Julian Bugier

Julian Bugier
Born (1980-11-22) 22 November 1980 (age 43)
NationalityFrench
OccupationJournalist
Known forSubstitute news presenter on TV channel France 2
TelevisionBFM TV (November 2005 - July 2009)
i>Télé (August 2009 - July 2011)
France 2 (since July 2011)
SpouseClaire Fournier
Children2

Julian Bugier (born November 22, 1980, in Blois, Loir-et-Cher),[1] is a French TV journalist.

After working for news channels BFM TV and i Télé; he presented, as a substitute, the 8 o'clock news on weekdays on France 2.

Family

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Julian Bugier was born in 1980 in Blois (Loir-et-Cher).

His father Jacques Bugier was a literary man and former journalist. His father worked at La République du Centre then at le Monde from 1991 to 2008. Close to François Bayrou, (he followed Francois' presidential campaign in 2007) and to Jack Lang, he died in June 2013 at the age of 59 years.[2]

Julian Bugier is the eldest of two children He has a sister, Louise.[2]

Career

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Television

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Julian pursued a DEUG (Diplôme d'études universitaires générales) in economics without graduating.[3] At 19, he moved to London (UK)[3] and began his journalistic career on the financial and economic station, Bloomberg TV. There he reported for two years and then became a production assistant. He then presented for a year and a half on the French branch of Bloomberg TV[4],.[5]

In November 2005, he participated in the launch of the news channel BFM TV.[4] From May 2006 and the launch of the second version of the channel, he presented the economy journal every evening from Monday to Friday.[6] From late 2008, he served as a substitute presenter of the newspaper chain.

During the summer of 2009, he left BFM news to join the channel of news and current affairs I-Télé. Succeeding Thomas Joubert, he took charge of Info Matin Week-end on Saturday and Sunday from 7:00 am to 11:30 am.[7] At the beginning of September 2010, Jean-Baptiste Boursier replaced him when Julian took charge of a new show (L'info sans interdit) with Sonia Chironi (and with participation from Robert Ménard) from Monday to Friday between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm, and until 8:00 pm from November 2010 when Audrey Pulvar[8] was suspended from her show Audrey Pulvar Soir.

In July 2011, he rejoined France 2 to become the substitute for Laurent Delahousse on the new shows 13 heures and 20 heures on the weekends.[9] In September 2011, Julian Bugier was appointed joker (parttime replacement) of David Pujadas, for the Vingt Heures weekday news show on France 2. He replaced at this post Marie Drucker who became substitute presenter of the television news of the weekend.[10]

From January to May 2012, in anticipation of the 2012 French presidential election, Julien presented the short program Elysee me Monday to Saturday at 7:55 pm just before the France 2 news.[11] This short news show allowed viewers to see archives of former French presidential elections. (Campaigns, debates, etc.)

In August 2014, he held both the position of substitute for Vingt Heures both weekdays and weekends. He thus made twenty-five straight days of news presentation at France 2[12]

In September 2014, France 2 entrusted him with the presentation of soirées continues (a presentation followed by a debate).[13]

On 27 May 2015, at the entrance to the Pantheon with Pierre Brossolette, Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, Germaine Tillion and Jean Zay, he presented the special show on France 2 Quatre résistants au Panthéon with consultants at his side Stéphane Bern and Nathalie Saint-Cricq.

Julian Bugier presented, in addition to his work as a part-time substitute, news shows on the weekend between March and July 2015 because of the pregnancy of Marie Drucker.

From 5 September 2015, he presented a weekly consumer magazine show, Tout compte fait on Saturday at 2:40 pm on France 2.[14]

On the radio

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During the summers of 2013 and 2014, he hosted l'économie cette semaine et C'est l'économie demain at 9 am weekends to 10 hours on Europe 1.[15][16]

Personal life

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Married to economic journalist Claire Fournier,[17] he is father of a boy[18] born in April 2011 and a daughter born in 2013.[19]

Distinction

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In 2009, the magazine Têtu designated him as

le plus beau mec du PAF (in English: The best looking guy at the TV station)[20]

.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Quittot, Adeline (18 August 2012). "Julian Bugier, la bombe de l'info est casée !". Public (in French).
  2. ^ a b Claire Gatinois (13 June 2013). "Jacques Bugier, journaliste, homme de lettres et de culture". Le Monde.
  3. ^ a b Pierre L. T. (23 September 2010). "I>TELE : Julian Bugier & Sonia Chironi, le duo choc de l'info !". telesphere.fr. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b Julien Thomas (13 June 2011). "Julian Bugier, nouveau visage de l'info de France 2 ?". programme-tv.net.
  5. ^ Julien Mielcarek (27 January 2011). "Julian Bugier : "J'ai envie qu'on me juge sur mon travail"". PureMédias.fr.
  6. ^ Julien Mielcarek (10 August 2009). "Julian Bugier passe de BFM TV à i-Télé". ozap.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012.
  7. ^ ""Le plus beau mec du PAF" quitte BFM TV pour I télé". jeanmarcmorandini.com. 18 July 2009.
  8. ^ fr:Renaud Revel [in French] (22 November 2010). "I>Télé et Arnaud Montebourg suspendent Audrey Pulvar". L'Express.fr.
  9. ^ Caroline Bonacossa et Benjamin Rabier (17 June 2011). "Officiel : Julian Bugier arrive sur France2". monpetitbola.fr. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  10. ^ Julien Mielcarek (6 September 2011). "Julian Bugier remplace Marie Drucker comme joker du "20 Heures"". ozap.com.
  11. ^ Jean-Marc Verdrel (22 December 2011). "Nouveau programme court : "Elysée-moi" sur France 2 avec Julian Bugier". coulisses-tv.fr.
  12. ^ "FORUMS.lenodal.com • Consulter le sujet - [JT] France 2 : Infos & Contenus sur les JT de la Deux". www.lenodal.com. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Soirées continues fiction et débat sur France 2, avec Julian Bugier". LeBlogTVNews. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Nouveauté : Tout compte fait, dès le 5 septembre avec Julian Bugier". LeBlogTVNews. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  15. ^ Julien Lalande (6 June 2013). "Julian Bugier cet été sur Europe 1". ozap.com.
  16. ^ "Julian Bugier cet été sur Europe 1". Europe 1. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  17. ^ Lola Montana (4 July 2011). "Julian en couple, c'est Claire". Ici Paris (3444): 4.
  18. ^ "Interview exclusive de Claire Fournier pour Envie de Fraises". enviedefraises.fr. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  19. ^ Joachim Ohnona (6 August 2011). "Julian Bugier : Le nouveau poulain de France 2, descendu par ses ex-collègues". purepeople.com.
  20. ^ Julien Mielcarek (7 July 2009). "Un classement des "plus beaux mecs de la télé"". Ozap.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013.
  21. ^ Julian Bugier at IMDb