12 Facts About Cyril Hanouna

Cyril Hanouna made his television debut in 1999 on the TV channel Comedie+, where he composed the texts for its trailers.

Cyril Hanouna became a television presenter in 2002 when he co-hosted the third series of La Grosse Emission alongside the comedy duo Kad et Olivier.

Since 2008, Cyril Hanouna has been associated with the Eurovision Song Contest.

Currently, Cyril Hanouna is affiliated with Europe 1 TV and a host of its program Touche Pas a Mon Poste.

The channel bought the rights for Nouvelle Star, the French version of the Pop Idol series, and Cyril Hanouna became its regular host.

Cyril Hanouna is presently the producer of his own entertainment company, H2O Productions, where he works on some of the most popular TV shows on France's channel C8.

Cyril Hanouna is active on almost all TV channels owned by Vincent Bollore.

In 2019, and in reaction to the French yellow vests movement, Cyril Hanouna proposed a television show to be co-hosted by a French politician that would seek to address the everyday concerns of French citizens.

Cyril Hanouna has often received satirical awards from Gerards de la Television: Industrial Mistake Award 2007, Worst Presenter 2013 and 2014, The Presenter Who Doesn't Need Drugs 2016.

In one segment of the show, Cyril Hanouna posted a fake gay dating profile online using a torso picture of gay model Max Emerson and mocked the men who responded to the profile while he was live on air.

Zemmour appeared on his new show Face a Baba, where he interviews a political candidate, on 16 December 2021, despite Cyril Hanouna having stated a few years earlier that he would never host him.

In June 2024, during the early legislative elections, Cyril Hanouna hosted a two-week show on Europe 1, owned by conservative billionaire Vincent Bollore, dedicated to commentary on the ongoing campaign.