Vincent Lagaf is a veteran of the 90s.
In turn comedian, singer, presenter, he marked his era with hits that were not always clever, even downright racist, and a cult TV game. In The Bigdilaccompanied by a friendly alien,
BillLagaf won certain amounts of money and gifts for participants. The famous entertainment returns for a new formula. Lagaf, for his part, destroys the strong man of the PAF and host of TPMP, Cyril Hanouna.
Vincent Lagaf: comedian and singer
Vincent Lagaf, born Vincent Rouïltakes his stage name from the famous comic book hero, Gaston Lagaffe
after an explosive experience at Club Med. He then made himself known in the show on FR3,
The Classa breeding ground for young comedians of the time like Jean-Marie Bigard et Muriel
Robin. There, he takes on the role of the turbulent and messy student. Its trademark for the future.
The comedian breaks into parody songs with hits such as There is a sink et The Zoubida. CThe last one is a racist song. He then chained several spectacles in which he alternates sketches and songs. Lagaf is also surrounded by its famous Gafettesseductive young women, parody of the famous Claudettes of Claude François.
The enormous success of the game Le Bigdil on TF1
Building on his success, Vincent Lagaf landed on television.
It starts with Yacapa, a show on France 3 produced by the boss Guy Lux. This was not very successful. The presenter gives up his place to another presenter…
After other entertainment, Lagaf found the goose that laid the golden eggs with Le Bigdil on TF1 in 1998.
The Bigdil is a huge hit on the first channel.
It allows Lagaf to definitively establish his reputation as an outgoing and mainstream host. Dressed in colorful costumes reminiscent of Jim Carrey In The
Maskthe animator finds in The Bigdil a huge playground. Real one man show where the star is him.
Lagaf beautifully defeats Cyril Hanouna
Bigdil, like Star Academy, will experience a proper revival. Designed for
2025this new version of the game will once again be presented by the returning Vincent Lagaf. A good way for those who carry out a comeback on television.
It's been 20 years since Le Bigdil was stopped on TF1 after nearly 1,400 broadcasts. And a resounding popular success.
In 2023, Télé Star reports comments from Vincent Lagaf from his autobiography My name was Frank [son prénom de naissance, NDLR]. He returns in particular to his collaboration with Cyril Hanouna. “He called me to do Strike on
C8…”, writes Lagaf. “Then let a TPMP broadcast where Castaldi mentioned my celebrity whims on the show.”
Lagaf is not kind to the star host of TPMP. He then trashes Hanouna in his book: “But Cyril offered me a very well-paid contract. It's like buying a race car and screwing it up live, it doesn't make any sense.” We can well imagine, on the set of her show, that Hanouna will not miss the return of
bigdil.
