We are so used to seeing him excel that his mistakes are always surprising. In 468 participations in 12 shots of noonEmilien won 1,905,604 euros in winnings. Enough to make him the undisputed champion of the TF1 game, and the most jealous candidate. But lately, it seems to waver. Wednesday January 8, 2025, if he achieved a Masterstroke and thus fully revealed the Mysterious Star, he did not recognize the driver Fernando Alonso, whose face we can clearly see since the erasure of the last boxes. Emilien proposed Bob Sinclair, and therefore did not win the jackpot, to the great surprise of the viewers. And, Thursday January 9, he was almost eliminated.
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“Ouch, ouch, ouch, this start of the year will perhaps be fatal for Émilien“
While the show was focused on Corsica, Emilien had to answer a rather easy question about the island of beauty. “Which town in southern Corsica is famous for its cliffs?” asked Jean-Luc Reichmann, proposing the answer “Bonifacio” or “the other“. “I will say the other“, replied the candidate accused of being favored by the production of the show. And to explain: “I think of Piana but in fact, I don’t know if there are cliffs in Bonifacio, I don’t really know…“But he was wrong. Result: he went red. And it’s rare enough to be noted. Jean-Luc Reichmann himself was surprised.
“Ouch, ouch, ouch, this start of the year will perhaps be fatal for Émilien“, launched the presenter. “You turn red. The rule is the same for everyone, including you who have been here for a year and a half, your destiny no longer belongs to you because who says red says duel.“Duel which gave the opportunity to a candidate”to eliminate forever Émilien, who will in any case remain our friend and mine for life“, commented Jean-Luc Reichmann. Opportunity missed by the opponent of the master of midday. Emilien still remains the undefeated champion of Twelve strokes of noon. For how much longer? To be continued.
