Secret Story (French season 1)

Erwan Henaux, aged 19, lives in a hearth of young workers and studies first year social sciences. His secret is that he is transsexual.[3]

Frédéric "Fred", aged 38, claims he made contact with extraterrestrials.[4]

Gabriel Jordani, aged 26, is an artist. He is single and is working for La Voix (The Voice).[5]

Julien Colas, aged 26, is an escort boy. He is described as a 'young man of taste'. Later in his life, he distinguishes himself as the faithful boss of well-known bartender and restaurant manager Christophe Rafie.[6]

Nelly "Laly" Valade, aged 26, is described as being irritated easily and shouting a lot. Laly works for the police and is a stripper.[7]

Maryline, aged 26, is a naturist, measuring 6'1''. She is unmarried because she has no time to find a man.[8]

Maxime Leconte, aged 21, had been living in London for a few months prior the show. He is the son of Henri Leconte.[9]

Nadège Dabrowski, aged 20, is a model and has a height of 5'6''. She suffers from OCD.[10]

Nicolas Guillermin, aged 24, is a Chippendales dancer. His secret is that he lost 50 kg before the show.[11]

Ophélie Marie, aged 23, is a playmate. She is described as a young woman full of energy.[12]

Tatiana Laurens-Delarue (née Tatiana Hammoudi), aged 25, lives in Paris. Her mother died when she was young. Tatiana has been married to Xavier for a year.[13]

Cyrielle, Johanna, and Marjorie Bluteau, all aged 23, are triplets. This was their secret. If they managed to hide their secret for a week, they would win €10,000. However, housemate Tatiana discovered the secret before the first week was over. They competed under the name Marjorie.[14]

The Triplets with was based on a similar twist - done with twins - from Big Brother US 5.

Xavier Delarue, aged 29, has played professional basketball for ten years. He has been married to Tatiana for a year.[15] He threatened to leave the game on August 20 after hearing a message from former housemate Maryline.[16]

Cyrielle, Johanna, and Marjorie and are triplets. They were to switch once a day for a week, taking turns, with one in the main house and two staying in a secret bedroom, located in the loft, accessed through a secret hatch in the Confessional (the equivalent of the Diary Room). However, Tatiana discovered their secret before the week was up and so they lost their chance to get the €10,000.

The Chambre des Vérités, translated as the "Room of Truths" is a completely white room equipped with a lie detector, developed by the Israeli services. Each contestant will go into the Chamber of Secrets and be put in front of the Lie Detector and will have to answer questions from the other contestants either 'yes' or 'no'. If the light goes green, the contestant is telling the truth; red is a lie and orange means 'indeterminable'.

Two contestants, a man and a woman, were chosen by the production team to leave the house. Maryline and Xavier were chosen and the other contestants were told that they had been evicted. However, in reality, they were in a secret bedroom, able to follow the other contestants with a TV and headphones, similar to the Big Brother bedsit, used in the Big Brother UK 2004 house. After they returned, the room was kept and used by Tatiana and Xavier on their anniversary, after their secret had been revealed.

• On Launch Night:
  • Cyrielle, Johanna, and Marjorie are triplets.
  • Erwan is a transsexual.[17]
  • Fred thinks he is in contact with extraterrestrials.
  • Gabriel is a mole for La Voix.
• At the end of Week 1:
  • Tatiana and Xavier are a real married couple.
• At the end of Week 2:
  • Laly is a stripper and used worked in a police station in Mériadeck, Bordeaux.
  • Nadège has suffers from Obsessive–compulsive disorder.
• During the daily show of 10 July, it was revealed that Laly and Nicolas had disobeyed the 7th Commandment in revealing their secrets and were automatically put up for eviction.
  • Nicolas lost 50 kilograms[18]
• At the end of Week 3 :
  • Maryline is a naturist.
• At the end of Week 4:
  • Ophélie is a playmate.
• At the end of Week 5:
  • Julien is an escort.
  • Maxime is the son of Henri Leconte, a former French professional tennis player.

• Day 1: Julien thinks that Erwan was not born a man, and he is correct.
• Day 4: Maryline thinks that Marjorie has a twin sister, and she is wrong.
• Day 5: Fred thinks that Julien is of noble ancestry (from the Count of Savoy), and he is wrong.
• Day 6:
  • Laly thinks that Fred is an extraterrestrial, having misunderstood that one of the contestants is in contact with extraterrestrials, not an extraterrestrial themself; Although this has been revealed already, her belief is discounted due to her misunderstanding. Fred loses his chance at the prize fund for giving Laly too much information to lead her to her belief.
  • Tatiana thinks that Marjorie has two twin sisters, and she is correct.
  • Xavier thinks that Maxime is Benjamin Castaldi's brother, and he is wrong.
• Day 14: The Triplets think that Maryline is a naturist, and they are correct.
• Day 21: Maxime thinks that Xavier is a DJ, and he is wrong.
• Day 25: Maryline thinks that Laly is a porn star, and she is wrong.
• Day 28: Erwan thinks that Laly works for the police. Laly confirms this, but states that it is only half of her secret. Erwan wins only half of her jackpot.
• Day 29:
  • Maryline thinks she's discovered Tatiana's secret, that "they took her child away from her and she got him/her back". Tatiana discounts her belief the next day.
  • Julien thinks that Ophélie is a sports champion. Ophélie denies this, claiming that he was not precise enough to say 'snowboarding', but this doesn't matter anyway, as her secret is that she is a playmate.
• Day 30: Tatiana thinks that Gabriel is a prince of a monarchy in the Middle East or Maghreb and that he lives in a palace, and she is wrong.
• Day 36: Tatiana suggests to Ophélie that she is a jumping champion, but of height, not length or width. Ophélie refutes this theory by saying that she's not any kind of jumping champion.
• Day 39: The Secret Alarm went off, but Maxime says that he was with Tatiana, who accidentally lent on the button.
• Day 40: Maxime says that he thinks Tatiana and Xavier are a couple, and he is correct but it doesn't count because Maxime is not completely sure.
• Day 41:
  • The Triplets think that Tatiana is a Buddhist, and they are wrong.
  • Maxime confirms his earlier thoughts about Tatiana and Xavier; his belief is confirmed and he scoops their jackpot.
• Day 43: Tatiana thinks that Maxime is the son of a celebrity, furthered by Gabriel, Maryline, and Xavier.
• Day 44: Tatiana confirms her earlier thoughts regarding Maxime; his belief is confirmed but she scoops just half the jackpot, for not discovering all of the secret.
• Day 45: Erwan and Xavier think that Maxime is the son of Henri Leconte.
• Day 46: Erwan and Xavier confirm their earlier thoughts about Maxime; their belief is confirmed and they share the remainder of Maxime's jackpot.
• Everyone failed to correctly identify Gabriel's secret: being a mole for La Voix.