A big surprise at the dawn of his 40th birthday. Cyril Féraud is well known to French viewers for playing the TV game Slam for sixteen seasons. But, against all expectations, the presenter will soon say goodbye to the France 3 game, as he revealed in an interview given to our colleagues at Parisian. In a few months, his fans will be able to find him every midday on France 2 to host the game Everyone wants to take its place. And for good reason, from the start of the school year, Cyril Féraud will replace the comedian Jarry, who is leaving his post after just one season because he could not combine the daily filming of the show and the tours of his show.
“ I will have to stop the presentation of Slam. The game will continue, with someone else », explained the host in the columns of Parisian. The one who has recorded more than 5,000 broadcasts is already emotional at the idea of leaving the program: “ It’s a huge page that will turn “, he admitted. “ I was 22 when I started this program. I grew up with it, never tired of it, and viewers saw me mature “, explained Cyril Féraud. Very attached to Slam, he proposed to France 3 several people he would like to see at the helm of the show. “ I have an idea in mind, which I submitted to management “, revealed the 39-year-old man before adding: “ Because Slam has been exported to around ten countries, and notably to Slovenia, where it is hosted by a duo… But I won’t tell you the names I proposed! » He would therefore like to see co-hosting, but we won’t know more for the moment.
Cyril Féraud: “ We start from a place when we are not happy »
Could Cyril Féraud have left public service for TF1? This is what the rumors have been saying since last December. Rumors from the corridors that the host denied on December 17 on the set of Cmedia (France 5). “ We start from a place when we are not happy », Estimated the one who embodies the character of Cyril Gossbo in Fort Boyard. “ I have crazy luck, […] my childhood dream was to present games on TV. […] I am very happy with what I managed to build “, did he declare. A few weeks later, at the RTL microphone, the subject came back on the table. Éric Dussart emphasized that a financial reason can be at the origin of a departure; Cyril Féraud responded that “ money is not a subject ” for him.
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