"Spectacular", show on stage, hot for the organization

A hand-to-hand number in Spectaculaire on France 2. -

• France 2 broadcasts

  Spectaculaire

  Saturday, at 9:05 p.m.

• Jean-Marc Généreux is the host of this new program which will present twelve acts: acrobatics, stunts ...

• The artists represent about twenty different nationalities.

  Getting them to come onto the set was a challenge.

  "It was a headache, we had to check everything, negotiate, translate a lot of medical protocols", explains producer Clément Chovin of Kiosco TV.

To call a

is to immediately put pressure on yourself: the result must live up to this promise.

France 2 has decided to take up the challenge with its new entertainment launched on Saturday, at 9:05 p.m.

This will start in

mode

, with flipping camera and pairs of bouncy legs.

And Jean-Marc Généreux in place of Hugh Jackman, as Loyal master of this great barnum.

Twelve acts will follow on stage: acrobatics, juggling, stuntman prowess… “We wanted to have the best in each discipline, wherever they come from,” suggests Matthieu Grelier, from ITV Studios, who co-produces the program.

Expect to see the tallest guys crossed out in the world.

The other challenge of the chain will be to nail the beak to petty minds quick to evoke a certain "cabaret" which made its beautiful audiences until not so long ago.

No question for France 2 to mix the tea towels and (turn of) towels.

“Patrick Sébastien has offered great shows for many years.

Should we consider that the entertainment world ends with him?

“Asks Alexandra Redde-Amiel, director of entertainment at France Teles.

A purely rhetorical question.

“Jean-Marc Généreux will tell another story.

Our public service mission is to highlight this show ”all the more so, she adds, in“ this particular period ”of health crisis when artists are on stand-by.

One decor, many possibilities

The story that Jean-Marc Généreux will tell is set against a backdrop of many possibilities.

“Mapping [for the boeotians, to understand: light projections] allows us to change universe with each painting.

We will go from an opera to a circus, to a magical forest, to a Swiss castle, to an underwater seabed… ”, lists Matthieu Grelier.

Director Tristan Carné continues: “The idea was to make a real creation by number.

"And to specify his intentions:" Every time I realize, I always wonder what the viewer would like to see, that's why I try to let plans live for a long time.

I like to give the viewer the feeling that they are with us in the room.

Let him tell himself that he would have liked to be there while being happy to have been able to catch details on TV that he might not have been able to see on the spot.

"

And then, by remaining comfortably installed on their sofa, the public does not have to worry too much about Covid-19.

On the

side

, all precautions had to be taken so that the coronavirus does not end up at the head of the bill.

“We have asked ourselves many times the question of whether we should postpone this filming, says Tristan Carné.

We didn't want to, we rolled up our sleeves, we fought to get there.

"

" A puzzle "

The director is not exaggerating, insofar as it was necessary to invite on the set some 150 artists, from twenty different nationalities, at a time when the barrier gestures and travel restrictions are so many obstacles to overcome.

“We had to handle the safety conditions inherent in the life of artists and in the production of the acts (some are 12 m above the ground, others in vehicles…), make them coexist with the different standards of each country by report to Covid, list Clément Chovin, producer at Kiosco TV.

On stage, the artists are in contact only with the people who make up their social home.

It has changed our ways of producing and working.

"

He explains that, to select the twelve numbers for the evening, he had around forty A shots. This was not too much since some artists canceled their presence a week before the start of filming - which took place. took place last week.

“We avoided looking for artists in the North America zone, but we were able to count on North Americans living in Europe.

The Russian zone, a big provider of talent, was also problematic.

We managed to obtain temporary work visas with Ukrainian artists, justifying all the standards that the embassies asked of us.

In the Swiss area, constraints forced us to change our minds.

It was a puzzle, we had to check everything, negotiate, translate a lot of medical protocols.

And that too is spectacular.

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Opportunities

Every bad thing is good.

The health situation has also created some opportunities.

“German tightrope walkers performing on an ordinarily intransportable structure, the largest in Europe, were able to move,” informs Matthieu Grelier.

It is a gas plant to bring in this platform, to assemble it, but since they had no commitment, it was possible.

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