Jacques Legros, who replaces Marie-Sophie Lacarrau on TF1's 1 p.m. news during the summer, was deeply moved by a sequence broadcast on Friday August 9, 2024.
A key figure on the TF1 channel for many years, journalist Jacques Legros has long been Jean-Pierre Pernaut's designated replacement for the 1 p.m. news presentation. He maintained this role after the arrival of Marie-Sophie Lacarrau to succeed the famous journalist. During the summer of 2024, he presented the midday news from Monday to Friday on the first channel.
Despite competition from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which boosted audiences for Julian Bugier's 1 p.m. news on France 2, Jacques Legros retained leadership in his time slot. Friday August 9, 2024, the journalist appeared emotional on TF1. In fact, he had tears in his eyes afterwards. the broadcast of a highly symbolic sequence.
Jacques Legros moved by a montage of teams from the 1 p.m. news on TF1
Initially, one of his columnists asked him if he knew what the summer hit was this year. Jacques Legros initially thought it was a Céline Dion title. Following his performance at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In fact, the most sung hit in France since the beginning of the summer was none other than the national anthem.
Indeed, La Marseillaise was performed daily by French supporters who went to the various sites where the different events of the Paris Olympic Games took place. Many Internet users had also published videos singing the French national anthem on social networks.
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In total, La Marseillaise was officially performed 16 times during the Paris Olympic Games. Indeed, 16 members or teams of the French delegation managed to win a gold medal. France also broke its record for gold medals at these Olympics, which was 15.
To celebrate the news, TF1 broadcast a small montage of the different Marseillaises in the 1 p.m. news. “You have tears in your eyes“, had notably underlined the columnist of Jacques Legros in front of the presenter.
