Cyril Hanouna
French-Tunisian television host, television producer and radio host
Cyril Valéry Isaac Hanouna (French pronunciation: [siʁil valeʁi izaak anuna]; Arabic: سيريل فاليري إسحاق حنونة; born 23 September 1974) is a French radio and television presenter, writer, author, columnist, producer, singer and occasional actor and comedian of Tunisian origin. He hosts the French TV show Touche pas à mon poste !
Early life
Hanouna was born into a Jewish family, the son of a general practitioner and a clothing shopkeeper who had both arrived in France from Tunis in 1969. Like his father, Hanouna first chose medical studies. Having experienced academic difficulties in high school, he decided to study management with the goal of becoming a certified accountant, but later abandoned his studies.
Career
Highlights
Hanouna made his television debut in 1999 on the TV channel Comédie+, where he composed the texts for its trailers. Hanouna became a television presenter in 2002 when he co-hosted the third series of La Grosse Émission alongside the comedy duo Kad et Olivier. In February 2002 he was approached by RTL Radio and he hosted a radio show called Planet Arthur alongside Manu Levy and Valérie Bénaïm. In 2003 he hosted the morning show Morning Live on M6.
Since 2008, Hanouna has been associated with the Eurovision Song Contest.
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