"Proud" and "embarrassed": Jean-Pierre Pernaut is the third favorite personality of the French

"I will not hide from you my immense satisfaction, my surprise too, and my pride to be third in this poll. A journalist on the podium, I believe that it never happened in the JDD poll," said Jean-Pierre Pernaut at the microphone of Europe 1, Monday.

The now former presenter of the 13h of TF1 reacts Monday on Europe 1 to the annual ranking of favorite personalities of the French, unveiled by the

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"Very proud to be so high"

And this ranking has not changed much at the top: Sophie Marceau remains the favorite woman of the French and Jean Jacques Goldman his male counterpart for the 10th time.

But behind, there is change.

Journalist Jean-Pierre Pernaut climbs ten places in particular and confirms his fine exit from the newspaper at 1 p.m.

"Even though I've been there for a long time - but in tenth, even fifteenth place - third is a lot of satisfaction after my 33 years on television news, after all the emotions experienced together last week for my last newspaper ", he said. 

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The journalist explains this rise by "the proximity that I have put in my newspapers for so long".

Although he says he is "very proud to be so tall", he is at the same time "embarrassed".

For him, "there are so many people who deserve to be at the top of this poll, especially all the caregivers who are currently fighting against the Covid". 

Two M6 leaders in the ranking

It is also interesting to note the entry into the ranking of the two M6 chefs: Philippe Etchebest (7th) and Cyril Lignac (14th).

M6 is celebrating since on the women's side, Karine Lemarchand is the first TV personality in 7th place. 

But Europe 1 is not left out with the presence of Stéphane Bern, of course, but also the entry of Anne Roumanoff directly in 11th place.