Féraud began his career as a television host in 2004 at the helm of children's programs
Art Attack and the programming block
Zapping Zone on
Disney Channel. He provided French commentary for the
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in
2008 and
2009, respectively with singers
M. Pokora and
Sliimy, on the local variant of
Nickelodeon. Spotted by the national lottery operator
Française des Jeux, he presented the new
Loto draw live on
France 2 in October 2008. He continued as a host of the draw for three years. Since 26 October 2009, he has hosted the game show
Slam, which combines quizzes and crossword puzzles, every weekday afternoon on
France 3. During his first two years as host, the show tripled the audience of the time slot with 1.4 million viewers on average, quickly making Féraud one of the channel's flagship hosts. Since 1 March 2015, he has been in charge of
Le Grand Slam, the weekly version of
Slam in which the best candidates in the game compete each Sunday. On 27 April 2024, Féraud announced that he would be leaving both programmes later that year and would succeed comedian Jarry as host of
Tout le monde veut prendre sa place on France 2. In June, it was announced that would take over as host. From 2010 onwards,
France 3 entrusts him with the presentation of various prime time programs: ''
Le Tournoi d'orthographe and Le Grand Bêtisier
in 2010, Le Grand Jeu
in 2011 and 300 chœurs pour + de vie'' in 2012. After being the voting spokesperson for
France at the contest in 2011, he was co-commentator for the
Eurovision Song Contest grand final for three years: on 26 May 2012, with
Mireille Dumas from
Baku,
Azerbaijan, on 18 May 2013, again with Dumas, live from
Malmö,
Sweden and on 10 May 2014, this time with
Natasha St-Pier, in
Copenhagen,
Denmark. In March 2022, he was a member of the jury to help select
France's entry for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2022. In 2011, 2015–2016 and again from 2018 to 2021, he presented the quiz show
Personne n’y avait pensé! (an adaptation of BBC's
Pointless) on
France 3, a game of general knowledge in which the candidates must score as less points as possible to win. In January 2018, the game moved to a daily broadcast just before
Slam and replaced another game show
Harry. Since April 2018, after campaigning for its return, he has presented the new version of the adventure game show
La Carte aux Trésors in prime time on
France 3, the show having been absent from the air for nine years. Since 2021, he has been presenting two major prime time events on
France 2:
Le Quiz des Champions (an adaptation of British ITV show
Quiz Master), which sees the greatest TV game champions in France compete against each other, and
100% Logique (an adaptation of another ITV show
The 1% Club), in which 100 candidates compete to test their logic and their sense of observation. In March 2022, he presented
Quelle sera la meilleure danse folklorique de France? (What will be the best folk dance in France?), a major competition in which the French regions come to demonstrate their
traditional dances in prime time on
France 3. Since August 2022, he has presented every day
Duels en Familles on
France 3, a French game show created by himself, in which two families compete in general knowledge duels. The game show airs daily, just before
Slam. In 2026, Féraud will take over as host of
Fort Boyard.
Special events in 2015 In March 2009, he presented the
Sidaction evening live on
France 2 alongside
Line Renaud which featured seventy artists singing together in the streets of
Paris. Then in March 2010, the
Les Stars du Rire Spéciale Sidaction evening alongside
Patrick Sabatier live on France 2. A recurring host of the
Téléthon since 2010, he has presented the launch party in prime time and live on
France 3 with
Sophie Davant since 2012. From 2013, he has played host at most of France 3's live performance programs in prime time:
International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo every year since 2013,
Le Grand Spectacle du Festival Interceltique de Lorient every summer since 2015,
Musiques en Fête live from the
Chorégies d'Orange every year since 2017,
La Folie Offenbach in January 2018,
La Grande Parade des Nations Celtes since 2018. during
Village Départ in July 2016 In 2015 and 2016, during the whole
Tour de France, he co-presented the France 3 program
Village Départ with
Laurent Luyat, and presented a sporting event every day, in which a local resident tries to beat a record, as well as a sequence on the heritage of the city visited. In 2016 and 2017, he presented the sixty concerts of
Âge Tendre, the Idol Tour, now produced by
Christophe Dechavanne and which celebrated its tenth anniversary in the
Le Zénith venues of France with a dozen artists such as
Sheila,
Hugues Aufray,
Gérard Lenorman,
Les Rubettes. The recording of the show was broadcast on
C8 on 22 February 2017 in prime time. In 2018, he presents the second season of the
Age Tendre tour, with sixty-two performances in
France,
Belgium and
Switzerland given by a dozen artists including Sheila,
Dave,
Dick Rivers,
Michèle Torr,
Nicoletta and was broadcast by
C8 on 6 June 2018 again in prime time.
Participation in shows After being a production assistant on the
France 2 game show
Fort Boyard in 2003 and 2004, he participated as a celebrity candidate for the first time on 23 July 2011. He participated again in 2012, 2013, 2016 and 2017. In 2014, he took part in
Toute la télé chante for the
Sidaction on
France 2. On February 20, 2015, he finished second in the celebrity quiz show
Grand Concours des Animateurs (an adaptation of ''
Britain's Brainiest Kid) behind Julien Arnaud, on TF1. On April 16, 2015, he won the French version of The Weakest Link'' on
D8 for the association
AIDES, sponsored by
Roselyne Bachelot. Since 2016, he has occasionally participated in the program
Vendredi, tout est permis with
Arthur on
TF1. On February 6, 2021, he participated as a guest in
La Boîte à secrets presented by
Faustine Bollaert on
France 3. == Charity work ==