Jérémy Michalak (born 28 October 1980) is a French

television presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for ...

and

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. He is known for presenting the

sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is ...

show ''

On n'demande qu'à en rire ''On n'demande qu'à en rire'' (literally "We ask only to laugh at it"; often abbreviated as ''ONDAR'' ) is a French comedy television programme. First broadcast on France 2 in 2010, it was created by Laurent Ruquier and involved aspiring comedia ...

'' after he took over from

Laurent Ruquier Laurent Hugues Emmanuel Ruquier (; born 24 February 1963) is a French television presenter, radio host and comedian. He is also a lyricist, writer, columnist and impresario; he has been co-owner and general manager of Théâtre Antoine-Simone Be ...

in 2012.

Biography

Michalak was born on October 28, 1980, in

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Saint-Maur-des-Fossés () is a commune in Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southea ...

in the

Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a pop ...

Career

Radio career

On March 27, 2015, he made his first appearance on

's program

Les Grosses Têtes Les Grosses Têtes (; ("The Big Heads" or "The Big Brains" in English) is a daily comedy radio programme on the French language RTL radio network. Broadcast since 1 April 1977, the current host since 2014 has been Laurent Ruquier. Presently bro ...

on RTL. At the start of the 2016 school year, he was announced as a columnist on Alessandra Sublet's new show, broadcast from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on

Europe 1 Europe 1, formerly known as Europe n° 1, is a privately owned radio station created in 1955. Owned and operated by Lagardère Active, a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group, it is one of the leading radio broadcasting stations in France and its pro ...

TV career

From 2001 to 2002, he played a role in Le Groupe, a series by

Jean-Luc Azoulay Jean-Luc Azoulay also known by the pseudonym Jean-François Porry (born 1947 in Sétif, then French Algeria) is a French television producer. He was born in Algeria to a Sephardic Jewish family. In 1987, with the ''Club Dorothée'', he developed ...

and Bénédicte Laplace. In 2010, he became editor-in-chief of the TV version of On va s'gêner, every month on France 4. From September 2009 to June 2014, during the first five seasons of the show, he was a

columnist A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Column (newspaper), Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs. They take the fo ...

in the daily

C à vous ''C à vous'' () is a French TV show hosted by Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine that has been broadcast on the channel France 5 since 7 September 2009. The name is a pun on the French expression "" (in English, roughly, "The floor is yours"). The show is s ...

between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on France 5. From September 3, 2012, to June 28, 2013, he hosted

on France 2, replacing Laurent Ruquier.

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* 1980 births French television presenters French television producers French people of Polish descent Living people People from Saint-Maur-des-Fossés {{France-bio-stub