“It’s super stimulating”: Cyril Féraud (“Everyone wants to take their place”) talks about healthy competition with Jean-Luc Reichmann and “Les 12 coups de midi”

Cyril Féraud and Jean-Luc Reichmann can consider themselves lucky. Both of them have been rubbing shoulders with great champions at lunchtime for weeks, or even more than a year for the second. Emilien celebrated his 400th participation on the set of “12 coup de midi”, almost 300 more than Isabelle, sitting on the red chair of “Everyone wants to take their place” since May 31. During her journey, the deputy director of a campsite, slightly challenged, was even able to answer the questions of two presenters, the ex-player of “Slam” having taken over from Jarry at the beginning of September. Without the show's audiences suffering from this passing of the torch, quite the contrary since “TLMVPSP” has grabbed a few faithful compared to last year's figures.

“We are each in our own swimming lane”

Despite this great start to the school year, France 2's general knowledge game still lags considerably behind its competitor TF1. But war has not yet been declared between the two presenters, who praise a rivalry that could not be healthier. “The two shows are extremely different. They have coexisted with excellent audiences on both sides for years,” notes from “Télé-Loisirs” Cyril Féraud, on the same wavelength as his colleague. “As Jean-Luc rightly said in an interview, we are each in our own swimming lane. he continues.

Emulation more than rivalry

Far from being jealous, the strong man of France Télévisions even gave his opinion on his elder, whose skills he praises. “I really like Jean Luc. We don’t know each other very well, but I know that he’s a huge hard worker and that he leaves nothing to chance in his show,” estimates Tim's new dad, boosted by this emulation. “It’s true that it’s super stimulating, when we know that we have a quality show in front of us and vice versa, I think. It forces us on both sides to think about how to always renew our questions, how to impress viewers and ensure that there is no weariness.”he adds. Competition, like the return of viewers, nourishes him more than it affects Cyril Féraud.