Biography
Jean-Luc Reichmann was born on November 2, 1960 in Fontainebleau. He attended secondary school in L’Union (Haute-Garonne), then attended the Saint-Joseph high school and the Sainte-Marie-des-Champs high school in Toulouse, where he completed his baccalaureate. He grew up in Montastruc-la-Conseillère and has a profoundly deaf sister, ten years younger, as well as an older brother, Bruno. He practiced karate at a high level for ten years before being the victim of a serious motorcycle accident on July 10, 1984 which forced him to stop high-level combat sport.
Professional career
He is a French host, comedian, humorist, producer, imitator and actor. He is best known for having presented Les Zamours on France 2 from 1995 to 2000 and then for hosting every lunchtime Attention à la marche! from 2001 to 2010. Since 2010, he has hosted Les 12 Coups de Midi, every midday on TF1. He is one of the French’s favorite television presenters in recent years.
His beginnings in the media
He was initially destined for a commercial career, according to his father’s wishes. He started Sup de Co in Toulouse, but did not finish his studies, preferring to go abroad to travel and take on odd jobs like bus attendant, sailing instructor… He returned to Toulouse in 1981, at the time of radio free. He was then a pioneer of free radio in Toulouse. He hosts games on Radio Cambos. There he met other animators: Serge Lacour and Jean-Marc Biencourt. They trained him in the profession and today he greatly recognizes their duty.
Radio career
Jean-Luc Reichmann is host of the NRJ Toulouse morning show. We found him in 1989 on RFM, then on Europe 1 in 1996. In 2000, he was the host of the show Allô Jean-Luc on RMC. In 2001, he was host of RTL offers you your holidays on RTL.
Television debut
He started on television as a voice-over in the series Tribunal and on Nagui shows where he was also a room attendant. He also lends his voice to the video game Fifa. In 1988 and until 2001, he participated in Guignols de l’info. In the 1990s, he also provided the voice for TF1 trailers. He made his first appearance on regional television in Actualités 12h30 on France 3 Île-de-France on January 12, 1994. His first appearance on a national channel took place in the program Ligne de mire on France 3 on September 25, 1994.
The Z’amours
In 1995, he became a TV game presenter on France 2. He hosted, among others: Les Forges du Desert (1999), Jeux sans frontières (1998), Le Trophée Campus and Les Z’amours (1995-2000). In 2000, Hervé Hubert, the producer of the game Bigdil, asked him to join TF1 to host the show during the week. Together, they created the game Watch out for the walk! The show started on March 10, 2001, first on weekends then all week from September 2001.
Television
From September 2005 to June 27, 2008, he hosted the RFM radio morning show from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., Monday to Friday. He left the radio on June 20, 2008. In the meantime, he obtained a role for TF1 in Le monde est petit (2008), and will make an appearance alongside Mimie Mathy.
The Twelve Coups of Midi
Following Nagui’s success at the helm of the game Everyone Wants to Take Their Place on France 2 at the same time as Attention to the Walk!, TF1 removed Jean-Luc Reichmann’s game in June 2010. The decision followed to a significant drop in audience. The show will be replaced by Les Douze Coups de midi. The show is a real success and achieves a large audience share. The show would reach around 3.5 million viewers every midday.
Private life
He shares his life with Nathalie Lecoultre and has six children from a blended family.
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