Louise Ekland (born 22 July 1978) is a British television presenter based in France. After presenting on

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, BFM TV and the M6 Group, she joined

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in 2017. She obtained French citizenship in 2024.

Television career

From 2005 to 2006, Louise Ekland presented ''Le big show'' on Game One and ''Play hit'' from 2006 to 2007. In late 2007, she joined Direct 8 to present ''On aura tout vu'' in the early evening. From 2007 to 2008, she presented ''M6 music hits flash'' on M6 from Monday to Friday in the early morning and then the chronicle ''Le Morning''. In 2008, she joined

to present on

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the program ''Cote & Match'', dedicated to lottery games with sport prognostics of the Française des Jeux. The same year, she joined the news channel BFM TV to present a chronicle on

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from Monday to Friday. In 2009, while still presenting on BFM TV, she presents on France 4 the

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. Since April 2009, succeeding to Ray Cokes, she presents on the same channel the musical program ''Louise Contre Attaque'', which covers different musical festivals. In December 2010, she participated at the presentation of the

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on France Télévisions. In February 2011, she presents ''Frog & Rosbif'' with Énora Malagré on France 4. In March 2011, she participated as a member of the jury in the French version of ''

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'' on M6. In 2012 while still on BFM TV where she presents a daily program in the evening, she presented in May '' La Nuit Doctor Who'' on France 4 and during the

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, she visits the city in a bus every morning at the preamble of the sports broadcasts on France Télévisions. In June 2012, she participated at the game '' Fort Boyard'' for the association "Enfants de la Lune" with Nelson Monfort, Stéphane Diagana, Frédérique Jossinet, Richard Dacoury and Jérôme Alonzo. In September 2012, she joined the team of the talk show '' C à vous'' on

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and also participated as a guest in many programs of the public service like ''Oh les filles'' or ''Toute la télé chante pour Sidaction''. In July 2014, she presented the daily program ''100% Mag'' on M6, and then replacing Faustine Bollaert since September until the end of the broadcast in November of that year. She has also replaced Sandrine Corman at the presentation of '' La France a un incroyable talent''. In September 2017, she returned on France Télévisions to present the program ''On a la solution !'' on

on Saturday morning.

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