“Emotion”, “glamor” and “glitter”. Will the three ingredients promised by Jean-Pierre Foucault at the end of “8 p.m.” on TF 1 be there for the Miss France 2025 election? From the Futuroscope Arena near Poitiers (Vienna), the host puts on his tuxedo as master of ceremonies of the famous French beauty contest this Saturday evening for the 30th time in his career. Objective of the high cathodic mass: to find among thirty new contenders aged 18 to 34 the successor to Eve Gilles, crowned last year in Dijon.
As for “glitter”, we are quickly delighted by… Jean-Pierre Foucault. On a suspended platform, the 77-year-old presenter opens the evening by wearing a “disco ball” jacket that will peel your retinas. An outfit perfectly in keeping with the disco choreography performed below by the candidates of this 2025 vintage. A first dance in a long series for them. This 95th edition has the theme “The Miss’s Grand Ball”. On the menu, no less than nine paintings inspired by country, salsa, and even tango. Not easy for those who don't have rhythm in their skin.
In front of a room of 4,000 excited people, the bell bottom pants quickly gave way to chain mail dresses reminiscent of the creations of Paco Rabanne. Exit the 1970s, we are well into the Sixties as the music of France Gall (“Wax doll, sound doll”) or Sheila (“School is over”) transports us there. Member of the 100% female jury chaired by Sylvie Vartan this year, dancer Fauve Hautot lets herself be carried away by the glamorous twist of the first 10 Misses parading on stage. You would almost expect the “Dancing with the Stars” juror to pull out her rating board.
The paintings follow one another, interspersed with archive sequences and long pages of advertising. A highlight every year, the recorded sequence of regional costumes keeps all its promises. Surrounded by a castle at the waist, Miss Normandie makes you smile, just like the Breton candidate in a yellow raincoat or the local of the stage, Miss Poitou-Charentes, and her dress evoking Futuroscope. The representative from Guyana shines with her dress drawing the giant petals of a red flower behind her. But it was her competitor from Île-de-France who won this competition with a “Moulin Rouge” creation with wings rotating on her head.
After the traditional swimsuit parade, it's time for a tribute to Jean-Pierre Foucault. Crowned Miss France in 1998 by the host, Sophie Thalmann comes to tickle the boss on stage at the 30 beauty queen elections. Evoking his little quirks, such as his concern about having a fan in front of him, the host with the “rebellious streak” is given a Miss scarf in his name.
At 11:30 p.m., 15 candidates are still in the running after the first part of the show. The representatives of Midi-Pyrénées, Corsica, Guadeloupe, Champagne-Ardenne, Lorraine, Tahiti, Picardy, Martinique, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Alsace, Rhône-Alpes, Aquitaine, Côte d'Azur, were pre-selected. Normandy and Burgundy. Among them is the future Miss France 2025, whose name will be known shortly before 1 a.m.
