In September 2000, not having a friendly relationship anymore with the direction of RTL, he left the radio and was replaced by Christophe Hondelatte, being unemployed.

Concerning the stage organization, the journalist and his guest are both at less than one meter of distance, and the incisive tone of Jean-Jacques Bourdin participated on creating a tension and the success of the programme.

During the 2007 French presidential election, he co-hosted between the two rounds the duel opposing the candidates Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy on BFM TV.

Since October 2018, Jean-Jacques Bourdin presents a new talk show titled Rien n'est impossible, broadcast live on Friday evening once a month on RMC Story.

[6][7] Jean-Jacques Bourdin then married journalist Anne Nivat,[8] a war reporter, with whom he had a son Louis, born in November 2006.