Just a little greater than 20 years after the published of the final Bigdil present, on July 23, 2004, this cult sport from the 2000s will make its huge comeback in 2025. Vincent Lagaf, who hosted this program for six years, can be again on his place. Launched on February 2, 1998, the present made the heyday of TF1.
A return to prime time
The presenter had by no means hidden his want for this system to return to the air. Since 2014 and Canal+ model Bolloré, the return of the sport has been talked about a number of occasions, notably with a risk on C8, with out ever materializing.
The enduring present will subsequently be reborn, however on one other channel, RMC Story. No extra dailies, it can return to prime time. “I don’t wish to do them anymore as a result of nowadays you need to document 5 – 6 a day. I do not perceive how anybody could be humorous for six hours. I am not able to it. In prime time, we’ve got extra time to fiddle,” admitted Vincent Lagaf to Leisure TV.
Invoice nonetheless current, the “Gaffettes” eliminated
To seize the nostalgia of viewers, the sport will maintain the identical recipe as its model from the 2000s, impressed by an American format. The foundations will stay the identical, nameless candidates will attempt to win occasions to win a sum of cash or items, all in entrance of the eyes of the general public.
Vincent Lagaf will at all times be accompanied by his devoted sidekick Invoice the Extraterrestrial, this fictional character who arrived from the planet Fricus. He’ll at all times be performed by the actor Gilles Vautier, who continues to be a part of the journey. “We aren’t going to vary a single comma in comparison with the primary season of Bigdil on TF1,” introduced the host on Télé Loisirs. Then again, the “Gaffettes”, these ladies who assisted Vincent Lagaf and offered the items provided through the present, won’t be again.
A return deliberate for 2025
Final December, RMC Story had already examined the waters with viewers by providing a particular Bigdil present to have fun the present’s twenty fifth anniversary. 400,000 viewers adopted the occasion, an viewers document for the channel between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. for the 25-49 yr outdated goal, excluding soccer and excluding 2020.
The present can be produced by Ah! Manufacturing, a subsidiary of the Satisfaction group, Arthur’s manufacturing firm. RMC Story has not but introduced a broadcast date. She specifies that filming will start this fall, in public, for broadcast in 2025. We are going to subsequently have to attend a bit of longer earlier than discovering Bigdil 2.0.
Vincent Lagaf has already labored with RMC Story, since he participated within the present Duel 2 Mécaniques in 2022 and SOS Storage in 2022 and 2024.