Occupation Double (sometimes referenced as OD) is a Canadian French language reality show which first aired in 2003. It is broadcast on Noovo, following a decade during which it was broadcast on TVA. As of 2025, the hosts of the show are former contestant Frédéric Robichaud and ex-partner, singer Alicia Moffet. The show was previously hosted by Jay Du Temple.
The sixth edition of Occupation Double premiered on September 27, 2009. For the first time, the entirety of the show took place in a foreign country, the Dominican Republic. The seventh season took place in Whistler, British Columbia; the eighth, in Portugal; the ninth, in the United States; the tenth, in Spain and French Polynesia; the eleventh, in Indonesia; the twelfth, in Greece; and the thirteenth, in South Africa. In 2020, it was announced that the show would be filmed in Quebec due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec in a season entitled, "OD: Chez Nous".
Concepts Occupation Double is a reality competition show featuring singles selected through auditions and seeking romantic relationships. The selected individuals live together in houses, generally separated by gender, and participate in various challenges and excursions designed to encourage relationships between contestants.
Each week, a contestant is eliminated alternating by gender. The men eliminate one woman, and the next week vice versa until a finalist couple wins numerous prizes totaling several hundred thousand dollars.
Seasons
Season 1 (2003)
Miscellaneous information
The host was Éric Salvail Finalist Natacha made an impression when she ran in her underwear through the streets of the suburbs to join the boys' house.
Winning couple Éric and Isabelle (are no longer together)
Season 2 (2004) Miscellaneous information
The host was Éric Salvail. Bérangère left the adventure to join Maxime, with whom she was in love, after the latter was eliminated. Maximè was eliminated after his ex-girlfriend testified that she and Maxime were still a couple at the beginning of the show.
Winning couple Hugo and Marie-Ève (no longer together)
Season 3 (2006) Miscellaneous information
The host was Joël Legendre. Maripier Morin is, among the candidates of the 3rd season, the one who stood out the most. A few years after her time on OD, she got various roles on TV, in shows like Le banquier, Sucré salé, District V and Ça commence bien!
Winning Couples Robin and Isabelle (no longer together)
Season 4 (2007) Winning Couples Stéphanie and Gabriel (no longer together)
Season 5 (2008) Winning Couples Jessica and Samuel (no longer together)
Season 6 (2009) Winning Couples Marie-Ève and Guillaume (are no longer together)
Season 7 (Whistler), 2010)
Miscellaneous information While the public was aware, Judith was unaware that her boyfriend Jimmy was a dancer at 281, a strip club in Montreal. He finally confessed to her during the final trip to Bora Bora, at which point Judith exclaimed "Is there any cognac here?" The host of this season was Pierre-Yves Lord.
Winning Couples Nathalie and Charles (are no longer together)
Season 8 (Portugal, 2011) Miscellaneous information The finale was marked by major controversy. Couples Dave and Odile and Georges-Olivier and Nancy were the finalists of Occupation Double Portugal. Before the winning couple was announced, Nancy said she wanted to withdraw and that she was not up to the prizes, considering them "too big." As she tried to leave, the host Pierre-Yves Lord, Georges-Olivier and her own family urged her to stay until the winning couple was announced. Although she and Georges-Olivier were the winners, they did not kiss.
Season 9 (California, 2012) Miscellaneous information One of the highlights of this season was a party where Laurie, exasperated by Érika, shouted "Hey! u want me to get on my nerves?" ».
Winning Couples Andréanne Marquis and Hubert Harvey (are no longer together)
Season 10 (Spain, 2013)
Winning Couples Cintia and Kaled (are no longer together)
Season 11 (Bali, 2017) The 11th season, commonly called "OD Bali", was hosted by comedian Jay Du Temple and aired from on V, after of absence.
Miscellaneous information The season was watched by more than a million viewers each week. On the way to the finale, the indonesian Agung volcano, located on the island of Bali, erupted. During his appearance on the show Tout le monde en parle, Jay Du Temple announced to the audience that the remaining candidates had been evacuated and were back on Canadian soil. Due to her reactions deemed excessive, candidate Joanie Perron shocked the audience both on television and on social media. In particular, she used a racist term when she complained about having to do the dishes. This incident gave rise to a petition on the Change.org website demanding her expulsion. The petition has collected more than 7500 signatures. The candidate's mother expressed in an interview with the Journal de Montréal her dissatisfaction with several aspects of the show: .
Winning couples Alexandra and Adamo (are no longer together).
Season 12 (Greece, 2018) Miscellaneous information The elimination of Maude and Jonathan, which occurred following a poisoned chalice from the production, caused discontent among many viewers, who circulated a petition that raised almost 13,000 signatures. The winning couple of this edition is composed of Andrew O'Reilly and Catherine Paquin, Alanis' best friend, former candidate of the last season in Bali.
Season 13 (South Africa, 2019) Miscellaneous information Bullying was a major topic in season 13. Indeed, Kevin was the target of many insults from other candidates who had a bad perception of him. This situation gave rise to a petition that has collected more than 25,000 signatures. The production ended up apologizing to the public and some candidates expressed remorse during the finale. A first trans woman participated in the reality TV show Occupation Double: Khate Lessard, . She went there to support the LGBTQ+ community.
Audiences The finale, which took place on December 1, 2019, was watched by people live and in replay the same evening. The next day, later, 177,000 people had watched the finale on Noovo.ca. The big winners of the final prize are Trudy Simoneau and Mathieu Robitaille. Kevin Lapierre won the prize for the favorite candidate.
