Cyril Valéry Isaac Hanouna (; ar, سيريل فاليري إسحاق حنونة, link=no; born 23 September 1974) is a French
radio
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and television presenter, writer, author, columnist, producer, singer and occasional actor and comedian of Tunisian origins. He is best known for hosting the popular French TV show ''
Touche pas à mon poste
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Sports
* Touché (fencing), French for "touched", a term used to acknowledge a hit
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* Touché (Hush album), ''Touché'' (Hush album), by Australian band H ...
''.
Early life
Hanouna was born into a
Jewish
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family, he is the son of a general practitioner and a saleswoman who arrived in France from
Tunis
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in 1969. He first studied to become a doctor like his father. After having difficulties in high school, he decided to study management to become a chartered accountant, but he later gave up his studies.
Career
Highlights
Hanouna made his television debut in 1999 on the television channel
Comédie+
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where he wrote the lyrics for the trailers. Hanouna became a television presenter in 2002 when he co-hosted the third series of ''
La Grosse Émission'' alongside comedian duo
Kad et Olivier. In February 2002 he was approached by
RTL Radio
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[Career of Cyril Hanouna]
, ''agenceartistiques.com'' and he hosted a radio show called ''
Planet Arthur'' alongside
Manu Levy and
Valérie Bénaïm
Valerie Benaim (; ar, فاليري بنعيم; born 30 August 1969) is a Moroccan-born French journalist, columnist, writer, TV Presenter and radio host.
Personal life
She was born in Casablanca, Morocco.
In 2012, she joined the team of the T ...
. In 2003 he hosted the morning show ''Morning Live'' on
M6.
Since 2008 Hanouna has been associated with the
Eurovision Song Contest
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. At the
2008 Contest, he presented the French tele-votes, and then provided the French commentary for the
2009
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and
2010 Contests alongside
Julien Courbet
Julien Courbet (born 7 February 1965) is a French journalist, television presenter and producer.
Early life and education
Julien Courbet was born Frédéric René Courbet in Eysines, a town located in the suburb of Bordeaux, department of Giron ...
and
Stéphane Bern.
Currently, he is a host on
Europe 1
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, and on television with ''
Touche Pas à Mon Poste
Touché, Touche, Latouche, La Touche, or de la Touche may refer to:
Sports
* Touché (fencing), French for "touched", a term used to acknowledge a hit
Arts and entertainment
* Touché (Hush album), ''Touché'' (Hush album), by Australian band H ...
'' (up to 2012 on
France 4
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Originally launched as Festival in 1996, the channel took its current name in 2005 when it ...
), before moving with the whole TV show team to
D8 since the new channel was launched on 7 October. The channel also bought the rights for ''
Nouvelle Star
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'', the French version of the Pop Idol Series, and Hanouna became the host of the show.
In 2011, he acted in the third installment of ''
La Vérité si je mens !
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Plot
In Paris, Eddie Vuibert (Richard Anconina) is an unemployed ...
''.
Nowadays he is the producer of his own entertainment company, H2O Production, where he works on some of the most popular TV shows of C8 (as D8 was renamed). He is also active on almost all channels which are owned by
Vincent Bolloré
Vincent Bolloré (born 1 April 1952) is a French billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of the investment group Bolloré. As of September 2021, his net worth is estimated at US$9 billion.
Early life
Bolloré was born in Boulogne-B ...
(
Direct 8
Direct 8 was a national French TV channel, owned by Vincent Bolloré. It was available through digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television (DTTV or DTT, or DTTB with "broadcasting") is a technology for terrestrial televisi ...
,
Direct Star
Direct Star was a French free-to-air music television channel owned by Vincent Bolloré, that launched and replaced Virgin 17 on 1 September 2010. The channel has been replaced on 7 October 2012 by D17 after being bought by the French group Cana ...
and
Canal+
Canal+ (Canal Plus, , meaning 'Channel Plus'; sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal) is a French premium television channel launched in 1984. It is 100% owned by the Groupe Canal+, which in turn is owned by Vivendi. The channel broadcasts several ki ...
). In 2015 Bolloré spent 250 million Euros to keep Hanouna on his team.
In 2019, he proposed a television show which he would co-host with a French politician to address the concerns of French citizens, a reaction to the
yellow vests movement
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.
Controversies
Cyril Hanouna has often received satirical awards from Gérards de la Télévision: Industrial Mistake Award 2007, Worst Presenter 2013 and 2014, The Presenter Who Doesn't Need Drugs 2016. In February 2016, he was drawn by
Charlie Hebdo
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as a mosquito sucking out children's brains.
He is described as an annoying clown, switching from hysterical chuckles to vulgarities, and is involved in several affairs such as offering non-existent gifts, ripping a book during a broadcast, humiliating journalists and collaborators and making sexist and homophobic jokes.
In February 2016 two French journalists (Julien Cazarre and Arnaud Ramsay) reported that they received threats from Hanouna when they refused to appear on his show. ''Society'' magazine compiled a long report about him, describing him as "tyrannical, pretentious, full of anger," managing his team with "scabrous practices", based on evidence coming from his own collaborators (who were anonymously quoted). Stéphane Guillon, another Canal+ presenter, describes Hanouna as the "Kim Jong-Il of C8".
In November and December 2016, the
Superior Council of Audiovisual launched two administrative procedures against ''
Touche Pas a Mon Poste'' because of frequent humiliations and sexist and homophobic statements during the broadcast. In one segment of the show, Hanouna posted a fake gay dating profile online using a torso picture of gay model
Max Emerson and mocked the men who responded to the profile while he was live on air. The segment triggered nearly 20,000 complaints to regulators and condemnation from LGBT groups.
In December 2016, the
French association of LGBT journalists counted 42 sexist and homophobic jokes, and describes him as an unapologetic promoter of homophobia.
[‘’TPMP’’ en novembre : un mois d'homophobie ordinaire]
, ''Lepoint.fr''.
Discography
Singles
Filmography
* 2012 : ''
La vérité si je mens 3''
* 2015 : ''
The New Adventures of Aladdin
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Plot
On Christmas ...
''
* 2016 : ''
Pattaya
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''
* 2016 : ''
La vache''
* 2022 : ''
La France dans ce qu'il y a de pire''
* 2022 : ''
Je suis un taré''
Radio
* 2006–2011: ''La Bonne Touche'' with
Jean-Pierre Foucault
Jean-Pierre Foucault (; born 23 November 1947 in Marseille) is a French television and radio host.
He was born in Marseille, his mother was Jewish.
He was the host of '' Qui Veut Gagner des Millions ?'', the French version of ''Who Wants to Be a ...
on
RTL
* 2011–2013: ''Hanouna, le matin'' on
Virgin Radio
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In 2001, ...
* 2013–2016: ''
Les pieds dans le plat
Les pieds dans le plat is a French radio show broadcast on Europe 1 which covers news and media reporting. Hosted by Cyril Hanouna, the show is broadcast from Monday to Friday at 4:00 PM.
Columnists
Guests
The show received several guest l ...
'' on
Europe 1
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References
External links
*
Biography at Pure People*
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1974 births
Living people
Writers from Paris
French television presenters
French television writers
French radio presenters
21st-century French comedians
French male television actors
French male film actors
French people of Tunisian-Jewish descent
21st-century French Jews
French male screenwriters
Male television writers
French male comedians
Far-right politics in France