By the admission of the star presenter of France Télévisions, not everyone believed in the success of the Paralympic Games.
The success of the Paralympic Games continues unabated and the excitement surrounding the event never ceases to amaze. Present on the set of Quelle Jeux, Dominique Farrugia himself admitted to having been amazed by the frenzy generated by these Games. “I was totally skeptical, I must admit,” he confided to Léa Salamé.
“And little by little, I got into it and it’s crazy. And these Paralympic Games, the cohesion with the public, the people who encourage you, the people who are there, it’s crazy. It was the start of the school year yesterday, there are people! There are people, it’s crazy,” he continued as Paris prepares to vibrate for the final weekend of the competition.
Incredible audiences
And according to the star presenter of France Télévisions, the surprise is shared. “I am also amazed to see the number of people there every evening even though it is the start of the school year, it is the start of the school year, people are working,
she breathed. Every night, there are a crazy crowd, as many as during the Olympics, no less, here at the France club. It’s crazy.”
The craze is also evident on television, with France TV racking up good audience ratings despite the athletes’ lack of fame. But the event is enough in itself, which is clearly not what the public service’s managers had anticipated.
“The audience figures for France Télévisions, before the start of the Paralympics, I saw some bosses who said: ‘Well, it won’t be the Olympics…’ They were preparing us that the audience figures might not be good. Well, the audience figures are really good, really incredible, from morning to night,”she said.
