Good news for Bigdil fans, filming of the new episodes has just started and we were there. The new version of the legendary game will be broadcast at the beginning of 2025 on RMC Story.
Since the end of its broadcast in 2004, viewers have had no news of their meeting with Bill, the blue alien, and his no less eccentric sidekick, Vincent Lagaf. The show The bigdil at the time attracted up to 6 million viewers every evening on TF1. Two decades later, the craze seems to be intact. On the candidate side, since 17,000 curious people registered for the first recording session, to the point of putting the channel's site out of action! But also on the public side, judging by the crowds crowding this Monday, November 18 around the set of La Cité du cinéma (in Seine-Saint-Denis), where the new film is being filmed bigdil. You can also discover the first photo of the set exclusively by clicking here.
“I was on the verge of shedding a tear“: Vincent Lagaf moved for his return to hosting the bigdil
“I've been waiting for this moment for twenty years“, savors Vincent Lagaf as he enters the stage, just before continuing with his “Bip Bip” signature, to the applause of a hundred spectators. “I was on the verge of shedding a tear“, the 65-year-old presenter will tell us a little later. At his side, his team remains almost unchanged, from stagehands to make-up artists and two Gafettes. A sine qua non condition for the return of the facilitator. No trace of Ramuncho that day, however. It is said that the character in the Peruvian hat could come back for a moment… Bill, still played by the actor Gilles Vautier, is part of the deal and has not aged a bit. With his suit equipped with sensors, he brings the character to life in real time.
bigdil back on RMC Story: “For us it’s a Proust madeleine“
The decor has also resurfaced from the past with its brick wall, its central door which opens to let the presenter and the candidates enter the set, its fireman's ramp, its flying saucer for Bill or even its sequined curtain behind which hides a bunch of leeks as much as a car. “For us, it’s a Proust madeleine.”, explains Marie Besombes, production manager at RMC Story. “Viewers must remember, with the same markers, this moment when they found Bill and Vincent.“Expected at the very beginning of 2025, will the return of the game straight from the 1990s-2000s find its place in the hearts of viewers?
