-Hugo
• Marguerite
• Maripier
• Martin
• Robin (winner)
• Patrick
• Stéphanie
• Nadine

Season 4 (2007)

• Alex, 20 years old
• Alexandra, 18 years old
• Catherine, 20 years old (Voluntary exit in Week 9)
• Daisy, 22 years old
• Jessie, 22 years old
• Kim, 24 years old
• Stéphanie, 22 years old (Winner)
• Carl, 25 years old
• Christian, 26 years old (Ejected)
• Carl-Yan, 25 years old (Voluntary exit)
• Éric, 29 years (Ejected)
• Gabriel, 23 years old (Winner)
• Marc-André, 21 years old
• Patrick, 21 years old (Ejected)
• Sébastien, 24 years old
• Thomas, 24 years old
• Michaël, 23 years old (Ejected)

Season 5 (2008)

• Carole-Ann, 21 years old (eliminated in Week 3)
• Catherine, 19 years old (eliminated in Week 1)
• Cédrik James, 23 years old (eliminated in Week 5)
• Christian, 27 years old (eliminated in Week 9)
• Claudia, 27 years old (Runner-up)
• Guillaume, 23 years old (eliminated in Week 3)
• Jessica, 23 years old (Winner)
• Julie, 24 years old (eliminated in Week 1)
• Luc, 33 years old (eliminated in Week 1)
• Mathieu, 24 years old (eliminated in Week 7)
• Misty, 19 years old (eliminated in Week 8)
• Noémie, 25 years old (eliminated in Week 1)
• Olivia, 22 years old (eliminated in Week 4)
• Patricia, 30 years old (voluntary exit in Week 9)
• Rémi, 34 years old (eliminated in Week 2)
• Roxanne, 24 years old (eliminated in Week 6)
• Samuel, 28 years old (Winner)

Season 6 (2009)

(Filmed in Dominican Republic)

• Winners:

Women:

*Marie-Ève, 24 years old, from Québec (born in Shawinigan)

Men:

*Guillaume, 23 years old, from Montreal

• • Eliminated:

• Sophie, 26 years old, from Terrebonne (RUNNER-UP)

• Marie-Josée, 28 years old, from Montreal (born in Alma) (eliminated on October 4)

• Érika, 26 years old, from Montreal (born in Alma) (eliminated on October 6)

• André, 31 years old, from St-Constant (eliminated on October 11)

• Éric, 28 years old, from St-Hyacinthe (eliminated on October 18)

• Phillipe, 25 years old, from Montreal (born in Magog) (eliminated on October 25)

• Mike, 28 years old, from Québec (eliminated on November 1)

• Noémie, 20 years old, from St-Augustin-de-Desmaures (eliminated on November 8)

• Alexe, 25 years old, from Montreal (born in Québec) (eliminated on November 10)

• Jean-Maxime, 25 years old, from Magog (eliminated on November 15)

• Keaven, 24 years old, from Gatineau (eliminated on November 15)

• Jean-François, 27 years old, from Québec (eliminated on November 22)

• Lydiane, 22 years old, from Montreal (born in Trois-Rivières)(eliminated on November 25)

Season 7 (2010)

(Filmed in Whistler, British Columbia)

• Winners:

Women:

*Nathalie

Men:

*Charles

• • Eliminated:

• Judith (RUNNER-UP)

• Jimmy (RUNNER-UP)

• JoEve

• Amélie

• Hugo

• Terry

• Magalie

• Anastasia

• Alex

• Kÿlla

• Jean-Philippe

• Jean-Philippe S.

See also

• List of Quebec television series
• Television of Quebec
  Television of Quebec
  Television in Quebec is an essential part of the culture of Quebec, as well as the rest of French Canada. With over 99% of households owning a television in Quebec, it has the power to reach every Quebecer...
  
  
• Culture of Quebec
  Culture of Quebec
  The Culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting from the shared history of the French-speaking majority in Quebec. It is unique to the Western World; Quebec is the only region in North America with a French-speaking majority, as well as one of only two provinces in Canada...
  
  
• Reality television
  Reality television
  Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...