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It follows the success of two specials aired on the French broadcaster in October of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Pierre-Marie Gadonneix, managing director of BBC Studios France Productions, commented: \u201cBBC Studios are delighted to bring back <em>Weakest Link<\/em> to French television with a new host joining the global <em>Weakest Link<\/em> family; Olivier Minne. <em>Weakest Link<\/em> has been a beloved family favorite for years with that iconic catchphrase \u2018You are the weakest link, goodbye\u2019 sparking recognition and joy all across the world. We are so excited to be re-launching this format to a new audience, and we are confident that this new series, produced by BBC Studios France, will captivate viewers and deliver strong ratings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The beloved quiz show has been licensed to 46 markets, with a celebrity version landing on FOX in the U.S. this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios&#8217; iconic game show Weakest Link is returning to France with a new adaptation on M6 hosted by Olivier Minne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":15183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1337,4379,755,4380,1918,2116],"class_list":["post-15181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-studios","tag-bbc-studios-france-productions","tag-m6","tag-pierre-marie-gadonneix","tag-the-weakest-link","tag-weakest-link","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Weakest Link Returning to France - TVFORMATS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/weakest-link-returning-to-france-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weakest Link Returning to France - TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC Studios&#039; iconic game show Weakest Link is returning to France with a new adaptation on M6 hosted by Olivier Minne.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/weakest-link-returning-to-france-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVFORMATS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T14:31:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T15:33:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Olivier-Minne-Weakest-Link-725.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/weakest-link-returning-to-france-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/weakest-link-returning-to-france-2\/\",\"name\":\"Weakest Link Returning to France - TVFORMATS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-10T14:31:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T15:33:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/weakest-link-returning-to-france-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/weakest-link-returning-to-france-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/weakest-link-returning-to-france-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Weakest Link Returning to France\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/\",\"name\":\"TVFORMATS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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