Marie-Christine Pilet has become this noon the greatest champion in the history of game shows in France. She has accumulated 193 victories for "Everybody wants to take her place", on France 2.
The new super champion of TV games is a champion. Friday, November 9 at 12:48, Marie-Christine Pilet, 49, set a new record in the history of game shows.
It has accumulated 193 victories in a row in Everyone wants to take its place , the show of Nagui, which every midday offers 20% audience share to France 2 is about 1.8 million viewers. Until then, the record was held by Christian Quesada winner of 12 strokes at noon, the competing game of TF1 .
"It's exceptional what happens to me," says this former supervisor from Surgères in Charente-Maritime and now settled with his family in the Paris region.
For years, she followed this game, "the only one I watch on TV" , without considering a second to participate. "But my two boys tanned me for me to sign up. When at the beginning of the year, I left my company, I thought it was time to get started, "she says.
"I read a lot"
And the bet proved to be winning. Since March 2, date of the first shoot, she has not left the red chair of the champion. A performance she owes to an impressive general culture. "Since I was little, I read a lot. My father was a learned worker. Our house was full of books, " explains Marie-Christine Pilet who also studied literature, English and management.
Before each broadcast, she prepares herself by consulting a notebook in which she inscribes the topics on which she has already been questioned and reinforces her knowledge of the subjects she masters a little less.
"Unreasonably reasonable"
"Initially, my goal was simply to have fun. Today, I am proud to show that a woman can be first because in society we are not always recognized at our fair value, " she points out.
In addition to pride, she can count on nearly 190,000 euros. And the sum could still climb. "This will be used to repay the loan of the house . " No madness so? "No," she says. "I am unreasonably reasonable" Everybody wants to take his place, every lunchtime, on France 2.