Stop transmitting Questions for a champion During the week of next season it is “a bad decision,” said his presenter on Sunday, Samuel Etienne, who still wants to stay in charge of the emblematic game of France 3.
“I agree to continue the adventure on Saturday and Sunday. It seems very unfortunate, but I tell myself that if I went, there is a little risk that the program will stop permanently,” said the host during a live intervention on the online twitch platform, where he is very often.
Transmitting this emblematic French television game only on weekends “is a bad decision,” he said. At the moment, Questions for a champion It is scheduled from Monday to Sunday at 6.10 pm
“I hope that the mobilization of the spectators (…) has enough strength for the direction of France Télévisions to reconsider its decision. I hope,” said Samuel Etienne.
“I have nothing personal and humanly against the people who make this decision, I only think it is a bad decision, and I have the right to say it,” he insisted, ensuring not feeling “anger”, “bitterness”, or “sadness.”
“Surprise” and “Sadness”
Proposed an “agreement” to the public group: “If you want to resume the daily transmission of Questions for a champion In exchange for my head, I accept it with great pleasure. “
This change in the program was formalized on Saturday night by France Télévisions and received with “surprise” and “sadness” of the producer, Fremantle.
“This decision was not easy. It is part of a particularly restricted budget context, which forces us to rethink our balances of the network,” said France Télévisions, Stéphane Sitbon Gómez, in a statement transmitted to AFP.
“The origin of the problem is not in France Télévisions,” said Samuel Etienne. “There are gigantic savings to do Questions for a champion Because the State gives less and less money. “
Since 1988
The game audiences fall apart over the years. The program has been followed in recent days by 1.1 million viewers, more than a year of 300,000 Telepectors.
British game adaptation Going for gold, Questions for a champion It was created in France in 1988. Applicants must answer questions about the general culture in several rounds and the winner returns the next day.
The program was presented for more than 27 years by the iconic Julien Leppers, whom Samuel Etienne succeeded in early 2016.
Last year, France Télévisions stopped completely, this time, another emblematic game, Figures and lettersIn the antenna since 1965. As Questions for a champion, Figures and letters He was first scheduled on weekends, after 50 years of daily transmission.
Source: BFM TV
