“Congratulations to Julian Bugier.
[…]
We were colleagues, we will remain so, ”wrote Marie-Sophie Lacarrau on Twitter at the end of September.
Nice way to greet the officialization of his replacement at the 13 Hours of France 2, after his own transfer to TF1.
But, three months later, what remains of the benevolent message of the one who will succeed Jean-Pierre Pernaut on Monday?
Gone are the days of friendliness, here they are competitors.
For real.
"With the departure of Pernaut, the cards are reshuffled", loose Bugier, who intends to nibble audience shares to his new opponent, a pure product of France Televisions.
In 2020, the 13 Hours of France 2 gathered 3 million faithful on average, or 21.4% of the public.
One of the best performances for more than fifteen years.
It is up to the 40-year-old presenter to rejuvenate the average age: 62 years for the Two, against 59 for the One.
"By focusing on transmission between generations, we would like to capture more young people," says the journalist, who has had two months to refine his edition.
“I have no apprehension, on the contrary, I can't wait,” adds the one who went ski touring in the Chamonix valley before D-Day.
The pressure is mainly on the shoulders of Marie-Sophie Lacarrau, very invested.
Between two yoga sessions, she has been preparing her first news all week long and is “bubbling with impatience” even if she will have “trouble falling asleep”.
The 45-year-old journalist has always thought that "it would not be easy for the poor man who was to succeed Jean-Pierre Pernaut".
And for good reason, after the 20 Hours of Gilles Bouleau, the 13 Hours of TF1 is the second most watched newspaper in Europe.
Last year, 5.8 million viewers attended, or 41.7% audience share.
“The objective is not to do less, by talking more to families,” slips the new incarnation of TF1.
Recruited in place of Patrick Poivre d'Arvor in 2008, Laurence Ferrari had seen the audiences of the 20 Hours quickly unscrew, to the delight of his predecessor who had mischievously soaped the board.
This time, TF1 did everything to ensure a good transition, with a handover on the air on December 18 for the last of Pernaut, after thirty-three years of 13 hours.
From Monday, a new page opens.
TF 1. Marie-Sophie Lacarrau, after Pernaut
"For some, talking about traditions is being backward-looking," points out Marie-Sophie Lacarrau.
On the contrary, we can talk about it with modernity.
»/ TF1 / Christophe Chevalin
The South as a compass.
Born September 20, 1975 in Villefranche-de-Rouergue (Aveyron), Marie-Sophie Lacarrau grew up in Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales).
Hence a small accent, which she tends to "erase naturally on the air".
"I've been in Paris for four years, but I don't feel like a Parisian," she smiles.
Its ties are today anchored in a village of 1,000 inhabitants in the Lauragais countryside, south-east of Toulouse.
“I was full of energy there at Christmas,” she continues.
I know the problems of the region.
Car struggles, essential to get your bread, the price of fuel oil to fill your tank, roads not cleared of snow ... "
Made in public service.
Twenty years of France Télévisions!
After a bachelor's degree in modern literature and internships at M 6 and LCI, she set foot in the editorial staff of France 3 Quercy-Rouergue in 2000. Two years later, she joined France 3 Midi-Pyrénées as a reporter, then presented her first Regional news.
From 2010 to 2014, she was promoted to Carole Gaessler's joker at the 19-20 national, then replaced Elise Lucet at the 13 Hours, before being established in 2016. At the same time, she was acting in the 20 Hours.
At the end of 2019, France Télévisions successfully tested it in the animation of “Prodiges”, an entertainment.
Other programs were to be entrusted to him before his departure for TF 1.
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The regions map.
At TF 1, the regions are the DNA of the newspaper shaped by Jean-Pierre Pernaut, which has given visibility to small traders and artisans through 19 offices.
Marie-Sophie Lacarrau has integrated that well.
In mid-November, the journalist began a tour of France for correspondents.
"It was important because they sign 80% of the subjects of the news," she insists.
I told them I wasn't going to change anything.
" Or almost.
“For some, to talk about traditions is to be backward-looking.
On the contrary, we can talk about it with modernity.
"It is also linked to" very consumer "and" everyday life "subjects with the desire to" highlight solutions, not problems "which will find their place in a new weekly column," La Bonne Idée ".
The humor in signature.
Simplicity, empathy, smile and warmth could be his motto.
From the advice Jean-Pierre Pernaut gave her, she retained two: “Have fun!
