Féraud was a co-commentator for France 3's coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest final from 2012 to 2014, having previously acted as the French vote spokesperson for the 2011 contest. He is the founder and manager of the audiovisual production company CyrilProd.
Biography
Cyril Féraud was born on 15 March 1985 in Digne-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).[1] He is an only child and was passionate about television game shows from a young age. In the early 2000s, from the age of 16, he sent game ideas to the production team of the show Fort Boyard.[2] After a master's degree in communication and management, he took his first steps in the industry as an assistant for this same programme "which made (him) want to do television".[3] Although Féraud remains very discreet about his private life, he announced in July 2024 the arrival of his first child, a baby boy, named Tim.[4]
Media career
From 2005 to 2015, Féraud worked as a journalist for the weekly Télé Poche, as a reporter, head of the entertainment section, then as head of information.[5]
In 2006, he made his radio debut as a columnist on Jean-Marc Morandini's Le Grand Direct program on Europe 1, with whom he worked for four seasons on the radio and television on the Morandini! program on Direct 8.[6]
From 29 August 2016 to 30 June 2017, he hosts Midi avec vous on MFM Radio, each weekday from noon to 1 p.m.[7]
Since 26 October 2009, he has hosted the game show Slam, which combines quizzes and crossword puzzles, every weekday afternoon on France 3. During his first two years as host, the show tripled the audience of the time slot with 1.4 million viewers on average, quickly making Féraud one of the channel's flagship hosts. Since 1 March 2015, he has been in charge of Le Grand Slam, the weekly version of Slam in which the best candidates in the game compete each Sunday.[12] On 27 April 2024, Féraud announced that he would be leaving both programmes later that year and would succeed comedian Jarry as host of Tout le monde veut prendre sa place on France 2.[13][14] In June, it was announced that Théo Curin [fr] would take over as host.[15]
In 2011, 2015–2016 and again from 2018 to 2021, he presented the quiz show Personne n’y avait pensé! (an adaptation of BBC's Pointless) on France 3, a game of general knowledge in which the candidates must score as less points as possible to win.[21] In January 2018, the game moved to a daily broadcast just before Slam and replaced another game show Harry.[22]
Since April 2018, after campaigning for its return, he has presented the new version of the adventure game show La Carte aux Trésors in prime time on France 3, the show having been absent from the air for nine years.[23]
Since 2021, he has been presenting two major prime time events on France 2: Le Quiz des Champions (an adaptation of British ITV show Quiz Master),[24] which sees the greatest TV game champions in France compete against each other, and 100% Logique (an adaptation of another ITV show The 1% Club), in which 100 candidates compete to test their logic and their sense of observation.[25]
In March 2022, he presented Quelle sera la meilleure danse folklorique de France? (What will be the best folk dance in France?), a major competition in which the French regions come to demonstrate their traditional dances in prime time on France 3.[26] Since August 2022, he has presented every day Duels en Familles on France 3, a French game show created by himself, in which two families compete in general knowledge duels.[27] The game show airs daily, just before Slam.
In March 2009, he presented the Sidaction evening live on France 2 alongside Line Renaud which featured seventy artists singing together in the streets of Paris. Then in March 2010, the Les Stars du Rire Spéciale Sidaction evening alongside Patrick Sabatier live on France 2.
A recurring host of the Téléthon since 2010, he has presented the launch party in prime time and live on France 3 with Sophie Davant since 2012.
In 2015 and 2016, during the whole Tour de France, he co-presented the France 3 program Village Départ with Laurent Luyat, and presented a sporting event every day, in which a local resident tries to beat a record, as well as a sequence on the heritage of the city visited.[33]
After being a production assistant on the France 2 game show Fort Boyard in 2003 and 2004, he participated as a celebrity candidate for the first time on 23 July 2011. He participated again in 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017.[3] Since 2020, he has joined the show's team by playing the character of Cyril Gossbo (slang term for handsome guy, or beau gosse in French), presenter of the game "Slaïme", a parody inspired by slime material and his own show, Slam.[36]
In 2012, Féraud was the godfather of the association Grandir which supports families whose children suffer from growth problems. Since 2020, he has been the godfather of the association Les lutins du Phoenix, whose volunteer members dress up as superheroes to visit children hospitalized in the pediatric oncology department.
^Barké, Sébastien (9 April 2013). "Eurovision 2013: Tous en piste sur France 3" [Eurovision 2013: All the track on France 3]. Toutelatele (in French). Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
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