Louise Ekland (born 22 July 1978) is a British

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 ...

active on the French media. After presenting on

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, BFM TV and the

M6 Group Metropole Télévision SA, commonly known as Groupe M6 ( en, M6 Group), is a French media holding company. It was formed around the Public television channel M6, launched in March 1987 by the CLT (RTL Télévision) and La Lyonnaise des Eaux. ...

, she joined

France 3 France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5 and France Info. It is made up of a network of regional television services providing ...

in 2017.

Television career

From 2005 to 2006, Louise Ekland presented ''Le big show'' on

Game One Game One is a French television channel owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA. The channel shows several programs based on video gaming. It also airs Japanese anime on a regular basis, such as ''Fairy Tail'', ''Naruto'', '' Naruto: Shippuden'', ''D ...

and ''Play hit'' from 2006 to 2007. In late 2007, she joined

Direct 8 Direct 8 was a national French TV channel, owned by Vincent Bolloré. It was available through digital terrestrial television network "TNT" and the Astra 1H satellite position. As the name suggests ('direct' is French for 'live'), Direct 8 was o ...

to present ''On aura tout vu'' in the early evening. From 2007 to 2008, she presented ''M6 music hits flash'' on M6 from Monday to Friday in the early morning and then the chronicle ''Le Morning''. In 2008, she joined

to present on

France 2 France 2 () is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4 and France 5. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews. Since 3:20 CET on 7 ...

the program ''Cote & Match'', dedicated to lottery games with sport prognostics of the Française des Jeux. The same year, she joined the news channel BFM TV to present a chronicle on

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from Monday to Friday. In 2009, while still presenting on BFM TV, she presents on

France 4 France 4 () is a French free-to-air television channel owned by France Télévisions, focused on children's programming. The colour of France 4 is purple. Originally launched as Festival in 1996, the channel took its current name in 2005 when it ...

the

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. Since April 2009, succeeding to

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, she presents on the same channel the musical program ''Louise Contre Attaque'', which covers different musical festivals. In December 2010, she participated at the presentation of the

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. In February 2011, she presents ''Frog & Rosbif'' with

Énora Malagré Enora Malagré (born 20 July 1980) is a French columnist, radio and television presenter. Early life and education Enora Malagré was born in Morlaix in the department of Finistère in Brittany. She then moved in the department of Yvelines at t ...

on France 4. In March 2011, she participated as a member of the jury in the French version of ''

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'' on M6. In 2012 while still on BFM TV where she presents a daily program in the evening, she presented in May '' La Nuit Doctor Who'' on France 4 and during the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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, she visits the city in a bus every morning at the preamble of the sports broadcasts on

. In June 2012, she participated at the game '' Fort Boyard'' for the association "Enfants de la Lune" with

Nelson Monfort Nelson Monfort (born March 12, 1953) is a French sports journalist, linguist and television host. TV and radio career After his studies at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, Monfort began his career as a sports journalist by commenting fi ...

Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana (born 23 July 1969 in Saint-Affrique, Aveyron) is a retired, French track and field sprinter and hurdler. His specialities were the 400 metres hurdles and the 4 x 400 metres relay. Diagana won the 400 metres h ...

, Frédérique Jossinet,

Richard Dacoury Richard Dacoury (born July 6, 1959, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast) is a former French professional basketball player. He retired in 1998, LNB Pro A#Players with the most French League championships won, as the basketball player who won the most French ...

and

Jérôme Alonzo Jérôme Sébastien Alonzo (born 20 November 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Honours Nice * Division 2: 1993–94 Paris Saint-Germain * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001 *Coupe de France The Coupe de ...

. In September 2012, she joined the team of the talk show '' C à vous'' on

France 5 France 5 () is a French free-to-air public television channel, part of the France Télévisions group. Principally featuring educational programming, the channel's motto is ''la chaîne de la connaissance et du savoir'' (the knowledge network). ...

and also participated as a guest in many programs of the public service like ''Oh les filles'' or ''Toute la télé chante pour Sidaction''. In July 2014, she presented the daily program ''100% Mag'' on M6, and then replacing

Faustine Bollaert Faustine Bollaert (born 20 March 1979) is a French journalist, radio and television presenter. Early life and career Born Faustine Faraggi in Paris, she is of Breton and Italian descent. She then took the name Faustine Bollaert, the family nam ...

since September until the end of the broadcast in November of that year. She has also replaced

Sandrine Corman Sandrine Corman (born 12 April 1980 in Verviers, Belgium) is a Belgian television and radio presenter. Pageants Corman was Miss Belgium 1997 at the age of 17. She later stated that she was not interested in the contest and that her mother had r ...

at the presentation of ''

La France a un incroyable talent ''La France a un incroyable talent'' ( en, France's Got Incredible Talent), previously known as ''Incroyable Talent'', is a French TV show, based on the ''Got Talent'' series. It debuted on M6 on 2 November 2006, presented by Alessandra Sublet ...

''. In September 2017, she returned on

to present the program ''On a la solution !'' on

on Saturday morning.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ekland, Louise 1978 births English expatriates in France Television presenters from Liverpool Living people