Controversial Casting and Half-Lot Ticket Sales: Inside the Drama at At Streamer Games France Télévisions Event

Controversial casting and half-lot ticket sales: the competition At Streamer Games of France Télévisions, organized on Saturday 27 April at the Paris Défense Arena and broadcast on Twitch and France.tv, with former athletes, personalities from the web and the small screen, on course appearance a setback for the organizers. Co-produced by French online entertainment giant Webeia, At Streamer Games bringing together 32 participants divided into eight teams. On the program, eight Olympic subjects such as fencing, basketball or long jump, during eight hours of competition.

what unique format, specially designed for digital » according to France Télévisions, it will be presented by the host Samuel Etienne, who appeared on television before he began to be very active on the Twitch platform, and the streamer ZeratoR, organizer of the ZEvent charity marathon. But the release of the first trailer for the event on March 12 caused controversy among content creators and fans.

Baghera Jones, one of the streamers then published, had threatened to withdraw, revealing that ” actions and/or comments of particular participants “. She appeared to be referring to the influencer Ofhenya, 4.9 million subscribers on TikTok, and Tibo InShape, the second most followed French YouTuber with 17.5 million subscribers. The former went criticized at the end of 2023 for promoting a dating application for teenagers, Crush. The latter is regularly accused of promoting conservative positions or treating topics like depression lightly. .

At the end of this controversy, France Télévisions removed the trailer, and Baghera Jones, Ofhenya and Tibo InShape do not appear on the list of participants. ” There are obviously very valid criticisms of certain profiles », agrees with AFP Adrien Nougaret, alias ZeratoR, while emphasizing that others ” they are highly expressed “. But from his first exchange with Webedia, the streamer says he drew attention to the profile ” polarization and division » by Tibo Inshape. Frederic Molas, known as ” Attic player » on YouTube and Twitch, who is also a commentator on the show, asking him to “ to fall into the people’s court » social networks.

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Finally, content creators Brawks, Mélanie Buffetaud, CyrilMP4, Domingo, JujuFitcats, Charles Poujade, Theo Rivenzi, Shayvise and Theobabac were selected. France Télévisions presenters and advisors include Mohamed Bouhafsi, Fabien Lévêque, Marine Ltemporel, Jean-Baptiste Marteau, Laury Thilleman, Emilie Tran Nguyen as well as former athletes Stéphane Diagana and Marie-José Pérec. Cécile Grès, sports journalist from Télévisions France, Sami El Gueddari and Raphäl Yem completed the cast on the animation side.

« Perhaps France Telelé wants to restore its image and audience », Considers ZeratoR, who broadcasts the competition live on his Twitch channel, in parallel with the France.tv platform. ” The idea is also to show people that France Telelé can produce special internet content and is not just any old channel. », he says. It specifically defends the freedom of speech that the Internet offers: “ It’s less stuff. If it was broadcast on TV, I think I would like it less. »

For its part, France Télévisions refers to several thousand tickets sold and defends an economic model that does not depend on tickets but on sponsors and advertising. At least, At Streamer Games it will at least bring Twitch’s audience to horizons other than video games and talk shows, its most popular formats. Even if the shadow of the television is not very far away. ” My goal is to be an unbiased reporter », laughs Frédéric Molas, “ like Thierry Roland! »