Host of Virgin's morning show for six years, Camille Combal announced at the end of May that he was leaving the air, leaving the controls to comedian Manu Payet. Guest of the show "Ça fait du bien", Tuesday on Europe 1, the host returned to the evolution of his career, from radio host and columnist to flagship presenter of TF1.

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After six years of good and loyal service at Virgin's microphone for the Virgin Tonic morning show , Camille Combal returns to devote herself to TV presentation on TF1, where he notably hosts Dance with the Stars , and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire . Guest of Europe 1, Tuesday, the former columnist told how he became one of the flagship presenters of the first channel in Europe.

This is the end !!
Nothing would have been possible without you !!!
Thank you for these 6 wonderful years of radio! Https: //t.co/tgHtKrwQygpic.twitter.com/2HWoTjnogv

- Camille Combal (@CamilleCombal) May 24, 2020

"They came to get me, I was happy"

"These are my historical bosses, who made me do radio at the very beginning, who arrived on TF1 and offered to join them", says Camille Combal who, until now, hosted the morning show on Virgin and officiated as a columnist on the show Touche pas à mon poste , on C8. "They came to get me, I was happy," he continues, explaining his apprehension when the proposal to present season 9 of  Dance with the stars was made to him. "Did I freak out before doing Dance with the stars? It's not even that I freaked out ... Fifteen days before the show, my friends no longer knew what to do, I was stressed!", he confesses.

More fear than harm. On average, Season 9 of Dance with the Stars gathered close to 4.2 million viewers each week, for a market share of 20.7% among individuals aged four and over. "In the end, it's such a brilliant experience to manage such a big plateau, I never thought I would do that in my life!"

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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? : "Jean-Pierre chose me!"

A few months later, in April 2019, Camille Combal takes control of the cult entertainment  Who wants to earn millions? , presented since 2000 by Jean-Pierre Foucault, emblematic presenter of the chain. "He was the one who proposed my name," says Camille Combal.

"The show had to continue with him, but he didn't want to do it any more: he wanted to take more time, to travel in particular," explains the man who also hosts the show Mask Singers . "It was really Jean-Pierre who chose me!"