Intervilles

It featured teams representing towns in France competing in a series of games, some of which involved live cows and bulls (referred to as the vachettes).

Nagui finally announced in October 2023 that the show was no longer a priority, given the cost of living and the financial difficulties of different cities.

[3] Intervilles was created as an adaption of the Italian programme Campanile sera [it], which pitted two teams representing separate towns against each other in a series of games and obstacle courses.

[4] The original rule brought in by the creator Guy Lux was that towns could only participate if they had 20,000 inhabitants or less to avoid big cities because of a belief they lacked local pride.

[4] Reportedly it became so popular that the President of France, Charles de Gaulle would rearrange his official schedule to watch it.

[6] In the 1990s, Olivier Chiabodo [fr] said the games were rigged to keep up suspense by soaping up surfaces for the team in the lead.

[8] Chiabodo was accused of helping Puy du Fou win in 1996 and 1997 by indicating quiz answers to them using his hands.

[9] The mayor of Mont-de-Marsan which opposed Puy du Fou in the 1997 final made the allegation of cheating by stating: "Nous ne sommes pas venus ici en culottes de chou nous faire brouter le cul par des lapins" ("We did not come here in cabbage breeches to have our arses eaten by rabbits").

[17] With a black head and white body, she had a reputation for being very aggressive towards contestants but having intelligence to knock down sets when needed.

In response to that statement, Teddy Labat countered by saying that the animals were treated well and pointed out that Nagui took no interest in their well-being behind the scenes during filming.

Filming in Toulouse , July 1986 with its mayor Dominique Baudis (left), the presenter Léon Zitrone and two candidates.
Filming at the Futuroscope theme park (2007)