Announced as one of the summer meetings on television, Interviles He is preparing to lean this Thursday, July 25 in France 2 at the end of a grand finale, which will see Saint-Amand-Le-Eaux (North), Couulanges-Lès-Nevers (Nièvre) and Gap (Hautes-Alpes) compete. A fourth and last show that is closing a month of antenna … and audiences in the free fall.
Because, despite more than 10 years of absence in the antenna, the return of this cult game this time by Nagui, Bruno Guillon, Magali Ripoll, Valérie Bègue, Yoann Riou and Camille Cerf have not been able to seduce the viewers.
However, the recipe was there: always more extravagant tests, atmosphere of good nature, return of cows (in the form of pets). But unfortunately, this new version really failed to recover its yesteryear.
A good start, followed by a fall at the audience
Presented as one of the strong bets of France Télévisions during his conference back to school, Interviles It was an flagship program for the group, in line with other successful television recycles such as The bigdil EITHER The correct price.
To maximize the madness around this return, France 2 had launched its communication in March, mainly focused on nostalgia for the program, with a first teaser broadcast during the France-Scotland match of the six nations tournament.
In social networks, mechanics was the same: Proust Madeleine effect guaranteed with, in particular, the revelation of the new pet, La Vaca Topa, through Instagram.
And the bet seemed to be out of France Télévisions: the first episode ofIntervilesTransmitted on July 3, who saw Beauvais and Couulanges-Lès-Nevers compete, he managed to attract 3.35 million viewers, 22% participation in the audience. A very good score comforting the chain in your choice to relaunch the program.
A new version criticized by Internet users
But very quickly, enthusiasm fell. From the second episode, broadcast on July 10, opposing Gap to Bourgoin-Jallieu, the public fell to 2.41 million spectators. A week later, the viewers were only 2 million in front of their positions to attend the duel between Wallers-Arenberg and Saint-Amand-Le-Eaux.
In social networks, many spectators point out a lack of rhythm in the tests, too many animators, “who speak at the same time”, as well as the “cheap” sets away from the historical sands of the original program.
“The sound is catastrophic. The producer is cheap. Nagui totally livid. The animators (which for some not) lack cohesion. There is no explanation of the rules / without clear driver. It is bad,” writes a surfista in X.
“It really is zero. Without atmosphere, null animators, too many people who speak at the same time causing everything to be inaudible, a small recreation patio. A cat” abounds another.
“The Nagui ‘interviles are no longer’ interviles'”
This new version even caused the anger of one of the co -creators of the original game, Claude Savarit. In the columns of the Nice Morning newspaper, the man we owe the concept of several other worship programs – Treasury search, games without borders, gold in the call – Rebel after seeing the first episode ofInterviles.
“It is scandalous to see what they did. Nagui’s interviles’ is no longer ‘interviles’!”, Ansure Claude Savarit, indicating that he “will make a lawsuit in Banijay (the company that has the rights of the program, the editor’s note) so that they no longer use the name” of the game he imagined.
“They did not even violate the rules, they have ignored them. They have no idea how it works and the staging. They are wrong in everything. There is nothing. It is shameful,” he continues.
Claude Savarit significantly points out the “low level of imagination” of Nagui and his team in the development of new events, which describes as “small beach games.”
“Seeing the teams collecting the teddy bears is not serious. Why would we excite for such poverty? We, when a game did not work, we throw it in the trash before putting it in the antenna. They passed the program on the reel. We really laugh at the spectators! It is very disappointing,” he said.
Nagui “Dream” of a season 2
While the grand final is broadcast this Thursday night, everything seems to indicate thatInterviles It will not accumulate for a second season. However, its presenter Nagui refuses to give up pessimism completely.
Asked by Le Parisien, the host says that “it was full of the super work of all the teams”, welcoming the logistics challenge represented by the live and outdoor filming of the show, from the city in city.
“It is not easy to move such a circus every week. ‘Intervilles’, it is a tense flow. It is played in the second, without the possibility of taking second.
As for the future of the program, Nagui trusts the “dream” of a second season, but remains lucid: “It does not depend on me.” It remains to be seen if nostalgia will be enough to make people forget the criticism or if the Topa Vaca is condemned to say goodbye to the public this Thursday night.
Source: BFM TV
