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2006 In French Television
This is a list of French television related events from 2006. Events *8 June – Christophe Willem wins the fourth series of ''Nouvelle Star''. *7 December – 27-year-old popper/b-boy Salah Benlemqawanssa wins the first series of ''Incroyable Talent''. *22 December – Cyril Cinélu wins the sixth series of ''Star Academy''. Debuts *6 November – ''Incroyable Talent'' (2006–present) Television shows 1940s *''Le Jour du Seigneur'' (1949–present) 1950s *''Présence protestante'' (1955–) 1970s *''30 millions d'amis'' (1976–2016) 1990s *''Sous le soleil'' (1996–2008) 2000s *''Star Academy'' (2001–2008, 2012–2013) *''Nouvelle Star'' (2003–2010, 2012–present) *''Plus belle la vie'' (2004–present) *'' 5, Rue Sésame'' (2005–2007) Ending this year Networks and services Launches Births Deaths See also *2006 in France This article lists events from the year 2006 in France. Incumbents * President of France, President: Jacques Chirac * Prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Television
Television in France was introduced in 1931, when the first experimental broadcasts began. Colour television was introduced in October 1967 on La Deuxième Chaîne. Digital terrestrial television The digital terrestrial television platform, known locally as TNT (from the literal translation in French, ''télévision numérique terrestre''), was launched on 31 March 2005 after a short testing period. Like Freeview in the UK, it provides many new channels, as well as the current terrestrial television stations. Like the rest of Europe, France uses the DVB-T transmission technology. The 13 first digital free channels were launched on 31 March 2005. In October, 4 additional free channels were added: the 24h news channels BFM TV and I-Télé, the music and entertainment youth channel Europe 2 TV, and the free children channel Gulli, joint-venture between Lagardère Active and France Télévisions. Pay channels were progressively added until 2006: TPS Star, Paris Première, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Willem
Christophe Frédéric Durier (; born 3 August 1983), better known by his stage name Christophe Willem (), is a French singer and the winner of the fourth edition of ''Nouvelle Star'' (French version of ''Pop Idol'') in 2006. Early life Willem spent most of his life in Deuil-la-Barre (Val-d'Oise), where his parents run a driving school. As a child, he learned figure skating and to play the piano. Later he learned to sing as part of a gospel music, gospel choir "Young Voices". He also was composing songs at the age of fourteen. Before deciding to study to become a lawyer and calculus professor, he continued to practice music and in 2004 he appeared in a Richard Anconina film, ''Alive'', where he played the role of Henri, a young man with a golden voice who is, nevertheless, not considered suitable for the lead role in a musical. Since his film career continued after this, he returned home, where he studied communication while working a number of part-time jobs, such as babysittin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nouvelle Star (season 4)
The fourth season of Nouvelle Star began on February 22, 2006. All the judges returned to the panel and Benjamin Castaldi was set to host for a fourth time. However after the season went halfway through he was replaced by Virginie Efira on May 24. Auditions were held in the following cities: : (18 October 2005) : (31 October 2005) : (6 November 2005) : (14 November 2005) : |
Nouvelle Star
''Nouvelle Star'' (; also known as '' À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star'' for the first season) is a French television series based on the popular Pop Idol programme produced by FremantleMedia. It was broadcast by M6 in seasons 1–8 before D8 aired seasons 9—12. M6 broadcast the 13th and final season. It was hosted by Benjamin Castaldi for the first three seasons (2003–2005). He also hosted 13 episodes of seasons 4 (2006). Virginie Efira presented the remainder of season 4, as well as presenting seasons 5 and 6. Virginie Guilhaume hosted seasons 7 and 8. Since season 9, Cyril Hanouna is the ''Nouvelle Stars TV host. On 4 July 2012, Bibiane Godfroid, program director of Nouvelle Star announced that the show will not return on M6 but will instead be on D8, after its acquisition by Canal +. In 2017, M6 confirmed that season 13 would be the last. Format of the series The four members of the jury have to judge about 25,000 contestants in various towns around France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salah Benlemqawanssa
Salah Benlemqawanssa (born June 28, 1979), also known as Salah the Entertainer and Spider Salah, is a competitive hip-hop dancer from France who won the inaugural season of '' La France a un incroyable talent'' (''France has Incredible Talent''), the fourth season of '' Arabs Got Talent'' and the fourth season of '' Tú Sí Que Vales (Italy)''. He was born in the Paris suburb Saint-Denis and is of Moroccan (Father) and Algerian (Mother) ancestry. He calls his personal dance style P.A.B.E. which stands for Popping, Animation, Boogaloo, and Effects. Although Salah is best known for popping, he is also skilled in b-boying. Career Salah started dancing in 1996 after he saw the dance crew O Posse practicing their moves in front of the mirrors of the Théâtre national de Chaillot. Two years later, he and his crew The Family won second place at the international b-boying competition Battle of the Year (BOTY) in 1998. In 1999, he joined the contemporary dance company Montalvo-Hervieu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Cinélu
