In Secret Story, fifteen candidates are locked up in a villa called Villa of Surprises for three months. However, all candidates are confident that the secret is worth 10,000 euros. The goal of the candidates is to get behind the secrets of the other candidates and earn more than 10,000 euros. Each week, one of the candidates has to leave the villa by televoting. The winner wins 100,000 euros and the prize money he or she has earned by guiding secrets of the other participants.