Guillaume from “ADP” measures his popularity rating at the Breeding Summit

• Guillaume, 35, a Highland cow breeder in Allier, is one of the singles of season 17 of

  Love is in the meadow

  currently being broadcast on M6.

• Since Tuesday and until Friday he participates in the Summit of breeding in Cournon-d'Auvergne (Puy-de-Dôme) where he can measure his popularity rating.

  20 Minutes

  followed him there on Wednesday.

• It was at the Sommet de l'Élevage, a year ago, that Guillaume was approached by the teams of the M6 ​​show: “At first, I said no, especially not.

  I was afraid of what could be used to gain an audience and do me a disservice.

  The shoot was as I was told: with respect and kindness.

  »

From our special correspondent in Cournon-d'Auvergne (Puy-de-Dôme),

Under the grand barnum of the Sommet de l'Élevage, Guillaume reaps a harvest of smiles, compliments and friendly messages.

The 35-year-old Bourbonnais, who came as a neighbor to this major meeting of the agricultural world organized until Friday at the Grande Halle d'Auvergne, a few kilometers from Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme), discovers the effects of his growing notoriety.

For the past few weeks, viewers of

follow his quest for the ideal companion every Monday on M6.

"In the street, or here, I see people turning around and nudging each other: 'Hey, look left, do you recognize him?'

It's funny, he laughs.

Some come to touch me and say to me: "I find you in the flesh!"

I answer them: "Especially in the flesh!"

The 30-year-old has a sense of the formula.

“We have a forecast, we bet on Tom.

We just?

»

He is also facetious.

On his Instagram account, to the growing number of subscribers, he announced that he would not come to the Breeding Summit alone.

"Obviously, because I will be with my cows," he says.

Because, if he has made the trip since Tuesday aboard his motorhome, it is above all to present to other breeders the Highland, the cattle breed of which he is one of the most fervent promoters.

Those who expected to have a scoop on his life as a couple therefore remained in their frustration.

“Before the broadcast of speed-dating, the curious came to my educational farm to scrutinize who was at the ticket office, who was walking in my yard.

Now, as they know the faces of my suitors, Maxime and Tom, they want to see if they recognize one,” says Guillaume.

This Wednesday, Fabrice, an avid viewer of

, recognized the farmer he did not expect to find at the Summit of Livestock.

“We watched the last episode delayed yesterday …”, he presents himself with his companion, Claire.

Then the couple from La Bourboule tries to scrape information: “We have a prognosis, we bet on Tom.

So, do we have right?

Shortly after, Claire will explain to us: “Tom and Guillaume go well together.

Maxime is also very well, but Tom seems more ready to drop everything to settle in the Allier.

The breeder is careful not to confirm or invalidate the hypothesis: "I'll let you see the rest", he replies simply, letting the mystery hover.

"When someone tells me I'm their favorite, I blush straight away"

“People are smart.

There are those who say to me, for example, "So, with Maxime, how are things going?"

then they try to see if I have a grin, a movement of the eye… I tell them that I have signed a confidentiality agreement, so they don't insist, advances Guillaume.

It's a bit like a game for them but, deep down, they don't want to be spoiled.

»

“Do I want to know if he ends up as a couple and with whom?

No way !

This is the purpose of the show.

I will wait wisely, ”assures Christelle, 46 years old.

The dynamic blonde from Saint-Sandoux, 20 km away, leaves delighted to have been able to take a selfie with the one she “adores”, because she finds him “very natural and very jovial”.

"When someone comes to see me and tells me that I'm their darling, it makes me blush straight away," says the farmer.

He is not fooled by the fact that those who approach him are those who appreciate him and not his detractors.

“People who don't like me don't dare say it to my face.

On the networks, there have been inappropriate or hurtful comments.

It's the game too, ”he wants to put it into perspective.

A few moments later, another familiar face from

comes to shake his hand: Sébastien, from season 16. Their respective experiences have plenty to fuel their discussions: "So, that's did the shooting of the balance sheet go well?

Did you do well?

», « You weren't too nervous, at the beginning, with the cameras?

“Not at all, guarantees Guillaume on this point.

The cameramen and sound engineers blend into the background and are quickly forgotten.

The only time I felt like an actor was when we reshot each time we arrived in the car, got out of the car, entered the house, etc., for the cutaways.

»

"I was afraid of what could be used to make the audience"

Guillaume is categorical: everything that is broadcast on television reflects the way he experienced things.

And he is doubly delighted because the adventure has allowed him to form many friendships with his counterparts from this season or from past years.

In the evening, he was joined by Agnès, the master brewer of this edition who landed with crates of beer full of his car, and by Jean-François, the sheep breeder from last year... They improvised a barbecue in front of the Highland stand at the Livestock Summit.

Maybe he told them that it all started for him here, a year ago when Louise, a cast member on the show asked him if he was single and if he would like to participate in the broadcast of M6.

“At the beginning, I said no, especially not.

She took my number, I didn't think she would call me back.

She called me back the following Tuesday.

I was afraid of what could be used to gain audience and who could do me a disservice.

She was able to reassure me.

The filming was as she explained to me: with respect and benevolence, ”he says.

Since then, he has been one of the best defenders in the program.

Recently, he spoke at length on the phone with a prospective farmer to join the next season.

He has, it seems, been able to find the words to sweep away his hesitations.

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