In recent years, Jean-Pierre Foucault has confined his appearances to the presentation of “Miss France” and “Loto” on TF1. The 76-year-old host has agreed to be unfaithful to his channel by launching a new challenge. This Saturday, October 12, 2024, he will make his acting debut for France 3, opposite Alexandra Vandernoot and Garance Thénault in “Murders on the Blue Coast”.
The return of the “Star Academy” weakened by Jean-Pierre Foucault and “Murders on the Blue Coast”?
Has the emblematic host of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”, a game whose front page recently celebrated its 25th anniversary on the occasion of two special evenings hosted by Arthur, received the agreement from his channel to play competition comedy? The answer is yes, as he confided to our colleagues at Télé Loisirs. “As soon as the production and France 3 asked me for this role, I went to see TF1, my home since 1987. I told them ‘this is what I’m being offered’, and, very elegantly, they gave me their permission”he explained.
Jean-Pierre Foucault’s first steps as an actor may not be without consequences for TF1. It’s a safe bet that France 3 will top the audience charts with “Murders on the Blue Coast”. Given the popularity of the host with the public and the success of his Saturday evening detective fiction, the public channel has a good chance of relegating the launch of “Star Academy 2024” to second place. This is what happened during the first bonus of the 2023 edition of Nikos Aliagas’ tele-hook on Saturday November 5. France Télévisions, which had exceptionally chosen to offer on France 2 the fiction “Mort sur la piste” with Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills) as an event guest, had easily ranked as the audience leader by mobilizing the presence of 4.64 million viewers , or 23.8% of the entire public, according to figures from Médiamétrie.
TF1 found itself relegated to second place with the launch of season 11 of “Star Academy”. The first part of the show aroused the curiosity of 3.76 million viewers (18.7% of the public), while the second attracted the presence of 3.1 million people (20% of the public). The front page was able to take comfort in its leadership among women under 50 responsible for purchasing, a very popular target for advertisers where its market shares had successively risen to 31.1% and 33.9%.
