“It’s the France of 2024 that we want to tell about.
» Ambitious objective for “Our great decisions”, the new program by Hugo Clément launched this Wednesday in the second part of the evening on France 2.
On the menu for this format seeking to renew the testimonial genre: French people faced with important life choices who come to seek advice from experts.
With, as an innovation compared to “It's discussed” or “It's my choice”, a live vote by viewers and decision-making immediately by the guests on set.
“Vote 1, Vote 2”.
This mini-referendum worthy of the “Star Academy” can be confusing at first.
But obviously not everyone.
At the end of the program, Hugo Clément will thank the public for having “massively” participated in the debate.
20 seconds of reflection
The device is in any case intended to be spectacular, with a guest chair turning around when the viewers' choice is revealed, then a stopwatch projected on a giant screen counting down the 20 seconds of reflection left to the person concerned before making their decision. .
In order not to lose the audience en route at this late schedule, the production generally takes care to maintain a sustained pace.
Three subjects - and therefore three guests - follow one another, with four experts skillfully chosen to discuss each of them, without forgetting archive images, figures, quotes or sequences of dialogue with the audience on set.
Hugo Clément and his team also took care to vary the themes covered.
The serious problem of the public hospital illustrated by the case of Chloé, a nurse wondering if she should resign due to burn-out, is followed by the lighter problem of Christophe, a 77-year-old widower wondering if he must register on a dating site.
At the end of the show, Ludivine hesitates to buy a smartphone for her 11-year-old son.
If the mother of the family will ultimately make a rather clear-cut choice, just like the single Christophe, the nurse will prefer to give herself “time to think”.
“I hope we were able to help you see things more clearly,” commented Hugo Clément.
It’s hard not to think of Jean-Luc Delarue
At the controls of this “crash test”, the host delivers a controlled performance.
Until now known to the public for his content on ecology, the journalist knows how to don his new costume of “midwife”, fluidly arbitrating exchanges with his numerous interlocutors.
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Standing, index cards in hand, dressed in a jacket but without a tie, it's difficult not to think of Jean-Luc Delarue, whose “It's discussed” was programmed in the same slot, a quarter of a century earlier.
Like the “man with the earpiece”, the host with the “ideal son-in-law” look also knows how to inject a dose of humor, multiplying side steps and cash rebounds on the words of his experts.
Without forgetting to deal with unforeseen live events, such as when a guest loses her microphone while sitting in the chair.
During this premiere, Hugo Clément above all intends to build a solid bond with his viewers, multiplying references to the participatory dimension of his program.
“This show talks about you, it concerns you,” he insists from the start of the show.
Will the public still remain in front of their screen?
There is no doubt that Hugo Clément will closely monitor their “big decision” in this matter, starting this Thursday.