As every year for more than thirty years, the
JDD
unveiled this Sunday, December 26 the Top 50 favorite personalities of the French, produced by Ifop.
The leading duo remains unchanged: Jean-Jacques Goldman and Sophie Marceau remain the favorite personalities of the French.
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The 70-year-old singer is crowned for the eleventh time while the actress records a third success in a row.
Sophie Marceau stands out thanks to good scores with all age groups, with the exception of 15-24 year olds.
“
Their first places respond to the same logic;
their long-standing relationship with the French has made them icons,
”explains Frédéric Dabi, Director General of Ifop, to the
JDD
.
Sophie Marceau recently played again in François Ozon's film
Everything went well.
But this 2021 edition is above all marked by the progress of Thomas Pesquet who arrives in second place in this parity ranking.
"The adventurer-explorer who makes you dream"
The astronaut made his second stay aboard the International Space Station this year before landing in November in SpaceX's reusable American Crew Dragon capsule. The attachment of the French to this personality arises from a register of differences between the two winners. Thomas Pesquet is the symbol of success. "
It is the adventurer-explorer who inspires dreams, like Commander Cousteau or the volcanologist Haroun Tazieff before him
," explains Frédéric Dabi.
He also embodies France, which is doing well, which thinks big; Pesquet is our best anti-decline weapon
”, analyzes Frédéric Dabi.
Thomas Pesquet traveled more than 84 million kilometers and circled the Earth 3,194 times during this second mission.
He thus had time to take thousands of photos and share them on social networks, via his teams of communicators on the ground.
He carried out six
extra-vehicular
outings , in a spacesuit, outside the space station, and on October 4 became the first Frenchman to take command of the ISS and only the fourth European to have this honor.
No political figure
As often, no political figure has entered this top 50, and therefore no candidate for the presidential election of the coming spring.
Apart from the emergence of Thomas Pesquet in second place, the ranking remains fairly stable, with all the same the first entry of three personalities in the ranking, the singers Françoise Hardy (12th), Clara Luciani (25th) and the host Faustine Bollaert (21st).
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After six consecutive years, Jean-Jacques Goldman is approaching the record held by Abbé Pierre, of 7 years.
Then come Yannick Noah, who was leader of the ranking for 6 years, Commandant Cousteau (5 years) and Zinédine Zidane (3 years).
