This Monday, October 16, 2023, Laurent Romejko was the guest of Thomas Isle on Europe 1. In his show Culture Mediathe journalist notably questioned the host of Weather forecast And Numbers and letters on the eviction suffered by his two ex-acolytes Bertrand Renard and Arielle Boulin-Prat, who were the judges of the cult France 3 game for more than forty years. The first, who managed the calculations, was present in the show for 47 years. The second, who managed the letters, joined the cast eleven years later, and stayed there for 36 years. Laurent Romejko arrived in animation well after them, since the meteorologist has presented the game since 1992, and succeeded Max Meynier, who himself succeeded Laurent Cabrol, who himself took the place of Patrice Laffont, the historical producer of the game created by Armand Jammot.
In September 2022, viewers of Numbers and Letters were somewhat disoriented: on the one hand, their game was no longer broadcast daily, but only on weekends, replaced during the week by a new regional game by Cyril Féraud called Family duels ; on the other, the historical judges Arielle Boulin-Prat and Bertrand Renard were thanked, against a backdrop of financial disagreement with the channel. Indeed, the two co-hosts refused to lower their salaries, even though the show went from five weekly appearances to two. A conflict which ended in recourse to the Industrial Tribunal, made official by their lawyer last spring in a press release. The two injured professionals demand 530,000 euros each at France Télévisions, including 200,000 euros in damagesAnd 135,000 euros of conventional compensation. For the moment, the judgment has not yet taken place.
“Arielle and Bertrand, they were Father Fouras”
Asked for the first time about the sudden departure of his two colleagues and their immediate replacement by Blandine Maire and Stéphane Crosnier, Laurent Romejko probably kicked in, and had nice words for his new associates, who, visibly, please the viewers who remain loyal to the game: “Somewhere, Arielle and Bertrand, they were Father Fouras and you see, there was a very established side, they were there long before me, they had this very statutory side. No doubt, a different way of working with Blandine, with Stéphane, perhaps a little more freshness, a little more exchanges, a redistribution of roles on the set, but apparently, that seems to suit the viewers “. Indeed, the audiences of Numbers and Letters the weekend are suitable, since the game attracts an average of 700,000 fanssimilar to what the game achieved daily until 2022.