The Yellow Pieces are being highlighted on French television in January 2025. To promote this thirty-sixth edition, many channels have changed their programming. This charitable operation, carried out every year since 1989 by the Hospital Foundation, aims to improve the daily lives of sick children. TF1, historic partner of the campaign, has planned a special week in its flagship game, “Les 12 Coups de Midi”, including the arrival of Brigitte Macron, president of the Fondation des Hôpitaux, and Didier Deschamps, sponsor of the Yellow Pieces. since 2019. A “Grand animator competition” event was also broadcast this Tuesday, January 14.
A parade of international stars
For its part, France 2 will broadcast the great “Yellow Pieces Gala” for the third time in a row. In this honor and to raise funds, a major concert will take place, not at the Accor Arena in Bercy, but at La Défense Arena (Hauts-de-Seine). Many international stars are expected such as Katy Perry, John Legend, Rosé from Blackpink and the pianist Lang Lang. It will be held this Thursday, January 23 after a ticket sale which left many fans disappointed. However, unlike last year, this evening will not be broadcast live but a few days later, this Tuesday January 28, from 8:50 p.m., according to information from “Télé-Loisirs”, confirmed by Puremédias. The TV film “Morts au summit” with Laurent Gerra, which was to be rebroadcast on this date, is therefore canceled.
On Saturday January 27, 2024, the Yellow Pieces concert which brought together Maroon 5, rapper A$AP Rocky, Colombian singer J Balvin, Lisa from Blackpink but also the South Korean boy band Stray Kids, attracted 1.81 million of viewers, or 9.2% of those aged four and over from 8:40 p.m. to 10 p.m. He then faced the semi-final of the “Star Academy” between Héléna and Pierre on TF1.
