No offense to Anne Hidalgo, the car still has a bright future ahead of it.
RMC Découverte proves this by completely overhauling its emblematic show, “Top Gear France”, adapted from the cult BBC show and broadcast on TNT since 2015.
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The initial trio (Philippe Lellouche, Bruce Jouanny and Le Tone, later joined by Luc Alphand) handed over the wheel to Sylvain Levy and Pierre Chabrier.
And, if their name doesn't mean anything to you, it's probably because you know them better as Vilebrequin.
This is both the title of their duo, but also that of their YouTube channel, created in 2017 and which became the first in France in terms of automobiles.
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Top Gear is the number one automobile brand in the world!
», assures Stéphane Sallé de Chou, general manager of RMC Découverte.
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After eight seasons, we said to ourselves that we had to change things and find the talents that would allow us to return to the roots of the original program.
The goal was to bring together the best of both worlds: that of internet content creators and that of linear television.
» With 2.5 million subscribers and 600 million views on their Vilebrequin YouTube channel, Sylvain Levy and Pierre Chabrier ticked all the boxes to take back the baby.
Monsieur Octopus with a baguette and guests galore
Between offbeat automobile tests, technical popularization, challenges of all kinds and absurd ideas, the two friends have always been immersed in the “Top Gear” universe.
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It’s the format that we loved as teenagers and which inspired our channel.
We tried to bring our universe and our DNA while keeping the codes of “Top Gear” to make something that resembles us.
We are happy to participate in the revival of “Top Gear” by bringing a little Internet to TV and a little TV to the Internet
,” they explain.
The first images, as funny as they are breathtaking, make you want to follow them.
Each show resembles a themed road trip with a new challenge, the BBQ Challenge, and guests galore: Éric Judor, Camille Combal, Sébastien Loeb, Ahmed Sylla, Arnaud Ducret and Ari Vatanen.
Goodbye to the sets, make way for a more fluid and spontaneous construction thanks to the comedian Monsieur Poulpe, author and director of this new season, which starts this evening with full throttle.