Were they waiting for Benzema to return?
More than 10 million viewers followed Tuesday on TF1 and M6 the announcement by Didier Deschamps of the list of players who will play the Euro with the French team, according to data from Médiamétrie released on Wednesday.
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The chef's surprise
The announcement of the group, which will have to participate in Euro 2020, delayed by a year because of the health crisis was eagerly awaited, in particular because of the rumor of a return of the star striker of Real Madrid, Karim. Benzema. The latter had been sidelined for five years because of behavioral differences and dissensions with the coach, Didier Deschamps.
The sequence animated live by Nathalie Iannetta and Marie Portolano was watched by 7.6 million viewers on average on TF1, with a peak of 7.8 million being broadcast.
On M6, around 3 million people watched the composition announcement with a peak of 3.2 million.
The two chains announced Monday, May 17 their merger project.
They will broadcast Euro-2020 unencrypted (alongside beIN Sports which broadcasts the competition in encrypted).
TF1 stronger than M6
More generally, the 20H of TF1 presented by Gilles Bouleau, during which this sequence was broadcast, followed by an exclusive interview with Kylian MBappé, garnered 7 million viewers and an audience share (PDA) of 27.8 %, clearly leading the evening's audiences. For its part, the 19.45 of Xavier de Moulins, extended because of this news, brought together 3.2 million people on average and displays a PDA of 13.2%.