Karine Ferri (born 25 April 1982) is a French television presenter and model.
Early life and education
Karine Ferri was born Karine Jalabert in
Suresnes
Suresnes () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. Located in Hauts-de-Seine, from the centre of Paris, it had a population of 49,145 as of 2016. The nearest communes are Nanterre, Puteaux, Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud an ...
in the department of
Hauts-de-Seine
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, to a
French father and a
Portuguese
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mother. She grew up in
Rueil-Malmaison
Rueil-Malmaison () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France region. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2017, it had a population of 78,152. It is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Par ...
with her older brother David. After obtaining her high school final exam and studying modern literature at university, she started a
modeling
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Models c ...
career. In 1999, she was elected first runner-up of Miss World France 2000,
Sandra Lou
Sandra Lou (born 24 December 1980) is a French radio and television presenter.
Early life and career
Sandra Lou was born Sandra Benotès in Calais in the department of Pas-de-Calais. She has a younger sister and her parents are separated. P ...
.
Television career
In 2004, she was one of the finalists on the second season of ''Bachelor, le gentleman célibataire'' (French version of ''
The Bachelor'') on
M6. She began presenting television programs while continuing her modeling career.
The same year, she co-hosted with Alex Fighter the program ''En direct avec les colocataires'' on M6 just after ''
Les Colocataires'' and joined the team of ''C'est pas trop tôt !'' where she presents a sequence about seduction and life on the same channel. In the meantime, she presented the weather on the same channel until 2008.
She then presented on
Fun TV ''100 choses interdites aux moins de 30 ans'' from September to November 2004. In 2006 she presented ''Le Hit TF6'' on channel
TF6. From 2006 to 2009 she presented a number of programs on
M6; these include ''La Route en Direct'', ''Club'' alternating with
Ariane Brodier, ''Star Six Music'' with
Alexandre Delpérier
Alexandre Delpérier (born 17 November 1967) is a French sports journalist, radio and television presenter.
Television career
Alexandre Delpérier began his career on Antenne 2 with in internship at the sports service with the help of Sophi ...
, and ''Fan De'' in which she became the third presenter.
In 2007, she presented ''Hit de la Pub'' on TF6 succeeding to
Virginie Efira
Virginie Efira (born 5 May 1977) is a Belgian actress and television presenter.
Efira got her first leading role in the romantic comedy ''It Boy'' (2013). She subsequently received critical praise for her performance in the comedy drama '' In Be ...
. In 2008 she presented on
W9 the fashion show of
Victoria's Secret
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from
Miami
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and ''Le Meilleur des caméras cachées'' on TF6 that she recorded in
Las Vegas
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. From August 2009 to July 2010 she co-hosted ''Absolument Stars'' and ''Absolument Stars, la suite'' on M6 with
Jérôme Anthony
Jérôme Finkelstejn better known as Jérôme Anthony is a French television presenter. Born in Nancy, France on 11 November 1968, he has presented many entertainment and reality shows on RTL9, TF1, France 2, Disney Channel, W9 and M6. He i ...
.
In early 2010 ''Fan De'' was then broadcast on W9 and was named ''Fan de Stars''. She presented the program from January to July 2010. After that, she announced her departure from M6, W9 and the other channels of the group to join
Direct 8
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in September 2010. She presented on this channel three new programs, ''Mademoiselle Cinéma'', ''L'Amour au menu'' and ''Ma Vie'', a society program.
From August 2010 to June 2011, in addition to her new programs on Direct 8 including ''À chacun son histoire'', she joined the radio
NRJ to present along with
Nikos Aliagas
Nikos Aliagas ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Αλιάγας, ''Nikólaos "Níkos" Aliágas''; born 13 May 1969) is a Greek-French journalist and entertainer, known for being the host of the French reality program ''Star Academy''.
Biograph ...
the morning program ''Le 6/9'' every day of the week. In summer 2011,
Direct 8
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entrusted her with the presentation of the daily program ''Mag de l'été''. From August 2011 to June 2012, she became a columnist for world television on the team of the program ''Morandini !'', broadcast on the same channel.
In 2012 she joined
TF1 to co-host with
Nikos Aliagas
Nikos Aliagas ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Αλιάγας, ''Nikólaos "Níkos" Aliágas''; born 13 May 1969) is a Greek-French journalist and entertainer, known for being the host of the French reality program ''Star Academy''.
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the second season of ''
The Voice: la plus belle voix'', where she replaced
Virginie de Clausade
Virginie de Clausade (born 22 April 1981) is a France, French-Belgium, Belgian actress, radio presenter, radio and television presenter.
Television career
Virginie de Clausade began her career on television presenting with Laurent Nicourt and He ...
. She also presents the programs ''Toute la musique qu'on aime'' and ''Tout pour la musique''. She replaced
Victoria Silvstedt
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Born in Skellef ...
at the presentation of ''Le Grand bêtisier de l'été'' and ''Le Grand Bêtisier''. She also presents programs on
TMC like ''Les Trente Histoires'' in duet with
Pascal Bataille
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.
In October 2016, she became a contestant at the
seventh season of ''
Danse avec les stars'' on TF1. She was eliminated at the semi-final. On 31 December 2016, she presented ''Le Grand Bêtisier du 31'' on the same channel and just before the program ''Toute la musique qu'on aime'' presented by
Nikos Aliagas
Nikos Aliagas ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Αλιάγας, ''Nikólaos "Níkos" Aliágas''; born 13 May 1969) is a Greek-French journalist and entertainer, known for being the host of the French reality program ''Star Academy''.
Biograph ...
who celebrated the new year. In November 2017, she was one of the ten presenters who take turns co-hosting with
Sandrine Quétier, a primetime of the
eighth season of ''Danse avec les stars''. On 31 December 2017, she presented again ''Le Grand Bêtisier du 31''.
Personal life
Since 2011, she is in a relationship with football player
Yohann Gourcuff. She announced in ''
Paris Match
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History and profile
A sports news magazine, ''Match l'intran'' (a play on ''L'Intransigeant' ...
'' on 5 November 2015 that she was expecting her first child. She gave birth to a boy named Maël on 6 April 2016 at the
Saint-Grégoire hospital near
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
. In March 2018, Karine Ferri announced that she was expecting her second child. She gave birth to a girl named Claudia on 16 July 2018.
References
External links
Official site of Karine FerriOfficial site of the Association Grégory Lemarchal
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1982 births
French television presenters
French women television presenters
People from Suresnes
French people of Portuguese descent
Living people