He has been one of the winners of the France 5 grid since the start of the school year.
Without seeming to, Ali Baddou took his ease every weekend at the controls of "C l'hebdo", the program which extends "C à vous" on Saturdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
With nearly one million viewers on average, the talk show saw its duration extend by nearly 30 minutes.
“
I dreamed about it, explains Ali Baddou.
When we saw ''C à vous'' lasting longer, gaining viewers and taking more time with the guests, we said to ourselves that we wanted the same thing because the show was lacking, in particular a place for the debate
”.
A debate whose calm contrasts with the sometimes hysterical confrontations seen on other TV channels.
The host explains that he did it on purpose: “
We want to rediscover the lost art of democratic debate.
Our society is full of confrontational spaces where we clash and where we artificially produce pros and cons to create buzz.
My idea of the debate is to get out of your comfort zone and make up your own mind, but it is important to respect the other and to listen
, ”he adds.
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Joker of Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine during her holidays, Ali Baddou does not see further and refuses to consider himself a caliph one day in place of the caliph.
“
I'm Babeth's joker when she's resting, which is quite rare because she's a great worker (Laughs).
There is no hereditary monarchy on television!
Our position, our time slot, these are things that do not belong to us.
This part of my destiny does not depend on me
”.
As for a possible prime time, as some public service hosts sometimes do, Ali Baddou admits to thinking about it without rushing: “
I'm talking about projects with the channel but I don't want to do TV for the sake of doing TV!
It has to make sense and be justified.
It's a question of timing and the project, but it will come...
"
“Whitney Houston humiliated me at the Grand Journal”
Ali Baddou
Finally, the host looks back on his TV memories with, in memory, an emotional morning show live from Kigali, in Rwanda, to commemorate the genocide of the Tutsis.
A pivotal moment in his career.
But the superfluous also has its place, as during the Grand Journal on Canal+ where the queen of soul, Whitney Houston, had crucified him live.
“
I got bullied by Whitney Houston at the Grand Journal.
It was so embarrassing and humiliating... I gave her a ready-made journalistic expression like, “You're the queen of RnB.
She had used words that were like a dagger against me!
“, he recalls.
The other anecdote concerns the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, whom Ali Baddou had as a student when he taught at Sciences Po: “He
was a very good student.
I had given him a 16/20 in the essay.
At the time, he wondered if he was going to choose the aggregation of philosophy or go to the ENA.
Then I ran into him again on sets, but we didn't form a friendship.
I am passionate about politics, I am a committed citizen but I do not have the soul of an activist.
And political life in itself does not attract me
, ”concludes Ali Baddou.
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