“Cyril is gifted. Some say he is divisive but, like it or not, he is one of the great revelations of television in recent years,” says France 3 presenter Michel Drucker.

Drucker, 81, has never hidden his admiration for Cyril Hanouna. “He’s a showman who goes as far as possible. We cannot do three hours of live broadcast every evening for 12 years without there being lost bullets,” he declared in Télérama.