“My name is Charly, and my name is Lulu. We are on M6, for the Hit Machine. On Saturday, in the company of a crazy audience“. For fourteen years, Charlie Nestor and Jean-Marc Lubin sang these words in the hit-machine (from 1995 to 2008). And the viewers who followed them on M6 still remember it. They must therefore be delighted to learn that the duo is reforming this Tuesday, February 8, 2022, for the 30th anniversary of the show. W9 is indeed broadcasting the show Generation Hit Machine. The opportunity to hear from the two accomplices.
It was with Christophe Dechavanne that Charly Nestor and Jean-Marc Lubin cut their teeth. Both were assistant animators. One dealt with the Minitel (Lulu), the other with the public. And the two friends were offered the animation of the hit-machine from 1995. A show they couldn’t refuse. Both have received a host of artists on their set including Beyoncé or Mariah Carey. “At first, I thought that the record companies were sending us look-alikes! Often with Lulu, we were spectators of our own show, because we couldn’t believe we were there“, confided Charly to our colleagues from TV Star.
However, they were indeed present on the air every Saturday at 10:30 a.m. And it was a success until they left. “We turned off the television voluntarily. We realized that it was more complicated to continue than to stop”, said the 57-year-old man. Each then made their way, far from the spotlight, even if the duo reformed in 2011 for the dates of The 90s Tour – Dance Machine Generation (as masters of ceremonies). Charly went to the United States for seventeen years. “I returned to France two years ago. The low, I produced French-speaking artists like Gad Elmaleh and Johnny Hallyday. And I set up the French channel Canal Bleu for French speakers over there“Charly continued with TV Star. And to our colleagues from TV 7 dayshe added that since then he has been doing “from consulting for audiovisual productions in France“.” I don’t miss the antenna at all. Even if I do something again, it will necessarily be with Lulu. He’s the one I laugh the most with“, he added.
For his part, Jean-Marc Lubin (59) was a columnist in We’re going to get embarrassed on Europe 1, in 2012. He was also responsible for the productions of Non Stop People. “Television was not his thing at first. (…) Today, he is production manager with Jean-Marc Morandini on CNews. The antenna does not miss him“, confided Charly concerning his sidekick, with Star TV.