Survivor contestant dies from cardiac arrests during filming

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."

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