Laurie Cholewa, (born 25 October 1980) is a French television and radio host.

Biography

She was born into a family of Polish and Ashkenazi Jewish descent, Cholewa holds a master's degree in Business Law from the Sorbonne.

Career

After debuting on Ciné Cinéma, alongside Laurent Weil, Pierre Zeni and Didier Lupfer, she started on

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in March 2005. On this emerging channel, she presented the shows ''TNT Show, Ça tourne'' and '' L'École des stars''. She is also a columnist in the show ''Morandini!'' In 2010, she joined the

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group, to host of a new variety program, ''Encore une chanson'', the first of which was broadcast live in prime time on

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on Saturday, 24 April 2010. During this show, guests were

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and Calogero. The principle of the show is simple: each artist interprets two titles. If the public (whose votes are solicited by phone or SMS) asks for more, the artist interprets a third song. The program was canceled due to the low audiences (2.74 million viewers, or 14.1% of the audience). Laurie also presented for several weeks the program entitled ''In the Universe'' produced by Alexia Laroche-Joubert. During this show, the host traced the life of a guest in songs. Following the cancelation of her show, she created her production company PAT productions, and co-produced a prime-time special ''Abba'' on

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as well as the talent show '' Encore une chance ''on

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bringing together several unlucky TV candidates. ''Star Academy, Popstars, New Star ''and ''X Factor''. In April 2012, she hosted the Valenciennes Film Festival 2. As of March 2012, she was trying to stage a ''Voices for Hope'' event, a multi-artist charity event organized to raise funds for the fight against

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. On 15 September 2012, the first edition of this charity concert took place. All of the funds were donated to the ARCAD Foundation. Many artists are present to support the cause: Patrick Bruel,

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Filmography

Television

* 2001: Magazine sur le cinéma avec Laurent Weil sur Ciné Cinéma * 2005–2007: ''TNT Show'' sur

* 2006: ''Morandini !'' sur

: chroniqueuse * 2006: ''Ciné 8'' sur

* 2007–2009: ''Ça tourne'' sur

* 2008–2009: '' L'École des stars'' sur

* 2009: ''2e chance'' sur

* 2010: ''Encore une chanson'' sur

* 2010: ''Dans l'univers de ...'' sur

* 2012–2013: ''Vous êtes en direct'' sur

: chroniqueuse * 2012: ''Le Bêtisier'' sur

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* 2013: ''Watts'' sur

* 2013: Tendance O sur

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* 2013: ''Disques d'or'' sur TMC * 2013–2016: ''Le Grand Bêtisier'' sur TMC * 2015: ''En chansons'' sur TMC * 2015: Tirage du Loto et Tirage de l'Euro Millions sur

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* 2016: ''

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 befor ...

'' sur D8 * 2016–2017: ''L'Hebdo Cinéma'' sur Canal + * 2016–2017: ''Leurs voix pour l'espoir'' sur CStar * 2017: ''En route pour les Césars 2017'' avec Laurent Weil sur Canal + * 2017: ''Canal + de Cannes'', avec Laurent Weil sur Canal + * Since 2017 : ''Tchi Tcha'' sur Canal + * Since 2017 : ''L'info du vrai'' sur Canal + : chroniqueuse * 2017: ''C'est que de la télé !'' sur C8 : chroniqueuse * 2018: Le Meilleur des César avec Laurent Weil sur Canal +

Radio

* 2014–2015: ''7h-9h'' sur

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* 2016: Le Meilleur des réveils (1 fois) avec Elodie Gossuin sur RFM * Since 2017: ''17h-20h'' sur RFM : Chroniqueuse cinéma le mardi * 2017: Le Meilleur de Noël" sur RFM

Bibliography

* 2016: ''Un jour, les autres c'est nous'' by Karen Assayag-Ghanem et Marion Chamak (Preface by Laurie Cholewa) * 2017 : ''Menteuse !'' by Laurie Cholewa

Discography

* 2015: ''No Woman No Cry'', Collectif Les voix des femmes * 2016: ''Indépendantes'', Collectif Les voix des femmes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cholewa, Laurie French radio presenters French women radio presenters French television presenters French women television presenters French people of Polish descent 1980 births Living people