“Surprise, Maya Lauqué will present two #JT20h from France 2 during the February holidays (Saturday 17 and Sunday 18)
,” announced media journalist Vincent Mabille on X (ex-tweet).
Indeed.
Every year, like everyone else, news presenters are entitled to vacation.
And every year, for the weekend or for a few days, they leave their seats to replacements, commonly called jokers.
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Audrey Crespo-Mara is Anne-Claire Coudray's joker on TF1.
Karine Baste is that of Anne-Sophie Lapix on France 2. But now the name of Maya Lauqué also appeared in the list of replacements.
The journalist is announced at the helm of the 8 p.m. news on Saturday February 17 and Sunday February 18.
Karine Baste will present the news from the weeks preceding and following this weekend.
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Maya Lauqué, busy with her new role, will in turn be replaced by Emilie Tran Nguyen, called to support Damien Thévenot at the presentation of “Télématin”.
And Julien Benedetto will take care of “1 p.m.“.
A ballet of journalists with the false air of a game of musical chairs.
And one more string to the bow of Maya, 44 years old, who has worked in various positions on various channels in recent years.
Presenter of “JT” on I-Télé from 2007 to 2013, co-host with Thomas Isle of “La Quotidienne” on France 5 for almost 8 years, joker of the joker of “C dans l’air”, also on France 5 , replacing Caroline Roux and Axel de Tarlé, and co-presenter with Damien Thévenot of “Télématin” on France 2 since the start of the 2021 school year, she knows music.
On this subject, she recently declared:
"With 'Télématin', I found the perfect exercise, which allows me to do everything I know and love to accomplish, namely news and entertainment
. "