Faustine Bollaert is a happy host. Happy because this Thursday, December 26 at 9:05 p.m., she will be in charge on the public service of the second semi-final of “Prodiges”. During the program's press conference, the forty-year-old spoke about this season 11 in front of several media journalists. “I've been given the same Christmas present for three years! This show is wonderful and I hope you enjoy watching it.”, she said.
“It absolutely doesn’t feel like work”
The presenter of the radio show “Héros” on RTL said regarding the filming of the “Prodiges” bonuses: “We texted each other with our jury two days ago saying how happy we were to see each other and that we absolutely didn't feel like we were working. We're happy, we're spending time together! Plus, there’s something a little magical about it too. Because they are children, we shoot in live conditions. As there is this fabulous orchestra, obviously neither, we are not going to repeat”.
Under the watchful eye of the three jurors, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Gautier Capuçon and Julie Fuchs, Faustine Bollaert clarified: “There is something where we get off the TV set a bit. We all experience a show together, we never do retakes, unless I'm babbling about one of the artists I'm highlighting. But apart from that, we are really simultaneous! That is to say we live it, we say “hello” to each other like we do on television, we say “goodbye”, we don’t do anything again. We're just in the moment and that gives something, a little extra soul to this show which means that I think we really forget that we're making a TV show. We are participating in an extremely prestigious show with talented children and with a jury who has a lot to teach us”.
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And the host continued during the same conference: “I'm so excited that my daughter will be able to watch “Prodigies”. And if I say that, it’s not just anecdotal! It's because really this show is almost a support to accompany my children and their friends towards music… I learn things but in fact, my children, and through them I imagine other children and all those who look at us, be caught up in the music in a much less austere way”.
