Alexandre Delpérier (born 17 November 1967) is a French

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and

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Television career

Alexandre Delpérier began his career on

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with in internship at the sports service with the help of

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, but has stated that he learned the profession without studying in a journalism school. He made his television debut on the same channel presenting programs for children and later small humour sequences titled ''Tout tout rire''. He then left the public television to join

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where he presented ''Des Copains en or'', a version with children of ''Une famille en or'' (French version of ''

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'') every Wednesday during summer 1996. The same year, he replaced

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after his motorcycle accident to co-host ''Vidéo Gag'' with

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. From October 1997 to May 1998, he presented the daily game show ''Touché, gagné'' replacing

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after being accused of cheating in the game show ''Intervilles'' (French version of ''

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''). In November 2000, he joined M6. He presented the program ''Mission : 1 million'' but it was suspended two weeks later due to poor audience. In January 2001, he presents ''Qui décide ?'', a weekly program of seven minutes about daily life. From September 2002 to December 2007, he co-hosts one of the morning programs on M6, ''Star Six Music'' with Nathalie Vincent (2002–03) and

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(2006–07). In August 2008, he left M6 to become a presenter specialized in automotive sport on channel

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, commenting the races of the

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and the

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with

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. He then commentated on

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matches broadcast on Direct 8, which include

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(with

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(with Eric Roy),

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and

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(with

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and

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. In 2010, he signed an exclusive contract with Direct 8 and became the presenter specialized in sports, commenting boxing and

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matches. Since April 2010, he presents ''Autosport'', a short program of six minutes dedicated to automotive sports news broadcast every Saturday evening. In April and May 2011, he became the presenter of ''Objectif Champion'' every Saturday evening with Cécile de Ménibus. From October to December 2012, he hosts the adventure game show ''

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'' on D8 (which replaced

). He also replaces Grégory Galiffi to present ''Direct Auto'' during his absence on the same channel.

Radio career

From 1991 to 1998, he worked for

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to present news programs on

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and

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. In 2001, he joined RMC, under construction by

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, former director of the NRJ Group. He presents sport programs on weekends. He also comments the Formula One Grand Prix with former pilot

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. In September 2007, he presents ''Intégrale Foot'' and ''After Foot'' from Monday to Friday and the second part of the evening on RMC. In July 2008, he joined

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to present from Monday to Thursday ''Europe 1 Foot'' and ''Club Sports Europe 1''. He also commented the

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featuring the analysis of

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. In March 2010, Arnaud Hermant from ''

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'' revealed the broadcast on Europe 1 of an interview that Alexandre Delpérier would have presented as an exclusive one of

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and

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, but it was only a press conference. This article will become the consequence that he was suspended by the direction. He then resigned a few days later and left the radio station.

Printing press

Alexandre Delpérier also made sports interviews for ''

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'' and chronics before every Formula One Grand Prix.

Personal life

Alexandre Delpérier married in December 2001. With his wife Johanna, he has two children, Louis (born in December 2003) and Valentin (born in August 2006). In 2005, the couple lost a child, a girl Capucine, just before the end of the pregnancy. He also has a daughter Pauline (born in 1994) from a previous relationship.

References

External links

Profile of Alexandre Delpérier on the official site of D8
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