Sylvain Augier, the former host of the television shows “Faut pas rêve” and “La carte aux Trésors”, died on Saturday at the age of 68, his daughter announced to AFP on Tuesday. On TV, his long figure, his gentle smile and his receding hairline remain associated with travel and adventure.
“Our Tintin reporter”
The general public first knew him thanks to the show “Must not dream”, which he presented from 1990 to 1999 and won two Sept d’or, the TV awards, in 1997. Scheduled on Friday in the second part of the evening on France 3, this program presented reports on exotic destinations. It was created by Georges Pernoud, the father of “Thalassa”, broadcast just before.
From 1996 to 2005, Sylvain Augier also presented “The Treasure Map”, a distant adventure game descended from the legendary “Treasure Hunt” by Philippe de Dieuleveult in the 1980s. The candidates set off in search of hidden objects in a given department, using the helicopter – one of Sylvain Augier’s passions – and solving puzzles. Besides the helicopter, the host was crazy about risky sports. In 1988, at the age of 33, he had a serious paragliding accident in the Hautes-Pyrénées, which almost cost him the amputation of a foot.
“He was our Tintin reporter, always a joker,” greeted Tuesday on the social network a great loss for the Sud Radio family”, reacted the host Cécile de Ménibus on I’ve come a long way”, which opened with a suicide attempt he made at age 55.
I learned with great sadness of the disappearance of Sylvain Augier. We animated “why? how?” together. » these are just happy memories. Sylvain was our always joking Tintin reporter. The treasure map family is very sad tonight
— Nathalie Simon (@nathsimofficiel) March 19, 2024