Cyril Féraud

Cyril Féraud was born on 15 March 1985 in Digne-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).[1] He is an only child and was passionate about television game shows from a young age. In the early 2000s, from the age of 16, he sent game ideas to the production team of the show Fort Boyard.[2] After a master's degree in communication and management, he took his first steps in the industry as an assistant for this same programme "which made (him) want to do television".[3]

From 2005 to 2015, Féraud worked as a journalist for the weekly Télé Poche, as a reporter, head of the entertainment section, then as head of information.[4]

In 2006, he made his radio debut as a columnist on Jean-Marc Morandini's Le Grand Direct program on Europe 1, with whom he worked for four seasons on the radio and television on the Morandini! program on Direct 8.[5]

From 29 August 2016 to 30 June 2017, he hosts Midi avec vous on MFM Radio, each weekday from noon to 1 p.m.[6]

Féraud began his career as a television host in 2004 at the helm of children's programs Art Attack and the programming block Zapping Zone on Disney Channel.[7] He provided French commentary for the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2008 and 2009, respectively with singers M. Pokora and Sliimy, on the local variant of Nickelodeon.[8][9] Spotted by the national lottery operator Française des Jeux, he presented the new Loto draw live on France 2 in October 2008. He continued as a host of the draw for three years.[10]

Since 26 October 2009, he has hosted the game show Slam, which combines quizzes and crossword puzzles, every weekday afternoon on France 3. During his first two years as host, the show tripled the audience of the time slot with 1.4 million viewers on average, quickly making Féraud one of the channel's flagship hosts. Since 1 March 2015, he has been in charge of Le Grand Slam, the weekly version of Slam in which the best candidates in the game compete each Sunday.[11]

From 2010 omwards, France 3 entrusts him with the presentation of various prime time programs: Le Tournoi d'orthographe and Le Grand Bêtisier in 2010, Le Grand Jeu in 2011 and 300 chœurs pour + de vie in 2012. After being the voting spokesperson for France at the contest in 2011,[12] he was co-commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest grand final for three years: on 26 May 2012, with Mireille Dumas from Baku, Azerbaijan,[13] on 18 May 2013, again with Dumas, live from Malmö, Sweden[14] and on 10 May 2014, this time with Natasha St-Pier, in Copenhagen, Denmark.[15] In March 2022, he was a member of the jury to help select France's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.[16]

In 2011, 2015–2016 and again from 2018 to 2021, he presented the quiz show Personne n’y avait pensé! (an adaptation of BBC's Pointless) on France 3, a game of general knowledge in which the candidates must score as less points as possible to win.[17] In January 2018, the game moved to a daily broadcast just before Slam and replaced another game show Harry.[18]

Since April 2018, after campaigning for its return, he has presented the new version of the adventure game show La Carte aux Trésors in prime time on France 3, the show having been absent from the air for nine years.[19]

Since 2021, he has been presenting two major prime time events on France 2: Le Quiz des Champions (an adaptation of British ITV show Quiz Master),[20] which sees the greatest TV game champions in France compete against each other, and 100% Logique (an adaptation of another ITV show The 1% Club), in which 100 candidates compete to test their logic and their sense of observation.[21]

In March 2022, he presented Quelle sera la meilleure danse folklorique de France? (What will be the best folk dance in France?), a major competition in which the French regions come to demonstrate their traditional dances in prime time on France 3.[22] Since August 2022, he has presented every day Duels en Familles on France 3, a French game show created by himself, in which two families compete in general knowledge duels.[23] The game show airs daily, just before Slam.

Special events

Féraud with musicians at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in 2015

In March 2009, he presented the Sidaction evening live on France 2 alongside Line Renaud which featured seventy artists singing together in the streets of Paris. Then in March 2010, the Les Stars du Rire Spéciale Sidaction evening alongside Patrick Sabatier live on France 2.

A recurring host of the Téléthon since 2010, he has presented the launch party in prime time and live on France 3 with Sophie Davant since 2012.

From 2013, he has played host at most of France 3's live performance programs in prime time: International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo every year since 2013,[24] Le Grand Spectacle du Festival Interceltique de Lorient every summer since 2015,[25] Musiques en Fête live from the Chorégies d'Orange every year since 2017,[26] La Folie Offenbach in January 2018,[27] La Grande Parade des Nations Celtes since 2018.[28]

Féraud and artistic gymnast Cyril Tommasone during Village Départ in July 2016

In 2015 and 2016, during the whole Tour de France, he co-presented the France 3 program Village Départ with Laurent Luyat, and presented a sporting event every day, in which a local resident tries to beat a record, as well as a sequence on the heritage of the city visited.[29]

In 2016 and 2017, he presented the sixty concerts of Âge Tendre, the Idol Tour,[30] now produced by Christophe Dechavanne and which celebrated its tenth anniversary in the Le Zénith venues of France with a dozen artists such as Sheila, Hugues Aufray, Gérard Lenorman, Les Rubettes. The recording of the show was broadcast on C8 on 22 February 2017 in prime time. In 2018, he presents the second season of the Age Tendre tour,[31] with sixty-two performances in France, Belgium and Switzerland given by a dozen artists including Sheila, Dave, Dick Rivers, Michèle Torr, Nicoletta and was broadcast by C8 on 6 June 2018 again in prime time.

In 2012, Féraud was the godfather of the association Grandir which supports families whose children suffer from growth problems. Since 2020, he has been the godfather of the association Les lutins du Phoenix, whose volunteer members dress up as superheroes to visit children hospitalized in the pediatric oncology department.

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