“It’s not luck…”: Xavier praises Émilien for his performance in Les 12 coups de midi

This Saturday, July 13, 2024, Jean-Luc Reichmann was at the helm of a new edition of his game The 12 strokes of noon. For the occasion, before celebrating the 5000th, the host welcomed champion Xavier onto his set, who did not fail to compliment Émilien’s journey.

It’s D-Day for Jean-Luc Reichmann. This Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Prime, TF1 will broadcast the 5,000th of its game The 12 strokes of noon. The show, which was launched on June 28, 2010, allowed Nathalie Lecoultre’s husband to meet many candidates. And to celebrate this anniversary, the production saw things in a big way! “The 100 greatest Midday Masters will compete during 2 exceptional evenings and thus try to become the Master of Masters“, we could read in the channel’s press release.

For this first evening, the old faces of Jean-Luc Reichmann’s game will be surrounded by Booder, Chantal Ladesou, Nico Capone and his wife DanielaThere will be four teams, each with one celebrity and two contestants. The two best teams will compete individually to participate in the first fatal blow to 4 in the history of the 12 coups de midi. And to the great delight of the viewers, the evening will be marked by the return of Céline, Stéphane, Paul El Kharrat and Bruno.

An emblematic candidate

We don’t change good habits. This Saturday, July 13 at noon, Jean-Luc Reichmann offered a traditional number of his game The 12 strokes of noon. At the beginning of the show, he introduced the current midday master: Emilien. And not the least, because the History student has achieved all the records: 291st participation and a prize pool of 1,229,421 euros in winnings and gifts. Just that! And before the 5000th, the host received a guest on his set: the champion Xavier, 13th greatest midday master.

It must be said that Xavier’s journey had moved many fans of the game. From January 5 to March 21, 2013, the unemployed man won everything: 76 participations for a prize pool of more than 335,000 euros. And he could have gone even further since, as Jean-Luc Reichmann recalled, “Xavier is the only one who has never losthe left because he found a job”. And despite his daily life, the former candidate turned engineer still has time to follow the game… and Emilien’s journey! “He has a very great culture, very vast. It’s not luck, he’s very strong“Xavier acknowledged, to the astonishment of the history student. Now it’s time for the big showdown this Saturday evening.