The gate of the abandoned factory, which serves as the setting for the show, is about to reopen. This Friday, January 10, 2025 at 9:10 p.m., Vincent Lagaf’ will welcome, in street clothes adorned with the “Bigdil” logo, five new candidates ready to pluck Bill and his saucer full of gifts. The host has in fact renounced the colorful costumes that made his reputation in the 1990s and 2000s.
“We preferred to invest in lights and technology”
“We don’t really have the same resources as at the time TF1“, explained the host to several media, including Puremédiaslast November. Colorful tailor-made suits are therefore no longer a priority. That “cost a blind“, remembers the showman. Before falsely wondering: “Were we going to put the money into clothes? No, we preferred to invest in the lights and the technology. Bill’s image quality is much better. But also in games“. “We have a catalog of 700 games (The Blind Test, the dryer, the tractokado or the dark room…) from which we can draw“, indicated Vincent Lagaf’ who also called on new artists such as a young guitarist and a brass band to accompany him.
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Definitely, the time is no longer for delusions of grandeur. “It’s true that I sometimes left the set of studio 107 and called the artistic director of the show to tell him that the following Monday I wanted two 40-meter cranes. And on Monday, I had the 2 cranes. We allowed ourselves things at a time when we could, we even put our lives in danger“, rewinds Vincent Lagaf’, who puts things into perspective. “Today, I realize that by making someone win 1,500 euros, you have just put some sunshine back into their life. Twenty years ago, winning 1,500 bucks was common, you could win 5, 6, 7 cars per day. Today, this is no longer the goal, the waste of gifts is no longer relevant.“
-Just like her crazy outfits, therefore. “I didn’t want to wear the costume of all the colors (because there) is a time when you can dress like a clown. Today, this no longer really corresponds to the spirit of the times“, had also estimated Vincent Lagaf’ this Wednesday January 9, 2025 in “Culture Médias” on Europe 1. However, the host will undoubtedly make an exception during the program devoted to 1998, the year of launch of “Bigdil” on TF1.We will resume the first games, the first outfits and the first responders“, he argued in November.
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2.35 million viewers on D+7 for the launch of the game on RMC Story
On Thursday January 2, 2025, as a reminder, 1.80 million viewers and 9.1% of the public aged four and over and 19.8% of the FRDA-50 attended the “Return event” of the program stopped twenty-five -a year earlier on TF1. With D+7, the audience for the show, now produced by Ah! Productions (subsidiary of Arthur’s company), therefore climbs to 2,35 millions viewers, or 10.9% of the public according to Médiamétrie. This is the “best audience for entertainment in the history of TNT“, comments Julien Lalande again.
