Became famous with the TF1 show "Greg the millionaire", Grégory Basso is back to reality TV, this time to animation, in the NRJ12 show "Les vacances des Anges".

Guest of "Culture Media" on Wednesday, he explains at the microphone of Philippe Vandel the differences between the candidates of his time and those of today.

INTERVIEW

It was 18 years ago.

In other words, an eternity in the world of reality TV.

In 2003, TF1 launched the program 

Greg the millionaire

, with the mason Grégory Basso as the main protagonist.

The latter now returns to NJR12 in

Les vacances des Anges

, for which he is the

host

.

Grégory Basso presents this new reality show on Wednesday in 

Culture Médias

.

According to him, the candidates of reality TV have now become true professionals of the genre, as he explains at the microphone of Philippe Vandel.

>> Find Philippe Vandel and Culture-Médias every day from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Europe 1 as well as in replay and podcast here

"The candidates are playing idiots"

Les vacances des Anges 

brings together candidates already present in various reality TV shows, but often also in several shows of the "Angels" TV franchise.

They are all, or almost, already illustrated in various clashes and theatrical shouts emblematic of the genre.

"There are people that it will make laugh. There are people that it will irritate", recognizes Grégory Basso.

"But it's entertainment. Often the candidates play along: some play idiots, they add a little ..."

It is, according to him, this will to "make the buzz" which distinguishes these candidates from those of the beginning of reality TV.

"The candidates no longer have the spontaneity that we had when we discovered reality TV in my time, because it was new and we were a little naive at this level", specifies the former candidate became a facilitator.

"Today, being candidates for reality TV has become a real job in its own right. Some people do two or three shows a year."

A media visibility that the candidates then grow on social networks, where they multiply advertising partnership contracts with brands.