“Loft Story”, “Star Academy”, “Temptation Island”, “Greg the Millionaire”, “My Incredible Fiancé”... The woman behind all these cult formats of the small screen is called
Angela Lorente
.
Twenty years after importing the concept of confinement TV to France, she is today godmother of OHO, a free platform available on mobile.
On February 1, a reality show called “We are open” will be broadcast there.
The viewer will be able to intervene or even invite themselves into the game. “
There is not a lot of innovation in television, it is on digital that we find it
”, defends the person concerned on the set of “Buzz TV " this Tuesday.
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In “We are Open”, a dating show, eight candidates locked in a loft in the heart of Paris are looking for one or more suitors.
The casting is intended to be inclusive.
“
These are people who are looking for love for one night or for life.
There are cases of polyamory, everything is possible.
There is no censorship in relation to the candidates
,” underlines the one who spotted Loana, Jean-Edouard and Steevy in the past.
And to clarify that “
it is not an X program
”, like “Frenchie Shore” on Paramount +.
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During this interview, Angela Lorente returned to these TV programs which are experiencing a second life in recent times such as “Star Academy”, “Temptation Island” on W9 and soon “Secret Story”.
For the former director of reality TV on TF1, the channels lack imagination.
“
We are afraid of risk today
,” she believes.
If the programs don't work, it could be an industrial accident
,” adds the woman nicknamed “the popess of reality TV”.
“Delphine Wespiser was not the ideal person for “Temptation Island””
Angela Lorente on the set of “Buzz TV” Tuesday January 30, 2023
Concerning “Temptation Island”, a program that she produced for eight years, Angela Lorente does not beat around the bush.
"
I do not recognize myself.
(...) It’s a program that works on the couple’s paranoia.
And when the candidates arrive today, they are already half wrong, it's fake.
(...) It looks like the candidates are playing a game
,” she says before attacking the host of the new version, Delphine Wespiser.
“
He wasn’t the ideal person.
I find her friendly and intelligent but, for this show, you have to know how to interview like Mireille Dumas.
You have to enter into intimacy.
And she's not an interviewer.
It’s normal, we all learn
. ”
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What about “Star Academy”?
“
La Star Ac', I watched the bonuses, it's very well produced.
I watched a bit of the dailies, I got bored
, confides Angela Lorente again.
It's the truth, not much is happening.
The candidates look like 14-15 year olds.
THERE is no history between them.
However, they must fall in love.
(...) The casting lacks flavor
” And to summarize: “
The TV wants to show that we are in Oui Oui TV but that’s not it!”.
Angela Lorente remembered one thing:
“If you want to watch a “Candy Land” program, you watch “Star Academy”, if you want to watch something in the evening because you can't sleep, you
watch “Frenchie Shore” .
”