Canal+ is looking for its future commentators for the next Champions League, for the 2024 – 2025 season which will begin last September. The competition will make a comeback on the encrypted channel, and for that it needs to find new talents. For the moment, with her new show, she is in any case looking for a voice from civil society who is not a professional journalist. In total, there are 30 candidates, all selected on vocal criteria but also on their knowledge of football obviously.
The jury for this first edition of the show “Au micro”: David Ginola, Hervé Mathoux and Laure Boulleau.
A voice
Guest of France Bleu Gironde, Christophe Gameiro hopes to have his voice as an asset, but also “the passion, the knowledge of football, everything that was said at least by David Ginola, by Hervé Mathoux, by Laure Boulleau quite simply, which flattered me almost too much. Because I want to say that what has been said may be a little exaggerated. There are also some excellent candidates. I remember that there were 10,000 people who competed in this.”
The motivation is there for this telecrochet in quotes because “this commentator competition results in a great gift since we will return to Canal Plus Sport at the start of the school year to comment on the matches of the famous Champion’s League event which will also allow many more viewers to see even more matches There are nearly 70 matches that will be covered by the channel and so the sports boss wanted a voice that we didn’t know, who didn’t come from a journalism school. And that’s why. we took on this kind of challenge.”
Verdict on May 31
The first test has already taken place, there are nine programs in total, broadcast every Wednesday on Canal+. Next stop: Valencia. It will be April 24. The last broadcast will be offered on May 31, the day before the Champions League final which will take place the next day at Wembley. We will then know if Christophe Gameiro will be the big winner of this casting like no other.
