France 2: Julian Bugier, new presenter of the 13 Hours

He dreamed of it, Delphine Ernotte, the boss of France Televisions, did it.

Julian Bugier will now be the presenter of the 13 Hours of France 2 newspaper, the public group announces to the teams this evening.

From January 4, he will replace Marie-Sophie Lacarrau, who chose Thursday, to everyone's surprise, to go to TF1 to succeed Jean-Pierre Pernaut.

An ad kept surprise until the last minute.

An hour earlier, the 13 Hours team was completely ignorant of this choice.

A consecration for the 38-year-old journalist, joker for 9 years first of David Pujadas then of Anne-Sophie Lapix at the 20 Hours.

Julian Bugier did not hide his desire for tenure.

“For a long time, it was my ultimate goal to become number 1 in the 20 Hours.

It's what I love, it's my DNA.

I like the news, I come from there.

I continue to love this job, but I'm starting to enjoy other exercises as well.

It is maturity that comes in, the patina of age and confidence in what I am able to bring, ”he explained in March 2019 at the microphone of Europe 1.

Julian Bugier will continue to participate in parallel to the special editions of the editorial staff (July 14, tributes from the Nation ...) On the other hand, his future at the head of his Saturday magazine “Tout Compte fait” is still under discussion, as are the debates which he animated after telefilms on social subjects during the “continuous evenings”.

On the other hand, its presentation of the evening segment of Europe 1 seems compromised, for obvious agenda reasons.

A blow for the station which, a month ago, had made the journalist one of the main faces of its antenna.

The second man to pilot a newscast on France Télévisions

This choice may come as a surprise when Delphine Ernotte has promised to highlight faces from diversity, a priority of her second term.

But Julian Bugier will only be the second man to pilot a newscast on France Télévisions, with Laurent Delahousse.

All the other editions are presented by women: Anne-Sophie Lapix and Leïla Kaddour-Boudadi on France 2 and Carole Gaessler, Émilie Tran Nguyen and Catherine Matausch on France 3.

And it's not over.

According to our information, Julian Bugier is leaving his joker place at the 20 Hours of France 2 to Karine Baste-Régis.

Since 2019, this journalist from Martinique has been working alongside Laurent Bignolas for the news flashes of "Télématin".

The weekend of June 6-7, the former co-presenter of Samuel Etienne on the Franceinfo channel was also able to prove herself at the 13 Heures de la Deux, after appearing at the “Soir 3” of the weekend.

Unlike TF1, which has chosen to recruit from outside, Laurent Guimier, the new head of information at France Televisions, had promised internal recruitment.

Suddenly, many presenters from the house were in the starting blocks.

By choosing Julian Bugier, the news boss opts for a sure bet.

During his summer replacement at the 20 Hours, he had refueled by federating 4.7 million viewers (24.7% of PDA) on average until August 6.

What to give him wings.