Estelle Denis (born 6 December 1976) is a French journalist and television presenter.

Early life and education

Estelle Denis was born in

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but spent her childhood in Le Coudray-Montceaux, a town in the department of

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. In 1996, she studied journalism in

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. After two years of training and an internship at

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, she is hired by

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for the 1998 Football World Cup. The same year, she became a journalist for the sports channel Infosport+.

Career

She began her career as a television presenter in 1999, and then presented in 2001 ''20 h Foot'' and ''Prolongations'' on TPS Star. In 2002, she started presenting the first direct programs of the

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commented by Jean-Philippe Goron and Raymond Domenech who were then replaced by Christophe Josse and Jean-Luc Arribart in 2004. That same year, she joined the team of presenters of ''Téléfoot'' on

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and ''On refait le match'' on RTL. In 2005, the channel M6 suggested her to present the new soccer program ''100% Foot''. She hosted with the same team ''100% Coupe du monde'', a talk-show about the events during the

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in Germany. In 2006, she hosted ''Le Tournoi des as'' on

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, a

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that opposed celebrities and professionals of the game. In 2007, she appeared in the series ''Off Prime'' with the Belgian presenter and comedian

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, portraying her own role. Since February 2008, she presents ''100% Mag'' on M6, a daily program about celebrities and subjects about society. In June 2009, she finished in 203rd place in the

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Main Event, winning $37,000 in the most prestigious poker tournament in the world. In 2010, she presented with Jérôme Anthony and Camille Combal the program ''Nouvelle Star, ça continue'', broadcast just after the primes of the reality program ''

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''. In September 2012, she left M6 and ''100% Mag'' to join

and present a weekly program. She began on 19 January 2013 with '' Samedi Soir on Chante'', a new program dedicated for the first episode to the repertoire of

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. On 8 February, she returned on TF1 to co-host a new game show title ''Splash : le grand plongeon'' (French version of ''

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'') with Julie Taton and Gérard Vivès. On 8 March, she participated at the game show ''Le Grand Concours des animateurs'' on TF1 and won the contest.

Personal life

Denis was previously married to French footballer and manager Raymond Domenech, whom she met at the studios of channel Infosport+. Domenech proposed to Denis on live television on 17 June 2008, after France's elimination from

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. The couple have two children, a daughter born in 2004 and a son born in 2007. The couple separated in 2020. Denis is now in a relationship with sailor Marc Thiercelin.

References

External links

Profile of Estelle Denis on the official website of M6
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