Bimbos et Intellos (Unaired French Reality TV series; 2007)

Beauty and the Geek is a reality television franchise that first aired in the United States.  The basic idea of the show is that it follows groups of "Beauties" (people — almost always women — who rely on their attractiveness and outgoing personalities but typically lack intellect) and "Geeks" (people — almost always men — who rely on their intellect, but typically lack social ability) who must pair up to compete in challenges to avoid elimination. Throughout the show, each contestant was given a tagline. Examples include “Former Child Prodigy” and "Synthetic Organic Chemist" for the geeks; "Cheerleader" and "Former Hooters Waitress" for the beauties.  While the show originated in the USA, there are versions of the show in many different countries around the world, such as Australia, Chile, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK.

A piece of lost media that I am interested in finding is the French version of Beauty and the Geek (“Bimbos et Intellos”). After searching the internet here's what I was able to find out about it:

• The French version was called “Bimbos et Intellos”, though it was alternatively known as "La belle et le génie".
  
• It was filmed in Hammamett, Tunisia in spring of 2007 with 6 to 8 episodes produced.
• French actor and comedian Laurent Ournac was the host.
  
• The contestants consisted of 7 beauties and 7 geeks.
• The prize money was around €20,000 and a winner was declared.
• It was initially set to air on TF1 in the summer of 2007 but it kept facing delays until it was ultimately cancelled without a single episode aired.
• Apparently, the main reason why the show was cancelled was because TF1 was not satisfied with the final product.
  
  
  

Image of French rapper Smartzee with someone who appears to be one of the "beauties" on the show.

News article from Variety about the show:
variety.com/2007/film/features/mip-briefs-france-takes-beauty-1117963152/

Blog post (in French) which talks about some of the contestants of the show and other behind the scenes details:
www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-4287-exclu-les-coulisses-de-bimbos-et-intellos.html

Here is an interview (in French) of one of the "beauties" on the show (though I don't know if she's the one in the image I posted here):
linfonetrealtv.free.fr/pages/newsseul.php?idarticles=14&idemission=5

Unfortunately since I don't speak French well, I can't really translate the French articles. So if anyone who speaks French can translate the articles for me (or at least help me out with something), I will be happy.