Virginie Guilhaume
Acting · Born 1977-11-30 · Paris, France
Virginie Guilhaume (born 30 November 1977) is a French television presenter. Virginie Guilhaume graduated from the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris. She began her career as a production assistant for television presenters, including Thierry Ardisson, Guillaume Durand and Michel Drucker. First a journalist, image reporter, then chief editor, France 2 gave her the opportunity in February 2007 to present entertainment programs. She joined the channel to host with Olivier Minne special evening shows like La Saint Valentin en chansons. She then presented during summer 2007 the program Les Rois du Rire, broadcast on Saturday during the second part of the evening. The program was then broadcast on some Saturdays in the late afternoon, in the evening of New Year's Eve, or more exceptionally, as a tribute to deceased humorists. She continued in the meantime to present special programs in prime, often with Olivier Minne, including Tubes des Tubes in July 2007, Les stars de l'année 2007 in December 2007, and even Les Femmes en chansons in April 2008. In 2008, Virginie Guilhaume joined M6 where she presented in August a program dedicated to the jet set titled Stars et Fortunes. In September of that year, she presented the weekly documentary dedicated to celebrities Accès Privé. In 2009 and 2010, she presented the seventh and eighth season of Nouvelle Star, succeeding to Virginie Efira. She was then replaced by Faustine Bollaert for Accès Privé from November 2010 to January 2011 due to maternity leave. She started presenting again the program from January to June 2011. It was also Faustine Bollaert who replaced her to present the Grand bêtisier des stars in December 2010. In June 2011, Virginie Guilhaume left M6 to return on France 2 in September of that year, the channel of her beginnings. She presented a new program titled Secrets de famille, broadcast on Wednesday during the second part of the evening. She was also entrusted on a primetime presenting the different programs of the channel including their presenters. The program titled C'est la rentrée was broadcast in September 2012. She then presented different programs such as Rire ensemble contre la racisme and Les Rois du Bêtisier. Since 2012, she presented the program Retour en terre inconnue along with Frédéric Lopez. In this program broadcast live just after Rendez-vous en terre inconnue, the guest personality talks about the most significant moments of his experience. In October 2012, she co-hosted again with Olivier Minne the Concert pour la tolérance. She then presented in February 2013 at the Zénith de Paris the Victoires de la Musique with Laurent Ruquier, broadcast on France 2. In July 2013, she presented the first season of the professional pastry contest Qui sera le prochain grand pâtissier? for four episodes. In September 2013, she replaced Alessandra Sublet on the presentation of the program Hier Encore with Charles Aznavour. She also presented at that time Un air de famille on the same channel, a program that ended on 4 November 2013. She then presented the Bêtisier de Noël at the end of the same year and the backstage of Le Grand Show. ... Source: Article "Virginie Guilhaume" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
