French journalist and presenter
Julien Courbet (born 7 February 1965) is a French journalist, television presenter and producer.
Early life and education.
Julien Courbet was born Frédéric René Courbet in Eysines, a town located in the suburb of Bordeaux, department of Gironde. He studied and graduated at the IUT Techniques de commercialisation in University Bordeaux IV.
Radio career.
Julien Courbet began his career as a radio presenter on various radios in Bordeaux (Radio Angora, NRJ, Fun Radio, Wit FM). From 1986 to 1991, he became a presenter on France 3 Aquitaine. He officiated on Wit FM hosting the program "Que fait la police ?" in the morning, on Sud Radio where he met Hervé Pouchol, who will later become his mediator for "La guerre des voisins", and then on NRJ from 1992 to 1994 with the program "N'importe quoi".
Television career.
Career on TF1.
He met Gérard Louvin in 1993 who engaged him on TF1. After being a columnist on the program "Sacrée Soirée", Julien Courbet started presenting programs produced by Gérard Louvin and started with "Sans aucun doute". From 1994 to 2008, he officiated on the channel where he hosted a number of programs ("Code de la route"...) and produced some of them ("Le Grand Frère", "Le Détective"...). He rose to fame by becoming the presenter specialized in romance scams especially with "Les Sept Péchés capitaux" and also "Sans aucun doute" in which he made very good audience. He then created in 2004 the program "Stop arnaques".
In 2005, he created his new production company "La Concepteria" after having sold the previous one "Quai Sud Télévisions" at TF1, who owned the programs "Sans aucun doute" and "Confessions Intimes". In March 2007, he created a website which is a guide for the consumers, with articles treating about legal terms, explaining the rights, the obligations and the solutions to problems that can have the customers.
Career on France 2.
In September 2008, he joined France 2 to present until February 2009 the program "Service Maximum" on prime time. His departure from TF1 was justified by the fact that the channel refused to broadcast a daily program before the evening. France 2 accepted Julien Courbet for the concept after his appointment with Patrick de Carolis. However, despite his departure of France 2, he continued to produce for TF1 the program "Le Grand Frère". He produced in 2008 on channel Direct 8 the program "Je suis timide mais j'me soigne".
His arrival on France 2 was not appreciated by everybody, especially by Nicolas Sarkozy and the Minister of Culture. His new program was also not well received by the audience. In February 2009, the program was not broadcast anymore, but Julien Courbet stayed on France Télévisions.
France Télévisions.
After the failure of "Service Maximum", Julien Courbet continued presenting his program of defence for the consumers on RTL but managed to present entertainment and game shows on television. In May 2009, he commented with Cyril Hanouna the 54th Eurovision Song Contest directly from Moscow, won by Alexander Rybak for Norway and where French singer Patricia Kaas was ranked number eight for France. In June 2009, he presented "Le Grand défi des animateurs".
In summer 2009, he hosts the game show "Le 4e duel" from Monday to Friday in the evening. He later presents the game show "En toutes lettres" on France 2, first alone and then with Pierre Bellemare. In December 2009, he presented the program "Soyons sport !" on France 2 and France 3 directly from Annecy for the "Téléthon" with Amel Bent and Sophie Davant. In summer 2010, he hosted again the game show "Le 4e duel" for a new season, but this time broadcast on weekends.
In the meantime, he continues producing programs especially for TF1 such as "Tous ensemble" since 2009, "Abus de confiance" since July 2010, and "Voisins, vont-ils se mettre d'accord" since October 2010, featuring former tennis player Henri Leconte, become a specialist in communications. In September 2010, he continued hosting the game shows "En toutes lettres" and "Le 4e duel". In December 2010, he presented another serie of the program "Le Grand défi des animateurs".
In June 2011, he presented the program "Code de la route : À vous de jouer", and in September 2011, the program "Seriez-vous un bon expert ?" on France 2. In May 2012, he presented the program "La grande révision" on the same channel, and in June, another season of the game show "Le 4e duel".
Personal life.
Julien Courbet married Catherine Courbet in July 1998. They have two children, daughter Lola (born 20 April 2000) and son Gabin (born 10 December 2001). As his 60th birthday approached, he decided to cut back sharply on his meat consumption and denounced the mistreatment of animals.
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