The countdown has started again for "France has an incredible talent".
According to our information, the M6 tele-hook has planned to resume filming of its fifteenth season on Saturday, September 12, a little over two weeks after its surprise postponement.
On Tuesday, August 25, just hours before the start of filming, production company FremantleMedia was forced to postpone everything when it detected a case of coronavirus among its teams.
In this case, it was an irreplaceable employee at a moment's notice: one of the four members of the jury made up of Marianne James, Eric Antoine, Hélène Ségara and Sugar Sammy.
FremantleMedia has stalled four new days of shooting at the André-Malraux theater in Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine), which the production must imperatively leave on Friday, September 18, so that the establishment prepares the launch of its season.
On August 25, the “France has incredible talent” teams were still able to limit the damage.
Behind closed doors, they recorded the performances of several candidates unable to return to the Paris region in mid-September.
At the start of the new shoot, their performances will be projected on the big screen to the jurors, who will debrief them together.
A strict health system
The production had promised to wait for "all the medical recommendations required" to plan the resumption of filming "as soon as possible".
To limit the risk of contamination, the production had nevertheless set up a strict sanitary system.
At the last minute, the audience had been reduced from 600 to 200 people, and all spectators had to remain masked for the duration of the show.
"We will test between 200 and 250 people before (
Editor's note: the start of filming
), he explained to us Laurent Jullien, director general of productions of FremantleMedia, also chairman of the Committee for hygiene, safety and audiovisual working conditions. .
We opened a testing office for all our technical teams.
We have hired a Covid referent within the program, responsible for ensuring that all health rules are respected.
We have a doctor on call, who orders the tests.
We are going well beyond what the protocol published on June 25th recommends.
“Precautions that had not prevented the Covid-19 from deciding otherwise.