Record audience The daily Tuesday October 1, 2019 attracted nearly 631,000 viewers live on V. This is the best score for a daily reality TV show since its return in 2017. It should also be noted that the ratings do not include viewing of shows on Noovo.ca, which in 2017 attracted more than views.
On October 18, 2019, V published the audience results since the beginning of the adventure. On average, every Sunday, Occupation Double attracts 735,000 viewers. For the daily shows, it's an average of 650,000 people who follow the adventures of the candidates in South Africa. On Noovo.ca, the season's capsules and episodes, so far, have attracted views. V also mentions that the videos on the show's official Facebook page attract, on average, views each week.
Season 14 (Chez nous, 2020) Miscellaneous information Candidate David was excluded before the adventure even began. His past run-ins with the law and the testimonies of certain women would have made the production decide to eliminate him from Occupation Double. After not being chosen on the red carpet, candidates Anne-Catherine and Cédrick formed a couple during their deconfinement in the house of the excluded. At the end of the 5th week, a controversial and unprecedented situation occurred when it was revealed that Éloïse, while she was in preventive isolation due to a fear of contamination with COVID-19, had watched videos about the current season of OD on YouTube, which is not allowed. The production did not immediately react and left it to the participants to eliminate the girl of their choice, and the latter eliminated Julie. Some discontent arose on social networks and the production had to block public comments on Éloïse's account. The following Sunday, shaken by the consequences of her action, Éloïse declared that she wanted to leave the adventure just before the announcement of which girl would be eliminated. The candidates had put her photo in the envelope anyway The public received the couple well, and several personalities such as Manon Massé. commented on this historic event for the show. *Candidates Marjorie and Cintia are the first female couple in the show's history.
Audience Favorite Julie Munger won the $10,000 scholarship and the Audience Favorite Candidate Award.
Winning couples The winning couple of this edition was the couple composed of Noémie Marleau and Vincent Beauregard.
Season 15 (Dans l’Ouest, 2021) The 15th season, titled OD dans l'Ouest, is hosted by comedian Jay Du Temple and airs from September 23, 2021 on Noovo.
Participants Source: Noovo website
Adventure 1 +BoysCandidatesAgeCityProfessionArrivalDepartureStatusFrédérick24 years oldRivière-du-Loup, QuebecEntrepreneurWeek 1Week 11FinalistLuca26 years oldSherbrooke, QuebecNurseWeek 1Week 10ExcludedPhilippe26 years oldActon-Vale, QuebecSteel erectorWeek 5Week 8ExcludedMathieu26 years oldWhistler, CanadaGlazierWeek 5Week 6Not chosenPatriceQuebec, QuebecBarberWeek 1Week 4ExcludedAntoine26 years oldBrossard, QuebecHypnotistWeek 1Week 3Abandoned
+GirlsCandidatesAgeCityProfessionArrivalDepartureStatusMarilou22 years oldJonquière, QuébecModelWeek 5Week 11FinalistAmélieMascouche, QuébecMarketing studentWeek 1Week 10ExcludedSarah-Donia27 years oldLaval, QuébecClinical NurseWeek 5Week 8ExcludedKathleen30 years oldLongueuil, QuébecInsurance Sales SupportWeek 1Week 7ExcludedSabrinaSherbrooke, QuebecKinesiology studentWeek 1Week 6ExcludedCarol-Anne26 years oldRepentigny, QuebecProfessional dancerWeek 1Week 4ExcludedJolie-Ann29 years oldMontreal, QuebecCivil servantWeek 1Week 4ExcludedJenny22 years oldLaval, QuebecFlight attendantWeek 1Week 3ExcludedRasheeda26 years oldTerrebonne, QuebecConstruction workerWeek 1Week 3ExcludedVanessa31 years oldMontreal, QuebecCommunications CoordinatorWeek 1Week 2Excluded
Adventure 2 +GirlsCandidatesAgeCityOccupationArrivalDepartureStatusInes28 years oldTerrebonne, QuebecMarketing studentWeek 1Week 11WinnerAudrey31 years oldMontreal, QuebecBeauty product salespersonWeek 1Week 11FinalistClodelle27 years oldMontreal, QuebecSinger and modelWeek 1Week 9Dropped outAlexandra27 years oldVancouver, BCFlight attendantWeek 1Week 9Dropped out +BoysCandidatesAgeCityOccupationArrivalDepartureStatusStevens26 years oldMontreal, QuebecProfessional athleteWeek 1Week 11WinnerRobin25 years oldRosemère, QuebecCarpenter-joinerWeek 1Week 11FinalistAlexandre Y.24 years oldSalaberry-de-Valleyfield, QuebecCoachWeek 1Week 9WithdrawalJackson26 years oldLaval, QuebecConstruction engineering studentWeek 1Week 9AbandonedNicolas28 years oldMontreal, QuebecBar managerWeek 1Week 7ExcludedPierre-Alexandre33 years oldMontreal, QuebecAirline pilotWeek 1Week 5ExcludedYannick26 years oldQuebec, QuebecLandscaping contractorWeek 1Week 2ExcludedAlexandre P.31 years oldMascouche, QuebecRestaurant managerWeek 1Week 1Excluded by Production
Miscellaneous information
Only four boys were revealed to the public during the unveiling of the candidates to the public, while twelve girls were revealed. During the red carpet, the host, Jay Du Temple, announces that there will be 2 adventures in this version. Alexandre, a candidate from adventure 2 of this version, was ousted from the show by the production because of his behavioral problems. *At the end of the season, actors and actresses got together with Jay Du Temple to reinterpret certain scenes from various seasons of Occupation Double.
Audience Favorite Frédérick wins the audience favorite award.
Winning couple