Sandy Héribert (born 25 November 1983) is a French-British TV journalist, show host and presenter who currently works for French media channel

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and

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. A graduate of

Institut supérieur du commerce de Paris ISC Paris Business School, a business school located in Paris, is a French university-level institution (grande école A (; ) is a specialized top-level educational institution in France and some other countries such as Morocco and Tunisia. ...

, she began her career at

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before later moving on to work for several other media outlets, including

CNews CNews (; stylised as CNEWS, formerly i>Télé) is a French free-to-air opinion channel launched on 4 November 1999 by Canal+. It provides 24-hour national and global news coverage. It is the second most watched news network in France, after ...

, My Sports Channel,

RTL-TVI RTL-TVI is a private French-language, Belgian-based television station owned by DPG Media and Groupe Rossel, it was originally owned by the RTL Group until 31 March 2022. Until 2022, it was broadcast with a Luxembourgish licence, but the new ...

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and

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. She has hosted the

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ceremony, along with former Ivorian footballer

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, since 2019.

Early life and education

Heribert was born in

Épinay-sur-Seine Épinay-sur-Seine (, literally ''Épinay on Seine'') is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The church of Notre-Dame-des-Missions-du-cygne d'Enghien, ...

to a

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- Franco-Belgian father and a British mother. She attended the Lycée Notre-Dame de Bury. She holds a master's degree in marketing. She also holds a master's degree in media marketing from

and a master's degree in journalism from

CELSA Paris CELSA Sorbonne University, or the École des hautes études en sciences de l'information et de la communication, is a French communication and journalism school (''grande école'') located in the West of Paris, (Neuilly-sur-Seine) and is part of ...

Career

Heribert began her career at

. She spent five years at the company, serving as a presenter for several programs and events, including coverage of the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

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. In 2015, she began working as a freelancer. Within that period, she worked for multiple French media outlets while covering and interviewing during the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

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. Immediately after that, she earned a role to provide French commentary (alongside actor

Gilles Marini Gilles Marini (; born 26 January 1976) is a French actor known for his roles in the film ''Sex and the City'', and in the American television shows '' Brothers & Sisters'', '' Switched at Birth'' and ''Devious Maids''. He was also the runner-up ...

) for the

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competition '' Ultimate Beastmaster'' on

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during seasons 2 and 3, which were released on 15 December 2017 and 31 August 2018, respectively. When she began working as a freelancer, she worked for over a year at

and My Sports Channel. Between 2016 and 2017, she moved to Belgium and worked as a presenter for ''De quoi je me mèle'', a daily

talk show A talk show is a television programming, radio programming or podcast genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show', pp.3-4Erler, Robert (201 ...

broadcast live from

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. In January 2017, Heribert was offered a show to host by the production company ''Bo Travail,'' serving as their main host and presenter of the discovery programme - ''Sur Les Alpes perchés''. She hosted the show, a 16-episode series of 26 minutes each that sought to discover the most emblematic resorts of the

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in Europe and was broadcast on the TV channel

. In January 2018, Heribert covered the

2018 Dakar Rally The 2018 Dakar Rally was the 40th edition of the event and the tenth successive year that the event was in South America. The event started in Lima, Peru on 6 January and ran through Argentina and Bolivia, finishing in Córdoba, Argentina on 20 J ...

and later received an offer from ''L’ensemble media'' as their

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for their new automotive magazine. From 2018 to 2019, she was the editor and presenter of the societal talk show ''Sans se braquer'' on

Automoto La chaîne Automoto la chaîne is a French television channel dedicated to motorsports. History of the channel The channel was created in March 1996 for the AB Sat package under the name Automobile as a channel dedicated to cars in all ways (collections, ...

. In the early part of September 2019, Heribert succeeded

Margot Laffite Marguerite "Margot" Laffite (born 6 November 1980) is a French racing driver and television presenter. Biography Laffite discovered motorsport in 1995, at Le Mans, where she saw her father Jacques Laffite racing in real life for the first time. ...

as the presenter of the V6 show on the same channel for two years. In March 2019, Heribert was the green room host during '' Destination Eurovision'' for

alongside main on-stage presenter Garou. She was also joined by

André Manoukian André Antranik Manoukian (; born 9 April 1957 in Lyon) is a French songwriter, arranger, jazz musician and actor of Armenian descent. Early years and education Born in Lyon, France, Manoukian is of Armenians in France, Armenian descent. He beg ...

as a commentator for the

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semi-finals on

in Tel Aviv, Israel and also for the finals alongside

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and Manoukian on

. In November 2019, Heribert was also the commentator for the

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the seventeenth edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by Telewizja Polska (TVP) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was held on 24 November 2019, at the Gliwice Arena in Gl ...

along with Bern on France 2. Since September 2019, she has been hosting ''La Course des champions'' (the Champions Race) on France 2 alongside

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and

Olivier Minne Olivier Minne (born 18 March 1967 in Ixelles, Belgium) is a Belgian-born French television presenter, actor and producer. Biography Minne was born in Belgium, the son of a Belgian father and a French mother. Minne studied in Brussels, at a Jesu ...

at the

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. Heribert has covered several international sporting events, including the

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football, football championship contested by 24 List of women's national association football teams, women's ...

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, the

2015 Rugby World Cup The IRB 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was ...

and the

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. In December 2019, she co-hosted the 2019 Ballon d’Or ceremony alongside Ivorian former footballer

. In September 2019, she participated in the game show '' Fort Boyard'' broadcast on France 2. In September 2020, she hosted the red carpet and live backstage at the

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Gala for planetary health, sponsored by the

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Foundation. In November 2021, she co-hosted the

2021 Ballon d'Or The 2021 Ballon d'Or (French: ''Ballon d'Or'') was the 65th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, presented by ''France Football'', recognising the best footballers in the world in 2021. The nominees for the ceremony were announced on 8 October 2 ...

again with Didier Drogba. In 2022 she worked as a stand-in presenter in selected rounds of the

coverage of the FIA World Touring Car Cup.

Personal life

During the

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, Heribert was nine years old. She was inspired by journalist Martine Laroche-Joubert who was covering the war and she declared that she wanted to be a field reporter and report such stories. Heribert speaks French and English fluently. She gave birth to a daughter in May 2021.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heribert, Sandy Living people French women journalists French sports journalists French television journalists 1983 births People from Épinay-sur-Seine French people of Belgian descent French people of English descent English people of Belgian descent English people of French descent