They are finally in the know. Boxed last June, the first season of “Master of the Game”, scheduled on TF1 since last Friday, has finally delivered its verdict. Indeed, to keep the identity of the game master secret for as long as possible, the production of this original creation had decided to postpone the filming of the reveal as long as possible. “The last five minutes of the last episode, which correspond to the moment of the reveal, have not yet been filmed. We wanted to shoot as close as possible to the broadcast“, revealed to PuremédiasJulien Degroote, director of development and creation of the TF1 group, at the beginning of October. The final “reveal” of the entertainment produced by Fremantle (“France has incredible talent”, “Love is in the meadow”) was finally filmed in the greatest discretion this week.
Only 8 people knew the identity of the “Game Master”
“If we had shot this sequence in June, as there were a lot of us, the information could have gotten out. If I read the last page of a novel before reading the beginning, I lose all the fun. (…) We will be in a micro-team for this reveal, we will not be 80 or 100 like during the filming in June“, underlined, for her part, Déborah Huet, director of programs at Fremantle.
Last June, the TF1 and Fremantle teams still had “shot several versions” you final you programe : one where celebrities “find the master of the game, the other where they do not find him“. Until this week, neither the candidates, nor Laurent Ruquier (the host of the program, editor’s note), nor even Ara Aprikian (Deputy General Director of Content for the TF1 group) were aware of the identity of the personality masked.”There are 8 of us who know precisely who is the master of the game, even Ara Aprikian is not aware “, specified Julien Degroot during the program’s press conference on October 2. The investigation therefore ended for the teams this week. For viewers, it is only just beginning…
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Last Friday, for his arrival on TF1, “The Master of the Game” defied all predictions by getting an excellent start on targets. Faced with a new episode of “Captain Marleau” with David Hallyday on France 2, the game allowed the front page to rank in second position in the audiences by bringing together, from 9:12 p.m. to 10:06 p.m., 2.67 million viewers (14,6% audience share and 29,7% FRDA-50). The second part of the investigation, offered from 10:15 p.m. to 11:36 p.m., was held in suspense 2.50 million viewers (19,0% audience share and 35,9% FRDA-50). “This is the best launch for a new stream since Star’s ‘Academy’ reboot. rejoiced the private channel on Saturday morning.
In this program, twelve personalities are invited to a mysterious residence and must find the identity of the celebrity who invited them there. But, among them, one is there to sabotage everything… Elsa Bois, Max Boublil, Cartman, Valérie Damidot, Frédéric Diefenthal, Arnaud Ducret and Claire Francisci-Ducret, Jeanfi Janssens, Kody, Chantal Ladesou, Sarah Mortensen and Francis Perrin had started the investigation last week.
