Back at the top with the revival of Bigdil, Vincent Lagaf’ recently spoke about this unexpected success.
After the surprising audience success of the big return of Bigdil, which brought together 1.8 million viewers on January 2, 2025, on RMC Story, Vincent Lagaf’ was expected around the corner for the second number of the new version of the famous game show .
And the least we can say is that the host took up the challenge brilliantly since the show was once again a hit. Broadcast on Friday January 10, it attracted 1.78 million viewers, or 10.1% market share. Vincent Lagaf’ and his lifelong virtual accomplice, Bill, therefore did almost as well as during their reunion with the public.
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Lagaf’ can no longer allow certain jokes, in the Bigdil
This unexpected success necessarily takes us back to the end of the 1990s, except for one detail, because things have changed a lot in 20 years. Phrases and other attitudes that we could get away with at the time no longer pass muster today.
Thus, certain Lagaf’ jokes, which were not disturbing in the past, are no longer audible today. This is also what the 65-year-old host recalled in an interview with Télécâble Sat Hebdo. The person concerned learned this the hard way by seeing several of his interventions cut during editing.
« The world has changed, I have to learn to deal with it. In the first show, I was in 100% Lagaf’ mode. The producer told me: ‘We’re going to cut. We can’t do that anymore. “, he clarified.
And to add: “ When I use a Portuguese accent, I’m not making fun of the Portuguese. I still had a lot of fun holding back. We laugh by not making fun of anyone except ourselves ».
Another era, other customs!
As a reminder, Bigdil can be found every Friday in prime time on RMC Story, which rebroadcasts the shows every Saturday at 7:05 p.m.
