Thierry Ardisson accuses C8 of plagiarism, Cyril Hanouna answers him

Broadcast from September 14 on the channel, the program will occupy the time slot left vacant by Thierry Ardisson. Cyril Hanouna reacted Wednesday evening to these accusations of plagiarism:

"The darlings, after today's drivers, I can tell you that it's very heavy in darka (Funny, Ed)! (…) And if not I invite my friend Thierry Ardisson to watch The Great Darka and he will see that it has nothing to do with his concept. "

As recalled The Parisian, The Great Darka brings together Cyril Hanouna and several chroniclers including Laurent Baffie. Their goal: to make their guest laugh with jokes, sidewalks and happening. At the end of the show, a facial sensor should help to discover which columnist laughed the most.

"I find the method for the less dubious"

According to the daily, Thierry Ardisson claims this concept, which he would have had the idea thanks to "a theater of Barcelona where a tablet is fixed on each chair": "at the end of the show, each spectator pays according to his number of laughs, captured via facial recognition software. "

"Four years ago, we tabled a television show concept titled Who will make the French laugh? which consists of using a facial recognition software to count the laughter of the guests or the public on a set, "said Thierry Ardisson, furious, in an email addressed to the director general of C8 Franck Appietto." This program, we tell you We proposed during a lunch on March 27, 2016 (…) I spoke again for the start of the 2019 season. "

"I find the method for the less dubious," he adds. "Cyril Hanouna could have had the same idea as us, no doubt about it, but the channel should have remembered that I proposed the same idea for 3 years! I will go to the end to defend my honor, especially since C8 did not even answer my letter. "