Jérôme Finkelstejn better known as Jérôme Anthony is a French

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. Born in Nancy, France on 11 November 1968, he has presented many entertainment and reality shows on

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, W9 and M6. He is the son of the proprietor of the ''Anthony'' clothing storeBoutique Anthony official website
/ref> and adopted the name as his stage name. He started broadcasting at the age of 14 as a radio announcer on a weekly show called ''Bleu Citron'' on "Rockin' Chair" radio in Nancy. He eventually quit his studies to consecrate all his time to radio and worked on the local Nancy affiliate of

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for many years. He also produced many jingles and ads, most notably for "Solitair's Club" in Nancy. His national fame started with the program '' Sacrée Soirée'' presented by

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on TF1, and as a candidate appearing in the talent show ''Jeune talent'' staying for 10 consecutive weeks. Then he releasing a CD that included "Quelque part, quelqu'un" composed by

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. In 2008-2009, he presented the television show ''Drôle de réveil!'' on M6 alongside Zuméo and Amélie Bitoun. He was also a host of ''

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'', a French version of ''

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'' on W9 and later M6 with Estelle Denis and in ''Nouvelle Star, ça continue'' with Camille Combal. In 2009, co-presented ''Absolument Stars'' and on M6. Also in 2009, he presented ''La France a un incroyable talent, ça continue'' as a second follow-up broadcast if the popular ''

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'' also on M6. In 2010 he presented the M6 reality show ''Un trésor dans votre maison''. In 2011, it was announced he would co-host the second series of '' French X Factor'' alongside

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Television

Jérôme Anthony has been host and co-host of: * ''Zapping Zone'' (1997-2004)

* ''Drôle de réveil!'' (2008-2009), M6 * ''Nouvelle Star, ça continue'' (2008-2009), W9 then M6 * ''La France a un incroyable talent, ça continue'' (2009) M6 * ''Un trésor dans votre maison'' (2010) M6 * ''

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'' (2011), M6

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anthony, Jerome 1968 births Living people French television presenters Mass media people from Nancy, France