Back at the helm of Bigdil on RMC Story since January 2, 2025, Vincent Lagaf’ has found his beloved audience and his famous Bill, the extra-terrestrial. On the other hand, he had to reduce his salary. He talks about the difference in pay he receives.
The return of bigdileveryone dreamed of it. And Vincent Lagaf’ the first! But for his cult show to return to television, Robin’s dad only had one idea in mind: that Bill the Extraterrestrial is back and is performed by Gilles Vautier. “Without him, I couldn’t do it. He wanted to chat. I said: ‘No, you don’t argue, it’s yes or it’s no. Because if you don’t come back, I’m not coming back’. If he hadn’t accepted, I wasn’t going back. They probably would have found me someone instead, but they’re not going to tell me who I should fall in love with. Things don’t happen like that”, revealed the former star host of TF1.
Once this condition is accepted, Vincent Lagaf’ was able to delve into the concept of his show. And it’s simple, nothing has changed! Bill’s flying saucer is still there, as well as the fireman’s ramp, but also the brick wall and of course the Gafettes! If at the time there were four of them, there are now two accompanying the host on the show. In the columns of Tele-LeisureVincent Lagaf’ was keen to highlight the “only difference” that there is between the two versions of his show. “We’re doing an hour and a half of recording instead of doing 60 minutes, that’s all. Afterwards, it’s a show which focuses on the complicity of a team who have worked together for (for the oldest) 35 years. So when I called them and said, ‘We’re going back.’ There was no doubt. SO, we took this magic that existed and it works”, he exclaimed.
What is Vincent Lagaf’s salary for Le Bigdil?
Who says change of channel necessarily means new budget. “We no longer have 50,000 euros in gifts per day, even if, thanks to the partners, we have beautiful windows. We’re doing the same show but with 60% less budget”, he confided to the Parisian this January 2. And Vincent Lagaf’s salary has also been reduced. “I am also paid seven times less”, he revealed. But if he took over the reins of bigdil pour “the kiff”, the host still wanted to negotiate his salary. “They started by offering me a pill, I said ‘wait, is that Vincent Lagaf’ you’re talking to on the phone? You don’t ask for a room attendant, you ask for a facilitator! So she said, ‘Excuse me, but I have to try.’ I said ‘yes, so there you go. Now we’re talking about serious things. What is your budget? I take so much”, he declared on RTL in December 2024. Love, okay, but the salary first!
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