“M 6 is pleased to announce the arrival of Karine Le Marchand at the presentation of La France a incredible talent . "It was with this tweet that the channel formalized the replacement for David Ginola, as revealed a little earlier by Jean-Marc Morandini's blog. The Six specifies that the four jurors are renewed: Marianne James, Hélène Ségara, Eric Antoine and Sugar Sammy. According to our information, Karine Le Marchand, already very busy with "Love is in the meadow", had refused the first time. Laurence Boccolini was then approached, which M 6 denies. Comedian Tom Villa was also contacted.
After four seasons at the helm of "France has an incredible talent", David Ginola is therefore sidelined, despite good performances by audiences on the show. Its loyal viewers will see it one last time Tuesday evening at 9:05 pm, for the finale of "The Battle of the Jury", a derivative of the competition with the crème de la crème of the candidates.
An expensive star
Between his salary for “Incroyable talent” and football commentaries, plane tickets London-Paris, hotel rooms at the Bristol (a Parisian palace) and his staff (two agents, a makeup artist, a hairdresser and a stylist ), the star rookie of 2016 no longer entered the budget of M 6 2020-2021: around € 700,000 per year, according to our information. But this non-renewal of contract probably surprised his entourage, who is facing a closed door. The same scenario occurred when he left Canal + in 2016.
For its part, Karine Le Marchand, who has resigned her contract with M 6, like Stéphane Plaza, should record the first issues of "France has an incredible talent" at the end of August. In addition, she canned the speed dating stage of "Love is in the meadow", the first episodes of which should be broadcast at the end of the summer. For the past three to four years, she has also been preparing "Operation renaissance", a documentary series on people in morbid obesity who have decided to resort to surgery. This program had been presented at the 2019 back-to-school conference but has still not been broadcast.