the opening ceremony attracted almost 10.2 million French viewers – Libération

2024-08-29 08:16:21

The inaugural Paralympics in Paris gathered 10.17 million curious people in front of their TVs on Thursday August 28 evening. Well below the Olympic ceremony, but about ten times higher than the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics.

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Riding on the success of the Olympic Games, the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games has won the Wednesday television audience, according to figures released on Wednesday, August 29. In France 2 from 8 p.m., the beginning of the second part of the Paris Games – with its crazy Phryges – brought together 10.17 million viewers, reported Mediametry. This represents 52.3% of the total viewers who watched the exhibition on the Champs-Elysées and Place de la Concorde designed by Thomas Jolly.

The smallest audience of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, broadcast on Friday July 26. Also seen by Thomas Jolly, in particular there are many international stars in his program, such as Lady Gaga, Céline Dion and Aya Nakamura . Enough to bring 23.24 million people to their stations during the live broadcast, or an 83.1% share of the audience, and a total of 24.42 million viewers if we count repeat views. In short: the audience record in the history of French television.

But the audience for the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympic Games can also be compared with its predecessor, during the publication of Tokyo. On Tuesday August 24, 2021, the ceremony gathered 1.09 million viewers in France, for a total of 12.6% of the public. So if the 2024 festival has about half the audience of its Olympic counterpart, it still manages to attract French viewers ten times more than during the previous edition.

On August 11, the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games was watched by 17.1 million viewers, for a total audience share of 77.3%. That of the Paralympic Games will take place on September 8 at the Stade de France and will be watched, once again, in France 2.