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Springboard, dizzying crossing, slippery staircase… New challenges will energize the next summer season at Fort Boyard.
“Felindra, head of the tiger.” Iconic French television show, Fort Boyard returns on July 4 on France 2, with host Cyril Féraud at the helm who directs “ a child’s rave ”. “When I was a kid, I presented hundreds of shows in my parents’ living room, including Fort Boyardâ€he declared to the press on Wednesday June 17.
“Cabinet of Curiosities”, “escalier glissant”new characters and adventures, Fort Boyard reinvents itself. It is about “Add more games to the game”with “more trials and adventuresâ€promises Cyril Féraud, who succeeded Olivier Minn who left for M6.
A major figure in the public group France Télévisions, the young forty-year-old reaffirmed that becoming “Master” of the fort was “Pride, heritage and responsibility”l’émission étant “a monument” of television.
The summer adventure game was created in 1990, and left its mark on popular culture thanks to an effective concept: the candidates face a series of tests in a 19th century fort built at sea near the island of Oléron, among characters who create a mysterious atmosphere, from Father Fouras, the old caretaker, to the Passe-Partout guide.
Des anonymes invités aux côtés de célébrités
For the first of the nine shows scheduled during the summer and already filmed, the participants will be the actors Bruno Solo and Isabelle Vitari, the swimmer Camille Lacourt, the judoka Shirine Boukli, the singer Bastiaan and a fan of the show, Florian. The fort opens again to anonymous people, who can apply to France Télévisions. This team plays for the benefit of UN Women France, the “Treasure” Up to 50,000 euros can be won.
Among the new tests is « le tremplin »where you have to ride your bike 25 m above the ocean to catch a clue, as well as “la traversée vertigineuse”on a beam at the top of the fort.
À l’été 2025, « Fort Boyard »produced by ALP (Banijay France), attracted an average of 2.2 million viewers including the replay, according to France Télévisions. The program brings together generations, with an average age of 47 years. Its budget was maintained this year, despite a context of savings. « Fort Boyard » is with « Drag Race France » one of the big events of the summer proposed by France Télévisions.
