He doesn’t get tired of it, and isn’t about to give up. This Saturday, June 29, 2024, Olivier Minne is back for a 22nd consecutive season at the head of Fort BoyardFrance 2’s summer show. Due to the Olympic Games this year, only seven new episodes will be broadcast, and two others, already filmed, will be offered for the Halloween and Christmas holidays. In an interview given to ParisianOlivier Minne reveals the secrets of this new anniversary season, dedicated to the 35th anniversary of most exported French game in the world.
While this new season is full of new features, including Passe-Partout and Passe-Muraille who will now be able to interact with the candidates and who will no longer be silenton the character side, many surprises are to be expected with the returns of Magloire, Moundir and Vincent Lagaf’ after three years of absence. If Cyril Féraud and Willy Rovelli are back, Delphine Wespiser is also back, but has been promoted, with a third character called Bleue.
Olivier Minne, a “Robinson Crusoe” on the Isle of Ré
Always near the ParisianOlivier Minne returned to the 22 years he spent to animate Fort Boyard. And while his predecessors held on for much less time than him, the current record holder has no intention of handing over the reins to anyone else for the time being. As a true fan of the program he has overseen for two decades, the host of Everyone has a say a you Invincible Club intends to continue as long as possible! “I still feel the same happiness in presenting this show” enthuses the fifty-year-old.
During the interview, Olivier Minne reveals a funny anecdote. At its beginnings in Fort Boyardthe host, so delighted to host this program that he particularly liked, had chosen to sleep at his workplace, on a symbolic sofa that he has since kept : “When I started, I even slept in the Fort. It was incredible. I stayed alone like Robinson Crusoe. I climbed to the top with a glass of wine to look at the ocean. I even kept the sofa I slept on in my dressing room.”.
The cast of “Fort Boyard 2024”
This new edition of Fort Boyard marks the presence of emblematic guests, who return almost every year, but also opens the way to new faces. This Saturday, June 29, the first team will be made up of Elie Semoun, Damien Pauwels, Léa François, Jimmy Mohamed, Aurélie Konaté, Guillaume Daret and Nina Métayer. The following week, Natasha St-Pier, Eve Gilles, Sören Prévost, Paloma, Lolita Banana and Joseph Kamel will launch an attack on the fort. They will be followed on July 13 by Pascal Bataille, Lorène Vivier, Marine Ltemporel, Claude DartoisMario Barravecchia et Maëlle Pistoiathen by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Roman Doduik, Julien LoveErika Moulet, Laurent Maistret and Manon Théodet the following week.
Other personalities like Philippe Etchebest, Matthieu Lartot, Brahim Asloum, Jean-Baptiste MarteauEnora Malagré, Hatik, Frank Leboeuf, Théo Curin, Sylvie Tellier, Patrice Laffont, Cendrine Dominguez, Camille Cerf, brahim zaibatJean-Pierre Castaldi, Alexia Laroche-Joubert, Frédérick Bousquet, Nathalie Simon, Isabelle Morini-Bosc and Norbert Tarayre completes the casting.
