In duet with Annie Pujol, Christian Morin represented the golden age of the Fortune wheel. The one who is about to publish his memoirs, I have so much to tell you, At XO Editions has engaged in connection with his successors and did not do in the wooden language.
The adventure of Fortune wheel begins on the five, in 1986 under the name of The lucky wheel. She is the American’s little sister Wheel of Fortune, from which it borrows sets, sound effects and mechanics. It is initially presented by Roger Zabel and Elisabeth Tordjman before being taken over, in 1987 by the TF1 channel. Michel Robbe takes over, in the company of the former coco-girl of Collaro Show Cléa Pastore, then from another coco-girl, Fabienne. The latter is finally replaced by the one who will be a name for himself in the television adventure, Annie Pujol. Barely a few months after his arrival Michel Robbe left TF1, to try the Adventure of the Five.
Christian Morin makes the opposite path. After animating with Amanda Lear Look for the womanhe decides to leave the chain. A wise decision he gives credit to actor Alain Delon who predicted that the Silvio Berlusconi television project “Built up his mouth quickly”. The tandem is wondering, The game for the audiences during the six years What will their collaboration last. In 1993, the program deemed to be cheesy underwent a ripolinating. The chain decides to land Christian Morin, suddenly preferring Alexandre Debanne, but the sauce does not take. And the play of musical chairs starts again: Annie Pujol is replaced by Sandra Rossi, herself replaced by Frédérique Le Calvez. Olivier Chiabodo takes the head of the show, but fails to straighten the bar. On March 28, 1997, the show left TF1, The chain on which she had experienced such bright days.
The wheel of fortune or the waltz of animators …
Ten years later Endemol offers him an unexpected reboot. Christophe Dechavanne, his dog Adeck and the Swedish top Victoria Silvstedt, refresh the concept, but fade for the benefit of Benjamin Castaldi and the former Miss France Valérie Bègue. An experience that will not last a few weeks, the game crushed by Emotional et The z’amours on France 2 is deprogrammed in disaster. M6 recovers the game finally the cult game After several years of absence. The latter produced by Arthur, is now presented by Éric Antoine.
Christian Morin who publishes soon I have so much to tell you, at XO editions returned to this adventure and its successors in the columns of TV pocket. And the clarinetist has shown himself with a brutal franchise: “Of all those who have taken over the game as Benjamin Castaldi, Christophe Dechavanne and Alexandre Debanne, it is the one who does it best. He’s a nice guy “, he said about Eric Antoine, who also animates Traitors On M6. Christian Morin adds however “But I quickly understood that the real star of The wheelthat’s the wheel itself … ”
