Education and beginnings on France 2 Virginie Guilhaume graduated from the
École supérieure de journalisme de Paris. She began her career as a production assistant for television presenters, including
Thierry Ardisson,
Guillaume Durand and
Michel Drucker. First a journalist, image reporter, then chief editor,
France 2 gave her the opportunity in February 2007 to present entertainment programs. She joined the channel to host with
Olivier Minne special evening shows like
La Saint Valentin en chansons. She then presented during summer 2007 the program
Les Rois du Rire, broadcast on Saturday during the second part of the evening. The program was then broadcast on some Saturdays in the late afternoon, in the evening of
New Year's Eve, or more exceptionally, as a tribute to deceased humorists. She continued in the meantime to present special programs in prime, often with Olivier Minne, including
Tubes des Tubes in July 2007, ''Les stars de l'année 2007
in December 2007, and even Les Femmes en chansons'' in April 2008.
Presenter on M6 In 2008, Virginie Guilhaume joined
M6 where she presented in August a program dedicated to the
jet set titled
Stars et Fortunes. In September of that year, she presented the weekly documentary dedicated to celebrities
Accès Privé. In 2009 and 2010, she presented the seventh and eighth season of
Nouvelle Star, succeeding to
Virginie Efira. She was then replaced by
Faustine Bollaert for
Accès Privé from November 2010 to January 2011 due to
maternity leave. She started presenting again the program from January to June 2011. It was also Faustine Bollaert who replaced her to present the
Grand bêtisier des stars in December 2010. In June 2011, Virginie Guilhaume left
M6 to return on
France 2 in September of that year, the channel of her beginnings.
Return on France 2 She presented a new program titled
Secrets de famille, broadcast on Wednesday during the second part of the evening. She was also entrusted on a primetime presenting the different programs of the channel including their presenters. The program titled ''C'est la rentrée
was broadcast in September 2012. She then presented different programs such as Rire ensemble contre la racisme
and Les Rois du Bêtisier''. Since 2012, she presented the program
Retour en terre inconnue along with
Frédéric Lopez. In this program broadcast live just after
Rendez-vous en terre inconnue, the guest personality talks about the most significant moments of his experience. In October 2012, she co-hosted again with
Olivier Minne the
Concert pour la tolérance. She then presented in February 2013 at the
Zénith de Paris the
Victoires de la Musique with
Laurent Ruquier, broadcast on France 2. In July 2013, she presented the first season of the professional pastry contest
Qui sera le prochain grand pâtissier ? for four episodes. In September 2013, she replaced
Alessandra Sublet on the presentation of the program
Hier Encore with
Charles Aznavour. She also presented at that time
Un air de famille on the same channel, a program that ended on 4 November 2013. She then presented the
Bêtisier de Noël at the end of the same year and the backstage of
Le Grand Show. In February 2014, she co-hosted the
Victoires de la Musique on France 2 with Laurent Ruquier. The program managed to reach the symbolic audience of 3 million viewers, which had not happened for five years. In May and June 2014, she presented the second season of the pastry contest
Qui sera le prochain grand pâtissier ? for six episodes. In May 2015, she is the spokesperson for
France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, which took place in
Vienna, announcing directly from
Paris the score given by the French jury. The following month, at the eve of the
Fête de la musique, she co-hosted the evening titled
Du soleil et des tubes with
Patrick Sébastien from
Nice and broadcast live on France 2. In July 2015, she presented the third season of the pastry contest
Qui sera le prochain grand pâtissier ? for four episodes. In September 2015, she started presenting on France 2 the weekly cultural program
Grand Public. In February 2016, she co-hosted the
Victoires de la Musique with
Bruno Guillon. In November 2016, Virginie Guilhaume left
France 2. == Personal life ==