Twenty years ago, on April 7, 2005 precisely, M6 was broadcast for the first time “100% football”. Retransmitted live between midnight and one in the morning, this program was presented by Estelle Denis, then perfectly unknown to the general public.
Just 28 years old, the young journalist had started in the world of football four years ago, with “football and extra time”, on TPS Star. In 2004, she joined the Telefoot team, on TF1, and the gang of “We redo the match”, on RTL. Only initiates could clearly identify it at this period.
So information director of the M6 channel, it was Jérôme Bureau who was on the initiative of this new television format in terms of football in France. “The first time I talked about Estelle, I looked at me like 'but what has he had?'. Make a football show on M6 is already complicated, but go get a girl… ”he confided in the columns of The team in 2020.
Estelle Denis put on orbit by 100% football
At the time, Estelle Denis was surrounded by two other journalists: Pierre Ménès and Dominique Grimault. “I was said: 'It will never work your thing'recalls the one who wants to terribly Aimé Jacquet.
I replied: 'Well yes, the chef will be a girl, Estelle, and the two lieutenants will be a big (Pierre Ménès) and an old (Dominique Grimaud)'. »»
“100% football” will clearly propel Estelle Denis' career. It was during one of the programs of this program, which she will present until 2008 that her companion Raymond Domenech will ask her live to marry her. A few minutes earlier, the French team he was coach had just been eliminated in the first round of Euro 2008.