"And" Above all, don't bother with remarks about your positions.
"But, as Laurent Guimier, head of the news at France Televisions, would say," Marie-Sophie is not Jean-Pierre ".
This one assures besides that she will not "seek to imitate him", while not "forbidding herself anything", especially not "a touch of humor".
His favorite.
Rather discreet about its commitments, with one exception.
Mother of two sons, she is the godmother of Awa, a young Senegalese woman, through the association Un enfant par la main, which helps underprivileged children.
“I feel useful.
We don't just sign a check.
"
A popularity to build.
Just before his arrival at the 13 Hours of TF 1, three magazines have just devoted their coverage to him, including “Télé 7 jours”.
A little pride for Marie-Sophie Lacarrau.
But in terms of notoriety, she has a long way to go compared to Jean-Pierre Pernaut, who has just joined the top 3 of the favorite personalities of the French.
His gaze on his rival.
“I have very good memories of the stages that we co-presented.
Julian (
Bugier)
is an excellent journalist, who has a keen sense of the news.
He also has the ability to explain complicated subjects in a simple manner.
I wish him the same happiness that I could feel in his place.
"
France 2. Julian Bugier, finally holder!
“A news story must be embodied,” emphasizes Julian Bugier, “and not by a cold soul devoid of feeling.
»/ FTV / Corentin Fohlen
His dear Loir-et-Cher.
His Wikipedia file indicates October 26, 1981 as the date of birth ... instead of November 22, 1980. "I have always liked that people think I am a year younger," he jokes.
On the other hand, he grew up in Blois (Loir-et-Cher) until he was 19 years old.
He also spent all his weekends near Cour-Cheverny, in the countryside with his grandparents.
“It's my wealth, my breath of fresh air.
"A way to protect yourself from the" Parisian microcosm "and to show openness:" It allows me not to be cut off from realities, from what is happening in France, which viewers tend to reproach journalists.
"
Territories and surveys.
The front page does not have a monopoly on the regions or "territories", as Julian Bugier calls them, which he intends to put "in France 2 sauce" by relying on about thirty regional offices.
On December 16, he moved to Tonnerre (Burgundy), to put in a box a new section of the 13 Hours of France 2, “An idea for France”, dedicated to those who roll up their sleeves.
Another novelty, “Behind your labels”: a survey on a consumer product, based on a question asked by viewers.
One way to incorporate a bit of “Tout compte fait”, his economic magazine which will now be in the second part of the evening.
Chic and natural.
When he took off his tie, he immediately received criticism.
Suddenly, he will continue to wear it, just like the costume which, for him, has a "statutory role".
But it's a more natural Bugier that viewers will discover.
“My four months at Europe 1
(Editor's note: where he animates the 6 pm to 8 pm section)
taught me to be more in improvisation, in repartee.
Before the 13 Hours, we want to be friends with the one who presents.
It is a local edition.
"
Its positions.
Like Pernaut with whom he "grew up", Bugier also has his rants, in particular against the slippages of Eric Zemmour on CNews: "The excess, without nuance, without reflection.
It's serious… It's the death of the debate of ideas, ”he wrote on Twitter.
He also points to the inconsistencies in the measures taken by the government in the face of Covid-19 and displays his struggles: the extension of paternity leave is one of them.
Will he mention them on the air?
“A news story has to be embodied,” he said, “and not by a cold soul devoid of feeling.
"
Without diploma, not without baggage.
Objective achieved for the one who declared in 2018 not to want to remain a “joker ten more years”.
Without validating his Deug in economics, he started in London in 2000 on the financial channel Bloomberg TV.
In 2006, he took part in the beginnings of BFMTV, then Thierry Thuillier, the current head of news for the TF 1 group, recruited him on i> Télé in 2009, before returning to France 2 and offering him replacements for the JT of the weekend.
And finally, to be the joker of the 20 Hours on weekdays but also the man of debate evenings and specials.
“I have had a unique journey.
"
The people asset.
The one that some internally call “the handsome kid” can also count on the people side of his couple.
Married to journalist Claire Fournier (LCI), he speaks freely of their union in Polynesia or of their two boys.
But it is also absent from popularity rankings.
Her gaze on her rival.
“Marie-Sophie is one of the few to be as spontaneous and friendly in front of the cameras as off the air.
We are no longer colleagues, but we remain colleagues.
We did not run over or steal anyone's place.
We just knew how to seize opportunities.
"