Cyril Hanouna

Cyril Valéry Isaac Hanouna born 23 September 1974 in Paris is a French radio and television presenter writer author columnist producer singer and occasional actor and comedian of Tunisian origins He is best known for hosting the popular French TV show Touche Pas à Mon Poste Hanouna was born into a Jewish family he is the son of a general practitioner and a saleswoman who arrived in France from Tunis in 1969 He first studied to become a doctor like his father After having difficulties in high school he decided to study management to become a chartered accountant but he later gave up his studies Hanouna made his television debut in 1999 on the television channel Comédie where he wrote the lyrics for the trailers Hanouna became a television presenter in 2002 when he cohosted the third series of La Grosse Émission alongside comedian duo Kad et Olivier In February 2002 he was approached by RTL Radio and he hosted a radio show called Planet Arthur alongside Manu Levy and Valérie Bénaïm In 2003 he hosted the morning show Morning Live on M6 Since 2008 Hanouna has been associated with the Eurovision Song Contest At the 2008 Contest he presented the French televotes and then provided the French commentary for the 2009 and 2010 Contests alongside Julien Courbet and Stéphane Bern Currently he is a host on Europe 1 and on television with Touche Pas à Mon Poste up to 2012 on France 4 before moving with the whole TV show team to D8 since the new channel was launched on 7 October The channel also bought the rights for Nouvelle Star the French version of the Pop Idol Series and Hanouna became the host of the show In 2011 he acted in the third installment of La Vérité si je mens Nowadays he is the producer of his own entertainment company H2O Production where he works on some of the most popular TV shows of C8 as D8 was renamed He is also active on almost all channels which are owned by Vincent Bolloré Direct 8 Direct Star and Canal In 2015 Bolloré spent 250 million Euros to keep Hanouna on his team In 2019 he proposed a television show which he would cohost with a French politician to address the concerns of French citizens a reaction to the yellow vests movement Cyril Hanouna has often received satirical awards from Gérards de la Télévision Industrial Mistake Award 2007 Worst Presenter 2013 and 2014 The Presenter Who Doesnt Need Drugs 2016 In February 2016 he was drawn by Charlie Hebdo as a mosquito sucking out childrens brains Source Article Cyril Hanouna from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30