Cyril Cinélu, born 23 January 1987 in Lagny-sur-Marne, is a Francophone singer originally from Martinique who won the sixth season of ''Star Academy ''Star Academy'' is a Dutch-developed reality television talent show format that first aired in the Netherlands as '':nl:Starmaker (televisieprogramma), Star Maker''. Format There are many versions of the show, each country having its own sl ...'' on 22 December 2006. Biography Cyril grew up in Dillon, Martinique. While little, other children made fun of him due to his "androgynous voice". He has been a singer since the age of eight. After finishing high school at the age of 16 and obtaining his degree in English, he participated in the sixth season of ''Star Academy'' in 2006, in which he was the winner. A year later saw the release of his first album titled ''Jusqu'à moi''. The sales of the album were far below those of previous winners of ''Star Academy''. In the first week, the album failed to reach the French top 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Academy (French TV Series)
''Star Academy'' is a French reality singing competition produced by Endemol France. Forming part of the Star Academy franchise, it has been broadcast on TF1 (2001–2008 and since 2022) and NRJ 12 (2012–2013). During the competition, the contestants stay in the Dammarie-lès-Lys's Vives-Eaux castle. At the end of each season, selected contestants go on tour around France, Belgium, Morocco, Switzerland, Tunisia, and other French-speaking countries. The reality show is hosted by Nikos Aliagas and has featured guest stars such as Mariah Carey, Madonna, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Celine Dion, The Corrs, Texas (band), Texas, Simple Plan, Moby, Tina Arena, Nelly Furtado, Tokio Hotel, Anastacia, Alicia Keys, Craig David, 50 Cent, will.i.am, Destiny's Child, James Blunt, Sean Combs, Sting (musician), Sting, David Guetta, Lenny Kravitz, Janet Jackson, Liza Minnelli, Phil Collins, Laura Pausini, Kylie Minogue, Tina Turner, Andrea Bocelli, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Dépêche Du Midi
''La Dépêche'', formally ''La Dépêche du Midi'' (), is a regional daily newspaper published in Toulouse in Southwestern France with seventeen editions for different areas of the Midi-Pyrénées region. The main local editions are for Toulouse, Ariège, Aude, Aveyron, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. History and profile The newspaper first appeared on 2 October 1870 when it was called ''La Dépêche de Toulouse''. ... En cette année anniversaire de la création de « La Dépêche du Midi », fondée en 1870, Publication was prompted by workers at the Sirven print works in Toulouse, which established the paper's left-leaning politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Jour Du Seigneur
''Le Jour du Seigneur'' ( English: The Lord's Day) is a France 2 religious programme that presents Christianity, usually broadcasting Catholic mass and services, amongst other things related to religion. It was the first broadcast Vatican Catholic mass The Mass is the central liturgical service of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, in which bread and wine are consecrated and become the body and blood of Christ. As defined by the Church at the Council of Trent, in the Mass "the same Christ ... and is the longest running French television show. The show was first broadcast in October 1949, an overall total of 73 years, one of the highest lengths ever for a TV show. The show was originally called ''L'Emission religieuse'' (The Religious Show) and later renamed ''Le Jour du Seigneur'' in 1954. The show has experienced a significant drop of television viewers over the span of several decades due to the decline of religious observance, and overall decline in rates of Christiani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Présence Protestante
''Présence protestante'' is a France 2 religious programme that presents Protestant Christianity. It has been produced since the 1950s broadcast every Sunday morning since October 9, 1955. History ''Présence protestante'' debuted on October 2, 1955 which was presented by Marcel Gosselin, under the leadership of Marc Boegner who was the president of the Protestant Federation of France. Broadcast by RTF, it was originally titled ''Émission protestante'', then renamed to ''Présence protestante'' after a similar French-speaking Swiss program. The show was presented by Marcel Gosselin, who was replaced by Jean Doman in 1980. ''Présence protestante'' deals with theology on French television from a Protestant perspective. In 1961, the Protestant clergy made an agreement that meant that ''Présence protestante'' was afforded 1 hour broadcasting time on Easter and Christmas. Since the privatisation of French television channels in 1986, religious programs are broadcast on Anten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30 Millions D'amis
''30 millions d'amis'' (English: "30 Million Friends") is a French television program, a French monthly magazine with its posters, and a French foundation: the Fondation 30 Millions d'Amis. All three focus on pets, especially cats, dogs, horses, ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, hamsters, mouse, mice, Domestic canary, canaries, parakeets, parrots, terrarium reptiles, goldfish, aquarium fish, and other exotic pets, but also wild animals like for example, bonobos and cheetahs. Television program The first episode of the program, initiative of the French journalist Jean-Pierre Hutin, who was worried about the fate of pets, was broadcast on 6 January 1976 on TF1. It is one of the television programs that has the fifth-longest longevity of the French audiovisual field, after ''Des chiffres et des lettres'', ''Automoto'', ''Thalassa (TV series), Thalassa'' and ''Stade 2''. The music of the title sequence was composed by Jack Arel. The program was ended by the channel on 27 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
