Two seasons and then leaves. Laurence Boccolini announced in an interview, published this Sunday June 25, 2023 for Puremedias, that she was stopping the presentation of the game Everyone wants to take her place on France 2. After the departure of her historic predecessor Nagui in 2021, the host had taken over the reins of his show.
“After reflection and numerous exchanges with the channel and the production, I made the decision not to continue at the start of the school year to animate the game Everybody wants to take their place”, declared the 60-year-old host and first winner of Mask Singer to our colleagues. “It was a very beautiful two-year adventure, where I was able to live wonderful moments with so many candidates”.
For the famous presenter, there is no bitterness around this departure. On the contrary, she prefers to remember her best memories at the head of the show produced by Effervescence. “This exercise fills me with joy every time. I will keep very good memories of it, and I would like to thank the production and the entire technical team for their benevolence, professionalism and kindness”.
While Laurence Boccolini already implied during her visit to Jordan, on C8, her desire to leave the game of the south of France 2, she assures the media site that she is leaving “towards new adventures, new creations with France Télévisions, always with the aim of bringing a little smile and humor…”. According to our colleagues, the host recorded the last numbers to discover between July and August 2023.
After this announcement, anonymous and personalities welcomed the course of Laurence Boccolini on social networks. Like Jean-Luc Reichmann, his friend and direct competitor of 12 noon shots on TF1, who shared a photo of their meeting at the 2023 Luchon Festival on Instagram on Monday June 26. “I personally wanted to congratulate you Laurence for your journey. Good luck for the rest and see you very soon on the screens, I’m sure”.
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Words that touched his colleague from France 2, responding to him in turn. “Thank you Jean-Luc, it touches me a lot… I hope we will see each other again very soon !!! I kiss you and a super nice summer to you!”, she wrote in her publication.
Who will then take the place of Laurence Boccolini next September? After several attempts with different presenters such as Samuel Etienne, Jean-Luc Lemoine and Damien Thévenot, the second channel has finally found its successor. According to the revelations of journalist Clément Garin, confirmed by Le Parisien this Tuesday, July 11, it is the host and humorist Jarry who takes over the reins of the game at the start of the school year.
A leading face in entertainment, Jarry has tried his hand at hosting on several channels. He first commented on the semi-finals of Eurovision with Marianne James on France 4, then co-hosted the Grands Bêtisiers of TF1 with Karine Ferri. In 2019, he landed his own version of the show Friday, everything is allowed, created by Arthur. The comedian and actor will then host Good Singers, and Game of Talents before being replaced by Jean-Luc Reichmann, will play the investigator in the first three seasons of Mask Singer and will have his own show on YouTube. Since 2022, he has been fulfilling the dreams of spectators in Le Big Show on France 2.