At 24, Hugo Travers is at the head of a company with about fifteen employees. He launched his YouTube channel in 2015. HugoDecrypts, with videos explaining the news for young people, mainly 18-24 year olds. Seven years later, he has 1.5 million subscribers and has grown on all social networks, from Instagram to TikTok. After interviewing Emmanuel Macron in 2017, he is embarking on the presidential campaign with a new show on YouTube: The face down interviewThursdays and Sundays at 7 p.m., in which he will receive all the candidates for the Elysée.
“Our desire is for it to be accessible, understandable for everyone. We are going to talk about substantive subjects, their program, because it is not because we are on the internet that we are going to address subjects light with the candidates.”
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“This 30-40 minute format is special: the candidate faces a giant screen on which scrolls a wheel with emojis, he will have to press a buzzer successively, and each emoji will reveal the different types of questions: it can be a game, a quote, an archive, a question from another candidate. The idea is that each time it is the starting point for substantive questions to better understand the vision and program of the different candidates .”, says Hugo Travers.
I INTERVIEW ALL THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
“THE HIDDEN FACE INTERVIEW”
New unpublished format, RDV Sunday at 7 p.m. for the premiere. pic.twitter.com/yjWGIVBqU5
— Hugo Travers (HugoDecrypts) (@HugoTravers) February 17, 2022
The name of the 1st guest on Sunday February 20 will be revealed at the end of the day. All the suitors gave their agreement: they understood well the interest which there was to go on a channel which touches the young people, more abstentionists than the adults. “We are followed by a generation that does not necessarily follow other media. I think the candidates know this. And we are aware of having an important responsibility by receiving them.”, concludes Hugo Travers.