"I'll miss you": Benjamin Duhamel's farewell to BFMTV before his arrival at France Inter
After six years at BFMTV, Benjamin Duhamel is preparing to take on a new challenge. The thirty-year-old will host the 7:50 a.m. political talk show on France Inter starting in September.
By Le ParisienAn emotional moment. At 6:40 p.m. this Sunday, Benjamin Duhamel bowed out live on BFMTV, the channel where he grew up, and which he is leaving today to join France Inter in the fall. It was a moment not without emotion.
The 30-year-old journalist warmly thanked his colleagues, the technical and editorial teams, as well as several figures from the channel, including Marc-Olivier Fogiel, "one of those who allowed me to become a presenter."
With tears in his eyes, the man who was welcomed on the air at just 24 years old was keen to reiterate his commitment to a certain vision of journalism: "Our job is to report news, not opinion. It's about knowing how to think against yourself." Before concluding with a nod to his successor on the air, Marc Fauvelle : "You're going to make some sparks fly."
"I'm going to miss you," the journalist also said to his teams and colleagues, while thanking viewers. Benjamin Duhamel also spoke about the future: "BFM, I'm sure we'll see each other again."
His departure from the 24-hour news channel marks a turning point in his career. In the fall, Benjamin Duhamel will take over the 7:50 a.m. political interview slot on France Inter and will co-host the "Grand entretien" with Nicolas Demorand at 8:20 a.m., replacing Léa Salamé, who will present the "20 Heures" on France 2. This is a major challenge in France's most-watched morning show, which he considers "a childhood dream." "I couldn't refuse such an opportunity," he recently confided in our columns .
Coming from a well-known family in the media landscape (his mother Nathalie Saint-Cricq heads the national editorial offices of France Télévisions, his father Patrice Duhamel was its general director), Benjamin Duhamel graduated from Sciences-po in 2017. He started as a freelancer at RTL, where his uncle Alain Duhamel works, before joining LCI in 2018, then BFMTV a year later. A reporter in the political service, in 2023 he became presenter of the program "C'est pas tous les jours dimanche", while also leading the midday political interview.
Le Parisien
