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Julien Courbet
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Julien Courbet

French journalist and presenter (born 1965)

Julien Courbet (born 7 February 1965) is a French journalist, television presenter and producer.2

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Born Feb 7, 1965.1

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedMontesquieu University – Bordeaux IV3

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 the University Bordeaux IV.

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Career

Occupation: television producer, television presenter, television writer, television actor, journalist, radio personality.6

  • Date not recordedWorked at M64
  • Date not recordedWorked at RTL4
  • Date not recordedWorked at W94
  • Date not recordedFounded Quai Sud Télévisions5

Radio career

Julien Courbet began his career as a presenter on various radio stations in Bordeaux (Radio Angora, NRJ, Fun Radio and 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 would later become his mediator for La guerre des voisins, and subsequently on NRJ from 1992 to 1994 with the program N'importe quoi.

Television career

Career on TF1

He met Gérard Louvin in 1993, who hired him for TF1. After being a columnist on the program Sacrée Soirée, Julien Courbet started presenting programs produced by Gérard Louvin, starting 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 specializing in romance scams, especially with Les Sept Péchés capitaux and Sans aucun doute, which attracted a 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.

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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 job after his interview with Patrick de Carolis. However, despite his departure from France 2, he continued to produce the program Le Grand Frère for TF1. In 2008, he produced the program Je suis timide mais j'me soigne on channel Direct 8.

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 with France Télévisions.

France Télévisions

After the failure of Service Maximum, Julien Courbet continued presenting his program of defence for the consumers on RTL, but also managed to present entertainment and game shows on television. In May 2009, he commentated with Cyril Hanouna on the 54th Eurovision Song Contest directly from Moscow, which was 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 hosted the game show Le 4e duel from Monday to Friday in the evening. He later presented 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 once again the game show Le 4e duel for a new season, but this time it was broadcast on weekends.

In the meantime, he continued producing programs 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, who became a specialist in communication. In September 2010, he continued hosting the game shows En toutes lettres and Le 4e duel. In December 2010, he presented another series 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.

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Personal life

  • BornFeb 7, 1965, Bordeaux7
  • CitizenshipFrance8

Julien Courbet married Catherine Courbet in July 1998. They have two children, a daughter Lola (born 20 April 2000) and a 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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