Christophe Dechavanne (; born 23 January 1958), is a French

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and

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host and program producer.

Biography

Dechavanne attended the

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, a private school. He started working as a radio host in the early 1980s. In 1985, he presented the daily

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''C'est encore mieux l'après-midi'' on the state-owned

channel

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. In 1987, he went to work for the newly privatized channel TF1 : his first show, ''Panique sur le 16'', was not a success, but he soon found his niche with the late-night weekly talk-show ''Ciel mon mardi !'', a program which could be compared to

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productions in

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. Dechavanne's energetic public persona and the frequent heated arguments between his guests proved popular among audiences, despite attracting criticism from several French media outlets. Dechavanne became his own producer in 1989, by creating the company Coyote productions. From 1992 to 1994, Dechavanne presented the popular daily talk-show ''Coucou c'est nous !''. However, he was less successful with the prime-time show ''Tout le toutim'', which was stopped after four weeks for lack of sufficient audience shares. In 1997, he went back to state-owned television channels and presented ''Télé Qua Non'' and ''Du fer dans les épinards'' on

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. He was then absent from television for several years and concentrated on his radio work for RTL and

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. In 2003, he took part on TF1 to ''Nice People'', a French equivalent of sorts to ''

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'', where common people and celebrities were locked in a house. He was then the host of ''

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'' in 2004 and 2005. Currently, Dechavanne hosts the French version of ''

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'', entitled '' La Roue de la fortune'' and presents special shows on a regular basis.

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* 1958 births Living people French television presenters French radio presenters Mass media people from Paris French television talk show hosts Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Lycée Fénelon Sainte-Marie alumni {{France-tv-bio-stub