“Of course there will be shovels! Karine Le Marchand, since her vacation in Greece, has lost neither her enthusiasm nor her outspokenness. The host presented, Tuesday by videoconference, the novelties of "Love is in the meadow", which blows its 15 candles and that fans should find mid-September on M6.
And to believe it, Covid-19 or not, it could deposit on the farm. The concept (allowing single farmers to find a soul mate) does not change. But the rhythm and the writing offer themselves a fresh blow. “For 14 seasons, we had expected what was going to happen. There, not at all! It's more flaky, less formatted. Some candidates disappear for several episodes, then come back. Every two minutes, we go through different emotions, ”promises the one who claims to have formed 80 couples, allowed 19 marriages and 55 births since the launch of the show in 2006.
From now on, the TV's chief matchmaker no longer brings together farmers to read letters from their suitors with them, whom they discover solo, before joining Paris, where the host attends their speed dates ( timed, eye-to-eye date), which she says "changes everything." “I witness everything from the start,” she notes, satisfied with this enhanced role.
Lovers coated in hydroalcoholic gel
But now, the epidemic has put its grain of sand in an oiled mechanism. Containment, teleworking, extended deadlines… Letters to coveted farmers have hung out in post offices. The channel even considered postponing the broadcast of the show. Karine Le Marchand feared that the operators would fall in love during the confinement, while their portraits had already been broadcast in March on M 6. “But they were very wise! Breathes the one who will also take the helm of "France has an incredible talent" to replace David Ginola. “People want sincerity, lasting relationships and are fed up with hyper-consumption, even sexual abuse,” she said.
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And then, the shooting resumed under high health security, braving the virus, the harvests, but depriving the technical teams of vacations. With lovers who smear themselves with hydroalcoholic gel before taking their hands, and go on weekends only in France… “Above all, all the candidates were tested 48 hours before leaving for the farm, then again after . We made sure that there were no cases of Covid-19, neither among the farmers nor among the suitors nor among our teams, ”insists producer Déborah Huet, who intends to close the records at the end of September.
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"Love is in the meadow" has therefore caught up and wants to believe that its facelift "will surprise". “This show has a soft touch. During this period, people want to hang on to strong programs they know, "prophesies Guillaume Charles, director general of M 6 programs, hoping that Cupid shoots his arrows to the 400,000 viewers lost last season.