Nagui Fam (; born 14 November 1961) is an

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-born French TV and radio personality of

and Italian descent. In his professional life, he goes by his first name Nagui.

Biography

His television career began in 1987 on M6, and switched to TF1 in 1989. He became well known at the beginning of the 1990s with his game show '' Que le meilleur gagne'' (''May the Best One Win'') on La Cinq, which he carried over to

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, which he joined in May 1992. His fame has been marked by frenetic humour in the part-

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'' N'oubliez pas votre brosse à dents'' (''

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'') or by a much more laid-back tone in the more serious ''Que le meilleur gagne''. In 1993 he founded his own production house, Air Productions, located at the Plaine Saint-Denis, and created a benchmark music show ''

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'' where artists perform "live". In 1999 he attempted to take on the difficult job of succeeding

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on the

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show, '' Nulle part ailleurs'' (''Nowhere Else''), a role that had already defeated

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. In 2001 he returned to France 2 to present a game show, ''Le Numéro Gagnant'' (''

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''), ''Le Coffre'' ('' The Vault'') in 2003, then the revival of ''

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'' (''Intercity'') during summer 2004. As of 2006 he is the host of a daily game show called ''

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'', French for "Everybody wants to take his/her place" (the place being that of the current champion on the show), on

. The game concept has been bought by Michael Davies, the

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producer. In addition, since December 2007, he hosts a daily musical game show in prime time: ''

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'', which is the French version of

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On radio, after co-hosting from 07:00 to 10:00 the morning show on Europe 2 (which later became Virgin Radio) with Manu from September 2006 to June 2008, he is currently hosting on

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a show called ''Décrochez le Soleil'' from 09:30 to 11:00. ( Give yourself ...the Sun ). Currently, he is hosting "La Bande Originale" (The original Sound-track) on France Inter In April 2010, a national survey carried out by strategies.fr has placed him as the nation no.1 TV host, which is confirmed by his ratings. He is fluent in English as well as French.Archived a
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Filmography

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'' (2001)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagui 1961 births Living people French television presenters French radio presenters Egyptian television presenters Egyptian radio presenters Egyptian emigrants to France People from Alexandria French people of Egyptian descent French people of Italian descent