Biography
Cyril Féraud (born 15 March 1985 in Digne-les-Bains) is a French radio and television host and audiovisual producer. Féraud has been working primarily for the public broadcaster France Télévisions since 2008, where he is currently the host of the game shows Slam, Duels en Familles and La Carte aux Trésors broadcast on France 3, in addition to Le Quiz des Champions and 100% Logique on France 2, and a number of live annual events.
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.
Cyril Féraud was born on 15 March 1985 in Digne-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). 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. 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".
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.
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.
From 29 August 2016 to 30 June 2017, he hosts Midi avec vous on MFM Radio, each weekday from noon to 1 p.m.
Féraud began his career as a television host in 2004 at the helm of children's programs Art Attack and the programming block Zapping Zone on Disney Channel. He provided French commentary for the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2008 and 2009, respectively with singers M. Pokora and Sliimy, on the local variant of Nickelodeon. Spotted by the national lottery operator Française des Jeux, he presented the new Loto draw live on France 2 in October 2008. He continued as a host of the draw for three years.
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.
From 2010 onwards, France 3 entrusts him with the presentation of various prime time programs: Le Tournoi d'orthographe and Le Grand Bêtisier in 2010, Le Grand Jeu in 2011 and 300 chœurs pour + de vie in 2012. After being the voting spokesperson for France at the contest in 2011, he was co-commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest grand final for three years: on 26 May 2012, with Mireille Dumas from Baku, Azerbaijan, on 18 May 2013, again with Dumas, live from Malmö, Sweden and on 10 May 2014, this time with Natasha St-Pier, in Copenhagen, Denmark. In March 2022, he was a member of the jury to help select France's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. ...
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