Second death on France's Survivor as doctor of Koh-Lanta commits suicide following unexpected death of a contestant.

Scandal is now engulfing France's version of Survivor known as Koh-Lanta with a second death rocking the reality show - the doctor has committed suicide following the unexpected death of a contestant a week ago which shut down production and saw the 16th season cancelled.

Dr. Thierry Costa has committed suicide following the death of contestant Gerald Babin after a heart attack during filming a challenge in Cambodia. Dr. Thierry Costa left a suicide note he asked to be made public.

Dr. Thierry Costa says in his suicide note he treated Gerald Babin "as a patient and not a contestant" and that he was distraught by "false accusations and assumptions" in the media.

"In recent days my name has been sullied in the media," dr. Thierry Costa wrote.

Adventure Line Productions (ALP) which produced Koh-Lanta for France's TF1 channel says in a statement: "Everyone admired his great professionalism with the participants and the production staff."

French Survivor 16th season immediately cancelled after the death of one of the contestants.

What would have been the upcoming 16th season of the French Survivor reality television series, Koh-Lanta has been immediately cancelled and scrapped following the unexpected death of one of the contestants.

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Following the unexpected heart attack of one of the contestants, France's TF1 channel said the season will be cancelled immediately and that Koh-Lanta which was filmed in Cambodia won't be shown this year since the TV channel and production company's thoughts are foremost with the parents and family of the contestant. All the contestants were flown back to Paris today.

The 25 year old contestant Gérald Babin suffered an unexpected heart attack and died on Friday during the first day of shooting following a "shipwreck" challenge.

"The show will not take place in 2013," says a TF1 spokesperson. Koh-Lanta was produced by Adventure Line Productions (ALP). "The teams from ALP, TF1 and (presenter) Denis Brogniart are devastated and join in the profound sadness of Gérald’s family. All of their thoughts are with his parents, his sister, his girlfriend and all those close to him."