It’s a real blow for Thierry Ardisson… His new project called “Hôtel du temps” will no longer be broadcast on France 3. Bad news that the channel announced this Friday, July 7, 2023, just a few days after the broadcast of the last issue dedicated to Colouche.
The concept of the innovative show? Thierry Ardisson had taken the crazy gamble of reviving deceased stars using voice cloning and digital modification techniques. “If we had to use a term that already exists, I would say it’s a ‘docu-fiction’, a ‘biopic’. It’s something new, we’re the first to do it and Warner Bros bought the format for the whole world! »he confided to our colleagues from TV 7 days about the innovative format of his show.
But while the first issue dedicated to the singer Dalidaand broadcast on April 2, 2022 only gathered 1.4 million viewers, i.e. a market share of 8.8%, the second episode devoted to Coluche did not do better. Broadcast on June 23, the second episode produced hand in hand with the sons of Coluche interested only 1.17 million viewers…
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The number on Johnny will not see the light of day…
While Thierry Ardisson had indicated that he wanted to dedicate his next issue to the late Johnny Hallyday, the rocker’s fans will ultimately not see their idol reborn from the dead on France 3. The reason? Following the disappointing audiences of the two previous issues, Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez, number 2 of France Télévisions announced to our colleagues from Paris on July 7, 2023 that the experience was not going to be repeated.
A blow for Thierry Ardisson who should not however be surprised. And for good reason, the latter before the broadcast of the number on Colouchehusband ofAudrey Crespo Mara had expressed reluctance to continue “Time Hotel” if the episode on the founder of “Restos du Coeur” did not work…
LZ