Star Academy is a French reality television. It was produced by the Dutch company Endemol. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Canada called Star Académie. It was broadcast on TF1 and NRJ 12 (2012). At the end of each season, selected contestants would go on tour around France, Morocco, Switzerland, Belgium, Tunisia, and other French-speaking countries.
Say What? Karaoke was a karaoke game show that aired on the American cable television network MTV. The game show is a spinoff of the former MTV show Say What?.
Grégory Jean-Paul Lemarchal, known professionally as Grégory Lemarchal, was a French singer who rose to fame by winning the fourth series of the reality television show Star Academy, which was broadcast on the TF1.
Qui veut gagner des millions ? is the French version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, which originated in Great Britain on the ITV network. The aim of the game is to win the top prize of €1,000,000 by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. It is broadcast on the TF1 network, and was hosted by Jean-Pierre Foucault from 2000 until 2019, then by Camille Combal.
The Singing Bee is a sing-along game show that originally aired on NBC and then CMT. Combining karaoke singing with a spelling bee-style competition, this show features contestants trying to remember the lyrics to popular songs. Originally slated to begin with a six episode season during late 2007, it launched early in reaction to Fox's competing Don't Forget the Lyrics!
Jacques Essebag, better known by his stage name Arthur, is a French television presenter, producer and comedian.
X Factor is a Franco-Belgian television music talent show to find new singing talent after public auditions, intermediate tests, and live shows. The first season was broadcast on Mondays, from September to December 2009, on W9 (France) and RTL-TVI (Belgium).
La Fureur is a French-language Canadian game show that was broadcast live on the Radio-Canada television network from 1998 to 2007. It was based on the game show of the same name that was televised in France. As with the original version, the program featured two gender-segregated teams of celebrities answering questions and completing stunts pertaining to music. In addition, each episode had a special musical guest from the Québécois or international music scene, such as Annie Brocoli, Nana Mouskouri, Celine Dion and Ricky Martin, among others. All songs on the program were accompanied by karaoke-style on-screen lyrics, enabling viewers to sing along at home.
The first series of Je suis une célébrité, sortez-moi de là !, the French version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, began on 14 April 2006 and ended on 28 April 2006. The programme ran for 14 days. The series was won by Richard Virenque.
Danse avec les stars is the French version of British TV show Strictly Come Dancing, first broadcast on TF1 on February 12, 2011, the participants having been selected in November 2010. The first series finale took place on March 19, 2011. A second series was broadcast between October 8 and November 19, 2011. Since then TF1 has chosen to broadcast the program once a year, in the autumn. The show has tentatively scheduled its thirteenth series to begin in the second half of 2023.
The Voice is an international reality television singing competition franchise. It is based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland, which was originally created by Dutch producer John de Mol and Dutch singer Roel van Velzen.
Don't Forget the Lyrics! is an international game show in the United States. The American show originally aired on Fox from July 11, 2007, to June 19, 2009, and after a year off the air, a third overall season, and first as a syndicated show, began on June 15, 2010, in daytime syndication and in primetime on VH1 and in primetime on MyNetworkTV on October 5, 2010. On March 24, 2011, the show was canceled. A new primetime version, hosted by Niecy Nash, debuted on FOX on May 23, 2022. The show has spun off to numerous countries outside America using different top prize or game format.
Jo is an English-language French police procedural television series created by Canadian-American screenwriter René Balcer of Law & Order fame with French writing team Franck Ollivier and Malina Detcheva, known for the mini-series Lost Signs, and variously directed by Charlotte Sieling, Kristoffer Nyholm, Sheree Folkson, Stefan Schwartz. It is co-produced by the French Atlantique Productions and the Belgian Stromboli Pictures companies in association with broadcast partners TF1, RTBF, Sat.1, ORF and RTS.
Gérard Vivès is a French actor, comedian and television presenter. He is better known for playing in the series Les Filles d'à côté from 1993 to 1996, and co-hosting the game show Le Juste Prix from 2009 to 2011, hosted by Vincent Lagaf'.
Val Kahl is a French television host, radio host, journalist, and producer. She is known in France as the winner of the Reality Television competition show "Le Grand Casting de la Télé" on NRJ12 network in 2010, a Reality TV Show looking for their next television host.
Intervilles[ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vil] is a French comedy game show first broadcast in 1962. The show was based on a previous Italian programme. It featured teams representing towns in France competing in a series of games, some of which involved live cows and bulls. The show was aired from July 17, 1962, on RTF, then on ORTF from 1964 to 1973. After 12 years of absence, it reappeared on July 10, 1985, on FR3, then from July 4, 1986, to September 6, 1999, on TF1 despite allegations of cheating in 1997. France 2 aired the show from July 5, 2004, then France 3 from June 23, 2006, to August 26, 2009.
The eighth season of the French version of Dancing with the Stars began in October 2017 on TF1. It was hosted by Sandrine Quétier. Co-host Laurent Ournac did not return to the show after two seasons and was replaced by different celebrities from TF1 invited to host that week: Arthur, Jean-Luc Reichmann, Christophe Beaugrand, Karine Ferri, Christophe Dechavanne, Nikos Aliagas, Laurence Boccolini, Denis Brogniart, Jean-Pierre Foucault, Carole Rousseau. Marie-Claude Pietragalla did not return to the panel after five seasons and was replaced by Nico Archambault. The returning judges were Jean-Marc Généreux, Chris Marques and Fauve Hautot.
Masked Singer is an international music reality game show franchise. It originated from the South Korean program The King of Mask Singer, developed by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
Mask Singer is a French reality television series based on the format of the South Korean television game show series King of Mask Singer by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. Run by TF1 Group, Mask Singer is a singing competition between celebrities donning elaborate costumes and face coverings to conceal their identity from the audience, judges and other contestants.
Camille Combal is a French television and radio presenter. He is the current host of Danse avec les stars, Mask Singer, Qui veut gagner des millions ?, and Une famille en or. He was the co-host of Touche pas à mon poste ! for six seasons.
