Elsa Fayer
| Elsa Fayer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
9 November 1974 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Television presenter, radio presenter |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Notable credit(s) |
Qui veut épouser mon fils ? Mon incroyable fiancé |
| Television | M6, France 3, TF1 |
Elsa Fayer (born 9 November 1974) is a French radio and television presenter.
Early life and education
Elsa Fayer was born in Paris. She made her television debut in 1984 at the age of nine in the program Vitamine hosted by Karen Cheryl. She then appeared in an advertising campaign for Kookai in 1988, and in a Japanese television advertisement for the brand Superhighway in 1992. After studying law at the Panthéon-Assas University of Paris, she graduated at the EFAP (École Française des Attachés de Presse) in 1997 with a degree in communication and media.
Television career
She began her career as a journalist on Téva in the program Système Téva. She started presenting on the M6 Group in 1998 with programs for the new channel Fun TV. She then participated on TF1 in the program Y'a pas photo and later presented Toutes les télés du monde and Tubissimo on M6. She participated in 2003 at Nouvelle Star (titled À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star during the first season) where she supported the contestants in the backstage during the prime time.
She joined France Télévisions and became a columnist on the program On a tout essayé presented by Laurent Ruquier on France 2 from 2002 to 2007. She also commented the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 on France 3. During summer 2004, she presented the program Tout peut arriver on France 2. In the meantime, she presented the program of psychic reading L'avenir en direct on RTL9 with the astrologer Isabelle Viant. In February 2005, she presents with Laurent Ruquier the program of the French selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 but she did not comment in direct and was replaced by Julien Lepers and Guy Carlier.
In September 2010, she presents the reality program Qui veut épouser mon fils ? on TF1[1] that reached 4.5 million viewers. In the meantime, she also presented a poker tournament titled Poker Dome on channel NT1, but the broadcast was suspended in April 2011. In March 2011, she presented on TF1 the new reality program Carré ViiiP, but the broadcast was suspended the same month due to a very bad audience. She presented the second season of Qui veut épouser mon fils ? on TF1 broadcast with success in 2012, and the third season in 2014. She also presents during the same year the return of the reality program Mon incroyable fiancé on the second part of the evening from 17 October to 21 November 2014.
Radio career
She has appeared since 1998 on Fun Radio in the daily program Fun Force, and on Europe 1 in the program On va s'gêner with Laurent Ruquier from 2002 to 2013.
Personal life
Elsa Fayer is married and has three daughters, Ambre (born in 1999) and twins Liv and Amy (born in September 2010).[2]
References
- ↑ "Elsa Fayer bien décidée à marier des trentenaires célibataires" (in French). Purepeople.com. February 23, 2010.
- ↑ "Elsa Fayer, trois fois maman" (in French). Purefamille.com. October 31, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2013.