Those who taste the puns and other puns of Laurent Ruquier in Les Grosses Têtes will still be able to enjoy it until 2027. The host, who has just celebrated his 60th birthday, announced in the columns of the JDD that he was extending his lease with RTL until the 50th anniversary of the flagship show, launched in 1977.
“I can tell you that I have just resigned for four years. If all goes well, I will therefore go until the 50th anniversary of Les Grosses Têtes, in 2027. It is a great mark of confidence from the station, ”confided to the Journal du Dimanche the one who travels the boards of theaters with his play “A magical couple”.
Last January 2023, RTL’s flagship program fell below one million listeners but is still listened to on average by 955,000 French people every day. Nothing to worry the king of antennas. “If RTL was worried, I wouldn’t have been extended for four years! What would be worrying would be to no longer be a leader, but we are. But we cannot continue to make the same scores live in the afternoon while developing the podcasts, ”decrypts Laurent Ruquier.
“At 60, you’re not that old”
The presenter of “Children of TV” does not plan to review the form of the program either: “We have already increased its duration to two and a half hours, we will not go beyond. (…) Without touching the bottom, we make adjustments from time to time with new sequences such as fake news, born during confinement, or the mystery guest, which we will undoubtedly abandon. The host-actor also sees himself welcoming other guests in the future such as Muriel Robin and Édouard Baer.
And for the rest of his career, apart from the Big Heads? “At 60, you’re not that old… I’m in good shape, sane, I still have cravings,” replies Laurent Ruquier. “I don’t ask for anything, I don’t knock on the doors of chains, I like to be picked up. On this, I am a little proud, I admit it. “His former accomplice on Saturday evening and now a replacement on France 2, Léa Salamé, is a hit on the host’s favorite slice with” What a time! »