The loyal viewers of “Everyone wants to take their place” have been playing with her since May 31, 2024. This Tuesday, November 12, they said goodbye to Isabelle, the 11th greatest champion of the midday game of France 2. The one who had occupied the red chair for a little over five months and left her place to Anne, at the end of a final lost 19 points to 10. The one who accumulated 104 victories leaves with a prize pool amounting to 121,700 euros.
20,000 euros offered to his challenger
To try to keep her place as champion, Isabelle, manager of a campsite near Limoges (Haute-Vienne), had offered her challenger a very nice envelope of 18,100 euros, which, added to her number of points, brought to 20,000 euros all round the sum won if she chose to leave and let Isabelle continue the adventure. “I'm sorry I want to test the chair“, Anne apologized, refusing the champion's proposal. “That’s very good, well done! It's the game!“, congratulated Isabelle.
“I would also like to thank all the haters who wanted me to leave this chair.”
Isabelle, ex-champion of “Everyone wants to take their place”
After hugging Cyril Féraud, the host of the France 2 game, in her arms for several seconds, Isabelle insisted:say a little word“. “I would like to congratulate Anne. I wish you an adventure as fantastic as the one I experienced, or even more beautiful.“, she declared in the direction of her successor. “Then I would like to thank all my loved ones, the people in the public who supported me. I would also like to thank all the haters who wanted me to leave this chair, because it gave me a lot of courage and a lot of desire to stay there even longer“, she added, smiling. “I would like to thank the whole team who make the show, they are fantastic, caring, brilliant. And my Perrine, thank you for putting up with me, making me laugh, I wish you lots of good things“, she said to the one who takes care of the show's champions on a daily basis.
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Soon back in “The Champions Quiz”?
Isabelle then wanted to say “one last thank you“, first to Jarry, who accompanied her during her first months as champion. “Forever in my heart“, she confided before turning to the man who replaced him at the helm of the show last September. “I'm going to take the liberty of being familiar with you“, she began before praising Cyril Féraud: “I thank you for your kindness, your sincerity, your professionalism and your kindness. I hope we can meet again on 'The Champions Quiz' (show which pits the greatest game show champions against each other, editor's note).”With immense pleasure“, replied the host, who praised Isabelle's qualities. “You have such a big heart and you will forever remain my first champion of this show!“, he concluded.
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“I wasn’t there at all anymore”
With our colleagues from “Télé-Loisirs”, Isabelle spoke about her defeat and her departure from the show. “It was the very last show of the session, so there was a lot of fatigue and I wasn't into it at all. I was also sick for several days“, she explained. The one who confided that it took several people to realize that the adventure was over, however affirmed that she was “ready” to leave “There was a little bit in my head where I was like, 'You can lose at any time,' so I was prepared. We know when we sit in this chair that we are in an ejection seat“, she analyzed lucidly.
