death of a historical figure from Questions for a Champion

Julien Lepers, former presenter of Questions for a champion from 1988 to 2016, mourns the death of an emblematic figure of the cult show broadcast on France 3.

Julien Lepers is in mourning. For 24 years, the former presenter of Questions for a champion between 1988 and 2016, worked with William Pinville. The latter, voice-over of the cult show, between 1992 and 2016, spoke during each number. He presented the candidates, announced the amount of the prize pool, and listed the gifts offered to participants and winners. Unfortunately, the man whose face we were only able to discover in 2015, when Julien Lepers briefly gave way to him at the presentation of the game, died on Tuesday, November 19. Information which was confirmed with the Parisian and to BFMTV the TV Conseil agency, responsible for communications for the France 3 game.

This historic figure of the show had left the channel at the same time as Julien Lepers, ousted by the France Télévisions group. William Pinville therefore hosted his last show in February 2016. Originally, he was a radio host. He had notably worked for radio TSF, Pacific FM et Laughter and Songs. In addition to being the voiceover of Questions for a champion, who occupied “25 to 50%” of his time as he had declared to the Parisian in 2011, he was also doing dubbing for audio books or in advertisements.

Julien Lepers: what has happened since the end of Questions for a Champion?

Since his departure from Questions for a championJulien Lepers participated in 2016, in the seventh season of Dancing with the stars on TF1, then two years later, in the special celebrity edition of Best pastry chef. In 2019, he also appeared in the reality show I'm a celebrity, get me out of here!, before embarking on The Robinson Adventure presented by Denis Brogniart, alongside Black M. He was then a candidate several times for the Grand Contest des Animators, on TF1. Since 2020, the famous host has not been on television again and seems to be enjoying his retirement, while continuing to manage his consulting company, named Guilor. On February 12, he revealed, in the show Welcome homehaving settled in the Gairault district of Nice and continues to compose music.